Project 365 - Week 10

I'm still going strong with my picture a day "journal." I must admit to cheating a little bit though. Sometimes I take a few pictures on the same day (especially to make up for cloudy bad lighting day.) On those days I take pictures of common occurrences at our house, like dirty dishes or toys all over the floor.

It does take a lot more time than I thought it would, not in the picture taking, but in the photo editing, and watermarking of the images. Not to mention uploading and then adding captions and blogging about it! I love it though, it has been fun capturing our daily lives through a lens.

1. Project 365 week 10, 2. 3-5 DQS8 Ready for binding, 3. 3-6 House Party, 4. 3-7 Yet again..., 5. 3-8 DQS8 on it's way, 6. 3-9 Re-purpose, 7. 3-10 Car Trip, 8. 3-11 DQS8 Received

I know there are a lot of pictures of the doll quilt this week, but that is what I was trying to finish up. My favorite image this week is the doll quilt I received from my partner.

See those little black frames? I'm making something super cute fro my sewing room. I'm almost done with it so I'll be showing it to you soon.

Project 365 - Week 9

1. Project 365 Week 9, 2. 2-26 Polka Dot Tea Cup, 3. 2-27 DQS8 so far, 4. 2-28 Better Late..., 5. 3-1 Healthy Lunch, 6. 3-2 Flying High, 7. 3-3 DQS8 Quilting, 8. 3-4 Sunnier

What can I say? I loved this week!





*Note: you can click on any of the links to see the image larger and to read the caption.

Project 365 - Week 8

1. Project 365 Week 8, 2. 2-19 Spring Surprise, 3. 2-20a Gardening Seminar, 4. 2-20b Mittleider Gardening, 5. 2-21 DQS8 Progress, 6. 2-22 Modern Fabric, 7. 2-23 Impromptu Picnic, 8. 2-24 Thrifty Find, 9. 2-25 New Tableware

From this week:
- I love the fabrics that I got to play with.
- I love that having children keeps you on your toes and let's you be a kid yourself, like with our indoor picnic.
- I love that little iron I found at the thrift store.
- I love my new red and teal dishes I got from Target.
- ... and yes I love the girl in the red sweat shirt!




*Note: you can click on any of the links to see the image larger and to read the caption.

Project 365 - Week 7

1. Project 365 Week 7, 2. 2-13 Artisan Bread, 3. 2-12a Snow Day, 4. 2-12b Snow Day, 5. 2-14 Valentine's Breakfast, 6. 2-16 A Glimpse of Things to Come, 7. 2-15 Tribute, 8. 2-17 Owl Love, 9. 2-18 Fire Circle

Picture #6 is by far my favorite picture of the week. When I saw the way the picture turned out I just about cried! I'm sure we've all had those moments when reality smacks us right in the face and we realize that our precious babies are growing up!

I had fun editing the snow pictures to really make the snow pop. I used this tutorial by The Pioneer Woman {I want to be her when I grow up!}

Overall it was a productive week for the Petit Debutant household.

Project 365 - Week 6

1. Project 365 Week 6, 2. 2-5 Jelly Belly, 3. 2-6a Valentine's Project, 4. 2-6b Valentine's Project, 5. 2-7 Valentine's Cards, 6. 2-8 Fabric Score!, 7. 2-9 Legos, 8. 2-10 Banana Bread, 9. 2-11 Cleaning sucks

I can't pick a favorite this week. I like them all! I can narrow it down to the Lego one and the Valentine's cards {which where a huge hit with everyone.} You can click on any of the numbered links to see the full size image and a description on flickr.

Project 365 - Week 5

1. Project 365 2010, 2. 1-30-10 Hair Bow Holder, 3. 2-1-10 Play With Your Food, 4. 2-2-10 Play time, 5. 2-3-10 Shopping is a Pleasure, 6. 1-29-30 Meal Menu, 7. 1-31-10 Joint Juice, 8. 2-4-10 Candle Worthy

My favorite picture this week is #3. I caught Ellie Mae playing with her food during lunch one day. I thought it was super cute so I grabbed my camera and snapped away.

Project 365 - Week 4

1. Project 365 Week 4, 2. 1-22-10 (a) Penguin Princess, 3. 1-22-10 (b) Siblings, 4. 1-23-10 (a) McAlister's, 5. 1-23-10 (b) McAlister's, 6. 1-24-10 Lest you think I'm perfect, 7. 1-25-10 Muck boots, 8. 1-26-10 Chocolate Thunder from Down Under, 9. 1-27-10 I LOVE couponing, 10. 1-28-10 Quilt Block

I'm pretty happy with the photography this week {all except the shot at Outback, darn you low lighting atmosphere *shaking fist*} I'm debating getting myself some rain boots too so that I can play outside with the kids without the fear of ruining {well just stepping in poo, and who wants to do that} my running shoes. I'm pretty sure I can fit into the largest size of HK boots. Won't I look cute?

I'm usually pretty good about being on pooper scooper duty but this yard is different. It's huge and it's in a more natural state (lots of trees, leaves, sticks etc) and it makes it really hard to spot poop. I got tired of the kids coming into the house with poopy shoes so I went out and bought them the rain boots! The kids love them and have been asking for rain boots for a couple of months now. The boots never cross the door threshold.

Project 365 - Week 3

I'm still chugging along with Project 365. I just need to be better at uploading my images. I can't believe a whole month has gone by already. Before I started I thought I might run out of things to take pictures of, but now I have come to realize that there are so many things that happen in a day it's almost hard to narrow it down to just one photo for the day.

1. Project 365 Week 3, 2. 1-15-10 "cute" face, 3. 1-16-10 "online", 4. 1-17-10 Progress, 5. 1-18-10 Service Project, 6. 1-19-10 Sick, 7. 1-20-10 Organization, 8. 1-21-10 Play Kitchen/Brainstorming

There are a few pictures in this week I'm glad I have. There is now way I would be able to remember half this stuff in a few years. I'm a very visual person and I'm loving this version of "journaling." I can't wait to have this printed at the end of the year.

My favorite photo of the week is the organized toy room {and no it didn't last} but it's not my favorite memory of the week.

Project 365 - Week 2

1. Project 365 Week 2, 2. 1-8-10 Best Friend, 3. 1-9-10 Auditions, 4. 1-10-10 First Petals, 5. 1-11-10 "Resolve", 6. 1-12-10 Sketches, 7. 1-13-10, 8. 1-14-10 Bath Time

I'm still going strong with my Project 365. I love the way each of my images turned out for this week. If I had to pick a favorite it would be a close call between my quilt block and doggy bath time.

Project 365 - Week 1

I'm on a roll with Project 365! I didn't miss a single day of picture taking this week. Granted it is only the first week of the year LOL. We'll see if my enthusiasm remains as the days roll on. You can click on the links to see the full size picture and a short description on Flickr.

1. Project_365_week1, 2. 1-1-10 Dog House, 3. 1-2-10 Boxes, 4. 1-3-10 Mush, 5. 1-4-10 Mail Order Fabric, 6. 1-5-10 Asian BBQ Skewers, 7. 1-6-10 Ice Cream, 8. 1-8-10 Possum

My favorite picture of the week? The cutest possum I have ever seen! {ok it's THE only possum I have ever seen that could possibly be referred to as "cute."} The second runner up are the BBQ skewers because they were sooo good and they even look delicious in the picture {I need to do this whole presentation thing more often.}

Project 365

Happy New Year everyone! Did you make it to midnight? I surely did not! {I did not even make it to midnight Eastern time and I'm in Central time.} I could not stay up even if my life depended on it. {I know I'm so lame! LOL} My days of staying up late ended with my first kid. That's alright with me. Staying up to ring in the New Year is not on my priority list. The New Year will be ushered in with or without me so I figure I don't need to stay up. The important thing is that I have reflected on the year that has passed and have set new goals to make 2010 even better for my family and myself.

My SIL wrote me yesterday and suggested I join her in doing Project 365. I have been meaning to try this out and figured there is no better time to start than on January 1st! Basically project 365 consists of taking a picture a day for a whole year in order to better chronicle your life. By snapping a picture a day you should, in theory, be able to capture the day to day and "little things" in life.

What a great way to share your life with your posterity! Consider it keeping a journal in photography form {I'm pretty sure it counts as keeping a journal! ... because I said so.} Think about your great great grandchildren poring over your album {I want to have mine printed into a book at the end} and laughing and pointing at your ridiculous fashions, your sad attempts at gardening, following your grand adventures, and seeing the love shared by your family.

Rather than bog down my blog with a daily image I have created a collection on Flickr for my Project 365. I will post a mosaic on this blog at the end of every week to share my images with you.


So will you be keeping a traditional journal this year or a photo journal??? I'd love to see yours if you keep one.