Life according to Thess

Working on several books

I'm trying my best to get a number of books done right now. Some of them have been in the works for years now... The book on my sister's friend's wedding is nearing completion, but I can't show anything until it's done, printed and delivered to the couple!

My book on our trip to Kenya and Zanzibar in 2007 is finally going well! I'm halfway done and really enjoying working with all those photos!

Our trip to Barcelona and the Med Cruise last fall is also coming along nicely. Might be done any day (or week) now!

Both these books are mostly made with products from DesignerDigitals.com. Almost every page is made with templates by Lynn Grieveson and a couple by Katie Pertiet. All papers, alphas and most of the embellishments are also by various designers at DesignerDigitals. All styles are by Thao Cosgrove or Amanda Fraijo-Tobin at ScrapGirls. Some embellishments, doodles and brushes by either Anna Aspnes (Oscraps) or Kate Hadfield (The LilyPad).

I'm doing Project 365(+1) this year!

Well, I've tried before... But flunked out miserably quickly... With the iPhone, I have an app that reminds me to take a daily photo and I always have a camera with me - no excuses!!! I know that 2012 is not very old yet! But I have managed to keep up this far! All 28 days! I've even made weekly pages of my photos! I wasn't planning to, but the ladies over at DesignerDigitals.com are such enablers... I simply couldn't resist when I saw all their lovely weekly layouts! I've decided to keep it fairly simple. Otherwise I will start looking at this as a chore and not something fun. I'm using templates by Pattie Knox and papers by Katie Pertiet, both at DesignerDigitals. Here are my first 3 weeks: