Project Life

Hi everyone!  It's Jenni Hufford and today I am sharing a layout in my Project Life album using Modern Mercantile!

This week covers the week of June 17-23.   I am playing a little bit of catch up from an extra busy summer-- but I am okay with that!

When I am catching up in Project Life, I love to have products that coordinate and make the process quick and easy.  I loved using Modern Mercantile (among other JBS products)-- creating this Project Life spread to very little time!

I also used the Grocers card from the Vintage Mini Deck- Book Covers along with the fabulous exclusive splatter stamp from the June 2013 Papercrafting kit 

Thanks for swinging by today-- I hope this gives you some inspiration as you work on your Project Life album!

Project Life using JBS and Elle's Studio

Hello everyone it's Jenni Hufford here on the blog today!  I am excited to share a Project Life spread using the Jenni Bowlin Studio's Historian Add On Kit! 

This kit is packed with wonderful products-- included lots of Elle's Studio journaling cards!   The travel theme of this kit was perfect considering I was documenting our recent week at Walt Disney World.

In all honesty, I was really intimidated to document this particular week.  I had over 900 photos from our vacation, so choosing just a few was a bit overwhelming!   Knowing that I was going to create a separate album for our trip, I tried to keep in mind the overall goal of my Project Life album, and that was to offer a glimpse into our lives each week.

When choosing the photos, I decided to choose a favorite family photo, a photo of my husband and I, a photo of each of the kids, and also a photo of each child with a character.  

I also included part of a park map, a fast pass ticket, and a character autograph.  The "This Week" journaling card by Elle's Studio in the Historian kit was perfect for offering an overview of our entire week!

Don't forget!  We'll be sharing inspiration all week long both here and on the Elle's Studio blog.  Get inspired and then create a layout or other project featuring your favorite Elle's Studio product and your favorite Jenni Bowlin Studio product.  Post your projects HERE on our message board for a chance to win a $25 gift card from JBS Mercantile and then check out the Elle's Studio blog for details on how to win a $25 gift card from them as well!  

We can't wait to see your lovely creations!

Project Life

It's Jenni Hufford here, and today I am sharing a Project Life spread using various Jenni Bowlin products.

This spread covers the week of April 15-21.   This is the week the Boston Marathon tragedy occurred.  Boston Magazine created an incredible photo for their magazine.  I printed this photo on my printer and included Jenni Bowlin's icon flat backs.

I used various papers from the Modern Mercantile collection.  I especially loved the Hodge Podge paper for Project Life.   The trimmed journaling cards fit perfectly in the Project Life pockets.

The Hear Ye, Hear Ye Days of the Week Banner Stickers are perfect for documenting days of the week in Project Life.  I used one sticker on a blank journaling card.  I also placed a one directly on a photo (on the right page) along with blank banner stickers for extra journaling space. 

I have found that Jenni's outline alphabet stamp is one of my favorite alpha stamps for not only layouts, but for Project Life too.  It's perfect for title pockets or for dates.

I hope my Project Life spread shows you a few different ways you can use JBS products in your Project Life pages.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Creating a grid within a grid

Happy Wednesday everyone!  It's Jenni Hufford here and I wanted to share a fun layout I made about our recent venture--- owning chickens!

I created a basic grid-- and of course had to add that rooster card and falt back!  The feather tags also went perfectly with my spring chick theme.

Adding pieces from the Modern Mercantile Hodge Podge Page as the base of my grid pieces. I placed them in a triangle shape.   The remaining spots I used "non square" items to add a different feel to the grid.

In one of the spaces I used the Quilt Star Punch and created a grid within a grid.

Thanks for stopping by today!

A Modern Mercantile Valentines Day

Happy Valentine's Day!  It's Jenni Hufford here sharing a "love" themed layout today using Modern Mercantile.

Who says a Valentine's Day or Love themed layout needs to be pink and red?   To be honest I really enjoyed using the fresh colors from the Modern Mercantile line to create this "love themed" layout!

I used a heart punch to cut various papers from the Modern Mercantile collection.   I layered the hearts in a grid pattern over a piece of vellum, and stitched the hearts in place.

I used two instax photos and bookended them to one of the "Noted" card in the Modern Mercantile Hodge Podge paper.

The focus on this page was to document a variety of things my family "loves" right now.  I chose a few items from the list and wrote on little hand cut banners and layered these over the hearts.  This is the perfect layout to include in my Project Life album for Valentines week!

Project Life

Hey everyone!  It's Jenni Hufford here today and I am sharing a little bit of Project Life using JBS cut files and products!

Today I am sharing my closing page for 2012.   I am the first to admit-- closing pages STUMP me.  I never quite know what to include.

My Project Life week runs from Monday -- Sunday.  Since December 31 fell on a Monday, I was just planning to include a photo in the prior week's spread.  That's when I had the idea that New Years Eve should be my closing page--- what better way to conclude the year??

I used many pieces from the Red/Black Collection in my spread.  It allowed me to have a Holiday theme without looking too Christmas-y.  I especially loved the clocks in the Red and Black Collection/ Mini Pattern-- the clocks were perfect for my New Years Eve theme!  The paper on the top left pocket is from the Family Tree Paper Pad.

I took so many photos on New Years Eve that I decided to include an insert on my closing page--- yea, i know, who makes an insert on the closing page!???   But that's what I love about Project Life, you can make up the rules as you go.    The JBS Cardstock Feathers were the perfect final touch.  I adhered them on top of my page protector.

I backed my insert simply with pattern paper and adhered the page protector (which is just a 12x12 page protector trimmed to fit my insert) with washi tape.

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Repurposed Advent Calendar

Hey everyone!  It's Jenni Hufford here with you today to share an advent calendar.  One of my favorite Christmas projects is to "repurpose"Christmas decor I purchased the year before on clearance!   

Last year I bought an advent calendar from Target right after Christmas.   It was very cute "as is" (photo below), but I wanted to add a special handmade touch to it.

I took various papers from Jenni's Christmas 2012 collection and measured the paper to fit the advent door exactly.  I kept a perfect measurement as a template and cut out the rest of the papers.

 I used a regular hole punch to create room for the door knob for each advent door.  Next, I adhered the papers onto the calendar using Mod Podge and a sponge brush.

When deciding where to place the different pattern papers, I kept same pattern papers from touching and within separate columns and rows.  I used a combination of kraft papers, pattern papers, journaling cards, and mini papers for the coverings of each door.

Once the mod podge has dried, the fun part begins-- embellishing!

On each door I made sure to include the date number and some sort of embellishment.  

And finally, it's time to fill each door with candy or a prize.

Have a wonderful week!

The Perfect Christmas?

Hey everyone!  It's Jenni Hufford here and I am so happy to be sharing a Christmas Memories layout with you today!!

Last Christmas one of my favorite memories was watching my children and their cousins bake Christmas cookies.  It was a few days before Christmas and we decided to get together spontaneously to bake and decorate Christmas cookies.  If you are anything like me, those last few days before Christmas are sheer CHAOS.  That is about the time that perfectionism begins to creep into my heart and I become overly concerned and focused on "creating the perfect Christmas" for my family.

The older I get, the more I begin realize there is no "perfect" Christmas!!  This afternoon while the kids baked Christmas cookies was the perfect reminder to me.  As they were loading a mountain of red hots, peppermints, icing, candy canes on their cookies, I realized they were not worried about making "perfect" cookies, instead, they were just enjoying the process and the fact that they were together.  I need to be more like that and refocus on the true meaning of Christmas.

In order to create this layout, I started with Jenni Bowlin's Perf Marks Clear Stamp to create a grid on white card stock.  I then added the bottom tags from the Christmas 2012 accessory sheet with two wallet sized photos.  I then added bits and pieces of Jenni Bowlin accessories, and square punched pattern paper inside the grid.

Thanks so much for joining me today!