Kampret Blog's Google: April 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

May Stamp Give Away

Once a month, on the first day of the month, I post a couple of new or gently used stamps to give away. They usually relate to an upcoming holiday. If you want them, leave me a comment and let me know. But you have to be quick! I'll pick the winner in the next 24 hours. Both of these wonderful flower stamps are from Club Scrap. Let me know if you want the pair.
Edited to add: Congratulations to Alison on winning the stamps!

Larry King, Shakira, Paris Hilton, Heidi Klum, Jenna Jameson, Iggy Pop, Hillary Swank, Larry Flint, Elizabeth II, Quentin Tarantino

Larry King with Jane Fona, Phil McGraw, Kathy Griffin, Bill Maher, Suzanne Somers and others.

© Jean Baptiste Lacroix
Porno-king and his Queen. Larry Flint and Tera Patrick. Hustler Hollywood Store Appereance, April 6.

© Brian Ach
Donna Hogan, Anna Nicole Smith's sister. Presentation of the book "Trainwreck : The Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith", 10 April.

© Rick Diamond
Emmanuel Lewis and Jamie Kennedy. Kickin 'it old Skool-Break Dance Contest at StoneCrest Mall in Atlanta, April 5.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

My Week in the Life Plan

I've been participating in a photography and scrapbooking project called "A Week in the Life." During this past week, I took lots of photographs each day to chronicle my life as it is right now. The next step in the project is to scrapbook the photographs. I'm going to use the 6x6 handmade album above.
Last time I did WITL was in 2008, and I used an 8x8 album:

I had a two-page spread for each weekday with a Tim Holtz quote and circular date stamp. The left page featured one 4x6 photo and journaling. The right hand side featured a collage of four pictures. Here's a couple samples

I also had filler pages in between the days, which covered topics. As an example, here are pages on pets and mornings:

I was happy with how this worked, so I'm following a similar plan this year. I refuse to buy a new album (as I have several in my stash). The only 8x8's I have are pink and not appealing to me. So, I'm going with the 6x6 featured above. Some of the pages have flaps inside, and I'll use these for the daily pages:

This will allow me to feature four photographs per day, as well as plenty of journaling.
There's also simple two page spreads (alternating with the flapped pages).

I'll use these for filler pages on certain topics (one for Paul, Henry, Clara certainly; probably one for the gym; one for pets and my walk to work). I took fewer pictures this year, so I think this album will be big enough. I will order my pictures today or tomorrow and start on building the foundation to make it easy to put them in when they arrive. I know from experience that keeping it simple and doing it quickly is the key to completing this project.
If you've done WITL before or are doing it this year, I'd love to hear how you scrap your WITL photos.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

WITL: Finally Friday and a Plan

I'm participating in a photography and scrapbooking project called "A Week in the Life." I've been chronicling this "typical week" in my life. I started last weekend, so this post (about Friday) is my last one.
The day dawned bright and sunny on the coastside.

On Friday, the cleaners come and Paul and I go out to lunch. The dog waits in the car because otherwise she barks non-stop at the cleaners:

I did a lot of laundry:

Henry's baseball practice ended early, and I took him "over the hill" to buy some baseball stirrups at Goetz Bros. and then to the mall because he wanted to buy a birthday present for his girlfriend (!). He bought a beautiful heart shaped necklace, which is being engraved with their initials (!). This all seems very serious. I'm a little scared (not really). We ate at Panda Express and then headed home for a quiet evening watching the Giants on TV.
Photographically, I decided to capture a few other bits and pieces of everyone's life. Clara:

Paul:

Henry:

And that's it for my week! Back tomorrow with some thoughts on how I will put this all together and a look back at what I did in 2008. Also, a quick reminder that on May 1, I'll be giving away some free stamps.

Snoop Dogg escapes jail

American rapper Snoop Dogg has pleaded no contest to gun and drug charges, escaping a possible prison sentence.
He was arrested in October 2006 after police found a gun and cannabis in his car.
Appearing in a Californian Court, Snoop Dogg, born Calvin Broadus, was given five years probation and 800 hours of community service.
Last month the rapper was denied entry to the UK to perform with fellow rapper Sean “P Diddy” Combs.
The ban followed an incident at Heathrow Airport in April 2006, when Snoop Dogg was arrested on charges of violent disorder and starting a brawl, after a fight erupted when some people in his 30-strong entourage were refused entry to the British Airways first-class lounge.

Friday, April 27, 2012

WITL Weds/Thurs: Hit Rewind and Run Like Mad

I'm participating in a photography/scrapbooking project called "A Week in the Life," which you can read more about here. In my penultimate post, I'm chronicling a Wednesday which replays many of the events from the rest of the week and a Thursday which was busy, busy, busy.
A quiet Wednesday morning around the house:

I went to work for a meeting and then came back to watch Henry play baseball (I posted a video yesterday). Here's a few photographs from our home field (yes, those are cows on the hill, in the pasture behind our baseball diamond).

Afterwards, I went to a silent auction to raise money for the high schools' Grad Night. This week Henry is doing "star testing," (to assess whether the students are learning what the state wants them to), so he doesn't have much homework.
On Thursday, I got up early to get some computer time in before heading to the gym (where I received a certificate for completing a full year at the gym - it noted that during that time I have lost 14 inches and improved my mile time by two minutes!). I was surprised to find that the weather had turned, and it was wet and damp:

Then off to work for a student consultation and faculty meeting:

Ran back home (it's about a 45 minute trip) to go take pictures of the middle school soccer team (I do this as a fundraiser for the athletic program). Clara came along with me, and she finally let me take a picture of her (she's the one on the right)!

We came home, and I helped her with her homework. Then it was off to my book group meeting, where we ate and drank and discussed the book and our lives. We all hated "The Whipping Club," so it was a short discussion. Our next book is Stephen King's 11-23-63. I didn't take any pictures. I was too tired from my busy, busy day!