December 2 discusses my attempt at making healthier food choices. The photo is an actual anju pear that I had at school. I had fruits and veggies handy, and I was CONSTANTLY eating. The bottom quote was from Cathy Zielske's 2016 FIT class. She is taking enrollments for 2017 as well. Lots of good motivation, although I was on and off that wagon last year.
The text of my journaling:
I am making attempts at making better food choices this month. Shopping was step #1. It’s amazing how little you can have in your cupboard when you stop caring what goes in your body. I also signed up for Weight Watchers online to do some tracking. I am writing this on Dec. 25, and my tracking has been missing for a few weeks, but I know that I can get back on track easily. Getting off track is easier! Scott has been losing a great deal of weight. He made his bike into a stationary bike in the basement. I walk the treadmill at times, but I am giving a lot of serious thought in to joining Jazzercise. We shall see if I can get back in that groove.
For 2016, I am going to have a few projects going at once. It's actually quite exciting for me to continue with my creative mojo. For this post, I want to share an album I am doing through a class by Cathy Zielske. I have taken many of Cathy's classes before. This year, she is conducting a 12-month class that is, again, focused on wellness.
Cathy is extremely organized and has handouts and videos along the way. The class is differentiated so that anyone can document in literally any way. It is set up in a 6 x 8 album, using Snap pocket page protectors. She is using a Simple Stories album. I scored this album from Project Life half off at Michaels. I also got a Snap album with the dividers in it for $8.99 on clearance, so I have the first month of dividers.
I spent time fiddling with a color scheme, as Cathy offers the .psd files, in which the layers are labeled such that I can change colors. Oh, happy day! A contributor in the private Facebook group for this class suggested this site if we were interested in using a color wheel in choosing colors.
Then, I went back to the welcome video. After downloading a new driver for my printer (many words were mumbled), I started deciding for the most economical way to print my cards. Of course, the 8 x 6 pages came first. I chose to print on Bazzill orange peel cardstock, as I love to print on that. Then, I placed the .jpg files for the altered 4 x 3 cards in Publisher. I fit 4 on a page and used a border around them so I could have cutting guides. I did not print them all yet, as I need to wait for some information and selfies.
When I was not ready to print, I made note to myself what files I needed to alter. I also used Post-its to show what was going to be placed in the different pockets of the album. I thought I would share this process in a quickie video, with a little Billy Joel background music, as I love listening to him when I am in my craft room. I hope it is helpful, as planning things out can be a bear. If you are in the class, don't forget Cathy has a great deal of information in her Welcome .pdf file.
