Back to blogging + June currents

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Breaking the silence on the blog this past month with a list of Currents as I ease back into life after a very, very fulfilling and restful trip with my favorite people.

I had all these big ideas for scheduling posts, but as you might’ve guessed, things didn’t quite work out as I planned.

Trying: to tolerate the humidity. Singapore’s weather is killin’ it.

Reading: Essentialism by Greg McKeown and Newspaper Blackout by Austin Kleon

Missing: the feeling of being on vacation, but

Loving: everything we did, places we saw, and people we hung out with – so good! So grateful for safety, travel, delicious food and memories made.

Planning: to be productive this week.

Hoping: everything goes as planned so I can get lots done this week.

Praying: about new seasons of life.

Learning: lots from webinars. So many good ones, and many of them are free!

Catching up: on my to-do lists.

Dreaming: of big plans and experimenting with new things.

Remembering: to not be afraid of failure, nor of trying.

Looking forward: to making stuff again with all my new supplies from the USA. Also, I really want to get on top of documenting all our travels!

Feeling: excited about sharing my creative workspace on Crafted by Pam! I’ve never shown my crafty space in this much detail before – it’s where all the magic happens, which isn’t always pretty, but it’s definitely worth it! It’s been up for awhile so hop over if you missed it.

Here’s to the rest of June being just as rad; have a wonderfully productive week! xx.

The Magic of Beginnings

4 January 2016

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“And suddenly you know… It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.”

– Meister Eckhart

Woohoo, welcome to 2016!

I’ve been gone from this blog (and really, just social media in general) for way too long but the new year is the perfect opportunity to begin again and I’m glad to finally be back!

During the last quarter of 2015, I started student teaching and soon realized that I couldn’t do it all. So I hit the pause button on some things (like social media), in order to thrive and keep up with other things (like real life). The focus shift to real, unedited life explains my absence from any sort of social media.

Looking back now, 2015 was a big year for me personally and professionally. I got this blog on an official “dot com”, graduated from school, created and documented many memories, formed new friendships and deepened others, tried new things, learned new lessons, and gained fresh experiences, amidst other exciting adventures.

Looking forward, I’m excited for what 2016 has in store, including big blog goals, more documenting and creating, and another year on the One Little Bird Creative Team.

I’ve missed writing, creating and community but I’m excited to face 2016 with big dreams, grand plans and achievable goals.

Stay tuned to read more about my 2016 goals later this week!

Happy sparkle-filled New Year, friends.

Let’s look at August + September

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As we get ready to welcome October and start the countdown to the end of the year (only 92 days left guys!), I decided to put August and September together and give you one giant round-up for the two months combined!

August was exciting around these parts as I celebrated my newly relaunched site.

I made some Project Life pages for the One Little Bird blog.

Shared my weekly favorites round-up: Friday Favorites no. 071

And week 20 of Project Life 2014

In September, I worked on getting back into regular blogging.

I shared the one app I’m using that’s changing my productivity.

Week 21 of Project Life 2014

More Friday Favorites (no. 072 / 073 / 074).

Another fun post for the One Little Bird blog.

Also, my tips for organizing and keeping memorabilia for Project Life under control.

And I completed my first-ever 4×4 mini album.

I love writing these posts and seeing all that happened on the blog each month.

What are you looking forward to as we head into the final quarter of the year?

Let’s look at May

4 June 2015

With (inter)National Scrapbooking Day, Mother’s Day and birthdays in our family, May was an exciting month! Still, it flew by pretty quickly.

A fun blog hop with the Kellie Stamps Design Team for (inter)National Scrapbooking Day.

Remembering to count my blessings.

Shared more about my favorite types of memorabilia to collect.

Tried printing on vellum and making notebooks for One Little Bird this month – and I loved it!

Favorite links from May (no. 066 / 067 / 068).

If you missed any of these posts, you can follow the links or click on the photos to get caught up.

Until next month!

Let’s look at April

30 April 2015

The month of April seemed to slip right by for me, as I tried to keep up with the deluge of assignments and deadlines that accompanied this past month. Which also means that things on the blog front ended up being quieter than I would have liked it to be.

That said, I’m looking forward to writing more in May and getting on top of my blogging game. But in the meantime, here’s a short and sweet recap of what happened in April!

I had the fun opportunity to write a guest post for the Life Documented Manila blog at the beginning of April.

I also started the 100 Day Project – exciting and scary at the same time!

Still working on Project Life with details of week 19.

Shared my experience of serendipitously marking all as read on my bloglovin’ feed.

My 10 tips for surviving and thriving when life gets super busy.

I created a bunch of cards for my first post as part of the One Little Bird Design Team, which also went live in April.

Lots of favorites on Friday (no. 063 / no. 064 / no. 065).

I can’t believe how quickly we’re approaching the middle of the year, but I’m ready to take on May! Let’s do this.

Guest post for Life Documented Manila

1 April 2015

Helloooo, April!

I never thought I would be so excited about a new month, but April is here and I’m looking forward to what this month has in store.

Earlier in March, I got to meet Pinky and Yam (who are 2/3 of the team behind Life Documented Manila) during their visit to Singapore. It’s always exciting getting to meet Instagram friends in real life! We talked about scrapbooking over red velvet waffles, then went shopping for art supplies. So much fun.

Yesterday, I had the privilege of being on the Life Documented Manila blog, where I shared about my experience with pocket scrapbooking. You can read all the details here!

Happy Wednesday! xx.

Let’s look at March

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I’m just trying to figure out how we arrived at the end March, which also marks the end the first quarter of 2015. Whaaaat.

This year feels like it’s been around for awhile, yet it also feels like it’s flown by all at the same time.

Ah wells, I’m embracing all of it while I can.

One of the reasons why March was so fun was that I got to go on Spring break (woohoo!)

Continuing with the All the Memories series this month, I talked about embellishments, lessons learned, and starting memory keeping.

Plus, I shared some of my favorite Project Life spreads to date (week 14 / week 18).

And the regular Friday Favorites (no. 060 / no. 061 / no. 062).

I’m all ready for April!

Yes for Spring!

9 March 2015

I’m super excited for spring break this week, and you can be sure that I’ll be taking advantage of the time off to recharge, rest and go on an adventure.

But that also means I’ll be taking a break from blogging this week so I can be fully present and enjoy the moments as they come.

In the meantime, here are some things you can do:

Catch up on the All the Memories series (there are currently already eight posts in this series).
Meet the new One Little Bird 2015 Creative team. (Totally stoked about being a part of this!)
Start a 30 day habit challenge for the month of March.
Get creative and get messy.
Find a way to stay organized.
Try a new recipe or DIY project.
Be inspired by creativity.
Leave me a comment or question about memory keeping so we can talk about it!

I’ll be back to regular programming next week.

Until then! xx.

P.S. The super fun Go. See. Do. printable is by my friend Lauren and you can get it when you sign up for the Lauren Likes blog newsletter. Don’t miss out!