Sunday 16 June 2013

Summer Bucket List

A few weeks ago on Becky Higgins' blog, she linked up to the Solar Family and their Happy Family Movement website where they host an annual Summer Bucket List. They are encouraging other families around the world to compile their own Summer Bucket List. It's a simple 'things to do' list. 
In our family we started off with 13 'big' things, one a week until the end of August and added in lots of little things that we like to do in the summer and new things to try that are smaller, or quicker or cheaper :)
I have scrapped the bucket list, I bought paper from Studio Calico's Atlantic range that I have fallen for erm, hook, line and sinker. (Well, a nautical themed paper just needed that gag. Here in my head and silent blog you are all laughing your heads off. Yes, of course you are.)
I have bought some embellies from the same line and I have downloaded some cut files from Two Peas and had a happy hour cutting them out in various sizes and papers. I added in from my stash and now have a lovely kit for scrapping with all summer.
I may have mentioned a million times about my part-time working last winter, well sadly I can't afford to do that, so I started looking round at work for a new challenge so that a) I can really enjoy my work again and b) I can earn more. I am absolutely thrilled this week as I got the promotion I went for and will spend this summer getting ready to open a new store that I will be the boss of :D
So apart from the fact I am thrilled and want to tell the world ;) I know it will have an impact on how much time I will have for scrapping. So the plan is, do the bucket list, add it to general project life information and use the kit to scrap it all. 
That is the plan anyway lol.
And actually, we have ticked six items already. The first one we did was to go to the devon county show and i'll tell you about that next time.
Thanks for coming by and I appreciate the comments about google reader and bloglovin and blogger. I am going to spend some time trying to see if I can sort it out today so I can comment.


















10 comments:

  1. This is a really great idea, lots of wonderful ideas there. I must look into this idea myself. Look forward to hearing all about it.

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  2. Brilliant! A fab page and an even fabber idea. :o)
    Sue xx

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  3. Congratulations on getting the job, Jen! Love the idea of a summer bucket page and it looks like some fab things for you all to do:)

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  4. Great idea and a super super page x

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  5. Oh my, delighted to hear about the job! Well done! And your page is a visual delight full of ice cream colours ... I very much like the way you have the big items and the littler ones. you are making me think!

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  6. Congratulations on your promotion :)
    This is a fab idea and a gorgeous page to show it off xxx

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  7. Congratulations!

    It's a beautiful page: calming and yet full of fun at the same time

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  8. Well done on the promption.
    Love the idea of the summer bucket list, and yours makes a great page, a nice focus in an album.

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  9. That looks fun! You have some great things on your list

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  10. What a lovely idea?! People tend to think of things like this at Christmas but you have some great summer ideas there and we might have to pinch the Summer Bucket List suggestion :-)

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Aren't you lovely, you have made me smile =)