Project 12 June in July

July, July July.  Is it seriously JULY?

I had the best intentions but life got in the way, so I decided to wait to share my layout until this post.

I have to say that May to me was more about the journaling and less about the design, so while it's one of my more simple layouts, it means a lot to me so I am still happy with it. 

I had a lot to say about soccer, Mother's day, yard work, chickens and mustache's this month. 

This is a reason I love Project 12 so much:  Steve's Mustache.  ack.  For some reason, half the guys at the firestation decided to grow mustaches.  Facial hair is a rarety at your local fire department because hair prevents a tight seal on their SCBA air masks, so they aren't allowed to have facial hair, like beards or goatee's, etc.  But they can have a mustache.  So some crazy boy decided to make it a contest, and many of the guys jumped on the opportunity.  Steve was one of them.  Me?  I HATE the mustache.   HATE to the CORE OF MY BEING.  Steve doesn't look good in a mustache.   I hereby declare.  He doesn't.  I think it ages him, and then throws him back a couple of decades.  Plus it's pokey.  Who likes kissing a mustache?  NOT ME.  Steve looked like this on the day I was finally able to convince him to shave:

but all the guys want to look like this:

that's our friend Bruce, with Payton at the lake a couple weeks ago.  Bruce is a nice person, but I sometimes wonder if the main draw is the mustache....  (just kidding, Bruce).

Anyway, Steve had this mustache the entire month of May and then he shaved it off.  He seems to think he's going to do this every year only next year the guys will all shave them for charity (and they don't think the wives are smart enough to see right through this "charitable" plan).  Project 12 allowed me to document that photo, and then promptly overlook, discard, and disregard that mustache and a photo of him with that mustache forever.  I documented it.  And it's done.  for Pete's Sake!  :)

I used a Jillibean Soup collection and utilized the trims and embellies on this layout, which made it really easy to put together  The big circle in the center of the sketch scared me a little, so I stitched a circle with my sewing machine instead.

As always, I am continuing to use my Maya Road sheer calendars, and my Studio Calico month stamp set.
And now that you've seen mine, I thought I'd share some of my favorites that were linked to my blog this month:

There are so many fun and inspiring details in this one I had to share it. ShellyJ's layout makes my creative head swoon.   I adore all her extra photos, the journaling, and how she was inspired by the sketch with her circle embellishments.  Nicely done my friend!

I LOOOOVE this layout.  I think this is my favorite of the month.  I loved the honeycombs with the Studio Calico print and that Girls' Paperie paper used in the circle was perfection.  I really adored every little inch of this one.  thank you Jenn!

I always appreciate when Geralyn sends something.  She has a fresh approach to her memory keeping.  I really like this layout and love that she made a little pocket for all of her journaling.  She's able to fit so much detail into every 8.5 x 11!:

I also had to share Jennifer's layout this month.  I know this was a rough month for her family, but she poured her heart out on this layout beautifully.  It's a treasure for sure.  In particular I adore the hand stitching and the details with the flowers, and of course the journaling is touching.  Thank you for sharing this one Jennifer.

As always, I truly appreciate your participation!  Summer is upon us so let's all encourage each other to get our layouts done and be sure to check the comment section on this post for submissions.  If you see layouts linked in galleries be sure to leave a comment, okay? 

July is here but here is the sketch I'll be working on for June:

I'm excited about this one!  I don't use enough of those tiny alphas but I'll have to with this layout and I'm grateful for that.  I think I know what photos I'm going to use on the right already!  I hope to have my layout finished to share in a timely manner (I want to say I'll have it posted on the 10th, but I'm afraid to put a definite date on it.  Here's hoping anyway....).

Be sure to link up your layouts here and on the SCT blog by July 20!  I'll see you back here soon! 

Davinie