Project Life 2013 {week four}

Week 4 of 2013:



Left side:


Right side:


And this is where I started to break the "rules" I had set up for myself. I originally thought that I wanted each week to be like a sandwich - The sides would be the main spread, the bread, and anything extra I wanted to include for that week would be in between, sandwiched within the week. And those inserts had to be smaller than the outside pages. Can we say OCD?! I mean really? Why make things so difficult on myself?

This week I had lots of Girl Scout pics. I didn't want to make them teeny tiny in little collages. I wanted to enjoy them as somewhat regular sized photos. Why not just make a second two page spread with all those Girl Scout pics.

And that's what I did:








Slowly I am finding what works for me. And its hard. Mostly because I make it hard. Just like going digital. I love it. And I hate it. I take too much time figuring it all out. Sometimes I wish I could just accept my handwriting. Buy the physical kit. Write directly on the journal cards. Slip it all in and go. That's how this system was meant to work. But that's hard for me too.

I'll figure it out. Every week I learn something new.

The best part is that I'm actually getting our pictures in a book.

I LOVE that.

Project Life is a memory keeping system created by Becky Higgins. It can be anything you want it to be. Her products can be found on Amazon, as well as at several other retailers across the country. I am using the Seafoam edition (digital version) as my main core kit for 2013.

Project Life 2013 {week three}

Week 3 of 2013 looks like this:



It has one insert, Becky Higgins' photo pocket page design G.







I want to go back to all the inserts and add little tabs to differentiate the layers. I've watched people look through my albums and they don't always see that there is a page to turn in between the main ones.

Fun things I did this week:
Included stickers and tags from the kids clothes that we bought this week, telling us their current sizes.
Added text directly onto photos in Photoshop and this week I used a lot of hashtags because its a sign of the times.
I scanned some of Emma's art and scaled it down for one of the 3x4 pockets.
I cut up a flyer from the Girl Scout Cookie Rally to title one side of the insert.

Project Life is a memory keeping system created by Becky Higgins. It can be anything you want it to be. Her products can be found on Amazon, as well as at several other retailers across the country. I am using the Seafoam edition (digital version) as my main core kit for 2013.

Project Life 2013 {week two}

Week 2 of 2013 was much simpler.



Left side of the main spread:



Right side of the main spread:



One 8.5x11 insert houses art and writing from Ethan. Not sure if it will stay in this book or be moved to his later, but for now its in the family book. I can always scan it to include it in his or vice versa.




And that is all she wrote for week 2!

Project Life is a memory keeping system created by Becky Higgins. It can be anything you want it to be. Her products can be found on Amazon, as well as at several other retailers across the country. I am using the Seafoam edition (digital version) as my main core kit for 2013.

Project Life 2013 {week one}

I am sorely behind on my Project Life pages for this year. BUT, I am doing better than last year! I think last year I accomplished maybe 3 weeks worth for the whole year. This year I am at a whopping 7 weeks. Woo-hoo! But I hope to do some serious catch up this summer.

This is week one of 2013:


Left side of the main spread:


Right side of the main spread:


There were three inserts sandwiched between the main pages. The first holds a baby announcement that fit perfectly in a Becky Higgins 5x7 page protector. You can see it in the first image above, though I blurred out the info. And below you can see part of the backside where I tucked in the picture they sent with the announcement.

You can also see the second insert which holds three 4x6 photos. I was cleaning out our garage that week and that's where I detailed my progress.

Here's the backside of the second insert. We were doing a big furniture swap.


The last insert is 8x8. A single photo in front and a collage on the back.




And that's week one! This is my first try at using all digital files. For now I'm going with the idea that I will still print and put them in a physical book and in the end this book will be the family book or the book that stays with us (mom and dad). I like having slip pockets to store memorabilia. Because my creative process involves doing it digitally on the computer first, I'm saving those files so I can print out digital books for the kids, probably through Blurb. The digital version may not be as comprehensive as the physical book, but I'm still working on that idea. :)

Project Life is a memory keeping system created by Becky Higgins. It can be anything you want it to be. Her products can be found on Amazon here, as well as at several other retailers across the country. I am using the Seafoam edition (digital version) as my main core kit for 2013.