I'm back at it again! It's been a while since I have worked on my project life album. In fact, last week Payton was flipping through our album when he asked, "When are you going to add more pictures to the book?" Well, that was motivation enough to get me going!
Our album sits open in the family room, for everyone to look through. Payton, I've noticed, spends the most time looking through it. So when I finished the month of January I went looking for Payton and told him that I needed to show him something in my craft room. When he saw the new album and new photos he said, "oh wow!" And with a smile plastered across his face he slowly turned the pages, studying each photo, reading the words, and giggling at the memories.
This is what makes memory keeping so worth it.
Here's a peek at January:
DECEMBER 31 - JANUARY 6
LEFT PAGE // New Year's Eve Party, Christmas Break, ice on the pool . . . . I love the quotation cards. I can tell I will be using those a lot. The "Today" card is a folded journaling card and inside I included the recipe for Candy Crack. I made waaaaayy too much on New Year's Eve.
RIGHT PAGE // Natural History Museum, a double birthday date, and the start of Downton Abbey Season 3 . . . . I made sure to include my one little word, "thrive", on this layout. Font is Bebas.
HIGHLIGHT // I was so proud that I saved the movie ticket stub from the boys' birthday date! I created a 4x6 canvas in PSE and threw on a plus sign (+) and the instagram photo from our dinner at Red Robin. I made sure to leave enough space to glue the ticket stub on top.
JANUARY 7 - 13
LEFT PAGE // all iphone photos. Not much going on this week. I used the journaling cards and arrow stickers to write tidbits about what I was working on and the random things we were up to. There was a quote that inspired me this week and I attempted to print it, but the background is so light that it doesn't show up very well.
RIGHT PAGE // hanging around the house, the Pinewood Derby . . . . I included a collage of instagram photos from the week (most from our morning walks to school). I just love the titles and word bits on the journaling cards -- today is good, this is what life looks like, remember this. They just fit so well with our everyday, boring-but-real photos. This really is what life looks like!
JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 3
LEFT PAGE // Again, all iphone photos. Conner was Student of the Month, new shutters, shelves going up in the craft room, a visit from my mom and dad . . . I included the invitation to the Student of the Month breakfast of champions in one of the small pockets.
RIGHT PAGE // The whole page is dedicated to Payton's 10th birthday. The two instagram photos are pieced together thanks to a free download from Design Editor HERE. I use this file all the time. Added American Crafts foam stickers on the photo of Payton. "Payton is Awesome" is another folded journaling card.
HIGHLIGHT // Just some stickers and goodies added on top of the photos so I could get all my journaling/notes in.
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PRODUCTS USED //
Project Life Core Kit - Seafoam Edition
American Crafts Precision Pens
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Project Life is a back to basics approach to memory keeping. I've been dabbling in Project Life since Becky Higgins released the first kit in 2009. I love that it is simple, streamlined, and keeps the focus on the photos and the memories. (The extra supplies & design-y stuff is totally optional.) Learn more about it here.
I'm linking up with The Mom Creative for her Project Life Tuesday.
