Project Life | Week Fifty
Welcome to Project Life | Week Fifty.
I've got a post in the works about my experience with Project Life this year. Hoping to share it in the next couple of weeks after Christmas.
Here's Week Fifty:
Left side:
Inserts:
Found this one in Simon's backpack. I've never seen him draw Lego guys before - a definite keeper.
And behind the snowman:
This was a homework chart Katie developed as a way to encourage Simon to have a better attitude during homework. Along with this chart she made a "happy face" card and a "frown face" card. When he would start making his super frustrated or complaining or other interesting facial distortions we'd flash the happy face card and it usually diffused the tension and helped him refocus back on the homework at hand.
And the second page:
Less photos this week as more of them found their way into my December Daily. Love that this is a place to capture all the other paper pieces.
SUPPLIES | WEEK 50
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Project Life is a product created by Becky Higgins. It can be anything you want it to be. The pieces used in my album are available here. If you live outside the US check Becky’s site for more information on sources. View all my posts about Project Life here.
I love the little note Anna wrote you! QRS. So cute.
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I love the project life updates and am hoping to model my 2012 album like yours in that it's a glimpse of our week. But what really made my heart sing is the story about Katie and the happy face card. I'm a teacher with students on the spectrum and I can see my students responding to the visual just as Simon does. Way to go Simon!
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Ali,
Love that photo of you - you look great! Merry Christmas to you Simon and Anna :)
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yes, LOVE your hair, you look so pretty! merry christmas!!!!
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I love that photo of you as well!! You look wonderful, wishing you peace and joy this holiday season. Many blessings in the New Year embracing your change.
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Can't wait to read what you have to share about the Project Life experience!
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Simon, I would like Santa to drop me off in Hawaii, too! Nice job on your homework last week!
Anna - Your drawings are lovely! You're very talented!
Ali - great post as usual. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas! PS- I hope to see the Nutcracker here in Seattle sometime next week. I've never seen it before. Looks like you girls had fun :)
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I notice you use put a lot or random papers in your scrapbooks, which I love. But do you worry about them ruining your photos because they aren't acid free? What do you do to prevent that?
Good to know it isn't something I should worry to much about. I have tried the archival mist before but it leaves a strange coating and dulls the colors of the original paper, which I'm not a big fan of.
Hi Megan - it's not something I worry about (a personal decision I guess you could say). Especially in an album like this where most of the time the papers are not touching the photos (which is often the worry about the acid from the papers touching the photos). I figure some of it will last and some won't. You can purchase a spray called Archival Mist that it a de-acidification spray that says it will neutralize the acids that would cause a breakdown in the papers.
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Looking good momma! :) PS. love the photo of Anna dancing from your Nut Cracker date! Have a wonderful Christmas.
Oh we totally do nail polish too!
I think her and Audrey would have a blast together. Anna with her lipstick and Audrey with her nail polish and then they'd dance it up. One day, my friend!
She rocks :). You would love her.
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We are thankful for Ninjago Legos here too, my daughter will be unwrapping a couple!
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I agree -- love the photo of gorgeous you! As well as Katie's good thinking in how to encourage Simon.
Merry Christmas, Ali. Thanks for all you do and give. Those are two very blessed children.
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Okay--I have to comment on your self-portrait too. Absolutely gorgeous! You are so good about doing those. I need to do some to get me in the books.
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Simon made it to 9 happy faces while I was gone! Yeah Simon! So proud of him!
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Looks great! That picture of you is fabulous! Merry Christmas to you!
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Here's to hoping your tears dry long before you master talking while crying. Love to you and the kids.
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Looking forward to your thoughts on Project Life. It's something I've been seriously thinking about the last couple months, but I worry whether we have enough going on/can I keep up/etc. I think I'm just looking for something to push me over the edge ;)
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
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Your project life album this year has been so inspiring! I'm ready to start January 1st!!
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You look totally gorgeous in your ballet self portrait! You and Anna must have been 2 `babes`on your date!!
Have a blessed Christmas with your family!!
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Hi Ali. I have a question, maybe something you can think about talking about in your Project Life overview post. It is NOT meant to be too personal or prying, generalities are fine. It sounds like you've faced some challenging times this year, I'm sorry to hear. Of course, life is like that, but it does seem like some years are rougher than others - for me, this past year has definitely presented some tough times, a sister being diagnosed with breast cancer, and various other challenges. I'm wondering if and how you choose to incorporate that into your Project Life specifically. I imagine that many times you choose to focus on the positive, which is a good thing; for me I also feel, though, that some of these things need acknowledgement at the very least, and I'm just wondering how you choose to do that, in a practical sense (hidden journaling perhaps, for example) and in a more general sense - how you decide what to include, etc. Thanks very much.
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I just wanted to say that you're so stunningly beautiful Ali! I always think so but thought you might like a boost with the separation. You seem to be one of those people who are beautiful both inside and out. Would love to meet you one day to see if you are :P Take care.
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I was thinking for quite some time about doing this in 2012. I love every single week, that you show - because it feels so much more "real" than the usual pages I normally do. I am somebody who is not good in incomplete projects or skipping things, so I was not sure, if I could handle this without feeling bad of not completing this or that.
But I want to dare: last week I bought myself something for christmas: a beautiful binder from "we r memory keepers" with 4x6 photo sleves (Beckys' kits will be available in Europe sometime throughout the year 2012, but they are not yet). And now I feel happy about getting started.
Ali, you are always such a big inspiration for me, thanks a million!
You can totally do it - keep it loose (vs. a photo a day) and just have fun sticking things in the pockets.
Thanks for the kind words.
I will stick them infront of the album to always remind me!
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Love your project. I just found Project life and gave birth to my first baby girl on October 2011, and will do a first year of life Project Life album for her and see how that goes :)
On your first layout you have a mini polaroid (or at least it looks like a mini polaroid), can you tell me more about it?
Thanks!
Ursula.
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