2012 Summer Manifesto Album
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Finally found some time this past week to finish up my 6x6 Summer Manifesto album.
I first posted about the concept of a Summer Manifesto here and posted initial images of the album here: Bringing The Summer Manifesto To Life.
Here's what I loved in the beginning: setting intentions for the summer and printing out all the pages in advance.
I didn't end up jotting things down throughout the summer as I initially planned which was totally okay. It allowed me to set intentions and then go out and experience life.
Here's what I loved in the end: the reflection & the perspective.
I loved going back through the intentions and my photos from the last few months and thinking about all the things I diddo (even if they weren't exactly what I had intended). It took me a little bit longer to finish it up because at first I was trying to think through how I would address the things/intentions that Ididn't follow-through with. Those ended up being some of my favorites as I reflected on why some of those things didn't happen and what other things happened instead. Hello life, right?
This is totally something you could still do now - go back through your photos from the summer and pick out the themes and activities that were most meaningful to you.
Here's a look at the completed album:
A few details:
All the foundation pages were printed out in advance on Epson Matte Presentation Paper and are available as PDF (and PSD) files in this set: Summer Manifesto Album.
I printed out all the photos with a white border.
I attached the first hand-written manifesto I did to the back page using an arrow clip.
There's one page that's not finished yet. I can't for the life of me remember what Simon wished for (#8) and I'm planning to ask him when he gets home from school.
I love memory keeping.
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This is completely awesome Ali!! Your reflection is awesome. What great memories. Trying to read your writing (feels like snooping but you write so well) - my favourite line (which I think reads) A summer of coming home to myself. I think we all need to do that every day!
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L*O*V*E this!
i wrote out a summer manifesto too... (got a lot of it accomplished, but not all & that is o.k.!)
i should create a cool mini like you did for it!
tfs!
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p.s. so happy this time was AWESOME for you...you are beaming!
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Beautiful, beautiful!
So glad there was no time for pickles! :-)
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I love your album and the way you "gathered" your summer! I'm a fan!
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Sometimes it's the projects that are all about the story and a photo that I love even more than a layout with the cute paper and embellishments. And something about a smaller size just appeals to me, too. Yet another awesome life capture from you, Ali!
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love this album. I finished mine this past week and was so happy I did it. It really captured our summer and I love it. Love that it helped me pick out certain items that I would not have normally celebrated and helped inspire us to live more fully even in a stressful year. Thanks for all your inspiration Ali! So happy you had a wonderful summer!!
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i absolutely love number seven. not having time to make pickles and being just fine with how you spent that time instead is priceless. so happy for you. yes...you really are beaming.
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Outstanding! Love your Summer Manifesto...may be something I take up for New Years Resolutions once the December Daily season comes and goes :)
(I am chuckling as I just termed the upcoming holidays "December Daily season" - guess it's a subseason of Christmas!)
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Who needs flipping pickles anyway? I'll take that smile anytime over pickles. Terrific album and I really like the size of the album. Perfect.
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I really like your reflection! I often write about what didn't go exactly right and I love it! All about embracing imperfection. It's a sign of a life well lived!
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so awesome; love this simple album; i've finished quite a few pages in our summer manifesto album but haven't finished. now on my to-do list to finish this week. thanks for the spur...we too didn't complete some of the items on our list. glad to see a way to 'confront' those i can incorporate in.
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I love the style and layout of this album. Thank you so much for sharing it in full!
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This album is so awesome!! I love the perspective of looking back over the summer and writing about what did happen & what didn't. Such a cool idea! Thanks for sharing your wonderful summer!
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Can I just tell you how much I love this!!! I am so happy for you and all these wonderful summer memories.
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You have always made wonderful memory albums but this one is the best so far - it's about YOU! Your life, you dreams, your happiness....it's all there. You shine in this album and that's great!
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Looks like a very happy summer! My hubby and I did a Summer Bucket List inspired by your earlier blog. We didn't get to all the items, but we did many of them. I should follow up with a scapbook page or two on our adventures. One was a weekly BBQ and while we didn't do them weekly, we did have LOTS of people over this summer ... and of course, I would think of photos after the busy evening! (That's a good sign of "being in the moment" - right?) One question: would Katie share that fabulous looking pie recipe? Pie + crisp?? Best of both worlds!
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Hey again - she said they used this recipe for the top: http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Blackberry-Crisp. They used a ready-made pie crust from Marie Calendar's (from the grocery store).
I'll ask her!
Thank you, Ali and Katie! This looks so fantastic. I appreciate you taking the time and sharing the recipe!!
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Wow Ali, this is awesome :)
Love how happy you seem, hope blessings keep coming to you & your family. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful reflection of your summer! Looks so great!
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I totally love this album in that it's simple, effective, and lots of memories....I will definitely do one of these in the December school holidays which over laps with December Daily here in Australia. I also love the fact that having a plan gives you something to focus on but if something better comes along then that can be celebrated. I am going to do one of these for us and a movie in the back yard is on the agenda...thanks for sharing and being so inspiring. Regards Kathy A, Brisbane, Australia
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Your project totally inspired me to create a "Hello Summer" corkboard in our kitchen where everyone in our family wrote slips of paper about what they'd like to do for the summer - items for vacation, fun things before the kids went back to school, goals we wanted to accomplish. As we finished our items, we put big red check marks on them. It was a great simple visual reminder of what everyone wanted to do - and it spurred us to have a lot more fun!! I plan to do it again next year - thank you for the inspiration!!
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