Project Life 2013 | Week Fourteen
Welcome to Project Life 2013 | Week Fourteen (April 1 - April 7).
Am I still doing Project Life? Absolutely.
Am I behind? A little. I've got a bunch of weeks in progress and will be sharing them over the next week. This week and week fifteen have been "almost done" for weeks and photos are printed for the other weeks.
A couple things I need to do:
- Order another black 12x12 album for the next four months (I've been doing three albums per year, four months in each album). Right now they are all still in the first one for 2013 and it's getting tight.
- Find a new routine that will gel with the work I'm doing for Hello Story (my new class at Big Picture that starts in July). I think it's totally possible to do both Project Life and traditional pages, I'm just working on finding my own groove between the two.
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SIMPLIFY. At least for the next couple of months I think I need to keep this project simple while I'm in the middle of content development for this workshop. I think getting the album back down on my kitchen counter with a stack of cards will help me with this.
How are things going for you? Are you new to Project Life? Are you a veteran? Still loving it?
Here's Week Fourteen:
Here's a closer look:
The "listen, believe, trust" card is from my Everyday Love Journal Cards that was printed on photo paper.
"Yo April" are Cream Thickers from American Crafts that I ran through my sewing machine with red thread.
"Heart this boy" word art on the photo of Simon making cookies is from Love You Boy.
I'd love to do a week where I fill out one of those Best/Worst cards everyday. The one above was printed on some leftover paper that I had used as an over-spray catch under whatever it was that I was actually misting with paint.
Here's a look at the right side:
The star card is from Kelly Purkey's kit for Simon Says Stamp.
Little pink word stickers are from My Mind's Eye.
Still loving cutting up journal cards and adding them to my pictures. I like not re-inventing the wheel each week and adding a bit more context to my photos.
The journal card here was included in Studio Calico's Project Life add-on kit (May 2013).
SUPPLIES | 2013 | WEEK FOURTEEN
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Looks good, lots of fun stuff packed into this week. WOW, Simon is getting so tall! I like those best/words journal cards, even the kids could fill them out.
I'm a little behind due to problems getting my pictures printed. Still LOVE LOVE my Project Life and all the memories it's keeping for me.
Thanks for sharing and bringing it to the kitchen will help you, I remember you doing that before. GOOD LUCK!
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This is my second year of Project Life, and I found my path this year. Indeed, last year, I was discovering PL and I kind of looked at my style, inspired by lots and lots of scrapbookers. However, I spent too much time on it (and was not always satisfied by my layouts) so this year I decided to make things simple, as simple as it can be. So basically, I'm using a core kit (the Seafoam one => love it!), my photos and my pen. From time to time, I add so embellishments, but very few ones, and I'm totally OK with that. I can say that I love my 2013 PL album so far, I spend only 1 hour - 1 hour 1/2 per week on it (and I don't want and don't have time to spend more on it) and with that, I'm able to be "on time" on it. And I feel so relieved and thankful! :-)
As usual, I love your layouts. Thanks a lot for sharing.
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I am on week 6! Lol. I'm ok with it. First year trying, changed format a couple of times. Things got better when I designed a one-page sheet to keep track of everything that happens, where photos are located, etc. My biggest issue is time. Time to work on it, as well as timing (i usually don't have all pictures ready to go, so lots of post-its and reminders).
What I am liking is I am keeping up with recording the events & journaling, so when I go to work on project my thoughts get more streamlined, and result in more creativity.
The new A Beautiful Mess app is saving my life by being able to put text on pics easily. I love dslr creative photography, but I've learned I need to live with mediocre iphone photographs if I want to get it done!
I'm also working on incorporating other layouts/bigger stories within PL. I prefer to keep everything chronological no matter the format, so trying to figure that out. So far I prefer an insert method and I've been playing with using smaller page protectors (6x8) in different ways to add to the weeks.
It's all a process, a work-in-progress for me as usual. I just go with it.
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Ali, I'm so glad you are still doing PL. Your layouts inspire me, and I'm even doing Day in the Life.
I do still love Project Life but With the nicer weather and baseball starting for my kids, I've gotten behind too. I have project life spread out over half my dining room table. If I put it upstairs in my scrap room, I know I won't work on it. My dining room is a mess and I cringe whenever someone sees it, but I'll be thankful for the memories later. I'm still taking photos and they'll get printed some day. I have some weeks with only a couple photos so I will have some single pages instead of spreads.
I think I may have to have a "Project Life weekend" soon to catch up. Maybe it will rain soon!
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Ali - I am "behind" too.
But like you, I've got lots in progress. I am thru week 14 myself. 15 thru 19 are planned with weekly recaps written. 15 & 16 have photos printed. So I feel like I'm keeping current with the important stuff - journaling and choosing the right photos before the memories escape.
Thanks for continuing to inspire my PL!
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I am slightly behind too but have been taking pictures and will print them and maintain my pages next week. I work eight, 12-hour days in a row then have six off. However, the past two `off-swings' have been taken over with a quick trip overseas and my husband having surgery on his hip. I have taken photos regardless and made notes either on my phone or in a diary. This helps enormously when trying to remember the sequence of events. Usually my work week pages are very simple, photos and words only, and the off weeks have more embellishment. This is a good representation of how life actually is on this roster - work weeks are routine and simple, off ones have more activity and fun in them :)
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