Project Life® 2024 | Week 04

Mixing things up this week in my 2024 Project Life® album by focusing on handwritten journaling. 

I loved doing a lot of micro storytelling this week using paint pens + brush pens on journal cards and vellum. At first I thought I'd do a whole week without photos but decided to add in a couple 3 inch x 4 inch photos and 2, 6 inch x 12 inch photo inserts. Focusing on handwritten stories was such a fun way to switch things up this past week and was right in alignment with how I want to approach this project this year which is more storytelling in the moment vs. waiting for the end of the week to document. 

I'd also like to send out some encouragement today to add your own handwriting to this (or any) of your memory keeping projects. You don't have to do it all the time but the more you do it the more comfortable you might find yourself with your own writing (especially if you are approaching it from a playful + experimental perspective). Play around with combining upper + lower case letters or doing all uppercase. Adding in some different weights of pens can add contract and make it more visually fun. And if you say "nope, not for me" then that's totally okay too! 

Let's dive into the video: 

And here's a look at my week via images: 

This week's spread uses paper and vellum cards from the January 2024 Stories By The Month™.

On the "currently" card I used a brush pen. On the vellum cards I'm using POSCA Paint Pens and Slick Writer pens. 

The bottom card is from Colleen Attara who creates awesome salvaged words + other lovely things.  

I used my Espon XP15000 Printer for two, 6 inch x 12 inch enlargements. I used my iPad + Procreate + an Apple Pencil to write my journaling and then transferred it to the image in Photoshop before printing. You could also write directly onto your photo. 

It's so fun to see a spread full of words! 

One of the photos is a picture of a painted words I did on an art journal page last week. Even taking a photo of text was fun! There are so many different ways to get your own writing into this project (and into the pockets). 

Along the outside edge I added an Avery Index Tab and stamped the date on the paper inside.

Here's what it looks like without the insert:

SUPPLIES

• 9x12 Album
• 9x12 Page Protectors
• 6x12 Page Protectors
• Rolling Date Stamp
• StazOn Ink
• Brush Pen
• Micron Pen
• POSCA Paint Pens 
• Avery Index Tabs
• Other basic supplies can be found via my Amazon Storefront (printers, etc)