Project Life | Week 26

Wow, this pretty simple page took me, what felt like all day, to finish. Just as I started getting things put on this page we had a mini-crisis and I had to stop for a few hours. It all turned out okay but had me stressed out. Anyway, I had to give up working on it and just finish it!  I'm still a month behind and really hoping to start catching up since things will be getting even busier around here! Ahhhh!

I used Honey Project Life Edition papers and cards. The embellishments are from ScrapOrchard and are the Storyteller kit. I think it may have been a freebie from Persnickety Prints. You can find the link on my Pinterest page. And the photography quote card on the bottom I found on a photographer's Facebook page (I think.) -  Paint the Moon. The quote below is Ali Edwards and you can find that link on my Pinterest page also.

Project Life | Week 25

I'm not super happy with how these pages came out, but I am super happy that they are finished! I used mostly the Honey Edition but you can always check out my Pinterest page for links to more products I've used and want to use. :)

Project Life | Week 24

Another week finished!

I have lost so much momentum because I have fallen behind but I tell myself that I need to at least finish one spread a week so I don't fall farther behind. It is amazing what one new product can do for my motivation though. I saw these Clipped Stacks on sale at Designer Digitals today for $.99 and decided to get them and they were enough motivation for me to finish another week. The rest of the products are from the Honey Edition. But you can see all my favorite products and freebies on my Pinterest page.

Even though I was tempted to add more embellishments and fun stuff, I decided not to to keep it simple and keep moving forward on catching up.

Project Life | Week 23

Well, I'm not falling any further behind, but I'm not really catching up yet either. I got another layout done this week but just barely. They pages are so plain. I did make an "Instagram" template this week, so I may use that again in the future. I will probably also go back and add to these pages. I know I need to add a QR code of the video I made of our move but I'm just not quite finished with it yet. I should also put the hashtag I used on all my Instagram photos on the page too. Anyway, I used mostly the Honey edition but if you want to see other products and freebies I've used, see my Pinterest Board.

Project Life | Week 22

Still so much catch up to do but I'm working on it and I will eventually catch up!!!

I used mostly Honey edition this week but you can always see my Pinterest Board for links to more things I've used. Keeping this post short & sweet. Thanks for looking :)

Project Life | Week 20 & 21

Ahhhhh! I am so behind! Between end of the school year activities and moving out of state, I have fallen several weeks behind on Project Life. But I am determined to catch up and get back on track because I really love the final outcome of a family yearbook at the end of the year.

Since I am behind, I have made these pages super simple and easy, no fun stuff, because I just want to get them finished. I'll do more embellishments and brushes again once I am caught up. When I look at the overall book, I'm sure it won't bother me to have some plain pages in there, I will just be glad those memories are included!

Mother's Day week, I did manage to add a few cute things on these pages. I love scanning or taking a photo of memorabilia to include since this will be a printed photo book and I will not have inserts. That way, I still have a record of them, and some of them I do add to the kids' scrapbooks.

I can't believe my son graduated kindergarten! Where is the time going? This week I had sooo many pictures I wanted to include (there were plenty that didn't even make the cut) so I didn't leave much room for journal cards or embellishments. I did add QR codes to include video of each of the big events. (I erased the code for privacy.)

I used mostly Project Life products (Honey & Bridgeport), but if you see something you want to know about, check out my Pinterest page or just ask.

Project Life | Week 19

Wow this was one of those weeks that did not come together easily for me and that I'm not super happy with, but just had to move on. I was originally going to make my whole 2013 book out of the Clementine Edition but I bought the Honey Edition when it came out and I just loved it so much that I have been using it a ton. I pick one background paper to use for the whole month. So for May, I decided to use a Honey paper but once I started adding pictures, I was really doubting my paper choice. I just didn't feel the colors in my photos went so well with the paper. Oh well, I'm going to stick with it for this month. One thing I do love about digital scrapbooking is the ability to change the colors of cards and use the same ones over and over. I added some Mayfield Childhood edition cards in this weeks pages also. Check out my Pinterest page for links to products that I've used.

On the right page there was quite a bit of info I took out for privacy reasons, that is why there is so much blank space.

Project Life | Week 18

Hello week 18 of project life! I love that I am keeping up with this and I look forward to every week and putting together the pages from that week. We also had a great week this week so it made it even more fun to put these pages together. 

The red striped card on the right page is covering up 2-3x4 spots that are too personal to share on the blog so it will look different in my book.

The background paper is from the Clementine kit which I had planned to use all year but I bought the Honey edition and I am loving it so much. All of the cards on the page are from Honey. As always, you can find links to the products I used on my pages on my Pinterest page.

Project Life | Week 17

I didn't post last week but I did finish last week. There was just too much personal stuff to cover up, I felt it wasn't even worth posting last week. But I'm back and I'm posting this week!

This week is a mix of Clementine background paper and Honey and Mayfield Childhood Edition journal cards. I really tried but I couldn't resist the sale at acdigitals.com on the Mayfield Edition last week. The cards go really well with the Honey edition and being able to mix and match gives me more options. As always, you can see my Pinterest Board for links to products I used on my pages.

Project Life | Week 15

This week I used background paper from the Clementine Edition (like the rest of my book so far) but I got the Honey Edition this week on acdigitals.com and used mostly those journal cards. I wasn't planning to get it but I just love the bright colors and I wanted bright colors for this week and couldn't really find anything I liked in the Clementine Edition. I really like the cheery colors and I like the variety of photos I have for this week. I like that I have some artwork, text message, notes, etc. I wish the rest of my weeks had this much variety. It does make it a little more difficult to coordinate things on the page then but that's why I like the rainbow of colors in the Honey Edition. I think it helps. Check my Pinterest Board for links to products and freebies I've used this week.

Project Life | Week 14

Yay! I'm all caught up on project life! I didn't have too many photos from this week so I decided to highlight the cute  Instagram Easter pictures on the right page with Design E. I'm not sure I like the order they are in but couldn't think of a better way to place them and didn't really bother with any embellishments except for the Easter stamp. I think the photos were cute enough on their own and I was playing catch-up so I didn't want to spend a lot of time on it.

On the left side I used some Olive Edition cards with the Clementine paper and embellishments. You can find links to products I use in my project life on my Pinterest Board.

Project Life | Week 13

Oh yes, I'm catching up! Look at me go.

This week was all about my dad visiting. I love my dad. I love my mom too (she's the best!). But I've always been a daddy's girl. I miss having him around now that we live so far away and it's a little harder for him to have time off to visit then my mom, so the time he gets to spend with us is precious. We had a lot of fun with him. I especially liked to see him with Violet. Our trip to Home Depot reminded me of the many trips I made to Home Depot (his favorite store) when I was growing up. So bored going down every isle! Haha. And our little hike reminded me of the many camping/hunting trips I went on with him when I was younger too. He is a great dad, he was very protective and I always felt safe with him. (I could say so much more about him.) I decided to include some of those little memories on these pages. I want my kids to know who their grandparents are and what they meant to me. I would love to know more about my grandparents then I do. 

I think a lot of times when I am putting these pages together, that is what I consider. If this was me as a child, what would I want to know about these pictures? And that is what I try to include. Sometimes it feels like I can't fit all of what I want to say in these pages but I also have to remind myself that if I put too much in it will be overwhelming and probably never get read. I try to find the balance. 

Anyway, here are my pages for this week. I used mostly the Clementine Edition and a couple cards from the Bridgeport Childhood Edition. Check my Pinterest board for links to everything.