***Photo Dump Ahead***
Every year, I make my mother, grandmother, and mother-in-law scrapbooked Holiday albums celebrating that season. I ended up making three albums this year, but I somehow didn't take any photos of the album I sent to my mother-in-law. Each album is different in terms of papers and embellishments. Most of the photos stay the same.
This particular album was made for my mother.
***Photo Dump Ahead***
Every year, I make my mother, grandmother, and mother-in-law scrapbooked Holiday albums celebrating that season. I ended up making three albums this year, but I somehow didn't take any photos of the album I sent to my mother-in-law. Each album is different in terms of papers and embellishments. Most of the photos stay the same.
The particular album below was intended to be given to my grandmother. Unfortunately, she passed away on January 2nd before it was completed. It is being sent to my grandfather who I know will enjoy it, but I am devastated that my grandmother never got to enjoy this one.
Originally published on March 1st, 2014Week 7
Family Album: This week was a combination of regular activities, Valentine's Day, and Arthur turning 4 months. I decided to split the spread. The left side focuses on our regular activities. I used a nice orange and turquoise palette to add visual interest. Instead of adding another picture, I chose to use a 4x6 pocket as my weekly highlights insert. I didn't add much embellishment: space man stamp and piece of washi tape was all. The right side was heavy on Arthur's milestones. The red is a bit overwhelming, but I still think it looks nice.
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Arthur's Album: Arthur's album is split between Valentine's Day (left side) and 4 months (right side). I wanted to create some type of balance in the spread. Other than the hearts, I didn't add any embellishments.
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Week 8
Family Album: Somehow I completely lost the right side picture of this week's spread. Oh well. I'll get it finished soon. I kept the embellishing at a minimum. I relied on some alphabet stickers to add some interest to the track pictures. I love the visual interest of this week's page.
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Arthur's Album: Arthur's album is missing one picture that will have to go onto the next picture order. No embellishments this week, but I did a huge amount of journaling. I am getting better at storytelling; capturing those little moments.
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Originally published on January 25th, 2014
I'm starting a new weekly feature highlighting my Project Life pages. My goal is to stay on top of the weeks throughout 2014. Making these posts a weekly feature should hold me accountable. So here we go...
Many project lifers create a new album for each year with a title page, etc. I started PL in October with Arthur's birth, so mine is going to look a little different. I am hoping to keep Oct. - Dec. 2013 and all of 2014 in one album. We'll see how that goes. I decided to start my 2014 weekly spreads with the week of Dec. 30 - Jan. 5. Yes, I included Dec. 30th and 31st in Week 1's spread. I think it will help me stay organized.
Week 1
Family Album: It's another case of the missing photographs. Darn Walgreens! I hope to get them printed sometime this week, so I can add them in. For the left side, I went with a winter color scheme of gray, blue, and white. We were still in Indiana and there was almost 2 feet of snow on the ground; the colors seemed appropriate. I went back to the day by day journaling using the PL day stickers. For the right side, I wanted to highlight the start of 2014. I used three inserts from the Holiday mini kit and added some silver stars. The number chipboard stickers were from a Studio Calico kit I bought on Black Friday. I love their silhouettes. The "Explore" insert was a Google image that I downloaded. I chose "Explore" as my word for 2014, so I wanted to highlight it in this first week's spread.
I added two different inserts in this week. The first insert is my "State of the Blog" wrap up. I added journaling cards from the PL Sunshine kit and a screenshot of the home page of my blog. I love the bright colors and simplicity of the inserts.
The second insert highlights the rest of my Fat Mum Slim's Photo a Day December pictures. This was the first time I tried one of these challenges. I finished it, but learned a few lessons along the way. I used two PL Seafoam inserts as a title page and a journaling card. To designate each day's theme, I wrote on top of a washi tape swatch adhered to the photo. They look much better in person. Now I really need some more washi tape to use this technique more. (Side note: I'm missing the Dec. 31st picture. I have to get that one printed and inserted.)
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Arthur's Album
Week 2
Family Album: Another week of photos speaking for themselves. I wanted to get the rest of our vacation pictures into the album. To highlight the crazy Midwest weather, I cropped a picture from The Weather Channel.
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Arthur's Album
Week 3
Family Album: This week I tried to incorporate some insert cards other than the Sunshine and Seafoam kits. I bought some random sets and partial sets online over the holidays. I love the lighter blue and orange color combinations. I also tried to play with pattern cards instead of using just simple designs. Finally I decided to add "Week __" to the date cards. (Note: I only did this for the family album.)
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Arthur's Album: On the left side, I did a few journaling cards and a random insert all in yellow. I love the clean look. The right side is all about Arthur's 3 month pictures and inserts. The photo heavy right side balances the cleaner left side.
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Originally published on January 18th, 2014
Wrapping up my 2013 Project Life with the last two weeks of December. Since I was in Indiana at the time, I had to wait until January to complete these spreads. However, I did plan ahead and work on parts of them while on vacation. I took a small box filled with journal inserts, bric a brack, journaling pens, glue, and grided paper. I laid out each weekly spread on the grid paper and wrote in what photo went where. Then, I did the journal on the insert cards and added some embellishments. Once I got home, I just printed the pictures and slide them into the page protector pockets. Easy peasy! And I stayed on track!
Dec. 16 - 22
Highlights: Since this was the week we were traveling (Arthur for the first time!), I wanted to use some travel themed paper and embellishments. Thankfully I bought travel themed paper from SU's clearance rack in December. I cut up the little embellishments (like the "special delivery" tag) and used them as accents. I also cut down the rest of the paper into 3x4 or 4x6 pieces to use as inserts. The only insert that isn't that paper is the "True Story" date card. That one is from PL's Seafoam kit. The blue worked nicely with the pattern papers. It's a bit hard to see in these photos, but I did stamp directly onto a few photos. The pic of Arthur and I has a "postcard" stamp on the bottom. I experimented with different inks before leaving and decided that Staz-on black worked the best. I like the look of a simple stamp here and there. I also stamped the small plane and the globe onto insert cards. Finally I cut up our boarding passes to use as interesting inserts and added a Komet hockey ticket to the family album. Overall, I really love the colors and flow of these spreads.
Dec. 23 - 29
Highlights: Christmas week and I had to use Christmas theme paper and embellishments. The inserts are a mix of some random cut up SU Christmas DSP and pieces from the PL Holiday mini kit. I then added a few Christmas stickers to add to the fun. I didn't add any stamping this week, but let the photos speak. (Side note: The family album's right page is missing a few photos. For the second time in a row, Walgreens has not printed all the prints I ordered. Really getting frustrated with them...)
Christmas insert
In the middle of Christmas week, I added a Design H insert to highlight our "professional" Christmas photos. Alright, my mother and I took them... I included a few inserts from the PL Holiday mini kit. I love our little family photos, even if the twins were in a slightly foul mood that day.
Next week, I'll be sharing Weeks 1, 2, and 3 of 2014.