My color palette was red, white, and blue of course. We documented the last few weeks with the twins and my mom's visit here in California.
Project Life June 2015
This month was filled with activities with the twins... We had a ton of fun. For these pages, I went with a blue, green, and yellow color palette.
The last page for June is actually the last page in this volume. I decided to do a bit of a wrap-up page instead of just ending. One side has a collection of "Currently" cards, one for each month. The other side has my blog and book stats as well has a complete listing of the books read in 2015 so far.
Project Life April 2015 Part 2
April - Part 2 Most of the second half of April's pages feature photos from California.
Pages six and seven have lots of random pictures of Arthur. Sometimes I like doing spreads where the pictures don't really relate. I tend to have ton of one-off photos that I still want to include in some way.
Page eight features pictures from Arthur's two friends' joint birthday party and some park pictures. My favorite part of this spread was the "Spring" insert card. Most of the card came from a PL swap that I did a few months back. I added the letters to help finish the card.
Page 9. Another page without embellishments. Arthur and I went on a walk on morning and I took a ton of flower photos. Such great blooms in our neighborhood! This was the perfect spread to feature a "Home Sweet Home" card.
Page ten's pictures were not taken by me! This spread features our spring social. Usually one of the moms takes pictures for the group. She always captures the best moments. My favorite is the one of Arthur and the baby stroller.
The last page of April consists of some pictures from our visit to Emma Prusch Farm. We went on a guided tour complete with a hayride. Arthur had lots of fun with his friends that day. Considering all the kids were boys, I thought the "Snips and Snails" card was perfect.
Project Life April 2015 Part 1
April - 1st Half We were in Indiana for the first almost two weeks of April before flying back home. The pages didn't quite line up nicely so there are some mix of locations.
The first page of the month features some fun pictures from Indiana. I added some little labels to the pictures as well as the boys' names. Unnecessary, but pretty cute. I'm loving the green, blue, yellow, and brown color scheme for April.
Pages two and three are all about our Easter celebration. We had dinner and an egg hunt at the aunt and uncle's house. I actually captured some cute photos of the hunt and even a few of the twins. I kept the embellishments at a minimum to feature the pictures.
The fourth and fifth pages highlight the candid photos from Sarah's wedding and related festivities. I decided to forego all embellishments and keep the photos clean.
Project Life February 2015 Part 1
February - 1st half February's color scheme was all about red, pinks, and brown. Of course I had to celebrate Valentine's Day. Throughout the pages, I added a ton of small hearts to add some nice small embellishments.
Page 1 featured my month card (from Echo Park) and a calendar card. I went through each day of the month and added an activity, meal, or weather. I won't do this every month, but this was a fun idea. The pictures are mostly random pics from the month. Lots of cute Arthur pics and even one of the twins sent to me by my mom.
Page 2 highlights more random pics and a bit of journaling. I especially love my cork accessories. The Book Worm piece is too adorable!
Page 3 features our Valentine's Exchange at The Corner Bakery. I added a nice journaling card and a sentiment card from the Dazzle kit. I purposely didn't embellish the photos as they are nice and colorful.
Page 4 features the rest of our random pics from the month. I added another small journaling card and a sentiment card from the Dazzle kit (really loving that kit right now!).
Page 5 and 6 highlight our trips to the Oakland Zoo and Happy Hollow. I did a journaling card with our Top 10 "best bits" about our visits. This was nice way to add some memories without writing an entire page.
Supplies:
- Echo Park Through the Year
- PL Dazzle
Project Life January 2015 Part 2
January - 2nd half This year I am doing my spreads monthly instead of weekly. This has freed me so much. i don't have to stress about getting the right amount or orientation of pictures for each week. And I can group like photos (e.g. preschool photos throughout the month) if I want to. I have also decided to take my color cues from the Echo Park Through the Year month cards. January's color scheme is blue and gray. I sorted through some of my giant stash of PL cards for gray and blue. And I sorted through my embellishment stash for similarly hued pieces.
Page five features some great shots from the Children's Museum and preschool. Plus I threw in a foggy photo of our street. I am doing "Currently" cards at least twice a month. I want to include those into my spreads and this page was perfect for that addition. The alphas on the street photo are shiny silver.
Page six grouped all the photos from the Winter Social. I want to keep all those pics together in one page. All I added was a journaling card to tell about the event.
Page seven includes some random photos and the few good ones from our Safari Run visit. I chose to journal about that visit as it was our first to the place. Other than that, I added some word stickers and a few enamel dots.
Page eight features some random around the house pictures, but the highlight is my ticket to see Tim Minchin in concert. So excited to be able to get a babysitter and attend. I also decide to include my little monthly wrap-card on this page. I highlighted my books read and some other fun stats.
Page nine details my progress on my OLW word. I included my monthly intentions on a journaling card. The other pockets highlight some of the areas that I worked on. For embellishment, I added some washi tape.
Page ten finishes out January with highlights from our trip to the Oakland Zoo. We have a membership so we go often. I added just a few cute pictures and some word stickers for embellishment. I threw in my Currently card as an added bonus.
Supplies:
- Echo Park Through the Year
- WRMK Dreamy
- Random alphas and embellishments
Project Life January 2015 Part 1
Title Page For Volume 1 of 2015, I wanted to create a title page using fun bright colors. I wanted a family photo, but J refuses to get his picture taken. So instead I just put our names. I added the "Home" stamp (and colored it in) and star brad (at our approximate location) to the map card. "You are my whole heart" is an overlay that I placed on top of the fun chevron card. I added a bit of journaling to the "hello" card and some sequins all over the page. Lastly I added the silver glitter numbers as my focal point. I love the brightness of my title card.
January - 1st half
This year I am doing my spreads monthly instead of weekly. This has freed me so much. i don't have to stress about getting the right amount or orientation of pictures for each week. And I can group like photos (e.g. preschool photos throughout the month) if I want to. I have also decided to take my color cues from the Echo Park Through the Year month cards. January's color scheme is blue and gray. I sorted through some of my giant stash of PL cards for gray and blue. And I sorted through my embellishment stash for similarly hued pieces.
Page 1 features Fort Wayne pictures with a bit of journaling about how we started the month in Indiana. I added an overlay to one of the pictures, some alphas, and a few stickers. The weather photo was taken using Instaweather app. Lots of fun!
Page two is the other Fort Wayne pictures. As it was so cold I got to add the little snowman and snowflake stickers. Unfortunately they don't work for the rest of January in California. I added a few random word stickers and a graphic card to complete the page.
Page three heralded our return to California. Some more word stickers and a cute cloud for my fog picture add to the page. I'm trying to add more story journaling instead of just listing where we went. This card highlights our return home and the three playgrounds we explored this month.
Page four rounds out the first half of my January pages. All I added to this page was the mustache sticker (just thought it was too cute!) and a small word sticker on the top left photo. I also journaled about us hosting preschool the first week back. Fun fun!
Supplies:
- Echo Park Through the Year
- PL Seasons
- Random alphas and embellishments