I did it! I actually documented an entire week in the life this year. Very excited to share my album today. Most of the elements came from Ali Edwards WITL kit. I added a few alphas here and there and some embellishments.
Title Pages:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Somehow I'm missing a page -- not in the album, on here
Sunday:
Missing a photo here. I wanted a picture of the Thirty-One products that I ordered. They've come, but I didn't take a picture until later.
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.
I'm so excited to dive into my first attempt at Week in the Life. I took the advice of my previous documenters and prepped my album before the week. First step was pulling out the supplies. I bought Ali Edwards' kit below so I started there.The kit is great, but I wanted to add to it with some embellishments and alphas from my own stacks.
From there, I started laying out my pages and my plan for the week. I started with my cover page in stark black and gold. I finally found a use for these ABM Messy Box gold letters!
On the opposite side, I decided to do a simple title page with the dates of the week.
I would love to do a 6x8" photo for each day of the week, but we will have to see what I come up with later. At least I can start making a journaling or traditional scrapbooking page on the opposite side of where the photo would be. These are the patterned papers that i decided on (all from my Messy Box). I used the gold star washi and wood days of the week from the WITL kit. These pages may eventually include some journaling or a picture.
I plan on using the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening 3x8" card for pics of our meals. The opposite side will be used probably for journaling... I went ahead and made a "Currently" card for each day of the week,
From there I am leaving the pockets open for pictures with some journaling cards in between. Hopefully I can print the pictures soon after the week to actually complete the album.
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.
Usually I highlight my previous month's Project Life pages the last two Fridays of the month. With all the crazy of guests and travels, I completely forgot to edit and print my photos. By the time I remembered and ordered them, the prints won't be arriving at home until next week. So my pages will be delayed at least a week. I'm hoping to dive in as soon as they arrive and get June knocked out of the park. And I need to do another catch-up with Arthur's pages and finish the twins' summer pages. Next week is going to be busy!
I have officially caught the twins' scrapbook up to the present season! I am so excited! Being behind was such a weight on my shoulders. I sped through almost two years with minimal embellishments, but heavy on photos. A very simplistic look works for the their albums. They are preteen boys, they don't want flowers and pinks. I plan on continuing to use the Slate Core Kit with a few key extra cards. Loving my approach to get it done and keep it simple.
May - Part 2
Pages five and six collect pictures from a variety of events. For journaling, I did a list of my favorite occasions. From there, I added a few stickers and embellishments.
Page seven has was another hodge-podge of pictures. I highlighted a few good pics of animals from our Oakland Zoo visit. I also did a journaling card of my May wrap-up. Simple but sweet.
The last page of May features our first visit to Children's Fairyland in Oakland. A very strange place, but it was a fun morning. I decided to forego an embellishments and just add a journaling card.
May's pages are really all about a random collection of pictures. But somehow it all worked out nicely.
This past week I finally dove back into the twins' scrapbooks. Turns out the books were two years behind! Holy cow! And I was in the middle of filling a traditional post-bound album. Definitely not my method anymore! So, I made a plan to tackle the twins' books and switch them to Project Life style once the current album was filled. I grabbed the box and started sorted. I quickly filled the current album and turned my attention to new PL ones. Thankfully I had thought ahead and picked up a few American Crafts albums and clearanced Slate and Azure core kits. I love the colors scheme of those two kits. Perfect for preteen boys!
First up, the title page. Overall, I wanted these albums to be simple. Not too many embellishments. I think the title pages really speak to the simpleness of my style. I plan on adding the dates of the album once it is filled. And I may add picture of each twin if I pull up a good one from that year.
Past the title page, I dove right into our Summer 2013 road trip. Thankfully I had most of the pictures already printed. I just need to supplement with a few here and there. At this point, I am using the Slate Core kit for insert cards except for the Road trip styled cards on page one (those are from the Road Trip Theme pack).
Next up, I need to tackle Christmas Break 2013-2014. Thankfully I again have most of the pictures already printed. I'll probably share another progress post later on in the summer. My goal is to get the albums caught up by August. I want to have all four Project Life (family, Arthur, Nick, and Alex) current going into the holiday season.
May - Part 1
For May, I went with the color scheme of yellow, pink, and purple with floral accents.
The first page is a hodge-podge of pictures from the month. I added some alpha embellishments and some jewels to my journal card.
Page two highlights our monthly visit to CDM. I finally found a place for the homemade card from our butterfly swap. I added some alphas and it worked perfectly.
The third page is all about our visit to Maker Faire. It was my first time going and we had some much fun!
Page four is mostly about the twins. They graduated from the sixth grade this month. I couldn't be present at the event, but thankfully my mom took a few photos for me. And I threw in an extra photo of Arthur just because it was cute.
