As mentioned at the end of 2013, I am no longer completing my Project Life album on a weekly basis. I did that for two years. I enjoyed the process and I love my albums. This year I am taking a much more relaxed approach and playing more with this project. I don't have much of a plan other than to complete at least one (and sometimes many more) spread a month.
The big win is that I can never be "behind" on this album. I also like that I don't have to worry about having seven horizontal 4x6 photos each week and can group photos by subject instead of date. I love that I will be under no "weekly deadlines" and will be blogging just once a month about my album.
There is so much going on right now in REAL life that isn't making it into our ALBUM life. I think back to the Elise of last spring or the Elise of the spring before that and I cannot believe how much free time she had. WHAT WAS SHE DOING?!?! I wish I could go back in time, grab her, and pull her into the present to help me out. I'm 99% sure she's bored and totally willing.
All of that to say: I am learning that Project Life is taking a backseat while real life is so awesome and full. And I cannot express how OKAY I am with this. So this month it's a ton of photos of my cute kiddo and a ton of photos of my garden. This is not the entire story of March. Not even a fraction of the story. But it's some of it and for me, that's a great win.
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February ended with a 12x12 photo, so March starts with one. (Honestly this is just a mock up, I need to get the photo printed still.) Next to it is my Studio Calico creative team spread using the triangle stamp from the main Bluegrass Farm PL kit and embellishments from the add-ons.
Super cute embellishments that I just stuck together with a staple and then adhered to the outside of the pockets with glue dots. I love that I got so many great 4x6 photos on a page and still was able to add a few extras.
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The next layout is my favorite of the year so far. I took three photos of the three of us, cropped them to 6x12 and printed them as 3 4x6s. Then I just cropped them into the pockets.
I am only planning on filling ONE album this year and so it might seem nutty to include three of nearly the same photo but I think these photos are the sort of thing I'll actually care to look back on in 40 years.
This was another layout created for the SC creative team, this time using just the Bluegrass Farm main kit. I cut up a bunch of cards to fit my color scheme (LOVE that cloud one and the house is awesome too).
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And then it's garden time.
I used a few assorted journaling cards and seed packets to fill the 3x4 pockets.
And then played with some wood veneer embellishments (from past Studio Calico kits) mixed with 4x6 photos.
I love the look of floating embellishments so that HERE COMES THE SUN got it's own 4x6 pocket.
And that's March! No stress, just simple. Thank you so much for following along. See my title page for this album here and 2014 album progress here.
product sources: Studio Calico Bluegrass PL kit, Seafoam core kit, Amy Tangerine mini kit, Studio Calico past project life kit pieces, We R Memory keepers 6 pocket page, Design A pocket page, staz-on ink, Pigma Micro 01 pen.
all photos were printed at home on my Epson PictureMate Show.
