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.
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And guys, it finally happened. I created JUST ONE spread this month and it isn't even from June.
Nope. It's from the last weekend of May when Paul and I headed to Palm Springs.
When I got my Studio Calico kit for July the colors were PERFECT for our desert photos. I couldn't have planned it better if I tried. And I'm obsessed with those fun patterns and the HERE letterpressed card.
I didn't even print extra photos (takes too long!), and just used some of the film photos that I recently had developed and cropped them down to 3x4.
Here's the deal: I'm busy. Not in the "let's glorify busy!" way, but in the real life "this is all happening at once and I'm just going to roll with it" way. My "documenting" life is taking a major backseat to my "living" life this year. And that's OKAY. I'm happy and I've got an Instagram feed of memories. So one layout in 30 days? Feels like a massive accomplishment. ;)
Thank you so much for following along. See my title page for this album here and 2014 album progress here.
product sources: Studio Calico Penny Arcade kit, Design A pocket page, black sharpie.
all photos were from my film camera.
