Project Life Week 2 and 3

 

Today I want to share my Project Life spreads for weeks 2 and 3. This is my week 2 spread with the inserts. I had a lot of instagram photos from this week so I printed 40 of them to fit inside the small pockets of a coin page protector. This is a great way for me to have an overview of instagram moments from the week without adding a lot of bulk and extra page protectors to display that many photos.

 

 

Here is a look at the spread without the inserts. For this spread I used the Dear Lizzy 5th & Frolic Digital collection.

This is my week 3 spread with the inserts. This week included Martin Luther King Assembly that Friday and my youngest daughter was chosen to be one of the speakers. The kids also received a copy of his "I Have a Dream" speech that I am including in my album. She also had a guest speaker in her class that talked about the Iowa Capital Building here in Des Moines. She received a wonderful book with lots of info and pictures about the building that I am also including along with other bits of memorabilia for the week.

Here is a look at the week 3 spread without all the inserts. I used the Seen and Noted Collection from Pebbles this week.



 

Have a great day!

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Project Life Title Page & Week 1

I love photographing and documenting our lives and this year I am excited to be starting my 6th year of Project 365 and my 3rd year of Project Life. I completed my title page and first week of Project Life 2013 and thought I would share them today.

 

The photos I use for my title page are always from the last day of the previous year and they usually involve my kiddos being silly and having fun on New Year's Eve. I made and cut the white 2013 speech bubble using my Silhouette. The Stories-Photos-Life card is from Cathy Zielske's blog and the other two 3x4 cards are from the digital Seafoam PL kit. The last 4x6 card is a combination of a die cut from the Silhouette store and another card downloaded from Cathy Zielske's blog. I did alter both of Cathy's cards to match the rest of my page.

 



 

This is what our first week looks like. It is a bit hard to see, but the number 1 divider on the right side is a cutting file from the Silhouette store. Behind that is a policy style envelope from American Crafts. It holds small bits of memorabilia, receipts, etc. I also included an insert of the kids writing their resolutions for the new year. I tucked their resolution cards behind each of their photos.

 



Here is what the spread looks like without all the inserts.

 

For the title card I opened the January calendar from findingnana in Photoshop, added an arrow and text, and printed it out. The snapshot card is from Jennifer Hignite that I recolored to match my page. The last two cards and circle element are from digital PL kits- Clementine, Seafoam, and Bridgeport.



 





On the right side of the spread I started with the Celbrate Everyday card from the digital Seafoam kit and recolored it. I also added a flair badge from A Flair for Buttons. The cards in the middle are all from digital PL kits- Bridgeport, Baby, and Clementine. I did recolor the Hello card to match the rest of the page. The chevron card is also from the digital Seafoam kit and I made the arrow in Photoshop to go along with the stack of book my kiddos chose at the bookstore.

 

I am using this album to hold my Project Life pages. I bought a couple of these on clearance a few years ago and thought they would be fun to use this year.

 



I have also been collecting a lot of cute flair buttons from A Flair for Buttons and keeping in them in this bin I found at Target. I love adding these to my Project Life pages.

Even though I used mostly digital products for these pages, I love to incorporate other products from my stash. I am using these organizers I found on Amazon to keep envelopes, glassine bags, snap products, and others handy and accessible to use in my PL project.

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thanks for stopping by!

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Happy New Year

I hope everyone has had a good start to the New Year. We have had a nice relaxing day at home today. I love those days! With the start of the new year I have also decided to start a Project Life for 2012. I finished my title page last night with a few silly photos of the kids from the evening. I like that my title page showcases a few photos from the last day of 2011. This is my title page:

I am using the Turquoise kits- both the traditional and digital. I am primarily using the traditional elements, but I like having the digital option to print extra papers or cards as needed. The card on the top left is an example of one I put together using the digital elements. I created a 4x6 grid in Photoshop, added digital elements and the year, and then printed it with my printer. I also rounded the corners with the Corner Chomper and then slipped it into my album. Simple and easy! If you are doing a Project Life project I woud love to see your pages. Just leave me a comment so I can check out your blog, Flickr page, etc. Have a great day!



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