Whew! I'm a bit behind but I'm not stressing...the last two weeks have been full of life. This week is a "normal" busy week so I'm hoping to complete Week 5 and get started on Week 6. Looks like after this weekend it will be three weekends of basketball tournaments!
The week isn't completely done, as I'm waiting on some photos to complete the insert. The insert will have Nick's basketball tournament on one side, and Zach seeing the Globetrotter's on the other. Other than that, it is a pretty straight-forward week.
The left side:
For the right side I used a Week in Review card again...I've liked writing 2-3 sentences to each family member for the week. I also added a gas receipt and a movie ticket and poster of the movie.
A few close-ups:
The "Week 4" and "Jasper" stickers are American Crafts (Daiquiri and Shoe Box). They are so old that I couldn't find a link to share...Yay for using up old stash!!
I would still like to post more layouts from the boys' School of Life albums, but with the way my schedule is looking it will more than likely be a few weeks.
Moving on to Week 5! My baby turned 10!
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Another week down! I really am loving the weekly layouts verses the picture-a-day. I'm using more photos because I'm not tied down to feeling the need to have a photo and journaling for each day. This was a pretty basic week, and it felt good after having huge layouts for week one and week two.
I hadn't planned to use anything other than the Project Life Core Kit for this week, but as I was putting it together, I found myself reaching for supplies that were collected years ago and sat. It felt good again to be a bit creative with the week. I've added links to the product I've used at the end of th post.
Left side:
Right Side:
And a few closeups:
Once again this week I took time to add brushes and journaling directly to the photos. I really like how that turns out. Week Four (how are we at Week Four already?) is going to be a busy one!
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Last week was a tough week as we said good-bye to Scott's Grandma. I loved her just like she was my Grandma, too. I spent alot of time on the layout, as I wanted to include photos from our time with her. It was hard, and it was healing. I didn't use many elements from the Project Life core kit...I wanted to use paper that reminded me of her.
I used quite a few of Ali Edward's Celebration of Life brushes for the photos. I also put the date the photo was taken, as well as any other information I wanted to remember (fonts used are CK Ali's Hand and Traveling Typewriter). Paper is Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird. The Left side:
An up-close photo of the title card:
A close up of one of the cards. Stickers are Cosmo Cricket's Tiny Type.
And the other card. Butterfly is Jenni Bowlin and the acrylic hearts I don't know the source, I've had and saved forever.
Next I used an insert for the Celebration of Life program. On the other side I will be scanning a recipe card in her beautiful handwriting of my husband's favorite cupcakes she made.
The next insert is the obituary from the paper, and the other side will include a copy of the eulogy that my Father-in-law gave.
The next insert is Design F of Becky Higgin's Photo Pocket Pages. I simply cut off the last row as I didn't need that many slots. I inserted more photos, photos of flowers from her funeral, and the Memorial piece. Hoping that my husband will write a favorite memory on the journaling card I left blank.
And the other side. I wrote my feelings, as well as what I wanted my boy's to remember. Another flower photo and a photo of the sunset the night she passed away. The family loved the cross in the sky, welcoming her to heaven.
And the right side. I used Cathy Zielske's Journaling cards again to write 2 or 3 sentences highlighting the week of each family member, as well as a journaling card from Paislee Press to keep track of the boy's basketball games. Basketball Brushes are from this set of Art Warehouse.
Well done, Good and Faithful Servant, well done.
I meant to share more with you about this photo from my Project Life :::Week One::: post on Tuesday.
The photos together show my quest to eating better and drinking more water...nothing too exciting. But what is exciting is how easy it was to make this collage. Literally, in less than 30 seconds, I had it done and ready to print. The photos were all taken from my iPhone, and I used the Diptic App. I opened the app (99 cents in the App Store), chose the design, inserted my photos from my photo roll, and emailed it to myself so I could print it out. The borders aren't exactly even, and while that would have bothered me to the point of not using it a few months ago, I'm going with it. I'm embracing the imperfection of it and choosing to be happy that I have the photos! Here is what it looked like before printing it on the 4x6:
Next time I will more than likely print it so it doesn't appear stretched out or cut off. Or I may not.
Next week I will be sharing another big Project Life week as we said good-bye to a loved one this week. It will be hard to complete, but also healing. I want to make sure I get this one right.
Have a good weekend. Make it count!
I'm excited to share with you Week One of 2012! I definitely liked doing a "weekly" layout verses a picture-a-day + journaling. I am using Becky Higgin's Project Life Cobalt Kit, along with Design A (for the most part) page protectors and We R Memory Keepers album.
For this week I decided to see how I liked the look of a white border around my photos. I liked it and it was easy enough to print from iPhoto. I also used a journaling card from Paislee Press. I changed the color and word, and it was simple enough that I will definitely use again. Left Side:
First Insert: I decided to make a copy of my Erin Condren planner to give an overview of the month. Not sure if I will keep it...more than likely I'll decide at the end of the month if it is something I will continue to add.
Basketball games started for the boys this week, so I put an insert of my favorite photo from their games and stitched the protector to size (Digital brush can be found here):
And the other side (Digital brush can be found here):
I used Ali Edward's new 6x12 template for my next insert. It tells the story of sharing my Project Life + School Kit last week.
Other side is the email I received from Becky, along with a photo from 2005 that I had of myself with Becky and Ali.
And the last page. I used a journaling card template from Cathy Zielske and highlighted each family member's week. I liked doing that and it was easy to write 2 or 3 sentences for each person. I also used another journaling card from Paislee Press.
It feels good to have the week done. I spent way too much time messing around with it, but I'm happy with the results. I know each week won't be as intensive!
I'll be sharing what I've done with the Becky Higgin's protectors and my Christmas album in the next few days.
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