Project Life; Week 4

Here's the overview for Week 4 of my Project Life..

And here's the left side, with the weekly title card.. and then the right side.

I really like how this layout turned out.  Here is a closer look at a couple of my favorite cards..

I think simple is more my style, from here on out.. I'm just a simple kinda gal.  ;) 

Project Life; Week 3

So here it is, my week 3 of Project Life.  I'm a little behind, but I went into this knowing I would always be a little bit behind - and I'm fine with that.  My wonderful husband built me a desk, and that definitely makes my scrapbooking time a little more productive since I now have everything in one place. 

And here are close-ups of some of my favorite ones;

My title card is a bit eclectic this time, though I must say I'm really diggin' watercolors.  They're super fun to play around with.  I have this set that I bought from Michael's.  Lots of fun colors, and the price is awesome ($5, I think?  And if you have a coupon.. even better!).

For the most part I just kept things simple for this layout, and kind of let the photos stand out for themselves.  My favorite is definitely the one of Clara dancing on the couch.  Makes my heart melt every time I look at it.  I just love that kid.

Project Life; Week 1

So I finally finished my first week for 2014 last week.  I've figured it's inevitable for me to always be about a month behind.  And that's okay with me.. I don't want to stress about it, or feel like it has to get done now.  This is something that's really enjoyable for me, and a creative outlet, and I don't want to ruin that.  :)

It's pretty difficult for me to get anything accomplished for it during the week, so I usually do it all on the weekends.  It's not my favorite spread, however, life's not perfect so I guess this can't be either.

Here the left side;

And the right side;

I used a lot of things from the Studio Calico kit that I'm subscribed to.  I will go into detail in another post about all the basics I bought to get started on Project Life.  :)

On this card I just drew the arrows by hand and cut them out since I didn't have any veneer arrows on hand.  I like the the hand-drawn look of it and I think it adds a nice touch!



Does anyone else do Project Life?  Let me see your layouts!

Project Life; 2014 Cover Page

I've been doing Project Life since about the middle of last year or so, and I love it.  I've tried the traditional scrapbook before, but (quickly) gave up on that, as it was too much work for me.  But Project Life is a whole other story.

It's a much simpler approach to scrapbooking.  You can make it as simple or as involved as you want.  For the basics, all you need is a 12x12 binder, some photo pocket pages, photos, and a core kids or some fun cards to put in the pockets.  All of these basics can be found at Michaels and on Amazon (and hey, you can use 40% off coupons on them at Michaels!).

You can do it however you life.  Document your every day life, your goals, your vacations, make it into a baby book, etc.  Mix in some journaling with the photos so you can remember those special moments.  There are endless options.

I've also signed up for Studio Calico's monthly Project Life kits... they come with some super fun embellishments that I love sticking into my layouts.  If you're interested in signing up for that, go here.  :)

And so here is my very first page for 2014.  My cover page..

I put on some of my resolutions, and a recent family photo.. I also put where we are located, because who knows if we'll be living in the same place come next year.  ;)  Brightened it up with a few embellishments and some fun cards.

This set of ultra fine point permanent markers is one of my favorite things.. I love the color selection... and they write so well!

I don't know if I'll do one spread a week, or combine two weeks.. I'm thinking I'll just end up 'going with the flow'.. as I don't want to feel pressure to do this, and want to keep it fun.  More than likely, I'll probably do 2 weeks at a time.. unless it's a really busy and fun week with a lot going on.  ;)  I plan on sharing my spreads when I get them done each week or every other week.

Do any of you do Project Life?  If so, leave a link to your spreads in the comments.. I'd love to take a look and leave you some love!  :)