Project Life 2012 | Week Three
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It's really hard to beat having a pile of just-printed photos.
My routine these last few weeks has been to print all my photos on Monday (my weeks go Monday to Sunday). I look back over the photos taken in the past week and hit print on whichever ones I like best (or whichever ones catch my attention).
Some of these in the photo above didn't end up making it into my spread this week. I'm thinking I'll just add them to next week.
Here's a look at Week Three:
Being a birthday week I expected to have at least one insert to accommodate the number of photos. I ended up with two as you will see below.
I have to say that I'm really loving the Clementine journal cards. I feel like there is more space to write compared with last year (and I feel like I'm taking advantage of that so far).
We began our week with a dusting of snow (and that was it - just a dusting). On the top right photo I added a Hello Winter Brushes & Stamps ("heart snow") by cutting it out with the Silhouette and then stapling it with the Tiny Attacher. On the bottom left photo I added some word art from my Sibling Brushes & Stamps. The photo of me and the big white balloon was a self-portrait for the February One Little Word prompt.
I also included one Instax Mini photo out of front door into the snow.
The first insert for this week uses the Design G Page Protectors. I decided to use this entire insert for things related to Simon's birthday.
On the kraft piece of paper are the names of the kids Simon invited - he and Chris worked on the invitations together.
I used my Silhouette for two more things. The January frame is from the Hello Life Boxes Vol.2 package and the number 10 card is from my 3x4 Rounded Number Corner Cards package. Behind the #10 card I added a piece of Hambly Studios 12x12 Overlay Moustaches.
That "big day" date stamp is part of the new Dear Lizzy line from American Crafts (love it).
On the back I included a pirate napkin from the party. On top of the napkin I added Moss Notched Corners Labels from Paper Source and journaled about the party right on top.
I blurred the faces of the kids faces who attended the party.
The second insert is a We R Memory Keepers 8.5x11. Love this treasure hunt that Chris came up with - especially the part about the notorious pirate George.
On the back of this second insert I included the cards he received and a copy of the invitation.
After all that I really love how this page is just a bunch of words and photos. Photos + journal cards + a few little labels to identify photos. Love how this can be anything you want it to be.
SUPPLIES | 2012 | WEEK 3
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As always, your pages are beautiful. You were my inspiration for starting project life. I can't thank you enough! Three weeks in and this is by far the best project I have ever worked on.
Nadine
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It really is an awesome project.
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That pic of Anna & Simon with the mustache glasses is the BEST! I'm totally doing that with my boys!!!! Love how your album is coming together this year!
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Thanks for all your inspiration and tips! How did you attach the little labels to the "breakfast table" and "celebration #2 cake" photos? Do you use double side adhesive? Are they stickers?
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I used the Tiny Attacher stapler.
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Thanks for all the inspiration! This is my first year doing it (like so many others) and I love how such a simple product creates such a diversity of outputs. I have always loved scrapbooking and I've been in it through many variations (I started in high school back in the 1990s)...even dabbled in some mixed-media which I love.
Anyway, while I still love to do layouts no other project I have ever done has had such immense payback with minimal effort.
Thanks for sharing your PL spread each week!
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Hi Ali, Thanks for sharing your PL with us. Just curious how you ended your PL album for 2011. Did you do an ending page? So many people share title pages. I have not seen any ending pages. Just looking for inspiration.
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I haven't Dee. I love the idea of doing a single 12x12 photo that can be broken up into all the slots - similar to Kelly Purkey's title page. I just put them on the shelf and called it good :)
Thanks Ali.
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Love your week. It's so fun isn't it - this PL thing. I'm on year 2 but last year I did it differently. Loving including all bits of life in this year's album. Simon's party looks like it was fantastic! I still remember the Lego's from last year.
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More great pages Ali! I really love the special inserts for Simon. He shares my sister's birth date and she was so special to me. Some of my favourite parts of your pages are the way you incorporate the Silhouette so seamlessly into the days. Love it!
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I really enjoy seeing your PL layouts each week! I also just wanted to say I think it's great that you reply to many of your comments, especially the ones where people have questions about something. Thanks Ali!
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Thanks Juli - I try - sometimes I miss them but I try to read them all and respond to questions :).
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i love it! i'm making a specific effort myself to document the winter season and what it looks like on a daily basis. i live in southern california so we tend to be pretty bi-polar over here: rain on a monday, fog on a tuesday and by Friday we expect 80 degree weather. your album inspires me so much Ali! love it!
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GREAT pages...
tfs!
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Ali - can you tell me what type of printer you use to print your photos at home? I not happy with printing them at the local stores as the result just aren't as nice...suggestions?
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I use an Epson Stylus R2000 - it's linked above under the supply section. Very happy with it.
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Ali,
such an inspiration, as always...
When do you put your photos in the protectors? When I read the instructions that come with the photo paper it always tells to wait for 24 hours so the photos can dry...
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I definitely don't wait that long - sometimes 1/2 hour sometimes less (no waiting).
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great Week 3 | So full of inspiration. TFS Ali!
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Totally random, but did you write the "I <3 when Anna laughs..." card? Doesn't look like your writing. Just curious - it brings up a bit of inspiration though, the idea of having others write sentiments down to add to my PL project.
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What a great layout, I love the journal card where you used thick red marker - I think I will consider using different coloured markers too :)
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dear Ali,
I love your Silhouette Cameo.
but, do you know any die cutting machine less expensive?
I'd want use it for small formats.
thanks!
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Dear Ali,
Your PL posts are always so awe-inspiring.. :)
Anyway, this is my 2 nd year doing PL and I love it. I'm actually following in your footseps this year and doing it weekly and also posting them on my blog as I go. So, here's my question for you: How do you take pictures of your pages wihtout the "plastic blur" as I like to call it? Any advice is truly appreciated. :)
Thanks a bunch!
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Love the project life!! Great idea!!
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Hi Ali... I wondered if you could help?
I finally got my PL page protectors (I live in Europe) only to discover that they were the wrong size! What I thought was a 3x4 journaling card pocket turned out to be a 4x4 pocket. At the moment I am stuck with what I have... 50 page protectos with 6x8 and 4x4 slots; whole bunch of 3x4 journaling cards and 10-15 12x12 papers...
I was planning to create a hybrid PL this year...
Alsi, do you have any ideas how I can use the 4x4 pockets? how to journal? how to change the whole layout concept of a PL album to accommodate 4x4 sized pockets? I am so so so angry and disappointed and frustrated... I so was waiting for the protectors to arrive!:-(
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Love this week! Ohhh you got the Dear Lizzy stamp already??? from where? I NEED it!! :)
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