Project Life® 2015 | Week Two
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Keep it simple. Keep it simple. Keep it simple.
When I worked on this spread what I kept trying to keep myself focused on the following questions, "What do I want to remember?" and "What do I care enough about from our week to include in here?"
In this format (divided pocket pages) it's usually the photos that lead my stories. That's not always the case with my traditional layouts and I like that differentiation between the two. Loving the one or two sentences right on top of the photos either printed or handwritten. I know that some of my weeks will be more embellished than others, but it feels good to just stick with the wonderfully basic words and photos.
And here's a look at Week Two:
For products in these spreads I'm really doing a lot of grabbing what is already out on my table.
This time that includes products from some of the Studio Calico Project Life® kits from last year. I'm also including products from my Story Kits™ and Story Stamps™ when they fit the stories I'm including (like the "celebrate this first" card above).
The letter stickers I used for "Go Ducks" are my new awesomely classic alphas. They are now available in my shop:
They come in 11 different colors.
Last summer Katie and Aaron and I had so much fun brainstorming the names for the colors in this first collection. I wanted all Northwest (Oregon and Washington) names and landmarks - places I love or have a connection to in one way or another: Astoria, Black Butte, Cannon Beach, Cascade, Columbia, Deschutes, Multnomah, Pendleton, St. Helens, Tillamook and Willamette.
The awesome large plastic 4 is from this Tim Holtz set.
That ridiculously inappropriate cat t-shirt is a gift from Aaron. It's one I can only wear when I'm at home by myself. It makes me laugh so hard and man there are times when I really, really need that. And I love cats.
More thoughts running through my head as I worked on this spread: What do I care about? What makes a spread enough? Who's this really for?
The "celebrate this story" stamp is from my Celebrate Stamp set available in my shop.
SUPPLIES
Printer | Epson PictureMate Show
Page Protectors | Project Life® Design A
Stamps | AE Celebrate, Rolling Date
Large Black 4 | Tim Holtz
Ink | StazOn Black
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Hey Ali! I am wondering what your approach is to scrapbooking your children individually. Is this something that you do or have done? I have always gone about their individual book traditionally and am wanting to get away from that. I like the Project Life approach but am not 100% sold on that idea. I don't want their individual books to look like our family books. Does this make sense? Do you have some advice you can share? Thank you in advance. :)
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Hi - I don't do indvidual books :). I did a baby book for Anna with stories of her first year and Simon had many albums/stories told about him before she came along (they are 7 years apart). After Anna's first year I started simply doing "family" albums by year (layouts) + Project Life (2012, 2013, 2014, etc) that include both kids and/or stories about each one individually. I think there are some people out there that do a PL album for each child, but that's not my choice.
Part of the reason I do this is because, in the end, these are my stories - they come from my perspective and my take on what's happening - and my take includes stories of them all mixed together.
Someday down the road the two of them will figure it out and choose to separate them out or one of them will keep them.
I think that is my concern in the long run is what they will do with them as time goes by? Thank you so much for your input. I really appreciate your time and helping in simplifying things for me a bit :)
Sure. I know in my family my parents kept photo albums that were by year. I happen to have all of them here now - maybe 20 of them because I'm the one that tends to care about them the most (and use them for projects). My two siblings know where they are and I'm happy to scan them for them if/when they want access.
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I think it is so rad, you choose to include the "whole" picture of Anna with the iPhone, sucker behind the back, & stranger vs. cropping. I need to zoom out more to get the "whole" picture.
So happy you are doing PL again this year, such awesomeness.
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Oh my goodness, as a fellow Oregonian (now living in KC), I think I need every set of the letters just for the names!!!! ;) Always love seeing your PL!!! :)
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What font did you use on your photos?
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Hi - it's called Sentinel.
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