i wasn't even sure i was going to do project life this year. i ordered the kit, of course. but i wasn't sure about actually doing it. but then, i was working on finishing all the photos in my project 365 album from last year (i think i'm missing about 15, that i need to fill in). and it made me really appreciate the meaning behind the album. and made me so happy that i decided to do it. and made me want to do it again.
you know the drill. click on any photo to see it larger. figured i would share my first two weeks of the album with you. i know someone had commented, asking to see my title page for my project life album. and here it is. there's nothing fancy about it. this is just the way i choose to start mine, much like last year's. this year started on a friday, so there were only two days that week. so i just started right on the front page. if i get a wild notion to make a more official title page at a later date, i can do that and add it to the front.
i am missing one photo for this week. i must have missed one in my photo order, but i'm pretty sure i had one for that day. in fact, i know it was a photo of the girls laptop. will order that in the next batch. a few people have asked, so figured i'd tell you all where i got the yellow breadbox. it's from target. $15, and comes in red, turquoise, yellow, and green 🙂
and you can see that saturday is missing on this week also. that's only because i had all my photos printed last friday. and i put these together on friday. so as of that time, i was caught up. lol! i usually just print my photos once a week or every other week, and then add them in. and yes, one of those photos is blurry. i did that on purpose. just happens to show some of my CHA projects, that you're not supposed to see yet 😉
and i wanted to share something else with you, regarding the project life kit.
i met tammy morales through my blog, and have chatted with her many times. and she filmed this video, that is all about setting up the project life kit. i saw becky higgins post about how someone had put together a video, and that it was something she's been meaning to do, but hadn't gotten around too. and it was fun to link over and realize that i knew that certain someone! you can view it HERE. it's 21 minutes long, and literally takes you through every part of the kit and how she's putting it together and using it, along with some other options. it really shows how simple this project can be, and how awesome this kit is for making this quick and easy and beautiful. i think sometimes it helps to have a visual, and to actually see something being assembled and how it works. and i think tammy did an amazing job of doing just that. i did tell her that when she shuffled the journaling cards together, that it made me panic a little. lol! i'm the kind that made sure those cards were in a very particular order. but that's ok.
because just like she said over and over. "it's ok". "it's totally fine". "it's whatever you want to do". that's what i tell anyone that asks me about this project. don't overthink it. don't stress over it. it's one photo a day, and one journaling card. so simple. did you have something special one day, and take 50 photos, and were worried about what to do. stop, and pick just one photo to represent that day. you can scrap that same photo, along with the other 49 photos, on another layout if you want. this project can be all that you scrap the entire year. or it can be just another project that you do, in addition to other layouts. it's all about what you want it to be. seriously. looking back at my album from last year, i would guess that about 70% of the photos in that album are ones that i'll never scrap on an actual layout. and yet, i have them in an album with some journaling. they're represented and accounted for. how cool is that? to be able to document all the little things in our life. the ones that we don't feel are special enough to devote an entire layout too. but that really do make up our day to day life, and tell something about us.
and one more thing. becky higgins is getting ready to launch the digital version of project life. it might be an option that some of you would prefer. she's posted some info and peeks at it on her blog the last few days, so check it out HERE.
Laura Vegas 
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