Laura Vegas

Hey everyone! So I guess I didn't come back last Friday, as promised, to share the last week in my 2018 Project Life album. I got caught up in a huge house project (involving my scrapbook room), and just sort of forgot about everything else that day. Although I also haven't done anything crafty in well over three weeks, so it's not like I have much else to share. Might as well spread these last few projects out until I have a chance to make something new. 

So, here it is. The last and final weekly spread in my 2018 album. It was Christmas week, and my sister was in town for the week, so we had a few extra activities going on that I wanted to include. So week fifty two includes a 6×12" insert, as well as a full extra 9×12" page on it's own. Which made sense, as it was the end of the album and I needed to do something with the backside of the last page. 

Here's a look at the second half of the spread, with the 6×12" insert on the left.

I don't seem to take many photos at Christmas get together's anymore. I used to take tons, and now I'm lucky if I snap a few. I pretty much included all of the photos that I took that day.

Here's a look at the last page of the album, and the last part of week fifty two.

I can't lie. I am so proud of myself for completing my entire 2018 album! It feels so good to have it completely done. 

Just don't ask to see the end of my 2017 album, which I still need to finish. Or my 2019 album, which I still need to start 😉

Hey everyone! I'm pretty sure that it was about two weeks ago, when I stated that I would be sharing the last two weeks in my 2018 Project Life album that same week. I guess I got distracted with other things, because I've had these two weeks finished and laying around just waiting for me to sit down and type up a few quick posts. 

Anyways. I'm going to knock these out this week. I'm backtracking a bit, and sharing week nineteen first. I always work on my album in order. I never skip around. But I did totally skip week nineteen, for a few reasons. 

The first reason was that this particular week in May was the same week that I participated in my first Week In The Life project. And I took TONS of photos that week, for that project. 

I knew that I wanted to include at least a few of those photos into my PL weekly spread, and I just wasn't ready to weed thru them all and narrow it down to just a few photos. 

Side note. One of Alyssa's photos from this week was from the Khalid concert that her and a friend went too. Since I had a little blurb about the concert on the photo above this photo, I grabbed a promo photo from the concert (that included all of the dates and venues) off Google and sized it to 3×4". 

I ended up splitting week nineteen into two full page spreads. 

The second reason that I sort of skipped over week nineteen was that it was the week that Alyssa graduated from college! And I knew that I really wanted to include a variety of photos from that special day.

I devoted the second full page spread for the week to graduation day, and I think it worked out perfectly.

Another side note. I've tossed around ideas of actually documenting graduation and everything surrounding it. One of these days, I'll settle on how I want to go about that and get to work on it.

Hard to believe this was a year ago. Or a little over a year ago I guess. 

I'll be back tomorrow to share the very last week in my 2018 album! 

Hey everyone! I'm back to share week fifty one in my 2018 Project Life album. FIFTY ONE. That means I only have one more week to share. Well, actually, I have two more weeks, since there was one week way back in May that I had skipped for a few reasons. Anyways, I'll be tossing these up without many details added in. Like I've said in the last few posts, I've run out of things to add about most of these weeks. 

I did have more photos/stories for this week, so I added a 6×12" insert. Here's a look at the first half of the weekly spread, with the 6×12" insert on the right.

I added very few embellishments to my 2018 album. In fact, I can probably count the times I added something extra on one hand. Maybe two. But that purple filler card needed a little something, so I added a simple puffy star sticker.

Here's a look at the second half of the weekly spread, with the 6×12" insert on the left.

Yep, I kept that post super short and sweet. Lol. I'll be back to share the last two weeks later this week 😉

Hey my friends. I'm back to share another week in my 2018 Project Life album. A quick and simple look, as I've been tossing these weekly spreads up left and right, and I'm sure they all look the same to you 😉

Here's a look at week 50. Can you believe it? Spoiler alert, if you're actually reading this – I finished my 2018 album in full last week!!!

Funny that the only thing I feel I should comment on is this bottom corner photo of the weekly spread. Lol. I ended up not having a spot to journal about that photo. I guess that's because I only had one Pocket Maps by Sara Gleason. And most weeks, I use three of them. Which gives me that extra journaling space. I'm kind of obsessive about trying to make sure there's a little story/journaling for every photo. Just my preference. I might need to go back and turn that photo into a Pocket Map card/photo ;) 

Hey everyone. I'm getting this up a day later than planned, but here's a look at week forty nine in my 2018 Project Life album. I thought I would add in a few re-caps, with links, of the cards that I used throughout my 2018 album. Just in case anyone is wondering, or missed the info the other times that I've shared. 

This week had a few extra photos/stories to share, so I added in a 6×12 insert. This shows the first half of the spread, with the insert on the right.

For my weekly title cards, I used the Pocket Guide No.4 kit from Paislee Press. I created each week's card in Photoshop, using the template from the kit – switching out the week number and adding the dates for each week. 

The "This Story" digital journaling cards are also by Cathy Zielske (offered as a part of her Scrapbook Your Year class) and I love to use one per week. They're set up with four on a page, so it's really easy to knock out 4 at a time, with very little effort. If I have a week with an insert, meaning more journaling cards are needed, I often use two for those weeks. 

This lined journaling card is the one card that I can have fun with each week, personalizing it to fit my photo. To add a little something to the top of the card, I usually use a digital stamp or two. Or I'll use the PNG files from cut files, which are easy to use digitally in Photoshop. 

I work one of the Recorded Journaling Cards from In A Creative Bubble into each weekly spread. If you click that link, it takes you to one of those sets – but she has 9 sets currently, and I use cards from all nine of those kits. If it's a week that has an insert, and then I may use two cards for that week. She's got a great selection of these simple black and white cards to choose from, so I can always find one that fits my photo/story. 

Here's a look at the second half of the weekly spread, with the 6×12" insert on the left.

I love using one of these J-Card Weekdays digital journaling cards from Cathy Zielske each week. I like these cards, because they format your text as you type and they're just so easy to use. Also, they have plenty of room for journaling. I love to pick a photo each week that I know has a bigger story to go along with this card. And often times, I can pull that story straight off my Instagram, and just copy and paste it in.  

One thing that I've been doing in my 2018 album is using the Pocket Maps by Sara Gleason. I almost always work three into each weekly spread, and they're just perfect for those photos that don't have big stories. A quick sentence or two is all I need.

A few weeks into my 2018 album, I had the idea to print out filler cards from my Project Life kits within the app. I used the app itself to add two filler cards to a 4×6 photo, and then saved them all to my phone. I then simply added them to my monthly photo order so they were printed on photo paper. It really simplified the process for me, as 95% of the filler cards that I used in my 2018 album came straight from the PL app. It narrowed down my choices, and I ended up having plenty of choices to work with.

That being said, I did occasionally use a filler card that wasn't from the PL app. I believe two of the filler cards for this week's spread came from my Ali Edwards digital kits, and I just printed them out myself. 

I'll be back tomorrow to share another week 😉

Hey all. Just popping in to share another week in my 2018 Project Life album. Here's a look at week forty eight. I feel like the coloring in some of these photos is off a bit. I know I've mentioned before that I don't spend too much time on photographing these weekly pocket page spreads, so please excuse the glare that is bound to happen on some images.

This week was the last week of November, so it's when Christmas related photos/stories started popping up. 

Right along with fall looking photos, so it seems ;) 

I have added very, very little physical product to my 2018 album, as it's almost entirely photos and digital cards. But on occasion, I end up with a filler card that has room to add a little something. So I used a few alpha stickers to fill in the empty box on the card above. 

I'll be back tomorrow to share another weekly spread, and I think on that post, I'll re-cap what I used in this album, as far as journaling cards and such. Just in case anyone is wondering.

Hey everyone! Happy Monday. I'm doing a little catch-up session today, before I head into work, and thought I would quickly toss another weekly spread from my 2018 Project Life album up for those that like them. I mentioned last week that I'll be keeping these posts quick and to the point. 

I feel like I don't have many details to add most weeks, since I followed the same basic design plan for my entire 2018 album. Most of what I do in my album is self-explanatory I think.

I use a few of the same digital journaling cards for each weekly spread, and then usually work in one journaling card that varies (but comes from the same designer) and one journaling card where I add a digital stamp at the top, which obviously varies each week. 

I'll add in a re-cap of my 2018 album's plan, linking the cards I used for my 2018 album, on another week's share. For anyone that is new or might have missed the 27 other times I've shared that info 😉

I'll be back tomorrow with another weekly spread.