Project Life 2014: Week 32

Project Life Idea: Keep a journal to remind you of stories without corresponding photos.

Today I’ve got another week split into two spreads. It’s normal for me to have a lot of photos to choose from each week, but the biggest reason my recent weeks are spilling over into additional spreads is due to my new journaling habit.

I’ve journaled off and on for years, but never very consistently. Since starting Project Life, I have relied heavily on photos to remind me of stories as I put weeks together, but the stories without corresponding photos have been going untold for a very long time. To rectify that I’ve started journaling just small bits about our days. I keep a notebook near my computer so that I can jot notes down daily. Most days I wake up early, before my kids are up, so I can have some time to myself and drink a cup of coffee. This has been the perfect time to take 5 minutes and remember what happened the day before. Super helpful when it comes to adding journaling to my spreads.

So onto Week 32’s stories and photos.

This week we had a friend visiting and the boys loooove him. I had quite a few stories to tell about that, plus the every day cute stuff that just happens with little boys.

If you’re anything like me, switching between pocket page designs is tough. I stuck primarily to Design A for the first half of the year, but I have so many designs on hand and am forcing myself to get creative with them. For this spread I added a Design C pocket page to the right hand side, full of 4×6 slots. I balanced it with a few extra vertical 3x4s in the Design A pocket page on the left side. To keep them from moving around in their 4×6 pockets, I used the Tiny Attacher vs. adhering them to the photo behind them, and it seems to be working out just fine.

Project Life Idea: Use a stapler (or tiny attacher) to prevent two 3x4 cards from slipping around in a 4x6 pocket. — Project Life Idea: Use a stapler (or tiny attacher) to prevent two 3×4 cards from slipping around in a 4×6 pocket.

On the right side I played around with two 4×6 cards and added 3×4 journaling cards to create story space.

For the second spread I embraced the grid and alternated journaling cards and photos throughout. Using Design C and U exclusively throughout an album would be really fun I think.

In order to add more color to the left side, I used a circle punch on two 3×4 cards and placed them on 4×6 cards. The “You are Here” stamp is from an old Studio Calico kit and I love that it’s about the same size as the circle punches. I look for any excuse to use that awesome stamp.

I found myself loving all of the simple black and white journaling cards I had on hand this week and wishing I had duplicates. This one is from Ali’s Summer Journaling Card set and I might just have to pick up a second set. Love the simplicity of them.