Okay, here’s the beginning of February as far as Project Life. I think I’m finally figuring out what works and what doesn’t, and definitely “easing up” on what my idea of being “done” with a page is.
The most important thing I have learned is that I’m going to be making a LOT of these pockets and pages over the next year (and however long after I continue this project) and so to spend an exorbitant amount of time fussing with a pocket or page is literally a waste of time. So I’m trying to just go with my gut, not worry too much about making things perfect, and keep moving forward.
That’s a good attitude to take with anything creative, really- we’re going to make a LOT of stuff in our life. Not everything needs to be perfect.
First few days of February with some cards and embellishments from the Cocoa Daisy kit and a card from the Project Life “Summer” Mini-Kit (which is made from Crate Paper’s “The Pier”, probably one of my favorite paper collections of all time.)
I decided that I’m going to throw some 8×8 traditional scrapbook pages into my Project Life as well, so I did one about how happy I was that spring was coming. I used papers from Cocoa Daisy and Basic Grey (another of all my all-time favorite paper collections- “Fresh Cut”).
A page about the weekend. Some photos of different things we did and paper from Cocoa Daisy February kit.
Just some journaling cards (again, Cocoa Daisy February kit- I’m really trying to use the kits in the months they arrive) this time around, with quotes and journaling. This time I printed out the journaling because I couldn’t bear the idea of sitting down and articulating it with a pen.
A page about Valentine’s Day using elements from my stash. The beach photo is a screenshot of the weather app on my iPad and the dancing photo of Gracie is something her teacher posted on the school’s Facebook wall (love that I get so many photos of her having fun at school!) I just stapled some odds and ends from Valentine’s day on top of it (a snip off the business card from my haircut place, a little quote that came inside my Valentine’s Day present from Tom- a deck of Inquiry Cards, which I LOVE- more on those soon…)
And a page about Milo and Tom using more stuff from my stash and some paper from the new “Daydreamer” collection by Dear Lizzy.
I LOVE the watercolor, soft look in papers. It suits life in Florida. I’m not a big fan of TROPICAL, but the soft, bright watercolor look I love love love. I hope this trend continues forever because I love it. So many beautiful papers and patterns!
Sorry again for the photos, but iPhone + morning sunshine + shiny page protectors = bad photo conditions. I guess I just wanted to share a little bit of what I have been working on. I’ll try and get the rest of February up at the end of the week, and then from here on in share pages once a week.
The truth is, I really ENJOY this process. I like gathering the stories and photos and ephemera of our lives. I flip through the pages I made so far these last seven weeks and I think “darn, we really HAVE done a lot.” I don’t get the sense that I have lost track of time as much, which is a good thing. I would like to bring more mindfulness into my days and, therefore, into Project Life.