You might remember a few weeks back that I talked about switching things up to a Fall Handbook. I was so excited to try something new, but it just did not work for me. I found it very difficult to wrap my head around such a small size of album (after almost four years designing all of my pages in the 12 x 12 format.) I was spending hours trying to design pages and getting nowhere. That is never a fun feeling, so yes, I have gone back to 12 x12 and will be finishing up this year in that size. What about the two pages that were completed in the 6x8 size? Well if you were wondering, those will just be inserts now within week 39 (the first official week of Autumn.)
I am still behind in Project Life, and trying to switch up sizes, actually caused me to get further behind (instead of speeding up the process like I thought it would.) I have discovered that focusing on the pictures and stories, and spending about 15-20 minutes (or less) embellishing is my happy place. That is exactly what I am doing going forward.
Here is where I am currently at for those that like following my crazy-bullet point lists. :-) items higlighted and crossed off are complete.
- Week 28, July 7-13
- Week 29/ 30, July 14-17
Week 31, July 28-August 3Week 32, August 4-10- Week 33, August 11-17
Week 34, August 18-24- Week 35, August 25-31
- Week 36, September 1-7
Week 37, September 8-14Week 38, September 15-21- Week 39 September 22-28: (Inserts completed in 6x8 size)
- Week 40, September 29-October 5
- Week 41, October 6-12
Week 42, October 13-19- Week 43, October 20-26
Today I am sharing week 42 with all of you. I focused largely on one big day for this week. The day we drove three hours to the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway and essentially crossed off almost everything on our Fall Bucket list.
I included Isabelle's individual soccer team photo on this page, even though it isn't a great
photo, I still felt it was important to include. I journaled around the photo and am happy.
I think this Studio Calico Masking Tape might be my favorite item in the kit. So great! Sewn
pocket will show through on both sides. I used sequins from my stash and Lawn Fawn
Sweater Weather wood veneer leaves to create this, along with my sewing machine.
I used a 5x7 insert this week, for some extra photos I wanted to blow up to a larger size.
This is a Becky Higgins 5x7 page protector (front side)
5x7 page protector (back side)
- Studio Calico The Underground Project Life Kit (as of 10/28/14, kits are still available.)
- Cozy card set by Life, Love, Paper (sold out)
- Flair from my Etsy store: At the Patch and Sweater Weather Flair Sets
- Lawn Fawn Sweater Weather wood veneer leaves
- Basic supplies: Fiskars trimmer, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Nake Berkus scissors, American Crafts dot to dot roller, assorted sequins from my stash, and my Brother sewing machine.
I started posting You Tube process videos to my account a little over a month ago and the response has been fantastic. I really appreciate you following me along there and leaving comments. It has been really fun making these. I will have a new process video posted later today or tomorrow to You Tube. This one will be on the layout that you see above. I hope you like it. If you are interested in following my You Tube channel and don't want to miss any of my process videos, please make sure you are following along. You can find a direct link to my You Tube channel HERE.
*Edited to add: The direct link to this Project Life process video can be found HERE.
*Edited to add: The direct link to this Project Life process video can be found HERE.
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with a new layout to share using Gossamer Blue products. I hope to see you back, and until then...
Happy Scrappin'
xoxox
Toni
