This week’s Project Life covers the week of January 1 – January 6th. The FIRST week of 2013!!!
I love new beginnings. And a new year of Project Life is no exception. It’s fun to “start again” with this method of documentation. I have said this before, but one of the things I love about Project Life is that every week, every month, every year can have a different feel or style.
I made a few goals and challenges for my Project Life album this year. One of those goals was to include more “found objects” within my spread. This week I used quite a few items that helped tell the story of our week. I included a 2013 calendar graphic that came with a recent Lisa Leonard purchase. A restaurant logo (where we ate for our first dinner of 2013), a logo from Ann Taylor Loft (from a gift I received), and a ticket stub from the weekend.
For my title/date pocket for this week, I used a Hambly overlay. This overlay was part of my cover page and I just added an Elle’s Studio Lil’ Snippets: Tiny Label to cover up the tag on the cover page. I use these labels ALL the time in Project Life. They are perfect for dates pockets and for a journaling spot in the 4×6 photo spots.
One thing I noticed while creating this first Project Life spread of the New Year was that I had a TON of photos. I am sure many of you will too. The excitement of starting a new year of Project Life usually results in many many photos. Which is WONDERFUL until you have to choose which ones to include– or not include. We had a week that included many get togethers, a holiday, sledding parties, and a birthday. So it was definitely hard to choose.
I always remind myself that the photos I don’t include are perfect for a layout, or possibly an 8.5×11 layout I an add in this spread later. This is an overview of our week, so I can feel okay about not including everything.
Congrats to Elisa our Project Life winner from last week. She was chosen as our random winner by uploading her cover page to our member gallery. Congrats Elisa, we love your cover page! Please email michelle@shopellesstudio.com to receive your prize.
Today we have a giveaway! Leave a comment here for a chance to win an Elle’s Studio Prize Pack. For a SECOND chance to enter, upload your Project Life spread in our Member Gallery and leave a second comment in this post linking us to your page. The winner will be announced next Tuesday!
Project Life was created by Becky Higgins as a way to simplify how you document life and preserve memories. Photo pockets used in my Project Life album are created by Becky and can be found here. You can read of all the Elle’s Studio Project Life posts here.
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