Summer fun and memory making

Today was Curtis’ last day of school. His last baseball game was Saturday. What does this mean, we don’t have anything scheduled for the next six weeks! So what am I gonna do with my new found time, I am going to document our life of the last three months. The last opportunity I had to work on my Project Life album was mid March. Since that time, I’ve been busy collecting memories.

I started watching Becky Higgins Project Life Course on Creative Live. Though pricey, I’ve learned a lot through the video series. I am still a newbie when it comes to Project Life, but I did learn one thing from this course, I was making it too difficult. The beauty of the album is, life is documented. The beauty is in the completion and the memories. I love traditional scrapbooking and my personal style is simple and balanced. I prefer my scrapbook pages to accent my photos; I don’t want the design of the page seen as the focus of the page.

One of the things that resonated with me when I watched the Project Life Course on Creative Live, is work in batches. I do this when I scrapbook, so I’m not sure why I didn’t start this with my Project Life album. So now I have started working in batches, which is my natural work flow.

First step, clean up my office from the spring chaos. Slightly reorganize my Project Life supplies in a method that will work for me. Even though I have a beautiful space for me to create, I want to be with my boys. So I need to make sure that I can take my supplies with me anywhere so I can be with my boys. What do I need to travel, my album, pages, photos, a core kit, and a pen. All of this will fit into a small bag when I’m gone for the weekend, or on the table in our living room when the boys play games. I have a beautiful room full of toys, but my family is my inspiration.

So in the last week, I have completed all of my week cards of journaling up to this week. I accomplish this by my daily e-mail to Oh Life! I export these entries into a Word document, then I make a 4×6 card for each week. This is how I am able to fully document our life. I’ve printed a few pictures to fill in gaps. I know what time-frame of pictures I still need to print. I’ve completed a few journaling cards in my album. With each page I complete, I am a little more excited about this life that I am living and the memories I will keep.

 

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