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Project Life December 2014

Welcome to the last spreads of 2014. I'm looking forward to change things up a little bit in 2015 and start a new album.

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Week 49: December 1 - December 7

Supplies used: paislee press Journal Cards; This Day in December, Paislee Press; December Faves

Notes: I didn't have many photos for this week so I decided to use more filler card and one 6x8 photo on the top right which I cut down to one 4x6 card and two 3x4 cards. 

 

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Week 50: December 8 - December 14

Supplies used: various cards from past Studio Calico Project Life Kits

Notes: Nothing special this week. 

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Week 51: December 15 - December 21

Supplies used: Project Life Midnight Edition, Journaling Cards by BigCityQuiet

Notes: The main theme on the photos were some round elements. So I tried to focus on them while choosing the filler cards.

 

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Week 52: December 22 - December 31

Supplies used: Paislee Press; This day in December Cards

Notes: This is probably the simplest spread I made this year. I chose eight photos for the days from December 24 to December 31 and used some simple journal cards to write about those days.

 

And this is how I ended my album. Simple but I like it.

Project Life November 2014

As I said on Instagram a while back I'll share my Project Life® pages monthly here on the blog. If you are interested to see any older pages, check out #projectlifeandrea on Instagram.

I use Project Life since 2013 to document my everyday life. And I manage to put half a year into one binder. I primarily work with Design A page protectors and use a weekly format. One double page covers one week, starting with Monday. Sometimes I add inserts, sometimes I combine weeks (like vacations).

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Week 44: November 03 - November 09

Supplies used: Midnight Edition, Big City Quiet Designs: Weekly Tags

Notes: Whenever I feel overwhelmed with all the pretty stuff I own, I just pull out my Midnight Edition and work with it. I like how this spread turned out. The cards from the Midnight Edition are just perfect.

 

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Week 45: November 10 - November 16

Supplies used: Walden Project Life Kit from Studio Calico

Notes: I only used the Project Life Kit from Studio Calico. And wow, this month had some great filler cards. It was the week where I shared five black and white photos in five days on Instagram for the black/white challenge. And I included those photos in my spread.

 

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Week 46: November 17 - November 23

Supplies used: Walden Project Life Kit from Studio Calico

Notes: Simple spread with more words than usual. And I like it. Writing on photos, writing on a full 4x6 card and writing on a 4x6 card with photos on it. I really love to throw in some black and white photos now and then.

 

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Week 46: November 24 - November 30

Supplies used: Big City Quiet Designs: This is Life Journaling Cards

Notes: Rachel sent me one of her awesome journaling cards kit from her etsy shop. For this spread I only used her kit along some white paper. I cut out a strip from one of the "yes" cards and added it on the bottom right photo. In the photo where I'm holding a coffee cup I cut out the white part from the "This is Life" card and used it as a frame.

Project Life October 2014

As I said on Instagram a while back I'll share my Project Life® pages monthly here on the blog. If you are interested to see any older pages, check out #projectlifeandrea on Instagram.

I use Project Life since 2013 to document my everyday life. And I manage to put half a year into one binder. I primarily work with Design A page protectors and use a weekly format. One double page covers one week, starting with Monday. Sometimes I add inserts, sometimes I combine weeks (like vacations).

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Week 41: October 6 - October 12

Supplies used: The Underground Project Life Kit from Studio Calico, Zig Millenium Pen in 0.2

Techniques: I printed one photo in the size 6x8 and put it into 3 slots. There have been some rub ons in the Project Life kit so I played with them. I rarely use rub ons but I like how they look like. For my title card I punched out a leave which was on a 3x4 card.

 

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Week 42: October13 - October 19

Supplies used: various Project Life kits from Studio Calico, older THIS stamp by elisejoy.com, Zig Millenium Pen in 0.2

Techniques: I played primarily with labels this week.

 

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Week 43: October 20 - October 26

Supplies used: various Project Life kits from Studio Calico, Zig Millenium Pen in 0.2

Techniques: This is my take on Creative Jumpstart 02 where you get challenged to primarily use yellow.

 

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Week 43: October 27 - November 2

Supplies used: stamp set from the week in the life kit,This is Our Life Journal Cards by Ali Edwards, various Project Life kits from Studio Calico, Zig Millenium Pen in 0.2

Techniques: This is the week where I participated in week in the life. I make a seperate album for all my photos but I still wanted to document the week in my regular Project Life album. To keep it simple I used Ali Edwards' designs from last year. I changed the color of the days and also changed the font of the date. I picked one photo from each day and edited them to black and white (I currently use the trial version of RadLab and I love it). 

Project Life September 2014

As I said on Instagram a while back I'll share my Project Life® pages monthly here on the blog. If you are interested to see any older pages, check out #projectlifeandrea on Instagram.

I use Project Life since 2013 to document my everyday life. And I manage to put half a year into one binder. I primarily work with Design A page protectors and use a weekly format. One double page covers one week, starting with Monday. Sometimes I add inserts, sometimes I combine weeks (like vacations).

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Week 36: September 1 - September 7

Supplies used: various Studio Calico Project Life Kits, older THIS stamp by elisejoy.com, Calendar by PaisleePress, numbered card by BigCityQuiet, Zig Millennium Pen in size 02

Techniques: Nothing special. Stamping, writing on photos and I worked with the usual 3x4 photo onto two 3x4 cards.

 

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Week 37: September 8 - September 14

Supplies used: various Studio Calico Project Life Kits, older THIS stamp by elisejoy.com, Midnight Edition, Zig Millennium Pen in size 02

Techniques: I kept it very simple, almost no embellishments.

 

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Week 38: September 15 - September 21

Supplies used: Here I challenged myself again to only use products from the Studio Calico Poet Society Project Life Kit, Zig Millennium Pen in size 02

Techniques: I adhered those stars with my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher and the September circle on the top left was punched out of a 3x4 card.

 

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Week 39: September 22 - September 28

Supplies used: various Studio Calico Project Life Kits, Stamp Set by LifeLovePaper for Studio Calico, Zig Millennium Pen in size 02, 

Techniques: I used an insert for some additional photos (Design J from this pack).

 

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Week 40: September 29 - October 5

Supplies used: various Studio Calico Project Life Kits, Zig Millennium Pen in size 02, YES card by Ali Edwards, Pretty Documented October Calendar

Techniques: I printed out one photo at the size of 6x8 and cut it into two 3x4 and one 4x6 card. 

my Project Life process

While I was working on the last spread for August 2014 (shared here), I decided to write down how much time it actually takes to work on one week and documented the different steps.

This is my second year doing Project Life. I started with it in 2013. And for the past 20 months I only felt two times behind and had to catch up. The biggest reason for this might be my simple process and another big one is the fact, that I actually take the time to work on my spread each and every Sunday. Your spreads don't get done by itself, you have to take the time.

The whole process takes around 105 minutes (and additional 80 to prepare everything for my blog).

 

Step one: Plan (15 minutes)

Before I sit down and actually work on my spread I always make a plan first. This starts with looking through the photos I made on my phone. 99% of the photos I use for Project Life are made with my iPhone 5. I edit them on the go, which means they get edited right after they were made. When I know which photos I want to use I add them to my planner. I draw some tiny mock-ups of the actual photos and I also decide on the size of the photos. Most photos are 4x6 and 3x4 or when I add them to a 4x6 card they are either 3x3 or 2.5x3.5.

I use a Project Life planner made by Caylee Grey. You'll get it, if you sign up for her Glitter Mail here.

 

Step two: Print (25 minutes)

After I decided which photos to use I upload them from my phone to my computer (I have a MacBook Pro and save my photos in iPhoto). Then I open the photos in Photoshop Elements. I created two different templates. One with three 4x6 photos on an A4 paper and one with six 3x4 photos on and A4 paper. This way I can drag and drop my photos into those pre-made templates. I usually need three A4 paper per week. I print all my photos at home with my very old HP Photosmart C5280 All-in-One Printer.

 

Step three: Display (25 minutes)

This step involves cutting out my photos, use the corner chomper, lay them on my table the way I planned it in step one and looking for 4x6 and 3x4 cards from my stash. I also add all ephemera I collected throughout the week and put them on the card where I want to use them (on the bottom left). If I think the spread looks too busy I make a few changes but mostly it stays the way it was planned.

 

Step four: Embellish (35 minutes)

And then starts the fun part. I add embellishments and write down the stories I want to tell. I either write them onto some labels which I add to the photo, on the 3x4 or 4x6 card or directly on the photos.

When I'm done I add the photos/cards to the page protectors and into the album they go.

Step five: Clean-up (5 minutes)

I put everything back where it belongs.

Step six: Blog (80 minutes)

When the month is over I photograph my spreads (5 minutes), edit the photos (35 minutes) and write the blog post (40 minutes).