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project life | december 2011

 Hello! As I mentioned earlier this year, I'm playing a little catch up with Project Life 2011. I started with December and I'll be working my way back to June (I think I completed May, but I'm not sure).

December came together rather quickly since many of the photos + words already exist in my December Daily album.

 

Super simple spread showcasing a little holiday decor/projects and teacher gifts for Lauryn's preschool.

Ah, my awesome trip to Seattle!  Eating, partying, visiting friends and kissing babies were the themes of the week. I also had an insert (artwork by the 6 year old daughter of one of my closest friends).

Headed home from Seattle (view from my airplane seat); Anthro shopping; custom orders; december daily; arrival of my new Project Life goodies; arrival of my stepdaughter, followed by our road trip to New Orleans.

I love this spread so much - it's awesome to have more of the family in our album. The entire spread is dedicated to my mother-in-law's birthday dinner.

The final spread of 2011! The remainder of our holiday in New Orleans; a trip to the Dallas Aboretum with Lauryn (my girl loves her flowers); a very quiet New Years Eve :)

That's it folks! It's nice to know that Project Life 2011 didn't forget about me :)

Off to the Bar Method again. Have a great night!

xo,

e

 

 

 

Not familiar with Project Life? Learn more here. Check out all of my Project Life posts here: 2012 | 2011 

project life:lite

A few months ago, I hopped onto the Project Life bandwagon. I just couldn't resist!

I didn't buy the complete kit (now sold out) because I really wanted to use an album that would coordinate with the rest of my scrapbook libaray. I went ahead and just purchased the grid journaling cards and a bunch of these page protectors. Thus, I call it Project Life: Lite :)

I orginally hesitated because I assumed that the project would be laborious and time consuming. In truth, it CAN be but, if you stay on top of your photos and journaling (which I definitely don't on a consistent basis), this album is definitely manageable. 

Here are a few shots of my album in progress:

opening page (in progress) - the photo at the top left is the front cover of an album my dear friend Julie made for me to start off the new year. I haven't quite decided how I'm going to finish the page off yet :)

valentine fun & scrap-a-ganza!

custom birthday t-shirt by the fantastic amy tangerine :)

wow, these photos are so bittersweet. this spread (which includes a 6-up 12x12 page protector to accomodate more photos), represents our last week in washington = lauryn's last day at school, my birthday, lauryn's birthday and our "house cooling" party. sigh.

You can read more about Project Life here. It's never too late to get started :)

These ladies have some cool Project Life albums in the works (totally worth taking a peek):

 * Ali Edwards

 * Autumn Baldwin

 * Kaitlin Scheaffer - you must check out her shop, too. awesome.

I do have a teensy regret aobut not purchasing the entire kit. I think I would have really loved working with some of the pre-printed journaling cards. I'm actually hoping that Becky considers offering full kits without albums next year! 

I'll do my best to pop back in monthly with my progress :)

xo,

e