Well, now that it's almost June, I'm reporting in with my April Project Life hightlights. I really love this project. It's fun. I get to play with photos and paper and little embellishments, and the very best part is that at the end, I feel SO GOOD about doing a little documenting of our life in a way that gets those photos off the computer.
Just today I caught up to the current date (week of May 26). Hoo-ray! being caught up is my favorite feeling. I most enjoy the game when I'm not behind so many runs that it seems the game is lost. Even though I know I did it all last year, and caught up, it still intimidates me when I get far behind. Like everyone, life seems to be full, and I'm still learning how to keep it simple so that I stay caught up.
I love capturing the everyday. The phone photos are so great because it's just so easy to take the phone out and catch a moment, a little everyday story or routine, and of course the non everyday too, but I tend to have my bigger camera for those if I can help it.
Having a place for emails and texts is great too. Above is our mother/daughter b'day event for us December b'day girls. We both love JT. Who doesn't? Don't tell me if the answer is you. ;) We'll have to agree to disagree on that.
It was great to have a place to put the racing bibs from the half marathon my husband and daughter ran. Those would be something I'd be compelled to keep, but who knows where, ya know?
Inserts to capture big things like Easter weekend and oversize photos are still a favorite go-to technique for me. This year I think my PL is a lot simpler and a lot more photo heavy and I'm liking it more. Even though I've done it for a year and a half, I'm still finding my way. I like that. It's still a little creative puzzle, two of my favorite things; puzzles and creative pursuits.
You can see all my April spreads in full over on my Studio Calico gallery page.
Project Life is a pocket style system created by Becky Higgins to simplify and encourage everyday documenting. You can learn more about it here.