I’m still keeping up with this project and even through a slight hitch with photo printing I am still really enjoying it. It is really forcing me to look at what is special to me on a day to day basis.

This week included a real mix of things. I went to a roller derby bootcamp, which included a bout (a game) and that is represented by the programme cover and some journaling. I love finding different ways to use the different layouts that I have. I kept it simple this week, mainly because I was busy when I put it all together and I’d just tidied up my scrapbooking supplies and I didn’t want to mess up my drawers!

The Mr has started some new shift patterns at work. This week was the first week of him on lates, meaning he left the house at 11am and didn’t get back till 11pm. It meant that I got little texts from him throughout the morning, it also meant that I didn’t really see him all week! I made this little ‘I love you’ card and every morning and evening we’d move it somewhere different around the house. In the layout this week I included a text from him (which is blurred out) and I wrote some journaling which I’ve taken out of the photos for personal reasons (hence the big white space!).

I also got my first Studio Calico scrapbooking kit, which I LOVE! It had a little card in saying who hand packed my box, which reminded a lot of Lush cosmetics.I also included part of a Nando’s napkin from when Donna and I went out for dinner.

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Week 3 of project life is done! I didn’t have as much to go in here so there’s a couple of “filler” cards but I don’t mind. I’m getting more creative using scrapbook paper, embellishments and other things and I am really enjoying it, even the Mr is interested now!

There weren’t any major events in this week so I just went through the everyday stuff. I really enjoyed working with the design on the right with mainly 3×4 slots. It meant I had to get creative in how I display stuff, but I think I did OK.

The m&m wrapper is from a trip to London last October, we finally finished our m&m’s! I just glued down onto some scrapbook paper and then did some journaling behind it. There are three alphas on the bottom right photo RRD for Rebellion Roller Derby, they arrived in my massive scrapbook stash which is on the left. I’ve got to find somewhere to put all the stuff that arrived!

The ‘april’ is done in thickers, once I figured out which letters were which! There’s a lot of journalling on this side of the layout. Meg, my cat, is being a right tearaway at the moment and plays Tom & Jerry with me when I go to work and have to shut her in the kitchen! As I type this it is still raining, 10 days later, April definitely lived up to it’s April showers mantra this year! I also used my new label maker on the bottom left, I love it, and I bought it from Etsy, turns out the buyer lives 2 miles down the road!

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I was worried that I wouldn’t have enough to go in this week, I had to keep stuff out of it! I am really enjoying this project and loving the fact that it is making me look at everyday things in a different way.

I made myself a title photo using Scrabble pieces, I love it! I’m hoping to use this every week, or at least as many as I can, depending on the size of the pockets. I’m trying not to use too much stuff that is too thick so I don’t fill my album up too quickly!

This week gone my friend (my boyfriends brothers girlfriend, kinda sister in law in waiting) and I headed down to London to see Steps. Steps (for those who don’t know, shame on you!) where a massively successful pop band of the 1990′s. They were the first CD bought, the only band, along with The Spice Girls, that I knew all the words to. They reformed in 2011 and went on tour this spring. This time round, they sang live, and they were fantastic, it felt like I was 10 years old again dancing round my bedroom. I knew all the words still, and the dance routines, even though they brought them into the 21st century. We were 10 rows from the front and that photo of the 5 of them was one I took on my point and shoot, it is crystal clear when you see it. I LOVED it, so of course I had to dedicate a couple of pockets to it, plus I have a scrapbooking page in the pipeline.

We also had the first car show of the year. It was so cold so I only managed to get a few photos so that went in as well. My boyfriend laughs at me when I march through the house during the week holding bits and bobs and his phrase echoes round the house “it’s for the scrapbook”. He’s getting used to me collecting little things to remember times from, such as the label from my new swimming costume or the leaflet from the restaurant. It’s becoming more natural for me just to pick things up and slip them in during the week and I think I have my process working fairly well for me.

I’ve done some more scrapbooking type things in this weeks, using some paper and other bits to emphasize the week I’ve had. I joined up to Studio Calico kit club this week and have really got into traditional 12×12 scrapbooking. More of that to come in a future post though. I’m also using my dSLR more, which is a good thing as it often sits unused for months on end.

I apologise about the bad photos. There was a delay getting my photos printed and these photos were taken at 8pm when there wasn’t much light! I’m still figuring out the best way to photograph them, any tips welcome!

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I am so excited to show you all my first week of Project Life. If you missed my title page and intro for my Project Life then go and have a look, I’ll still be here!

I am doing my weeks Saturday-Friday but as it was Easter weekend I started a couple of days early. I was lucky that we had the family weekend and we did quite a bit, I’m really hoping my second week won’t fall flat but I have some good ideas for it.

I feel like I have a good ratio of photos to journaling in my first week and I’m hoping to keep it that way going on. Last week was a year since Grandpa died, we went and put some flowers on his grave. The first journaling I did was on a bifold 6×4 card which I decorated with some Thickers and the date. I also added in a packet of my all time favourite chocolate, seriously, if you can find it, get some!

I included a tweet of the week which I’ll include each week as well. This week was a bit takeaway heavy, due to holidays and me not being able to cook etc. I included the card from our local Indian takeaway and the fortune cookies that we got in our chinese takeaway. My Grandma was looking after my Aunt and Uncles cat (the black one) this week and she is such a curious cat, nothing like my cat which just sleeps all day! I also stole Kam’s idea of using the self timer to get a photo of me making our Canada scrapbook.

I am really loving this project and that it’s getting me to look at things everyday and journal everyday. I’m hoping week 2 will turn out well and I’ve got some things planned for it. I just need to figure out a way to take good photos of the pages and then I’ll be happier, any tips appreciated.

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