july 2014 project life v.1

time for a project life update. i think last time i talked to you guys about project life i mentioned i was just going to go forward from the present and not worry about catching up on the past year's album. i mean honestly, of course i'd like to finish the other album but sometimes you just have to move on...for now.

with this new album i wanted to try a cleaner layout style. i figured i'd try it at least for a couple spreads or even all of july 2014 and see. if i wasn't happy with it i'd try something new. that's the thing with project life was that i hadn't found a style that was totally working for me.

but i've come to realize that i like a clean style for project life and then go with an artsy style for traditional full page layouts. so, that's what i've done and i have to say i'm really loving it so far. at least for right now this is very much speaking to me and i feel reflecting myself as well.

so that clean style for me means few embellishments, although i do love a pocket filled with confetti and sequins! i'm also loving minimal journaling that i add on the computer to the photos. this is also adding in some extra white space, which to me feels like a breathe of fresh air for project life. i love that once i've printed the pics, stamped them with a date and grabbed some cards i can quickly insert them into the page protectors and be done.

ha...funny and true story is i just realized i have duplicate journaling on two pics!!! oh well.

- jess

august 2013 project life

i made a decision about project life this week. okay, two really.

the first and most important is that i LOVE it still :-) i wasn't sure i would still want to do it anymore but i sat down and began with a new album and worked on july 2014 and it made me soooo happy!

so the second decision is that i'm moving on.  when i have extra time i may try to go back and finish up sept 2013 - june 2014 but i'm not going to worry about it.  for me it's time to move on and live in the present!

having just said that, today we are going to look back at august 2013. lol. it's the last month that i finished in my old album so i thought i'd go ahead and post it.

- jess

project life - july 2013

still working on layouts from 2013. not sure whether to just call it quits and move on or try to do an abbreviated version from this point on. i do LOVE looking back at the detailed pages though.

anywho... here is july 2013!

- jess

project life - june 2013

i've been working on project life again recently. i'm still trying to finish last year's layouts but i still have a few months to go.

today i wanted to share my layouts of last june.

- jess

project life: year 30 - may

yes!  i have started back on project life.  for the past couple weeks i've taken 3 or 4 days to work on it and now i'm only 1-1/2 months behind. :-)

today i am going to share my album and the little bit that i have for may.  since my birthday is on the 30th that means i only had two days to put in for may.  i actually did 2 full 12x12 layouts and one project life spread for those two days.

later this week i'll share all of my june layouts with you, so be sure to check back!

just a brief explanation of what i did on the 30th and 31st... on my birthday i went with my parents to tulsa for a bit of shopping.  we had a great time even though there were thunderstorms off and on all day.  but then that evening, just as we were leaving town we ended up in a really bad storm that ended up producing a tornado just behind us!  it was definitely the scariest thing that i have ever been in.  i'm so thankful that it was a small tornado and that it didn't produce too much damage.  then on the 31st i went to rogers with my mom for a day of shopping and then that evening i met up with friends for dinner and some froyo.  i really had a great two days celebrating my golden birthday.

i'm going to use this layout to complete one of my scrapbook challenges in my 31 before 31 list.  this will be for the "journaling" challenge.  i rarely include that much writing on a layout, but the tornado was such a memorable experience that i really wanted to record it.

i may add another 12x12 layout to the may section as i do want to include my 31 things before 31.

- jess