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Plwk11

Week 11 and I'm back in the swing of things.

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Simple spread this week – no inserts, lots of photos. It's nice to be home and able to document as things happen. We are halfway through March now, and that is usually when the novelty that comes with big new projects (or resolutions) starts to wear off. I am determined not to let that happen and relieved to find that I still really enjoy putting this album together. That's a really good thing.

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Mostly repeat techniques this week and the a few new things.

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Adding the digital text this way has become a stand-by for me (I'll try to get a video together next time I use it). It like it because when I take the time to type the text I add more detail. "C" letter sticker is Amy Tangerine for American Crafts. The orange and white paper is a 4×6 card from the Clementine kit that I wrote some personal journaling on and folded in half.

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On Monday, when we BBQed for the first time it was a glorious day with an extra hour of sunlight – quite different from the windy, rainy weather of the past few days. But this is why I am glad I work on the album throughout the week – it did feel like summer that day and I was able to document it on a 3×4 card. Those letter stickers are also Amy Tangerine for AC. Originally they were cream colored, but I wanted them to stand out, so I painted them with some hot pink paint. It worked well to paint them with a foam brush while they were still on the sheet and then add them to the card after they were dry.

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I was able to stick an extra photo in this week instead of the normal patterned paper that I put in the "date" pocket. Super simple.

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More photos and some of the usual suspects (quote, arrow bullets) on the right side. I printed the text from Friday's post, folded it and clipped it to some October Afternoon paper (c/o Scrapbook Circle). Paul wrote our meals last week and when I took it off the fridge I added it to a pocket. Glad to have a bit of his handwriting in there.

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Top pocket has a few instagram photos and some journaling about our adventures in backyard gardening. I hope the spreads the next few weeks show a lot more garden progress.

supplies / Paper Source circle label & ribbon, Martha Stewart and Avery labels, American Crafts letter stickers goodness & lovely, October Afternoon patterned paper (c/o Scrapbook Circle) Ormolu "hip-hip hooray" tag and "hers" button, Design A page protectors (which are available in this variety pack), Clementine core kit, Bebas quote font. I use a Fiskars corner rounder (it's not amazing, but it's lasted the longest of any corner rounder I've ever had). I am using a Zig Millennium 0.1 pen and Recollections glossy marker throughout this album.

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27 responses to “project life : week 11.”

  1. daneilia Avatar

    Your project looks great. I love how you incorporated the quotes and the food piece…so cute!

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  2. Chrystina Avatar

    So I just went back to the first few posts to see if I could find an answer to this question, and maybe I missed it. Do you just print all of these things on your home printer or do you get pictures printed every week? (My engineering brain is trying to figure out more of the logistics…)

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  3. Sonja Avatar

    Aaah Elise, love your PL!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  4. elise blaha Avatar

    I print everything at home. 🙂

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  5. christen Avatar
    christen

    i love your PL. would you consider doing a download of your quotes? i love them. i’d pay a few dollars for them 🙂

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  6. jodi Avatar

    your project life is so wonderful. and that picture of you wearing your cowl is adorbs!

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  7. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    So glad you are sharing this. I love to follow all of your fun activities. Something I have been worndering was Paul a doc when he was gone or did he do other things?

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  8. Daphne Avatar

    Love seeing your updates every week. I am doing Project Life this year also and am amazed that my enthusiasm hasn’t waned yet! I also confess that I am stealing some of the quotes you use and using them in my book. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. Kathleen Avatar
    Kathleen

    Lovely pages. Thanks for the inspiration. -Kathleen

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  10. elise blaha Avatar

    He is a doc here and while deployed. 🙂

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  11. Pink Ronnie Avatar

    This spread just looks amazing. Especially love the left hand side….
    I might be receiving my own PL kit end of this week! So excited!!!
    Ronnie xo

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  12. kelli Avatar

    the all your photos, they rock!

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  13. ali Avatar

    love this week’s layout! I love the burger pic with the watermark effect text layered over the top! clever idea!

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  14. Libbi M. Avatar
    Libbi M.

    you are doing an amazing job with this project. did you know Target now has Washi Tape? i found some in the stationary section. Target calls it their “paper tape,” which comes in a 4 pack.

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  15. Libbi M. Avatar
    Libbi M.

    i love her quotes as well. sometimes, i will open a 3×4 canvas in photoshop elements and type out the quote their and then print it from home.

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    Libbi M.

    hey, i forgot to mention how very happy you look in all your photos. since paul has arrived home i can tell you are beaming with happiness all over. i would love for you to do a tutorial on how your created that typed text on top of your burger photo. thank you.

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  17. elise blaha Avatar

    hey Christen, thanks for your interest. I am hoping to get a free download together of some of them later this year. 🙂

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  18. Skye Avatar

    I’m excited to see how your garden progresses. I love how you painted the letter stickers- it really makes them pop but I’m usually too lazy to put in the extra effort. I really love how well your quote fits your photos/page this week! 🙂

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  19. Ashley Avatar
    Ashley

    Fabulous as always! 🙂 I love that ya’ll are starting a garden! We are just getting ours going and I’m hoping it goes well this year (I’m quite a newbie to gardening) 🙂

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  20. Carrie Rosalind Avatar

    Love it, as always! You are my biggest inspiration for Project Life because your pages are consistently awesome. I would love to see a post from you on how you photograph your Project Life pages. I have the hardest time, even with natural light because of the shiny page protectors and because of how big it is! Just throwin’ that out there… 🙂

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  21. elise blaha Avatar

    great idea. The short version is I take them near a window but natural light (but shade) and try to look directly down on the page. I am going to be doing a PL three months down post soon and I will share my process there. 🙂

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  22. Lindsey MacDonald Avatar

    Elise, how do you get a swirl on parts you don’t want to share online? I even like the look of it for just a bit of paper to add. Thanks! Every week your posts ooze inspiration!

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  23. elise blaha Avatar

    In PSE there is a little tool that looks like a finger. It is called the smudge tool and I just use that to rub out the photo. 🙂

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  24. Anne M Avatar
    Anne M

    Hi Elise, I’m a big fan of your blog, projects and PL pages. I’m currently struggling to start PL myself. My biggest problem is finding time to work on this in one big session (as a mother of 3 young children), so I am really interested in your “document as things happen” approach. My question is: how do you decide on the spot the importance of a story/picture? How do you decide to allocate a 6×4 or a 3×4 spot to a specific event? Is it gut feeling or something more thoughtful? Do you sometimes remove things added at the beginning of the week to make room for bigger/better memories that happen a few days later?
    I am really not sure if I’m clear here, sorry! Excuse my broken English (I’m French) + my sleep-deprived confused mind 😉
    I have read in the comments that you’re planning a PL post with your process soon. I’ll probably find my answers there.

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  25. elise blaha Avatar

    hey Anne, these are wonderful questions! Thank you. I am going to do a full post answering some general PL questions soon and I will add all of these to my list. Look for that soon! elise

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  26. Kelli Avatar

    Elise…that’s awesome! What font are you using in your quotes? i love it so much! very cool indeed. you rock!

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  27. elise blaha Avatar

    thanks! It is BEBAS.

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