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Week 25 and I still love this project.

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Playing a bit of catch-up today as I was out of town last weekend.

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The left side is all photos & stories from the first half of the week before we left and then the inserts and right page cover the trip.

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The first insert is a coin pocket page that I filled with instagram photos & papers collected on the trip. This is at least the third time I have done this and it never gets old. Grids are my favorite way to display multiple photos.

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Into one of the top pockets, I added a piece of cardstock an a chipboard frame from American Crafts.

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And then the outside of one of the  lower pockets, I stuck a circle sticker with more text.

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I did the same on the backside to create a see-through square.

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The second insert is a trimmed Design E pocket page. I included my text from this blog post and then a few 6×6 photos.

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I'm taking a risk (except we're talking about PAPER, so using the word "risk" is just ridiculous) here and leaving a few pockets blank (with purple "placeholder" post-it notes). I am anticipating more wedding photos popping up over the next few weeks and when they do, I'll print them and work them in.

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Other than that, fairly standard stuff.

supplies / Paper Source circle labels, Martha Stewart & Avery labels, American Crafts chipboard letter stickers & chipboard frame, "And we'll be Jolly Friends" sticker (c/o Scrapbook Circle), Office Depot shaped paper clips, Elise Joy TODAY IS & THIS stamp, coin pocket page, Design A & E 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.

Confused by Project Life? Start here. Have a question about how I am tackling this project each week (including questions about the quotes)? Check here. See all my Project Life posts here.

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11 responses to “project life : week 25.”

  1. mel Avatar

    Another great week and love how you add in more photos good idea. And I love the box with lines where you journalled, brill.

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  2. Stephanie Avatar

    I agree with the comment above, another great week of Project Life! Very inspiring!

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  3. Ashlee Avatar

    I love the grid page filled with photos and momentos!

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  4. Natalie (QSOgirl) Avatar

    coin pocket page = genius. The last time you did this, it was a lightbulb moment for me, and I went out and got a package to use in my album. It’ll be perfect for my day-in-the life (from Feb, which I still haven’t added to my album)
    I have seen many people trimming down their page protectors, which I think is awesome. But I’m curious. What do you do with the other part of the page? Do you just toss it, or do you modify it to use in another part of your album? Thanks 🙂

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  5. elise blaha Avatar

    I am saving them and they might get used down the line, but I am not really stressed if they end up getting recycled at some point. 🙂

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  6. Jill Avatar

    Hey Elise –
    I was needing some PL inspo this morning, so I “paged” through your album. And I’m back on track – lots of ideas brewing in my head and remembered a bunch of paper I’d like to include. Thanks!
    Question: I noticed your Chemex coffee pot. Would you be willing to talk about it more in a blog post? There are stores around me that sell them, and I’m possibly interested. I’d like to hear about your experience with it, first, though. I have a Toddy carafe that I do cold press in for iced coffee, but I’d like a lo-tech way to do hot coffee in the winter.

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  7. elise blaha Avatar

    yes! I am hoping to share more about it for sure. 🙂

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  8. J3SS1C4 Avatar

    Such an inspiration again! I love the coin pockets… Such a great way to include a huge number of photos! Did you just print them all as a collage and cut them out, or did you print them individual? I like that you could put lots of papers and little things in them… I think this will be a fun thing for me to add to my travel albums with small photos and coins and things from the places I visit!
    Also, I’m seriously in love with that canvas you made! I love the pop of colour on the page… It stood out to me straight away! And the stamped title card is cool too!

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  9. elise blaha Avatar

    thank you! I printed using the contact sheet option in iPhoto.

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  10. @ktbercury Avatar
    @ktbercury

    Thanks for the inspiration! For me the big connection was your long post in the 6×12. I feel like project life can cover so much visually, but the text amount doesn’t allow for as much depth as I want. Now I can see that I can put in as much text as I want every week, long form. Problem solved, so thanks for taking the time to share your process and layout!

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