enJOY it

It's week fourteen and I love this project.

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Week of : April 1 – April 7.

What happened this week? I was back at home after a week in Sacramento. The tomato plants started producing and my blood sugar got a little wonky for a few days (reminding me just how much stress is a factor in this whole thing). I spent Friday-Sunday in Palm Springs with some girlfriends celebrating a bachelorette party.

Anything special in the spread? Just a three 4×4 photo insert to share some Palm Springs instagram photos. I didn't take too many so I used the front of the insert to break up a 12×4 photo of some palm trees. Sort of different and highlights the trip in a fun way.

Techniques this week : When I add stitching to a photo or card, I always try to work it in a few different places. I figure if I go through the (small) hassle of turning my machine on and changing out thread I might as well get more use out of it.

Here I wanted to stitch the file tab to the insert and ended up adding more stitches to an embellishment sticker and a border around a photo.

Overall thoughts : Keeping it simple & focusing on the photos is helping me so much this year. My favorite part of this spread are the four #onmywalk photos. I am back to daily walks and am tagging them on instagram.

Ratio of iPhone photos to "real camera" photos : 12 to 3.

Ratio of photos taken by Elise to photos taken by Paul : All Elise plus a few from the girls on the trip. We'll get Paul worked back in soon – no worries.

Supplies used : Seafoam core kit, Studio Calico Project Life kit (brown arrow), Paislee Press calendar card, Kelly Purkey for Simon Stamp letter stickers, circle badge & journaling cards (love list & wood veneer), Chic Tags journaling tags & patterned file tab, Paper Source label and XOXO sticker, Martha Stewart & Avery labels.

Tools used : Design A pocket pages, photo pocket pages, Fiskars corner rounder, Zig Millenium pen, Rotatrim paper trimmer, Office Depot date stamp, staz-on ink. All photos were printed at home on my HP Photosmart 2575 printer on Office Depot semi-gloss photo paper.

Project Life is a memory-keeping system created by Becky Higgins. I use photos, text and stuff to document our life weekly. You can see all the posts from 2012 here and 2013 here. Do you have a question about how I am tackling this project (including anything about the photos)? Check here.