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It's week thirty-three and I love this project.

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click the photo to enlarge for a somewhat clearer image.

Week of : August 12 – August 18.

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What happened this week? We were home. Paul worked. I worked. Paul's mom and sister came to visit for a few days. Per usual, I didn't get a lot of photos during that time. It's odd, when I have people here, I tend to not take photos. I am so much more likely to have my camera out when it's just me or just us. When we have visitors I am more in the moment.

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Anything special in the spread? Paul and I were able to have a "date night" since Stephanie and Kristen could watch Ellerie. I didn't get a photo of us from the date night. But we had our watch batteries replaced before we went to dinner so I took a photo of the watches and added the "story" right to that photo. 

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Techniques this week : Since I was low on photos I decided to blow up this one that I love of Paul and Ellerie. It was taken with my iPhone and in PSE I converted it to black and white. iPhone photos generally are not clear enough to enlarge, but when they are in black and white it's harder to tell. 🙂 There is a video here that talks about how I print 12×12 photos at home in pieces.

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Overall thoughts : Nothing that hasn't been said.

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

Ratio of photos taken by Elise to photos taken by Paul : All Elise.

Supplies used : Seafoam core kit, Kelly Purkey letter stickers, Freckled Fawn wood chip arrow, Heidi Swapp letter stickers.

Tools used : Design A 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.

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Today I am hosting a giveaway for two seats in Project Life Lessons, the three week course I am teaching through Big Picture Classes with Megan Anderson and Annette Haring. The class starts on 9/5 and will focus on taking and selecting photos for your Project Life albums, adding journaling and embellishments, putting your spreads together plus so much more. You can read more about it here.

To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment below! This giveaway is open to anyone and two winners will be choosen at random next Sunday. GIVEAWAY CLOSED. THANK YOU! 🙂

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436 responses to “project life 2013 : week 33 + a giveaway.”

  1. Kelsey Avatar
    Kelsey

    Thanks for the chance to win! Would definitely love to see some other inspiration for PL

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  2. marinag Avatar

    me encanta tu Project life!!Ellerie es preciosa. un saludo

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  3. Cori Barney Avatar
    Cori Barney

    I have been eyeing this class. I would love to win a spot!

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  4. Jen Gough Avatar
    Jen Gough

    This would be great! Thanks!

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  5. Deborah Avatar
    Deborah

    I so need this class!! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  6. Kristin Avatar
    Kristin

    I would love to win a spot in the class! I found out about Project Life through your blog, but I wasn’t sure about trying it until your Seafoam edition came along. I am so glad I started. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  7. Julie Avatar
    Julie

    I would LOVE TO WIN!

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  8. Clare L Avatar
    Clare L

    I love your PL layouts! Have recently started PL myself and would love to win a place in this class x

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  9. sierra Avatar
    sierra

    those 12×12 pics get me every time – been thinking about taking your class to help me stay on track in september 🙂

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  10. Amelia N. Avatar

    Love your spreads. And the class looks like so much fun!

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  11. Lynn Y Avatar
    Lynn Y

    Love your Project Life spreads and would love to win a spot in your class!

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  12. Meliss Avatar
    Meliss

    Working on my first PL album, a baby album for my now 11 month old son. Would love to win!

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  13. Evi Avatar

    I love your Project Life since the begining & this class will be so much fun !
    It’s so a nice giveaway !! Thanks !

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  14. Kimberly Kalil Avatar

    Love, love your pages. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the chance to win.

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  15. Ashley Armstrong Krueger Avatar

    Love the big photo! All your classes/workshops are great and I am sure this one will be no different.

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  16. Suzanne Avatar
    Suzanne

    Woot! Woot! This would be so awesome! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  17. Lindsay B. Avatar
    Lindsay B.

    I would love to win and learn more! Your style really inspires my own Project Life Books!

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  18. Janne Avatar
    Janne

    Thanks for the chance – would love to win.

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  19. Elaine Avatar

    Love that 12×12!

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  20. Cathy Avatar

    I love seeing your Project Life layouts. This week I especially love the picture of your dh and daughter. I will have to try that with a picture of my boys!
    I am using the Seafoam kit that you designed and it has been awesome! I hope you will be designing some new kits in the future!
    I would love to win a seat in the class you are teaching! Thanks so much for the chance to win!

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  21. Thegiftedone@hotmail.com Avatar
    Thegiftedone@hotmail.com

    Love your blog! I would love to take course!

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  22. Shayne Avatar

    Love your enlarged pic. Since watching your video I have done about 3 of these, and just love the impact they give to my album!

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  23. Tessa McSorley Avatar

    Ooh, I love your layouts this week! Can’t wait to see next week’s too… 🙂

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  24. Rossana Avatar
    Rossana

    Your blog has given me the inspiration to get back into scrapbooking. I enjoy reading it very much.

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  25. Karina K Avatar
    Karina K

    Thanks for the giveaway.
    I totally agree about taking a ton photos of just us and our normal life but I totally forget to do it at parties, etc..

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  26. angela Avatar
    angela

    thank you for offering such a generous opportunity!

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  27. Amber Crawford Avatar
    Amber Crawford

    I would love to take the class, I have been eyeing this project for awhile, but it still seems a little daunting to me.

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  28. Wendy Avatar
    Wendy

    The class sounds awesome! It will be so nice to have people that speak “my language” with scrapbooking around!

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  29. Kelly Ann Avatar
    Kelly Ann

    fingers crossed 🙂

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  30. Farrah Avatar
    Farrah

    As many have said, you were my inspiration behind starting PL and it would be awesome to have a spot in the class! I love the project and am constantly inspired by your work. Thanks for doing such an awesome giveaway!

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  31. Jennifer Edger Avatar
    Jennifer Edger

    I love yor project life ideas! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  32. life laid bear Avatar

    Project Life is my favorite way to document my little families special moments. I would love to learn some new techniques that I don’t use already.

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  33. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    Love PL and love your stories too. Not sugar coated – just life. Perfect.

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  34. Amanda in Austin Avatar
    Amanda in Austin

    decided to finally start PL for all my travels. Traveled to 5 different Michael’s stores in 100 mile radius of me before I finally found the vintage travel kit from PL. This class would be great.

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  35. Katie Avatar
    Katie

    I look forward to seeing your project life spreads every Sunday! Thanks for a chance to win.

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  36. jenny_baden@hotmail.co.uk Avatar
    jenny_baden@hotmail.co.uk

    I LOVE your project life posts and look forward to them every week. I started Project Life on my birthday in April because of your blog and would love to join the classes!

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  37. Mareen [eeny] Avatar

    ellerie’s smile is contagious. she is so adorable. and that picture of e and p totally deserve a whole page.

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  38. Bridgette Avatar

    Would love to take your class!

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  39. Katie Avatar

    I’d love to win a spot in the class and get inspired by Project Life all over again.

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  40. Laura S. Avatar
    Laura S.

    Would love to win!

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  41. Samantha M Avatar
    Samantha M

    How much would I love to take a class with you? Oh so much! 🙂 thanks for your blog too – so often it just makes my day.

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  42. Julia Avatar

    Would love to win a spot in the class!

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  43. jessica o'brien | @jessohbee Avatar

    oh my gosh, my week 24 has a nearly identical shot of mila swaddled in her bassinet! 🙂 love the chance to get in on that class. i’m already thinking about how i want to improve for next year’s album!

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  44. Tammy Avatar
    Tammy

    I love project life and your blog! Very inspirational and gives me all kinds of tips. Thanks so much for opportunity to win!

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  45. Tammy Avatar
    Tammy

    Thanks for opportunity to win!

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  46. //Panda Avatar

    This would be such an awesome class especially since I just started PL for the first time, a little over a month ago! So far, I’m loving it too!

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  47. Cady Avatar

    Awesome! Thanks for the potential opportunity!

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  48. sarah Avatar

    i started project life about a year & a half ago after seeing your albums – i love your weekly layouts!
    it would be great to be able to take your project life lessons class.

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  49. Laura Avatar

    Ooh what a cool giveaway!
    I would love to have the chance to learn from you guys. I’m the one that e-mailed you recently [husband in the military] that I found project life through your blog a couple weeks ago. It would be great to start off on the right foot since I’m just getting used to the system 🙂

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  50. Jessi Avatar

    Awesome giveaway!! And I am the same way when I’m with others or have visitors. I never remember to grab the camera. But I guess it’s better to be in the moment than to be worried about taking a picture 😉

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