The start of September marked the beginning of my third 2013 Project Life album. To answer a common question – the albums I use
are 2 3/4 inches thick. They hold a lot of pages protectors, but I
always end up adding thicker embellishments and extra page inserts and
there is no way I could get an entire year into one album or two.
Because of this, I end up with three title pages and three end
pages over the course of year. I like to keep
the pages similar (and neutral) but they are never identical. Above is the second album’s end page.
I used two family photos from our shoot with Tara to wrap up album two.
I also went back to the beginning of this album and added two more photos from that shoot. (Remember, I had left those photo pockets blank.)
And into the four 3×4 pockets I tucked (from left to right) a card from the Midnight edition with a Heidi Swapp letter sticker, a Paislee Press digital element card, another Midnight edition card with an Evalicious badge and a journaling card from the Seafoam kit.
Into the top right pocket I tucked a cut down piece of 12×12 Seafoam paper and into the top left I added a Seafoam kit 4×6 card. I embellished it with my stamps and Paper Source circle stickers.
For the third album’s title page, I carried on a similar look. I recovered the plastic thing that comes in the albums
with Seafoam 12×12 paper and a flair badge from Two Peas in a Bucket.
I used a normal title card to hold the months that this album will hold (September-December). In the top left slot, I used a “hello” card from the Midnight edition.
My four 3x4s are super simple again. From left to right, a 3×4 Seafoam journaling card with a flair badge from Studio Calico, a Seafoam journaling card with text about where we are now, a 3×4 card from the Midnight edition with Paper Source stickers and an American Crafts number sticker on top, and a Midnight edition card embellished with a wood diecut from Two Peas in a Bucket and stamps from my shop.
That last 3×4 card is my favorite… love the look of those little people stamps on the white stickers.
I added a recent favorite photo of Ellerie but left the other slot blank – I need a current photo of the three of us that doesn’t look like it belongs on Awkward Family Photos. Hoping to snap that this weekend and slide it in.
I’m excited to finish out this year. I’ve adored this project in 2013 and am beginning to entertain ideas for 2014. I’ll be keeping a big album for sure – the 12×12 size is working for me. But I’m considering using only 3×4 pocket pages. We’ll see…
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. You can see my 2013 title page here and find answers to common Project Life album questions here.
enJOY it 
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