project life (title page)...

With one week down and my title page completed, I am loving Project Life!

1. I'm using the Clementine kit, although in a moment of creative weakness/excitement I ordered the Cobalt kit too. Once I had the two kits together I was definitely more drawn to the colors of the Clementine kit. There are a few pieces in the Cobalt kit that I might use, but for the most part I'm going to stick with the Clementine kit. And I'm using an American Crafts cloth album that I bought at Michael's for 40% off. :)

2. I'm using the Design A page protectors for the bulk of my album, but may slip in an odd size here and there if I need more space. There's no shortage of page protectors here. Some I bought via Project Life (envelopes, 6x12), a few I bought at Michael's (8x8, 8x10), and many I already had in my collection of supplies (thank you, AC).

3. I'm taking the week at a glance approach to the process. There's no way I could commit to taking one photo a day. In fact, I'm making a conscious decision not to stress about the photos.

4. I've had fun  collecting "stuff" this week. I've been saving tags and clipping the packaging from our favorite foods and snacks. These will be good fillers on the weeks that I don't have many photos. 

5. I have a big wooden box that I've been tossing things in--supplies, fillers, photos, etc. As you can see, there's no real organization to the box right now, but I like that everything is contained there in one spot. I'm sure as I progress through the process I'll develop a more systematic approach to my organization, but for now this works for me. :)

4. I have a feeling I'll do most of my journaling on the computer. While I like the idea of handwritten journaling, my handwriting just looks messy to me. Printing on the cards in the kit will take some trial and error as I learned today while trying to print my title card. My printer kept "spitting out" the 3x4 card without printing anything on it, so in the end I taped the card to a piece of printer paper and ran it through the printer that way.

5. This will definitely be a work in progress. I'm sure I'll tweak things as I navigate through the process, but for now one thing's for sure--I'm excited about scrapbooking again!

This post is participating in Project Life Tuesday at The Mom Creative.