Project Life Week 13

Today I want to share Week 12 of Project Life! I shared this over at Elle's Studio on Tuesday (along with a giveaway!!)-- so make sure to swing by and leave a comment to be entered for a Project Life prize pack!

I think this is my favorite Project Life spread to date. It was a FULL week (week of Thanksgiving), with lots of photos and lots of different themes (everyday stuff, birthdays, thanksgiving, christmas tree hunting, etc). It was a little overwhelming at first to figure out what to include (and not include) for this particular week.

One thing I am really trying to be more intentional about is adding the everyday photos. It's easy for me to make an outline of all the "big events" and focus on those in Project Life, but i am trying to create a balance between the to--- (which for me means keeping my camera out and handy for everyday activities :)

Before our family Thanksgiving, I cut out 18+ journaling spots consisting of Elle's Studio Handmade Layers collection, Sassafras Pattern Paper, and Lily Bee Journaling Cards. I cut them to fit the insert you see above by We R Memory Keepers (3.5 x 2.625 items-- the size of an instax). I made the quick title, "So Thankful" with an Elle's Studio circle tag, Lily Bee ABC stickers, and mix-matched wood alphas (i think one is by harmonie one is by Making Memories-- they don't match because it was all i had!)

At Thanksgiving, I asked each member of my family to share something they were thankful for this year (funny or serious) and write it on the journaling card with their name. We had a "smaller" crowd this year, so it was a little easier to accomplish this. I just love how this turned out-- it's so precious to me to have the thoughts and handwriting of family member sharing their hearts.

I think this is something you could easily recreated as we are in the Holiday season-- Christmas get togethers, New Years Eve, birthdays/parties, etc. Are great times to have these cards out and available for notes to include in Project Life.

Additionally, I included Thanksgiving hand-print art that both of my kids did at school (love seeing their little hands!). The last page focused on thanksgiving day and the weekend after. This part was so hard for me because there were many photos I wanted to include! For thanksgiving I decided to focus on the story of our "pitch-in's" at Holiday get-togethers. And also tell the story of this photo:

I just adore this photo of my grandma. My sister and cousin were traveling in South Africa over Thanksgiving, so we planned to Facetime with them while we were all together. My grandma always laughs at us with our iPhone addictions- but has never really experienced how cool it is (and definitely never has facetimed!). The photo above was taken when she saw Annie and Rachel on the phone and started talking to them--- total surprise!!

I also love this photo where you can see everyone talking and you can also see their little faces on the phone. Just a different way of all of us being together on Thanksgiving-- technology is so cool. I didn't include this in Project Life, really only because i didn't have enough space. When this happens, I realize i probably need to create a layout!

A few "found" objects I included this week were: movie/football ticket stubs, twine that held our christmas tree to our car, kids art work, and a coaster from my mom's birthday dinner.

Project Life was created by Becky Higgins as a way to simplify how you document life and preserve memories. Photo pockets used in my Project Life are created by Becky and can be found here. You can read all of my Project Life posts here.

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