Project LIfe Week 9

I finished Week 9 on Sunday, but hadn't did my

summary page for the month of February until

this afternoon. I hadn't opened the two envelopes

that had contained the clippings from my dad's

obituaries from back east, and today felt right,

like I was ready to do so, and put the month

of February behind us. I used the 6x12 insert

to not only house the summary but also to hold

the sympathy cards we had received, and the

copies of both of dad's obituaries.

Here is a look at the full week

and below is a look at just the left hand side,

this week I also kept little bits and pieces and

included them in the top left hand pocket.

Here's a close up of the right hand side, but with the insert

not flipped over, just to show a close up of what's in

the pocket and read my journaling.

Below is the close up of the right hand side with the

insert flipped over, on this side, I included the booklet

from the racetrack as well as some loosing betting slips.

And here is the close up of the right hand side all

by itself. I didn't take a whole lot of photos this week,

but I had a few that I wanted to include, so I just did

a quick little collage in the bottom right pocket.

Project Life Week 5

I originally had week 5 posted a few weeks ago, and then

realized a few days later that I had included a photo with

personal information on it, so I deleted the post, and am just

reposting it again today. As you can see in the below photos,

there is one photo missing for online sake only.

This 5th week was extremely hard for me to put together,

because on the last day of my week, I go Sunday thru

Saturdays in my documentation, my dad passed away

suddenly, turning my world upside down for a while.

I just couldn't face putting this week together,

struggled with trying to focus on the rest of what

had happened in theweek, when the only thing I could think

about was my dad.With a few weeks passed now, I was finally

able to finish up this week and the two that have passed since.

You will notice that this week has a 6x12 insert in it, and a

thin divider to identify the new month. The insert I haveused to do a

month in review, and add any other detailsI may have missed but

wanted to include in the month.

Above is the left hand side of the page.

and the right hand side with the divider.

here's a look at the week with the divider turned over.

I loved that I got the card and letter from Erika that week

and was able to include it in the pocket.

and here is the right hand side without the insert.

Project Life Week 8

I had much more fun doing week 8 of Project Life.

Reason for this is that I finally figured out what I

wanted out of the project, and a photo album with

journaling wasn't it. And although for many people

that works well, but for me, with my creative juices

finally flowing again, it just wasn't enough. Now there

is a small part of me that wants to redo the previous

weeks, I will refrain from doing so, and just watch as

Project Life grows along with me over the year.

The photo above is a view of both sides of this

weeks spread, and if you compare this to previous

weeks, you will see how it has changed, more little

bits and pieces to make it look more like mini LO's

instead of just photo's inserted to fill up the week.

On this left hand side, I focused on the story of the week, which

was only using photos I had taken with Instagram, which I have

just gotten for my Iphone, and was crazily snapping and posting

photos all week last week. That being said, I didn't print any out

full sized, and all of them are 2x2 in size. I also mixed up type's

of fonts and added some stickers and staples both inside and

outside of the page protectors.

This is the right hand side, and for this side, I used multiple photos

on a 4x6 print to document our night out for Linda's birthday. I also

used a strip of 3 photos from a breakfast date with Gramma before

Jordyn headed to work on Saturday. I also found the "You are here"

on the internet, and printed it out on one of the inserts that come with

the project life core kit. Lucky for me, the colors were pretty close so I

didn't change up a thing for it. All in all, this is more close to my actual

style of scrapbooking, so I thing if I continue to approach each week

in this manner, I will much more enjoy the process throughout the year.

Project Life Week 7

this past week was a bit better for me, and

I was able to focus on some happy times.

Although it was a pretty basic kind of week,

I still managed to document some of it.

the left hand side I used photosheet to get multiple

photos in one print. I also did my first saving of

bits and pieces of the week to include like tags,

movie poster etc.

the right hand side is just lots of pictures and the

journalling is actually a 4 x 6 insert folded in half

written on both sides. I put a little clear tab on it

so that it can be taken out of the pocket easier.

Project Life Week 6

Here is my spread for week 6 of Project life.

Lots of heartfelt journalling in this week.

I also did a mini LO with some of my more

current photos of my dad and us. I can't tell

you how many times I have looked at those

photos over the past few weeks, and am now

finally able to look at them without tears in my

eyes. Gosh I miss him so.

Here is the left hand side, and I even saved the

starbucks cups and cut out the heart for my album.

The right hand side is basically all about my dad, photos,

my blog entry saying goodbye and my journalling on

how I've coped these weeks since.

Thanks for looking, it means a lot to me that you have an

interest in our lives.

Goodbye Dad

I can't believe you left us, without even a goodbye, but that's the thing about death, it just hits when it wants and it's the loved ones left behind that have to sort through the heartbreak and shattered pieces to try and make sense of it all. Heck, I was just making fun of you the other day on mom's FB album for giving her one of your usual take the picture faces, and now you are gone, no more pictures to be taken, no more walks in the snow, no more visits out here to see us, all gone now...why, I can't even try to understand, but saying goodbye is hard, especially when I am now talking to you up in Heaven and not here in person. Just remember, through all the turmoils life has, the ups and downs, the good and the bad, you were always my dad, no else can ever take that away from you, and I love you with all my heart, but now, as you have moved on to see Susy up in Heaven, I must continue to walk here and hope that when my time comes to see you again you will be there to welcome me with open arms. <3

Happiness in the mail

today the mail was filled with bills, lots of them and a few pieces of junk mail as well....but poking through all those business like envelopes, I caught a glimpse of the handwriting I know all to well, that of my dear friend Erika, and suddenly the pile of daunting bills didn't seem so bad to open...but I waited until all the other mail had been opened and sorted before enjoying opening the one from her, the one not only with a house warming invite, but also her annual Christmas letter/card, which this year is being called the Valentines Card because of all the craze in her life the last few month of 2011.

I had just made myself a nice hot mocha, and sat down to enjoy once again a wonderfully written non fiction story of her past year, wish I could write so eloquently and with such beautiful handwriting as well.

This is one of the few people in my life that can lift my spirits and brighten my mood just by seeing her hand written word.