project life 2015...

so i am moving right along

with project life 2015.

i am so thrilled to still

be keeping up with documenting

every week of our lives.

i have really fallen in love with this

type of scrapbooking and i'm not quite

sure i will ever go back.

i love that i am capturing

the everyday things that always seem

to get lost in the grand scheme of memories

and i'm so glad that we will have

these albums to look back on when 

we are old and wrinkled.

i recently did some purging

and got rid of pretty much everything

that i am not using in project life.

it felt great.

i now want to be upstairs in my scrap room

even more.

i am looking forward to summer

and a break from teaching so that

i can come up here more 

and just play with paper

for hours.

i have so many mini albums

and smashbooks i plan on completing.

anyway,

let's get to it.

i am here to share weeks 1-8 with ya'll.

in one of my previous posts,

i said that i wanted to include more

screenshots from social media

into this year's album.

i did that in week 1 by including

my green wall inspiration from instagram.

i am also determined to include more

layouts in this year's album.

i kicked it off right by doing an 8.5x11 inch

layout to show off some of my favorite

instax photos from new year's eve.

i love doing layouts without the pressure

of having so many to do.

it's much more about quality

when i am just highlighting my have photos.

my favorite part of week 2

is that big 2 from miss heidi swapp.

i love the look of just the big number

on that fab card from one of my

studio calico kits.

week three included another layout.

i love love love that photo strip of

me and the girls and knew that

it would have its own page.

i took advantage of the blank back

and journaled all about that night's memories there.

week 4 was all about stretching the pics

to fill up the two 4x6 spaces

on each side of the page.

i had a few more photos so

i used a small protector to include those.

it ended up working out well

for me to be able to stretch another pic

on the back for week 5.

i never ever color coordinate

anything in life but it ended up

happening for the front of week 5's layout

and i must say i really like 

all the neutrals.

i kinda became obsessed

with writing on my pics this week too.

the front of week 6 is probably one

of my favorites this year.

i love the massive photo of my old lady face

from the 100th day of school.

i kinda can't get enough of enlarging my

favorite photos.

please excuse the ugly oval

on the top left corner.

there's a pic of my class there

and there's a big no-no about posting those.

week 7 was valentine's day and i chose

not to go the hearts and pink and red route.

i love the large wooden love from my

sc kit and knew i had to use it.

i also ended up digging the way the little

camera turned out in the center.

week 8 includes

another layout.

that pic of the girls is one of my

most favorite of all time.

i knew i wanted to keep

the layout simple.

i have been hoarding that you look lovely

wooden thing for so long

and it's perfect for this page.

so there ya go.

8 weeks of 2015.

i am currently on week 15 of this year

which isn't too shabby.

hope my people that are doing

project life are enjoying it as much as i am.

ash...