Project Life 2018: Week 41

This post has some of my favorite photos that I took this fall. I love the yellow leaves and the bits with the blue sky, clouds, and yellow leaves. It's such a pretty time of year!

Project Life 2018: Week 40

Do you ever have those times when you're working on something (this layout), go and do something else (take a walk), and come back later to find that you forgot to save it and your computer decided it needed to restart? Just me? It all worked out in the end. :)

Project Life 2018: Week 39

We will be on Christmas vacation starting this week, so my plan is to get more caught up on 2018 scrapbooking. I'm really hoping to be caught up by the new year, but it might not happen. I'll at least work toward it!

Project Life 2018: Week 38

Have you ever been able to go cider mill hopping? That's what we did in some of these photos. What a fun time we had.

Project Life 2018: Week 37

It's that time of year where I need to start working on the yearly calendar that I make for our parents. I'm about nine weeks behind in Project Life. So between those two things, I have my hands full. I'm hoping to be up-to-date with Project Life by the start of 2019, but if I'm not, it'll be ok. 

Project Life 2018: Week 36

There were lots of everyday life captures this week. ♥

Project Life 2018: Week 35

I've been trying to remember to take more photos in landscape in order to fill in the 4x6s the way I want. This week went quite well. Although the last couple of weeks in real time, I haven't been taking as many pictures period. It seems to ebb and flow - that picture taking rhythm.

Project Life 2018: Week 34

The days of summer are winding down and we've been trying to make the most of them.

Project Life 2018: Week 33

This layout features my family working on picture boards for my grandma's funeral, an amazing photo find from my aunt from when I was a kid, two wonderful old photos of my grandpa, and terrific photo of my dad with long hair. I don't remember ever seeing four of these photos before. I love discovering new photo finds. ♥  I love being able to include them in my layouts. I'm always hoping to add to my "old photo" collection.

Project Life 2018: Week 32

Some stories for this week include sad stories again: the impending passing of my grandma. This year has really flown by. I'm often confused by the time of year we are in. February? July? OCTOBER?! Add a lot of fun, busy, sad things, and I'm exhausted. Thankfully life seems to have taken a chill pill and we are catching our breath. But as I've said before, it's our life and these stories are all part of it.

Project Life 2018: Week 31

In my scrapbooking, I want to take pretty pictures and real pictures. I want to tell good stories and hard/sad stories. Why? Because it's all a part of our lives. This week includes a sad story - the passing of my niece and what my sister had to endure. Seeing the pictures brings me to tears because it was - and still is - such a hard thing to go through. The emotions catch me off guard most times. I'm totally ok with them. Sometimes it's embarrassing. But I believe it's part of the healing process. What a precious baby. ♥

Project Life 2018: Week 30

I love all the green and color of summer. 

On a side note, I hope I'm not the only one who has recently thought we're still in 2017 or has to pause to think about what year we are in. I've had nine months to work on it and still here I am. :)

Project Life 2018: Week 29

I had a lot of photos that I wanted to use for this week and wondered if the reunion needed its own spread, but I was able to get it all in one and have a space for some stories.

I really enjoy using a design element in a repeated fashion on my spreads. I really feel it ties things together. For this spread, I used word banners. Some came in kits as-is and one I made using a couple in order to get it just how I wanted. I love that flexibility in digital scrap-booking.

Project Life 2018: Week 28

Does anyone else get sappy when reading quotes about childhood while listening to sappy country music about time flying by? No? Just me? I'm so thankful for photos that help keep memories alive.

Project Life 2018: Week 27

Summer pictures are so fun! Some of my favorites include beach and water pictures. Instead of including a sky of fireworks, I opted for the very cool sparks from a sparkler. Instead of kids on rides in the water park, I just went with our group picture from that day (minus Lindsay). On weeks with lots of pictures, I try to decide what photos will be best to tell the stories I have to tell. At times I do feel bad for not using other photos, but I only have so much room.

Project Life 2018: Week 26

Lately I've been thinking about how my story telling could use some sprucing up - to make it more interesting. I'm not quite sure how to go about it. I tend to tell the facts in order to save space rather than much thought or feeling. I'm wondering how I can better myself in that area so I can enhance the stories of our lives.

Project Life 2018: Week 25

I've enjoyed a challenge by Ali Edwards to pick something and repeat it in the spread. This week it's word blocks that I created from various word art sets.