Thriving your way
Diaries and journals can be very personal documents so it can be hard to think about who to trust with them. I’ve seen several comments from people saying their diaries are boring or too personal so they have either destroyed or plan to destroy them because they don’t want anyone to read them, (you can see some comments on my post 15 ideas for old diaries and journals). This really bothers me because I think of all Continue Reading …
Okay then, I admit I’m not up to date with my Project 365 layouts, but the key thing is I’m still making progress. Time has been a problem, but also the fact that my laptop memory is full so I’ve struggled to review pictures. I’m not sure I’m completely happy with the papers I’ve chosen for some of these layouts (particularly the last two that appear to be a bit psychedelic), but finished is better Continue Reading …
I’ve slipped a little bit on my weekly layouts and I’m two weeks behind despite my new Project 365 organisation system. However, it is important with Project 365 to keep going and if I reach the end of December just two weeks behind I’ll be very happy. How are you doing with your Project 365 pictures? How are you planning to share them? Lots of things happened in February (weeks 5 – 8) including going to Continue Reading …
This is the third year I’ve done Project 365 and I love the snapshot of life provided by the scrap layouts I produce. This is the year I’m going to finish my layouts so I can make a book at the end of the year, and thanks to my new Project 365 organisation system I am doing well producing a layout each week. During January we changed all our windows and doors. This has been Continue Reading …
It is easier to keep up to date with Project 52 / Project 365 when you do them regularly because you remember where to find the files and the order to do things so each one is finished quicker. I’ve been focussing on my layouts recently in an attempt to catch up so I’ve completed the layouts for March already and hope to finish April soon as well. One of the things I love above being Continue Reading …
The aim with Project 52 / Project 365* is to keep up to date with layouts because there is already another week happening. I’m not doing as good as I’d like with this as I’ve recently just completed my February layouts, however I intend to catch up before the end of the year. The templates I’ve created are working really well, but I’m finding it difficult to identify appropriate pictures quickly. This is a general Continue Reading …
I started 2014 with a new plan for my Project 52 / Project 365* layouts, having learnt a lot from my first year in 2013 (yes I admit I haven’t quite finished the pages yet). I like the simple approach of using just papers and no embellishments so I simply rotated the template so it looks different to last year’s layouts. I also improved my templates so it is easier to mix and match the Continue Reading …
A busy month with lots of opportunities to take photographs of the children, and these scrap pages include the reduced number of random shots! I love seeing how they interact and enjoy each other’s company. We’ve also had a major milestone with B riding her bike without stabilisers for the first time, and very successfully. All supplies – Scrap Girls I’ve finished these pages just in time to include them in the Sibling linky and Continue Reading …
If you are thinking of starting a journal you may find these posts interesting. Why should you keep a personal journal? 15 different types of journals to keep 7 different books to use for a journal or diary 23 ideas for the first page of your journal or notebook How to start a personal journal 11 ways to start your journal if you missed 1st January Extracts from my diary 25 years ago Although most Continue Reading …
Every month I take some every day photographs of the children, a mixture of posed, on the sly and at their request. I think in many ways these pictures capture their true characters so I don’t want to lose them into the depth of my computer. So every month I aim to do a layout for each child and one for them together which I will include in my year book when I have it Continue Reading …
