On Project Life 2012

Remember how I once mentioned Project Life? Well, 2012 is over and I hardly ever posted about it on the blog. My excuse for not sharing it here is that I posted about 80% of the pictures that made it into my album on here anyway. But since it's a new year it's time to get rid off some bad habits, right?
This year I'm gonna try to share some of my PL spreads here. Maybe like once a month?

If you're not familiar with Project Life, check out this homepage. There are tons of pricy products you can buy but all you really need is a couple of transparencies, a D-ring binder and some pictures + a variety of patterned papers. I only purchased some Design A transparencies, 3x4 journalling cards and a cheap American Crafts album that I got at Michaels on sale.

What I love most about PL is that it encourages you to scrapbook regularly. Ideally every week but I only had my pictures printed every other week. I feel like I took at least twice as many pictures as I did before I started PL. It's a neat way to document the everyday life :)

Here are some spreads from 2012. I can't wait for my supplies to arrive(I ordered more transparencies and the seafoam kit. Excited!!) to really get started on 2013!

Package Project

I mentioned last year that I participated in the package project. I got Saaleha's package back in January when I just got back to Vancouver. I realized I hadn't shared it's content on here yet so here you go:

Underneath all the pretty wrapping paper there's a variety of cute stuff from South Africa and also lots of handmade goodies!

The rooibos tea is unlike anything you can purchase in Germany - it's delicious! I cherish each cup I drink. Does anyone know whether woolworth's rooibos tea is available in Europe? I'll need to stock up soon! There are also lots of cute, handmade journaling cards (perfect for Project Life!), pens, notebooks, small packages full of handmade scrapbook goodies, magnets, postcards, ...

I also love these mini postcards that look like old polaroids. And the theme is Paris - how could I not adore these?!

I love snail mail - receiving letters and packages always excites me beyond reason. Especially when they're wrapped in pretty paper and the delivery guy mentions that the package has a distinct smell to it :D

30 Days of Lists: March 2012!

Guess what? Only one more day until another round of 30 Days of Lists starts!
I went to Michael's today and spontaneously decided to buy a post-bound 8.5 x 11 scrapbook instead of using a notebook. Why? You don't have to worry about messing up a page because you can simply make a new one. And it was actually cheaper than getting a notebook (yay for 40% off sales and cheap store brands) and I don't have to get/make another book if I decide to do another round of 30 lists.

I 'decorated' the cover of the vinyl album with washi tape and wite-out and attempted to clean my desk and look for the craft supplies that have been hidden in my drawers for months. It feels so good to get back into paper crafting - I wish paper and all the other scrapbook goodies were lighter so I wouldn't be stuck with a minimum of tools here!



Luckily, 8.5 x 11" is the regular paper format here so I got some additional page protectors at staples for about half the price you'd have to pay if you wanted to have the name of a fancy scrapbook brand printed on it.



And here's the cover page I made for March - I love the quote! I found it online a couple of weeks ago and decided that I had to incorporate it into the book and now it's on the front page haha.

If you're curious about my 30 Lists minibook from last September, you can click here.

autumn minibook: final update

Here's the final update of my Fall Twenty Eleven Minibook. It was a great joy but I'm looking forward to moving on to my winter minibook(more about it tomorrow). This book was fun because I tried some new techniques - like glitter, stickles, pressed leaves, and I wrote most texts myself (although I don't like my handwriting).
I left a couple of blank pages, did not incorporate all the pages that were originally in the minibook, and I left out many many things. Which is okay, because it only gives a small glimpse of what my fall was like . We've had a lot of rain in the past weeks (welcome to Vancouver) which, sadly, really limited the number of pictures I took. Hopefully that will change in the next weeks :)

autumn minibook: first pages

After the 30 Days of Lists project I really missed journaling regularly. I was really happy when my autumn 2011 minibook arrived so I had an excuse to have a messy desk and lots of papers, washi tape rolls and glitter spread all over my room :)

Here are all the pages I made so far: