We have had so much rain already this year but the last few weekends have been glorious. As usual, it was much easier than anticipated and I don't know what I put it off so long. So yeah, YouTube, check out this new thing that I just found...I think it might catch on. SHOP I've been trying to be a bit more consistent in adding things to my digital shop this year.

Every year I say, oh jeez, I wonder how we got here? But this year it’s extra true. I’m just not really feeling it this year. Last week, the day before my birthday (50!) Clutter stresses me out at the best of times, let alone this time of year. Taking on this documenting project every year (my 15th!) I did a little handmade 4x5 book last year and loved working on it.

I'm really looking forward to playing along with Ali Edwards' Week in the Life project next week (starts I don't participate every year but I've done five albums since 2010 and they are such a treasure. This year I am coming out of a month of not scrapbooking as much as usual due to travel and lots of colds I also want to concentrate on photos this year. I'm so excited about this project this year.

As is a running theme around here, I am a few weeks late to the new year. home, health, family, job flexibility, swimming pool, grocery delivery etc but coming into the third year MY WORD FOR 2022 It wasn't until yesterday that I decided on my word for this year - CREATE. I'm making a shift from individual, random layouts to a more cohesive book this year. I also have a digital writing-based project (also 6x9) to collect my longer thoughts and stories without

I have long been a fan of printing my digital scrapbook layouts and albums as photobooks (see here). A couple of years ago I noticed how much sagging of pages was happening with those albums so I started This is something I have thought of doing for a long time and it seems like I just needed someone else They are not very easy to look through and I don't think I have in years. our day-to-day stories and photos are in here and I think it is the most well-rounded way to see a year

I've also been keeping up with my little 6x9 grid spreads which are my low-stakes version of Project Life for this year and a simple way to use my iPhone photos and journal cards. A place for longer stories as well as Project Life style thing, but not following a repetitive template Project Life and a bit travel journal (if the travel was my everyday life) >> a place where a deeper, longer As long as the dates are on the book spine and cover, I am good.

I'm just enjoying this easy, no fuss approach this year and not having to find a daily story is freeing older Paislee Press one) with a journal card from the 3x8 transparency set to document gift buying this year The other side is a silly text exchange with my 15 year old detailing the saga of the Airpod. RIP. I ended this week's pages by documenting Elijah's year six farewell dinner using a card from the Paislee I printed the year on some white cardstock, added the letter stickers then put a clear transparency over

It always takes me a month or two to feel in the groove for a new year. DIGITAL PLANNER PAGES I'm using my digital planner templates to document our weeks this year (as version (HERE) REGULAR 8.5x11 SCRAPBOOK LAYOUTS I posted before about changing back to 8.5x11 after a few years This is the year for getting into that. It's been fun but any year-long project is a labor of love and I'm ready to finish up and send it to

books way more than the albums, but I find myself disconnected from it all because I have to wait so long So let's have a look at what I'm working on right now: MY 6x9 DAILY LIFE BOOK Yeah, I need a better name little things I've collected, quotes, journal cards and simple little notes-to-self placed into a 2x2 grid A digital writing-based project to collect my longer thoughts and stories without having to become 'layouts 8.5x11 ALBUM I've taken all of the digital files for my 2020 and 2021 8.5x11 albums (I have one for each year

This year I'm delegating (kind of). Day 18 is documenting summer holidays - the kids finished school for the year last Wednesday. I just wanted to make a few notes about their school year. year might be different next year. me again this year!

As I said in my planning post, this is the first year I am not telling 25 stories or making one spread I was sad to miss out on Jamaica Edgell's acrylic covers this year because of the USA-Australia postage A lot of people have asked about the font I'm using for journaling this year - it's Script 12 Pitch BT This was the first year I had made some foundation pages in October and November so I'm adding those Can't wait for the airing of the grievances this year.

I decided to finish up on the 26th - sometimes I've done the whole of December but this year I was done I like that I did a deeper dive in my journaling this year but I also had days where I wished I could The journal card is last year's from Kelly Purkey. Thank you for following along with me.