January Project Life Pages

2015 is the year of 6x8 for me. I am trying new techniques and a whole new process of documenting our year. Last year I did weekly 12x12 spreads. This year I am documenting monthly with no major concern about order of events. These are the pages I created of 'everyday life' in January. You can see my title page here and my Thailand summary pages here.This month I also created in batch steps. I printed all my photos, then laid them out in coordinating events or groups or color plus a random pile. Then I arranged them as individual pages, then, like I was playing a card game, dealt cards out from my Studio Calico kits to match photos/events. When I had them sorted/ish, I put them into my album and arranged them like a puzzle. I was just trying to make the layouts work together in the different page sizes. So some photos got moved or tossed out and some events were put in and out of order. Totally fine. Once I was happy with the placement/order I went through, on a few different occasions, and embellished, journaled, tweaked. It was really an easy process and it held me accountable to actually completing the whole month. But I felt that I spent less time on each spread and didn't love the outcome as much as I did my original pages, which I worked on in smaller batches. So Ill try a different approach for February! 2015 is the year of experimenting!  That black/white bottom left photo of Terrell is one that I hope my great-great-grandkids look at and reminisce about our life and handsome he is. Its just my favorite of him. Also the righthand side is one of those that I love/hate. Its not really pretty, but it captured all the random moments. And that He Said card is from Laurel Lane Designs, the Always Kit. Its my favorite card this year. I am vowing to get more quotes into this book!  Ill definitely be doing more themed collection pages this year. Love these street scenes!  Another perfect example of the random/but similar photos. Friend photos, pink photos. Also, please note how amazingly perfect that Rad stamp from Elise fit on there. I have also found that I will use whatever I can reach. When creating these pages I had my stamping stuff out and I used them a ton. I need to remember that and be more intentional about what I set out when I start working on pages.  Get Messy Launch Day!!!! YAY! It was one of the best days, possibly of my life you guys. And probably my favorite pages of the month. The right hand page documenting my foodie dream of eating street food crabs! And notice how crooked that Rad stamp is there....Im having nightmares about it... And then the most Beautiful page of the month! The Laurel Lane Designs + our 5 year engagementiversary! These designs were just too beautiful and perfect to celebrate that wonderful day. Pink stripes are from the Southern Charm Kit and I love you script card from I Love You Like XOXO.  This page is possibly one of my favorite pages ever. I love our hipsterness. The color and pattern coordination. The sentiment on the card. Its just perfect. This month we documented lots of street scenes around our city and I LOVE them. Top left card is from Laurel Lane Designs, also from the Always Kit. Last but not least, Terrell's trip to China! Terrell (and another female music teacher) took 4 giggly middle school girls to China for a music festival. He and the kids sent me photos to use and he even wrote the journaling for this one!Products Frequently Used:  Studio Calico Cards, Studio Calico Wood Veneers, Seafoam Edition, Midnight Edition, Elise Joy StampsLaurel Lane Designs: Always, Southern Charm, I Love You Like XOXO