Project Life : Week 4

Another week, but a quiet one.

 So if you look closely at this page, you'll find a good reason for Paul to be mad at me once he read this. Not because I shared it, though that won't thrill him he's resigned to my sharing ways, but because I'm giving away our not so secret project for this year.

Otherwise, it's been another quiet week as this cold continues to linger. It's a bad one. I haven't been this sick in a good long while. And every time I get hopeful that I'm getting better... new phase of the plague kicks in! Grrr...

Really, the highlight of this week was tea out with V and the lovely steampunk watch she gave me as a birthday gift! I even wore it to work this week.

washi & art journals

It’s been a while since I’ve written about art journaling. But I was so inspired by my new numbers washi tape that I just had to share!

Yay, washi tape! I wasn’t going to buy it but then I found it, sort of randomly, at the Regional Assembly of Text (which is the cutest little shop) on my last afternoon in Vancouver. It was like the tape wanted to be mine. How can I say no to that? Really?

And well, since I’m on a sharing vibe… I created this page in a moment of wanted to record the little things that make your day a bit brighter!

 

What am I going to do when we move into our own home? I know: garage!

Project Life : week 3

I was sick this week and I think that sort of shows up in the photos: it was all about cosiness and comfort!

I did a 2 page layout for this week. Here’s the first page:

Snow, tea, movies… like I said: quiet comforts.

Though I did venture out once this week to see a movie with a friend. We saw Iron Lady. Meryl Streep was amazing, as ever… but I’ll just never be a fan of Thatcher, even if she is iconic in her own ways.

Here’s page two:

With a few close ups:

 

Paul is already bemoaning how challenging it is to write something every week but I think he doth protest too much. Honestly, I think it kind of likes the challenge! Yeah, I said it. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!

And then, because I made such a to do about it snowing before I went home, I thought it was important to capture the other side of the coin… and show what I ended up coming home to!

To be fair, I have to right to complain. We’ve actually had a very mild winter this year.

geeks vs nerds

It's official, according to the following proof, I am a geek:

Why? Well according to the chart I fit the following categories:


Niche

Totally longwinded

Like gadgets


Have been a bartender and a barista


Always pull out my iPhone and long for an iPad


Give tec advice to some of my officemates

Though... in the movie department I could go both ways and in fact might be more of a nerd!

Project Life : Week 2

Ok, so I decided to add a few more photos to the first week. I know that some people feel compelled to do 2 page layouts for every week but I refuse to lock myself into that type of schedule. I also want a bit more flexibility in terms of the pages themselves, so I've added next week's journal tag into the page too (everything after that is for next week). It's a bit unclear in this page, but I think it'll get clearer over time.

I have 2 photos that a friend took that I want to add to the album, so for now, I've just added a post it. I also tried out an Ali Edwards overlay for the top right photo (of the Rockies from the plane). I like it, it feels more polished than my own writing...

The above 6x12 inserts come from online goodies: one of my blog posts and a facebook conversation prompted by Paul. It's important to me that his story is highlighted in the album and this week it's felt more like my story because I'm the one who went across the country. 

Again I have reserved a space for photos from others! I like that I was able to take my boarding pass and general travel goods and keep them for the future. The picture of the ferry might not seem all that inspiring to me or to people back home, but Paul's reaction to taking such a huge boat the first time I took him home was great because it reminded me to notice some of the things we take for granted in our lives. Traveling by boat isn't that big of a deal to me, but it is a big boat and a beautiful trip the first time you've done it. And the ferries have changed so much since I was a kid (they're all fancy schmancy now... shit, I should have taken an inside photo too.... next time)!

The journaling is a bit daunting to me still, I have to admit. Which is weird because I've journaled all my life... it's just that this is for public record so it requires thinking twice about the things written, making it less about my feelings and more about events! I'm sure it'll get easier but for now it's a bit odd!