Week 2: Still repeating to myself, “don’t make it more complicated than it needs to be”. This spread doesn’t have any embellishments. None. But it’s got the important stuff. Some snapshots of life right now and the words to tell their stories.
As I was looking through my photos this week, there really wasn’t much to choose from. My first reaction was, “oh man. I don’t know if I’m going to have enough to fill in a spread”. But a quick glance at the notes I had jotted down in my planner helped me put that worry to rest.
Lots of everyday kind of stuff here. These are the kind of photos that will be fun to look back on in the years to come.
“The Best Parts” card is from the most recent story kit release by Ali Edwards called “Numbers”. The perfect little prompt to include a few of the positive moments from the week. Sometimes you have to dig a little, but it’s so worth it.
The “messy” card is from Studio Calico’s Roman Holiday Documenter Kit. This is a digital version of the card that I printed at home. I love it so much! I plan to print an enlarged version to hang up somewhere at home.
The put together the right side of this spread with some of the journaling cards from a new digital kit by Ali Edwards for January 2017 (+ 1 from the Numbers Story Kit). They’re switching things up a bit this year and will be releasing digital products in the form of a kit each month! I’ve only used the journaling cards here, but each kit will include a digital stamp set and embellishments (eg. digital chipboard pieces) as well. You can read more about it here.
I’m sure I’m not alone when I speak about the morning struggle to get everyone out the door. Maybe it’s because it’s winter, maybe it’s a growth and development thing, maybe it’s just a rough patch. Whatever it is, mornings this week have been ROUGH. And I’m SO THANKFUL for weekends, to have a little break from the rush.
The weekend in review card is actually a combination of products. The card itself is a modified digital card from the Numbers Story Kit and the word art is by Liz Tamanaha of Paislee Press.
This might be the fastest spread I’ve ever made for PL – photos selected and printed + journaling completed and everything in its place within 2.5 hours. That’s pretty good for me! It feels great to be on track and up to date for a change. Keeping a few notes in my planner has seriously been a game changer for me and I hope it’s a habit I’ll continue.
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