Ok here we go. Try two. This the real week one of the project since it’s based on the first week of the new year. Life I did with the November Book I picked some photos from the week that had stories I wanted to tell. I printed them on my little polaroid printer (see link all the way in the bottom for details on my printer.) and then I made my four pages.
Let me show you the spread and then I’ll explain the setup:
This old PL album I have is setup so it has 4 4×6 pockets on each side and 4 3×4 pockets along the bottom on each side. I set things up so that I created my “page” on a 6×8 setup and cut it in the middle to create two 4×6’s and put them in the album as if they are 2ups. So there are two stories on each side of the binder. So the full spread has the four stories I hope to capture each week.
And along the bottom I print 3×4 photos of my art from that week. The sketches, art journal pages, collage pages, etc.
Let’s get into a bit more detail. Here’s the left side:
The first story all the way on the left is about how creative David is with his legos and how he takes ideas from other places and incorporates them into his creations. The one next to it is from our little venture out on New Year’s Day where we went to watch the ducks and birds and planes. Along the bottom you see some of my sketches and an art journal page. I know the art journal page is actually vertical and so, put sideways but I am ok with that.
Here’s the right side:
The first story is about how Nathaniel, David and I spent time playing with markers and stamps and how much fun it was to create alongside them. The second one is about Nathaniel and how mischievous he is when he knows I am trying to take his photo and how much he exudes joy no matter what.
And along the bottom are more art journaling pages and sketches from that week.
So there we go. I love the fact that this book will end up holding not just all of our wonderful stories from the year but also a collection of the art I create throughout the year.
Since this project is story-based and not time specific, there might be some weeks where I have more than 4 stories and other weeks where I have less. I am totally ok with that. I plan to flow with it. Some stories might spill to the following week and some spreads might wait until I have more stories. I am not too worried either since there are so many stories to tell all the time.
For me, the biggest loss in using this format is the flipping and extra layers I was able to add to the book. So I might experiment with that throughout the year. I might have some stories that take up the whole 4 4x6s and some that are just single (instead of the 2-up) but overall I think the 2up is the most consistent setup I will use since it seems to be the most flexible one for me. Let’s see how it works out.
On the upside, not only will this binder accomodate the full year of stories and allow me to also put my art in there but it also means everything is in a page protector so the kids can look through it without worrying about anything falling apart. Which is a big bonus.
There we go. I hope you like my new setup as much as I do and I hope hope hope it continues to work for me.
Happy Savoring.
The Savor Project was supposed to be a weekly project for 2012. You can read about my setup here.
I LOVE it. As soon as I looked at is it just screamed your style, yet within the PL dividers! So cool that you are able to incorporate mini lo that the kids flip through easily! So happy to have more ideas on making PL work! You are so talented. Hope you are feeling better!
I love your book – the combination of the pictures, stories and your art work is wonderful. I truly enjoy following your process. You are inspiring me to get my sewing machine set up in my art area so I can try adding stitching. Thanks for sharing.
This is GORGEOUS! Thank you so much for sharing it- it’s very inspiring!
LOVE this approach. What a rich project this will be 🙂
This is making me SMILE AND SMILE!!! I am soooo glad your doing this. Had to read this fast but I love love this!!!
Love this! I’d like to try doing something like this, but it seems like a lot of work that you have to keep up with weekly. Maybe that’s what I need to keep me motivated, plus a weekly goal. It’s something different than the scrapping one page at a time process and falling behind. Look forward to seeing more throughout the year, keep it up! 🙂
I think you have done a wonderful job so far – I love your consistency in everything you do – despite studying your time management course I still don’t know how everything gets done in your home – I spend my afternoons in the car for HOURS ferrying kids to the orthodontist, dancing, guitar, etc…the list goes on & never stops…I do get a lot of creating done but at the expense of my sleep!!
I love how you’ve included your art into your weekly spread. I’m trying to figure out how to do that, too. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! I love what you’ve done with your pages! I especially love the top two cards on the right-hand side. You have great handwriting. Lucky you! LOL!
Are you loving Project Life? I hope you are. I certainly am! 😀
I really am!!! and i always hate my handwriting so it’s funny to hear you say that 🙂
This is fabulous Karen! I love that you are able to include all of your art during the week in these spreads, as well.
Have you looked into some of the 4x6s flip pockets (http://store.scrapbook.com/cln-66027.html) into your pages and let you have some more space, etc.? Ali Edwards used them on one of her PL spreads last year (http://aliedwards.com/2011/11/project-life-week-forty-five.html), and I think you would like them, too.
Very interesting approach. I’m still trying to figure out how to do my own project life system.. 🙂
this is just gorgeous. Love how you are including your art.
Karen, I wonder if you could make flippers out of the pockets? Make something that sticks out of the 4×6 and fold it over? To add dimension laity, I have seen that Kayla Aimee is sticking stuff on top of the page protectors.http://www.kaylaaimee.com/2012/01/project-life-2012-week-two/
What a truly great and inspirational way to combine your art and the stories of your life. Love it. I was going to jump on the Prject Life bandwagon but couldn’t get hold of the kits – I’m in the UK.
Then everyone seems to be doing it this year and I thought maybe it wasn’t for me.But now you have turned my second thoughts on their head and I’ll have to do it after all!