Week 36

Week 36

   This was our last bit in the UK, which was only three days in London but, obviously there was enough pictures to fill the whole layout and then some. Also, there are a few pictures of Stephen running his 5k while I was gone. 

Week 35

Week 35

   So this week was our full week of being in the UK. Which means a TON of pictures!!! Hindsight is telling me this is where people make those mini books. Oh well, next time though! Because of all the inserts the front and back pages don't really match, the front starts with our time in Wales and the back page is in Scotland.

   The insert above is Caerphilly Castle --> the Cotswolds.

   Again Caerphilly Castle --> the Cotswolds.

   The Cotswolds --> York

 
   The Cotswolds --> York

   York & Eccles

   York

   Edinburgh

   Edinburgh

Week 34

Week 34

   This is the first spread from my family trip to the UK, which only covers three days of that trip but three inserts was as much self control as I could muster up. Before I started working on this trip I was wondering why people needed two 12x12 albums for one year but now I get it! I think I'm just going to stuff everything into one album, but it's going to be a tight fit for sure!

   I've been very slow about catching up with my spreads. In order to catch up I printed two months worth of photos and put them all in their places, but what really has held me up is the journaling. I'm not always the best with words and I want to make sure the best memories are shared. Reality is though, that the longer I wait to try and get it just right, the more memories actually get blurred or lost. Maybe next time I go on an amazing trip like this I'll keep a simple journal to record those individual memories.

   

   Anyway, so now that I have printed a couple months worth of pictures I'm determined to knock out the journaling so they can be completed and I can actually be caught up! Well, almost, now another month has gone by that I need to get in the books too. Oh well, I know I will. Just gotta keep chugging along.

Week 32

Week 32

   After being gone in England for a couple of weeks it really threw off my scrapbooking groove. Up until now I hadn't really fallen behind, which is way more impressive than I could have ever expected! Usually I fall behind with something like this in July or August and then never pick it back up. But, this is one of my resolutions this year so I refuse to let my scrapbook fizzle away. I had this week all printed out and done minus the text since before I left. These are the pictures from Key West (1, 2, 3) and I had a ton! So three inserts seemed appropriate.

   Currently I am about 7 (going on 8) weeks behind. I plan on catching up by printing all of the pictures at once and then putting them away the best I can and moving on. My theory with my scrapbook has always been about the pictures and not many embellishments so just having the memories recorded is my biggest goal.

   Here we go! #letscatchuponprojectlife

Week 31

Week 31

Target and Midnight Edition inserts.

Week 30

Week 30

Target inserts and vellum overlays.

Week 29

Week 29

Midnight Edition and Target inserts.

Week 28

Week 28

I started playing around with calligraphy and finally felt like it was good enough to document. Midnight edition and Target inserts.

Week 27

Week 27

All Midnight Edition inserts.

Week 26

Week 26

Lots of pictures this week! And I'm starting to run out of Midnight Edition inserts! What do I do next?!

Week 25

Week 25

Project Life Midnight Edition and Target inserts.

Week 24

Week 24

Project Life Midnight Edition & Vintage Travel Edition. MAMBI insert.

Week 23

Week 23

A kind of hodge podge week but it's ok, it's all about saving the memories anyway.

Week 22

Week 22

This is another one of my favorite spreads. The colors and content just make me so happy! Also turns out that I am loving these inserts from Target!