Supplies include apothecary stickers; vintage paper and Pantone, cloud, phrase, and vintage washi tape stickers all from Shein; washi tape from The Washi Tape Shop; repurposed pages from a vintage gardening book; moo mini-card with original photo; repurposed New Yorker cartoon from a used planner; repurposed sticker-book stickers; two original photos, and other miscellaneous stock paper and scrap supplies.
This was the quickest “retrospective” layout I’ve made since I started this process: today is March 6, and I’ve just completed this monthly intro page for February.
It’s pink to match the handmade Valentine pages, with plenty of winks to love: including a couple that remind us love can be deathly.
It’s also one of the more literal pages I’ve created; the Scrabble-tile month-label is a nod to an actual game with a friend — notable because it was the first in years. It was a good month for travel and gifts, and I really did spend some time with penguins.
Astrobright Pastel pink card stock
Patterned scrap paper
Repurposed greeting card
Rhinestone gem stickers
Month and hand-heart stickers printed with Phomemo mini-printer
SHEIN Stationery stickers
Washi tape – Lunar New Year themed
Patterned roller stamper
We’re only just in March, so this layout is part hope, part intuition, part planning. I imagine the gardening will kick off this month, for one…but I’m not interested in over scheduling myself. Just to keep an eye on the horizon, and to keep writing.
Astrobright Pastel green card stock
Patterned scrap paper
Repurposed greeting card
Repurposed magazine illustration
Original photo
Itinerary sticker
Repurposed kid’s sticker book sticker
Rhinestone gem stickers
SHEIN Stationery stickers
Washi tape – Lunar New Year themed, light gray
Alphabet, typewriter font stamps
Both pages are 8.5×11 in a 12×12 album; shown in-book.
I posted recently about a new addition I’m trying in my Project Life album — scrap-journal-style monthly intro pages. Here are two more that are theoretically done:
While my first attempt at one of these spreads was more of a vision board, September’s was closer to a retrospective. Looking back at the photos of the month, I remember feelings of hope and rebirth, mixed with the foreboding that, while I was away fighting a different battle, some things had gone stagnant at my normal station.
October was a marked improvement.
Repurposed greeting cards
Statue of Freedom 2018 $2 USA stamp
Vellum swatchbook embellishment
Rhinestone gem stickers
Month and quote stickers printed with Phomemo mini-printer
January’s page became kind of a whackfest, but it also used a lot of loose supplies and repurposed items. I think it’s representative of the month; it went fast, we did a lot of art projects, and I had no idea what year it was.
Repurposed greeting cards
Repurposed kid’s sticker-book stickers
Repurposed daily planner pages (vintage ad, New Yorker cartoon)
Repurposed artists’ sample book pages
Month sticker printed with Phomemo mini-printer
Rhinestone gem stickers
Vellum swatchbook embellishment
Sticker Mule swag decal
SHEIN Stationery stickers
I’ve been documenting life in scrap-form steadily for many years, with varying degrees of creative oomph.
Sometimes, it’s simply enough to just get the photos into the pockets and call it a day; other times the crafty bug strikes, and layouts turn into paper-based celebrations of mundane errands. It really depends on how your week is going.
That said, in an effort to flex my creative muscles more regularly and incorporate some more journaling type scrapping into the mix, I’m trying a new thing in my Project Life album: an intro page for the month.
This layout for November was meant serve as one-part vision board, one-part nod to my two favorite geographic states-of-mind (if you will): the mountains and the sea. It’s an 8.5×11 collage in a 12×12 album.
The featured focal point is musician / cosmetics maven Qveen Herby, as I repurposed packaging from a recent purchase from her company, and have been vibing on her music for months.
– SHEIN Stationery stickers
– Original art-card, art by Ron Ragusa
– Repurposed eyeshadow packaging and coupon postcard, Qveen Studio
– Apothecary stickers, Amazon
– Miscellaneous scrap paper and glitter tape
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