Project Life {January Details}

I am so loving this project!

I'm shocked at how much I'm enjoying it, in fact.

When I finish up a week and am all caught up

{which is really saying something in itself}

I get all antsy and can't wait for the current week to end so I can get back at it.

 

I seriously doubt anyone is that interested in knowing what we do around here

every single week,

so I thought I would just share some little details of the book each month.

 

It's taken me all month to find my rhythm and workout how I want things to flow,

but I think I'm just about there.

 

When I decided to start this I knew I had to keep it relatively simple

or I would let it go to the wayside,

so I started out with using just four supplies:

the Olive Edition core kit, washi tape, stamps/ink and the ledger pages that were originally in the book.

I quickly realized it wasn't going to be enough.

So I dug around {pre-emptying of the studio}

and decided to use an old PAPAYA! Art weekly planner from 2009

that I couldn't bring myself to trash because Anahata's art is so delicious!

{I won't mention that if I decide to continue PL for the next four years I can continue to use a planner each year, as I have purchased one every year for the last 5 years,

but I won't mention that.}

 

When I ran out of photo paper

{so far I'm printing my own photos and using only phone pics}

and went to get more I ended up on Martha's aisle

{I had resisted for sooo long}

and realized I would probably need some labels.

 

Then...

I ran out of tape.

So I had to go to Hobby Lobby.

I don't have any idea how I got there,

but I ended up on the scrapbook paper aisle.

{I hadn't been down that aisle in a very long time}

I left the store with five paper pads.
Five.

In addition to those few supplies, I'm using small glassine envelopes to hold ticket and receipts and such, a Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher stapler, paper clips, a corner rounder and my favorite black Sharpie pen.

But that's it.

I probably won't add anything else, supply wise,

to this project.

 

I started to go back and tweak the first two week,

because I don't really like them,

but finally decided to just leave them be.

{I'll admit, that decision makes me twitch a little.}

So there you have it.
My first month of Project Life.

Have a great Monday!