Project Life 2013 - Week 5

This week, l wanted to talk about the approach l am taking with Project Life. 

Project Life can be anything you want it to be. 

There is enough flexibility for you to adapt it to your own situation and aims.

To me l want Project Life to be more than a photo album.  I think a time capsule is the best way of describing what l want my Project Life album to be.  I want my Project Life album to fully capture our lives, as they are now. 

By definition a time capsule is

“A sealed container preserving articles and records of contemporary culture for perusal in the distant future.”

So in my Project Life album l hope to have more than a collection of photos.  I’ll be including all sorts of things that provide the broader context of our lives. 

In this week’s layout there are a few examples……

1.     A significant weather event.  This week the North Coast of NSW had a visit from ex-tropical cyclone Oswald.  I included a 6x4 journaling card on the event and our experience.

2.     What tv shows we are watching.  This week marked the return of a number of my favourite tv shows, so I included a 3x4 card on them. Unlike any other aspect of contemporary culture, don’t you think tv shows capture a place in time perfectly?

3.     Newspaper feature on contemporary events.   The flooding of the Clarence River was a major highlight of the week, and in particular whether the Grafton levee would hold.  In this week’s layout l have included a pictorial feature from the local newspaper.

4.     Bills and other everyday paraphernalia.  Apart from the weather, another big part of our week was our dog, Max, having an operation to remove a malignant tumour.  In another two inserts I included his discharge notes and the bill !

Till next week ……

Please click on the images below to see them in more detail.

Supplies used this week
Becky Higgins page protector Design A

American Crafts - 6 x 12 Photo Protectors for 4 x 6 Photos – Horizontal
Marbig A4 Sheet Protector
Marbig A5 Sheet Protector
Project Life Seafoam Digital Edition
Amy Tangerine Thickers – Goodness
Basic Grey Small Letter Thickers (from Studio Calico’s Block Party PL Kit)
Studio Calico Polymer Stamp (from Studio Calico’s Block Party PL Kit)
Amy Tangerine Stickers – Remarks

Have you heard about Project Life? It’s a back-to-basics approach to memory keeping that l am using this year to record our 2013.

Today l am hooking up with others doing Project Life on The Mom Creative for Project Life Tuesday.