Moving on, have you heard of Project Life? It's quite HUGE in the scrapbooking world (for more information click here) and I am in *la-la-love* with this idea!! I'm feeling so inspired to take a picture every day of what's going on around here and what we're up to, jot down some journalling and call it good!
I have been involved with scrapbooking for about 8 or 9 years now (oh...my....word!! How old do I feel right now?!!) and to put things into perspective I am about 5 years behind in my scrapbooks! Yep - I said it - 5 years!! I haven't put our wedding pictures into an album (how's that for ironic?!) and I am collecting bits and bobs that get shoved unceremoniously into an otherwise empty album for Caleb working on Caleb's scrapbook here and there.
Alas, it means the day to day details of our lives, those funny little stories and the things that actually make us who we are, never get recorded. And that's sad because there is so much in those moments that make up our daily lives!
I have been quietly playing along with Project Life since the beginning of the year (without the kit as I can't afford to fork out $85 for the shipping! but that's a story for another day...) and already I have an album that is rich with pictures and stories of our lives. Like I said, I love it! (Actually I said I *la-la-love* it but it's getting late so I should probably stop singing!)
So here's the idea - you start any day you like (we started on Jan 2nd because I like my weeks to run Sunday - Saturday) and take a picture every day for a year. You can use a regular camera, or your phone's camera (we are using a mixture of pro camera equipment and just the cameras on our phones) - we're not too worried about having amazing-quality-fantastic-arty-farty shots here, we are just concerned with capturing the moment/s, otherwise we'd spend so much time everyday trying to get the perfect shot that our project life album would be just filled with pictures of us, working on the project life album... and what's the point of that?! haha!
Ok, I have talked more than enough! I just wanted to share with you a few of the pictures we have captured so far (and that are already becoming favourites of mine!)
This next picture makes me laugh so much every time I look at it! Dominic made the mistake of leaving his Christmas cheese board within reach of Caleb on the sofa and whilst he popped out to get something from the kitchen, Caleb saw an opportunity and seized it! Here he is with an entire block of cheddar, nibbling away at it like a little mouse!! haha!
Ok, I'll admit I did get a bit arty with this next one. It's because I was cold and getting bored waiting for Robin Hood! :-)
This one is Dominic with the new love of his life...
So there you have it, a little slice of our lives from the past couple of weeks. I'm really looking forward to all that this year brings - and especially I am looking forward to capturing (and celebrating) the every day moments.
A picture a day, for 365 days! Wish me luck!
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