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Project Life 2012- Weeks 1-3

I had been hearing about Project Life all over the internet. I was not sure if I should do try to take that on this year. What does a 20-something who works on average 45 hours a week document? What does one who spends most of her time at work do? No kids to snap photos of. Don’t often travel.

But I had to stop thinking of the things I didn’t do and to think about all the things that I had the opportunity to snap pictures of and document. This is my 3rd year doing Project 365 so clearly I can take a photo every day (well, almost every day), so I decided to stretch myself a bit and dive into Project Life for 2012. I see plenty of Boston, I have interesting things going on at work, I go to fun events, I eat out at too many places… so many possibilities

I didn’t go with the typical Project Life path in that I didn’t buy a kit. While the Project Life kits are fantastic, I decided to just buy Photo Pocket Pages – Design F, Photo Pocket Pages – Design B, and Photo Pocket Pages – Design E. I was inspired by Kelly Purkey’s Project Life post she did for her first 2 weeks. It didn’t scream kit to me. I love how things match when they are all from the same release or from a kit but life it not all that matchy matchy so I skipped the cards that typically go in the page protectors. And so I dived right in!

Project Life Cover:

Week One:

Week Two:

Week Three:

It’s not too late to join! Or you can even hold off until your birthday and do a Project Life from birthday to birthday. Or you can start at the birth of a child. Or when you get married to document your first year of married life. Oh the possibilities!

snap another pic 366!

This will be my 3rd year doing Project 365. I have missed a few days here or there but for the most part I have snapped a daily photo. I feel good about sticking with anytime for that long since I have the attention spa…

I have been HORRIBLE about uploading them to Shuttercal, the online service that I use to keep track of all my photos. I store them in monthly photos and name them by date but the uploading part is lost on me. whoops!I’m hoping to take the time every week or so and do a batch upload so it is much more managable than doing 3 months at a time. Fingers crossed!

Here is the start of 2012:

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bang bang shrimp! Saw this on Amanda’s blog and had been meaning to make this for months. I would def make these again! We are talking about making chicken tenders the same way. 

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our 7 year anniversary! Pricer made us a dutch pancake using a recipe from a cookbook that Chase and Heather gave us and a iron skillet that Elaine gave us. Great start to a relaxing day!

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pricer is starting p90x today. he did the fitness test and did his measurements. Looking forward to his progress and my own participation in it. 

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my first Celtics game!!!!!!!!!
They played the Nets and won! Sad that Kris Humphries was not playing! ha!

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first monthly date night!
I surprised Price with a basics ballroom dance class at BCAE. I was nervous but it ended up being a lot of fun!

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dumplings with Em at Dumpling Cafe

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Studio Calico kit! Of course I didn’t order a new glue refill and it my old one ran out. booo! Can’t wait for next month already!

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our fatties! Love how Jack was laying out!

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new pillows that I picked up from Crate and Barrel yesterday that I love. Love getting finishing touches for the apartment.

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well yeah… I love working with STI. ha!

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up way too early!!!! long day but it was worth it to start to catch up with work and go over the layout on site as issues came up.

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day off! did 40 hours in 3 days. ouch! but I loved getting to sleep in until 9.30 and plan out how I will organize things for the party on Saturday.

Are you doing Project 365? Are you using Shuttercal? Or are you doing Project Life? I would love to do that one day. Share your links with me! I signed up for a class at Studio Calico that you should check out to keep you inspired.

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Catch up on Project 365

I spent a lot of time this weekend playing catch up on my Project 365. I realized that I had not uploaded pictures, or even organized, in months. I was taking a lot of photos but I was just dumping them all in a folder called ‘ TO FILE.’ Clever, no?

So I took the time this weekend filing pictures and uploading them to Shuttercal. I’m still in the process of finding some pictures and uploading them but I got a lot done so it’s a good start. I’m really looking forward to ordering my Shuttercal box and monthly set of photos.

Check out my year to date:

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Project 365

Project 365

I always wanted to do Project 365 because I think it’s a fun way of quickly capturing what’s going on in your life, one day at a time. I started it this year and I hope that I can stick with it- I’m not one for consistency. I have never been able to keep a reliable date book or a diary when I was a kid because I would do it daily for a week and then leave it for 6 months. Hopefully posting the pictures on the blog will help me.

Plus, I am determined to have a full set for Shuttercal. I’m kinda OCD when it comes to having complete sets- like glasses, silverware, plates, etc. This all started when I was younger with crayons. I would freak if I lost or broke one because the set was ruined. I’m quirky but I think this will be cute to have. Check out ShutterCal to have a cute way to organize your 365 photos.