Week 1 of #VeraDocumentsLife
It’s Day 9 of #the100dayproject and Hallelujah! I am still on track.
Day 2 – Week 1 page 
Day 3 – Week 2 page 
Day 2 – January 1 page 
Day 8 – Week 4 page 
Day 4 – Week 3 page 
Day 7 – My Yearbook Plan 
Day 1 – Yearbook Cover
What I’m Liking
- Printing photos – I’ve decided that I actually love my Canon Selphy printer. It’s not the best quality, but it definitely gets the job done.
- Recalling stories – Thanks to my Passion Planner for making this task a bit easier.
- Alphabet stickers! – Really, letter stickers are all the embellishment I need. But I am loving chipboard elements and vinyl stickers too.
- The Project Life App –
- This is where I check if the photos I have are good to print (the app alerts you if the resolution is too low for a 4×6 print (or a 12×12 if that’s the template you’re using)).
- I also use this to collage two photos into a 4×6 print, to be cut after printing and inserted in the 3×4 pockets of my pages.
- The free form text tool for adding words to my photos. The app allows the addition of .ttf font files and already I am thinking of downloading other font types for future use (that can easily go crazy).
- This daily creative activity inspires even more creativity.
- I organized my small stash of alphabet stickers and other embellishments!
- I am also already wondering about the other albums I want to work on – what form they will be in (printing pages or bound photo albums).
- Coming up with ways I can add more stories into my pages even when I don’t have the photos to go with them.
What I Don’t Like So Much
- Some days I spend more than an hour working on this project – I love every second of it and wish I could do it all day – ha! But I am trying to be more conscious of NOT spending TOO MUCH TIME on this. The only way to sustain this for the full 100 days (and beyond – for future projects) is to NOT think it requires much effort and time (and money).
Finding Joy
I can’t think of anything else, really, that I don’t like about doing this project. The truth is, I am enjoying it. And I am finding joy. It also inspires me to live a life worthy of those pages I make.
Last weekend, the husband and I explored the streets of Binondo to sample good food. We made new memories. It would have been easier to stay at home the entire weekend – eat, sleep, Netflix, repeat – and that would have been okay too. But actively documenting our lives through photos and stories moved us to do more.
I have yet to be caught up with this year’s book, when I do, it will only take once a week to stay current. I will then have the rest of the 100 days to work on my other albums. Can’t wait.