Digital Project Life 2013: Weeks 40-52

I'm back with a huge post to wrap up the end of 2013. The last few months of the year brought some personal challenges for us. I left those weeks that I documented personal details out so you might notice several weeks missing. 2013 had its ups and downs but we are so grateful to the Lord for his blessings to us and look forward to what 2014 has to bring!

Week 40

Week 42

Week 47
Jason's sister, Sara, had her lung transplant surgery during this week.

Week 48

Since Sara was still in the hospital we had a small Thanksgiving celebration with Jason's parents at our apartment. To make things easy we ordered Cracker Barrel's Thanksgiving meal To-Go. It was delicious! I have never had such a relaxing Thanksgiving.

Week 49
Jason continued to visit Sara in the hospital several times a week. I am so happy for the pictures he took while he was there!

Week 50

Sara got discharged from the hospital this week! And, we got our Christmas decorations up. With everything going on we decided to keep things simple this year. We only put a tree up and a few other small things. Did you hear about my tree? I developed several Instagram photos from 2013 and clipped them to our tree. It was a great way to remember all that we are thankful for. I developed the pictures through Persnickety Prints and the inspiration came from their blog here.

Week 51

This week we celebrated Christmas together and then with Jason's family over the weekend. We were so happy that Sara could join us!

Ney family 4x6 pictures to be inserted:

Christmas

I had so many pictures from Christmas day and eve that I decided to make a layout dedicated to Christmas. We had a lovely time with my family in Kokomo.

Christmas 8.5x11 Insert:

Week 52

On the first page of this week I included some of my favorite pictures from my sisters engagement photos that I took. I was totally nervous to do them but had a blast! I so love that C.S. Lewis quote on the second page, what a great quote to end the year with.

And that's a wrap on 2013! I have started my 2014 layouts and have changed up a few things. I will be sharing those layouts soon. Thanks for looking :)

Digital Project Life 2013: Weeks 34-39

Today's post includes five whole weeks of Project Life goodness! I love it when I have a bunch of layouts to go back over, it's what makes me keep going. When I am creating them sometimes I don't feel like they are very good but then when I go back a few weeks later I love the moments I documented and how everything comes together. 

Week 34

Week 35:

Week 36

Week 37

Week 38

Week 39

Congratulations, you made it to the end! As I look at these pages I am reminded once again that I have a good life, one that I definitely don't deserve. God has truly blessed me.

                                   

Digital Project Life 2013: Weeks 31, 32, & 33

Finding excuses to not post these is becoming a regular habit for me. I decided today I will post this group then next week I might have a post with only one layout to share. Yes, I know, it has been a long time. I really have nothing to complain about, right? All the non-digital Project-Lifers have to take photos of their layouts then post them. 

After all that negativity I should add that I still absolutely love this project. Just this week I found myself behind on three weeks and felt a little overwhelmed. I decided to tackle a layout a day and wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am, I was all caught up! I love the memories documented, I love the creativity I can express, and I love pursuing my passion for photography. Ok, enough words... on to the layouts:

Week 31:

Things to note: Recently I have found myself taking less and less photos. I don't think that is a bad thing as I don't want to take pictures of things I don't feel passionate about. It just means that I have to be more creative with filling in the spaces in my layouts, a fun excuse to use more products! This particular week I filled in a lot of space with the Project Life Jade edition, it is quickly becoming my new favorite. This was my birthday week so I did take a lot of pictures that day but I included them in an extra insert. I don't want one theme taking up my whole layout.

Favorite supplies: Paislee Press pictures+words volume 3 & no. 5, Project Life Jade, Project Life Seafoam, 3x4 Photo Collages by Lili, 3x4 Photo Templates No. 1, Made Kit by Three Paper Peonies

Week 32:

Things to note: The left side of this week are all photos I took before Friday and then the right side are all pictures of our trip to Michigan from Friday to Sunday. The "I Own You" image is something a couple of people have posted on Instagram recently. Sometimes, after a nasty headache, I certainly do feel like coffee owns me. Since this was the first full week of August I included my usual goals and calendar journaling cards. My favorite photo is the one of Jason and I on the bottom right page; it was accidentally out of focus but I kind of like the look. Also, a couple of things on these pages are blurred for privacy.
Favorite supplies: Project Life Seafoam, Project Life Honey, 3x4 Photo Collages by Lili, Paislee Press 2013 Journal Cards

Week 33:

Things to note: I am kind of in love with the orange-ish theme here. I also love that picture of Jason and I right before our date night, I love him so much for putting up with my photo-shenanigans. I filled in space from three different Project Life kits (with a bit of recoloring). I even went without my usual date stamps on all the photos. My OCD-self wants all the photos to be in order and dated. However, my real life self knows that when I look back on these photos I will not care exactly what date they are taken on. Also, I am really appreciating the clean look of my photos this week without them. I know that running 3 miles might not sound like very much to some people but for me this is a big step. I feel like it has taken me such a long time to get into the groove of running again. Why was it so much easier when I was fifteen?
Favorite supplies: Project Life Seafoam, Project Life Kraft, Project Life Midnight, 4x6 Photo Template No. 1, AE Say Yes Brushes, LW Flourish Brushes, LW Life Templates Set 13.