Project Life, Awkward Style (Week One)

Remember how I decided to succumb to peer pressure and start scrapbooking, Project Life-style?

I never promised it would be pretty.

Though I did promise it would be roughly two weeks late, and I’m quite proud to say that on that point, I’ve delivered.

(Please, save your applause ’til the end.)

Yes, my friends exchanged our Christmas presents the first week of January.

This is a huge improvement from last year, when we never got around to exchanging at all.

I gave my presents out on a random Tuesday night in April.

Which was quite a thrill for the two friends who received calendars.

(Being my friend’s quite an honor.)

I pet sat my favorite dog ever.

Which I’ve neglected to share with you.

But get excited now, ’cause there’s toy destruction coming your way.

I’ve lately started holding a Movie Monday event with my Grandma.

(Things to know about my Grandma: she’s rather blunt, adores every movie ever made, and is hilariously awkward, grandma-style.)

(Did you click that previous link? ‘Cause you seriously should. It’s my favorite Grandma story ever.)

(Still no? Totally your loss.)

In the attempt at full disclosure, Skye also attends Movie Monday. But she’s not in the weekly photo, so that fact will probably be tragically lost to time.

This journaling box might usher in a weekly Project Life game, Spot the Embarrassing Mistake.

In my defense, when I typed out this journaling card I had the box so small in Photoshop that I couldn’t actually read it.

In my prosecution, it took me two cards before I considered just enlarging the screen and I did touch type “Jan” as “Jane” twice in a row, for no clear reason.

(Jane, are you out there? And are you infiltrating my mind? ‘Cause if so, that might be a plot of evil Canadians.)

See those tiny little houses and tree? That, my friends, was where scrapbooking stopped being safe and started getting real.

(And by that, I mean that’s when I was forced to break out the exacto knife.)

(Which I couldn’t figure out how to lock until the end.)

(Aptly demonstrating why I should never be allowed to use an exacto knife.)

If I were a slightly less lazy scrapbooker, I probably would have spaced out my writing or have known I needed to do so by doing practice journaling.

On a similar note, expect to see lots of squished together journaling in the future.

(Along with Canadian world domination.)

(Man, I’m really obsessed with that whole Canada-is-evil-and-is-taking-over-the-world thing tonight.)

(Must be the maple syrup in the air.)

(And now you all want waffles.)

(It’s like I’m a magician.)

In an unexpected twist (I just never know what I’m going to do next!), I’ve decided to include an Abraham Lincoln quote in every week’s layout.

This announcement was met with awkward silence and vague nods when told to Skye and my mom.

Which is just silly, because it’s clearly brilliant.

Especially when you see the Week One quote.

They were shown the Title Page quote.

(Of course I don’t have the Title Page to show you, all I’ve done for it is print out the quote.)

(Then realize I printed it out the wrong way and give up, choosing instead to watch Kim Kardashian’s marriage collapse.)

(Those two crazy kids and their inability to think through little things like holy matrimony, am I right?)

Back to the Title Page quote, it’s my favorite line from Lincoln’s Second Inaugural.

Which my mom greeted with “huh” and Skye greeted with “I don’t get it.”

I can feel your excitement already.

Feel free to applaud now

I know it’s been hard to hold it in,

Megan

Project Life, Awkward Style (Week One)

Tagged as: arts 'n crafts, Sometimes I lie and tell people I'm a scrapbooker