Lots of stuff happened in September, so there was quite a bit to document. We had a day out at Beamish, and this part is still work in progress! I’m using these square pockets for the first time in my album, and they’re great!

I’ve got some more photos to add to this, along with the tickets from our ride on the steam gallopers! I’m also going to be adding some photos of the Great North Run opening ceremony on the page after too. Then next comes a few pages of holiday snaps!

As you can see, I included the days of the week cards from the Blush kit – it was really good to document something from each day. I’ve used some textured coloured cards on the opposite page, and I like how the colours work together. I can decide what to write on them at the moment, so I’ll fill them in at a later date when inspiration strikes! My final holiday pages show some of the photos we took when we were chasing the sunset. The cards from the Kiwi kit work perfectly here – I’m not really a fan of orange, but it works so well here. I decided to mainly use big prints here to get the full effect of this beautiful sunset.

If you read my post about my time living in Newcastle, then you’ll already know that last month marked out 10 year anniversary of living here! Obviously I had to put together some scrapbook pages about this too, and it was great to be looking through all our old snaps. The first page is a selection of photos of me and Tom over the years  – as you can see, 2014 is blank, but this is because I can’t decide which one to choose from this year!

On the next couple of pages, I’ve included a few photos and little stories of things that have happened over the years – like the time it snowed a lot, and when we grew our first carrots! Then I also wrote about my little tour of Newcastle, and I love the camera cards from the Kiwi kit here – such a cute little sketch which is perfect on these pages.

As you can see, I’m all about the colour! I like that I can keep things simple by just using cards and photos. There are so many different ways of scrapbooking, and before I started I thought it was mainly dull colours and embellishments (which really aren’t my thing). But obviously not! I am still enjoying this so much and if you’re interested in starting then I guess the best piece of advice I can give you is to do it your own way. You’ll see loads of ideas on Pinterest but don’t feel you have to do it in a particular way. An article on A Beautiful Mess this week got me thinking about this, which is why I’m mentioning it. Anyway, I’ve started working on the pages for this month and I’m hoping to do a page of Autumn photos – I found this textured card pack in TKMaxx and I’m putting it to good use with these gorgeous colours:

I think they will look fab with some of my Autumn snaps – I’ll be sharing the pages with you next month. Happy scrapbooking!

The post Project Life: September 2014 appeared first on Hello! Hooray!.

Project Life is a pocket scrapbooking system, and this is one of the things that originally attracted me to it (other than the pretty colours and patterns!). I think this will be good for doing little bits at a time – something that I can pick up and do a little of, and I can put a few post its in as reminders of what needs to go where. I like having the option of the different size cards on a page too, and the pockets come in lots of different layouts. I decided to get a box of different pockets to mix and match, and I also got the Blush pink chevron album (pink AND chevrons – what’s not to love?!).

I must admit that if there’s a choice of a set of something, I don’t usually like mixing it up with another set – but I really couldn’t decide between the Blush and Strawberry core kits and thought that they would compliment each other really well! I got one of them on offer from Hobbycraft, so decided to get the other one too – I shouldn’t need to buy any for a long time!

So here are my first pages – I’ve mixed up the Blush and Strawberry cards and I think it looks fab! Can’t wait to get making more pages, and I’ll add a few bits on these ones too

There are so many different things that you can buy for Project Life, and I’m not going to lie, it can get a bit pricey. This was probably the main reason I put off doing it for so long! But the materials are such good quality, and by shopping around and getting a good deal you can get it a little cheaper. One of the best things I’ve bought is the round corner punch (see photo below). You could easily use this to make some of your own cards – print or stamp your own for a totally unique scrapbook. I’ll definitely be adding a few of my own into mine!

Despite my initial doubts about the cost, I am so pleased that I’m starting my Project Life scrapbook. Shop around and buy little bits at a time to build up your stash, and this will spread the cost. For UK people, check out Hobbycraft for supplies. I’m an even bigger fan of Craftie Charlie and Papermaze though – support independent businesses!

I’ll be sharing my pages as I go, but would love to see yours if you already do this – leave a comment on the post with a link to any blog posts you’ve done!

The post Project Life appeared first on Hello! Hooray!.