{"id":2124,"date":"2020-02-05T14:28:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T22:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?p=2124"},"modified":"2020-02-05T14:28:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T22:28:54","slug":"january-project-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?p=2124","title":{"rendered":"January Project Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had a lot of success with keeping up with my monthly project life album last year, and I am excited to continue with it this year!  I decided to change the size from 6&#215;12 to 9&#215;12, which I am optimistic about.  I made the switch for two reasons: I like the variety of pocket page sizes, and I like the width of the full page photos better.  Because only two online stores that I know of carry this size album and page protector, (and last year there were supply issues), I really stocked up on my page protectors, and will hopefully make it through the year without having to reorder.  Much. Finger&#8217;s Crossed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_103438-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2127\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_103438-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_103438-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_103438-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_103455_MP-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2145\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=2145\" class=\"wp-image-2145\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_103455_MP-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_103455_MP-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_103455_MP-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_103506-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2146\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=2146\" class=\"wp-image-2146\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_103506-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_103506-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_103506-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not making or enforcing a lot of rules on myself for this project, other than to document what happens in our family&#8217;s life each month throughout the year.  This might mean one layout for the month or seven. I&#8217;m looking at you July hiking pages. This month, kind of to my surprise, holds five simple layouts, though one is the album introduction page, so that one doesn&#8217;t really count, right? These layouts are not really &#8220;crafty&#8221; AT ALL, because I&#8217;ve been recovering from hand surgery, but done is better than perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104001-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2129\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104001-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104001-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104001-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104007-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2130\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=2130\" class=\"wp-image-2130\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104007-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104007-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104007-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104016-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2131\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=2131\" class=\"wp-image-2131\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104016-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104016-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104016-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the month, we had several days of snow.  We only get a few days of snow a year, if we&#8217;re lucky, so it&#8217;s always exciting.  I was super excited to use <a href=\"https:\/\/shopellesstudio.com\/collections\/stamps\/products\/let-it-snow-stamp-1\">this stamp set<\/a> from Elle&#8217;s Studio that I had ordered before the holidays in a fit of optimistic glee that we would actually get snow this year.  I love how the snowflake stamps can be used to build patterns, and how well the other stamps worked together to help tell our snowy story.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104508-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2133\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104508-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104508-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104508-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104514-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2134\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=2134\" class=\"wp-image-2134\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104514-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104514-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104514-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104537-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2135\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=2135\" class=\"wp-image-2135\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104537-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104537-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104537-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This next layout is all about my surgery and the beginning of my recovery. I have been making an effort to go back through my stash each month and use all the &#8220;special&#8221; pieces I&#8217;ve been hoarding forever.  This month, it was the wooden words, and the acetate &#8220;just breathe&#8221; card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104853_MP-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2136\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104853_MP-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104853_MP-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104853_MP-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104912-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2142\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=2142\" class=\"wp-image-2142\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104912-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104912-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104912-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104919-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2143\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=2143\" class=\"wp-image-2143\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104919-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104919-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_104919-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_105007-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2144\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=2144\" class=\"wp-image-2144\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_105007-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_105007-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200203_105007-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Another goal I have for this year is to use more of the elements from my Stories by the Month subscription from Ali Edwards. I&#8217;m finding the page protectors in the 9&#215;12 size are really helping with this, and allow a meaningful, simple layout like this to come together quickly.   I hope to include a page similar to this each month to hold multiple, smaller stories from the month as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170606_MP-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2137\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170606_MP-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170606_MP-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170606_MP-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170453-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2138\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=2138\" class=\"wp-image-2138\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170453-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170453-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170453-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170520-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2139\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=2139\" class=\"wp-image-2139\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170520-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170520-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170520-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170544-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2140\" data-link=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=2140\" class=\"wp-image-2140\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170544-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170544-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200125_170544-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of holding multiple stories, I also hope to include a &#8220;Henry Updates&#8221; layout each month, if possible.  Last year, I had a separate 6&#215;8 album for Henry that documented his first year.  While I&#8217;m super glad I have this album, I found it cumbersome to keep up with two albums in two sizes each month.  I felt like I was repeating myself constantly, and struggled to deal with different sizes when I was ordering prints.  It&#8217;s a huge relief to have one album hold all of our stories for the year.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, I still want to remember as many of the little details as I can of Henry&#8217;s childhood, so layouts like this are helpful.  I was inspired by the incredibly talented Laura Wonsik, who does a great job of always including collections of little stories about her girls in her layouts.  I feel like this page protector lends its self perfectly to this kind of layout.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m excited to continue my 9&#215;12 montly project life into February!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a lot of success with keeping up with my monthly project life album last year, and I am excited to continue with it&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?p=2124\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">January Project Life<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2124"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2148,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2124\/revisions\/2148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}