Life lately: February 2015.
Monday, 2 March 2015
Watching | February was a much better month than January as far as films go (in many other ways too). During Valentine's Day weekend we went to see The Theory of Everything at the cinema, then later in the month I watched Big Hero 6 and Boyhood. Each one of these films was better than the ten films I watched in January combined :P Other than that we finished watching The Affair and I can't believe I now have to wait until the autumn for new episodes.
Listening to | Like everyone else in the world right now I love Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding.
Consuming | An outrageous amount of semlas. Shrove Tuesday only comes once a year after all. But I've given up sweets for Lent like I always do, so I like to think that makes up for my semla intake.
Reading | Will you judge me if I say I have given up reading for browsing the #projectlife hashtag on Instagram before bed? If so, that never happened, and I totally finished ten books in February. Ahem.
Visiting | The parents, and also the castle I always take photos of... Until this month I'd actually never been on a proper guided tour of it, but I got Per and I annual passes as a Valentine's Day gift and we've gone on two guided tours so far. There's a new one every Sunday so I imagine we'll be going there quite often from now on.
Enjoying | Project Life, feeling more "at home" at my new job with each passing week, the longer days, the fact that it's starting to feel (almost) like spring...
Making | Well, I think it's pretty clear at this point that Project Life has taken over my life, or at least my spare time.
Looking forward to | A trip I just booked for the end of the month. More on that later :)
Around here: Starting fresh.
Monday, 2 February 2015
At the end of last year I made the difficult decision to quit my job of six years, a job I really did love, which sadly had turned detrimental to my well-being, and into something I just couldn't stand behind anymore. The time had come to move on and Friday was my last day. The whole week was pretty stressful what with having to wrap everything up to be handed over, and tying up countless loose ends. Needless to say it was a great relief when I left the building for the final time on Friday evening. Coming home to find the beautiful flowers above that my kind co-workers had sent me made the day even better.
Today was my first day at my new job, and I am feeling really good about this change so far :)
Life lately: January 2015.
(The last photos of this view that you will see.)
Watching | I watched seven new (to me) films in January, most notably Swedish film Micke & Veronica at the cinema, but none of them really stood out to me. I have enjoyed watching the first season of The Affair infinitely more and can't wait to see the rest of it.
Listening to | Different things, this is a recent favourite.
Consuming | Nothing special comes to mind, which is probably a good sign, because after all the extra food around the holidays I can do with a break.
Reading | Finished We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves at last and went on to read the Swedish novel Borta bäst. I enjoyed both at the time. I have a pile of books on my nightstand (as always) to read next, not sure what February's book will be yet but probably Amy Poehler's Yes Please.
Visiting | My parents & P's parents.
Enjoying | Starting Project Life above all. Also, noticing that the days are getting longer again, at last.
Making | Project Life pages for hours on end during the final week of the month, pages for my 2014 photobook before that.
Looking forward to | When my prints arrive for my first Project Life pages, going away on training in Stockholm in a couple of weeks, and (needless to say) spring!
Project Life: The beginning.
Monday, 26 January 2015
I've been neglecting this little space. You see, something else has been keeping me busy in the past weeks... It all started in December when we bought a scanner because Per decided he wanted to scan his old photos. I'd wanted to get a scanner for a while to scan the photos from my childhood and make a photobook with them, but it'd remained somewhere at the bottom of my to-do-list. But, now I had a scanner so it was much easier to get started, and when we went to my hometown two weeks ago I borrowed the first eight photo albums mum has kept since moving to Sweden in 1984, covering the years 1984-1994.
Then I set to work scanning them, and noted certain things. The photos from the first 5 years are square shaped, and the rest are regular ones. The quality is not that great, even though I scan them at a large resolution. I had intended to make a photobook or two through Blurb like I do with my new photos. I thought I'd make it simple, using something like this kit so I wouldn't have to spend lots of time making layouts. Once I'd scanned the first years I tried making some pages, but I was not happy with the results. I had to conclude that the old photos just wouldn't render themselves well in a photobook. And then I thought about how great they looked in the old albums, in those photo pockets... And well, I've been standing at the side-lines of the project life world for a few years deciding it's not for me, but suddenly I had a reason to start. On Thursday I went ahead and ordered my first page protectors and an album from We R Memory Keepers (the Classic leather album in vanilla) and today the package arrived and I had to celebrate by making the cover page...
The flower background, pink flower and confetti came in freebies from Sweet Shoppe. The Hello handwriting is by Caylee Grey. I am going to keep it simple because I have so many years of photos to include and I want to get it done in a couple of months. Still have several albums left to scan. I was sure I'd be going for round corners, but just before I was about to order a round corner punch I decided I actually like the look of square corners better. I am going to do white frames around all the photos/cards to make the album more cohesive. I will use design P (9 squares) for the years with square photos, and design C for the rest of the years. I will have the photos and cards printed through my go-to photo lab. And, I'm going hybrid.
Once I finish this album (that might actually end up being two...) I will tackle the next decade, 1995-2004. Then I'll have my whole life documented because in 2004 I moved out from home and started keeping my own photo albums.
In any case, I can't even tell you how excited I am about this project :) I am sure I will end up sharing more pages here.
Then I set to work scanning them, and noted certain things. The photos from the first 5 years are square shaped, and the rest are regular ones. The quality is not that great, even though I scan them at a large resolution. I had intended to make a photobook or two through Blurb like I do with my new photos. I thought I'd make it simple, using something like this kit so I wouldn't have to spend lots of time making layouts. Once I'd scanned the first years I tried making some pages, but I was not happy with the results. I had to conclude that the old photos just wouldn't render themselves well in a photobook. And then I thought about how great they looked in the old albums, in those photo pockets... And well, I've been standing at the side-lines of the project life world for a few years deciding it's not for me, but suddenly I had a reason to start. On Thursday I went ahead and ordered my first page protectors and an album from We R Memory Keepers (the Classic leather album in vanilla) and today the package arrived and I had to celebrate by making the cover page...
The flower background, pink flower and confetti came in freebies from Sweet Shoppe. The Hello handwriting is by Caylee Grey. I am going to keep it simple because I have so many years of photos to include and I want to get it done in a couple of months. Still have several albums left to scan. I was sure I'd be going for round corners, but just before I was about to order a round corner punch I decided I actually like the look of square corners better. I am going to do white frames around all the photos/cards to make the album more cohesive. I will use design P (9 squares) for the years with square photos, and design C for the rest of the years. I will have the photos and cards printed through my go-to photo lab. And, I'm going hybrid.
Once I finish this album (that might actually end up being two...) I will tackle the next decade, 1995-2004. Then I'll have my whole life documented because in 2004 I moved out from home and started keeping my own photo albums.
In any case, I can't even tell you how excited I am about this project :) I am sure I will end up sharing more pages here.
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