The gift of documenting life
I have been a life documenter for over 2 decades now and it’s been one of the most rewarding hobbies of my life. I encourage you today to think about the ways you can simply document some things in your life. Write stories down. Snap some photographs with your phone. Print them. Frame them. GET IN THE PHOTO WITH YOUR FAMILY. Just do something. Whatever you do, it will bless not only your family as they look back on it all, but the entire process will bless you.
Current Projects that I love:
These are the current life documentation projects that I do right now and love (click on each one to learn more and to see more details):
• 11 on 11 – where I take 11 photographs on the 11th of every month
• Day in the Life – a documentation of one entire day
• Week in the Life – a documentation of an entire week during the year
• Just Write – a word prompt to spark a story
• Mixed Media Illustrated Faith Devotional notebook – where I get create and do a lot of my devotional work and Bible journaling.
• Project Life Family Album – the 12×12 albums that I do one of every year to document the everyday family stories and life.
• Mini albums – I love to do these for all sorts of smaller projects like trips, about me, etc.
• December Album – The mini album that I do and dedicate solely to the entire month of December to document our Christmas season.
Some of my favorite scrapbooking tools:
- Fiskars trimmer
- MACO Sticker Paper
- Corner rounder (got mine from Creative Memories years ago)
- Tiny attacher
- We R Memory Keeper’s Crop-a-dile hole punch
- Design A page protectors, Design F page protectors (Project Life)
- 12×12 We R Memory Keeper albums (black)
- Avery index tabs
- Scotch dot roller adhesive
- Royal Classic typewriter
- Adhesive eraser
- Staz On black ink
- Printer Ink