Category: Keeper of Memories

Last year was a bit of a failure for my memory planner. I’ve got all my digital plans done in Photoshop, journaling done in Day One but next to nothing done in the actual book.

This year I have a bit of a plan:

• Monthly accountability in the Stop the Blur Facebook group I run. Someone suggested it and I’m like yes I need this too. Hoping having a group will keep us all up to date. If you are interested in joining us and a fan of the Heidi Swapp Stop the Blur classes/kits and the Storyline Chapters products, jump on over.
• Monthly Journaling Club. Another bit of accountability. My Abiding Journal over on her Patreon, is running a free monthly journaling club. Learn more about it here. Hoping it will help with my monthly spreads.
• Continue doing my digital page plans in Photoshop and journaling in Day One.
• Accountability here. Sharing my monthly and weekly pages here with you all.

So essentially more accountability this year. I really hope it will keep me on track.

I’m not sure if I will continue subbing to Heidi’s stop the Blur kits when my 12 month sub finishes. The exchange rate is a pain and, honestly I have hardly used any of the stuff I have. I’ll keep doing the monthly classes though as I love the techniques and ideas she shares as well as the monthly printable. Maybe 2024 is my year to use my stash!

This week just gone I’ve been taking part in Ali Edwards Week in the Life project. This year I gave myself much more grace and less pressure to take photos and document everything. I journaled each day in my DayOne  journal I have set up for Week in the Life as well as using Ali’s Digital Journal in GoodNotes.

I was planning to do this year totally digital and print it out but then I decided to use one of my blank Heidi Swapp Storyline Chapters books as it will sit perfectly with my memory planner books. I’ll print out the pages I want from the digital journal, stick them in and embellish.

Once I’m done I’ll be back to update this post with my album gallery.

Well we’re back again for another year of 100 Happy Days. I’ve been doing this project since 2014? & I love taking a little snapshot daily of something that has made me happy. I start my 100 days on March 26 and go through until July 3rd. I use the Collect app to collect my images and at the end of the month use the collage feature.I originally had it posted on my main blog but moved it here in 2019 and I try and share my photos monthly.

What is the 100 Happy Days project? It’s a photo project that challenges you to post something that makes you happy, daily, for 100 days.

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Playing along with Ali Edwards and doing Day in the Life.
I take my pictures and do all my journaling in the Day One app (I seriously love this app for memory keeping). I’ll most like make a fold out to add to my 2022 memory planner, similar to last year.

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Our day.

Wake up early, thanks to the kitties who want their breakfast. It’s also Chippie’s first birthday today.
Morning routine: Shower, kids ready for school, breakfast, take kids to school, grab some petrol (currently sitting at $2.10 a litre for diesel), pick up Dad & drop him to TAFE, home to check emails and the planner for the day. Morning Meds
Time to grab a shower for myself & wash the hair.
Happy mail – new Planners Anonymouse sub kit: Book Lover 2
Lunch time – ham salad roll and hot chips.
Picked up Dad then dropped him home. Got stuck in traffic on the way back, means the MIL has to pick up the kids.
Littliest kiddo got a Reach for the Stars
Washing up and getting ready for tea.
Sunset (& a filthy window)
Tea – Baked zitti and garlic bread.
Bed time shenanigans
Some TV viewing for the adults (today it’s Curse of Oak Island) & a cuppa before heading to bed.
Night meds. Quick read of a few chapters of Circe and flick through the News app on my iPad.
Good night!

What is the 100 Happy Days project? It’s a photo project that challenges you to post something that makes you happy, daily, for 100 days.

I start my 100 days on March 26 and go through until July 3rd. I use the Collect app to collect my images and at the end of the month use the collage feature.I originally had it posted on my main blog but moved it here in 2019. All previous 100 Happy Day collages can be found here.

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Week in the Life is a week-long documentation project from the amazing scrapbooker/memory keeper Ali Edwards. You can see previous years by clicking the WitL tag.

This year I ended up doing much more journaling than picture taking but the beauty of it is I can always go back and take photos later.

Most of our days were taken up with work (the joys of being your own boss and an essential service) and schooling from home. Or should I say the battle to get the eldest to do her schooling. 

I decided to add a little something new this year to my journaling and at the end of each day  filled in the answers to the following questions:

Today I:

• watched
• went
• read
• wore
• listened to
• ate
• got up. went to bed
• weather
• made
• on my list

Really apart from the schooling from home and not going anywhere unless really necessary, this year wasn’t all that different to previous years. Now to get my pages done in my Covid album.

It’s nearly that time of year again.

And…. last year didn’t happen and I ended up doing what I did for 2015-2017. A calendar and a bunch of 2×2 pictures.

Also, hadn’t shared them, so here they are…..

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Plan for 2019??

• 6x 8 album (this year will hopefully fill out the album I’ve used previous years
• Pockets and full pages
• 2019 Calendar from The Red Wren

Worst case scenario…. a calendar and a bunch of 2×2 photos