Heather Johnson Photography

Only five more weeks until the end of the year. WHA????????

I don’t know what’s harder to believe–the fact the the year is almost over, or that I almost have a whole year of Project Life completed! Still loving this project.

Week 47 was filled with some Christmas preparations (namely hanging outdoor lights) as well as the Thanksgiving holiday. Not too many photos this week either, I think I am taking it easy as I gear up for December Daily. Which starts Saturday. Goodness. I hope I am ready for all of this! I tried to put together some pages in preparation for it, but for some reason that’s just not how I roll with December Daily. This will be my fourth year doing it, and every year I create a page in the evening from scratch. I bought a bunch of templates, and even decided on my papers/color scheme, but the rest? It just comes together as I go! Thankfully that seems to work for me.

I have a feeling that this past week sort of geared me up for what working with the Seafoam Kit is going to be like. This was actually an Echo Park Halloween Paper Kit, but I really like all of the colors so I used it anyway! Didn’t have many embellishments, just the usual text boxes and brushes.

Left Side:

This side was my favorite side. (Sometimes I feel like my “b-side” is really dull. All of my creativity comes out on the left, and by the time I get to the right I am just too tired to get too crazy!!!) I managed to get only one photo on Thanksgiving. This happens to me at virtually every party I go to, I always get wrapped up in what is going on, and forget to take photos! But the one I did get tells the story of the day anyway. Whenever dinner is at Justin’s aunt and uncle’s house we ride four-wheelers and have a lot of fun outside. This year was no exception! This side also includes a couple of shots from my photo shoot with the girls over the weekend. I found a super cool red building, and it was 60 degrees for the last time this year, so I went for it. (Cranky baby and all!) Holly had a TON of fun modeling in her boots!

Right Side:

More photos from our park shoot on this page, plus a favorite from my iphone of Justin putting our Christmas lights up. I also got a shot of Holly going to the door to collect her kiwicrate on the stoop–she loves getting her own mail more than anything! The Week in Review Card made a comeback. (Doesn’t it always when I am light on photos?!?!)

Onto week 48–the week Marie turned ONE. Cute first birthday shots to be shown soon.

AND some shares from photo sessions this fall. I am still trying to finish up all Fall orders…when that’s done, I promise, there will be lots to see. Have a great week. See you Sunday for December Daily Post #1!!!!

Welcome to Week 46. A week I started, lost somewhere on my harddrive, so needed to create again. (Hence it’s very simple and Clementine-centric nature.) Not to worry–the next few weeks are going to be fun, fun, fun. I have a few new products (really more than a few, more like like a lot) from both  Designer Digitals and the  Sweet Shoppe and I can’t wait to make holiday themed Project Life pages AND December Daily layouts. Still not sure how hard it will be completing two projects like that at once but if I can complete December Daily with a hospital stay and a newborn, which is how it was last year, I can do ANYTHING:)

Left Side:

This week was really light on photos so I used a lot of filler cards/journaling cards. I made sure to journal about how the baby loves wind blowing in her face, she practically screams in delight, and how Holly and I have been spending a lot of time crafting. This week we worked on our homemade reindeer, but truth be told I am much more excited to dig into our Kiwi Crate Christmas box next week!

Right Side:

Most of our week was spent upstairs working on Holly’s room. We have a first birthday party for Marie in two days, so we really needed to deep clean up there as we need the space to spread out. (Two dozen people in about an 850 square-foot first floor might be a wee bit tight!) Worked out well as Holly has been BEGGING for a decorated room. She is sooo happy up there now, and even I have to say it’s much cuter and easier to spend time up there. The room is a T-shape, so we made the east side a princess bedroom and the west side a fun playroom. We found great storage furniture at IKEA and Target had tons of cute little girl room decor. I even managed to create a creative arts area on the North end, complete with a sewing table! I wonder if this will help me sew more?

I am already working on Week 47–lots of photos and fun coming up!

Here we are, week 45. Less than ten weeks until the end of the year. I can say without hesitation that I love this project just as much this week as the first, and I am really excited about next year already. (But perhaps even more excited about December Daily which starts in just two weeks.) Seems the only thing I have time for, besides photo-editing. Which reminds me…I really do need to get back to it, so this will be quick.

And I will, I PROMISE, get to posting some of the photo sessions from this fall soon. So much fun stuff to share!

Week 45 was a fun week for sure. It was the week I was able to jaunt out to California for a photography workshop and meet the one and only Jasmine Star. (More importantly I was also able to sleep uninterrupted for two whole nights for the first time in, oh I don’t know, two years?!)

I kept things super simple this week which is what I tend to do when I am a bit behind. Pretty much the clementine kit and a few embellishments here and there. Mostly photos.

Left Side:

Right Side:

As I was leaving the church after voting on Tuesday, I heard an elderly woman talking to someone about how she voted that day–and why. She was talking about wanting her grandchildren to know (who are very young right now) why she voted the way she did, and what impact she thought it may have on them.  I had the idea to do a nice big narrative about why “mommy and daddy” voted the way we did after I listened to her story. It’s shaded for privacy, but I really love how it turned out. I think that it made a great addition to the album.

And that’s all I wrote for Week 45!