After months of buying and buying things, I finally made something. Woo-hoo! This is my first time scrapbooking so I thought that I would start by choosing a specific event and start there. I ended up documenting a recent trip I took to Chicago with a friend. Here's what I came up with
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| Day 1: Finding out my friend forgot her interview suit and going
back to get it/ Getting early seating on Southwest!/4 hour flight/ First time in
Chicago |
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| Day 2: Crazy Taxi Ride/Waiting for Liz to finish her interview/
Deep Dish pizza @ Gino's East - not for me/ Walls were filled with
graffiti - so thick made me feel icky (would've liked to add my name
tho) Cold enough to see your breath |
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| Close-up |
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Day 2 - Night
Documented:
Navy Pier was closed/ therapist looking statue/ Beignets @ Grand Lux/
COLD weather/ Giving Liz my scarf since she forgot hers
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| Day 3 Documented: Lake Michigan is AH-MAHZING/ Walking 2.8 miles/ Fountain from Married with Children "Oh AL!" |
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| My favorite shot of Lake Michigan |
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| Made a flap under photo with 2.8 mi caption - Used pearl to mark highlights and the path we took with rub-on red dashes |
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Day 3 Contd:
Documented:
Field Museum fun/ Back to Navy Pier resulted in nothing interesting
except free photobooth/ Bar hop until we found Jumbo Jenga/ Tried my
first cosmo/ Scribbled our name on blocks
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| Collage |
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| Last Day ( I spelled Millennium wrong in title - have to fix it :p): Documented: Millennium Park/ took lots of pictures with the bean and
other sculptures/ went to Walgreens for last minute souvenirs |
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| Pocket for extra pictures |
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| Documented: Stop @ Portillo's Hot dogs for some meaty goodness/ took the CTA to the airport/ horrible Midway airport/ Back Home |
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It took me a while to finish documenting the whole trip. My main issue I think was that I was inspired by so many different scrapbookers with different styles that I was a little overwhelmed. Having never done anything like this before, I still needs to find what works for me. As a beginner, I have to remember that others have had a lot more experience than me and its okay if my pages aren't absolutely perfect. So once I finally decided to stop looking and just make something, everything went a lot faster. Very excited to continue using Project Life.
