For Mia’s 2nd birthday, we threw her a rousing vintage circus party.
Mia got into my coverup and rubbed it all over her face like a brush…
Fun in the photo booth at Mia’s party.
We took family photos to send out “Happy New Year” cards (because Christmas came a little too fast this year, and holiday cards just weren’t going to happen)
Mia’s cousin JJ came to visit from WA and the two had so much fun playing together; especially when he played guitar and she danced.
Mia’s two favorite birthday gifts: A vacuum cleaner, and a fur leopard vest. The two go so well together.
Happy 2nd birthday Mia!
Here’s the backstory on my collage:
Last year I did my first Project Life album; an album where you document 365 days of your life. In the beginning, I was great about taking a photo everyday and making sure I journaled and put my week together in the binder each Sunday… but about halfway through the year, I got busier (er, lazier) and less was getting done. I have yet to finish 2011, and by the end of the year I wasn’t taking photos everyday.
I LOVE looking back at my album (the part that I have finished anyway), and remembering the little moments that I surely would have forgotten without it. It’s a great place to put those photos that you take but have nowhere to publish, like the first time your child writes on the wall with a marker, or the dinner you burnt to a crisp.
But this year I was actually looking forward to not doing the album, because I constantly felt so much stress about getting caught up. Don’t get me wrong, I love Project Life and will do it again, but a girl needs a break every once in a while (especially in a year when planning for a new baby’s arrival). I realized after 2012 started that I was mourning the loss of a place to document our everyday life; until I came across another option on Simple as That.
Rebecca is an amazing photographer, and came up with a simple single-page design for 7 of your photos from the month. Slap them in her free template (using Photoshop), save, and you’re done! Surely I can find time to take at least 7 photos in a month. At the end of the year, I can easily upload the whole collage into a photo album on someplace like Snapfish or Shutterfly.
I’d like to also do some journaling throughout the year for each month, and I found these great free downloadable journaling cards from Miss Tiina. I plan to type on them using Photoshop and slap them in my book at the end of the year.
Year documented and problem solved!
If you’d like to join in on Simple as That’s Month in Photos, visit here to download the template and read more.
