I can’t believe we are coming up on a year mark for when all h-e-double-hocky-sticks broke loose with COVID. Time seems like it has dragged on forever, yet gone by soooo fast. How is that possible? What have we done in all this time? What have we been doing that’s different? What have we been doing to get by in this current ‘new normal’?

Well, Laura is here to share a marvelous album idea on what she’s doing to get by, how she’s coping with it all. Not only is this terrifically done, it’s such an awesome idea to put all those thoughts into one place for this time in history.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey everyone! This has been a rough year for so many of us, am I right? I will fully admit that the last several months have been hard on me. And most of it isn’t even related to the fact that we’re all living thru a pandemic. Although that hasn’t helped either. 

I realized that there are a handful of things that have been helping me thru the difficult times lately. Some are “habits” of sorts. Some are routines or things that I do on a daily basis without really thinking. When you get right down to it, they are all just simple little things that I’ve been doing to keep my mind off of the crappy parts of life, and allow myself to add a little sunshine into my days. 

I had the idea to create a quick and simple little mini album devoted to this hard time in life. I used an old 4×4″ mini album that I’ve had sitting around for years, and kept things super simple by not including photos at all. Just words and pretty papers. And a little stamping, of course ;)

I used Kerri’s Jordan Lower SM stamp set, along with some office tags, to create a tag for each “habit” that I wanted to document. To go along with my simple formula, I used the same color ink (navy blue) for all of my stamping. I also used the new Jordan Numbers XL stamp set to help create my little title page, stamping “12” onto two tags, as I ended up with 12 “habits” that I included in the album. 

I simply adhered each tag onto a piece of patterned paper, adding a coordinating fiber (remember how they were all the rage years ago?) to each tag. My patterned paper/tag combo went on the left side of each spread, and my journaling page went on the right side of each spread. 

I rarely make mini albums. But when I do, I usually follow the same design format throughout the entire album. By sticking with this simple design, I was able to complete this entire little album in one sitting – which rarely happens with any of my projects ;)