DLP Challenges: Week 2 (catching up)

I'm playing catchup on the Documented Life Project.  The challenge for Week 2 is here if you are new to this process or want to play along. January 5 Challenge (Week Two) - include a selfie in your planner; incorporate your 'One Little Word' for the year (optional). Here is the page that I created for this challenge. My one little word for the year is TRANSCEND. … [Read more...]

DLP Challenges: Week 1 (catching up)

I'm playing catchup on the Documented Life Project.  The challenge for Week 1 is here if you are new to this process or want to play along. January 1 Challenge (Week One) - photograph, sketch, paint or incorporate your front door. Here is the page that I created for this challenge. I sketched the front door of my house in graphite and then used a combination of Faber-Castell … [Read more...]

Printables for DIY Journal / Planner – A Documented Life project

A lot of you are jumping on the bandwagon to start the Documented Life Project.  Congratulations! As I said, I made my own journal / planner pages from a weekly planner that was printed on good cardstock and have now put them into a ring binder.  Many of the people in the group have purchased a Moleskin Weekly Planner and modified it for this use.  Personally, I found the pages of that … [Read more...]

An Epic Fail Becomes Her…

I spent the better part of last night and today making my journal/planner for The Documented Life Project. I punched.  I bound.  I painted and created. And then the damn thing just fell apart.  Literally. The masonite cover I chose for its durability apparently wasn't very durable.  By midday I could see that it was starting to get frayed around the punched holes. … [Read more...]

The Documented Life Project – My Journal

I'm a list-keeper.  But unfortunately, those lists are usually on my phone and computer.  My life in bits and bytes. Unseen little snippets of what I do all day.  So when I heard about The Documented Life project - I was all in. It isn't an astonishingly new idea.  How many times have I seen 'Picture a Day', 'Art Journaling Every Day', etc. etc. … [Read more...]