Laura's 'My Story' Layout: Baby Girl

Hi! Today I'm excited to share my Take 10 Kit layout with you! I was able to make 2 great projects with my January 'My Story' kit and definitely have a few goodies leftover for more. I shared this cute coffee card with you earlier. This week I have a layout. I don't scrap our current lives right now. In fact, I started Project Life as a way to document my babies. So I'm in baby book mode and working at my own pace. I'd love to be 'caught up' but I don't really worry about it. I really enjoy pouring over these memories! My baby that you see in these pictures just turned 5 years old. Eeek! Time really does fly! I skipped ahead a few pages to do these 2 because I knew this kit would fit perfectly with her 8 month pages. But if I try to skip ahead in my journaling I usually miss something so those stories will come later on. Always remember this is your process! And you can scrap in whatever order and whatever pace you want to!

I love how the colors of the 'My Story' kit blend so well with the baby girl kit I use for most of my milestone layouts. I used the 'This is My Story' stamp to add a little pink to the grey bokeh card and left plenty of room in the middle for some journaling. The weekday card was so perfect to include with a puffy sticker and stamp in this spread that captures so many everyday moments. I trimmed out the center of the 'Today was a great day' card, added the puffy orange heart and a little pink gelato to the edges to make it pop.

Speaking of my story... If you're like me and know that you'll want to have lots of details to fill in but you aren't going to have your pages ready to go within a few days of the events of the pictures, I recommend getting a journal. And yes, a cute little book is nice. But honestly, I've been using Google docs as my journal for a couple years now. I start a new doc every January and then just start writing. I have a reminder on my phone to jot something down every day. Especially with little ones, there's always something to remember. Some nights I have lots of words and others I can only write a few fragments that will remind me of the events of the day, before I fall asleep. But find a way to record your memories! That way when you go back years, months or weeks later to put the stories with the pictures, it all comes flowing back to you. Both you and your family will want to remember the sweet moments that made you, not just the where and when. If you want to see these pages with the stories, find me on Instagram! I hope to fill it out yet this month but there's always life to enjoy and new memories to make! :) Enjoy your stories this week!