a mini a month: may, june and july

This post has been a long time coming! Turns out my incredibly slow internet connection at home was eased a bit by switching to Google Chrome for my web browser - and it had to happen in order for me to navigate the new(er) Blogger system to create a new post. So, here we are with A Mini A Month: May, June and July. Clicking on the month name below each picture will bring you to shots of the entire book.

May

June

July

August is still under a bit of construction - needing some photos from the processor to round out the album. Still loving this project.

A Mini A Month is a year-long project where I follow my inspiration and use on-hand papers from my stash to create a minibook each month.

a mini a month: march and april

Wow. It's been a month since my last post. Since then green leaves and blooming flowers and 103 degree temps have emerged outside. I've been sort of captivated by all the fresh new-ness of late spring (now summer, apparently!) in Minnesota and it's been keeping me busy and away from the blog world. But I'm back with an update/share of A Mini A Month.

The covers of March and April are below - click on the month name below each photo to see the entire album. Even though my posting is later than I hoped, I still love this project and am keeping up on creating a book a month. My goals are still being met: get crafty, use my supply stash, let inspiration take over and guide me. May is sitting on my desk waiting better light (read: next weekend when I'm home during the day) for photographing. Apologies that photos of March are a bit on the dark side. I raced sundown that day and kinda won ;)



March



April

A note about April. I used Ali Edwards' idea of a Scrapbook on the Road to document two days (a weekend) in my city.

Cheers to a new season, new ideas and new ways of seeing possibilities. And more sun, heat and flowers for good measure.

A Mini A Month is a year-long project where I follow my inspiration and use on-hand papers from my stash to create a minibook each month.

New feature: A Mini A Month

I've been quietly working on a new year-long project I'd like to share. I'm calling it A Mini A Month.

The idea came to me over the week-long break from work I had during the holiday season in December. I was puttering around in my craft area one day, feeling rather overwhelmed by the amount of papers I've collected and photos I've had printed. Overwhelmed in a good way, I should say. I enjoy having this collection and decided I would enjoy it even more if I put it to use.

So, with that, A Mini A Month was born.

Here's the project "framework" I've developed for myself:

• Create one minibook a month with at least half of the contents coming from my collected stash - including already developed photos.
• Use the mini as a personal journal of what I experienced in the month - favorites, routines, events, facts, feelings.
• Focus less on the journaled words forming complete sentences and thoughts. 
• Test out artsy techniques I've seen or thought of, but haven't had a venue to try out.

I'm loving this project.

Currently, here's why. I look forward to working on it = I get something created. I see my stash being used. I like going with my current flow at the start of each month with how I want to construct the book - what's interesting me now in color, size, contents, words. I love that I welcome each month with a new mental canvas - a new month to make a new book.

Here are the covers of January and February and a link below each to view the complete album in a flickr set.

January

February

I don't plan to give extensive how-to's on each of these albums throughout the year. Feel free to contact me via email jmkane25 AT msn DOT com if you have a question or two.

I'll post March soon and progress throughout the rest of the year.

Hooray for embracing creativity and just going with it!

A Mini A Month is a year-long project where I follow my inspiration and use on-hand papers from my stash to create a minibook each month.