Favorite Personal Designs From 2018

I always feel like the new year sneaks up like it's a sprinter, and everyone has done their reflections in some magical time after Christmas that doesn't exist for me. So this year I thought I'd spend the whole month of January looking back at 2018, and that I'd share some of it here. To start I thought I'd take a look at my designs from 2018 and pick some favorites. I do make a lot of stuff, so it's easy to forget what I've done. Sometimes I have good ideas and then I forget to repeat them. Looking over what I made seems like a good place to start as I get ready to work on stuff for 2019.

To start, The Good Life project is maybe my favorite thing I've ever done. Not only do I like designing these bundles, but I also enjoy using them, which is not always true of the designs I make. I had a terrible time picking a favorite, but I guess if I have to I'll pick July. I love the bold yellow with the lighter pinks and blues. Plus black and white. I love the word art I made to go along with this bundle too. And that rose stamp.

I've been thinking more about what I actually like to use from a bundle, so in the new year you can expect to see lots more tags with words and papers in all the colors.

I also love whimsical illustrations, which I haven't exactly found a purpose for, but I love them anyway, so you can expect some more of that as well.

My favorite blog train bundle was the Remembrance bundle. I just loved the colors that I pulled out of the palette to make this one. For me everything lives and dies in the color palette. No pressure or anything when I'm trying to get a new project started.

I love all the layers in these layout templates:

And the torn edges in these:

Fun fact: did you know it's a lot easier to make a layout if you use a layout template? I had never really relied on them until I made my Kenya photo book, which was made almost entirely with layout templates.

These clips are so cute!

I will never get tired of excessively floral papers.

This bundle is tiny and cute!

I started the year with this sweet bundle, which I loved from beginning to end, and used a bunch scrapping those early photos of Magnus.

What did you make this year that you loved?