This is my first attempt at photographing my PL spreads with my DSLR – the lighting might be a little off since it was a really overcast but if anyone has any tips on how to better the photos, please let me know!
We rang in the new year this year in SF – visiting L’s family! I’m obsessed with these Kelly Purkey for Studio Calico foodie cards – TOO CUTE. I wish I had an unlimited supply of them. I include so many food photos in my album it’s a liiiiiittle ridiculous.
Our last day in SF, we had breakfast at this little restaurant close to L’s parents house. I ordered the “central American” breakfast filled with food I’ve never had before. It was all so tasty – L was surprised I was able to eat it all! Yay for new experiences! Saying goodbye to his family was rough but L was staying for a few days so that was nice for his parents. I was super excited to come home to my Alfie-boy! Unfortunately when I got wifi on my flight home, I had gotten a message from my cousin saying that my grandma on my dad’s side had passed away that morning. She was 94 years old and the most lovely grandma anyone could have asked for. I went to see her in the beginning of December, which I was so glad we did. My heart was hurting the whole flight home.
January 7th is Nanakusa no Sekku in Japan – people eat porridge with seven different kinds of herbs to bring longevity and good health. We never do this, but we were reminded of it when we saw it on the news so decided to celebrate this festival this year. Also included two photos of grandma’s funeral in the spread. Maybe a little morbid, but it was such a beautiful ceremony. I didn’t want to take away from the photos so I added some hidden journaling with a tab behind one of the photos.
The night before L’s return to Tokyo, we invited my (other) grandma over and had sukiyaki – a traditional Japanese dish! She’s in a nursing home right now and she complains ALL. THE. TIME. about how the food is not enough, and too healthy. Hahahaha. So she wanted MEAT. Oh, grandma. The photo that’s blurred out is three instax polaroids of some of my students. The other side of the spread isn’t complete – wasn’t sure where to add the journaling so for now, just photos it is. L, some of my best guy friends and I went to go see Jamie XX when he had a show in Tokyo. We had a great time – love my boys! I might just leave it as is – not much to say about it other than it was a blast and I’m pretty sure the photos are enough to depict that.
Crazy snow day this week – with L not being able to get to work for hours. Clearly, Tokyo is not used to snow….at all. I cancelled pre-school so I was cool with a snow day 😉
Left side of the spread = girls’ dinner at the best damn yakiniku restaurant I have ever been to. The girls had a reservation for months at this place so I was super lucky to have snagged one of the last seats! Super pricey but so worth it. The right side? Wellll, L helped me build this new storage unit for my PL storage. How did I get so lucky? As for the journaling strips, I blatantly stole the idea from the ever talented Juli from Juli Makes Things. Love, love, love how it looks but I don’t think I’ll be doing this again for a while. Takes too much time for my lazy butt.
My final page of January is a photo of my cute-as-a-button pre-schoolers and burgers. Noms. I need to add more journaling to that bottom 4×6 card to write about how we had the most amazing time at the Nike Employee store! We got lucky to get tickets from one my students’ dads who knew L was the biggest Nike fan there ever was. I scored a pair of Air’s and L got a lot of goodies, too. Can’t believe how many spreads I have for January, but I wouldn’t change a single thing. Love this low-key freeflow of documenting. Next week, I’ll post my February spreads. Will work on my photography skills… 🙂
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