Last week, I spent an afternoon printing out a batch of filler cards I made (“made”) from patterns I found on Pinterest.

To find the patterns, I searched Pinterest for different wallpapers—floral, botanical, geometric, etc. To make the cards, I opened the images in Photoshop Elements, adjusted size and position to my liking, printed them on (cheap) white card stock, and used my paper cutter to trim them to size.

I also made a few fifty-fifty cards using Studio Calico digitals and patterns I found on Pinterest. Sadly, the Studio Calico digitals I used are no longer available (I’m still so bummed that they left the memorykeeping industry).

I’m excited to add some visual interest and pops of color to my Project Life pages with these cards. Part of why I’ve been so inconsistent with Project Life for the last few years is, most of the time, my life doesn’t feel worth documenting/remembering. My days are highly routinized and not very bold or fun. I spend the vast majority of my time alone in the same few places doing the same exact things, and those spaces and things either aren’t very visually attractive, or else they don’t photograph well. For me, a big part of the appeal of Project Life is the design aspect. I like arranging pages that I like to look at. That’s hard to do when I’m not excited about the practice because I’m not excited about my life. Silly as it may seem, these fun and fresh filler cards add a bit of excitement back to this practice for me. Here’s hoping it sticks.

For more, browse all of the patterns I’ve pinned to a section of my memorykeeping inspiration Pinterest board.