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Project Life 2025: December ephemera

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Here are the scraps of ephemera I saved in December.

A 6-inch by 8-inch page protector divided into 12 two-inch by two-inch pockets. Each pocket hold a piece of ephemera from my life in December 2025, as enumerated in the bulleted lists in the body of the post.

Top row

  • Plastic token I found in a parking lot.
  • Sticker I found on the ground.
  • Packaging from new shampoo and conditioner.

Second row

  • Tag from my new knee sleeves.
  • Camera charm I found while Swedish death cleaning.
  • Wrappers from candy I took from the candy dish at the nail salon.

Third row

  • Note to self I stuck to my credit card to remind me to use my $100 REI gift card instead of my credit card.
  • Ace of spades I found on the ground during a walk.
  • Packaging from hair claw clips.

Bottom row

  • Packaging from an electrolyte sampler.
  • Packaging from a gift my son gave me for Christmas.
  • Packaging from the ashwagandha I recently started taking.
Back of a 6-inch by 8-inch page protector divided into 12 two-inch by two-inch pockets. Each pocket hold a piece of ephemera from my life in December 2025, as enumerated in the bulleted lists in the body of the post.

I really enjoyed this practice and plan to continue it in 2026.

Project Life 2025: November ephemera

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Here are the scraps of ephemera I saved in November. 

A 6-inch by 8-inch page protector divided into 12 two-inch by two-inch pockets. Each pocket hold a piece of ephemera from my life in November 2025, as enumerated in the bulleted lists in the body of the post.

Top row

  • Packaging from the 2026 edition of one of the planners I use
  • Label I found on the ground
  • Corner of a Cinnabon box from our annual Cinnabon (and Build-A-Bear) trip

Second row

  • Corner of a recipe card I ripped up to recycle after messing up the recipe I was writing on it
  • Scrap of a popcorn bag from the popcorn machine in the waiting area of where I had my flat tire replaced (boo to having a flat tire, thank god it was under warranty and cost me $0.00 to replace)
  • Scrap of packaging from a box of Pizza Hut my son brought home

Third row

Last row

  • Portion of packaging on a notebook I bought for a new project
  • Label from new sweatpants I (finally!) bought myself during Black Friday sales
  • Piece of an old refund/gift card that I cut up while going through a small stack of old gift cards to see which still have money on them and which don’t
Back of a 6-inch by 8-inch page protector divided into 12 two-inch by two-inch pockets. Each pocket hold a piece of ephemera from my life in November 2025, as enumerated in the bulleted lists in the body of the post.

Project Life 2025: October ephemera

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Here are the scraps of ephemera I saved in October.

A 6-inch by 8-inch page protector divided into 12 two-inch by two-inch pockets. Each pocket hold a piece of ephemera from my life in October 2025, as enumerated in the bulleted lists in the body of the post.

Top row

  • Halloween candy wrapper
  • Return address from the envelope the most recent edition of The Luddite Dispatch arrived in
  • Confetti I found on the ground at the gym

Second row

  • Dahlia stamps from the USPS stamp catalog
  • Part of the envelope my ballot arrived in and an “I Voted” sticker from the ballot drop-off at the library
  • A sticker I found on the ground while walking

Third row

  • A sticker I found on the ground while walking
  • Portion of the Target-brand Midol packaging
  • Top portion of a bookmark from Always Here Bookstore

Last row

Back of a 6-inch by 8-inch page protector divided into 12 two-inch by two-inch pockets. Each pocket hold a piece of ephemera from my life in October 2025, as enumerated in the bulleted lists in the body of the post.