Project Life & Sakura Microperm Pens: A Giveaway!

Everyday storytelling is incredibly important to me and Project Life is my favorite memory-keeping project right now. It really captures what I'm doing with my life right now, and seeing how those everyday things change from week-to-week is such a treasure to look back on. 

My project life spreads have a modern take on them: graphic patterns, photos, and lots of handwriting. For me, lots of handwriting is very important. It shows that a real human being sat down and wrote out these words. I love seeing old memorabilia with my mother or grandmother's handwriting and I want to leave something similar for my children and grandchildren. 

For Project Life (and most of my other journaling) I use a Sakura Microperm pen. I first picked up the microperm pen this past winter and I haven't put it down since. It Its a permanent/waterproof marker from Sakura with the same pen nib as the Micron pens. The nib gives you a lot more control than any other permanent markers/pens I've used. It writes perfectly on photos, transparencies, etc. AND it comes in three sizes: .05, .03 & .01 -- I love pens that come in .01! After finding out how thrilled I am with their amazing Microperm pen; Sakura has very kindly sent me two brand new packages of Microperm pens to play with here today.

I use the Microperm pen for all of my project life journaling. I love the way it feels in my hand and on the page. I always feel like I'm in control of the pen and the fact that its a permanent ink that writes perfectly on cardstock, photos, glossy surfaces, washi tape, and transparencies makes it my go-to Project Life pen. 

One more reason to love the microperm: stamping. I use a ton of black Staze-On in my project life spreads, and it can be a bit splotchy at times. The microperm fills in the missing areas like a dream. The .01 tip is awesome for fine detailing work. 

What happened this week: We did a lot of holiday prep. Menu planning, cleaning and grocery shopping for Passover and Easter. I also visited a friend in NYC for a scrappy girls day and then met Jeff for an awesome fish & chips dinner. 

Favorites this week:  Loving the currently stamp used vertically; the 'NYC' geotag card (I've beeen waiting since January to use that one); the sakura souffle pens for the 'march' title and the 'on the path to nyc' journaling. 

Techniques used this week: Lots of stamping with Staze-On (using the microperm to fill in); writing directly on photos with the microperm and souffle pens; long paragraphs of storytelling. 

Supplies used this week: All photos printed at Persnickety Prints.