I have been using Project Life for several years now. You can read about how I got started with Project Life here. In this post, I wanted to share with you some changes I have made for 2015.
This year I am really trying hard to get back to documenting the everyday life. Last year I just did major events such as vacations, outings, birthdays, etc. I liked doing that, but I felt like I was missing so much. So far this year, I have been trying to have enough pictures taken of our everyday life to fill at least a two page spread.
Last year I didn't really do any journalizing until I developed the pictures. I usually did not develop the pictures until I had enough to get a good deal at Snapfish or Shutterfly. This meant that I could go months without updating my Project Life book. Therefore, when I would get my developed pictures, it would take me hours to get everything in my book. I don't have that kind of time right now. This year I am trying to go through my pictures, determine which ones I want for my scrapbook, and do the journalizing on a weekly basis (usually on Saturday or Sunday). To help me remember what pictures go where and to help in visualizing my layouts, I developed this planning page:
These pages are all kept in a binder. I write down what picture goes where, where I want a journal card, and where I need a filler. You can see another planning page I developed here. Once the pictures are developed and put into my scrapbook, I remove the page from the planning binder.
I am also trying something new this year in the way that I plan out the weeks. Last year I divided my Project Life binder up by months. I would create a monthly divider card and also had the plastic Project Life binder dividers, each labeled with a month. This year I am back to dividing my scrapbook up by weeks.
I decided to label each week with a mini calendar with that week underlined and then to include on the dividing card what number week it is.
How are you documenting your everyday life this year?
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