Everyone and their Mother (though not my Mother — and I did try to convince her) seems to be doing Project Life this year. And that is awesome because there's so much advice and chatter and all sorts of stuff going on online. It's also a little bit bad because I find myself getting a wee bit intimidated by the unbelievable amount of planning that some folks are doing. There are planning pages, notebooks, apps to keep track of your week, worksheets…I just can't face all of that. It makes Project Life seem like so much work. And I need it to be fun and easy.
I have chosen a Project Life method focused more on memory keeping and less on aesthetics. That's not to say I don't want my pages to look pretty, but I want to journal a lot and tell stories and if it ends up being pretty, that's awesome. If it doesn't, that's awesome too. Because my life isn't pretty. It's scattered and in motion and made up of little bits and pieces that aren't at all color coordinated. And shouldn't Project Life reflect my life?
I'm barely into the project, but I thought I'd share a few thoughts, with plans for sporadic updates throughout the year.
ONE: My Mother says that all Project Lifes (is that the plural? I don't think it's "Lives" in this case?) look the same. She's not wrong. No matter how individual you set out to make yours, if you're using the divided page protectors you've got the same look as everyone else. This doesn't bother me. After all, I'm just trying to tell my story.
TWO: I've been doing Project Life on Sunday and it takes me a few hours. They're pleasurable hours, but still hours. Not quite the ten-minutes-a-day-just-like-Art-Journal-Every-Day that I had imagined. But the biggest chunk of my time is devoted to printing photos. I have found that I have too many photos rather than too few. And they all need to be edited and resized and printed out.
THREE: I'm a little obsessed with Instagram right now. And I've kind of been thinking of my Project Life as an extension of my Instagram feed. After all, if it's worth taking a photo of and sharing with the world, it's probably worth putting in my album.
FOUR: I'm not planning on any consistent style or look to my album. Each week is starting to have a rhythm of its own because I do it all together with the same supplies. But I am using all of the different styles of the divided page protectors. Some with verticals…
…and some with horizontals.
I like the mixing and matching. It suits my style!
FIVE: I made up a bunch of journaling cards (some of which are for sale here) and I have them in my little loaf pan on my desk along with all my other junque.
If I feel like writing something down, I'll grab a card and write it down. (Revolutionary, I know!)
I have a plastic bag that I throw the card and any memorabilia for the week into. For the past two Sundays I've sat down with the bag to actually put the pages together. I've chucked only two of the completed journaling cards (the beauty of being able to print more, by the way), but for the most part all of those cards slide right into the divided page protectors.
Plus I've discovered that they're great for just sticking a photo on and stamping a few words.
Looks fab in no time at all!
SIX: I'm kind of loving using more than one pocket for a canvas. I tried it for the first time this last week and it made me happy.
It's just another example of my supplies not being the boss of me, but me being the boss of my supplies. I can use any size photo I want, I just have to cut it up to make it work. (Although, did you notice that the red arrow 3 photos up from here is actually on the outside of the page protector, becasue I didn't want to snip it in half and ruin the line.)
SEVEN: Don't forget that there are so many ways to record your daily life. I love this video:
2011 from hey_rabbit on Vimeo.
Madeline shares one second of her life per day for a year. It's amazing! Something to think about for 2013!
Thanks for stopping by!
Hey Julie! Awesome printables! Can the PDFs be recolored in Photoshop, or is that only PNG files? I’m still learning, obviously! Thanks!
Hey Julie! Awesome printables! Can the PDFs be recolored in Photoshop, or is that only PNG files? I’m still learning, obviously! Thanks!
Hey Julie! Awesome printables! Can the PDFs be recolored in Photoshop, or is that only PNG files? I’m still learning, obviously! Thanks!
Hey Julie! Awesome printables! Can the PDFs be recolored in Photoshop, or is that only PNG files? I’m still learning, obviously! Thanks!
Hey Julie! Awesome printables! Can the PDFs be recolored in Photoshop, or is that only PNG files? I’m still learning, obviously! Thanks!
You can import any .pdf file (including these ones) into Photoshop and recolor. Hope that helps!
You can import any .pdf file (including these ones) into Photoshop and recolor. Hope that helps!
You can import any .pdf file (including these ones) into Photoshop and recolor. Hope that helps!
You can import any .pdf file (including these ones) into Photoshop and recolor. Hope that helps!
You can import any .pdf file (including these ones) into Photoshop and recolor. Hope that helps!
I see project life everywhere and everyone seems to have fun with it but all find it a ‘hard task’… For myself – I see my ‘chronicles’ (which I am doing for the 3rd year now) as my ‘project life’ – in a way it is the same but without all the protectors and ‘must haves’ I like the way you use bigger photos in the protectors! You always find ways to make it your own, don’t you?! Enjoy, enjoy – don’t forget to enjoy!!
I see project life everywhere and everyone seems to have fun with it but all find it a ‘hard task’… For myself – I see my ‘chronicles’ (which I am doing for the 3rd year now) as my ‘project life’ – in a way it is the same but without all the protectors and ‘must haves’ I like the way you use bigger photos in the protectors! You always find ways to make it your own, don’t you?! Enjoy, enjoy – don’t forget to enjoy!!
I see project life everywhere and everyone seems to have fun with it but all find it a ‘hard task’… For myself – I see my ‘chronicles’ (which I am doing for the 3rd year now) as my ‘project life’ – in a way it is the same but without all the protectors and ‘must haves’ I like the way you use bigger photos in the protectors! You always find ways to make it your own, don’t you?! Enjoy, enjoy – don’t forget to enjoy!!
I see project life everywhere and everyone seems to have fun with it but all find it a ‘hard task’… For myself – I see my ‘chronicles’ (which I am doing for the 3rd year now) as my ‘project life’ – in a way it is the same but without all the protectors and ‘must haves’ I like the way you use bigger photos in the protectors! You always find ways to make it your own, don’t you?! Enjoy, enjoy – don’t forget to enjoy!!
I see project life everywhere and everyone seems to have fun with it but all find it a ‘hard task’… For myself – I see my ‘chronicles’ (which I am doing for the 3rd year now) as my ‘project life’ – in a way it is the same but without all the protectors and ‘must haves’ I like the way you use bigger photos in the protectors! You always find ways to make it your own, don’t you?! Enjoy, enjoy – don’t forget to enjoy!!
I have to say – I’m seriously intimidated by that project and all the blog posts about them have become invisible to me – but I really enjoyed reading your’s Julie! I knew you’d give an honest report on what it’s really like. Thanks for the insight – I think it might be on my list for next year.
I have to say – I’m seriously intimidated by that project and all the blog posts about them have become invisible to me – but I really enjoyed reading your’s Julie! I knew you’d give an honest report on what it’s really like. Thanks for the insight – I think it might be on my list for next year.
I have to say – I’m seriously intimidated by that project and all the blog posts about them have become invisible to me – but I really enjoyed reading your’s Julie! I knew you’d give an honest report on what it’s really like. Thanks for the insight – I think it might be on my list for next year.
I have to say – I’m seriously intimidated by that project and all the blog posts about them have become invisible to me – but I really enjoyed reading your’s Julie! I knew you’d give an honest report on what it’s really like. Thanks for the insight – I think it might be on my list for next year.
I have to say – I’m seriously intimidated by that project and all the blog posts about them have become invisible to me – but I really enjoyed reading your’s Julie! I knew you’d give an honest report on what it’s really like. Thanks for the insight – I think it might be on my list for next year.
I agree with your Mom…on this one. I enjoy working in my Art Journal daily and because it usually reflects my day, or mood, or even my emotions…that is working for my “life recorded moments.” Perhaps because I am older …I am more selfish with my time…this Life Project just didn’t get me excited…I just wasn’t willing to put the required work in ..I did enjoy peeking into your “recorded life”, so thanks for sharing.
I agree with your Mom…on this one. I enjoy working in my Art Journal daily and because it usually reflects my day, or mood, or even my emotions…that is working for my “life recorded moments.” Perhaps because I am older …I am more selfish with my time…this Life Project just didn’t get me excited…I just wasn’t willing to put the required work in ..I did enjoy peeking into your “recorded life”, so thanks for sharing.
I agree with your Mom…on this one. I enjoy working in my Art Journal daily and because it usually reflects my day, or mood, or even my emotions…that is working for my “life recorded moments.” Perhaps because I am older …I am more selfish with my time…this Life Project just didn’t get me excited…I just wasn’t willing to put the required work in ..I did enjoy peeking into your “recorded life”, so thanks for sharing.
I agree with your Mom…on this one. I enjoy working in my Art Journal daily and because it usually reflects my day, or mood, or even my emotions…that is working for my “life recorded moments.” Perhaps because I am older …I am more selfish with my time…this Life Project just didn’t get me excited…I just wasn’t willing to put the required work in ..I did enjoy peeking into your “recorded life”, so thanks for sharing.
I agree with your Mom…on this one. I enjoy working in my Art Journal daily and because it usually reflects my day, or mood, or even my emotions…that is working for my “life recorded moments.” Perhaps because I am older …I am more selfish with my time…this Life Project just didn’t get me excited…I just wasn’t willing to put the required work in ..I did enjoy peeking into your “recorded life”, so thanks for sharing.
julie, i like the way you described your life, because it’s real. for life isn’t always fun, shiny, happy, & bright, although there are often elements of this. i like how you showed us all the options available. how your thoughts of processes, choose to mold your materials, 🙂 & in the way you choose to express yourself. i’m continually delighted by your creativity, & your insight.
julie, i like the way you described your life, because it’s real. for life isn’t always fun, shiny, happy, & bright, although there are often elements of this. i like how you showed us all the options available. how your thoughts of processes, choose to mold your materials, 🙂 & in the way you choose to express yourself. i’m continually delighted by your creativity, & your insight.
julie, i like the way you described your life, because it’s real. for life isn’t always fun, shiny, happy, & bright, although there are often elements of this. i like how you showed us all the options available. how your thoughts of processes, choose to mold your materials, 🙂 & in the way you choose to express yourself. i’m continually delighted by your creativity, & your insight.
julie, i like the way you described your life, because it’s real. for life isn’t always fun, shiny, happy, & bright, although there are often elements of this. i like how you showed us all the options available. how your thoughts of processes, choose to mold your materials, 🙂 & in the way you choose to express yourself. i’m continually delighted by your creativity, & your insight.
julie, i like the way you described your life, because it’s real. for life isn’t always fun, shiny, happy, & bright, although there are often elements of this. i like how you showed us all the options available. how your thoughts of processes, choose to mold your materials, 🙂 & in the way you choose to express yourself. i’m continually delighted by your creativity, & your insight.
Love today’s posting on Project Life. My boxes from Amazon and Scrapbook.com are waiting for me to open them. I have lofty goals of doing Project Life. I can recoup my days since I write Morning Pages daily about my life. What I don’t do is take photos of my days. I can do it, I just don’t. I will. Thanks for the review and suggestions. I ordered some of the PDFs to download later and print for my PL pages.
Marrianna
Love today’s posting on Project Life. My boxes from Amazon and Scrapbook.com are waiting for me to open them. I have lofty goals of doing Project Life. I can recoup my days since I write Morning Pages daily about my life. What I don’t do is take photos of my days. I can do it, I just don’t. I will. Thanks for the review and suggestions. I ordered some of the PDFs to download later and print for my PL pages.
Marrianna
Love today’s posting on Project Life. My boxes from Amazon and Scrapbook.com are waiting for me to open them. I have lofty goals of doing Project Life. I can recoup my days since I write Morning Pages daily about my life. What I don’t do is take photos of my days. I can do it, I just don’t. I will. Thanks for the review and suggestions. I ordered some of the PDFs to download later and print for my PL pages.
Marrianna
Love today’s posting on Project Life. My boxes from Amazon and Scrapbook.com are waiting for me to open them. I have lofty goals of doing Project Life. I can recoup my days since I write Morning Pages daily about my life. What I don’t do is take photos of my days. I can do it, I just don’t. I will. Thanks for the review and suggestions. I ordered some of the PDFs to download later and print for my PL pages.
Marrianna
Love today’s posting on Project Life. My boxes from Amazon and Scrapbook.com are waiting for me to open them. I have lofty goals of doing Project Life. I can recoup my days since I write Morning Pages daily about my life. What I don’t do is take photos of my days. I can do it, I just don’t. I will. Thanks for the review and suggestions. I ordered some of the PDFs to download later and print for my PL pages.
Marrianna
Excited to see that you now have an online shop of your own.
Excited to see that you now have an online shop of your own.
Excited to see that you now have an online shop of your own.
Excited to see that you now have an online shop of your own.
Excited to see that you now have an online shop of your own.
I love seeing your pages. I have never been attracted to scrapbooking, but I think I’m going to enjoy this. I haven’t been able to really get started yet because I’m waiting for the page protectors to come in! Still trying to decide how I want to print my pictures as well. Is now the time to invest in a photo printer or do I just send them to Walgreens….. 🙂
I love seeing your pages. I have never been attracted to scrapbooking, but I think I’m going to enjoy this. I haven’t been able to really get started yet because I’m waiting for the page protectors to come in! Still trying to decide how I want to print my pictures as well. Is now the time to invest in a photo printer or do I just send them to Walgreens….. 🙂
I love seeing your pages. I have never been attracted to scrapbooking, but I think I’m going to enjoy this. I haven’t been able to really get started yet because I’m waiting for the page protectors to come in! Still trying to decide how I want to print my pictures as well. Is now the time to invest in a photo printer or do I just send them to Walgreens….. 🙂
I love seeing your pages. I have never been attracted to scrapbooking, but I think I’m going to enjoy this. I haven’t been able to really get started yet because I’m waiting for the page protectors to come in! Still trying to decide how I want to print my pictures as well. Is now the time to invest in a photo printer or do I just send them to Walgreens….. 🙂
I love seeing your pages. I have never been attracted to scrapbooking, but I think I’m going to enjoy this. I haven’t been able to really get started yet because I’m waiting for the page protectors to come in! Still trying to decide how I want to print my pictures as well. Is now the time to invest in a photo printer or do I just send them to Walgreens….. 🙂
great advice! i love how you made up journaling cards in advance. that’s terrific. whenever you use other products, you can stamp/create a journaling card with your leftovers and use it in your PL! awesome idea! i haven’t been by to visit you in awhile, but everytime i do, i feel inspired 🙂
danielle
great advice! i love how you made up journaling cards in advance. that’s terrific. whenever you use other products, you can stamp/create a journaling card with your leftovers and use it in your PL! awesome idea! i haven’t been by to visit you in awhile, but everytime i do, i feel inspired 🙂
danielle
great advice! i love how you made up journaling cards in advance. that’s terrific. whenever you use other products, you can stamp/create a journaling card with your leftovers and use it in your PL! awesome idea! i haven’t been by to visit you in awhile, but everytime i do, i feel inspired 🙂
danielle
great advice! i love how you made up journaling cards in advance. that’s terrific. whenever you use other products, you can stamp/create a journaling card with your leftovers and use it in your PL! awesome idea! i haven’t been by to visit you in awhile, but everytime i do, i feel inspired 🙂
danielle
great advice! i love how you made up journaling cards in advance. that’s terrific. whenever you use other products, you can stamp/create a journaling card with your leftovers and use it in your PL! awesome idea! i haven’t been by to visit you in awhile, but everytime i do, i feel inspired 🙂
danielle
I am liking your take on this project. The part of Project life that helped me get past the intimidation factor is that I get to plod along with day-to-day and then once in a while I play a bit more and get something more creative. So every once in a while I get a totally fab creation stuck right in the middle of where it belongs chronologically. Having supplies handy just makes it quicker to do as much or as little as I feel at the time. My Project Life sits out on a countertop ready for stuff to go into instead of putting it down somewhere else.
I am liking your take on this project. The part of Project life that helped me get past the intimidation factor is that I get to plod along with day-to-day and then once in a while I play a bit more and get something more creative. So every once in a while I get a totally fab creation stuck right in the middle of where it belongs chronologically. Having supplies handy just makes it quicker to do as much or as little as I feel at the time. My Project Life sits out on a countertop ready for stuff to go into instead of putting it down somewhere else.
I am liking your take on this project. The part of Project life that helped me get past the intimidation factor is that I get to plod along with day-to-day and then once in a while I play a bit more and get something more creative. So every once in a while I get a totally fab creation stuck right in the middle of where it belongs chronologically. Having supplies handy just makes it quicker to do as much or as little as I feel at the time. My Project Life sits out on a countertop ready for stuff to go into instead of putting it down somewhere else.
I am liking your take on this project. The part of Project life that helped me get past the intimidation factor is that I get to plod along with day-to-day and then once in a while I play a bit more and get something more creative. So every once in a while I get a totally fab creation stuck right in the middle of where it belongs chronologically. Having supplies handy just makes it quicker to do as much or as little as I feel at the time. My Project Life sits out on a countertop ready for stuff to go into instead of putting it down somewhere else.
I am liking your take on this project. The part of Project life that helped me get past the intimidation factor is that I get to plod along with day-to-day and then once in a while I play a bit more and get something more creative. So every once in a while I get a totally fab creation stuck right in the middle of where it belongs chronologically. Having supplies handy just makes it quicker to do as much or as little as I feel at the time. My Project Life sits out on a countertop ready for stuff to go into instead of putting it down somewhere else.
Love your insights, Julie. And that video was too cool! Thank you for sharing it!
Love your insights, Julie. And that video was too cool! Thank you for sharing it!
Love your insights, Julie. And that video was too cool! Thank you for sharing it!
Love your insights, Julie. And that video was too cool! Thank you for sharing it!
Love your insights, Julie. And that video was too cool! Thank you for sharing it!
You have actually inspired me to try this out. I am an avid scrapbooker, but I stick to single books about vacations/events and then the “normal” events in life (Birthdays, holidays, outings). I did an “all about me” book once, but this is about day to day life, and I want to test that out.
Also, since you are focusing on journaling and telling a story…your mother’s comment made me think…almost every novel/biography page physically looks the same too, but it’s the creativity in the language that sets it apart, maybe that’s what this is…hybrid visual and written memoir.
Waiting on the supplies and just trying to keep up with my “happenings” until they get here. Thanks for your insight and sharing your creativity.
You have actually inspired me to try this out. I am an avid scrapbooker, but I stick to single books about vacations/events and then the “normal” events in life (Birthdays, holidays, outings). I did an “all about me” book once, but this is about day to day life, and I want to test that out.
Also, since you are focusing on journaling and telling a story…your mother’s comment made me think…almost every novel/biography page physically looks the same too, but it’s the creativity in the language that sets it apart, maybe that’s what this is…hybrid visual and written memoir.
Waiting on the supplies and just trying to keep up with my “happenings” until they get here. Thanks for your insight and sharing your creativity.
You have actually inspired me to try this out. I am an avid scrapbooker, but I stick to single books about vacations/events and then the “normal” events in life (Birthdays, holidays, outings). I did an “all about me” book once, but this is about day to day life, and I want to test that out.
Also, since you are focusing on journaling and telling a story…your mother’s comment made me think…almost every novel/biography page physically looks the same too, but it’s the creativity in the language that sets it apart, maybe that’s what this is…hybrid visual and written memoir.
Waiting on the supplies and just trying to keep up with my “happenings” until they get here. Thanks for your insight and sharing your creativity.
You have actually inspired me to try this out. I am an avid scrapbooker, but I stick to single books about vacations/events and then the “normal” events in life (Birthdays, holidays, outings). I did an “all about me” book once, but this is about day to day life, and I want to test that out.
Also, since you are focusing on journaling and telling a story…your mother’s comment made me think…almost every novel/biography page physically looks the same too, but it’s the creativity in the language that sets it apart, maybe that’s what this is…hybrid visual and written memoir.
Waiting on the supplies and just trying to keep up with my “happenings” until they get here. Thanks for your insight and sharing your creativity.
You have actually inspired me to try this out. I am an avid scrapbooker, but I stick to single books about vacations/events and then the “normal” events in life (Birthdays, holidays, outings). I did an “all about me” book once, but this is about day to day life, and I want to test that out.
Also, since you are focusing on journaling and telling a story…your mother’s comment made me think…almost every novel/biography page physically looks the same too, but it’s the creativity in the language that sets it apart, maybe that’s what this is…hybrid visual and written memoir.
Waiting on the supplies and just trying to keep up with my “happenings” until they get here. Thanks for your insight and sharing your creativity.
Your Project Life book looks so neat, Julie! I haven’t really seen much about this project, but you are going to have such a fun record of your days. And spending some time on it each Sunday seems like a nice time to reflect on the past and the future as you head into a new week. I love, love, love the idea Madeline has for recording a second of her life from each day of the year…I cringe to think of the time it took to put the video together, but what an AMAZING archive of the year!
Your Project Life book looks so neat, Julie! I haven’t really seen much about this project, but you are going to have such a fun record of your days. And spending some time on it each Sunday seems like a nice time to reflect on the past and the future as you head into a new week. I love, love, love the idea Madeline has for recording a second of her life from each day of the year…I cringe to think of the time it took to put the video together, but what an AMAZING archive of the year!
Your Project Life book looks so neat, Julie! I haven’t really seen much about this project, but you are going to have such a fun record of your days. And spending some time on it each Sunday seems like a nice time to reflect on the past and the future as you head into a new week. I love, love, love the idea Madeline has for recording a second of her life from each day of the year…I cringe to think of the time it took to put the video together, but what an AMAZING archive of the year!
Your Project Life book looks so neat, Julie! I haven’t really seen much about this project, but you are going to have such a fun record of your days. And spending some time on it each Sunday seems like a nice time to reflect on the past and the future as you head into a new week. I love, love, love the idea Madeline has for recording a second of her life from each day of the year…I cringe to think of the time it took to put the video together, but what an AMAZING archive of the year!
Your Project Life book looks so neat, Julie! I haven’t really seen much about this project, but you are going to have such a fun record of your days. And spending some time on it each Sunday seems like a nice time to reflect on the past and the future as you head into a new week. I love, love, love the idea Madeline has for recording a second of her life from each day of the year…I cringe to think of the time it took to put the video together, but what an AMAZING archive of the year!
Julie, I absolutely LOVE your post about PL. This is my first year attempting PL and I agree, all of the posts about it is very overwhelming. I mean, who the heck has the TIME to plan out their life in layouts (i.e. the planning pages, “prep” work, etc.) I am luckily enough to busy living my life instead of planning it! Part of that means I have to really believe in my mantra for PL this year: it is what it is. I have no doubt I won’t save or include every single movie ticket, wrapper, mailing label, quote, packing slip, and all the other million tidbits that happen during the day and god knows I won’t have photos to capture EVERY SINGLE MOMENT but in the end, what I DO collect and capture will represent our lives, right here, right now and all of it will be a great representation of our memories and our life in 2012. thanks Julie..I love your blog and your stencils!! 🙂
Julie, I absolutely LOVE your post about PL. This is my first year attempting PL and I agree, all of the posts about it is very overwhelming. I mean, who the heck has the TIME to plan out their life in layouts (i.e. the planning pages, “prep” work, etc.) I am luckily enough to busy living my life instead of planning it! Part of that means I have to really believe in my mantra for PL this year: it is what it is. I have no doubt I won’t save or include every single movie ticket, wrapper, mailing label, quote, packing slip, and all the other million tidbits that happen during the day and god knows I won’t have photos to capture EVERY SINGLE MOMENT but in the end, what I DO collect and capture will represent our lives, right here, right now and all of it will be a great representation of our memories and our life in 2012. thanks Julie..I love your blog and your stencils!! 🙂
Julie, I absolutely LOVE your post about PL. This is my first year attempting PL and I agree, all of the posts about it is very overwhelming. I mean, who the heck has the TIME to plan out their life in layouts (i.e. the planning pages, “prep” work, etc.) I am luckily enough to busy living my life instead of planning it! Part of that means I have to really believe in my mantra for PL this year: it is what it is. I have no doubt I won’t save or include every single movie ticket, wrapper, mailing label, quote, packing slip, and all the other million tidbits that happen during the day and god knows I won’t have photos to capture EVERY SINGLE MOMENT but in the end, what I DO collect and capture will represent our lives, right here, right now and all of it will be a great representation of our memories and our life in 2012. thanks Julie..I love your blog and your stencils!! 🙂
Julie, I absolutely LOVE your post about PL. This is my first year attempting PL and I agree, all of the posts about it is very overwhelming. I mean, who the heck has the TIME to plan out their life in layouts (i.e. the planning pages, “prep” work, etc.) I am luckily enough to busy living my life instead of planning it! Part of that means I have to really believe in my mantra for PL this year: it is what it is. I have no doubt I won’t save or include every single movie ticket, wrapper, mailing label, quote, packing slip, and all the other million tidbits that happen during the day and god knows I won’t have photos to capture EVERY SINGLE MOMENT but in the end, what I DO collect and capture will represent our lives, right here, right now and all of it will be a great representation of our memories and our life in 2012. thanks Julie..I love your blog and your stencils!! 🙂
Julie, I absolutely LOVE your post about PL. This is my first year attempting PL and I agree, all of the posts about it is very overwhelming. I mean, who the heck has the TIME to plan out their life in layouts (i.e. the planning pages, “prep” work, etc.) I am luckily enough to busy living my life instead of planning it! Part of that means I have to really believe in my mantra for PL this year: it is what it is. I have no doubt I won’t save or include every single movie ticket, wrapper, mailing label, quote, packing slip, and all the other million tidbits that happen during the day and god knows I won’t have photos to capture EVERY SINGLE MOMENT but in the end, what I DO collect and capture will represent our lives, right here, right now and all of it will be a great representation of our memories and our life in 2012. thanks Julie..I love your blog and your stencils!! 🙂
PL is a great concept no problem there. The cookie cutter image might be reduced a bit if there’s a way to alter the size of each individual section. I mean, is there some rule dictating that each card must be a precise dimension? If not, then why couldn’t you have a triangular or circular insertion? Or something with a lasagne edge? Hmmmmm
PL is a great concept no problem there. The cookie cutter image might be reduced a bit if there’s a way to alter the size of each individual section. I mean, is there some rule dictating that each card must be a precise dimension? If not, then why couldn’t you have a triangular or circular insertion? Or something with a lasagne edge? Hmmmmm
PL is a great concept no problem there. The cookie cutter image might be reduced a bit if there’s a way to alter the size of each individual section. I mean, is there some rule dictating that each card must be a precise dimension? If not, then why couldn’t you have a triangular or circular insertion? Or something with a lasagne edge? Hmmmmm
PL is a great concept no problem there. The cookie cutter image might be reduced a bit if there’s a way to alter the size of each individual section. I mean, is there some rule dictating that each card must be a precise dimension? If not, then why couldn’t you have a triangular or circular insertion? Or something with a lasagne edge? Hmmmmm
PL is a great concept no problem there. The cookie cutter image might be reduced a bit if there’s a way to alter the size of each individual section. I mean, is there some rule dictating that each card must be a precise dimension? If not, then why couldn’t you have a triangular or circular insertion? Or something with a lasagne edge? Hmmmmm
Your pages look great Julie, you really get a lot of photos and writing into one week. Love all the photos and your own cards.
Your pages look great Julie, you really get a lot of photos and writing into one week. Love all the photos and your own cards.
Your pages look great Julie, you really get a lot of photos and writing into one week. Love all the photos and your own cards.
Your pages look great Julie, you really get a lot of photos and writing into one week. Love all the photos and your own cards.
Your pages look great Julie, you really get a lot of photos and writing into one week. Love all the photos and your own cards.
Just started PL this year as well after doing a Week in the Life last year. I love the idea of how “simple” it is and to be honest…it is like anything creative…it is as simple as you make it! I’m keeping my simple and finding inspiration in everyones albums. Thanks for keeping it real, fondly, Roberta
http://www.loveshackliving.com
Just started PL this year as well after doing a Week in the Life last year. I love the idea of how “simple” it is and to be honest…it is like anything creative…it is as simple as you make it! I’m keeping my simple and finding inspiration in everyones albums. Thanks for keeping it real, fondly, Roberta
http://www.loveshackliving.com
Just started PL this year as well after doing a Week in the Life last year. I love the idea of how “simple” it is and to be honest…it is like anything creative…it is as simple as you make it! I’m keeping my simple and finding inspiration in everyones albums. Thanks for keeping it real, fondly, Roberta
http://www.loveshackliving.com
Just started PL this year as well after doing a Week in the Life last year. I love the idea of how “simple” it is and to be honest…it is like anything creative…it is as simple as you make it! I’m keeping my simple and finding inspiration in everyones albums. Thanks for keeping it real, fondly, Roberta
http://www.loveshackliving.com
Just started PL this year as well after doing a Week in the Life last year. I love the idea of how “simple” it is and to be honest…it is like anything creative…it is as simple as you make it! I’m keeping my simple and finding inspiration in everyones albums. Thanks for keeping it real, fondly, Roberta
http://www.loveshackliving.com
Thanks for sharing your Project Life album, Julie! It’s gorgeous! I enjoyed your insight and your mom’s take on it. She’s “sooo” right.
I am a big Project Life failure. I started a PL album last year and found that it consumed my life. The intensity was painful. By the month of May, I was completely exhausted and gave up.
I don’t have children, so the biggest challenge for me was the photography. I ended up with lots of repetitive photos (heaps of food pics, self-portrait mirror shots, etc.) And, oh, the amount of stickers and embellishments. Good grief.
No more PL album for me. This year, I’ve decided to make simple 5×7-inch photo journals instead. I’m focusing on journaling and adding a photo here and there with some washi tape. Very simple.
I love your work, Julie! Keep sharing. You’re the best!
Thanks for sharing your Project Life album, Julie! It’s gorgeous! I enjoyed your insight and your mom’s take on it. She’s “sooo” right.
I am a big Project Life failure. I started a PL album last year and found that it consumed my life. The intensity was painful. By the month of May, I was completely exhausted and gave up.
I don’t have children, so the biggest challenge for me was the photography. I ended up with lots of repetitive photos (heaps of food pics, self-portrait mirror shots, etc.) And, oh, the amount of stickers and embellishments. Good grief.
No more PL album for me. This year, I’ve decided to make simple 5×7-inch photo journals instead. I’m focusing on journaling and adding a photo here and there with some washi tape. Very simple.
I love your work, Julie! Keep sharing. You’re the best!
Thanks for sharing your Project Life album, Julie! It’s gorgeous! I enjoyed your insight and your mom’s take on it. She’s “sooo” right.
I am a big Project Life failure. I started a PL album last year and found that it consumed my life. The intensity was painful. By the month of May, I was completely exhausted and gave up.
I don’t have children, so the biggest challenge for me was the photography. I ended up with lots of repetitive photos (heaps of food pics, self-portrait mirror shots, etc.) And, oh, the amount of stickers and embellishments. Good grief.
No more PL album for me. This year, I’ve decided to make simple 5×7-inch photo journals instead. I’m focusing on journaling and adding a photo here and there with some washi tape. Very simple.
I love your work, Julie! Keep sharing. You’re the best!
Thanks for sharing your Project Life album, Julie! It’s gorgeous! I enjoyed your insight and your mom’s take on it. She’s “sooo” right.
I am a big Project Life failure. I started a PL album last year and found that it consumed my life. The intensity was painful. By the month of May, I was completely exhausted and gave up.
I don’t have children, so the biggest challenge for me was the photography. I ended up with lots of repetitive photos (heaps of food pics, self-portrait mirror shots, etc.) And, oh, the amount of stickers and embellishments. Good grief.
No more PL album for me. This year, I’ve decided to make simple 5×7-inch photo journals instead. I’m focusing on journaling and adding a photo here and there with some washi tape. Very simple.
I love your work, Julie! Keep sharing. You’re the best!
Thanks for sharing your Project Life album, Julie! It’s gorgeous! I enjoyed your insight and your mom’s take on it. She’s “sooo” right.
I am a big Project Life failure. I started a PL album last year and found that it consumed my life. The intensity was painful. By the month of May, I was completely exhausted and gave up.
I don’t have children, so the biggest challenge for me was the photography. I ended up with lots of repetitive photos (heaps of food pics, self-portrait mirror shots, etc.) And, oh, the amount of stickers and embellishments. Good grief.
No more PL album for me. This year, I’ve decided to make simple 5×7-inch photo journals instead. I’m focusing on journaling and adding a photo here and there with some washi tape. Very simple.
I love your work, Julie! Keep sharing. You’re the best!
I love the way you tell it like it is for you. You are not always trying to conform with what is out there; your art is true. I like that.
I love the way you tell it like it is for you. You are not always trying to conform with what is out there; your art is true. I like that.
I love the way you tell it like it is for you. You are not always trying to conform with what is out there; your art is true. I like that.
I love the way you tell it like it is for you. You are not always trying to conform with what is out there; your art is true. I like that.
I love the way you tell it like it is for you. You are not always trying to conform with what is out there; your art is true. I like that.
Between looking at your artsy, make-it-your-own pages, and following a friend who has been doing PL for a couple of years in her beautiful understated almost scientific style, I’ve had an aha moment that has me jumping on board. What I love is the idea of making it fit my life, my thoughts, and my history–I have tons of family photos dating back to the early 1900s that I’ve been wanting to somehow tell simple stories about. I have a plan…Thanks, Julie!
Between looking at your artsy, make-it-your-own pages, and following a friend who has been doing PL for a couple of years in her beautiful understated almost scientific style, I’ve had an aha moment that has me jumping on board. What I love is the idea of making it fit my life, my thoughts, and my history–I have tons of family photos dating back to the early 1900s that I’ve been wanting to somehow tell simple stories about. I have a plan…Thanks, Julie!
Between looking at your artsy, make-it-your-own pages, and following a friend who has been doing PL for a couple of years in her beautiful understated almost scientific style, I’ve had an aha moment that has me jumping on board. What I love is the idea of making it fit my life, my thoughts, and my history–I have tons of family photos dating back to the early 1900s that I’ve been wanting to somehow tell simple stories about. I have a plan…Thanks, Julie!
Between looking at your artsy, make-it-your-own pages, and following a friend who has been doing PL for a couple of years in her beautiful understated almost scientific style, I’ve had an aha moment that has me jumping on board. What I love is the idea of making it fit my life, my thoughts, and my history–I have tons of family photos dating back to the early 1900s that I’ve been wanting to somehow tell simple stories about. I have a plan…Thanks, Julie!
Between looking at your artsy, make-it-your-own pages, and following a friend who has been doing PL for a couple of years in her beautiful understated almost scientific style, I’ve had an aha moment that has me jumping on board. What I love is the idea of making it fit my life, my thoughts, and my history–I have tons of family photos dating back to the early 1900s that I’ve been wanting to somehow tell simple stories about. I have a plan…Thanks, Julie!
hey Julie- this is why I read your every blog post…sometimes I have to save them and read a few a day when I get busy but I know you always give the straight and honest thoughts :)Love this about you! tfs
hey Julie- this is why I read your every blog post…sometimes I have to save them and read a few a day when I get busy but I know you always give the straight and honest thoughts :)Love this about you! tfs
hey Julie- this is why I read your every blog post…sometimes I have to save them and read a few a day when I get busy but I know you always give the straight and honest thoughts :)Love this about you! tfs
hey Julie- this is why I read your every blog post…sometimes I have to save them and read a few a day when I get busy but I know you always give the straight and honest thoughts :)Love this about you! tfs
hey Julie- this is why I read your every blog post…sometimes I have to save them and read a few a day when I get busy but I know you always give the straight and honest thoughts :)Love this about you! tfs
hello. i’ve been a reader of your blog for a while now and this post was an intro to project life for me. i have never tried scrapbooking but i have added pictures and journaling to my art journals. looking at your pics makes me want to start my own pl album! thank you for the inspiration! can’t wait to see more! maybe i might combine this project with art journaling some how. thanks for sharing with us julie! your awesome.
hello. i’ve been a reader of your blog for a while now and this post was an intro to project life for me. i have never tried scrapbooking but i have added pictures and journaling to my art journals. looking at your pics makes me want to start my own pl album! thank you for the inspiration! can’t wait to see more! maybe i might combine this project with art journaling some how. thanks for sharing with us julie! your awesome.
hello. i’ve been a reader of your blog for a while now and this post was an intro to project life for me. i have never tried scrapbooking but i have added pictures and journaling to my art journals. looking at your pics makes me want to start my own pl album! thank you for the inspiration! can’t wait to see more! maybe i might combine this project with art journaling some how. thanks for sharing with us julie! your awesome.
hello. i’ve been a reader of your blog for a while now and this post was an intro to project life for me. i have never tried scrapbooking but i have added pictures and journaling to my art journals. looking at your pics makes me want to start my own pl album! thank you for the inspiration! can’t wait to see more! maybe i might combine this project with art journaling some how. thanks for sharing with us julie! your awesome.
hello. i’ve been a reader of your blog for a while now and this post was an intro to project life for me. i have never tried scrapbooking but i have added pictures and journaling to my art journals. looking at your pics makes me want to start my own pl album! thank you for the inspiration! can’t wait to see more! maybe i might combine this project with art journaling some how. thanks for sharing with us julie! your awesome.
Thanks for sharing this Julie! I think I might try something along these lines to document my son’s first year (since then I’ll have something exciting to take pictures of), along with the rest of life. But here’s my BIG question, what do you use and how do you print your photos? The beauty of digital photography is that you can take unlimited pictures but then printing a few of them becomes an issue. I’d love know what you do for this.
Thanks for sharing this Julie! I think I might try something along these lines to document my son’s first year (since then I’ll have something exciting to take pictures of), along with the rest of life. But here’s my BIG question, what do you use and how do you print your photos? The beauty of digital photography is that you can take unlimited pictures but then printing a few of them becomes an issue. I’d love know what you do for this.
Thanks for sharing this Julie! I think I might try something along these lines to document my son’s first year (since then I’ll have something exciting to take pictures of), along with the rest of life. But here’s my BIG question, what do you use and how do you print your photos? The beauty of digital photography is that you can take unlimited pictures but then printing a few of them becomes an issue. I’d love know what you do for this.
Thanks for sharing this Julie! I think I might try something along these lines to document my son’s first year (since then I’ll have something exciting to take pictures of), along with the rest of life. But here’s my BIG question, what do you use and how do you print your photos? The beauty of digital photography is that you can take unlimited pictures but then printing a few of them becomes an issue. I’d love know what you do for this.
Thanks for sharing this Julie! I think I might try something along these lines to document my son’s first year (since then I’ll have something exciting to take pictures of), along with the rest of life. But here’s my BIG question, what do you use and how do you print your photos? The beauty of digital photography is that you can take unlimited pictures but then printing a few of them becomes an issue. I’d love know what you do for this.
I use an Epson PictureMate Deluxe. Ive had it for years and couldnt live without it!
I use an Epson PictureMate Deluxe. Ive had it for years and couldnt live without it!
I use an Epson PictureMate Deluxe. Ive had it for years and couldnt live without it!
I use an Epson PictureMate Deluxe. Ive had it for years and couldnt live without it!
I use an Epson PictureMate Deluxe. Ive had it for years and couldnt live without it!