Now that we’re into our third month of 2011, I thought I’d check in and see how you’re doing with Project Life.
I sorta kinda … definitely have a feeling some of you are trying for the picture-a-day format and some of you are a little … uh, behind. Am I right?
GUESS WHAT friends?
If you have a couple weeks or a couple months that are just crazy, pace yourself. Don’t bite off more than you can chew. Give yourself a break. Don’t make this more stressful than it needs to be. If you’re keeping up the picture-a-day pace, great! That’s awesome. Good for you.
No matter how little or how much you’re doing, it’s all good.
Please realize that there is more than one way to use Project Life. Project Life has an incredibly flexible format. Use it however you wish! It’s your life. It’s your project. It will adapt to your needs. Here are a few ideas to inspire you.
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{ SCHOOL ALBUM }
Tammy Morales (who distributes Project Life internationally) is using Project Life to catch up on years & years of her boys’ school pictures & memorabilia. You should check out this video she did about her process.
**NOTE: Many of you know we’ve been working on solution-based products to help you tackle the pictures & memorabilia that come with any child … school-related stuff and otherwise. We’re still plugging along and still planning to release those products this year. But if you’re anxious to do something now and don’t want to wait, Project Life can certainly help you get the job done!
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{ CHILDHOOD ALBUM }
Erin Rollins in California is using a Project Life album for each of her children. Each child’s book is being filled with pictures, art, memorabilia, and general childhood memories. She shares her process here.
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Jade Conran in Australia is doing the same thing and has felt completely liberated scrapbooking her children’s pictures with the ultra-easy slip-in-the-photos format that Project Life offers. Jade said that she got 250 random photos from Flynn’s childhood finished in one week. “This rocks my world and I feel like an enormous weight has been lifted.” Check out her inspiring pages here. She also did a video that shows flipping through the album, narrating along the way.
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{ YOUR CHILDHOOD ALBUM }
As in … your old pictures! Do you get what I’m saying? Think about all those pictures from your own childhood that are still sitting in boxes. Um, yeah. Those. That’s what I’m talking about. And that’s exactly what Heatherle in Oregon decided to tackle recently. She said, “I bought the Amber edition because it reminded me of my 1970s childhood. I started with age 4 because the rest of the photos need to still be rescued from the sticky albums, and I am almost to college. The book includes a layout for each year of school, with additional page protectors for report cards and the like, and then topical layouts like Christmasses, Family Members with Trout, Dogs I have Loved, Awful ’70s Fashions. My son visited from college today and spent nearly an hour looking through the book.”
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{ BABY ALBUM }
So much happens in that first year of life and you don’t want to miss a thing. That’s how Elana in Hawaii feels. Their sweet little girl Alison was born this recent September and they are using Project Life to document Alison’s arrival and milestones and adjustments as a family. Elana said, “With a nearly 3-year old and a newborn I haven’t had any time to scrapbook in the traditional sense, but with this kit I love how easy it is to document my baby girl’s first year of life.”
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{ REMEMBRANCE }
Tina in Nevada emailed me recently: “Six weeks ago, a dear friend of mine lost her daughter to a brain tumor. She was only 40 years old. While at the funeral, my friend mentioned how difficult it was to find a photo of her daughter to display because all the photos were in boxes. I offered to help her, when she was ready, organize the photos into books. I am a 3rd year Project Life addict and knew your system would be perfect for her. It’s going to be easier than scrapbooking all the photos but more detailed than a regular album because she’ll be able to write details about certain photos. I’m sure you had no idea when you came up with the idea, all the different ways people could use your project.”
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Thank you Tina, for sharing that. Thank you Elana, Heatherle, Jade, Erin, and Tammy. And thank you to so many of you for sharing how Project Life is revolutionizing the way you not only document life, but also the way you cultivate a good life.
