This Saturday is National Scrapbook Day. Yep, a real holiday.

I’ll proclaim this over and over again: I love scrapbooking. I love preserving my family’s memories. I love telling our story. I love taking pictures. I love all of it. And I loooove how simple it can be to do all of the above. That’s why I do what I do — sharing the simplicity with you.

If you’re doing Project Life and finding yourself “behind” (whatever that means to you), I think you’ll enjoy and benefit from reading this post by Monica McNeill.

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I’d like to share this recent email with you.

Dear Becky,

Project Life has really blessed my life and brought such “relief”. I am a busy mom of four boys, and I have been a “traditional scrapbooker” for over 10 years. Like most other women out there who are “traditional scrapbookers” I am behind. WAY behind. I always thought, when my kids get into school I will get caught up, and I will have them done by the time they are married. They are all boys, they will not care anyway.

Well … I was wrong.

1. I will NOT get caught up when my kids are in school.

2. They very much care.

It hit me a few month ago, when my sweet boys kept asking about things from when they were little. I had nothing to show them. Sure I have taken THOUSANDS of pictures, but they are all on my computer. I do have a few scrapbooks done but the most recent I have is back in 2006 when my oldest (now 7) was only 2! And no record of my other kids!

This is what I did.

It has been SUCH a relief off my shoulders and I love it.

I used the stickers to add my own years, and coordinated each “month” book mark with the year instead. I did not print everything but I did print lots — just snips of all of our favorite moments over the years. I bought some extra page protectors and got a great amount of photos in the album. Then I went through and did journaling, which I’m still finishing now.

My boys LOVE it. They really do love it! They have spent hours looking at all the pictures and I love watching them laugh, and smile and remember all the great times we had. I can not express what a feeling it has been to “let go” of that feeling of having to get “caught up some day”.

This is my Project Life … and I love it.

JoAnn Toronto

Miamisburg, Ohio

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{ NOTE }

You do not need a full Project Life kit for this type of project. The Turquoise edition sold out. The Amber edition is just about gone if not sold out by the time you read this. If you’re convinced that you want to go back and catch up on “lost” years in an ultra-simple format like JoAnn did … don’t panic if you can’t get a PL kit.

One option: If you’d like to try out the digital Project Life, that’s my own personal preference and has helped immensely in my own catching up.

Another option: Simply use a Bundle of Basics. Photo Pocket Pages + Journaling Cards + a binder. We still have the Becky Higgins Turquoise and Amber binders in stock. Or choose another favorite binder that you like. My products, as always, can be purchased on Amazon.

That’s all you need, besides your pictures of course. Simple stuff.

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