Posts Tagged ‘digital Project Life’
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
My philosophy on preserving memories? ANYthing you’re doing to capture & record life in the form of pictures, video, journal-writing, scrapbooking … anything … is just awesome. And most of you are doing something. And that’s just so cool.
For me personally, the primary way I document our family’s life is by taking at least one picture every single day. I include this collection of daily shots, each accompanied with brief journaling, into a book. I’m going on 2 years strong of doing this. Most of you know that this is what inspired the development of Project Life. Of course many of you are telling your story with a picture-a-day as well. You know what it means for you. For your family. For your posterity.
This philosophy has resulted in more everyday pictures that are more valuable to us than 200 pictures at Disneyland or 75 pictures of an Easter Egg hunt. We’re getting more pictures like these…
Daily rituals:
Porter’s latest project:
Claire’s latest portrait:
How we get the wiggles out before bed:
A little party preparation:
A little afternoon craving:
And the way we kicked off a recent date night:
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Here’s a thought. This is for those of you who are not currently taking a picture-a-day.
Maybe the picture-a-day concept intrigues you but it feels daunting, overwhelming, impossible. Maybe you wonder, “But when would I start? The beginning of the year? On your next birthday? An anniversary? Just whenever? (The correct answer is: Any time is a good time. Pick a random day and that’s a good day!)
Perhaps you’d like a little “trial run” with this philosophy to see how it works out in your own life before tackling an entire year. A fellow blog reader — Rebecca in California — recently pointed out to me that we’re approaching the last 12 weeks of 2010. She thought of this idea, shared it with me, and I’m passing it along to you. (Rebecca, thank you!)
One of the digital Project Life books is designed for 12 layouts (originally intended for one month per layout for a full year). What if … you took a picture every day for these last 12 weeks of the year?
Because I am personally loving this philosophy in my own life and because I continue to read comment after comment and email after email of happy “Project Lifers” who are doing the picture-a-day — I’d love for you to try it and see for yourself. So here’s what we’re gonna do:
- For a limited time, we are putting the digital Project Life books on sale — 25% off both sizes! Starting … NOW.
- All new customers who sign up (meaning you set up an account and start a project but don’t necessarily need to make a purchase) will get $5 credit applied to their account.
- All those who either already have an account or they sign up now, will have a chance to win an additional FREE copy of the book they publish. This would be today’s GIVEAWAY! Leave your name, city, and state or country and we’ll randomly choose someone. But first — be sure you’ve created an account HERE. It costs absolutely nothing and you are absolutely not obligated to purchase anything. Creating an account means you can start uploading your pictures & adding your journaling to the already-designed book whenever you’re ready. It’s super simple.
NOTE on timing: Go ahead and get started this weekend with your own project if you’re interested in taking a picture-a-day for the last 12 weeks of 2010. You could start this Saturday or Sunday … depending on how you want to display your weeks. Personally, I’m a Sunday-through-Saturday-kind-of-week girl.
ALSO NOTE: Ziblio is the platform for digital Project Life. If you have questions, concerns, or need customer support at all these guys are really terrific and super helpful. Please direct your questions to them: (877) 209-1560 or support@ziblio.com.
Alright — are you in? Want to try the daily picture-taking? If you’re already doing the daily thing, feel free to leave a comment and share your thoughts too.
Tags: digital Project Life, sale
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Thank you, friends. I appreciate the messages and comments about how Project Life is helping you with your endeavors to preserve your memories and do something with your pictures. Many of you seem to be spreading the word (especially to your “non-scrapbooking” friends) and I want you to know how much I appreciate that. You’re awesome.
1. Yes, I am working on the next version of Project Life to release in time for Christmas. Same kit with new, updated designs. The kits on Amazon right now are the last of this year’s design. When they’re gone, they’re gone.
2. If you’re outside of the U.S. you can order HERE.
3. Want to do something with your pictures, but not so much with a physical scrapbooking kit? If digital is your preference, click HERE for the scoop on that. Personally, I’m doing the digital version for our family’s Project Life. I know everyone has their personal preference. That’s why we’re offering both options. Take your pick. : )
4. If you use Project Life and want to share this on your own blog, you can grab the graphic (you’ll see it right here – on the right side of my blog).
Tags: blog graphic, digital Project Life, international, Project Life
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
ScrapNFonts has some new fonts that I’ve been enjoying lately. In fact, I chose my five favorites and they bundled them up and put them on sale for just $10 for all five. You can go here for that deal.
You might recognize that I used one of the flowers from DB Floral Infusion as well as the SNF Goody font for Kylie’s birthday invite here.
Also, Brian Tippetts did a short & sweet interview with me and that’s also up on their site. For a quick read, click here.
And … you have to check out what Britta did! Using the digital Project Life and incorporating ScrapNFonts’ fonts & DoodleBats, she is creating an darling, custom Project Life book for her family. Check it out here.
Tags: digital Project Life, fonts, interview, Q&A, ScrapNFonts
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Many of you have Project Life. Some of you missed the first round and are waiting for the next batch of kits to arrive. And some of you are brand-new to the concept/product. For anyone who is interested to know, here is the update: We just got word of a little hiccup in production, which has resulted in a delay. We anticipate that the kits will arrive next month, in JUNE. Don’t know when, exactly, but they should be available again (on Amazon.com) in June. Of course the second they are available, I’ll get the word out here on my blog as well as through my eBlast, and Twitter and Facebook. For automatic updates, be sure you click on one of the little buttons on the right side of my blog.
Remember: There is no such thing as “sold out” with the digital version of Project Life. It’s always available for anyone to get started and play around anytime. For free. No obligations. You can create an entire photo book without paying a penny or committing to anything. And then, if you like it and you want us to print and bind your book and ship it to you, then that’s when you pay & we’ll get you all set.
For all newcomers, all Project Life information can be found HERE.
PS – A fellow blog reader, Traci, desperately needs a Project Life kit ASAP. If you happen to have a kit that you want to sell, she will happily take that off your hands. Email truleetraci@yahoo.com today.
Tags: digital Project Life, Project Life
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010
Forget about April Fools Day. (Never loved the made-up holiday anyway.) Let’s make today … Project Life Resolution Day!
For anyone who might be new around here (hello, hello!), Project Life is all about keeping a photo + story documentation of your life … without stressing over what a lot of folks don’t love about scrapbooking. It’s simplicity at its finest. Learn more here.
Note: Yes, we sold out. Yes, we’re making more. More kits should be available next month. The digital version is available to anyone, any time, anywhere … and completely free to create a book online. You only pay if/when you’re ready to have us print a book for you.
Now. For all of you who are already doing Project Life … let’s assess where we are, shall we? In the spirit of motivation, let’s talk about it. I’m going to guess that some of you are not skipping a beat. Perhaps you’re totally on top of taking a picture and jotting a note or two of journaling every single day. Kudos to you! Or maybe you’re doing a different version instead of the picture-a-day concept. You’re doing a handful of favorite photos of your baby each month and you’re able to stay on top of those layouts. Or you’re taking a different approach and doing a topic at a time for each layout. Like snow adventures. Family dinners. Spring Break. Around our home. Neighbors. School. Whatever you’re doing. GOOD FOR YOU. Keep it up!
My focus today, is really more for those of you who are doing Project Life but perhaps you’ve fallen a little behind where you’d like to be with your project. Welcome to my club. That’s me too. (Feel better?)
I don’t want anyone feeling like this has become a chore at all. After all, the whole point of Project Life (besides the documentation) is to have fun with it! And while you’re capturing slices of your life, a little here and a little there, no matter what your frequency … you should be more aware of the blessings in your life. More aware of how cool your life is. How much you love your family. How unique and truly wonderful you are.
I want to share something with you. Kerrin in Ontario, Canada emailed me recently because she had an a-ha moment. With her permission, here is part of her email:
Kerrin writes: I decided to do this POTD thing for the same reasons other people take on this project. I wanted to capture my family’s day to day life and I was ready for a break from traditional scrapbooking. So I have been faithfully taking a picture and journaling its significance daily. It had become another chore on my list each day. Until today. I realized that this isn’t just about completing a task. This is about appreciating our life and all it has to offer. It is about really seeing the beauty and joy in each and every day. It is about sharing these joys with my family. And it is about teaching my 4 year old daughter that every day is full of gifts and it is important to honour those gifts. Funny, I think that she “got it” before I did. She has been suggesting ideas for POTD and even taking a few herself. Another gift that this project has given me. So thank you Becky! Thank you for creating this kit. For making it so easy that I don’t need to spend tones of time on it. Instead I can use that time to live in the moments we are capturing each and every day.
Okay. Hello. Kerrin gets it completely. I love that.
So let’s move on to a plan of action. A Project Life Resolution. If you’ve fallen a little behind with the pace you want to keep with your own project, how do you catch up? I’ll share what I’m doing. And then, as always, I invite you to share your own input in the Comments.
I’m taking a picture a day. Zero problems with that. I keep all the daily images in a folder on my desktop labeled 2010 POTD. I am doing the digital version. Ideally I’d be going online and spending 5 quick minutes to sign into my account, upload the new picture, and write my quick journaling blurb. But since I’ve fallen several weeks behind, this is what I’m doing:
Most days lately, I am adding my POTD and writing my journaling … plus … I spend an extra 20 minutes or so going back and doing a full week that I still need to do. So every day I’m not only staying current (so as to not fall further behind) but I’m catching up on a full week because really, it’s only like 20-30 minutes a day. I can do that. I want to do that. I want to get back on track so that I’m back to a daily 5-minute routine. And now, because I’ve been prioritizing and doing this, I’m just about caught up again. Feels so good. Feels so good telling my family’s story and keeping these snippets of our life in a book.
Okay. Your turn. What are you doing to stay caught up? What tips do you have to share with others?
PS: Don’t forget that we have a new Project Life Gallery up & running now. Check out others’ photography & full layouts for Project Life inspiration at your fingertips.
Tags: digital Project Life, Project Life
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Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Hello, and Happy Monday! Did you notice that we have the Project Life GALLERY up & running now? If you haven’t checked it out yet, pop on over there. And know that we will work through a few technical kinks this week. In the meantime, some of you have already begun uploading your images and ideas to share. Thank you!
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The winner of the PeachyCheap.com $100 shopping spree is … Cassie in Fort Lewis, Washington! I have to say, it wasn’t easy choosing a winner this time. I thoroughly enjoyed the creativity you put into your 3-worded reasons why you should win the prize. So many of you are deserving of such a lucky thing to happen to you.
Cassie, good luck with your 3rd deployment coming up this summer, and send an email to brooke@peachycheap.com and she’ll hook you up.
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If you are outside of the U.S. and you want the Project Life kit, go HERE and Tammy will take care of you. I noticed there are only about 100 kits left. Also, the kits are shipping now. This is not for pre-order. It’s buy-it-and-they’ll-ship-it-right-out. : )
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If you’ve been working on your digital Project Life, I just wanted to send out a little friendly reminder that our big promotion of 20% off the printing cost is about to expire the end of this month. Everyone can play around and make a book (or more) for free. You just pay when you’re ready to have your book printed and shipped to you. OR … you can pay in advance (like … now) and save 20%. Again, that promotion ends March 31st. Go HERE for all the details.
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After posting a link to get another one of my handwriting fonts for free, fellow blog reader, Shannon, wanted to research how to get her own handwriting as a font. And she wants to share her findings with YOU! Click on her note to be able to read Shannon’s message easier, and then if you’re interested, you can visit YourFonts.com.
Just so you know, I have not personally used this service, but I wanted to pass along this cool find … from one blog reader to another. Thanks for sharing, Shannon!
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This is the most important thing I want to share with you today: THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME … HELP YOU. Last week I invited you to email me your feedback about a school kit I’m working on and the emails flooded my inbox in the best way. I’ve spent hours pouring over those emails … reading every single one, word for word. While I can’t possibly respond to the emails (that would take away from time spent on actually developing the kit) I am truly grateful for your input. My level of motivation and enthusiasm about the school kit was already pretty high and now it has quadrupled, people.
Thank you for inspiring me. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for the kindness in your emails and your blog comments. We really do have much in common, you and me. We want to preserve our stories, take great pictures, create beautiful books about our lives and our family’s story. But we want to simplify the process. We want our stuff organized and accessible so it can be enjoyed. We want to be realistic about what we can accomplish. We want to actually GET IT DONE. Not just think about it and plan to get around to it later. We don’t want to stress of “creative” details and embellishments.
Elizabeth said it best: “So want to scrapbook, so don’t have the time.”
I hear ya, Elizabeth.
You see, we help each other. You help me understand what your frustrations are in trying to manage all the stuff that comes home with your kids from school. You tell me what what you’d love to see in a kit. I do my best to provide inspiration and ideas and solutions, to help make life a little sweeter for you. And you make life a little sweeter for me too.
Uh-oh. I’m about to break into song, so I’m going to slip away now.
Tags: digital Project Life, handwriting font, project life gallery
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