Posts Tagged ‘Project Life’
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
March 25th is fast-approaching and we are super excited to share with you today the two brand-new Project Life editions that will be available that day for a screamin’ deal.
The Blush Edition and the Jade Edition. Both of these are coming to stores in May but this is your very first opportunity to pick them up AND the price will blow your mind. We’re offering these 2 editions in a format that isn’t available anywhere else, too! What that means is that we have put together the Core Kit + Album + Big Pack of Photo Pocket Pages + Designer Dividers in one beautiful KIT. All together. For one crazy low price.
Sooooooo exciting.
Both editions so fun, so gorgeous, so awesome – each in their own way. The Blush Edition is more sweet, girly, youthful. The Jade Edition is more gender-neutral, hip, and can totally work for boy pictures. Be thinking about which one might float your boat for whatever scrapbooking you have to do. Be thinking about which friends you should tell to TUNE IN on March 25th so they don’t miss out on the least expensive way EVER to get Project Life. Be thinking about picking up an extra kit or two for GIFTS.
We have so much more to share – pictures and information and ideas! Only a week & a half leading up to the BIG DAY.
In the meantime, there are a few questions floating around that I’ll go ahead and address now. As always, you’re more than welcome to ask additional questions in the Comments of this post and we’ll do our best to answer those too.
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Q: I missed this announcement. What should I know about Project Life being on HSN?
A: Check out THIS blog post and you’ll be all in-the-loop.
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Q: How much will these kits cost?
A: We’re actually not able to announce the actual price until the day it’s for sale. HSN’s rule, sorry.
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Q: I don’t have cable! How can I watch and/or buy?
A: No problem. You’ll totally be able to watch and order online at HSN.com that day – March 25th.
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Q: I live outside the U.S. but I really want to buy this kit!
A: HSN is only able to ship to U.S. addresses, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. Bummer, I know! We’d love to bring it outside the U.S. too, of course! Can’t do everything all at once and we have a LOT of wheels spinning – and spinning fast – right now. Hang in there, international friends. Products are coming to a store near you in May! And if you don’t know if your local shop will be carrying Project Life, be sure to send them HERE.
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Q: How will I know when to watch Lisa on HSN?
A: Lisa will be on air several times throughout the day on March 25th. Her first segment is 12:01 am EST. Totally worth staying up late Sunday night to watch, if you ask me. HSN ordered a lot of these kits but no one can predict how fast they’ll sell out. She will present the “Today’s Special” (the Project Life kits you see above) several other times throughout the day – until they sell out.
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Q: Is this “it” for Project Life that day?
A: Nope. We have MORE Project Life products that Lisa will sell on HSN on March 25th and I’ll happily share more about that next week! For now, I just wanted to give you the heads-up on which two kits will be the best deal of the day.
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Q: What about the retailers who will be carrying Project Life in their stores come May? Is this whole HSN thing fair to them?
A: Great question. We love our retailers, we are so grateful to SO many of them who have purchased Project Life to carry in their stores … and we are thrilled about what the HSN experience is going to do for retailers, actually! The concept of the Home Shopping Network is to allow folks to shop from the convenience of their own home as they watch people show & demonstrate products on TV. The prices are oftentimes discounted compared to what you find in retail stores.That’s all true, and while I understand that this may be an initial concern to retailers, it’s actually a really cool thing. For everybody.
Project Life has never been on TV – ever. This initial exposure will mean that literally millions of people who have never heard of Project Life, will now know the brand and the product. (Okay, I just freaked out a little writing that.) Some of them will buy, some of them will not. But the point is this: The exposure is ginormous. Folks will learn about the solution-based product that you guys already know about. They’ll see how this system can be exactly what they need to get their photos out of boxes and off the computer – and into completed albums without a creative bone in their body! Coolest thing since sliced bread.
Do you see where I’m going with this? It’s incredibly exciting to many retailers who understand this “bigger picture” – because they know they’ll actually GAIN customers. And even if their existing customers pick up Project Life on HSN, it’s not something you buy once and you’re done forever. We don’t each have 400 pictures that we’re sitting on. It’s more like 4,000 – or 40,000 pictures! Right? They’ll see how fun + easy + life-changing Project Life can be – and they’ll want more.
Last comment for now: The Today’s Special on March 25th is “special” because it’s a one-time deal. If it ever happens again, it’s not for a long time. Anyone who gets the product and wants more will need to hit stores (physical or online) to get more of what they want. Yay for retailers.
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Hope this helps explain a little more. Stay tuned for more information and more excitement!
Tags: HSN, Project Life
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Friday, March 1st, 2013
There are a few ways to to look at this post:
1. I have a friend who would love this as a gift.
2. I have a baby and want to document their life along the way.
3. I’m going to have a baby soon and this would be perfect for me.
4. I have a baby (or babies) … that are now much, much older (not a baby at all) but I’d still love to go back and get those photos + memories into an album.
5. I am interested in getting my own baby pictures into an album.
That said, I want to share with you my own personal experience of putting together a baby Project Life album as a GIFT. I did this whole thing in less than 2 hours and it’s completely ready to slip those pictures into the album, start to finish, without having to do anything other than jot down the notes and memories and stories about Baby’s First Year.
Before I dive in, I want to emphasize that the Baby Edition – just like every other edition of Project Life – is designed with flexibility. This means that once the product is in your hands, it’s yours to do whatever you want. Leave it simple or get creative. Do what motivates you to actually do it. That’s the key.
When I designed the organization + content + functionality of the Baby Edition there was a great deal of thought and several revisions that went into that process before I even had our wonderful designer Lili Niclass work on the graphic designs and color palettes. I’ll spare you the details of that process, but I think you’ll LOVE that there are so many details in the Baby Edition of Project Life that will HELP you recall those baby memories you want to record. Particularly the journaling prompts sprinkled throughout the cards.
step by step process of how I recommend setting up the album
As with any other Project Life album, there are 3 components you need – and nothing else (unless you WANT to add more): Album + Project Life Core Kit + Big Pack of Photo Pocket Pages (which comes with 60 pages, a perfect fit for 1 album). I do personally think the Month Dividers for a baby album are just so fun and so perfect so while you don’t “need” them … you’d love them.
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Step 1: Place all the Photo Pocket Pages in the album and open your Core Kit.
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In every Project Life Core Kit you’ll find a list of contents so that you’ll have an overview of what’s there.
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Step 2: Place all the First Page cards + Last Page cards in the respective pockets. There are (8) 4×6 cards and (8) 3×4 cards on the top of the stacks that are designed for the First Page and Last Page of the album. You’ll know because they’re indicated as such on the back of each of those cards and therefore look different than all the other cards in the box.
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Step 3: If you have a place to spread out (remember – it’s temporary if you want to knock this out in one sitting) … spread out all the cards that are specific Prompt Cards. These are different than typical Journaling Cards because instead of just having lines and designs, they actually include a prompt on the card.
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Step 4: As for the rest of those cards that are “just” Journaling Cards (no prompts) … go ahead and get those out too. Because there are several of each of those designs, I like putting them out in little stacks so I can have an overview of all that is available to me at any given time, while I’m slipping cards into pockets. You may notice that I even flipped over most of those to see a glimpse of what the back of the card is, since I always have the option with each and every card.
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Step 5: Place the rest of the cards in pockets. The following layouts show you what I had in mind for the entire album, layout by layout. Like I said, you don’t have do follow this, but for those of you who appreciate some guidance … this is for you. ; ) NOTE: Every space that is WHITE represents where a photo goes.
Title Page
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Your Heritage. This layout gives an overview of those who came before Baby, so Baby has a little background on his or her ancestors. Obviously the Baby Edition is just as popular for adopted children as well. This can be applicable as you see fit. Include pictures of grandparents and beyond, if you want.
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Story of Us. This layout is dedicated to Baby’s parents and gives you the chance to add pictures and anecdotes about Mom and Dad. They’re a pretty important part of Baby’s story too, after all.
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Our Family. Whoever Baby’s family is … that’s what this layout is for. Think cousins and other extended family … of course siblings and immediate family.
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Expecting You. Those months leading up to Baby’s arrival, including of course the pregnancy.
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Being Showered. If there was a baby shower or celebration in honor of mom-to-be, great. Even if there wasn’t, this is a great place to include any service that was rendered to the family during those weeks and months leading up to Baby’s arrival.
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Gifts. You know … like the stuff people gave to Baby and the parents-to-be – before or after the arrival.
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Birth Day. Speaking of arrival … this layout is for the big day. I think it’s a great place to “set the scene” of that day before getting to the pictures of Baby actually showing up.
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Your Arrival. NOW Baby actually appears in his or her Baby Album! You see, everything to this point tells the story of the people and circumstances that led to this beautiful little person coming into the world. Now we’re focusing the majority of our attention in the album on Baby.
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The Day You Were Born. A little more on the details about that very special occasion.
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Your Very First Days of Life. Bringing Baby home from the hospital, or in some cases for some babies – perhaps an extended period of time at the hospital.
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First Home. About Baby’s first home, first town, first surroundings.
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Your Bedroom. Maybe Baby had a decked-out nursery or maybe they slept in Mom & Dad’s closet for several months. Plus, we are now getting to the Time Capsule. All the little details of when Baby was born and what the world was like at that time. If you’re going back to past years … no problem. Just google that year and there are lots of sites that are literally time capsules of main events, headline news, popular people, books, movies, and fashion, cost of living, etc.
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Your Bedroom. Maybe Baby had a decked-out nursery or maybe they slept in Mom & Dad’s closet for several months. Whatever. Plus, we are now getting to the Time Capsule (right side). All the little details of when Baby was born and what the world was like at that time. If you’re going back to past years … no problem. Just google that year and there are lots of sites that are literally time capsules of main events, headline news, popular people, books, movies, and fashion, cost of living, etc. – from ANY year.
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Blessing/Christening. If this is a religious practice in your family and part of Baby’s life, we have a card for each occasion. Take your pick, or just don’t use these 2 cards.
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Miscellaneous. The Baby Core Kit comes with plenty of Title Cards that are generic – not specific. Same with some of the prompts, that are not necessarily “time specific” or pertinent to any sort of “chronology” of the story. Use those however you want to fill in details of Baby’s story.
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Month 1. Now we head into the month-by-month layouts for Baby’s First Year. If you’re going back to your own babyhood, chances are you don’t have pictures for every month of your first year … or at least they’re not likely labeled accordingly. No problem. Just don’t use the month cards. But if you’re setting this up for your baby (or a friend’s), You can plan to just have a single layout per month which would be an overview of the highlights, memories, milestones, etc. from that month. Or – of course you can add additional layouts. NOTE: “Month 1″ can mean the first month or at the month one mark or whatever makes the most sense to you. I like to use these cards as “this is the first month in your life, this is the 2nd month in your life…”
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This is an example of extending beyond just one layout. You’d simply have pictures and journaling cards as needed.
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Month 2. I’m just repeating the same idea here. Title Card in the upper left, the “Highlights & Milestones” card in the bottom right (there’s one for each month), and all the pictures and journaling cards in the other pockets.
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Again – this is just “another” layout that doesn’t need a title because it’s part of “Month 2″.
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Month 3. Same thing. Repeat, repeat, repeat until you get through Month 12. Then any other “filler” layouts you want. There will be special occasions that might warrant a full layout, for example. Whatever you want to do.
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Last Page. This is it. The end to the album – but not the story, of course.
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You truly can summarize Baby’s First Year in one album. I know some of you have hundreds of darling pictures of your baby that are just so cute … and how can you possibly narrow down!? You can. Begin with the end in mind. It’s just the first year. Baby will undoubtedly be so grateful that he or she has an album FULL of their pictures and stories. You can totally narrow down. And if you just can’t … well then, spill into a second album and that’s okay too! It’s YOUR Project Life.
If you’re interested to see how I personally used Baby Project Life with actual pictures (for our son Crew), you can catch that on our Videos page.
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Where do you find the Project Life Baby products?
Same place you find ALL of our products – on the Products page! Under THE EDITIONS you’ll see BABY EDITIONS and there you’ll find one For Him, one For Her, and one that’s neutral enough to use for either. Everything links to where the products are sold on Amazon.
Tags: baby, Project Life
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Sometimes you want to create pages or even an entire album just to showcase pictures from a particular occasion or theme. Sometimes you want all the focus to be on the images. While I highly encourage photos AND words, I totally get that sometimes, no words are needed.
We recently found out about how newly-married Molly Porter pulled her wedding album together with Project Life. Inspiring.
Molly has never scrapbooked before Project Life and mentioned that she probably wouldn’t have started without the system. She said, Pre-Project Life, I followed along with bloggers as they shared their traditional pages. I would get very inspired, buy a bunch of stuff, and then I had no idea what to do with it. I tried it, but I just didn’t get it and it didn’t click with me. I decided to try Project Life because, again, I was very inspired by others and the investment was pretty low for me if I didn’t end up doing it. But I did it, and I got it and (bonus) I was able to use up the “stuff” I had on hand from my other attempts at scrapbooking. There is something about slipping the photo or journaling card into the pocket that makes it feel finished. Even when you’ve done nothing but print out a 4×6 photo, if it’s in the pocket, it’s official. I love that feeling of being finished.
Regarding her wedding album, Molly goes on to describe her experience:
I knew that 2012 was THE year to document since it was the year we were getting married! I wanted someplace to keep all these changes that were happening in our life. I had no problems documenting the before, or the after, but the wedding? So tough. How was I supposed to choose just 16 photos to fill those Design A slots and tell the story of our fantastic day? What was I going to SAY about our fantastic day that would fit on a 3×4 grid journaling card? I couldn’t figure it out so I just left it blank. For months.
As we were looking back through the 2012 album a few weeks ago, I realized that leaving the week blank because I couldn’t decide was just silly. So I started small…or I should say big. I printed 2 divided 12×12″ photos and was ready to call it good and done. But what actually happened is that I was finally inspired to do it. The starting of this important week was the hard part, not the doing. So I added 3 additional Photo Pocket Pages between these 2 large photos and after about an hour, I was done! No more gaping hole in our 2012 album.
Molly added that when choosing the photos for the inserts, she tried to choose the pictures that might have been considered out-takes or just the extras from the photographer. She said, I used one of my bridal portraits that had a man in the background wearing a Superman t-shirt. I think it is hilarious, but in the big wedding album, I chose one without the man (call me traditional). We were married in the middle of downtown Chicago, so that Superman in the background totally reminds me of that fact. I am so glad that I have a place for this picture.
You can read all about her process here. 
Tags: Project Life, wedding
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Thursday, February 21st, 2013
Creative Team member Petra Corcoran recently took a crazy fun road trip with her family and chose one of our new Mini Albums (Midnight) and Childhood Mini Kits (Wellington Edition) to document her journey. Her mix of gorgeous photography to capture the details of their trip, maps to document their mileage and daily travel, and journaling to record their adventures, all add up to a lasting keepsake of a trip that their family will always remember. Here is a bit of the story and details in Petra’s own words.
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Since moving to Brisbane, almost 2 years ago now, life has been busy and we have not had a real holiday as a family. We finally planned to have one just after Christmas last year.
My husband always says the best way to really see the country is to drive it – to get out there and see and experience all those far away places not just the tourist strips. So the plan was set. A route covering some 3600km (2200 miles) heading far North West and then across to the coast in the East. We were told we were crazy. “It’s too hot and not tourist season where you’re going.” Perfect. Let’s go.
Album cover. Clean & Simple.
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 I took this photo during the trip by laying in the middle of the highway while hubby was spotting for cars! I have always wanted to do this and love the way it sets the scene for the album.…..
The start of the trip. I decided up front to use my iphone to map each route and distance and took a screen shot at the start of our drive each day. All my journalling is printed directly onto the kit cards.
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A few points along the way from day one. I like to balance my pictures with a fair bit of journalling. It was great to get to our campsite, put the tent up for the first time and hop in.
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This is where we stayed our first night. We met a cat named Puddy who was a resident at the caravan park. The kids fell in love with him instantly.
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Taking in all the little details at stops along the way – driving day two.
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Campsite in Longreach. This was a really big tourist park but was totally empty. It was at this point the advice we received about the time of year to travel out here really hit home. We took a swim in the park pool and it only took a few minutes for all the wet stuff to be bone dry! I love photographing the stuff you may forget. (Journalling yet to come on this page)
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Up early again we were heading deep West now to Lark Quarry to see fossilised dinosaur footprints. I used this layout to include the ticket we purchased to the footprints. I love keeping & including little bits like that.
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The heat at the quarry was something else. And I love how this layout starts with a picture of Mackenzie looking up, listening with her face glistening with sweat. Our tour guide was a truly lovely old man so I had to include him as the kids loved listening to him and discussing dinosaurs. This is what I tried to capture.
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Still at the quarry hunting for fossils. Calvin & Mackenzie just standing with the hot wind blowing this picture needs no words.
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Our car fridge broke down, the water smelled REAL bad so no showers & it was new years eve but we were together and that’s all that really mattered.
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Our dinosaur hunt continues and we’re back on the road. Sometimes the best laid plans fail but you make do, even if you have to have SPAM for dinner.
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We arrive in Townsville – sun, sand & Bbeach. One country yet such incredible contrasts. I love Australia.
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Our friends at Crafthouse (they’ve been getting our products into customers’ hands Down Under for a while now) were so excited to hear about Petra’s album that they are having a special sale just for their customers in Australia and New Zealand! From now until March 4th, receive 20% off when you purchase both a Mini Album and Childhood Mini Kit (your choice of Mini Album color and Mini Kit Edition) – heck, YES! Take advantage of the sale HERE.
While you’re there you can also pre-order all of the products that are coming in late April. We are also excited to let you know that Crafthouse will be at the Melbourne Scrapbooking & Craft Show from March 1-3. They will have samples on hand of the new products arriving later this spring and will be offering a variety of promotions during the show. Stop by to see them if you have a chance!
As for those of you reading this who are NOT in New Zealand or Australia, but you’re inspired to do a Mini Album project and motivated by a sale … we will eventually run a sale on Amazon.com but sales are very far & few between on Project Life products. We don’t know when we’ll do that just yet. When we do, we’ll give you a heads-up ahead of time so you can plan, but for now – don’t count on it happening at any particular time. Thank you Petra for sharing your Mini Album!
Tags: mini album, Project Life
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
When it comes to memory-keeping and doing something with our photos, most of us think about the hundreds or thousands of recent digital images from our life. But what about those heritage pictures that so many of us are fortunate to have inherited? When it comes to preserving those photos, I am definitely a fan of slipping those precious photos into pockets as opposed to using glues or tapes that permanently adhere them to traditional scrapbook pages.
I am often asked about a heritage edition of Project Life. Yes, we’re working on that. Yes, it will be awesome. No, I am not able to tell you the timing on that just yet. In the meantime, I do think that getting your heritage photos into a Project Life album is most definitely a wonderful idea and you definitely have some options – with or without an official Heritage Edition. One option is that you use only the Photo Pocket Pages and nothing decorative whatsoever. That’s about as classic and timeless as it gets. Another option is that you choose a Project Life Edition that best suits the photos you’re working with.
The Olive Edition of Project Life, designed by the one and only Heather Bailey, is delightfully beautiful and while many see how it’s perfect for their photos of various themes, we were thrilled to get the following note from Catherine Davis the other day. (sharing the following with her permission of course)
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Catherine writes:
Here’s what I did with the Olive Kit. I LOVE THIS. I got the kit yesterday and thought that the prints in the kit reminded me of 1940′s dresses. Then a light bulb went off. I have a bunch of photos from my Mom’s side of the family that have sat in a memory box for years. (Most of these are just color photocopies that I took pictures of for this project.) I focused a spread on my sweet grandmother and I’m just bananas over having these few memories in one place. Bananas!! The only embellishments I used were two little buttons because she loved to sew. Sniff!
Thank you YET AGAIN for all of the inspiration!
I’m getting requests from aunts, uncles and more family for copies of these spreads so I think I’m onto something. Maybe I should just say, “the Olive Kit is on sale Thursday, folks!”
Have a great weekend,
Catherine
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Did you catch the end of her note? Catherine knows something that many of you also heard via facebook, twitter, or instagram. Tomorrow is Valentines Day and we have a very special gift for our customers! Beginning around midnight tonight (Wednesday going into Thursday) Eastern Standard Time all Olive Edition items are going to be on sale for a limited time. The Core Kit, Designer Dividers, 12×12 Designer Paper, and the Album. All things Olive at 20% off through Monday. Check back tomorrow for more Olive inspiration. Aaaaand a giveaway. ; )
Tags: catherine davis, heritage, Project Life
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Thursday, October 4th, 2012
Party people! It’s Thursday! Today is extra special for a few reasons. It’s Day 1 of my Project Real Life class. Totally did not to expect to wake up with butterflies in my stomach. What the heck? And holy kindness from so many of you! Thank you for the comments I see floating around on facebook, twitter, and instagram about what you think so far. I’m so grateful that you feel good about your decision to sign up. Anyone else still interested can still totally register HERE. We haven’t closed that door yet.
But there is so much else going on today. We want to celebrate our 3rd birthday with a gift for YOU! And not just a few select winners. We want ALL of you to enjoy a little something from our team.
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{ free stuff }
We have given our FREE STUFF section a face lift, and we hope you enjoy the ease of browsing through and finding a few fun things that you can enjoy. Head on over and be sure to click refresh to be sure you’re seeing the latest update.
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{ mobile backgrounds }
Some of you know that we have offered Project Life mobile backgrounds for a while. Well guess what? We just added MORE options! Remember our Big Week of Reveals (Aug. 20 – 24 on the blog)? We have now added designs from each of those upcoming Project Life editions in our collection of mobile backgrounds! Yep. Your cell phone, iPad, whatever … can now sport a cool design that you love from any one of our Project Life editions – including the 3 Baby editions, 3 Childhood editions, the Olive Edition, and Seafoam Edition. Head on over to Free Stuff. Scroll down to the Technology section. Take your pick. Update your background. And enjoy!
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{ binder labels }
While you’re in the Free Stuff section of our website, be sure to notice that we do have Binder Labels for each Project Life edition. We have just added one to go with the Cherry Edition that was not there before. When all the new editions are released over the course of the next couple months, we’ll add those coordinating labels as well!
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{ life quote cards }
You’ll notice that we have a shiny new featured freebie on the Free Stuff page; it’s the first thing you see on that page. Our amazing designers have pulled together a collection of Project Life cards that you can print at home – or you can have outsourced with your favorite printer (our favorite is Persnickety Prints) – and place the card in your Project Life album … or use it as part of a gift tag … or stick it on the fridge … or pass it along to a friend or …
The designers of these cards are from our Creative Team, our pool of product designers, and even our own marketing director (and resident techie guru) – Kari Holt. There are several designs to choose from, a variety of generic/life quotes, and they’re all available in both vertical and horizontal format, as well as 3×4 and 4×6 sizes. Take your pick, or grab them all! They’re free. They’re fun. They’re yours.
Image from Cathy Zielske’s blog. This is the card she designed.
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{ more chances to win cool stuff }
Speaking of the awesome-sauce Creative Team … the birthday celebration continues with more, more, more! You guys KNOW how much I love our Creative Team – collectively and individually. I love them. These are not folks I contacted and said, “Will you please use my products and share them with your readers?” No. It didn’t work that way. They already loved and used Project Life. They already had a passion for documenting life. They have a knack for solid photography, and a unique style – each with her own flavor.
Right now, each member of our Creative Team has a brand-new blog post that features thoughts & tips that you’ll enjoy. Plus – they each share a couple of their favorite add-on products. AND … we are giving those products away! Do you know what this means? Each of the 13 blogs will have a different giveaway opportunity! That’s crazy fun! So be sure to check out each one.
Ali Edwards
Cathy Zielske
Deb Duty
Jennifer Woodbury
Jessica Sprague
Kelly Purkey
Lindsay Teague Moreno
Liz Tamanaha
Marcy Penner
MaryAnn Perry
Michelle Wooderson
Monica McNeill
Sheri Horton
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{ 3 random testimonials }
I used to be a traditional scrapbooker. Over the years I spent so much money on all the fun papers and embellishments that I ended up in terrible debt. This year, I finally faced my debt head-on. Starting January 1st, I decided not to buy any unnecessary items for an entire year. I called it my “Stopping Spree.” Of course I ordered my Project Life in December, so I could continue documenting my memories all year. I just feel that Project Life is such an economical way to preserve everyday life! -Kate
It’s been said that pictures are worth a thousand words. Then how much is a picture with words worth? In my opinion, it’s worth every minute that you spend putting it all together, because for every minute you spend making a scrapbook, you get the rest of your life and your kids’ lives to enjoy it. Project Life makes it all so easy, so clean and fast, and so fun. -Kathrine
Today I celebrated my grandmother’s 96th birthday with my family. NINETY SIX. It was such a special day for my family. My grandma was SO happy, and really looked like she was on top of the world this afternoon. When I got home, I grabbed a journaling card and wrote down how special today was, and how I will never forget the look of my Grandma’s face when we were all singing ‘happy birthday’ to her. She was BEAMING. I was so thankful to have an outlet for that memory. It makes me so happy I could cry to have that down on paper. Thanks again for all the wonderful work that you guys do. I already know that I am going to cherish my 2012 album forever. -Molly
Tags: cards, creative team, designers, free stuff, Project Life, quotes
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
As usual with the monthly offering of inspiration from our fabulous Creative Team, I will share just one or two little pieces from each of their respective Project Life albums. And then – whenever and wherever you want to see more – just click on the person’s name and it will take you to their blog where they each share more details, more information, more pages, more examples of how they’re using Project Life as a memory-keeping system.
We completely adore how each person’s style is so unique – in photography, with their journaling, and how they bring it all together in their albums. As you see how others are doing Project Life, our hope is that you will feel an increased desire to document life, and that you’ll be more in tune with what your own personal style is. No matter how you slice it, it’s all good. It’s your story.
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Ali Edwards
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Deb Duty
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Jennifer Woodbury
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Kelly Purkey
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Lindsay Teague Moreno
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Liz Tamanaha
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Marcy Penner
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MaryAnn Perry
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Michelle Wooderson
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Monica McNeill
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Sheri Horton
Tags: creative team, Project Life
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
This Q+A post is completely dedicated to the questions you have about last week’s Big Reveal of products that I announced and introduced. In case you missed it, here’s a re-cap: First I announced 2 new brand-new designers in the Project Life family. Elise Blaha Cripe designed the new Seafoam Edition and Heather Bailey designed the new Olive Edition. Totally different styles, and so much enthusiasm for both.
Then I announced the Baby products, and finally the Childhood products with a couple of videos … including a surprise announcement at the end of Friday’s video. It was an exciting week, and we are so grateful for your feedback and I’m happy to address many of your questions.
It’s Feedback Friday Tuesday Time!
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Q: When will your new designs be available?
A: Everything can’t be produced and delivered ALL at the same time (unfortunately). To keep you as informed as possible about when different products are expected to arrive to Amazon (for U.S. customers) – our freshly updated Products page is always the most updated with product availability, dates, and links.
For example, you can click on the CORE KITS + MINI KITS section and you’d see this (below), which includes the availability status of all of the editions. Whenever we receive production updates that affect the timing, we quickly make the necessary edits to this page so our customers are always well-informed.
If you live outside the U.S. you can inquire with your local distributor about the timing for products to arrive to your country. We have a whole section on the sidebar of the Products page called Shop by Country. That’s how you can find out who to contact.
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Q: Will there be a way to pre-order your new deigns to ensure they do not sell out?
A: For customers outside the U.S., yes. Just contact your local distributor, as I just outlined.
For U.S. customers, we would love to make this happen but have been limited by Amazon’s inability to do pre-orders on our products. But believe me – we are looking into other ways to make this possible. We would love it just as much as you!
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Q: Will your new designs be available digitally? What about your new plastics designs?
A: Absolutely. Every edition that we offer is (or will be) available in the form of digital elements as well. Right now all of our digital products can be found on JessicaSprague.com and we anticipate all the NEW designs (Seafoam Edition, Olive Edition, Baby Editions, and Childhood Editions) will be available around November. We’re also working on adding the new Photo Pocket Page (“plastics”) designs soon.
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Q: Will your new deigns be available through Shutterfly?
A: That’s up for discussion. Shutterfly is not carrying ALL Project Life editions (their choice; not ours) but they do currently have the Turquoise Edition + the Clementine Edition available, with the possibility of adding another for next year. Stay tuned for more information.
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Q: Will there be a coordinating binder for all your new designs?
A: We will have coordinating binders for the Seafoam + Olive Editions (the images weren’t ready in time for last week’s reveal. I’ll share pictures when we have those). However, we will not likely have “designer” binders for the Baby and Childhood editions. Instead we plan to offer classic, solid-colored We R Memory Keepers binders that coordinate beautifully.
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Q: Will you be offering coordinating 12×12 patterned paper for your new designs – including Cherry?
A: Yes, the 12×12 Patterned Paper for Seafoam + Olive + Baby editions will arrive with the other products for those new editions. You can see a sampling in those respective posts last week. It’s possible we’ll bring back the Cherry 12×12 Patterned Paper in the future, but with sooooo much else coming out right now, it’s not exactly on the very top of the list. We’re also holding off on producing Childhood 12×12 Patterned Paper for now, simply because (like I said earlier) we can’t do EVERYthing all at the same time. Same goes for the other already-existing editions. We’re not ready to reprint those packs of Patterned Paper just yet.
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Q: I am super excited about your new Bazzill cardstock. Will the new designs have matching cardstock as well?
A: That’s something that I don’t know how to answer just yet. When the little boxes of 3×4 Textured Cards and 4×6 Textured Cards show up on Amazon in the next couple weeks, this will be the first time we’ve had these available. In other words, we have no idea if they’ll be super hot, or if people just don’t take to those items as well. Once we see how things go with those, we’ll be able to tell if it makes sense to offer the same thing for our new editions coming late this year.
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Q: Is your upcoming Baby Kit meant to cover only the first year of life? Or could we use it for our toddlers?
A: The Baby Core Kits are really designed to document baby’s first year. However, if you wanted to carry the album into the toddler years, you absolutely can. The Core Kit includes so many cards that do not have specific prompts on them so that you can use them for any themes or topics or photos.
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Q: How much will the new Baby Core Kits cost?
A: All Core Kits are approximately the same number of cards and same packaging. So the Baby Core Kits will be the same price as our other Core Kits.
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Q: Outside of the US most of us say “Mum” instead of “Mom.” Are there cards in your new Baby kit with that wording?
A: The vast majority of our products are sold to U.S. customers. It would be nearly impossible for us to conform to everyone’s specific needs for every product we create. For this reason, you’ll always find plenty of “blank”/versatile cards in every kit we offer, allowing you to journal however you’d like. However, this would a time that we’ll make an exception – because we love our international customers. : )
Around the time that the digital elements become available (November?) – we will have a handful of cards from the Baby kits that have “Mum” instead of “Mom” and we will make this available at no cost for anyone who wants them.
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Q: I want to order multiple Baby kits to mix and match. Is there anything that makes the pink for girls and blue for boys besides the color?
A: It’s really just a color change. Maybe the word “girl” or “boy” pops up like once on one of the cards in the respective editions, but these 3 baby editions are all the same graphic designs but different COLORS between edition. There’s also a pattern or two that changes between the editions, but that’s it. Example – we included a damask/feminine pattern in the “For Her” edition and a zig zag/chevron pattern in the “For Him”. They’re ALL yummy – and mixing + matching the editions could be a really fun idea!
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Q: I can hardly wait for your new Childhood Mini Kits. You mentioned that the box will hold 100 cards. How many will be title cards and how many will be Journaling cards?
A: There are (10) 4×6 Title Cards + (10) 4×6 Journaling Cards + (40) Prompt Cards + (40) Journaling Cards. All are double-sided so that you have vertical and horizontal options.
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Q: How much will your new mini kits cost?
A: We don’t know yet.
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Q: How many pages will your Mini Album hold?
A: There are 20 pages. If you were to pair a Mini Album with a Mini Kit, one layout would look like this: (1) 4×6 Title/Journaling Card + (4) 3×4 Prompt/Journaling Cards + (3) 4×6 photos. So the Mini Kit would provide the exact number of cards you would need to complete a Mini Album, along with (60) 4×6 photos. Obviously you can do whatever you want, but that hopefully gives you a better idea. I have loaded all the cards of a Mini Kit into one of the Mini Albums and will plan to share a video of this soon. It’s so stinking fun + easy!
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Q: Can you share more about your vision for the mini kits and what other products you are considering? Will there be holiday or vacation mini kits?
A: The vision is BIG + FUN, but how about I just give you enough of a glimpse that you’ll catch a piece of the vision with me? We’re staring with Childhood Mini Kits and a few colors of the Mini Albums. Obviously Mini Kit + Mini Album = the perfect fit and the easiest and most fun way to assemble a mini album with EASE. Very Project Life style. So naturally, the mini kits will expand into different themes: Baby, Holidays, All About Me, Heritage … our list is long.
But this isn’t just about creating mini albums. This is about having a handful (100) cards of a particular theme or style that you can mix into ANY Project Life album you have in the works. For example, I’m using the Childhood Mini Kits to build my kids’ 12×12 albums. Another example: Let’s say you’re doing a 12×12 Project Life album that documents your family’s year. The Holidays Mini Kit (which will include all the major holidays) will have cards that you can use on those specific layouts you want to do about your holidays + celebrations throughout the year. Make sense?
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{ we’re so happy that you’re happy }
From Danielle: I totally appreciate the “manly” edition, as I have a house full of a guys! I’m the only girl here, and it is hard to find really great scrapbooking materials that reflect a more masculine style. So thank you for thinking of the guys with your Seafoam Edition!
From Beth: Oh. My. Goodness. I am in love! Feminine without being cutesy. I am going to be seriously stalking Amazon, Facebook, and the blog come November so that I can grab your new Olive Edition.
From Becky: Was 3 months behind on Project Life due to a busy summer. Just caught up in 3 hours. Thank you for making documenting life do-able during the toddler years.
From Lauren: My hubby and I are hoping to get pregnant withour first baby in the next year and I just know this will be the first thing I buy once I see the positive sign. I can’t think of a better way to document welcoming our first baby into the world.
From Tara: A- this week was awesome. B- I love everything. C- those mini albums: LOVE!
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Thursday, July 26th, 2012
I am too tired to try to comprehend how on earth this happened. Within hours of blogging about the delays and how it would be next Friday before we see the plastics arrive, they start showing up on Amazon tonight! I completely do not understand what is going on this week but I am sooooo happy – as I am sure many of you are – to have these hot items available now!
This just in: Amazon has just received truckloads FULL of our newest plastics! If you are outside the U.S., please be sure to check with your local distributor (listed by country/region HERE) – because they either already have these items in stock, or will be shipping very soon.
As you browse through this blog post, simply click on the product name wherever it’s listed and that will link you directly to that specific listing on Amazon. All links are also being updated on our Products page right now.
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Our Big Envelope Pages were already in stock but the Tall Envelope Pages + Small Envelope Pages are brand new – and will make the perfect little home to store memorabilia in your scrapbooks. The flap tucks flat + neat – so no bulk from a snap. All 3 sizes have a clear pocket on the front to label contents – Big holds a 4×6 card; Tall + Small hold a 3×4 card. Yep – we think of the little things.
Tall Envelope Pages
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Small Envelope Pages
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Finally – FINALLY – You have a place to put those portraits, certificates, documents, works of art, and other important items – without having to create a whole scrapbook page around them. These are our new Page Protectors (same awesome quality of our Photo Pocket Pages – but no divided pockets).
5×7 Page Protectors – Horizontal
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5×7 Page Protectors – Vertical
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8×10 Page Protectors – Horizontal
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8×10 Vertical Page Protectors
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8.5×11 Page Protectors – Horizontal
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8.5×11 Page Protectors – Vertical
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Page Protectors – Small Variety Pack 2
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Instagram has us all taking square pictures these days, but let’s not forget old Polaroids and other square format pictures from years past. You’ll love these smaller sized pages that are perfect for adding a few extra pictures between layouts.
Photo Pocket Pages – Design H
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Photo Pocket Pages – Design I
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Photo Pocket Pages – Design J
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Photo Pocket Pages – Small Variety Pack 1
{ bummer }
Yes – Unfortunately all of the Design G Photo Pocket Pages in these Variety Packs were found to be … not perfect. They still “work” and they’re still totally functional. But the pocket sizes are slightly incorrect (in the whole batch – *sigh*) which means that our 3×4 and 4×6 cards aren’t a PERFECT fit in the pockets.
{ good news }
On the bright side, we have automatically discounted this Small Variety Pack 1 on Amazon. The pack of 12 has been reduced $2.00 – so it’s $4.99 instead of $6.99 because of the 3 “defective” pages that are in the package. This would absolutely be a FANTASTIC time to pick up the sampling of new Photo Pocket Pages. And besides – Design G (in perfect condition) – is available in its own pack of 12, if you are sad to miss out of those in the Variety Pack.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience (trust me) and yes – new packs are being produced now (with the correction) and I’ll keep you updated when I have an estimated arrival date.
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It’s amazing how some plastic pages can make some of us very, very giddy. I know without a doubt that so many of those feelings come from a place of relief knowing that there are all these excellent products that help us get our memory-keeping done without all the fuss, without all the time, without the overwhelming feeling that scrapbooks have to be utterly time-consuming to put together.
We are happy to deliver solution-based products, and I sincerely hope you enjoy your new goodies.
If you have questions about any of these products please remember that the Amazon listing shows several pictures per item – and also has a list of product features that will likely answer your questions. However, feel free to leave a question in the Comments if you’re still unsure about something. I’ll do my very best to respond.
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Thursday, July 26th, 2012
I seriously don’t know how we lucked out to have our Core Kits show up in the system today, after all we’ve been through this week but … who cares!? I would say this feels like Christmas in July … but really – it will feel more like that when the REST of our stuff arrives next week – including all the new plastics. But Christmas Eve in July?? SURE!
The question I get a lot is “how fast will these sell out?” and friends – I just don’t know. If you are holding out on getting a Core Kit for when the plastics show up next week, I totally get that. But I know a lot of you don’t want to risk it. That’s your call.
Know this: We already have more of every edition being made right now so IF you go to order and the Core Kit you want is saying that it’s currently unavailable … please don’t stress out. More are coming. They are being delivered to Amazon in batches so what just arrived today is just one batch, with more on the way.
Got it? Good. Let’s move on to shopping! Click on the links that will take you straight to that listing on Amazon so you don’t have to search around.
Organizational Tray
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Cherry Core Kit
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Clementine Core Kit
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Amber Core Kit
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Turquoise Core Kit
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Cobalt Core Kit
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Be sure what you’re buying looks like these, by the way! It seems as though the OLD Amazon listings for our OLD Core Kits (that are more “boxy”) are still floating around, even though the products don’t exist anymore. By clicking on the links in this post, you should be A-OK. : )
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