Project Life 365

I have always loved scrapbooking - that much is obvious. But I have struggled with the idea of needing to cover everything chronologically, and since I would like to scrap everything from my senior year of high school to the present and onward (we're talking 4+ years of events, moments, and inspirations, not to mention every passing day with things happening - overwhelming) I also get the feeling that I'll never accomplish that or 'catch up.'

And that is disappointing.

But I came across something called Project Life by Becky Higgins, and although buying kits is not the way I approach scrapbooking, I do like what she's doing.

The basic concept is using photo pocket pages (think baseball card sheets but way better) and designing layouts using these slots for pictures, journaling, and random memories. Essentially it's like taking the odds and ends of life (things I love like ads in the mail that have pretty designs, tags from clothes, receipts from important purchases, memorabilia, etc) and placing them with thoughts and conversations from daily activities and combining them with photographs. It creates an awesome way of celebrating life, daily life, not just weddings, birthdays, and holidays.

What I love even more is the other people I have found doing Project Life (mostly throughpinterest - seriously addictive though) and my favorite by far has been Ali Edwards - her layouts are so creative and amazing. She uses multiple sizes of photo pocket pages, and even sews and trims larger ones to fit the specific thing she is scrapping. Her Project Life 365 tagged blog entires are addictive, she's on Week 26 and I've drooled over each week multiple times (not so good for the macbook..)

So I'll leave you with this image of how awesome Ali is!

I have ordered the photo pages and small journaling cards - I can't wait to start putting my own spin on this project! I always want to write down things I hear or see during the day, but I don't believe in posting all those random things for the world to see on Facebook or Twitter, so having this as a way to record things just fascinates me. Plus now I'll have a place to organize all of my movie tickets and shopping bags. If that's not bliss I don't know what is.