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I’ve inadvertently been doing Project Life for the last 6 months

06/01/2015 by heatherawsumb

2015-01-04 15.23.21 Back in June I learned about this fun app called “Collect” where you select a photo and write a few words and it creates a 3×4 card. I’ve been trying to do one everyday and have done reasonably well – missing maybe once a week on average. From time to time I had more than one photo so I made little collages using the Diptic app. So when I was ordering prints of my scrapbook pages I threw in copies of all the 3×4 cards. Those plus a 6×8 album with page protectors that fit 4 3×4 cards on each side and some Project Life cards = my inadvertent Project Life album. What I loved about my approach: 1) The simplicity of not having to decide what photo should be what size or orientation. They were all the same. 2) Not focusing on representing any given week or chronological period, other than to put the photos in chronologically. It was incredibly freeing. Every layout looked the same – three photos + one PL card – whether I missed none, or one or two photos in any given week. 3) That it gave me an outlet for those day-to-day photos that may not warrant a whole layout itself. 4) 6×8 is a very manageable size. The most difficult part was selecting what PL cards to go where and trying to place them somewhat at random. I could have left it at just the photos and cards, but I purchased this Project Life Value Pack designed by Heidi Swapp that came with some fun gold chipboard elements that I added to cards and photos throughout. Now that I’m 6 months in I figure I’ll finish out the year. I loved looking back at the glimpses of my day-to-day life and think this will become a treasured album in the future. After a year I’ll see if I’m still loving it and want to continue.

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