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2021 Project Life-ready to print??
Last year, for the first time ever, I was ready to order my PL book as soon as the first sale of the year was announced. This year…..well, hoping for a late spring sale!
I’ve only got 18 weeks completely done. 17 more have photos & journaling in & are waiting for the papers & embellishments. 5 have photos but need journaling & then the papers etc. 12 haven’t been started at all I wish I would have stayed caught up, but I’m happy with what I have & have actually made a good bit of progress since Christmas. How’s your project coming along? Have you done a better job than I have staying current this year?? If you’re in the same boat as me, what’s your plan of attack?
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That is STILL a huge accomplishment! You should feel proud of yourself.
I am caught up except for kitting out a spread from the last week of October--photos and journaling have been done for weeks, but I haven't been in the mood for fall kits in a while, lol. I print all my pages together, the project life + regular pages in (don't judge me, hahaha) 4 volumes each year. And I work on the volume from the previous year, so I'm working to finish 2020 vol. 4 right now. I also scrap the current year, especially for Babe/ CT pages, but I don't feel any pressure to finish it until the next year. I also tend to "hoard" photos for Babe pages, so I won't want to scrap all of this Christmas right now, because I know next November I'm going to need those photos to show off some new kits and goodies. Am I the only one who does this? I know you'll be able to whip out those remaining pages in no time! And I'm sure Shutterfly or whomever you use will be having regular sales.
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And makes so much sense to work on this year next year with fresh kits & goodies!
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WTG on what you have done so far!!
I am going to have to look back bc I don't think I have any pages for 2021 OR 2020 done! I guess I know what my New Year's project(s) will be- lol!
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But I'm guessing you've kept up with your daily journaling emails? My favorite books/pages are the years/weeks in which I took your advice to at least keep up with the journaling! I love reading back and knowing the feelings, conversations, etc. instead of just kind of a description of the pictures.
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I send myself an email daily recapping the day, jotting down a memory, etc. I copy + paste these emails into my PL weekly pages.
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That is an awesome idea!
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I'm impressed with what you have done so far! I didn't even decide how I was going to scrap 2021 until Cindy released her Universal Album on Black Friday last month. I've got January & February done, and March-June have pictures in the templates but no journaling or kit.
On a positive note, however, my 2019 album only lacks ONE PAGE (though I can't remember where I saved it and may have to start over on it, lol), so the next time Shutterfly has free pages, I'll be ready!
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Oh man...good luck finding that 2019 page!
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That's a great accomplishment so far! Keep at it!
I'm about a year behind. Now, I'm playing, "let's go back and scrap the pages that I didn't feel like doing, or I was waiting for CT stuff." Now's the time to get it done so I can print in January or February. I love having 2019 printed. Not sure how I'll feel about 2020. LOL
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I'm still plugging along on my project, but I don't even try to stay current. Like Krista, I do all my journaling notes as things happen and then go back to them whenever I finally get around to those pages. I do them in a diary-type app and them import a text version to Word to store with my photos.
As for the scrapping, I work on a 6-month period at a time and finish it 100% (Project Life and all other pages) before I move on. I've been about 18 months behind for years; I thought 2021 would finally be the year I got to only 12 months behind, but then I decided to go back to school and ended up back around 18-months behind. I'm on May 2020 right now, and I'm hoping to finish the first half of 2020 by late January. I have 2016-2019 completely done and printed and 2013-2016 mostly done and printed.
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UPDATE! I have just 5 pages left to get photos & journaling in, and then lots of 'kitting out' to do!
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WTG! I just finished my DD 2021 so next is 2020 PL!!
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That is wonderful!!!! From all the tips in this thread, I've started a word doc and I'm going to journal in it every day - at least something. I already find that when I do that I'm thinking - "I sure wish I had taken a picture to document that." So I'm hoping that will help me to remember to take out my phone and snap a picture of this and that throughout my day and put me in a different mindset. Be more aware, I guess that is what I'm trying to say. I already store my photos by year/month, so I think I'm going to do my journaling by weeks and then save them into the same folders as my photos.
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WOW!!!! You did an amazing job!
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I'm still plugging away on my pages. I'm old-school in that I still use a paper planner, so I jot everything down in there. It helps a ton when I go back and look at my weeks, especially if it's a week I haven't taken many photos. I can flesh out the page with some journaling and such. I've got about a quarter done of 2019, started 2020, and about a quarter of 2021.
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I love paper planners too... I especially love being able to write things down and check them off. Silly, I know, but it makes me happy. I'll even write things down after the fact so I can check them off too. Of course, it's good to have the info for later, when I inevitably fall behind in my weekly pages. LOL Last edited by Ponytails; 01-10-2022 at 06:53 PM. |
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This is amazing! WTG!! I am still scrapping pics from 2006, so behind. I have thought about taking on a monthly approach to it or taking all the soccer pics from the year...picking a focal pic and pocket scrap the rest...Not sure but need to catch up!
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This thread has inspired me...I am jumping into PL 2018. I am half way done.
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My update: on December 25, I had 17 weeks finished, and now, Jan 25, I have 17 left to finish! (And weeks 1&2 of 2022 are done, too!) Yay!
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Way to go! I've been working diligently on my 2021 album as well. I've completed up to Week 19, and I've also got Weeks 1 & 2 done for 2022. I'm really planning/hoping to stay on top of this year while completing the older stuff.
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Wow, great progress!
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I just started doing yearly albums about this time last year, I think. I have finished and ordered my 2021 album (it should be here next week!!). And I've got about 1/3 done of both 2019 and 2020, since I'm working on them bit by bit. 2022 so far is up to date. I don't know why I never thought of doing this before. It's such a great way to document the daily stuff you wouldn't normally scrap about. I can't wait to get my 2021 album!
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