week one-project life

Hopefully, every Sunday I will be able to do a little "showing" of my Project Life pages for that week :)

Week One is complete and I am totally in love with this style of documentation.  I can't even call it Scrapbooking or art journaling because it's something so different.

Project Life totally works for me and my life right now and I am so excited to continue on with this project.

Welcome to my week one:

I have had a few questions about Project Life and I will answer them the best I can (for only having done this for 2 weeks so far).

Q:  Where do you get the materials for Project Life?

A: I bought my page protectors and Clementine "core kit" from Amazon.  To be honest, if I do this again, I probably won't even purchase a core kit.  I have enough paper around and photos to use up all of the space.  However, for a first timer the core kit is really helpful and helped me understand Project Life better.  I have bought some little extra things like a date stamp and other 2x4 papers from Etsy.  There are a lot of cute printables and ideas on Pinterest.  You can check out my PL pinboard for some ideas.

Q:  Is this project time consuming?

A:  I have had no troubles at all trying to fit this project into my schedule.  I am a "right now" type of person so I like to work on it my pages each day.  I usually do this at night, and it may just be editing a photo or doing some quick journaling as a reminder.  Last night, Saturday, I looked at everything I had done throughout the week and then I worked on tweaking  few things to make it more cohesive and a bit more "blinged out."  I have spent maybe 15-20 minutes on it each night.  I have read on other people's blogs that they like to save everything and dedicate one day a week to put it all together.  Whatever works for you, do it!! 

Q:  Where do you print all of your photos?

A:  Like I mentioned previously, there are a lot of coupon codes for Snapfish and Walgreens where I can get my photos in an hour.  I use them only if I can get my prints for free :)  I started out by going through my iPhoto and finding filler photos that I may want to use throughout the year to journal on or to use as a header photo.  Since that is a bigger order, that is what I used Walgreens for with my free coupon code.  I just got ink for my printer yesterday and it was heavenly to be able to print my photos right here at home.  Other than that, I have my Instax which works PERFECTLY for all of the 2x4 sections on my pages :)

Q:  How do you type your journaling onto your photos?

A:  I use Photo Shop Elements.  I definitely don't use it to it's full potential but it was a  great investment and takes my photos to the next level.  Highly recommend it :)

Ok, that's all I got right now :)  Again, I have only just started on this little Project Life adventure, and I am sure I will learn more cool things as the year goes on.

I love it.

Thanks for checking out my pages!!

xo

janel

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