Did you start a PL album this year?

Valgal

Valgal

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Are you still doing it or did you let it go? Even with all the drama happening in my life I've managed to keep it up. Sometimes I fall behind a week or two but I always catch back up.

If you've kept up with it, why do you think that is?

For me, knowing how much work I've already put into it, and remembering what an awesome photo book it will be, is enough to keep me going. Also I've got a good rhythm going and it doesn't take me quite as long to do my spreads as it did the first couple months.
 
I decided not to do one this year. (I still have about six weeks left of my 2015 album to finish, but I WILL eventually get it done!). I love PL and my weekly pages, but for me, it was SO time consuming. This year, I wanted to get back into scrapping more non-PL pages, and I just knew I wouldn't have time to do both. I think it's AWESOME that you've kept up with yours, especially with all you've been going through lately! Can't wait to see your finished product. :)
 
I did... I think this is the fifth straight year??

And I'm way behind for the first time ever. I also gave birth in January so it's pretty obvious the reason! Haha.

I will get it done. No doubts. :)
 
No I did not. I started on in 2012 when I got pregnant with the little man. It was such a bittersweet pregnancy; he was our miracle child, but the entire pregnancy we were told he wasn't going to live. His twin did not make it, but he did (obviously). I stopped scrapping because I didn't want to scrap another loss. I had done that previously and it was really hard--almost made me stop scrapping. So I stopped incase he didn't make it and then once he came out, he had such bad reflux that I never got back to it. Sometimes I look back and think I should finish it. I got all the way through July, but part of me doesn't want to go back and relive the emotional rollercoaster of the rest of my pregnancy. Maybe one of these days I'll finish. I don't know.

With that said, I didn't want to start another year because I knew I didn't finish 2012 and if I picked it up again, I'd pick it up from there.
 
I didn't start one this year but I AM still working on the one from last year! I figure one every 2 years is about right for me. :D
 
marlathrall said:
I did... I think this is the fifth straight year??

And I'm way behind for the first time ever. I also gave birth in January so it's pretty obvious the reason! Haha.

I will get it done. No doubts. :)
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Yeah, you get a free pass, lol!
 
Neverland Scraps said:
No I did not. I started on in 2012 when I got pregnant with the little man. It was such a bittersweet pregnancy; he was our miracle child, but the entire pregnancy we were told he wasn't going to live. His twin did not make it, but he did (obviously). I stopped scrapping because I didn't want to scrap another loss. I had done that previously and it was really hard--almost made me stop scrapping. So I stopped incase he didn't make it and then once he came out, he had such bad reflux that I never got back to it. Sometimes I look back and think I should finish it. I got all the way through July, but part of me doesn't want to go back and relive the emotional rollercoaster of the rest of my pregnancy. Maybe one of these days I'll finish. I don't know.

With that said, I didn't want to start another year because I knew I didn't finish 2012 and if I picked it up again, I'd pick it up from there.
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OMG what a year! Either you didn't talk about it much or I just missed it all. I'm sorry :(
 
I did one in 2013 and 2014 and loved it. I still love looking back on those pages.

I tried to change things up in 2015 by doing things by theme vs. chronology but got behind... and then we moved... and then we moved AGAIN, and I gave myself permission to let it go. I thought abt doing it in 2016 but never got anywhere with it.

I did just find (as in today) a journal app (it's literally called Journal) that is Android-friendly that I'll be testing out when I do my Countdown to Christmas album this year. If it works as well as it's supposed to be/I've heard, I think I will try really hard to do PL in some form for 2017.

I always have a hard time deciding how to do both PL and non-PL pages without a lot of crossover or duplication so I hope using the app to record all the little stories/sayings/bits of the day will give me 'enough' for my PL that I can use all the bigger stories and events for my non-PL pages.
 
I did a Christmas album the last 2 years and I looooove looking through them, but if I tried to this year it would kinda suck.
 
Valgal said:
OMG what a year! Either you didn't talk about it much or I just missed it all. I'm sorry :(
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I dealt with it all on my own, internally. It wasn't until recently that I started talking about it because my oldest didn't take it too well and wishes I would be more open about them, both his twin and the baby we lost in GA. It was a pretty rough couple of years for her , trying to understand what happened. Looking back, I think I was selfish in grieving by myself and not with my family, allowing them to grieve as a whole unit. So now, I'm trying to mend/heal their loss--especially my oldest.
 
P365/PL are my favorite albums.. I figure if I can at least get those done, any other pages that expand on the "story" of life is bonus... uhm, I just finished 2012... all the other years are in various stages. However, I still start them every year and I know that I will get them done... need something to use those pretty monthly kits a few of the designers release every month, right?
 
I've done it every year for the past four or five years... I don't do it as a separate project though. I do monthly PL pages (4-6 pages per month depending how busy the month is) and then just slot them into my annual family album. Doing it monthly keeps it under control for me. I still need to do August but I'm beavering away on a book for my recent holiday to Central Australia - I'm up to 78 pages so far - no single one of those pages is finished yet though!!
 
This is my 4th year of PL. I almost didn't start it this year--I love having the completed pages, but for my first 3 years my PL pages took me forever and started to feel like a chore. I finished the first year but then full further and further behind each year.

Then the Project Life app released for Android at the end of February, and it was a game changer for me. I can finally make quick and simple pages and just get them DONE--on my computer I have too many fabulous supplies, so I want to pile on the elements and other fun things. Plus there are a lot of times during the week when I can't sit down and scrap at the computer but can squeeze in 15 minutes on my phone or tablet.

I went into this year's PL saying that I was going to give it a try using the app, but I'd already given myself permission to give up PL if it still felt like a chore. I'm happy to say that since the end of Feb I've completed the last 20 weeks of 2015 and am almost current with 2016. Now that PL is getting done without taking over all my scrap time, I'm scrapping more (meaning non-PL pages) and enjoying it more. It's been a win-win, and I love the way my 2016 album is coming together so far. I mix PL and traditional digital pages together in the same album arranged chronologically.
 
Last year I decided that after doing 3 years of digital pocket scrapping, I wanted to get my hands dirty with paper. So my 2015 album (which is like 80% finished) is all paper, and I love it! I assumed I would continue in that path, so I bought a few new sets of PL cards while we were in the US at Christmas...then I got back here and realized I'M DONE WITH PAPER.

I really love my "undo" button! So I did the first half of this year in paper, but starting with July, I will be using Misty's Words & Pictures templates and my vast collection of digital supplies. Here's what I have so far:
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The making of that one spread made my heart fill up with happiness! I love putting my favorite kits to good use. : )
 
I've been doing a mish-mosh of traditional & PL this year, and was happy with that set up. And then my 10yo had to do a timeline report while our computer (& therefore photos) was out of commission (nothing bad, just didn't have access). Anyhow...going back thru the last 5 years of PL, even though most had incomplete sections, was so amazing. I need to get back into that somehow.


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This is my 3rd year of digital PL and I'm feeling a little burned out. I'd like to change it up for 2017. I'm thinking of doing monthly spreads instead of weekly and trying to keep them super simple but I haven't decided for sure.
 
I do paper PL and yes, am still 100% in. This is year three for me and it's simply a part of the way I think now... I love how both paper PL and digi 'regular' pages allow me to tell both big and small stories...
 
Conceptually, I love the idea of PL ... but I never commit to it, since I know I'd never keep up with it. I love hearing how much everyone treasures there PL pages. Maybe I could do a monthly version, lol.
 
Last year I did my first PL album and I absolutely love it! The kids love looking through it and I feel all warm and fussy inside when I think of how much they will treasure these albums when they start a family of their own, and how much I will treasure the books when I'm getting old and senile. I started this year too and have so far kept up, a few weeks here and there end up being a week or two late, and there is this one page of a weekly spread that I just can't seem to finish. I WILL be doing them every year for as long as I have the energy and inspiration.

Pros:
I know exactly what picture was taken when and where, when I go back to scrap a traditional page about it.
My kids will know all the little things and it makes me appreciate the day to day memories, not just the big happenings.


Cons:
My traditional scrapping has been forced onto the sidelines.
I'm rarely in the pictures myself (although I take a bunch of selfies to make up for it).
Printing a 100 something page book is exencive.
I want to try the paper version, but somehow it's too time consuming and I love how my digital books look printed.
 
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