Scrapbooking Made Easy with Project Life®

January 23, 2014

You would think that because I’m crafty, scrapbooking would come easy. Unfortunately it is quite the opposite. I love taking pictures of my family, but I’ve always dreaded the thought of having to create a photo album. The perfectionist in me wanted a flawless scrapbook. For years I’ve been putting this daunting task off and now suddenly my oldest is almost 5 and we have NOT ONE family album or completed baby book. Just as I was feeling like I failed my family, I discovered Project Life by Becky Higgins!

If you have never heard of Project Life, it is an incredibly simple memory-keeping system that saves you time and energy and leaves you with a stunning photo album!

No need to cut or glue because everything comes ready for you in each Project Life core kit. I chose the Honey Edition
along with the 12 X 12 Classic Faux Leather Binder in Cherry
. I loved the vibrant colors and adorable pre-designed title cards and journaling cards that came with this kit. It was like every card had the perfect pattern and message. It was so easy to find one that matched every photo and page. Here are some of my favorites:

You can choose from a variety of photo pocket pages that go into your binder. I preferred the Big Variety Pack 2 (60 Pages)
which came with pages to fit horizontal and vertical 4×6 photos. I used the smaller pockets on each page for a mixture of title cards/journaling cards and trimmed photos. So just to clarify you need 3 basic items to complete one album:
1. 12×12 Binder
2. Project Life® Core Kit
3. Big Pack of Photo Pocket Pages

Below are some of my favorite pages from my 2013 Project Life Family Album. These were extremely simple to put together. I just slide the pictures into the photo pockets and used the journaling cards to write a short blurb about what was happening. I printed out 650 photos from this past year. This was the hard part since I had so many photos to go through. If you want to create an album for an entire year, I suggest printing out photos as you take them. That is what I am doing for this years album! But the best part of Project Life is that you can use it however you want. If you want to have a picture for each day of the year or only one page for each month of the year, you can do that! You don’t even have to make a “yearly” album. Use it for a special event. They have so many different editions/kits that you are sure to find something to suit you. I also love that you can easily add and rearrange pages and photos so nothing has to be in order as you go. And if you are really feeling creative you can add your own embellishments!

I truly feel such a sense of accomplishment and pride in this album. I am so incredibly happy to have this book of memories that I can show my kids when they are older. My husband and I had such a great time looking back on 2013 and remembering all these precious moments. I was so happy with the Project Life system that I went ahead and purchased a mini album to use for my daughters baby book 🙂 You can find out more about Project Life, including video tutorials HERE.

Project Life is now sold on Amazon!

And because I want you to be able to try out Project Life for yourself, I am giving away a

$30 Amazon Gift Card

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* Thank you to Becky Higgins and the good people at Project Life for giving me a Project Life album to review and use. I was not paid for this post and all opinions about the product are my own.