What Is Project Life?

I have had several people mention that they are just getting started with Project Life, or they aren't sure what it's all about. Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up. Ha! Gotta love The Princess Bride! Anyway...the original concept was to take a photo a day, use one journaling card per picture and a title card, slip them all into divided page protectors and was called Project 365. There was only one core kit and one page protector design. Then they came out with a few new core kits and page protectors and renamed it Project Life. Now there are around 22 different core kits, as well as mini kits, themed kits and value kits. You can read more about Project Life here and you can see products here and find retailers near you under 'support' at the bottom of the page. There are also lots of options for digital Project Life here.

There are several different ways you can use Project Life. You can go with the original concept of a picture a day to capture everyday moments-four 2 pg weekly layouts, or a week at a glance-weekly layouts, but not necessarily a picture a day, this is how I do our family album, or monthly-some months will have more layouts than others, this is how I do my son's album, or use it to document birthdays and holidays etc. Really, you can use it however it works for you. You can simply place journaling cards and your photos into the pocket pages or if you still want to get a little scrappy with it and add some embellishments you can do that too.

2014 cover page of our family album

When I first started using Project Life, I stuck to one core kit per album/year and did weekly layouts. Now with so many kits and other companies joining the pocket scrapbooking partay, I have a TON of cards and mix it up. So far I have been doing a family album and an album for my son, both weekly, until this year, I switched his album to monthly and kept our family album weekly. I'm debating whether I will continue with two albums next year.

In addition to the Becky Higgins Project Life brand products, there are several companies that offer monthly kit subscriptions. Studio Calico Citrus Twist Kits Gossamer Blue Cocoa Daisy Paper Camellia are just a few of the companies that offer pocket scrapbooking monthly kits. I've subbed to Studio Calico in the past and have had a sub to Citrus Twist Kits for over a year. I love my CTK! It's so fun getting happy mail from them every month! There are also several Project Life groups on Facebook as well as lots of Project Lifers to follow in Instagram!

So that's Project Life! I hope I covered the basics for you. If you have any questions I didn't answer, please leave a comment and I'll do my best to answer. I'm planning on doing more posts about my PL process, organization etc. so be on the look out for more info soon! Thanks for stopping by!