Project Life - The Beginning

A number of month ago I started ready Elise's blog as she tackles many crafting and sewing projects that hit my taste exactly.  One of the major ongoing projects she completes is Project Life.  Project Life is basically a more structured and laid out form of picture archiving and scrapbooking.  Scrapbooking has always been something I thought about starting, however I was extremely intimidated by the amount of product out there, the cost I assumed was involved, as well as the creativity and vision required to make books and pages look full and interesting.  All of these reasons kept me from starting any scrapbooks, although I did purchase a tool or paper set from time to time.  What I really wanted was some form of a venue to actually print some of the pictures I take from day to day and actually document, in print, memories and events.

Enter and welcome to project life.

I ADORE this project.  The project life kits come with picture sleeves (a few different layouts as well), as well as a massive amount of cards and paper, all which fit perfectly into the sleeves.  To me, this is the ideal type of "scrapbook".  Everything is straight, in order and each and every page looks full and complete.  I plan on dividing my book by month and completing 3-5 pages at the end of every one.

To this day, I love flipping through the photo books at my parents house that my Mom put together over the years.  I truly hope that the kids will enjoy doing the same with the ones I am creating now.  I only wish that I had started this sooner.  Regardless if they are interested or not, I know that I will most definitely frequent their pages often and enjoy the pictures and the text, all while taking trips through my memories.

And now, as Elise always says...It is month one and I LOVE this project.  I know that this love will continue for years to come!