Project Life ® Tuesday

Happy Project Life® Tuesday!

Today I am switching things up a bit and I’m going to show you all a couple of videos that will you give you some insight into how I organize, edit, print and cut my photos for my Project Life®.

I’ve broken the videos down to two pretty short videos. The first one is going to show you just a glimpse into how I keep things organized and how I print my 3×4 photos and the smaller photos that you see on my pages.

The second video is going to show you how I use the awesome photo templates that I love to switch things up a bit and add a bit extra to my Project Life® without taking up a lot of time.

So let’s begin, shall we? Oh, and please excuse my dorkiness. Ha! I’m SO not good at these videos, but I hope they help! :)

Oh, and you can click on the video – watch it at youtube.com and click on the gear icon and put it in 1080 HD and it’s MUCH more clear! :)

Here’s the first video!

 Ok, so a few things I wanted to go over.

• You can find that super cute organizational desktop wallpaper HERE. LOVE it! :)

•  The printer that I love and use is the Canon Pixma iP4600.

• The photo paper that I use is the Office Depot Professional Photo Paper 4×6 in Gloss. Yep, I use Office Depot brand. LOL. It’s quality and price are great and so – why not? :)

• The trimmer I use is the Fiskars Rotary Trimmer. Sometimes it doesn’t cut the straightest, but this is what I use. ;)

• I get asked this a lot – “Do you plan your pages in advance? I hardly EVER plan my pages in advance. Honestly I just don’t have the time for it. Here’s the reason why I don’t really NEED to plan my pages … this is a secret so don’t tell anyone. LOL! ;) My Project Life® is NOT done on a weekly basis. By that I mean, I haven’t ever done the two-page spread that is week so and so through so and so. Nope. Just too stressful for me. I THINK I started out doing it that way a couple of years ago, but then would just get a bit stressed out when I didn’t have enough photos to fill the two-page spread OR if I have just way too many photos and had to get them all in and add inserts, etc. So what I do now is I just go in chronological order, but just fill the pages as I live. It’s such a nice relief to NOT have to stick to a weekly page spread and I can just open up my album and stick the next photos that I want to use in chronological order and add journaling to what I want to add to and then stick in some filler cards to fill in any empty spots. I can use inserts IF I want to or have some memorabilia, etc., but it’s not necessary most of the time. I find that really simplifies the process EVEN MORE for me and I love that. That’s what so great about Project Life® – it can be tailored to fit into YOUR life and YOUR time. Everyone is different. We all have different goals for our memory keeping and this way is just the most simple and least stressful way for me. :) The times when I DO plan a page or two is usually for an insert when I have maybe a group of photos from a trip or a birthday or something like that and then all that I do is go through my extra page protector inserts (which I keep organized in a album with the dividers) and pull out one that I want to use and make sure that I have pictures sized accordingly for that page protector. That’s the extent of my planning and well – I like to be a rebel and just wing it! Ha! ;)

Here’s the second video I wanted to share with you all:

•  You can find Tracy’s blog HERE and her shop HERE.

Ok, now for the extra fun part!  Tracy Larsen is so sweet and has offered to give one of my readers a set of her Simply White Collection V1, V2 and V3! Yay! You can choose from either the rounded corners or the squared corners!

Just leave me a comment below telling me telling me about a favorite photo you’ve taken recently. I’ll use the random number generator to choose a winner!

Thanks so much for watching the videos and for reading along! I really hope these have helped, but if there is something that you are wondering about or would like to know – let me know! Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday! Hugs to you all!