Project Life 2022 MEGAAA thread

Woo hoo!!! PL 2022!!!

1. Got plans for next year's PL?
    I actually started thinking about this last night. I need to order albums and page protectors from Scrapbook.com, so I have them by January.


2. Format?

    Two 12x12 albums, mostly type A pages (I think that is what it is...a row of two 4x6 photos on the top and bottom, four 3x4 photos in the middle), with inserts of varying sizes as appropriate.

3. Products (new and old)?

    I will keep using the AE SBTM as my main source of products, taking inspiration from her DT members...especially @legal_lady

4. Anything new or particularly different to your 2021 approach?
    This year, I will, really will, stay current. I use Persnickety Prints for my photos, so I'm always a month behind...but this year, it will only be a month!!! ALSO, I will take the AE Canva class that I purchased, and try to do some digital stuff in Canva.

I’ve been stewing on this for weeks!

1. Got plans for next year's PL?
— Working on The Plan. What I know is that I want a change. I’m moving to 9x12. I have done monthly for a few years, but I think I’m going to go for “monthly lite”. 😄 I never do shorter term projects like DITL or WITL or DD because there’s too much overlap. I’m really craving those other projects, so PL will become more cursory, I think.

2. Format?
— 9x12 charcoal gray SC.com albums. (Free shipping right now, peeps!) A variety of page protectors.

3. Products (new and old)?
— Not married to anything. I have stash I love, I want to use it. If I see new product I love, I’ll probably buy it. I have accumulated so many stamps this last year, really want to use them lots and lots. I

4. Anything new or particularly different to your 2021 approach?
— I don’t think PL will change itself too much, besides the obvious size difference. My overall outlook/time management of the project will be the biggest change. Instead of it being the WHOLE ENCHILADA, I want it to just be a part of the overall buffet. 😂

So 2022 is the year of me, as I'm telling my family. I've spent the past year staying with my son every weekend, helping him clean out the house he inherited from his father, and working with contractors to do basic tasks like getting a new roof, taking down trees, repairs, repainting, etc. In the process, I've neglected my house. I think by the end of this year, the big stuff will be cleaned out, and I will only come over to work on occasion...so this year, I am focusing on getting my house back where it needs to be. Hence, this is the year of me. I really wanted a bright lemon yellow album for the year because of that, I don't know why, but I did. But all scrapbook.com had in 12x12 was either pink, charcoal grey, black or mint. I got the mint albums.

1. Got plans for next year's PL? My plan is to actually complete a year instead of doing random pages here and there and never finishing one.
2. Format? 9x12
3. Products (new and old)? Mostly old, I'm going partially frozen next year (stopped almost all kit subs, still have to quit PP but I'm curious about the new format - no 12x12 - so I'll give her January to see if I will like it).
4. Anything new or particularly different to your 2021 approach? Instead of waiting to print pictures out "when I have time" (which translates to never because I fritter away my time if I don't have a schedule) I'm going to print them out weekly, every Monday. I'm also taking the Project Done class from Victoria Marie Designs in the hopes that I'll complete past years' books.

Although I was pretty put out at the time that my house closing kept being delayed, it was very convenient, scrapping-wise, to close on June 1 and change my PL pages from 2 Design A pocket pages per week to 1 pocket page (whichever design is all 3x4s) per week for the rest of the year.   

I do all digital, and my PL pages go right alongside my regular pages. I make one family album per year, except for vacations and Countdown to Christmas, and if my kids were to ever want copies of anything, I'd print one off at Shutterfly.

I will continue with my single weekly pocket pages in 2022 for as long as I can but think I will likely have to go back to 2 pages per week once my boyfriend & his kids move in next summer. The primary reason I switched to the all 3x4s design was because I mostly take vertically-oriented people photos so I will continue using that design. I use a different digital kit every week as most digital kits I own include journaling cards.

1. Got plans for next year's PL?I was so inspired by the way Shimelle was doing her album for this year I was tempted to scrap my plan and rework the pages I'd already done to use her format, so that's what I'm going to do for next year, and also for 2010 which I'm going to actually scrap. I have it started in a format that is just no longer inspiring and so is mostly just photos and notes stuck in a box, so I'll be working on both years throughout next year and however long it takes me to finish 2010.
2. Format?I'll be working in 12x12 albums using a mix of full size pages and pocket pages.
3. Products (new and old)?I've spent the last two years working through my ridiculously large stash of various pocket pages and plan to keep using those up. Going forward I'm only going to buy the formats I find the easiest/most flexible for the way I scrap, but want to clear all the other designs out of my stash first. I picked up the SS monthly collection everyone seemed to be using this year, and the papers for the EP version for 2022. I'm going to allocate one collection to each of the years I'm working on and will pull everything else from my stash. I have a healthy collection of paper, pocket cards, and embellishments, and would like to make a dent in all of them.
4. Anything new or particularly different to your 2021 approach?Not especially, except perhaps that I'm giving myself permission to scrap more pages in 12x12 in any given month if I feel like I want to (also better for stash busting) rather than my 2021 approach which was a pocket page + one 12x12 facing page for each week except Christmas where I plan to include a couple of extra 12x12 pages.

1. Got plans for next year's PL: This is going to be my 3rd year of PL in a monthly format. I really enjoy the monthly format, so going to continue that. Last year I made a single insert to include all of my journaling, but going to switch back just including journaling on several cards throughout my layouts.
2. Format: 6x12. I bought my albums earlier this year during one of SC sales.
3. Products (new and old): I'm going to continue to use Ali Edwards Stories by the Month for the majority of my album, maybe a few cards from my stash here and there.
4. Anything new or particularly different to your 2021 approach: I'm actually hoping to work on 2 PL albums at the same time. I want to go back and create a album for 2019. I didn't start PL till 2020, but my son was born in 2019. I'd love to have albums for every year of his life.

1. Got plans for next year's PL? Yes of course. Just like every year I am planning to do PL. And unlike every year, I hope to actually complete it for once! 

2. Format? For the last couple of years I have been using digital designer Just Jaimee's templates. But for some reason she stopped making them a couple of months back, which means I have to recycle some older templates to finish 2021. I think I might go a bit more simple and clean in 2022. It will be 12x12, and probably pocket pages (digital). 

3. Products (new and old)? There are countless digital options available to me. It will be a total mish mash of old & new, mix & match. 

4. Anything new or particularly different to your 2021 approach? Nothing new that I can think of at the moment.

1. Got plans for next year's PL?
Yes. Its my main form of documenting.

2. Format? 12x12 Black cloth album, as usual. I like how they all match on my shelf, lol. I will be doing my usual monthly documenting.

3. Products (new and old)? Im using the PP month cards sleepingbooty linked to document monthly. I haven't canceled my SC subscription but I think I am ready to. I don't know why its so hard to cancel. But with all the shipping issues, I am just tired of it all. I canceled my SOTM kit already.

4. Anything new or particularly different to your 2021 approach? I don't think so. If anything, its to be intentional about using stamps in my album. I am also thinking of blogging my PL on my blog again. I don't like sharing them on instagram (I don't know why, I just don't). But didn't mind sharing on my blog. Still mulling it over.

1. Got plans for next year's PL? My family loves it so I feel I owe it to them to keep going 🙄. But I took so few photos this year that needs to be plan #1 for 2022.
2. Format? I ordered a 9x12 from scrapbook.com in my favorite color to “motivate” me
3. Products (new and old)? I have subbed to AE SBTM from the beginning and will probably keep that going. I don’t need much and the products interchange pretty well. Hopefully keeping it simple will keep me going.
4. Anything new or particularly different to your 2021 approach? Hopefully getting my ass in gear 🤦🏻‍♀️ I only have photos in pockets for Jun-Aug and Sept on is sitting in my phone. I am hoping I can knock it out over winter break and find my mojo for 2022. 2020 totally sucked but I was so optimistic for 2021 that when it sucked, it hit me a lot harder.

Oh and my 6 year old has asked twice this week about why she doesn’t have a book with her name on it (referring to the baby/first year album her siblings have). Also sitting there with photos in pockets and nothing else. So I really want to get that done. The problem is that I want to want to do it if you know what I mean, but I really have nil motivation to do it.

What design team are you on? I'm always looking for Project Life inspiration.