|
|
Post by nana2callie on Dec 12, 2014 17:38:50 GMT
Are you doing monthly or weekly in 2015? Why?
|
|
amom23
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,449 
|
Post by amom23 on Dec 12, 2014 19:16:16 GMT
Neither! I use the products to scrap my photos by event just like I always have.
|
|
angelpea
Throbbing Member
Posts: 69
Nov 9, 2014 8:06:52 GMT
|
Post by angelpea on Dec 13, 2014 7:13:20 GMT
I'm probably going to stay with doing PL weekly for 2015, although I've thought about switching to monthly because I have weeks where I barely take any photos. The reason??? I'm not sure, lol. I have yet to complete a full year, so it's not like I have a trusted method.  I think I just like the cleanliness of the 2-page-spread look… to know that the whole week is documented there. It just feels complete. |
|
|
|
Post by kristi on Dec 13, 2014 9:48:47 GMT
I will stick with weekly.
|
|
|
|
Post by mehardy on Dec 14, 2014 17:23:39 GMT
I'm going to continue with monthly. It's easier to organize. Also, I feel like its less stressful. I'm not worries about how many "weeks" of photos piling up. I wait to the end of the month and then go through and decide what to print. If I don't get to it right away it's only a month or two, not eight or nine weeks.
Another big key for me is with using photos for a month I have more options to group my photos together. If I have a pic or two here and there of our cat & dog from throughout the month I can group some of those single shots together rather than just force them in with another moment/occasion because they are from the same week. I feel like it gives me more options on style of page protectors I can use.
Sometimes too I have more photos than fit in a typical 2 page weekly spread or some weeks where I wouldn't have enough photos, so I like being able to use how many ever page protectors I need to tell the story and not feel like on a short week I'm including okay or not so great photos just to fill an open space.
Ultimately it comes down to what works you. No matter how great or how cool it is, if it doesn't work for you than to me you shouldn't do it.
|
|
rlg510
Shy Member
Posts: 28
|
Post by rlg510 on Dec 20, 2014 17:16:33 GMT
I'm sticking with monthly. I expand to more pages for special events, but basically this works great for me.
|
|
|
|
Post by meridon on Dec 31, 2014 4:59:52 GMT
Same here..will stick with monthly with more pages added in if there's a birthday or an event for which I have a lot of photos. Weekly is too much of a burden for me. I am constantly "behind" in that I go months in between working on my album and then do a couple of months all in a long weekend, so thinking I had 12 weeks to do is just overwhelming compared to 3 months.
|
|
|
|
Post by marienadine on Jan 1, 2015 21:48:32 GMT
Monthly here but if we have many events then I expand the number of pages for the month.
|
|
|
|
Post by Katie on Jan 3, 2015 15:48:35 GMT
Every year I want to do weekly, but I then remind myself I simply don't have enough pictures to do weekly. With just DH and myself, there aren't a ton of photo ops. And like others said, it is MUCH less stressful to do monthly.
|
|
Ette
Shy Member
Posts: 13
|
Post by Ette on Jan 4, 2015 2:32:08 GMT
Monthly. I couldn't keep up with it weekly.  |
|
enna
Shy Member
Posts: 23
|
Post by enna on Jan 12, 2015 2:46:22 GMT
I have been doing monthly layouts since 2008 but I did do a weekly PL album in 2012. I love looking through it but it was a lot of work, so I went back to monthly layouts in 2013 and 2014.
|
|
|
|
Post by riversong1963 on Feb 24, 2015 13:04:52 GMT
Monthly. I wouldn't be able to keep up with a weekly format. It wouldn't fit into my lifestyle or schedule. I also do "regular" scrapbook layouts for special events, holidays, and memories.
|
|
sbee
Junior Member
Posts: 71
|
Post by sbee on Feb 25, 2015 19:50:08 GMT
I just go with the flow. I track and store everything by week so the bulk of my album is weekly but there are times when I combine several weeks into a spread (2 or 3 weeks), sometimes I'll just do a monthly spread, on a busy week I may need to add an insert and I've even been known to skip a week altogether. I can see myself trending more to a monthly format in the future. For the moment this works.
|
|
Ette
Shy Member
Posts: 13
|
Post by Ette on Mar 18, 2015 17:03:29 GMT
Monthly is better for me. It is overwhelming for me to do weekly and then it isn't fun for me. If I have more time I throw in other things.
|
|
|
|
Post by scraps2treasures on Mar 26, 2015 17:26:26 GMT
I do a monthly 2 page spread that highlights the little things and stories I don't want to forget. Then I also add additional pages for bigger things like birthdays or trips. I find it is a lot easier to keep up with than doing a daily approach.
|
|
|
|
Post by nicole2112 on Mar 30, 2015 21:44:57 GMT
I'm doing weekly and my daughter (college sophomore) is doing monthly. I like both!
|
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
Nov 28, 2024 20:27:34 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on May 19, 2015 4:01:57 GMT
I'm doing monthly and I'm STILL crazy behind. But that's ok. I take loooooots of pics and notes, so I will catch up someday...maybe....ok, probably not ever, but that's all right! I enjoy it. |
|
|
|
Post by disneypal on May 20, 2015 23:57:55 GMT
I'm doing weekly. I have done that traditionally so I am just sticking to it this year.
|
|
mariangeles76
Shy Member
Happy mom :)
Posts: 30
|
Post by mariangeles76 on Jun 28, 2015 11:39:36 GMT
I started doing PL15 monthly and love it As for my weekly PL14, I just did it till the first week of April, and just these last days, I've reorganized my pics & memorabilia monthly. I find it faster and less stressful I must add that I scrap important event in traditional LOs that I keep in in the same album |
|
|
|
Post by lisacharlotte on Jun 28, 2015 14:58:53 GMT
Neither. Strictly chronological. A day, week or month may be one pocket, one page or multi page layout. I err on the less is more side. i do not use multiple photos of the same event if they are basically the same photo just different angles.
|
|
|
|
Post by lyubovberezina on Jul 6, 2015 20:33:17 GMT
I switched to monthly after two years of weekly spreads and I find it liberating. I was always behind because it took me a long time to gather my photos, edit them and send to PP where I print all my photos. Now I have lots of time during the month to prepare my photos. Also I started to form my spreads in a theme order without any strict chronological order. I decided it really will not be so important if it was Week 20 or Week 25 when I browse my PL albums in ten years. But it might be great to browse them and read all the stories.
|
|
|
|
Post by anniefb on Jul 8, 2015 6:08:46 GMT
I switched to monthly after two years of weekly spreads and I find it liberating. I was always behind because it took me a long time to gather my photos, edit them and send to PP where I print all my photos. Now I have lots of time during the month to prepare my photos. Also I started to form my spreads in a theme order without any strict chronological order. I decided it really will not be so important if it was Week 20 or Week 25 when I browse my PL albums in ten years. But it might be great to browse them and read all the stories. Totally agree! |
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
Nov 28, 2024 20:27:34 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2015 2:23:15 GMT
My "Project Life" has evolved more into a family album. I'd say it's monthly spreads with the special photos getting their own page.
|
|
|
|
Post by cath4k on Jul 24, 2015 0:04:18 GMT
Weekly. Even though I have been terrible at taking photos and have some pretty thin weeks, I couldn't get everything into monthly spreads. We have too much going on. I am still enjoying documenting a lot of the little stuff. When I tire of that, I will switch it up.
|
|
|
|
Post by AussieMeg on Jul 24, 2015 0:55:06 GMT
I started off doing weekly (POTD) but I have dropped off quite a lot. I think I am focussing more on my 1 second every day videos rather than photos, so I am probably going to change to fortnightly or monthly for PL.
|
|
|
|
Post by anniefb on Jul 27, 2015 20:03:38 GMT
Still doing monthly PL which seems to work best for me. I've just started a sub to Ali Edwards' story kit and want to do more layouts so will see how that all works in.
|
|
|
|
Post by abr79 on Jul 27, 2015 20:42:11 GMT
I do weekly PL but I have no "rules" for myself (no full spread or 1 photo a day, etc.). Some weeks are 1 side of a 12x12 PP and other weeks are multiple spreads. I go with the flow and it's working nicely. I just finished week 26 and got my pictures printed for week 27 and am very happy with the process!
|
|
I think I just like the cleanliness of the 2-page-spread look… to know that the whole week is documented there. It just feels complete.
