PROJECT LIFE 2024 Mega Thread

Recount a favourite childhood memory or toy or holiday and find online pics of said items or locations?
Travel bucket list?
Best books of all time?
Favourite tv characters?

I really liked this idea too.
And it's not like she picked anything special. It was about contacts coming in the mail and stuff like that.

I've been taking screenshots of TV shows I've liked and including a quote that resonated with me. That's been fun.
In the past I've done podcasts too.

I haven't been reading much but I think that's a good idea someone had.

Also music playlists. I don't think it has to be from the exact month but generally close.

I saw that on Instagram and thought it was pretty cool! I've done screenshots of text messages or posts on social media that I've saved for later to add into my weekly spreads too. Sometimes it's a quote that fits my OLW or something that just speaks to me. It works for those lighter photo weeks.

I got a chance to photograph week 9 today. I like this March kit but I'm not that into the 4X6 cards. I don't think I'll have enough to get through the 5 weeks that are March. I'm starting each month with the week that has the first day in it.
I haven't used the florals so I think I'll do one week with those.
Then there is the wave stuff. I'll also use those for one week.
This week (last week) is done for cards. I just need to embellish. Lots of good stickers this month. I love the little tags.

Anyway:

http://instagram.com/p/C4gO4ySuVjC

I finally started my 2024 album. I always do 12x12, but I had a 12x9 album and a ton of page protectors. I have been doing two weeks in one 2pg layout and it's been working fine. I find I'm doing less searching for things to fill in the pockets or making filler cards. I'm putting in less current events than previously, but if it's important or funny enough to me, I'll include it. My goal is always one album per year so that's why I'm doubling up my weeks. Obviously if I have a really busy week or event I include inserts.

I've also really been enjoying seeing them.  I haven't yet started this year's album, but love seeing the inspiration and how others are doing it.

I have yet to finish a full year. 🤦🏼‍♀️ I've seen most people that do weekly have 2 albums for the year.

Definitely 2 full albums if done this way.

I figured out why I'm struggling with the March stories by the month kit.

It's like two different kits -- the florals and then the waves. I don't think those two match. I'm not going to use them in the same layout.
So I have less stuff to pull from each week. This week I stuck with the florals. Next week I'm going to go with the waves.
Then I have one more week and I've got a couple of papers from my stash that work with it and I'll make it work. March has 5 weeks with how I'm documenting.

The February kit all matched and you could use any part of the kit with everything.

I haven't spent any time with April yet but I hope it's more like Feb. than March.

The other thing I need is diecuts without words or pictures. I need shapes with spaces to either write or put an embellishment on.
I have less use for diecuts with sentiments.
I just can't with all the sentiments.

My plan is to turn them over to the white side and paint on them or add some paste or something so I will be able to use them.

Also I don't mind the weird zodiac vellum card but I don't think I can use it.
Would love to see how you used that one.

I have 2 full 12x12 albums for each year too. I don’t do pocket pages anymore, but I use the same # of page protectors for my full size layouts, about 4/month. I still have room to add bulkier memorabilia like programs, or add inserts with extra photos when I want.

Yep- agreeing with everyone else- it’s two full albums done this way. That is how my last two years are. And why this year I’m doing 1 page 12x12 for each week. I just want one PL album for the year.

The annoying thing of going back and forth between brands is the holes don't line up. The SC and AE ones have 4 holes and the SB.com ones are 3 hole. I switched to SB.com albums this year because they didn't have white in stock at SC/AE when I needed new ones (and I kind of regret it, the SC/AE ones look nicer from the spine) but I have a mix of page protectors from various brands. I don't mind having them punched, but it is annoying to have to punch them every time when I want to add pages into my album. The different brands have different configurations of page protectors available, though, so you have to end up with a mix if you want all the styles. 

I've also been cutting up some leftover 12X12s that I have for an old project. So they're not all quite 9" because of math but it's not bothering me. They are all different brands. I'm curious to see these SB.com ones on the Studio Calico album. The holes are so different.

I agree that the waves and florals didn’t go together. I felt like the March kit need needed to be separated into specific groups (for me). I’ve been adding a lot of my stash (which I like to do anyway) in with March and I didn’t have to do that in Jan & Feb as there were plenty of choices.
That zodiac card….that was such a bizarre inclusion to me. Not on AE brand to me- more like paper person. I used it as a back/middle piece to connect 3x4 items on both sides of a pocket so they didn’t flop around in the 4x6 pocket. 😂 I’ve been doing a good job using “unusable” cards that way instead of letting them sit in my stash -I’ll turn cards over and use the white side for stamping and journaling, too. I actually do like the sentiment diecuts but there are a lot so I am having leftovers to use other times. I like your idea to just flip over and use the white side like I am for some cards. I’ll be interested to see May’s SBTM offering and how I feel about that one.