What projects are you planning for 2025?

After making this year a year of stepping back + only working on finishing previous years projects, I am excited to start my current documenting again.

Project Life -- I am ready to do this again. I did plan ahead and ordered all of SC 2024's documenting kits as well as all of Ali's SOTM kits so I have those ready to go. Because it's just DH and I at home now, my album will be thinner and Im ok with that. I've also toyed with the idea of going back and doing a 2024 album as I work on 2025. The jury is still out on that, though.

December Daily -- Im doing that for sure. As of right now, Im thinking a smaller album for next year, but we will see once the new product comes out.

DITL/WITL - probably wont attempt at all unless I absolutely love the kits (which has not been the case in the past few years). Pretty sure I wont bother.

OLW - 6x8 album like always.

I have not scrapbooked in over 10 years but I decided to do my version of OLW so I ordered a 6x8 album and some page protectors.

I'll be honest, I saw a reel of Ali Edwards December Daily album and man I just love her style.  I watched a few of her OLW yearly recaps and decided to dip my toe back in to scrapbooking.  We'll see if it sticks.  I even logged in to Silhouette Studio for the first time since 2020. I have an original Cameo so hopefully it still works.  I'm trying not to put too much pressure on myself.

I have zero idea where to get pictures printed these days so this is definitely going to be a journey. 

I'll be scrapping two trips in one album. Out of state family visiting us and us visiting them.
Besides that I don't have any planned projects. Just my continuing chronological scrapbooking.

2025 Goals:
-finish my AZ Travel album. It's really so close to being done!
-OLW in my OLW Stitched Journal
-DITL & WITL I love these projects. I bought the AE Scrapbook Kit Daily which will work with both these projects
-Keep up with my memory planner Stop the Blur style. Went back to the Heidi Swapp journal for 25.
-make a small TN Travel album when we go to Texas in the spring

I am in the process of cleaning up my hoard of a craft room. I've got so many projects to finish or make decisions on whether to finish. I've not been scrapbooking in a few years and just making cards.

For example, not a complete list, (in various states of progress) I have:
-My daughter's wedding from 2019
-Our cruise to Hawaii from 2017
-An album of all our pets
-A mini album of our experience during the great Covid shutdown

We are taking a cruise in July so I hope to have it documented during this year!

Start and finish high school albums for my twins by June 14th

Start and finish my daughter’s Dance album (12 years) by June 14.

Possibly start and finish an Ultimate album for my son. This may get dropped, he doesn’t care so much. Or I could include in his high school album.

Project Life - Not sure the format. Currently it’s 9x12, I might finish that size through summer when my kids are all at college. At some point I intend to switch to 6x8 and take more of a story approach.

WITL - slightly worried about fitting this in prior to grad parties. The year my daughter graduated Ali did the project in June. I was finished with my daughters party by then. Timing worked perfect.

December Daily

Daily creative journaling. Using an undated planner I wrote about my day and include stickers, stamping and an occasional photo. I’ve been doing this for a month and absolutely love it.

My project is >> uploading, editing and printing....hundreds of photos.

I will be doing monthly 9x12 PL.
I will be doing traditional layouts in the same album, in a variety of sizes.

I will be doing OLW in a 9x12 album (multiple years in 1 album)

I will do DITL and WITL, in 6x8.

I am also going to be working my way through some old unfinished projects.

I am going to (try) to redo my closet space into a custom type closet for scrapbook storage. That will cause a down the rabbit hole reorganization of my entire space probably

Well I went down the Epson PM400 rabbit hole last night.  Guess what's arriving in a week.    Thanks for the tip...I think.

I plan to finish 2024 DD. That might be done by the end of this year. Not sure.

Then I have to do November and December in PL. I will only do one layout for each month instead of each week. And I had to buy the SBTM kit from AE to finish my sub so I will have some 2024 - 2025 stuff to fill up a last page so it won't be blank. We do a first day hike every year so I'll document that.

I won't do WITL as we will be moving.

I will start in June/July a Senior year album for my kid. I plan to go through my stash and pull together a kit of supplies for that. Since we will be moving I won't have access to everything so I want to do this in February when things are not so busy. I love going through my stash and pulling out the stuff.

100% DD. Hopefully it will be the first year in the new house.

In my project life this year, I documented the house reno and I'd like to continue that.
I think I will just have some before and after photos at the end of the 2024 PL album.

All the demo is done and we're just moving forward (fingers crossed) so it shouldn't be too much.

I doubt we will do a big trip (again because of the move) but I went to Disney this Fall with two friends and I want to make an album for that.

What a great topic to put it “down on paper.”

PL- I will definitely continue my annual albums. Sorta PL, but more aptly described as chronological pocket pages with all sizes mixed in and some filler stuff for mood and fun. I’ve been doing 9x12 for sooooo long and have a bunch of page protectors. I usually do 2 albums a year (until 2018 I did three or four!) I’d like to continue with 9x12.

DD- it’s a given for me.

Travel- I usually do 2 or 3 per year. Usually a 6x8 or 2. 2024 was 2 (second one isn’t started lol trip was a few weeks ago and nearly a month long!) I’m trying to decide whether to do 2 6x8’s or do one 10x8. It’s on the back burner with DD on the front. I’ll likely tackle it in Feb or so. The photos are half edited- in the moment journaling done and printed. I’ll print the photos (batch printing at Persnickety) once I’m ready to send off my end of 2024, and DD photos. I usually do some reflective journaling while preparing my photos and when I get my physical photos back. I usually immediately pop them in the album with the notes when I get them.

WITL- I did it in 2024 for the first time. OMG what a brutal project. Interestingly though, I LOVED it. And I really am proud of the album. I used the 2024 WITL products, and didn’t even think I liked them, but wow- I love the way the whole thing came together and how much it actually captured of my actual life. I don’t know if I have it in my again. We’ll see how I feel when it comes up in 2025. Usually, I follow along with the community and include a little of it in my normal PL album, or if I happen to be on a trip a the time, there’s a little bit of that (or DITL) in my travel album documentation. We’ll see.

OLW… I’ve never done it before- but I do see the draw. I watched the video on the blog for this years team, and really think it is something I’m interested in. My “season” of life gives me a little more space for something like this, and I am considering it. I kinda think I want to try it product (album/notebook) free. Just following the prompts.

I skipped DD this year and I’m contemplating it for next year.
I’m still deciding whether I want to do PL for 2025 or 12x12 traditional. I really prefer the creativity and art behind 12x12 but I end up missing some of the fun little details and having too many pages. So I’m not sure which route I’ll take yet.

I need to finish/catch up for my oldest DS book since he’ll be a senior next year and my goal is at graduation each child gets their book. So hopefully his and my second oldest since they are just a year apart.

I also want to fill some 6x8 albums I made in classes.

Stay up to date with my memory planner.
Finish up previous years.
Start an 8 1/2 x 11 album for random pictures that pop up.

I am hoping I will be able to follow a new schedule for the new year and scrapbook for a couple of hours each day!!