As for your question about an episode — were you wondering about a Paperclipping Video Tutorial, or a Roundtable episode? I don’t plan to do a video specifically on Project Life, though I do plan to share some things I do for PL within a broader topic that can be used outside of PL.

And I do think we’ll do an entire Roundtable episode on PL later in the year — right now I’m thinking about November, but who knows? Maybe we’ll do it earlier.

I think the idea of a Roundtable episode on developing your own system for scrapbooking would be awesome. I’m going to add that to our list of topics.
For a while now I’ve been developing a project — maybe a whole section on Paperclipping.com — that is dedicated to the idea of an overall system. I alluded to that it when in this post. So it’s definitely something that is top on my mind!

Thanks for your thoughts!

When I step back and think about it, ultimately it’s helping people develop their own system for scrapbooking. Areas are blocked off for titling, journaling, photos, etc… it got me to thinking about how we have to formulate our own systems for our own way of scrapping. 

Wondering if you will be doing a Paperclipping episode about project life – or perhaps more generally about developing a system for your own scrapbooking? Many people suggest that we look at our own favorite layouts, to scraplift ourselves… or like how you use tried and true flexible templates…

Julie

This year, I’m doing another Project 365– my daughter is 7 weeks old today, and I want this to be a combination family scrapbook and baby book.  But I don’t have a ton of time (remember, 7 week old baby!), plus I am attempting to mix it up a bit.  Even though I’m still using all Design A pages, I’m being more flexible about where the photos go (but I am still attempting a photo-a-day).  In December, when I got my page protectors and journaling cards, I spent an evening slipping the journaling cards into all the pockets for the whole year.  This way, I don’t have to think too hard about picking what card I want to use if I don’t have the time.  I take photos every day, but I don’t necessarily upload/edit them the same day… even though I keep in mind which one I will be using for my photo-of-the-day.  When I have the time (maybe every few days or so, hopefully), I process them in small batches and keep them in a special album in PSE until there are free prints or free shipping sales at Shutterfly to print them in big batches. 

I’m also taking a page from your book (ha, no pun intended!), Noell, and I’ve arranged with my husband to have some exclusively “me-time” periodically during the week** so that I can sit down with my album and add extras– mix up the photo placement, add embellishments and tags, etc.  For right now, this gives me the scrapbooking fix that I need!  I’m so excited about this year’s album!

**I’ve heard you talk on the podcast about how you have time daily(?) to sit down by yourself to work on your projects, and I think that is a fabulous idea!

Best add-on for PL: a trip to Staples for post-it notes, pen, pencil, and some index cards.