4/06/2009

Project 365 Organization update

In January I shared my plan for organizing my Project 365 photos. I had purchased photo sleeve pages to fit my 3-ring scrapbook albums and planned to simply insert photos as I went. If I felt inspired to scrap a certain photo or event, those pages would be mixed in with the photo pages. I was okay with this until recently when I realized I wanted something more. Just a little notation spot on each page for more details about the photos and the days they represented. Plenty are "real life" and not exciting enough (nor do I have enough time!) for a full scrapbook page, but did deserve a little more than just a title on the photo.

Over the weekend, I officially started this change by rearranging the photos in the pages leaving a single pocket on each page open. Then I created a 4x6 journaling card in Photoshop:


I printed the cards on both sides of white cardstock sheets, cut them out and added stamped dates using my Making Memories date stamp:


Then began to journal details about the photos and events surrounding them. Between the photos themselves, my blog and notes about the photos on Flickr - I was quickly able to begin filling in the details of the first few weeks of the year. Here's an example of what one of the pages looks like:



11 comments:

  1. Sarah, I give you a Boat Load of credit!! I started the year doing this challenge and I sstayed with it for the first month and a half. I plan on trying again next year and the system you are using to keep everything organized looks like it might help me stay on track next time.

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  2. Good Job!!! I'd totally hire you to come organize my photos! ;0)

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  3. that is a great idea! I always want to write about whats going on and hadnt thought of a cute way to do it.

    as always your oh so creative. i bow to you!

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  4. Yep Sarah, youre the Best at organizing!! Love this idea, and your stick-to-it-ness

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  5. Looks great! I started taking the pics for this and soon realized it wasn't really my thing. I'm taking them, but less than daily! lol Yours looks awesome though - good for you!

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  6. love it!!! i am so not even dedicated enough to do this challenge. i tried last year and got to february. pathetic. LOL props to you! :)

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  7. What a great idea!! Then you'll be ready to just scrapbook them as you go :) I wish I was half as organized as you are!

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  8. Sarah, this looks great. I LOVE that you're incorporating this project into your regular albums....it doesn't feel like an "extra project"! The 365 photos look super up against a full page LO. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. That looks fantastic! This is something I've been thinking about incorporating into my scrapbooks as well...pages of just photos with perhaps one little 4 x 6 explanation interspersed among the SB layouts. Great job!

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