I almost prefer working on several weeks at one time because I feel like it taps into my creativity a little more, and it takes a little longer than a single two page spread. Which is how I love to create. I love to sit down and do several of the same project at one time (or an entire mini album).
My process for doing a large amount of Project Life layouts goes like this:
- Determine which pictures go to which days for each week (sometimes I do this while making my notes throughout the week)
- Sketch my spread and determine photo placements
- Print and place photos
- Add Project Life cards
- Journal
- Embellish (optional)
Sometimes when I have the time, I print out my photos and I stick them in the pages and leave them there for several days before I do anything more with them. Sometimes I place all my cards and leave them for a few days and come back to make sure I'm okay with how it looks.
For this particular catch-up, I tried to use up a lot of my Studio Calico stash, so I set those cards out on my desk and while flipping through them, if I had a particular card that went well on a particular spread I'd stick it there. I tried to do one spread at a time, but usually ended up placing cards all over. I double check to make sure that all the pockets on every spread was full before I put my cards away.
My planner pages came from a blog that is no longer, but I'm working on creating a set of my own printable planner pages to offer to my readers.
I hope that you found this post helpful, at least a little bit. If you do something different (like select your cards first, or embellish before you journal) I'd love to hear about it.
Have a great weekend!
-Alexandria
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