Project Life Catch Up | Kelly Noel

Hello SC friends! I'm currently 10+ weeks behind on Project Life. Yep, that's a LOT of weeks. However, I'm not stressing about it. I know that with a few focused evenings of Project Life-ing, I can get it done no problem. Are you behind too? Do you feel like you're spending too much time on each spread? Here are my top five tips to "just get it done"!

1. If you're like me, things go faster when you include lots of photos. If you have plenty of photos for the week, by all means, use them! This means less embellishing and less planning what goes where, which makes for less work. 

Supplies: Planetarium Project Life Kit

2. Use digital stamps and elements. While you're planning out your spread for the week, think ahead and add some digital elements to your photos and then once you print, you are good to go!

3. Go to a one-page format for the purposes of catching up. I do this quite a bit. Some weeks I don't take a ton of photos, but still want to document the week. I just make sure that the weeks I decide to do this will go side by side. For example, week 31 and 32 in my album are one page weeks. That way it doesn't mess up the flow of the album and every page is filled. 

Supplies: Marks & Co. Project Life Kit

4. Break it up. I tend to work in small chunks of time (while the baby is napping or while the big boys are doing something independently), which can be frustrating sometimes when you're trying to "just get it done". What works for me is working on one portion of the week at a time. For example, I'll do the planning for the week in one sitting, then print the photos in another. Finally, when I have some time in the evenings after everyone is in bed, I will sit down and put everything together.

5. Move to a monthly format. Last year, once the summer came, I had a really hard time getting my weekly spreads done. I became too far behind to think about tackling all those weekly spreads, but monthly I could definitely do. I highlighted the most important things that occurred during those months. The entire second 1/2 of the 2012 album is monthly and I still love the way it turned out. 

Supplies: Block Party Project Life Kit

I hope these tips will help you if you're fairly behind like me. Don't let it get you overwhelmed. Stick with it and you'll love looking back at your album year after year.

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13 comments

  1. PunkyBear8210 says…
    09/25/2013

    Thank you for this blog post! I'm just wrapping up week 21! *blush* I needed a little motivation to help with getting caught up. :) I can't wait to put these tips to use.

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  2. 1Djc says…
    09/25/2013

    Great tips! The monthly review layout is a perfect way! If you are 10 weeks behind, that means 2 layouts might work to get "caught up". Lovely family and layouts.

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  3. JilC says…
    09/25/2013

    Thanks for these tips. I'm in the process of working moving forward after dropping the ball, and these ideas (and your beautiful spreads) are inspiring.

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  4. amyscalze says…
    09/25/2013

    I'm SUPER behind, but ok with it. : )
    thanks for the tips and oh my are your PL spreads sooooo gorgeous!

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  5. cathiereed says…
    09/25/2013

    This is great and very helpful and applicable to traditional scrapping, too, I think. Also, your pages are lovely. Thank you for sharing them.

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  6. geekgalz says…
    09/26/2013

    still doing my week 24 and i love the tips so much! anyway enjoying your pl and your daily photos

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  7. TiffanyHeilman says…
    09/26/2013

    Love your great ideas. I knew I would fall behind and started with monthly layouts. I just printed my Mar, April, and May photos and will be playing catchup for the next couple of weeks. I know I spend way too much time on each layout. There is just too much good stuff in the PL kits ;-)

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  8. choupiesque says…
    09/27/2013

    Very helpful! Thanks a lot

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  9. stephaniebryan says…
    09/27/2013

    Awesome tips Kelly!! And I love your spreads! So bright and beautiful! :)

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  10. Buffyfan says…
    09/27/2013

    I love it, Kelly! I'd love to know the font in the June cut title. :-)

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  11. KellyNoel says…
    09/27/2013

    Hey Jennifer :) I'm pretty sure that one is Pacifico. Hope that helps!

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  12. emilyhosey says…
    09/29/2013

    Your layouts are inspiring. No matter you are behind... you rock! ;-)

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  13. rossana says…
    10/02/2013

    I'm behind.... and I really want to go faster!!!! thanks for the post!

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