Keeping Track of Projects

Scraplifting has become a bit of a habit for me. I take someone else's idea and run with it. I don't know if it is because I lack any semblance of original thought. Or because someone else's idea is the springboard for my own creativity. I hope it's the latter. But I'm not counting on it.

So, this time I totally stole Karen's idea for keeping track of the projects I'm working on this year. Thanks for the idea Karen! :)

I had a stack of 2.75" x3.75" lightweight cardstock tags - some in white, some in kraft. I didn't have a tag book handy, so I created my own covers from chipboard and painted them, then aged them with Walnut Ink. Title is felt Thickers.

Karen's project has a handy tag for each month. At the end of each month, she is writing what she completed for the month. 

Of course, I had to be different. I can never leave anything just as is. And as I do with everything I scraplift, I spun off with my own interpretation. I created a tag for each project or class I hope to finish this year.




In some cases, it is projects I have already completed this year, like my 2010 JYC album that I [started and] finished in January 2011.  On the back of the tag I'm hand-writing the origin of the class or project, any thoughts about it, and the date completed.

  


This method also allows me, where appropriate, to use
actual materials that I used for the album or project!
Like the Embrace Imperfection album
created during Karen Grunberg's free class in February.



In this case, it is a project I'm working on right now! :)

 


And there are projects I anticipate coming up later in
the year.  Like LSNED and JYC 2011.

 

There are tags for technique classes (like this Digital
Scrapbooking class from Jessica Sprague) that I signed
up for but never started - others I started but never
finished.

 

And then there are tags for old projects that I hope to
finish this year.  There are a few more of these than
I care to admit!

 

The completed tag book hangs on my bulletin board right above my computer - somewhat as a reminder to spend time creatively. 

In all it currently has 13 project tags and 4 technique class tags.  I know there are a few old classes I still need to add and I'm sure that more projects will crop up through the year... even without any plans to take new classes, I have no doubt that some will come up that I just can't resist!

And I apologize in advance if the formatting of this post is a total mess.  Blogger just won't let me put things where I want right now!