I love making memories. I love documenting. I love being creative.
And I love that pocket scrapbooking combines all three elements together.
Like I mentioned in this post, Project Life is my method of choice for documenting memories nowadays. But whether you call it pocket scrapbooking or Project Life, I love so many things about this method of scrapbooking.
5 reasons I love documenting with pocket scrapbooking:
1. It’s fast and easy.
That’s the way pocket scrapbooking is supposed to be anyway. Sometimes, I might over-complicate things, but I can always go back to the basics with no problems at all – just slip photos into pockets, write journaling, and I’m done!
2. It lets me be creative without being overwhelmed.
With the various pockets and spreads, I can be as creative or as simple as I want. Pocket scrapbooking lets me channel my creative energy without taking up too much time or making me feel like I have the impossible task of memory keeping. And in the end, my memories still get documented while I’m being creative (yay!).
3. It lets me document consistently.
Because I have an album to fill and weekly spreads to create, pocket scrapbooking motivates me and keeps me accountable in documenting life, even the seemingly trivial and unimportant stories of our every day.
4. It’s flexible.
If a system isn’t flexible enough to meet my needs, then the system doesn’t work. But here’s the cool thing about pocket scrapbooking: You and I can use the same system in a completely different way that is unique for our needs. It’s all up to you, so just decide and choose what works best for you.
For example, while everyone has their own strategy for documenting (weekly/monthly/by events), I choose to document weekly because I love the consistency and regularity of that. Also, it’s just less confusing for me to do weekly documenting. But even if I change my mind and decide to document monthly instead of weekly, I can switch it up with no problems at all.
This also means you can also choose to go all paper, all digital or a combination of both (hybrid). Whether you use 12×12, 9×12, or 6×8, size is completely up to you too.
Whatever works for you, pick that.
5. It focuses on the things I love.
In the end, I love pocket scrapbooking because it combines everything I love (making memories + documenting + being creative) into one fun big project.
And I couldn’t enjoy it more. Enough said.
Are you using pocket scrapbooking to document your memories? What do you like about this method?
P.S. Still not convinced? I also liked this post on pocket scrapbooking.
Missed the other posts in this series? You can catch up on them here:
- 5 reasons why you should be a memory keeper
- 5 ways to start memory keeping
- 12 ways to document your memories
- 15 memories to document in 2015
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All the Memories is a blog series talking about all things memory keeping – from memory keeping ideas to answering your questions. This is the year to get those memories documented!
Amelia, you are right about the flexibility of how one can use the pocket pages to scrap their PL. That is what is so great about it! All over Blogland I am seeing people use it in a way that makes sense to them and it is so cool! And I absolutely love your quote “Whatever works for you, pick that!”