Finish the scrapbook project... update!

My post at the beginning of February detailed how I was going to finish and entire scrapbook in a month. Not any just month, but good 'ol short February.  You may had noticed on my February 21 post, I hadn't made a lot of progress. I had started sorting, however it was slow.

However, I know my problem...

I was too attached to the photos.  

I couldn't decide which ones should stay and which ones should go... Cue 80s band :)

Anyhow...

There was only one solution. Bring in someone who was not attached to the photos. 

 When I first told Alan the concept of my 3 options system, he looked at me like I was mad, crazy, off the deep end. He started slowly, however once he realized I wasn't kidding, he was sorting like he meant it! :) He focused on sorting everything into two piles, file and keep. 

In the end, it worked. When Alan was done sorting, there was a giant pile of "file" (aka toss).

Yes, I added the ruler for effect :)

The next step was for me to organize into the scrapbook pages, deciding what I would scrap, and what would go into the wonderful We R Memory Keepers photo pages. I sorted this all into the album, arranging by approximate date/location.

Unfortunately, this is where the story ends for the month of February. I did not finish the scrapbook, however in a month (well, technically about 2-3 days total time tops) I am to the point of just scrapping a few pages and finishing a couple photo pages. Dare I say... I can do this in March?!

Each week, I'll post updates to completed layouts on my new Facebook page in the Project Finish the Scrapbook -2011 album.