Project Life by Becky HigginsCore Kit - Cobalt Edition

I am finishing my third year of Project Life, so you could say I'm a big fan of that system already. Photography is my true love but PL has given me an amazing way to get those photos out of the camera and into gorgeous albums that my family (girls 8 and 4, and even my husband) love to look at. I've been anxiously awaiting the Baby Edition for my second daughter - yes, I never did get around to her baby album. I just received this today and it is simply beautiful. It includes 400 (wow!) journaling cards with a filler design printed on the back of each card, plus 80 prompt cards (3x4 size) that can be used horizontally or vertically (gives great flexibility in choosing page protector designs). The colors are quite nice - a lot of pink but also green, yellow, and orange. Polka dots, stripes, and word art. There are 35 blank 4x6 title cards and 25 pre-labeled 4x6 title cards - they have prompts such as "8 months", "expecting you", plus 40 4x6 cards allowing you to capture details about our world (your country, home, popular culture) at the time of baby's arrival. This kit is extremely well thought out and is going to make a beautiful baby album with little effort. It's even better than I hoped it would be. Thank you Becky Higgins and designer Lili Niclass!

The thing I like about this entire Project Life system is that you can customize it and make it fit your needs. You don't have to include every card unless you want to. I mean, have you ever looked through a standard baby book? Most of those pages remain blank because how manyf of us can trace back family members past our great-grandparents? Or how many of us remember to keep dental records, etc. And most of the prompts are, well.... kind of stupid and irrelevant.This system includes a lot of good stuff, and you can use as many or as few as you want. The only other thing you have to do is drop the pictures into the slots. Easy, peasy! And, unlike standard baby books.... you can add as many pictures as you want! If you're anything like me, I have a million pictures I want to include... not just one 4x4 photo per month.

LOVE my Project Life Cherry Edition kit. This kit is for those with a modern design aesthetic who like minimalism and simplicity. If you are looking for the bedazzled kits with tons of embellishments like rhinestones, jems, ribbons, and stickers -- you won't find it here. You'll have to buy those somewhere else.The cards are precut, saving you time. They fit easily in the plastic segmented sleeves like  Photo Pocket Pages - Big Variety Pack 1 (60 Pages) , sold separately. Using precut papers and plastic sleeve components means you get LOTS of work done fast. And it looks beautiful.I like to use ink style pens, so sometimes the darkest inks are visible on the other side of the journaling cards. To combat the issue, I cut  Project Life Designer Paper - Seafoam Edition  and  Project Life Designer Paper - Olive Edition  so they are visible from the other side of the plastic sleeve. These papers are thicker cardstock than the journaling cards, so I just cut them to fit the opposite side where the ink shows through.Even with this little problem, the kits are a great value for the cost. If your style is modern, fresh, and minimal -- this system is a no brainer.

I bought these on a lightening deal, so I do believe I got a good price. I then went to another store (T. Morning) and found We r memory keepers. I bought that set also, for less then I paid for this one. I compared the two sets to see if I can see any noticeable differences.1. Project Life, much better packaging. I have kids, so I appreciate the items can be self containted. The other one I threw away the cheap plastic lid.2. Cost: We R Memory keepers- even on Amazon its cheaper.3. Style: Really, I just like all styles, so this is a toss up!4. Paper Quality. Project Life Wins! I can tell a difference by touch in the thickness of it. Project Life definitely wins this one! Thicker and therefore sturdier.I would buy this again, but I will also keep an eye out for cheap filler sets!

I have been on the fence about using a core kit. I did 2012 (my first year) okay with my own papers and a box of 3x4 gridded journaling cards. When Elise announced she had designed this kit, my mind opened a little bit more to using a kit. I love Elise's design and eye for color combinations in her other projects. So I took a chanceThis kit has a lot of teal/seafoam blue colors, yellows, redish orange, some tan neutrals, and black and grays. The kit has a good mix blank cards for journaling, prompts for journaling, graphic text, and a bunch of different patterns. My favorite cards are the teal "who/what/where" and yellow 5 senses cards. The colors match exactly what was advertised on Elise's blog and her posts on Becky Higgins' blog.Overall, I am loving using a core kit as a basis for my Project Life. It is making this much simpler for me. It is very easy to use the core kit while still maintaining uniqueness and an individual look.I will admit I was a little ticked off that the projected release date was pushed back multiple times. But that is more about the seller than the product.