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June 11, 2025
Alphas Are Awesome 27 | Project Idea
Today I'm sharing a look at a simple project idea featuring a full page photo, a prompt paper from the Grow Scrapbook Kit, and our newest Alphas Are Awesome stamp set (27).
Here's a look at the process:
Here's an image of the completed project:
Alphas Are Awesome 27Picked Raspberry Ink Grow Scrapbook KitRolling Date StampUniball Deluxe Micro Pen
June 10, 2025
New Releases | June 2025
Welcome to an overview post of our new subscription + shop releases!
Stamps Are Fun features a 6x8 Stamp Set designed by Ali and shipped to you each month.
This subscription does not include class content but will be supported through blog posts sharing ideas for using the stamp sets each month. Some months the stamp set may be aligned with the theme of the Storyteller Kit but mostly they will be a fun, random assortment of words and shapes. This monthly physical stamp subscription includes the digital version of the stamp.
Here's the pricing for this monthly subscription:
$20.99 - 12 month commitment
$23.99 - 6 month commitment
$28.99 - month commitment
*Digital version of the stamp is included in subscription price.
Ali will be sharing a process video for this project later this week on the blog.
Let's play together!
A little shipping update for Stories By The Month and the One Little Word® Mini Kit. We are running into a variety of challenges in this season and appreciate your patience, support and understanding.
STORIES BY THE MONTH | MAY 2025
This subscription includes 4x6 and 3x4 cards in paper and vellum, chipboard, sticker sheet, and an embellishment. It also includes access to a classroom.
Here's an overview of the kit this month:
If digital is more for you in this season we've got you covered. This subscription includes the digital Stories By The Month kit and access to the SBTM classroom.
This kit is also available to physical Stories By The Month™ kit subscribers as an Add On.
We've got a new Alphas Are Awesome (#27) and this year we are also offering a coordinating 4x6 Numbers Are Awesome set (#6).
Physical kit subscribers can add these to their box for no additional shipping. They are available to Add On (for physical kit subscribers) and are also now available in the shop.
Ali will be sharing a process video and blog post for this project later this week on the blog.
Details about this kit:
Four kits per year releasing in January, April, July, and October. When you sign up you are committing to the four kits (or however many are left in the year).
Includes classroom + content from Ali and contributors that will be spread out over three months.
Shipping is $1 domestic + $5 international (same as Story Kits). You can also shop the Add On subscriber section and add to your box during the Add On period for no additional shipping (on the 10th + 11th each month).
Physical kit subscribers can add the digital kit for $14.99 during the Add On period.
We are unable to offer a "skip" option with our quarterly kits
If you are looking for a digital only subscription that gives you access to digital Storyteller kit and the classroom content then the
Storyteller Class is for you.
This is $24.99 and is a quarter to quarter commitment (
you don't have to commit to all four kits but if you want to cancel you need to reach out to our Customer Service Team).
Here's a video overview of this kit:
June 9, 2025
Week In The Life™ 2025 | Ali's Sunday
We did it! We documented another Week In The Life™!
This was my 20th time embarking on this project and it continues to hold such a special place in my heart! I've got to pivot to a couple other projects during the first half of this week and then I hope to start getting my photos into my album.
When we are home in this season, Sunday's are often for puttering and resetting and resting. Loved capturing it as a part of my week.
Here's a look at my day:
We've been experiencing a heatwave this past week so that means extra watering. I hand water all my pots along with a few other spots in the yard. I actually love starting my day this way. I'm most often accompanied by Sam (a cat) and Betty.
On Saturday I took out some more sweet pea seeds and soaked them overnight before tucking them into a spot next to the shed. I've got sweet peas coming up in a few other spots in the yard (almost ready to bloom) so I'm excited to have a second planting. This year I'm growing sweet pea seeds from Johnny's.
I've got two strawberry pots that the squirrels have been enjoying!
Cleaning out the fridge on Sunday is one of those tasks I don't mind doing - especially when I'm in a puttering mood. With older kids who often make their own food I get to find all kinds of interesting things in the fridge when I clean it out. Something has always been forgotten as the go about their week.
On Sunday's I water my inside plants.
Love this spot.
Sunday's are for cutting fruit to make it an easy snack for the week ahead.
Last year I went crazy planting nasturtium around the yard and I'm here for all the volunteers this year (along with a few seeds I might have popped in here and there). They just make me happy.
After puttering for most of the morning it was time for painting. I signed up for an online class from Helen Wells called Joy Filled Flowers: Mixed Media Sketchbook and started going through the first lessons. I love the invitation to play and experiment and not have it be perfect. I love learning.
I went out into the yard and collected a few things as a visual for one of the lessons.
And then there was more resting: long chit-chat bath with Aaron, smoothies, starting Heartwood (which is catching my attention right from the start).
Here's a look in my notebook:
Thank you so much for coming along on this documenting adventure.
June 8, 2025
Week In The Life™ 2025 | Ali's Saturday
Welcome to my Saturday words + photos post for Week In The Life™ 2025.
It was one of those magical, hot early summer Saturday's where the possibilities of the season feel endless.
One more day of documenting for this project! We've got this!
Here's a look at my Saturday:
In this season, Saturday's are sometimes for sleeping in and sometimes for club volleyball.
In this season, most mornings begin outside.
In this season there are lots of watering needs and I enjoy the task (until the end of the summer when I'm burned out). I like experimenting in the yard and this time I'm trying some dahlias in a raised bed along the house.
In every season Betty is a fan of peanut butter.
And swimming.
On Saturday I set up a little inflatable pool for the next couple of months. I love sitting out there in the late afternoon on really hot days.
In this season, Saturday was for the yard and for art. My friend Sarah came over to work on crafting projects. She was making some invites and I was doing more watercolors. We love sitting together and chatting. Our first spot got too sunny so we moved over to a table behind the garage by the shed.
Thankful, always thankful.
I love how this photo is a combo of yard + art.
Simon sent this one of him recreating an iconic scene from the movie Goonies. He's in Astoria this weekend where most of the movie was filmed for a big Goonies weekend celebration. Love this for him.
After a morning of art it was time for an afternoon doing almost noting either in this little pool or on an outdoor couch I moved over into the grass (for shade).
The magnolias are showing off.
It was a really nice, relaxing day. Much needed.
Betty looked for shade too. It was 88 yesterday. I also love the peekaboo into the other areas of the yard through the giant wisteria that made me want to buy this house even more back in 2010.
And in this season, and for the last number of years, this is one of my favorite views. It means I'm laying down on a couch or in the little pool just looking up to the blue sky and watching the branches dance in the breeze.
And here's a look at my notebook:
June 7, 2025
Week In The Life™ 2025 | Ali's Friday
We made it to Friday and the weekend! Yay! We are having a string of awesome weather where all I want to do is be outside!
Here's a look at my Friday via photos for Week In The Life™ 2025:
Anna + Libby taking off in the morning on their way to a last day of school friend breakfast. They have finals next week.
How fun to have a last day of school breakfast. Love it.
Working on my blog post yesterday and a few other items on my list in the office. But really all I wanted to do was go outside.
It was time to get Betty's nails trimmed so I used that as a transition between desk work and outside work. She's going great getting her nails trimmed at the groomer these days and I'm so glad. She's gets a treat like a pigs ear after and I think she now associates that with the the word "trims." Also, she sits like a person in the car and doesn't make a single sound.
Seeing what seeds I have that I might want to get outside.
Watering and planting a second round of zinnia seeds in random places around the yard. I love working outside. Putting around is my favorite.
That's a peony.
One of my current favorite spots. Roses + peonies!
Adding a layer of straw to some of my roses - testing it out to see if it helps keep some moisture in there on these hot days.
The magnolia tree is also blooming.
And then I took a late afternoon nap.
So close to being ready!
My favorite little section of ground cover that is growing. It smells like mint.
Bath before date night!
I always love taking a couple outside looking in shots during Week In The Life.
Here's a look in my notebook:
May 9, 2025
In Case You Missed It | May 9
Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to the latest
In Case You Missed It. Just a reminder that this is a quick post that will happen every Friday afternoon with all the updates and links that have happened throughout the week. So, let's get to it:
2025 WEEK IN THE LIFE COLLECTION NOW AVAILABLE
The all new Week In The Life™ products for 2025 are now available! We have a new album, our journal, a gorgeous main kit, an incredibly fun themed mini kit, and a collection of coordinating Week in the Life™ products. All of the products are in the warehouse and ready to ship! This year Ali will be documenting her week beginning Monday, June 2nd, 2025. Don't forget Ali's Storytelling With Week In The Life™ class is discounted until 4/30.
Our collection digitals for Week In The Life™ will be available on Friday, May 2nd. Layered templates will be coming to the shop closer to the documenting day.
ALI'S WEEK IN THE LIFE ALBUM SET-UP
Ali is over on the blog sharing her set-up + design formula for her 2025 Week In The Life™ album. Head there now to see how it came together.
APRIL KITS ARE HERE
Our April kits are here! In addition to our second Storyteller and Stamps Are Fun Kits, we also have a brand new Stories By The Month™ kit and the next edition in our Alphas Are Awesome series. Head to the blog for Ali's post with all the details about this month’s release.
SHOP STORY PLAY NOW
Shop our
new Story Play collection now! This year's four themed kits can be purchased individually or in a bundle. Here are a list of the themes and the month's we will be inviting you to join us in documenting this year: Day In The Life™, Dogs + Cats, Watch + Listen, and Gratitude. Documenting dates will be shared soon!
Digital kits (including stamps) are available now. Once these kits sell out, they will not be restocked. Documenting Weeks have not been finalized. We will share that information as soon as we have it.
TENTATIVE 2025 PROJECT + PRODUCT SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE
Earlier this week on the blog Ali shared our 2025 project schedule. Recently we've been encountering some unexpected delays in manufacturing which is inviting us to be more fluid in our release/project scheduling (the reason why we've been holding off on sharing a more concrete schedule). Head there now for our rough schedule and a few general notes. We’re excited about the year ahead!
MAY DIGITALS
The first Friday of every month we have a new digital release available in the shop. That mean's Week In The Life™ digitals are available now! Play with scale, recolor objects, add journaling, print multiples…the sky is the limit when playing with digitals. Shop digitals here.
As always, we’re so grateful to have you all as members of this community! Thanks for joining me today and have a great weekend!
May 6, 2025
Week In The Life™ 2025 | Special Guest Denine Zielinski
Hi friends! It’s Denine here, and I am excited to share my design plans for Week In The Life 2025 with you today.
I am especially excited for WITL this year because of the week that Ali chose (June 2-8). This will be my fifth WITL, and there was only one other time for me when the documenting week was during my Summer break. The other three years were during school. Life is quite different for me in each of those seasons as you can imagine. This year will be unique because I will be in school for the first half of the week and on break for the second half. So, I am really looking forward to seeing how that plays out for me.
In the video below, you can see + hear me as I flip through my album set up. I am really happy with my design plan, but I am also looking forward to leaving things open for change. Having a loose plan definitely helps for thinking ahead about what photos I will take as well as what orientations will work best and how many approximate photos I might need. Like Ali says, I am setting myself up for success.
If you have checked out Ali’s blog post, you know that she also used the 3x4 One Week Seven Days Journal Card for her title page. She cut it out and added it to one of the 11x8.25 Days Of The Week Patterned Papers from the Journal Card + Paper Variety Pack. I also cut mine out, but I chose to use the 11x8.25 Color Blocks Paper. I wanted to add a little more playfulness here, so I cut a larger scalloped oval shape from the middle of the paper and used clear cord to hang the cut-out journal card inside (yes, I am still channeling my inner December Daily vibe.)
On the backside of the title page, I used the same 11x8.25 Days Of The Week Patterned Paper that Ali used (oh, that red!), and I modified the digital version of the 3x4 One Week Seven Days Journal Card to add my reason why. That is adhered back-to-back with the original cut-out card that shows through the front side.
In the picture below, you can see how cute those cards look just hanging there as I turn the page.
After that we begin with my daily set up. Here’s a look at my Monday pages set up in my album.
After the Transparency Divider (cut down to fit the 6x8 album), I have the 3x8 Scalloped Journal Card from the Main Kit. Here, you see it in a page protector just to hold it in place. I have not yet decided whether I will add these cards with page attachers or if I will punch holes directly in them.
What I will write about on the 3x8 Scalloped Journal Card each day is TBD as is what I will be doing on the backside. I am initially thinking three small photos for the back. Next is a Citrus Twist 4x4 two pocket page protector that will be the home for the 4x4 Something From Today Journal Card from the Main Kit and mostly likely some photos.
Next, I have a 4 pocket Instax sized page protector also from Citrus Twist. One of the pockets will contain a Plastic Number from the Mini Kit. The other pockets will most likely be photos. I love little photos so much. If you have seen any of my 2024 Project Life spreads, you also know that I love having all different sized and shaped pages in my albums. The Citrus Twist page protectors are perfect for that.
I’m also super excited to add little tabs to them. I plan on creating my own tabs using the colors from the kit and different phrases. The photo below shows an example of how that might look + it just makes me happy!
After that will be a 3-pocket page protector with a 3x4 Journal Card from the Main Kit and a 4x6 Journal Card from the Journal Card + Paper Variety Pack. Placement of these cards (front or back of the page protector) will be determined later.
One of the products that I love + am going to use are the 10x4 Journal Cards from the Journal Card + Paper Variety Pack. I just haven’t quite decided how they will fit in. In the photo below, I cut one down from 10 inches to 8.25 inches to use to long ways. It’s in a page protector now, but will be added directly into the rings if I choose to use it in this way.
My other option is to cut them down to 6 inches and place them in the 4x6 pocket of the 3-pocket page protector. Either way, I will be adding one of the 2x2 Circle Die Cuts from the Mini Kit or the Day of the Week Chipboard shape from the Main Kit (or both) on top of the printed circle.
Also, in the photo above (and below), you can see a fun page that I created in PSE to document a few “Little Bits” every day. I love creating my own unique page to be added into each day. Last year, I created my own checklist. This year, this page will be home to either just journaling in each box or a combination of journaling and small photos. My topics here are Mood Check, Little Wins, Yes to This, Note to Self, Grateful for, No to This, Noticed This, and Best Moment.
As I was typing this post, I started thinking about the recent January 2025 SBTM 3x4 Stamp Set. If you’re not a subscriber, I added a photo of the set below. It has four little faces, each with a different mood…love this, so hard, meh, and LOL.
How fun would it be to stamp one of those faces in the Mood Check box? I measured the faces, and they will fit, too! So fun! By the way…this set is still available in both the physical and digital formats. Below is an example of what one of the stamps might look like. Here is a link for you to download my Little Bits page for yourself.
The last page for each day will be the Cardstock Insert from the Main Kit. Since it will be adhered to the backside of my Little Bits page, I had to insert it into the rings upside down and backwards. I am totally fine with this. I may or may not add the Bits Of Life Vellum Pockets from the Main Kit in the center of this page. Still unsure, but all I do know is that those vellum pockets will be used. They are one of my favorite pieces from this release!
Sketched out, here is a quick look at my plan that will repeat each day.
Thank you so much for joining me today on my Week In The Life prep journey. I’m really excited for the community documenting week beginning on June 2. I will spend the next few weeks elaborating on my design plan with more detailed ideas for what content I want to include, but having a loose set up feels fantastic!
If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below. I love hearing from you guys! You can also find me on Instagram @denine2 and YouTube @Denine2.
Happy storytelling, my friends!
May 2, 2025
In Case You Missed It | May 2
Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to the latest
In Case You Missed It. Just a reminder that this is a quick post that will happen every Friday afternoon with all the updates and links that have happened throughout the week. So, let's get to it:
2025 WEEK IN THE LIFE COLLECTION NOW AVAILABLE
The all new Week In The Life™ products for 2025 are now available! We have a new album, our journal, a gorgeous main kit, an incredibly fun themed mini kit, and a collection of coordinating Week in the Life™ products. All of the products are in the warehouse and ready to ship! This year Ali will be documenting her week beginning Monday, June 2nd, 2025. Don't forget Ali's Storytelling With Week In The Life™ class is discounted until 4/30.
Our collection digitals for Week In The Life™ will be available on Friday, May 2nd. Layered templates will be coming to the shop closer to the documenting day.
SHIPPING DETAILS: Use code WITL2025 for FREE domestic shipping ($20 international flat rate) on Week In The Life category when you spend $75+. *Offer valid until 4/30 at 11:59pm EST.
ALI'S WEEK IN THE LIFE ALBUM SET-UP
Ali is over on the blog sharing her set-up + design formula for her 2025 Week In The Life™ album. Head there now to see how it came together.
STORYTELLING WITH WEEK IN THE LIFE
With our next Week in the Life™ collection just around the corner, we're offering a little something to help you get ready. The past WITL class is 20% off now through the end of the month. Whether this is your first time joining in or you're a longtime documenter, this class is filled with thoughtful prompts, practical ideas, and real-life inspiration to help you make the most of your week. Let's tell the story of your life, one week at a time. No code needed.
APRIL KITS ARE HERE
Our April kits are here! In addition to our second Storyteller and Stamps Are Fun Kits, we also have a brand new Stories By The Month™ kit and the next edition in our Alphas Are Awesome series. Head to the blog for Ali's post with all the details about this month’s release.
SHOP STORY PLAY NOW
Shop our
new Story Play collection now! This year's four themed kits can be purchased individually or in a bundle. Here are a list of the themes and the month's we will be inviting you to join us in documenting this year: Day In The Life™, Dogs + Cats, Watch + Listen, and Gratitude. Documenting dates will be shared soon!
Digital kits (including stamps) are available now. Once these kits sell out, they will not be restocked. Documenting Weeks have not been finalized. We will share that information as soon as we have it.
TENTATIVE 2025 PROJECT + PRODUCT SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE
Earlier this week on the blog Ali shared our 2025 project schedule. Recently we've been encountering some unexpected delays in manufacturing which is inviting us to be more fluid in our release/project scheduling (the reason why we've been holding off on sharing a more concrete schedule). Head there now for our rough schedule and a few general notes. We’re excited about the year ahead!
MAY DIGITALS
The first Friday of every month we have a new digital release available in the shop. That mean's Week In The Life™ digitals are available now! Play with scale, recolor objects, add journaling, print multiples…the sky is the limit when playing with digitals. Shop digitals here.
As always, we’re so grateful to have you all as members of this community! Thanks for joining me today and have a great weekend!
Week In The Life™ 2025 | Special Guest Jill Drangsholt
Hey friends! Today I'm excited to share with you a bit of my Week in the Life set up. I actually decided to jump right into my documenting after I set this up, so I am in the midst of my documenting week right now. I will share more of that soon, but for now let's look at my foundation pages!
Here's a walk through of how I have set up my album and how I plan to use some of the products:
And here are some photos of some of ways I am using the products:
I loved using the sticker sheet in the main set to customize some "ing" word cards for each day. Don't these stickers look so cute on the 4x6 cards from the paper pack? I was able to just use the words that are relevant for my life and for each particular day. For example, I only needed one "reading" sticker for the whole week, but I wanted to sprinkle the "watching" ones throughout, knowing I'd be watching multiple different things.
I decided that I wanted to fill the vellum pockets with circles instead of the scalloped ovals they came with, and I was very excited that the 2.5 inch circles on the Numbers Kit paper fit perfectly in the pockets! Since there are only 5 circles on that sheet, I used the digital to print out two more. I used a 2.5 inch circle punch to cut these out, but you can also hand cut them.
With the prompt of "life is currently measured by" on the circles, I decided they would be a great place to do some simple numbers based documenting with the Numbers Kit. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by the prospect of the extra work to keep track of things during my week, so I looked for some simple things to count. Luckily, the plastic words in the kit not only lend themselves to some simple documeting, but they also fit perfectly on top of the circles! I glued mine down with permanent Scotch glue sticks and they seem to be holding really well. I also topped my circles with a washi tape faux ribbon. You can check out the video for how I created those.
Here is how I plan to use those plastic words:
DAYS: how many days in the week my son is with me and how many he is with his dad BOOKS: how many books I have check out at the library and how many I have on hold MEALS: how many meals I cooked, how many nights of leftovers, and how many dinners eaten out CUPS: how many cups of tea, coffee, fizzy water I drink in a day HOURS: how many hours I worked that week SLEEPS: how many hours I typically sleep right now and what time I go to bed and wake up WALKS: how many walks to the river and walks to my son's bus stop
I decided to use the color blocked scalloped dividers for my main journaling spot with the front page news on the back. I cut mine to 5.5 inches wide so that there is a bit peeking out from the next page. I love how covering most of the page with a white sheet of journaling leaves a cute pop of scalloped color.
My title page is very similar to Ali's, except I used a paper from the Grit Story Kit.
On the back of my title page, I am including a simple page to identify the main characters in my documenting week along with our ages and photos. I used a paper from the Fun Storyteller Kit as my base paired with the paper numbers from the Numbers kit and stamped names using the new stencil alpha stamp. I will add photos after the documeting week is over.
I hope you enjoyed this peek into my setup! I also think I may add a few of the 2x2 page protectors, but I was waiting to see if I have enough photos for that. My goal is to get my album all put together by the end of the community documenting week so that I can share how it looks just as everyone is ready to put theirs together. See you back here soon!
You can follow along with my other crafting adventures on Instagram (@jill.drangsholt).
May 1, 2025
Week In The Life™ 2025 | Special Guest Linda Jordan
Hi there! This is Linda and I’m so excited that we’re going into Week in the Life season because this is absolutely my favorite scrapbooking project that I do each year. I have been participating in WITL since 2015, and it brings me so much joy to see my TEN completed albums on my shelf!
Even though I absolutely love this project, it is a ton of work and I get that it can be intimidating. In fact, before I created my first album, I simply observed the community documenting for a couple of years because I was unsure if I would be able to finish this project or if I would have anything interesting to document. But it turns out I can + I did + you do too!
I have found that the key to success with this project is going in with a plan + being flexible to adjust as you go, if needed. One of my absolute favorite ways to approach this project + keep it fun is to go on a “scavenger hunt” for specific stories/photos/information during the week. Today I wanted to share a bit more about what this means + some ideas you can use to bring this into your own documenting week + album.
The original concept for this project is to just capture your everyday life for a week. That concept is amazing + can totally be your entire project. But, for me, I like to have a little more direction to prevent myself from taking 1000+ photos per day and completely burning out on trying to capture every single detail.
So, instead, I create a list of specific photos + stories + information that I want to capture each day. This list has to be manageable, whatever that looks like for you. I also recommend keeping your list out somewhere where you will see it during the documenting week to remember to capture all the details (I keep mine on my desk). I also recommend checking in at the end of each day to see how you did capturing details on your list. In the photo above, you can see the list I used for last year’s project.
For this post, I want to focus in on what to capture + share my plan for a “scavenger hunt” for my Week in the Life project.
If you are stumped with what to document, let the products be your jumping off point! This year there is a “by the numbers” kit which is full of prompts of things to capture during your week. Some ideas of things to count using this kit:
Minutes spent on a particular activity (work, journaling, reading) Cups of a beverage (coffee, water, tea) Pages/chapters read Steps or miles Car trips Times you opened the fridge Diapers changed Times you opened instagram Photos takenIf you are unsure what to count here are some questions I asked myself in figuring out what I am going to focus on:
What do I do frequently now that I won’t always do like this? For example, if you are in a season of changing diapers, that might be a great thing to track because you won’t always be changing diapers, so it would be interesting to look back on.
What is something that I can fill in later if I forget? If you are worried that you’ll forget to capture a detail, consider something that you could go back and figure out later. For example, I know I will track my daily steps because my apple watch does that for me and I can always get that info at a later date.
What is something I want to do more/less of? Is there a particular activity you want to pay attention to because you hope to increase/decrease it? For example, if you have been wanting to read more, maybe consider counting the pages or minutes you read every day. Paying attention to how often you do something is a great way to track your progress with this goal over time and would be really neat to look back on in the future.
Don’t be afraid to be silly with it! What is a completely silly thing from your day that would be fun to count? For me, how many times I lose something on my desk comes to mind. It could also be something like how many times your kid says “mom” or how many strawberries you eat.
In addition to writing down details, I’ve also sought out specific photos during my project. What is something you could photograph everyday? Some examples of photos I’ve collected in the past:
Daily outfit Dinner Something circular Daily coffee Me at my deskIf you are unsure what to document, let the products guide you! For example, this year there are these fun scalloped dividers in the main kit with 3 large horizontal blocks. You can use this as a home for photos that come in threes or a long/narrow photo. Some ideas that come to mind:
photos of your breakfast, lunch + dinner each day photos of your morning, afternoon + evening each day a long, narrow horizontal photo (what can you capture that is that shape?)
One year, I was working on a puzzle during week in the life and I captured a photo of the progress each day, including the completed puzzle on Sunday (once I knew this was happening, I intentionally finished it on Sunday). This was so fun to see as a piece of my album! What is something you could capture every day and watch how it changes?
Are you worried you will get bored with capturing the same thing every day, or that you’ll forget, or do you just have too many ideas to narrow it down? Consider documenting a different thing every day. For example, the main kit includes fun word phrase strips with “ing” words like watching, working, reading and eating.
It would be fun to pick a different one of these words per day and use that as a jumping off point for a specific photo + story. In last year’s album, I picked one “ing” word that focused on a hobby of mine to document each day. In a previous year, I created pockets to document 4 different ing words each day. Some of these were duplicates day to day and others were not. You can also use this concept with the By the Numbers kit and count a different item everyday.
If you are a little nervous to tackle a photo or stat that must be captured during the day, don’t be afraid to pick somethings that are simply a snapshot of life right now that don’t have to be captured on a specific day.
In 2022, I decided to capture 7 spaces that I frequented to get photos of what they looked like right now (like my kitchen, craft room, and office at work). I didn’t necessarily take these on the days that they were included in the album, but took them during the week or the following week. They still show what those spaces look like at that particular time in my life + I love having them in my album. I also did something similar with flat lays of objects that I used during the week.
So what am I documenting this year? I am still not 100% set on how I am going to be doing this project, but I will be participating during the same week as Ali. However, I am starting my plan by creating my scavenger hunt list. This is what I have so far:
daily purchases/money spent my daily to do list the daily world, connections & NYT front page weather each day a circular photo (or more than one) daily steps miles walked cups of coffee meals cooked an AM photo & a PM photo a space in my house/life (similar to 2022 because so much has changed in just 3 years now that I am an empty nester!)In the video below, I talk through some additional ideas + the ones listed above and how you could include them with the products from this year’s release.
I hope this post helped give you some ideas for what to capture during your week in the life. I’ll be sharing how mine comes together over on instagram + youtube, I hope to see you there!
