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Week In The Life™ 2023 | Special Guest Jill Drangsholt

Hello friends! I documented my Week in the Life project with the rest of the community from April 24th - 30th 2023. And although it was a rough start to the week with a very sick dog and I almost quit before I even started, I'm so glad I persevered. I have shared this before, but I always wake up on the first day of Week in the Life with a sense of overwhelm and wanting to delay the project for another week. However, I find that if I just start taking the photos, I get into the groove of it and I don't look back! 

This was my 12th year doing Week in the Life and my first time trying out the 10x8 album size. Over the years, I have documented Week in the Life in bound photo books, in my Project Life albums, in a traveler's notebook folio, and in 6x8 albums. I believe in mixing it up and doing what works best for you in the season you are in. Those years of Project Life versions? Often they only included 3 photos per day, and still they tell a beautiful story. Here you can see all of my albums on a shelf together minus the 4 years that are in my Project Life albums.

The philosophy I've adopted for this project has morphed into a goal of 3 photos per day as my minimum number of photos per day. One morning, afternoon, and evening story. And some years that's all I took. This year my photo average was around 10 - 20 per day. I don't like to leave any photo behind and include almost all of them in my album, so this was a perfect number for me!

For those of you still working on your album, I wanted to share a few tips and product ideas sprinkled throughout a sample of photos from my album. If you'd like to see how the entire album came together, you can see a quick album walk through on my Instagram Profile or my YouTube channel.

I didn't get the transparency dividers but decided last minute that I really wanted to have something like that. So I bought the digital version and printed them on vellum. In the end, I loved how they matched the vellum page that came in this year's kit. 

I started my album with the highlights page filled with black & white versions of photos from the week. I love this quick visual look at what the week looked like! I used the digital version of this paper that came with the kit to help me with the sizing and layout of the photos.

On the back of my highlights page, I created a "right now" page using a paper from the Right Now story kit. I had already journaled some of these "ing" words in the album, so I treated this page as an overarching documentation of what right now looked like for the entire week. 

Inside of the craft 4x4 pockets I wrote notes to myself, my son, and my dog and labeled them with our names on the colorful pie chart circles. Each of the notes were like pep talks to each one of us about things that were happening in our week or that I was feeling at the time, and I started each of them with our names stamped with the Wooden Block Alphas. 

I put screen shots from throughout the week on the number 3x8 inserts. This was not a choice I made before the week, but once Sunday came I realized that I already had enough screen shots for most of the days and just needed a couple of fillers to have one for each day. I especially love the text messages.   

On the backs of the inserts I repeatedly stamped the dates in coordinating colors and added the vellum tags from the main kit with "right now" story cards from the Now Story Kit layered on top to tell a bit more of the story behind the screen shots.

This year I tried out Ali's style of journaling that she writes on her daily blog posts during the project, including some of the prompts she often uses. Monday was the only day that I wrote during the week and the rest were written a week or so later. I found that using various prompts like "some days / most days" helped the journaling to flow better than it normally does for me when faced with large chunks of week in the life journaling. And I just love the micro stories I ended up with! The prompts I used this year are: real life looks like, today I / you / we, celebrating, currently, some days / most days, loving, and Sundays are for. 

I ended up using 4x6 cards from a past Week in the Life kit as headers for my journaling and put it either in a 6x8 pocket page or in one of the 4x10 pockets. 

I decided to stamp the number of the day of the month on the mini day of the week chipboard tags. The numbers I used were from the December Daily 2021 6x8 numbers stamp set. 

I used the 4x4 color blocked cards to write down gratitudes similar to what Ali did, except I embellished mine with the starbursts and circle chipboards. 

One of my goals for when I put the final project together is to try to keep the album as flat and balanced as possible. So I purposely switch up where each of the thicker embellishments go on each day rather than putting it in the same spot every time. In general, more bulk is always in the middle or near the spine, so whenever it makes sense for the design, I will try to put thick elements on the outer edge.

In this album, you will see that I alternated the pocket placement for the 4x4 kraft pockets and the 4x4 color blocked cards that have a chipboard on them. I even rotated the placement of the chipboard so it was always in a different corner. For all other chipboard pieces, I placed them on a different spot within the day every time. I really was tempted to put those large numbers in the middle of the divider pages, but I resisted and found other spots where they made sense. 

I attached the day of the week plastic circles (and quite a few of the sentiment ones) off the edge of photos with a mini staple and added either a star or moon sticker on it. The Friday one was a little light so I added a white card stock circle underneath to help it stand out.

The big numbers ended up going in several places, but quite a few ended up on the 4 x 10 photos and love how that looks!

I added a chipboard label to one photo per day with the time on it. I looked for photos that had room for the chipboard, but also ones where I thought I'd want to know the time when I was looking back at my album. 

I added the "ing" stickers to one photo per day. I took off the foam tape to make them flatter as suggested by Krystal. 

I loved having all of the morning and evening chipboards from the mini kit and made sure to add one each day. 

I tried to add as many of the gold foil words as I could. Although I did wrestle with them a bit with different ways of adhering them. I ended up using staples, stitching and tiny pieces of redline tape. In the end, I loved the tape the best. 

I sprinkled word phrase strips throughout the album because I just couldn't help myself. It was a great way to fill in some empty spaces in photos. 

That's it! I hope you enjoyed this peek into my album! Let me know if you have any questions and as I mentioned before, you can find a flip through of this album on my Instagram account (@jill.drangsholt). Until next year! 

Supplies:
Multicolored Stars 10x8 album, Week in the Life 2023 Main Kit, Week in the Life 2023 Mini Kit, Days of the Week (DIGITAL) dividers, Multicolored Plastic Circle Pack, Number + Journaling 3x8 Inserts, Days of the Week 10x4 Journal Cards

Week In The Life™ | Ali's Embellishing Adventures

My 2023 Week In The Life™ album is almost complete!

Today I'm sharing a closer look at some of the repeated embellishing I created for each day in my album. Tomorrow I'll share a full walkthrough of my almost-completed album with additional information. 

Let's dive in to a video that takes you through my production process for putting together these repeated embellishments: 

Here's a look at each of those embellishments via photos: 

LOVING CARDS

Each day includes one of these cards that documents something I'm loving right now on the front and on the back you'll find some fun pattern vellum/transparencies + the plastic circles from the Main Kit. 

SUPPLIES
Number + Journaling Inserts Phrases + Circles Stamp Set Slick Writer Precision Pen  Staz On Ink 

On the back: 

I love the pattern pops in the album that is primarily focused on photos + words. 

SUPPLIES
Transparencies from 2023 Stories By The Month™ Kits Plastic Circles from Week In The Life™ Main Kit 2.5 Inch Circle Punch Tiny Attacher White Cardstock (for behind the plastic circles) Vicki Boutin Color Story Vellum 6 Hole Punch  Miscellaneous Vellum from my stashCHIPBOARD NUMBERS + VELLUM PHRASES

I knew I wanted to do a little something with the chipboard numbers in the Main Kit so I decided to pull out an old dotted stamp that I've probably had since I first started memory keeping back in 2002. You could replicate this look with a stencil or another pattern stamp. You could also stamp the days of the week or other sentiments on top. In addition to the stamping I also added the vellum phrase strips from the Mini Kit using red line tape. Each one of these is adhered to the days of the week transparency to start off each day. 

SUPPLIES
Chipboard Numbers from Main Kit Vellum Phrases from Mini Kit Dotted Stamp from Savvy Stamps (super old) - a stencil could also achieve this look StazOn Ink VELLUM TAGS + WORD PHRASE STICKERS FROM MY STASH

I used the seven vellum tags from the kit to hold a fun collection of word/phrase stickers from my stash and used rolling adhesive to add them to some of the photo enlargements in my album. 

SUPPLIES
Vellum Tags from Main Kit Word/Phrase Stickers from my stashDAILY KRAFT POCKETS

I used the small chipboard sentiments from the Main Kit as journaling prompts for my writing on the cards. I left the back side blank but you could easily add a photo or collage of photos if you were needing more homes for photos in your project. 

I grabbed some puffy heart stickers from my stash to add to the plastic circles on the back of the craft pockets. 

SUPPLIES
Kraft Pockets + Chipboard Circles from Main Kit Plastic Circles Alpha Stickers Puffy Hearts from stash  Pentel Brush Pen for journaling Tiny AttacherHIGHLIGHTS PAGE

For the Highlights Page at the front of my album I decided to add photo strips to each day. These measure 1.25 inches x 6 inches. I love having this to begin the album.  

On the back of the Highlights Page I decided to add a full page photo with word art from the 10x8 Layered Template Set along with writing that's looking back at the project as a whole (written once I was almost done with the whole thing). 

Thanks for visiting today! Tomorrow I'll share a full walkthrough of my almost-complete album. 

Story Play | Photography

Mark your calendar for May 30th for our next Story Play series featuring the Photography Story Play Kit. 

During the week we'll be sharing thoughts, ideas and examples using the kit to celebrate stories of our experiences with photography. Our goal is to come together and celebrate our shared love of photos as a huge piece of our storytelling + memory keeping adventures. 

Here's the schedule: 

TUESDAY: Ali + community members will share their "reason why" using the Photos Matter pattern paper from the kit. WEDNESDAY: Today we'll be celebrating + sharing our "bad" photos (these are 100% relative of course - all photos tell a story). Do you have a "bad" photo that supports a story in your life or a "bad" photo that you love for one reason or another? We'll be inviting you to share your photos on social media. THURSDAY: Ali + community members will share their "right now" phone photo page + ideas using the journal cards from the kit. FRIDAY: Join us at 10am for a community zoom call to chat about photos. Zoom link will be shared on the Tuesday post. 

We do have some of these cute physical kits still available here. Here's a look at what's included: 

A digital version is available here.

In Case You Missed It | May 19

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:

STORY PLAY PHOTOGRAPHY WEEK

Mark your calendars! Our Story Play Photography week is happening later this month, May 30th through June 2nd. Be on the lookout for more details as we get closer to those documenting dates. Looking for products to support your storytelling? There's still time to grab our Story Play Photography Mini Kit. Find it here. 

TRAVEL RELEASE UPDATES 

Earlier this week we shared a first look at our brand new 2023 Travel Collection coming Wednesday, June 14th! Stay tuned for more sneaks and details as we get closer to the launch. A preview post, including product videos, pricing, shipping and more will be shared on the blog in advance of the release. Digitals for this collection will be available as part of our July digital release, happening the first Friday of July. We're also excited to share that we have a brand new travel class with completed albums from Ali and other community members in progress. We can’t wait to share this collection with you! 

NEW CLASS FROM ALI: STORYTELLING WITH WEEK IN THE LIFE™ 

Be sure to check out Ali's newest class: Storytelling With Week In The Life™, available now. Storytelling with Week In The Life™ is designed to get you in the mood for documenting a seven day period in your life. This workshop is modeled after the popular Storytelling With December Daily® and Storytelling With Project Life® workshops and is designed to walk you through all the facets of the project in an way that encourages and empowers you to be the boss of your own storytelling experience. We've recently addded bonus lessons from community members. You don't want to miss thhe great inspiration they are sharing. ⁠Register here.

NEW CLASS FROM ALI: STORYTELLING WITH WEEK IN THE LIFE™ 

Be sure to check out Ali's newest class: Storytelling With Week In The Life™, available now. Storytelling with Week In The Life™ is designed to get you in the mood for documenting a seven day period in your life. This workshop is modeled after the popular Storytelling With December Daily® and Storytelling With Project Life® workshops and is designed to walk you through all the facets of the project in an way that encourages and empowers you to be the boss of your own storytelling experience. ⁠Register here.

2023 WEEK IN THE LIFE™ PRODUCTS AVAILABLE

The all new Week In The Life™ products for 2023 are now available! We have two new albums, 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! ⁠

WEEK IN THE LIFE™ DIGITALS

Our collection digitals for Week In The Life™ (including layered templates) are available now! We have 10x8 and 6x8 layered templates again this year. Layered templates are .PSD files. Design note: we are no longer grouping layers in Photoshop as we have learned PSE users cannot use elements that have been grouped. Main kit journal cards and papers will be available as separate file. The kraft pages will be available with a white and transparent background and we will also have album art available. SVG files, which can more easily be manipulated in CANVA, will be included when possible, consistent with previous digital releases. Shop them here.

IMPORTANT SUBSCRIPTION UPDATES

Since January, we’ve seen incredible growth in our subscriptions! As always, we are extremely grateful for your support and thrilled by your enthusiastic response to the changes we’ve implemented. As a result, we are currently on a waitlist for both new Stories By The Month™ and Story Kit™ subscribers. Now is the time to subscribe or jump on the waitlist if you’ve been considering a subscription to either of these products. If you are interested in receiving one of these subscriptions when they become available, it’s important to sign-up for our waitlist now as it helps our team anticipate future quantities.

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!

Jumping In To Daily Pages

For a long time now my friend Kristin Tweedale of The Awesome Ladies Project has been doing a project called Daily Pages. I've watched her express her creativity and tell her story using this method for years and now feels like a good time and season for me to play in this format. She's got a free 5-day email intro into the project if you are interested here. 

What I'm loving about this little weekday practice for myself is the simplicity and that they are basically short stories. It's a fun way to use up my stash and play around with items on my table and capture a story - getting something out of my head/heart and onto a page, regardless of the size, is something I have long loved about memory keeping + creativity. I also love how it feels like it frees me up creatively before I sit at my desk. I've felt this way before when I've done Morning Marks or art journaling too. 

I'm following Kristin's lead and using small Field Notes notebooks.  

Here's a video that compiles my first six little adventures: 

And here's a look at the individual pages: 

Labels Quarterly Scrapbook Kit Pattern Paper + March 2023 Stories By The Month Circles (from 6x4 card) + Pentel Touch Brush Pen + Micron .03 + Rolling Date Stamp + Tab Sticker (similar)

Kuretake Brush Pen Extra Fine

Dina Wakley Alpha Mask/Stencil + April 2023 Add On Canvas Phrases + Honeyman Ink + Neskowin Ink

Ampersand Story Kit Card + Seek Story Kit Card + Quote Cards from OLW release a few years ago + Wood Block Alpha Stamps 

Rainbow Scrapbook Kit Pattern Paper + Now Story Kit Cards + Pentel Touch Brush Pen + Micron .03

Alphas Are Awesome Stamp Set #2 + Columbia Ink + May 2023 Stories By The Month Card + Pentel Touch Brush Pen + Micron .03

Week In The Life™ 2023 | Special Guest Kim Chaffin

Hello, crafty friends! This is Kim Chaffin or kimdocumentslife on Instagram and kimdocumentslife on Youtube. I documented Week In The Life April 24th through April 30th alongside many in this community. It’s one of my favorite memory keeping projects, and I love the record of life at this moment that we create in these scrapbooks. This was my sixth year playing along, and I’m very excited to have completed my album in record time. It took me only a week to put it together, which is often my goal but seldom accomplished. I’m sharing a few thoughts on what made the difference for me this time around. 

I don’t normally do a lot of prep work prior to a project like this. I tend to think that the experience of the week will inform the way I want to scrapbook it. This year, however, I did do a minimal amount of album set-up in advance. I knew that I wanted to use the transparencies to begin each day. So I printed those,  and I embellished them with large numbers as well as die cuts from the mini kit. I arranged those in my 10 x 8 scrapbook, with each day followed by one of each of the three types of page protectors included with that album. I knew that I would likely have more photos than this, but for now I simply wanted to get the basic structure of the book in place. 

I also knew that I wanted to use the 10 x 4 Journal Cards for my daily journaling and the 4 x 6 day of the week cards to include the voices of my family members. I assigned each person to a day card, and I placed both types of cards in the page protectors corresponding to the correct day.

I spent the actual week documenting, taking photos and writing journaling for each day. I also made sure to get the appropriate person in my family to fill out a card on their day. After the week ended, I was excited to get busy! 

I began with a few introductory pages, including a photo of my husband and me, a screenshot of a front page of the New York Times, and the Highlights page, summarizing our week.

I chose to follow each of the daily transparencies with a full page photo from the day. I normally work on these projects one day at a time. This year, I decided to try batch printing instead, so that I wouldn’t have to frequently change out paper size in my printer. I found that this went much more quickly, allowing me to keep my focus on the task at hand. I added a digital day of the week to each large photo and printed these at 11 x 8.5, because I planned for them to be placed outside the page protectors. 

I also batch printed the journaling on the 10 x 4 Journal Cards. Finally, I batch printed templates, one for each day. The templates were adhered to the back sides of the large photo that begins each day.

From here, I only had to go back and fill in my page protectors with photos and embellish. I added additional page protectors for most days. I’ll share a sampling of the album below, and you can see all of the pages from my full week on Instagram, and a flip-through of the entire album will be on Youtube in the very near future. 

Thank you for documenting with me! I love the inspiration we share in this community!

In Case You Missed It | May 12

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:

HAPPY STORY KIT, JUNE STORIES BY THE MONTH + GO SCRAPBOOK KIT

This week we released a new Story Kit, Story Stamp, and Stories By The Month kit. For May, we are focusing on stories related to the theme of Happy. As we all know, life is a series of highs + lows and many moments in between. This month we are focusing on the happy stuff: the things that bring us joy and make us smile and brighten our world. Head to the blog now for all of the details.

STORY PLAY PHOTOGRAPHY WEEK

Mark your calendars! Our Story Play Photography week is happening later this month, May 30th through June 2nd. Be on the lookout for more details as we get closer to those documenting dates. Looking for products to support your storytelling? There's still time to grab our Story Play Photography Mini Kit. Find it here. TRAVEL RELEASE UPDATES
We're excited to share that our Travel Collection will release in mid-June. We hope to start sharing collection sneaks very soon. Stay tuned for all of the details! 

MAY DIGITAL RELEASE IS LIVE

The first Friday of every month means new digitals hit the shop! Today's release includes digital versions of our newest stamps! Check them out here.

NEW CLASS FROM ALI: STORYTELLING WITH WEEK IN THE LIFE™ 

Be sure to check out Ali's newest class: Storytelling With Week In The Life™, available now. Storytelling with Week In The Life™ is designed to get you in the mood for documenting a seven day period in your life. This workshop is modeled after the popular Storytelling With December Daily® and Storytelling With Project Life® workshops and is designed to walk you through all the facets of the project in an way that encourages and empowers you to be the boss of your own storytelling experience. ⁠Register here.

2023 WEEK IN THE LIFE™ PRODUCTS AVAILABLE

The all new Week In The Life™ products for 2023 are now available! We have two new albums, 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! ⁠

WEEK IN THE LIFE™ DIGITALS

Our collection digitals for Week In The Life™ (including layered templates) are available now! We have 10x8 and 6x8 layered templates again this year. Layered templates are .PSD files. Design note: we are no longer grouping layers in Photoshop as we have learned PSE users cannot use elements that have been grouped. Main kit journal cards and papers will be available as separate file. The kraft pages will be available with a white and transparent background and we will also have album art available. SVG files, which can more easily be manipulated in CANVA, will be included when possible, consistent with previous digital releases. Shop them here.

IMPORTANT SUBSCRIPTION UPDATES

Since January, we’ve seen incredible growth in our subscriptions! As always, we are extremely grateful for your support and thrilled by your enthusiastic response to the changes we’ve implemented. As a result, we are currently on a waitlist for both new Stories By The Month™ and Story Kit™ subscribers. Now is the time to subscribe or jump on the waitlist if you’ve been considering a subscription to either of these products. If you are interested in receiving one of these subscriptions when they become available, it’s important to sign-up for our waitlist now as it helps our team anticipate future quantities.

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!

Happy Story Kit, June Stories By The Month, + Go Scrapbook Kit

Today's the 10th of the month and that means a new 
Story Kit, Story Stamp, and Stories By The Month kit. 

This month we are focusing on stories related to the theme of Happy.

As we all know, life is a series of highs + lows and many moments in between. This month we are focusing on the happy stuff: the things that bring us joy and make us smile and brighten our world. 

Initial story ideas for this theme include:

What's currently making you happy in your life right now? Make a list. Who is the person that makes you happiest? Why? What is it about them that brings you so much joy? When was the last time you felt overjoyed? What was the reason? Tell that story.STORY KIT

The 
Story Kit™ includes: 

Here's a video overview of the 
Story Kit™ and Add-On options this month:

STORY STAMP™

The 
Stamp Set:

Here's a video overview of the Story Stamp:

STORY CLASS // INCLUDES DIGITAL STORY KIT

Here's a look at what's included in the Digital Story Kit™:

Your digital kit and the classroom and any Add-Ons purchased will be available to you on the 12th once your card has been charged for the month.
This kit is also available to physical kit subscribers as an Add On each month. 

Here are a few samples from Ali: 

Again, thanks so much for subscribing and/or considering our
Story Subscription program! If you have any questions about this program please let us know below in the comments. 

STORIES BY THE MONTH™

First and foremost we are excited to begin offering a classroom included with this subscription (called
Inspiration By The Month™). Each month Lisa Varshine, Krystal Iduante, and Jen Wong will share inspiration in a classroom using pieces from the Stories By The Month™ kit. 

Here is a full look at the kit this month: 

The kit now includes a sheet of vellum or transparency (sized outside the page protector in a 6 inch x 8 inch album), a pattern paper, a 3 inch x 8 inch (outside the page protector) journal card with the month at the top which will be repeated each month, a 3 inch x 4 inch stamp set, chipboard, 4, 3 inch x 4 inch journal cards, 3, 4 inch x 6 inch journal cards and an embellishment. 

And a video overview:

This subscription is a great option for those who are looking to tell more calendar/everyday life sorts of stories. 

INSPIRATION BY THE MONTH (DIGITAL STORIES BY THE MONTH)

Our Digital Stories By The Month™ kit is now called Inspiration By The Month™. With this subscription you receive access to the Inspiration By The Month™ classroom and the digital kit. 
This kit is also available to physical Stories By The Month™ kit subscribers as an Add On each month.

ADD ON OPTIONS 

Add On options are available to all Story Kit™, Story Stamp™, and Stories By The Month™ physical subscribers (this excludes Digital Story Kit/Story Class subscribers since you don't have any part of your subscription shipped already). Current and new subscribers can select + purchase Add-On's via your new drop-down menu access under your user name in the top right corner of the site: you need to do this before the 11th of the month in order for them to ship with your kit.
Depending on product availability subscribers may be able to purchase the Add-On's after the Add-On period has ended and regular shop shipping rates will apply because they will ship separately from the kit.

ALPHAS ARE AWESOME #2

This stamp set is available to subscribers to add to their box during the Add On period and 
also offered in the shop for anyone else!

Ali used the new stamp to create a background for one of her projects this month: 

QUARTERLY SCRAPBOOK KIT

Our Quarterly Scrapbook Kit subscription continues this month with the theme of go. It's a fun collection of arrows and travel/adventure themes.

Here's a video overview: 

Week In The Life™ | Ali Album Update

Just a quick little video overview as we head into the weekend sharing my photos + typed words for Monday in my Week In The Life™ album. My current plan is to continue getting all my photos printed and journaling added in for each day and then I'll go back in and do some stamping/light embellishing. 

For my journaling this year I'm copying + pasting what I included in each blog post and pairing that with either a collage of photos (using one of the layered templates in this set as the jumping off point) and/or using the 10x4 journaling cards. I am loving the contrast between all the full page photos and the collage of smaller photos spread across two pages. 

I hope you have a good weekend!

SUPPLIES
Week In The Life™ KitWeek In The Life™ 10x8 Album10x4 Journal CardsDay Of The Week DividersNumber + Journaling Inserts10x8 Layered Templates

In Case You Missed It | May 5

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:

DIGITAL SUMMER STORIES REVISITED EVENT HAPPENING NOW
The Digital Summer Stories Revisited Event is here! This event is meant to inspire summer storytelling in digital or hybrid formats. Now is your chance to shop past digital Story Kit™, Stories By The Month™, Story Stamp, Just Write, and Story classes outside of a subscription. And back by popular demand is our 2022 Just Write Bundle! Head to the link in our bio and enjoy past kits, components, add-ons, and $10 Story Classes from now until May 7th. Shop the event here. 

MAY DIGITAL RELEASE IS LIVE

The first Friday of every month means new digitals hit the shop! Today's release includes digital versions of our newest stamps! Check them out here.

NEW CLASS FROM ALI: STORYTELLING WITH WEEK IN THE LIFE™ 

Be sure to check out Ali's newest class: Storytelling With Week In The Life™, available now. Storytelling with Week In The Life™ is designed to get you in the mood for documenting a seven day period in your life. This workshop is modeled after the popular Storytelling With December Daily® and Storytelling With Project Life® workshops and is designed to walk you through all the facets of the project in an way that encourages and empowers you to be the boss of your own storytelling experience. ⁠Register here.

2023 WEEK IN THE LIFE™ PRODUCTS AVAILABLE

The all new Week In The Life™ products for 2023 are now available! We have two new albums, 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! ⁠

WEEK IN THE LIFE™ DIGITALS

Our collection digitals for Week In The Life™ (including layered templates) are available now! We have 10x8 and 6x8 layered templates again this year. Layered templates are .PSD files. Design note: we are no longer grouping layers in Photoshop as we have learned PSE users cannot use elements that have been grouped. Main kit journal cards and papers will be available as separate file. The kraft pages will be available with a white and transparent background and we will also have album art available. SVG files, which can more easily be manipulated in CANVA, will be included when possible, consistent with previous digital releases. Shop them here.

IMPORTANT SUBSCRIPTION UPDATES

Since January, we’ve seen incredible growth in our subscriptions! As always, we are extremely grateful for your support and thrilled by your enthusiastic response to the changes we’ve implemented. As a result, we are currently on a waitlist for both new Stories By The Month™ and Story Kit™ subscribers. Now is the time to subscribe or jump on the waitlist if you’ve been considering a subscription to either of these products. If you are interested in receiving one of these subscriptions when they become available, it’s important to sign-up for our waitlist now as it helps our team anticipate future quantities.

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!