A Week in the Life- Per Ali Edwards!

I was debating on weather or not I was going to participate this year, and decided to go for it.  Ali Edwards has all the details on her blog, but the basic idea is to document a week in your life. Keep your camera handy and take it wherever you go- document the everyday things you do, for one week. I did one last year and included photos of our piles of laundry, the kids reading at night, receipts, the cost of gas, a shot of the inside of the van, making the bed, things the kids said and did, the fruit & veggie aisle at the grocery store. Don't worry about taking pretty photos, just take them as is, with whatever camera you have with you. The idea is to have a true representation of your life & routines right now.

Here is some shots of my "week in the life" project I did from Oct 4th-10th 2008. I set it up the same way Ali did, with the first page highlighting a large photo, the story from that day and a stamped date. Then one page of "baseball card" protector photos in a square grid (2 sides), next page is another digital collage of photos. Simple and fast.

I used a American Craft Modern 3ring album

It is always accessible on a bookshelf, and the kids go thru it often

Title page

A bunch of the front pages that highlight the date and story, and a main photo

A close up of the date stamps and the brads I added after printing the page;

Details of some pocket pages;

Examples of the last page for each day. just a collection of photos arranged together digitally and printed.

This is a great idea and I think it will be so cool to look at it years down the road. Imagine having these photos to look at from when you were a kid!

Comments

[ellie and abbie]

great memories of a typical week!

thanks for sharing.
-Abbie

[linda]

Wow, that is a lot! It's my first year going along with a week in the life and I just like the idea of being able to see the real week of life year to year... I'm starting small though - just to make sure I do it and finish!

[louisa]

So very interesting, what a great idea! Looking forward to another !

[audrey]

This is such a great idea. I look forward to seeing your "week in the life".