Week in the Life : Friday Photos + A Couple Words

Michelle - I would print them all 4x6 and then crop as you are putting the album together. That way you could use "extras" if you want for other layouts that tell different stories.
Krystyn - don't worry about it! Just keep going + do more words than photos for that day (or supplement with others from the week - like pics around your house...things that could be any day).

Krystyn, you have NOT failed. I almost packed it in the other day cause I have not journalled. At all. And I haven't kept a ton of stuff. But Ali told me not to quit and I'm so glad I didn't. I may not have our whole week documented in writing, but I sure got a good "picture" of our life right now. And part of my life right now is not having enough time to journal AND take pics AND save stuff. I'd just sit down and write about WHY you "failed" today, what got in your way.
Sorry, Ali, hope it's okay if I jumped in there. LOL You just helped me so much this week by telling me not to quit.

I am REALLY enjoying this project! Never done anything like this before. I am going with your Shutterfly book to put mine all together. I reviewed my photos yesterday, about 200 so far, and I really like what I have. Like many, my notes or journaling is not as much, but I am okay with this...I know a picture can speak a thousand words!!!
On another note I just wanted to say how handsome Simon looks in your photos.

Congrats on the upcoming birth of your daughter! You'll love having a daughter.

I'm absolutly LOVING this project. I'm sorry to see all the picture taking coming to a end after tomarrow but it's been a load of fun. I can't wait to start putting this together!!!!

My word for 2008 was "now"...and the challenge of A Week in the Life led to my most consciously "now" week all year---thank you so much for all the inspiration and encouragement.

Love to see all your photo's! You've captured the everydayness of your life so well! Much better than all my pictures, but that also due to the fact that i'm a part time working mum with less time on hand to take a lot of pictures during the day! Anyway... i'm excited to see how you're going to put your album together too.. i'm glad to say i decided on the format already... and i made a design for my pages too, so it will be much easier to stick everything together next week!

This has been such a great project to work on. I know I don't have every shot that I would have wanted, but I have enough I think. Today my car died after I dropped my daughters off at a public school to take an SAT test. So, I walked home, walked back and then they walked home with me. It wasn't too far and it was a beautiful day. My husband was able to finish his project for the day and go with me to fix it this evening. So, I have more interesting things happening for my "normal" week than was planned.
Thanks for encouraging us all to scrap our week.
~Robin

Thanks for challenging and encouraging us to do this project. I've really enjoyed this week of documenting our lives, and am kind of sad that part is over already! Hopefully I can avoid procrastination, and follow through with the album in the coming week.

Congrats on your pregnancy! Love all your pics. I would love to know more about your plans on being green with the baby. I saw you are using cloth diapers. Sorry if I missed it, but could you share what brand you are using and the method of cleaning both baby and diapers you'll be using?

Ali Thankyou so much for this project.
In Sydney Australia it is school holidays. I am loving documenting our school holidays. It is a two week break, so not too long. I love catching the kids in their play, because they have so much time together their adventures are quite involved and complex. At the moment our cubby house has become Roald Dahl's Cafe with recipes from all his books. Thankyou for prompting me to capture this wonder.
Ange

Oh Ali - I can't get over how Simon is starting to look so grown up. That picture of him holding his bagel just made me stop in my tracks as I remember so clearly some of your early pages and how tiny he was!
Love how you're documenting this! Wonderful shots/moments you're getting :)
~k.

ali,
this has been so much fuN!
i am getting shots i would have never gotten! tonight we went to barnes and noble and there was an author there and we got a pic. he came and talked to my 8 year old, who has written one book herself and wants to be an author. it was so fuN! and she is so inspired and i have it on filM! thank yOU! can't wait to put it together! i bought a little notebook from Target tonight for it to go intO!tara

Hi Ali,
My biggest challenge is the downloading & printing of my photos. I am so technically challenged, but I won't let that stop me from having a great scrapbooking project. I have been having a great time taking pictures of so many situations and my kids even have been taking photos.
Should we have our albums already chosen because I really don't know what I want to use. I'm leaning more towards the 8.5 x 11. What size albums is everyone else thinking about?

Ali, LOVING this project and it has helped me see so clearly all the special moments of everyday life! YOUR SIMON IS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!! And Chris isn't too bad either! (he's adorable too)

Monika - there's no rule on a time line for choosing your album. If you are on a roll with this project than I suggest making a decision and moving forward with the other parts: printing photos, choosing products, etc.

Ali, I'm not sure if my question perhaps got lost, but I was wondering if the 12x12 mixed pages from Scrapworks can work in a regular 12x12 3-ring album? I'm really leaning towards setting up the book that way. I know if I try to do layouts it won't get done. Ever. But I like the idea of assorted pics and then journal cards and one or two embellishments.

LOVE the 'fertility' sign by simons head! LOL! Your guy reminds me a lot of my 8 year old with autism. I keep taking pictures of my food and my 10 year old daughter finally said, 'MOM! why do you take pictures of all your food?! It's really creeping me out!' hahaha!

Hey Heather - sorry about that :). When I have tried them in the past they were too long (coming out of the edge of the album - not at the top or bottom but on the side). I would recommend using clear page divided page protectors from another source.
If someone else has tried recently I would love to know if this is still the case or if they fit into a "regular" 12x12 3-ring.

Congrats on the little one on the way! I love all your photos, they are so clear and sharp. I've been playing along with the "week in the life" and loving it. Today I was driving to town for shopping at LSS and had to stop and write some things down. Besides what we SEE everyday I thought why not write down what we Hear, Smell, Taste and Feel (Touch). I'm not sure what brought it on, just the nice Fall day and that I could "notice" all these things at once! Thanks for sharing this journey with us!