Week in the Life : Sunday Photos + Words

I am so proud of myself! I kept to the photographing all week, instead of fizzling like I usually tend to...even with an unexpected trip to the ER. Oh, well, a week in the life, right? I got some of the most wonderful, unexpected shots, too. Now comes the really fun part! Can't wait to see everybody's interpretations!

Thanks for doing this, Ali. Today is actually Day Seven for me, as I started last Tuesday. It was quite an eventful week for me so I'm really glad to have it documented. I'm planning to do a photo book from Shutterfly to make it a simple process. My baby is due the 19th so I'd like to have it done and back before then. Again, thank you for the inspiration.

LOL - I always love measuring charts right on the wall. Here are 2 of my family's: http://tonyadoughty.blogspot.com/2008/10/measure-up.html
The vine/leaf measure chart I drew on my wall in our house to measure my kids and the chart on the bathroom wall in my Grandma's 1912 house that goes from when my Dad was born in 1943 to current times and covers 2 kids, 3 grandkids and 7 great-grandkids.

i'm feeling a little withdrawal today...it was fun to try photography a little differently. i just got some photos developed and i'm very excited for the next step of the project!

Today is my last day taking pictures (and it's evening in Germany already). Hubby is kind of glad I think, even though he took some pictures of me without being told :-).
I started to print some pics today and my printer didn't do the quality I was looking for, so I have to upload them. Waiting instead of starting (until they're in the mail) ... Plus I had to re-think my layout ideas since they don't develop wallet size. :-(
This project has really opened my eyes. We should be thankful EVERY DAY for what we have and stop nagging about all those tiny things that aren't even worth talking about! I bet it will be so much fun to look at that album a couple of years from now!
Thanks Ali for the inspiration! Can't wait to see how your pages turn out!

Your pumpkin muffins look GOOD ~ if they taste good could you send the recipe?

I love it! You have a measuring wall too - ours is in the kitchen and has the measurements of four kids scribbled all over it. It killed me when we painted the first time that I had to start over - (I took a picture and wrote down all the dates and measurements of the first wall) but now it's all full again.

I'm looking trough all my pics of the past week right now, I'm so happy with them! i've brought it back to a total of 177 pics, now I have to think about how I want to scrap them so I can decide in what size or sizes I want to have them printed.

Hi Ali! I took this fabulous class last year at CKU in Toronto and I cherish the album I made. I am going to make a new one since so much has changed. I love your pictures!!! Here is a link to my blog post about the album I created: http://sandy-sandyscreations.blogspot.com/2008/10/alis-week-in-life-album.html
Sandy

I am so glad that I am not the only one feeling the withdrawl of not having my camera with me all the time. This has been the favorite of all the times I have done this. I decided to keep it simple this time so I can complete the album. I took over 400 photos-last night I printed over 60 and then pared them down to 28 (4 for each day). I have cropped the photos to 4x4 and am starting to get the album done!!! I do have one QUESTION: How often does a person change the blade in their x-acto knife? I just started using this method and find that I like my blade really sharp. Thanks and have loved this project.

Great pics...great idea. Last fall, I took a creativity class at Big Picture Scrapbooking and ended up taking a bunch of pictures of things in my life that I normally didn't take pics of. I think I may do an mini-album withe those pictures. And since it is fall again, and you have inspired me to take more pictures of things....I will lots of fall pictures from 2 years in a row. This could be a great tradition...seeing how my family changes, year to year...on fall season to the next. And I do think fall is the time of year that the most changes occur. Different grade in school, lots of fall sports, etc. so it works out pretty well for us.
Thanks for inspiring.
Holly

Can we have your pumpkin muffin recipe?

Thank you so much for your suggestion Ali :) I can't wait to put this project together, and this time I am going to stop worrying about it being "perfect". Thats the reason I never finish any other scrapbook pages/books. I am just going to put this one together, otherwise it will never get done and one day when I am gone my children will wonder why I took 200 photos of the laundry and the dishes!
Kylie :)

We have a door arch that we measure our daughter on. We have 9.5 years of measurements and she won't let us paint over it!!!!!!!! I really need to scrapbook that. We also love pumpkin muffins with walnuts and golden raisins (soak them in orange juice first).

Well I am so excited to make an album! But most of the shots I have are so dark. I live in the woods and what with all this dark and rain we had last week....ugh! Times like this I wish for a better camera. But such is life. I have had fun anyway!
Looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with.
Happy Monday!

Ali,
Just a quick note to let you know how much I've enjoyed the last week...thank you so much for your inspiration yet again! I did get a little tired near the end of the week but I persisted and am so glad I did...now I just hope I can find the time to complete the project...taking the photos was the easy part!

Hi, I am new to this. What is the best way to capture a completed page? Do you scan it, or do you take a photo and then crop/edit it?
thanks!
jessica

Ali,
thanks so much for hosting this and holding our hands through the entire process. It felt really odd at the beginning of last week, taking pictures of everyday moments that I would have never thought to capture before this. By the end of the week, it felt perfectly natural, and today Im also feeling a little lost without my camera.
Im excited to move to the next phase of the project, but I already know its changed the way I think about capturing our life. I know I'll look at those everyday moments differently from now on...so thank you!

Thank you for allowing us a little peek into your life! I so looked forward to your pictures everyday and they inspired me to remember to take all kinds of pictures... I discovered that the small things, like toys and cups of cocoa are what makes up our daily life and makes it meaningful!!

Hi...I just love doing this project.
Thank You very much!
Cindy