Week In The Life | Links To All Previous Projects

A seven-day documentary project, Week In The Life is an annual opportunity to capture the simple everyday details of your life with photos and words. The albums I've created using the basics outlined below are some of my most treasured in that they are wonderfully true representations of my family's life at a particular point in time. From the mundane to the profound, it's those simple little everyday moments that I treasure most.

If you choose to embark on this project, especially for the first time, I encourage you to read through the comments from previous years. There are many suggestions, answers, additional information, etc. that can be found within the comment sections of each post. And remember, there's no right or wrong way to approach this album.

Here's a great post to help you get started: The Basics Of Documenting A Week In Your Life

It's an amazing adventure. Consider yourself invited.


WEEK IN THE LIFE | 2012

April 23rd - April 29

2012 PRE-PLANNING + BASICS

2012 DAILY PHOTOS AND WORDS

COMPLETED PAGES AND HOW TO

2012 BANNER


Please link the banner to: http://aliedwards.com/2010/01/week-in-the-life.htm...



WEEK IN THE LIFE | 2011

JULY 25th - JULY 31st

TITLE SPONSORS | STUDIO CALICO, TIM HOLTZ, SWEET SHOPPE DESIGNS, WORLD WIN, PAPER COTERIE, THERM O WEB, SIMON SAYS STAMP


week in the life | bringing it together : the photos

2011 PRE-PLANNING + BASICS

2011 DAILY PHOTOS AND WORDS

COMPLETED PAGES & HOW TO

2011 BANNER ADS | Click here to grab a banner to share on your blog.

FLICKR GROUP | Share your images and final project in the 2011 Week In The Life Flickr Gallery.

BIG PICTURE COMMUNITY | Join the free community of Week In The Life participants - includes gallery and message boards.



APRIL 2010

PRE-PLANNING + BASICS

Starting To Plan For Week In The Life 2010
The Basics of Documenting A Week In Your Life
2010 Design Plan & Product Suggestions

DAILY PHOTOS + WORDS

Week In The Life : Monday
Week In The Life : Tuesday
Week In The Life : Wednesday
Week In The Life : Thursday
Week In The Life : Friday
Week In The Life : Saturday

COMPLETED PAGES + HOW-TO

Bringing It All Together • The Photos
Bringing It All Together • The Words
Bringing It All Together • The Photos, Part Two
Bringing It All Together • 2010 Completed Album

READER SAMPLES 2010

Group One
Group Two
Group Three

VIDEO TUTORIALS 2010

How To Work With The Layered Template Collage Pages In Photoshop Elements

FLICKR GROUP 2010

Week In The Life 2010

OTHER 2010 POSTS

REALLY BIG GIVEAWAY 2010
Special Organization Guest Post
: Get Organized For Week In Your Life by Aby Garvey of Simplify101.com



SEPTEMBER 2008

BASICS, PRE-PLANNING & ENCOURAGEMENT

Join In : A Week in the Life
Documenting A Week in the Life : all the basics
Ready, set...
Have fun & enjoy the process
Week in the Life : Formula + Supplies

DAILY PHOTOS + WORDS

Week in the Life : Monday Morning Thoughts
Week in the Life : Monday Photos + Words
Week in the Life : Tuesday Photos + Words
Week in the Life : Wednesday Photos + Words
Week in the Life : Mid-Week Observations + Responses to Questions
Week in the Life : Thursday Photos + Words
Week in the Life : Q&A from Thursday's Post
Week in the Life : Friday Photos + A Couple Words
Week in the Life : Saturday Photos + Words
Week in the Life : Sunday Photos + Words

COMPLETED PAGES + HOW-TO

Week in the Life : Album Creation Part One
Week in the Life : Album Creation Part Two (full album shown)

READER SAMPLES 2008

Samples from participants #1
Samples from participants #2
Samples from participants #3
Samples from participants #4

OTHER 2008 POSTS

Tracey Clark : The Great Indoors (a guest post by a photographer about taking indoor photos)

PRESS

Week In The Life featured in Real Simple Magazine, April 2010
Ohdeedoh Week In The Life project ( October 2009 )

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  1. Week in the Life 2012 | Inspired Life with Jess says…
    04/18/2012

    [...] it’s that time of the year again. Ali Edwards is doing a week in the life next week, and I’m planning on participating again. This year, I’ve decided to simplify [...]

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  2. The Simple Act Of Making Pictures | Ali Edwards says…
    04/19/2012

    [...] seriously inspire me. Love this sentiment – it’s a great reminder as we get ready for Week In The Life next [...]

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  3. Week in the Life Week | Field Journaling says…
    04/19/2012

    [...] next week I’ll be jumping in on Ali Edwards’ completely inspiring project, Week in the Life.  If you scrapbook, you  may know of it. If not, you take a week of your life (she does it each [...]

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  4. Week In The Life 2012 | Options For Sharing | Ali Edwards says…
    04/20/2012

    [...] Week In The Life 2012 kicks off on Monday. [...]

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  5. Friday Features | Blogging is for lovers - sunny side up says…
    04/20/2012

    [...] charging my camera and getting ready to participate in Ali Edward's Week in the Life project next week.  I've done this project once before, and I loved the experience.  At [...]

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  6. Birthday Treasure Hunt says…
    04/21/2012

    [...] I’m also planning on starting Ali’s week in the life one day early. I don’t think I’m going to take as many photos as last time – but [...]

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  7. Неделя из жизни 2012: где можно найти единомышленников :) says…
    04/22/2012

    [...] На сайте организатора проекта (англ) — http://aliedwards.com/2010/01/week-in-the-life.html [...]

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  8. Week In the Life says…
    04/22/2012

    [...] Ali Edward‘s Week in The Life begins tomorrow, and I’m ready to participate! [...]

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  9. Week in the Life 2012 | creatingpurpose says…
    04/22/2012

    [...] Monday, I plan to spend the week working on Ali Edwards Week in the Life. I attempted this last year but never finished the album and really didn’t keep up with the [...]

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  10. week in the life | Gwenipooh & scrap says…
    04/23/2012

    [...] d’info sur le blog d’Ali Edwards  Share this:TwitterFacebookJ'aimeJ'aime  Cette entrée a été publiée dans scrap et [...]

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  11. Week In The Life 2012 | Monday Giveaways | Chic Tags, The Vintage Pearl | Ali Edwards says…
    04/23/2012

    [...] CONNECT WITH THE VINTAGE PEARL : SHOP | BLOG | FACEBOOK | TWITTER TO BE ENTERED into this giveaway please leave a comment below (if you are reading this post on Facebook please come to my blog to leave a comment). Comments will be closed at 9am Pacific on Tuesday morning. The winners will be posted next week. Please be sure to check back or subscribe (click here to get posts delivered to your email box) to see if you are receiving one of the items during this special week of giveaways for Week In The Life. [...]

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  12. This Week | ScrapInspired.com says…
    04/23/2012

    [...] week I am participating in both Ella’s Spring Training and Ali Edward’s Week in the Life. (remember my WITL posts from last summer?) I hope to post daily for both projects, but know that [...]

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  13. Week in the Life 2012 - sunny side up says…
    04/23/2012

    [...] decided to participate in Ali Edward's Week in the Life project on a whim last year.  But it ended up being one of my most favorite set of [...]

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  14. april photo challenge + a FREEBIE » Krista Lund Photography says…
    04/23/2012

    [...] is the start of something fun…. ali edward’s week in the life project i think this is my 3rd or 4th year participating! you can see last year’s WITL project [...]

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  15. Project Life Week 16 « Documenting Chaos says…
    04/23/2012

    [...] week I am doing Week in the Life and am aiming to post my digital pages every day to help keep me going with it! Come back and see [...]

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  16. Monday Awesomeness | hclappy scraps says…
    04/23/2012

    [...] Week in the Life. Yeah I’m doing it. I’ve attempted it a couple of times, but never with an end result [...]

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  17. A Week In The Life (with Ali Edwards) « My Fantastic Life says…
    04/23/2012
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  18. Week In The Life 2012 | Supplies, Design & Plan « the krafty pig says…
    04/23/2012

    [...] again I am going to attempt to complete Week In The Life in 2012.  I have attempted this in previous years but failed for a variety of reasons [...]

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  19. Week in the Life 2012 {Monday} | ScrapInspired.com says…
    04/23/2012

    [...] Welcome to Week in the Life 2012! I participated in the summer of 2011 and loved this intense week of documenting everyday life. I’m excited to be embarking on the journey again. Want to more more about Week in the Life, started by Ali Edwards? Check out her blog. [...]

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  20. Week In the Life 2012: Day 1 | Amy Kingsford says…
    04/24/2012

    [...] How many of you are participating in Week in the Life 2012? [...]

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  21. Week In The Life 2012 | Tuesday Giveaways | A Life Handmade, Apron Strings | Ali Edwards says…
    04/24/2012

    [...] CONNECT WITH APRON STRINGS : SHOP | BLOG | PINTEREST | FACBEOOK | TWITTER TO BE ENTERED into this giveaway please leave a comment below (if you are reading this post on Facebook please come to my blog to leave a comment). Comments will be closed at 9am Pacific on Wednesday morning. The winners will be posted next week. Please be sure to check back or subscribe (click here to get posts delivered to your email box) to see if you are receiving one of the items during this special week of giveaways for Week In The Life. [...]

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  22. Week in the Life | Monday « sarathings says…
    04/24/2012

    [...] started Week in the Life 2012 yesterday. This is my first time doing this project and although I was assuming it would be [...]

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  23. Week in the Life 2012 – Monday : says…
    04/24/2012

    [...] little adventure again! If you do not know what is “week in the life”, please visit Ali Edwards blog to read about [...]

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  24. Monday {Week in the Life} | The Borrowed Abode says…
    04/24/2012

    [...] record of everything that I encounter on a regular basis. Fortunately for me, I saw that this week Ali Edwards is holding her Week in the Life event – perfect timing!  Let’s see if I can keep up with this all [...]

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  25. {Week in the Life} Day One | Haynay Designs says…
    04/24/2012

    [...] decided to start Week in the Life on Sunday. I think I said that in an earlier post. Tonight, while my kids were swimming and [...]

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