Week In The Life™ 2015 | Wednesday In Album

I love how your album is progressing. I am hoping to put mine together next week. :-)

I agree about the WITL binders. This year's WITL binder is actually slightly smaller than last year's. I think if it could be just a smudge bigger than last year's, it would be perfect!

Yes, a bit bigger binder would be great! Mine is done and it's way too fat, haha!

Great Ali. Love it, you always have a unique way to tell your story with a lot of simplicity and deepness at the same time :)

Very nice! I love the simplicity of it - just photos and words. To me, that's perfect!

I get it, the passage of time. That's been on my mind a couple years now. Two 16 yr olds, an 11 yr old, and the fact I swear they were babies not so long ago really gets me. I just blinked. I like how this project makes me stop. Last year one of the boys asked me why I was doing this. My answer became my reason why, which I documented in last year's album. I told him, "I want to remember". And that's still my reason, I want to remember. You always make me think, thanks. And your photos, album, and words, so lovely. Michelle t

A bigger binder would be fantastic! By the end, I am having to edit out some content just so the binder can hold it all.

loveLOVElove the black and white photo! I tend to forget what an impact that has. Note to self: Do more black and white.

Yeah, I was thinking you would have trouble with the binder spine. I used one of studio calico's newer 6x8 handbooks and the spine was still a stretch (it lays flat, but definitely full to the brim). I tried to cut things, but at the same time I didn't want to edit out things I wanted to include just because of binder space.

I think some people like the smaller spine though, maybe make the two album choices have different spine sizes next year so people can choose the one that works for them. But typically, larger is better... even if you don't have enough to fill a wide album, it still works, but too much to fit in a narrow one and you're out of luck!

Your album is so pretty, thanks so much for the inspiration. I've completely this project and am ready to move on to December Daily & some other projects I have going on (a travel mini, project life, one little word, etc.)

The embellishment on the last page, the chipboard piece that says "moments like this" was that a piece included in the kit?

I just love the big pictures for the beginning and end of the day. That last page is really impactful.

Ali, absolutely love these pages. Especially what you did with the cupcakes photo. It reflects a life full to the brim with goodness. I'm regretting not ordering while the shipping cost was reduced.

Hi Ali,
I have tried to complete this project a couple of times with no success .... but this year it is coming together and I am starting to put together my album. I see that you changed the coloring of the date stamp on the picture with Anna. I tried doing something similar with Photoshop but I Could not get it to work. Can you explain or share a link that shows how to do that? Thanks. I love watching your album come together. Thanks for the inspiration.

"Yes" to the bigger spine!
Great job Ali! As always, thanks so much for sharing! :-)

Love this! And totally need a bigger spine next year. Bigger than last year's even! lol

Awesomeness! Everyday memories to treasure for the rest of your life. This album is a gift not only to our families but to ourselves.

Hi Ali,

Love it!! This is my first time doing WITL. I don't have any children and my husband and I work full time so honestly to me life is just the same ol' routine everyday, however I decided that I needed to adjust my attitude and just do it. SO GLAD I DID! It may sound silly, but now that my dogs are in their senior years it dawned on me how life as my husband and I have known it for the past 12 years might change at any moment and I want to document it. It's interesting how in my case there are more photos as the week goes along; I think it's a result of slowly getting over the "why take a pic of that" mentality (note to self: take more pics next year!!). However, I still have Saturday and Sunday to do (my heaviest photo days) and my album is already bursting so YES, YES, YES to that bigger spine! Thank you for this great project and for sharing it with us. Looking forward to DD!

Love it!! And I absolutely would LOVE an wider spine. My album is jam packed. So every time I look at it the rings pop open and I have to put it back together.

Thank you thank you thank you for making the word art!!!

Your first sentence of this post makes me smile. Yesterday, while I was working on my Wednesday (one day at a time), I thought I should suggest you a bigger spine for next year.
Love your album. Love this photo of Anna and Audrey.

Ali, just a question . . . Believe it or not I've had difficulty using my black and white option in my Photoshop elements (I have the PC version, #8 which is ancient I know). Can you share any tips on how you modify, enhance, etc. your black/white photos? Thanks so much in advance.

The picture of Anna on the sofa is one you should blow up and put on the wall. I love, love, love it! That one photo could tell a hundred stories. Sharon