Blog: Story Play | Day In The Life™ | Ali's

Tomorrow (Wednesday, September 18th) is our community documenting day for Day In The Life™ 2024!

In today's post I'm sharing how I'm approaching documenting my day + what I'll be using to hold my stories from the day.

First and foremost a universal reminder: EVERYONE HAS A STORY + no one can tell the same story as you. It doesn't matter what season of life you are in, you have a story to tell about your everyday life. Every single day we are living a variety of stories - some people can see on the outside and others that are internal. Participating in this project is a great opportunity to slow down + take a closer look at your life right now and document it with some photos and some words.

Don't have the kit? Do not let that stop you from documenting your day. I bet you have some supplies in your stash you could use to hold the stories of the day.

A couple notes about my personal plan this time:

I'm planning to use my "big" camera for my documenting + have some fun just taking MORE photos on this particular day. Only have a phone? PERFECT. Use the camera that's available to you.
I'm going to handwrite my journaling on the cards and on the papers. Do whatever makes sense to you in this season.
I'm either going to add my stories as an insert into my Project Life album or add them to my 6x8 stories album for 2024. I'm not sure concerned about where it will end up - either will be just fine!
I'm using the Day In The Life™ kit we released at the beginning of the year as part of our Story Play Collection. We do have a few kits left as part of the bundle and we also have a digital kit option available that you can print out at home.

Here's a look at how I'm setting up my documenting home for Day In The LIfe™:

And some images to go along with that video:

As I was doing my video overview I started talking about the idea of using large numbers as a "title" on the outside of the transparent page. I dove into my number stash and found these plastic numbers which I think were from a past Week In The Life™ collection. I temporarily adhered the numbers and then ran them through my sewing machine.

After the transparency I'm using two 6x8 page protectors to hold the 3x4 inch prompt cards. I'll be adding my journaling directly to each of the cards and then pairing those with a 3x4 inch photo.

I'm also going to use the two papers that were included with the kit. I'm going to adhere these two back to back and fill in the timeline during the day.

In addition to those eight prompts on the cards I'm also planning to add either words or photos to these spaces: