As I'm ramping up for another Ali Edwards' "Week in the Life" Documentary in August I decided to post pictures of my last year's album each week.
Let's start with the plan.
This is my layout for each day of the week. It's the same for each day. I like to keep some things consistent so that the album has better flow.
I'm using a 6x8" album.
First spread always starts with a picture of me and a 3x8 listing of my activities during the day (in a time stamp order)
My headers always contain a large "day" of the week, followed by the actual date and an embellishment that fits the activities of the day. I then digitally add some words that describe my day and a cardstock strip of the day of the week.
The cardstock strip was easy to make. I just opened up a 4x6 file in photoshop (I use elements.) and added a text box for each day with the day of the week. You can change the background and font color to your liking. I made sure to leave some space between the strips for cutting.
Spread 2: Today included a specific detailing of my home. That's the one main thing I wanted to concentrate on.
In the above image I put 4 3x2 images on a 4x6 page because I wanted to have more photos.
In the next section I concentrate more on my day; getting a haircut, carving pumpkins.
I even have a card that I do everyday with some basic facts about the day: Where I was, what the weather was like, what I ate, enjoyed, listened to, etc.
The last spread of the day:
My high and low card that I do for each day. Just to document what I thought was the best thing and the worst thing. Need to keep balance. Life isn't all sunshine and flowers. There are some negatives too. Granted I don't like concentrating on negatives when I scrapbook but putting one low isn't necessarily a bad thing.
At lunch. I usually read at lunch. today I was splurging on a pop and I also keep a journal during this week. I find at lunch is a nice to time to do half of my day then at night I'll finish up and write about the rest of the day. That way I don't have to worry about trying to remember what happened during this Week in the Life.
The End.
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