I am so excited to finally share the first pages of my week in the life album with you! From May 8th to the 15th I joined Ali Edwards and documented a week in my life in photos and words. It was a busy week and definitely not a week like any other but that's how my life is at the moment. So it just felt right to capture this exact week and not wait for a normal one, because there simply are no normal weeks around here.

The week before, I prepared my album a little bit to get a first overview of how many photos I might need and how I want to set up the pages. In the end, I changed that up after seeing how Ali structured her album. Plus I got a lot of inspiration from her finished pages as well as from others (like Elise's beautiful pages).

As you can see above, I started my day (and all the following days) with a full page 6x8 photo where I added the day of the week and date in Photoshop. I always love how full page photos turn out and I definitely have to incorporate that into my regular project life album as well!


Next up I put the dividers that came with the kit and adhered the wood veneer numbers onto it.


On this page, I followed Ali's idea to stick the day of the week chipboard circles into a pocket and place a smaller circle on the back side. I love how this allows some transparency into the album.


I mostly use the cards and embellishments from the kit but from time to time, I like to add some of my favourite papers or elements just to make the album feel more "me".


On Sunday, I took a lot of photos (mostly because a lot happened) so I ended up with more photos than pockets. I inserted the days of the week card outside of the page protector after printing my journaling on the back of the card.



I'm glad I ordered some 3x8 page protectors because they add variety to the pages. Plus choosing a photo that might look great in 3x8 is so much fun!




I intent to end all my days with another 6x8 full page photo.


So this was Sunday! I hope you enjoyed this little peek into my album. I plan on getting the other days finished soon and then I'll share them here as well.


And last but not least the title page of my album. I thought a lot about a fancy title using a photo, or the 2x2 page protector, or some of the embellishments from the kit but in the end I just went with a very simple page relying on my favourite colours: black, white & indigo. This is a watercolour a painted a couple of weeks ago plus one of the stickers from the packaging of the kit.

See you soon for my Monday pages!

Kathi


Supplies I used:

• Week in the life album kit (with the grey stories album)
• 3x8 page protectors
• Days of the week chipboard dividers
• Project Life Everyday Edition chipboard stickers
• Kraft paper Amy Tangerine Rise & Shine Monroe
• tape runner
• jet black stazon ink