Welcome to the last day of my Week in the Life album! I'm so excited to finish this project.

It has been a lot of work and a lot of fun. But before I'll share some overall thoughts about Week in the Life, let's have a look at my Saturday pages.

In case you've missed them, you can find the other days here: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.



I followed more or less the same formula for each day. I like this repetition because it makes a very colourful album less busy.



On Saturday, I took fewer photos than on the other days so I was able to slip the day of the week card in one of the pockets. Compared to the other days, I prefer them outside of the pockets because I think they add more layers and interest that way.



On Saturday we had a total change of weather from summer dress to cashmere sweater weather.


I ended my album with another full page 6x8 photo of my favourite flowers because I just can't get enough of them and they are so photogenic...



And this is it!! My album is hardly wide enough to fit all my pages. I think adhering the wood veneer numbers onto the chipboard dividers is what made it a little bulky in the end.



Here are my overall thoughts on this project:

• Week in the Life is so much fun! I really enjoyed taking the time to intentionally document a week in my/our life.
• I chose a very busy week that showed no routine at all. I think it turned out okay, but I'm considering doing another week that feels more regular to me.
• Before starting Week in the Life, I looked at the notes I took after doing December Daily and this really helped to set my intentions and my commitment.
• Repetition is key! Getting the album together for each day is a lot easier when I don't have to make new choices again and again but just stick to a simple formula of page order, design principles and embellishment routine. 
• My biggest struggle is always the journaling and it definitely didn't help that on some days I took notes on the printable sheets that Ali offers, on others I wrote something down on my computer, on others I used my phone and on others I didn't record anything at all. Note to self for the next time: decide on one way to take notes and stick to it. Maybe I'll use journaling prompts (like these cute boxes) to make things as easy as possible. 
• Next time, it would be great if I could finish my album a bit earlier than I did now.

I can't wait until Week in the Life happens again!

- Kathi

Supplies I used:

• Week in the life album kit (with the grey stories album)
• 3x8 page protectors
• Days of the week chipboard dividers
• jet black stazon ink
• cork circle stickers from the Studio Calico Canyonlands Documenter Kit

We've nearly come to the end of my Week in the Life album! Today I'd like to share my Friday pages with you.


During the entire week I documented we've had perfect summer weather here in Hamburg which is very unusual for May but I don't complain of course! When it's nice and sunny outside, I like to ride the bike to go to work which I did on that Friday.


I love all the shades of pink in Ali's kit.


By Friday I got a little tired of my handwriting so I typed my journaling on the computer and printed it directly onto a journaling card. Unfortunately my printer doesn't handle 3x4 cards well, so it came out a little crooked.



That late Friday afternoon obviously called for some after work drinks...


In case you'd like to see the other days of my Week in the Life, you'll find them here: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

- Kathi

Supplies I used:

• Week in the life album kit (with the grey stories album)
• 3x8 page protectors
• Days of the week chipboard dividers
• jet black stazon ink

Welcome back for Day 5 of my Week in the Life album - which is Thursday. In case you haven't seen the other days, you can find them here: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Thursday was a very special day for me because I had to pass an important exam at work and I was really nervous about it. Luckily, everything went well and after work I could take some time off to celebrate with Chris.






Like on the other days, repetition is key for me. On most days I included the 4x6 day of the week card outside of the page protectors, printed my journaling directly onto the back of the card, added a 3x8 page protector with a small tab and finished with a full page 6x8 photo.

Onto the last photo of each day, I stapled the white acetate letters (for the day of the week) that came with the kit and sometimes I added some journaling, but on most days I just used some word stickers to give some details about the day.



And this is day 5! Check back here again for the end of my week in the following days. I hope you enjoyed it...

- Kathi

Supplies I used:

• Week in the life album kit (with the grey stories album)
• 3x8 page protectors
• Days of the week chipboard dividers
• jet black stazon ink

Hello again for Wednesday of my Week in the Life!

On Wednesday I followed more or less the same structure as I did for the previous days. However, I took fewer photos so I slipped the day of the week card inside of one of the page protectors.

Again, I used the chipboard circles from the kit as a way to add transparency. This worked well here because it layers perfectly with the yellow day of the week card underneath.


The font I used on the title pages is called Besom 2.



On the back of the chipboard piece, I adhered one of the stickers of the packaging for the kit.


This spread is one of my favourites in the album so far. Right now, I really like the combination of blush and dark grey. By the way, ranunculus are my favourite flowers, so sad they're already gone for the season.


Life is full of adventure. See you soon for Thursday!

- Kathi

Supplies I used:

• Week in the life album kit (with the grey stories album)
• 3x8 page protectors
• Days of the week chipboard dividers

Today I'd like to share some Week in the Life progress with you. I printed all of my photos (yay!) and I have to say, narrowing down my options, choosing photos, editing and preparing them for printing is the part of memory keeping I enjoy the least. I'm just not good at decision making.

However, now that I have all my photos in place, the rest of the album is coming together smoothly. So here is Tuesday! You can find my Sunday here and Monday here.



On Tuesday morning, my boyfriend took a couple of pictures of me while I was getting ready (like trying to put on a bracelet in the photo above or filling my water bottle in the photo below). It's kind of funny to see myself in non-posed (or at least intentional) pictures.



Still following the same formula to start with a full page photo, the chipboard divider and then a 3x4 page protector to which I adhere the circle chipboard sticker. I just love these transparent elements!


Again, I'm adding the 4x6 day of the week card directly into my album by punching holes in it. On the back, I'm printing my story of the day.



And this is a first! Orange is not my colour and I'm pretty sure I never used anything orange in my Project Life before. But these rubber words were too cute not to use.




That's it for today! In case you're participating in Week in the Life as well, I hope you'll enjoy your process as much as I do!

- Kathi

You can find the other days of my Week in the Life here: Sunday - Monday - Tuesday.

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
• tape runner
• Paper from the Studio Calico Far Far Away Scrapbook Kit 

Welcome to day 2 of my week in the life! Today, I'll show you how I put Monday in my album. For me, that was the second day I documented. I didn't do a Monday through Sunday week as many others, but started on Sunday because I went on holiday the following Sunday and I wanted to capture a full week at home. So here it is!


Breakfast is my favourite meal, so I wanted to include a couple of pictures each day. I love the morning light in our apartment.




Like on Sunday, I followed a similar order and started with a full page 6x8 photo, then the chipboard daily divider, a 3x4 page protector, a 4x6 page protector, the gold foil day of the week card outside of the page protectors, a 3x8 page protector and another full page 6x8 photo to close the day. Like Ali says, it makes it so much easier to complete the album when I don't have to over think the structure for each day. Simplicity for the win I'd say!


Monday was work wise very exhausting, and that's exactly what the photo of me on the left shows. I thought about not including it because I look so unhappy, but in the end I went with it. It's all part of the story which turned out for the best later that week (more on that in the post about Thursday coming soon!).


I'm so grateful for a boyfriend who doesn't complain about a tripod being around all week...


I did it once and I won't do it again: using a tape runner to adhere the plastic letters to a photo.


And that's it for day 2. Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stop by for the following days. If you don't want to miss it, you could consider following me on Bloglovin or on Instagram.

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
• tape runner