A Weekend in the Life (weekend creative follow-up)

AE_weekend  [ CLICK TO VIEW LARGER : template available through Designer Digitals ]

I love this project.

The simple act of remembering to have your camera on hand results in some of the best, most unexpected photos. 

I took a ton of shots (more on Saturday compared to Sunday).

For my project this time I decided to do a large digital gathering of 3 inch x 3 inch cropped photos to showcase the weekend. I like seeing all the individual parts of our weekend brought together to create the whole. I will be uploading this today for printing along with most of the photos (scrapbookpictures.com). I have a bunch of specific stories in mind to tell once I get them back from the developer.  

Here's a few of my favorite individual shots:

Sat1 

Sat2 

Sat3 

Sat5 

Sun1 

Sun3 

Sun2
If you played along this weekend feel free to leave a link to your blog or project in the comments. I hope you enjoyed the process.

I would love to see how you chose to document the weekend.

Happy Monday!

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  1. Cynthia says…
    05/18/2009

    Oh Ali this is awesome. I only took two photos via my cell phone, kept on forgetting my Polaroid. Ugh. But, I did document it on the ol Blog. that was a great idea by the way to feature on the blog:) I will be for sure trying this again soon:) Thank you for sharing your families beautiful sweet story:)

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  2. Jane says…
    05/18/2009

    Amazing!

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  3. Alicia Rasmussen says…
    05/18/2009

    Loved this idea. I didn't take as great of pics, but I had fun doing it and got to try out my new camera. I downloaded the template from design digitals and plugged in the pics. Still not sure if I'm doing that right. I'm still using photoshop elements 2 and the tutorials all seem to be for the newer ones. You are really an inspiration to me. I love your simplistic style and I've always loved photo collages. I did many of those when I paper scrapped. Thanks!! You can check it out on my blog at http://www.weloveiowa.blogspot.com.

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  4. Elise says…
    05/18/2009

    Thanks for sharing the link to your blog--appreciated your WC post and very much appreciated your book lists and momma blog links!

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  5. annie says…
    05/18/2009

    Hi Ali, I love the family photo that Simon took, so cute! I wasn't sure if I was going to play along since I still have to finish up my week in the life :) from Oct. but then we were having a really fun weekend so I decided to start documenting it...may have to fake a few things like a baseball picture of my son(I have tons of those)but still I am looking forward to printing out some pictures and recording this memorable weekend....thanks for the great idea!

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  6. Chris Dodaj says…
    05/18/2009

    I think your shots are just gorgeous, Ali!
    Can't believe how fast Anna is growing!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Wilna says…
    05/18/2009

    Oh I just LOVE your challenge. We just got back from a weekend away and having a LOT of pictures this was perfect... I used your template and in 10 minutes did this page. THANKS!!!
    My blog: http://wilnaf.blogspot.com
    Smiles and love
    Wilna

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  8. Irene says…
    05/18/2009

    Hi Ali, Love your concept of documenting a weekend. I am sitting here reading your post and the readers comments enjoying my morning cup of tea - it's Tuesday morning here in Australia - and I am thinking.........now is a good time to start. So out with the camera. I was seldom in photos until I discovered my 10 sec timer (totally had a senior's moment about that one). Now I am in more photos. Thanks for a great idea.
    Cheers, Irene :)

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  9. anna says…
    05/18/2009

    so fun! so inspiring. so gonna try. thanks ali.
    and i so have to get me 3 year old to take our family pic like that. i only have 1 camera, and it's so stinkin cute seeing her take pics!
    a

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  10. Shelley Haganman says…
    05/18/2009

    I love the one with Simon taking the photo!! Awesome!

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  11. procrastination mama says…
    05/18/2009

    Loving the shot of you reading to Anna. Being the photographer of the family like me i wonder how often you find yourself actually in the picture. My new baby boy is 14 weeks and i must literally have one or two pics of me AND him. MUST get someone to take some pics of me!!!!
    Carrying on inspiring girlie!

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  12. Deanna M. says…
    05/18/2009

    Hi Ali,
    Maybe you answered this already, but are you printing your photo collage out as 12x12 photos?
    Thanks for the idea!

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  13. Sara says…
    05/18/2009

    I don't know if this counts, but I've been doing one photo a day> LOVE this project of capturing the normalacy of life!!
    you can check it out here!
    http://www.heritagemakers.com/?event=projectBrowse&projectId=94eee819-3048-6168-a4eb-c2fd6240d6e4&productId=11&projectSponsor=294366

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  14. Noelle says…
    05/18/2009

    I can't believe how fast she's growing & I love that in the bubble shot, Simon appears to be about to lose the trunks!

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  15. Imene says…
    05/18/2009

    I love the pictures. I take a ton of pictures of my kids and husband but there are very few of me. Or taken with my eyes shut or my mouth open ;0)
    Any tips on how to have more pictures of me?

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  16. Cindy says…
    05/18/2009

    I followed your challenge, as in the fall with your Week In The Life project. It was interesting to document what we do on a weekend! I am busy working with my photos and will post soon on my blog (http:seriousplay.typepad.com) the finished product. Thanks for the inspiration, Ali!

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  17. jenn shurkus says…
    05/18/2009

    love the pic of anna and lily in the doorway ;) and the family photo by simon.. perfect ;)
    as always, thanks for sharing!

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  18. Jakki says…
    05/18/2009

    this was really fun! I think I might have to do this a lot more!

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  19. Ronalyn says…
    05/18/2009

    I love these projects.. it made me pick up the camera once again on my own family.. and loved the outcome, I've done it twice this month and I look forward to next weekend :)
    Thanks for the inspiration :)
    http://ronalynbarut.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/05/wee.html
    http://ronalynbarut.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/05/rr.html

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  20. Anthonette says…
    05/18/2009

    I love your idea for this project, Ali! I'd love to try it out soon.

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  21. Ali Edwards says…
    05/18/2009

    Hey Chel - I am working on a post addressing this issue. Look for it later this week.

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  22. Ali Edwards says…
    05/18/2009

    Yes - two 12x12 images :).

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  23. dissertation topic says…
    05/18/2009

    Blogs are good for every one where we get lots of information for any topics nice job keep it up !!!

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  24. Laura R. says…
    05/18/2009

    I had a great time documenting my "week in the life," so I was excited to document the weekend. What a great weekend to pick--so sunny and happy. I posted a bunch of pictures on my blog. Mulling a minibook to house them all.

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  25. Sue says…
    05/19/2009

    Timing is everything and I loaned my camera to my son last week! Guess I'll have to wait for another time.
    I love, love, LOVE your photos!
    Sue

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