Project Life 2012 | Week Eight (With A Video Overview)
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Welcome to Project Life 2012 | Week Eight.
This week I decided to mix-it-up a bit and do a short video (8 min) overview of my week. For some reason the first 45 seconds has a strange scratch on the audio but it goes away and doesn't come back.
PL2012 WK8 from Ali Edwards on Vimeo.
Here's a look at our week via photos:
This week I added a few more digital elements to my photos and included a bit more typed journaling.
The "Today" journal card (and "email" and "she said" as you'll see below) is from my new set of 3x4 Life Sentiment Cards Vol. 1. These are also available as customizable PNG cards (meaning you can change the color and place them on any background you want) - those are called Life Sentiment Cards Vol.2. Word art on the top photo is from my Go Outside set.
Loved using a Design G page protector as an insert this week for stories and photos that came from the kids' weekend with Chris. I cut the page protector down to fit the content that I had on hand and added a plastic tab on top of the vertical photo.
The bottom card with all the journaling is a 4x6 Story Overlay printed on photo paper.
The backside of the insert includes more photos from their weekend.
I did something really fun on Friday night which was go to two movies in one night. Katie and I saw both The Artist and Wanderlust. Enjoyed both of them but The Artist was such a delightful surprise - for some reason I imagined it was going to be something I'd endure though but it was absolutely delightful (really happy it got Best Picture).
You can see more examples of the Life Sentiment Cards Vol. 1 on this page. "Today" on top of the photo is from Life Sentiment Cards Vol.2 (that's the one I mentioned above that can be re-colored or added on top of photos).
The "love this" circle is part of a new set of Memory Circles.
SUPPLIES | 2012 | WEEK 8
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Loved the video Ali, I think that is the way to go to view your project life week in review. Thanks for that .. :)
Cheers,
Jan
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Love the video. Thanks for showing how you do project life. Great ideas!!
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LOVE the video format Ali! Thanks for sharing!
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Happy Tuesday Ali, this was so fun to read. I really enjoyed the video, what a nice surprise for us. It really explained so much for us and was helpful. Thanks for all the little tips that you did.
Every time you include something from Chris it just makes me smile, this will be so important for the kids to see when they are older. They will know you two worked on keeping their memories and telling their stories from both sides. Not to many divorced couples would do that so I just had to say how neat it is. My parents weren't like that thru their divorce or my childhood and my sister's ex-husband would never think to send her pictures or share anything with her about their weekends there. So keep including these little bits, it matters!!
I also am so thrilled when Katie also helps out and takes pictures/journals or whatever to help fill in the days from her view. This is one amazing alubm full of people who love your kids.
I enjoyed the pictures and as always any of Simon outside is my favorite and any photos from your parents house is a favorite as well. Just shows more love being told in your week. Great job on all your new digital products, they look good. How fun that you sat thru 2 good movies. I'm so tired after just one I'd fall asleep at the second one, lol glad you enjoyed your night out.
Thanks for sharing Ali, love seeing this each week.
p.s. I was inspired by your last l/o and finally scrapped 2 layouts and might even squeeze in another one. So keep scrapping if you can so it will motivate me.
Hugs
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As a child of divorced parents I want to tell you how inspiring it is to see you and Chris work together. I know it is hard - I know there are days I am sure it doesn't seem worth it - but for your two very blessed children the gift you are giving them is huge. It is being mindful of them above yourselves and that is amazing. It will evolve and change as the years go forward but this foundation you are building will allow for that and keep your children sane. (trust me!) Another way you amaze me Ms. Ali! Thanks again for sharing your journey - I learn something each time I stop by!
Jen,
Thank you for adding this to my comment it's perfect. That's why I had to tell Ali !! It makes a huge difference in a child's life.
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Love all the ideas and the video. I like hearing your thoughts about how you go about arranging you Project Life, Thanks for sharing them with us.
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Thanks for the video. Wonder if you could put it on a DVD and add it into your Project Life? Maybe make a small page protector (or buy one for CDs) and slip it between the pages for Week 8? That might be fun to look back on later.
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Thanks Ali! I loved how you shared on video. It makes it much more interesting and inspirational. Beautiful memories.
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love how you used that page protector, just love.
I need to try some of the new styles and cutting them down makes them so much more flexible.
Also love the video, I like hearing your thoughts out loud on the process. Same with Becky's recent post about handling childhood items. Sometimes it just makes something else click when you hear out loud like that.
Thanks for sharing as always Ali.
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loved the video, thanks for sharing!
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I hesitated to cut down page protectors for awhile, but took the plunge two weeks ago and now it's just about one of my favorite things to have in our PL album. Tip: if you can't remember which page style you used, it's printed in fine gold print on the margin of each page. :)
Love your videos. Thanks for taking the time to put it together this week.
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Thanks Melissa!
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Wonderful video, love everything about what you've created. So happy to stop by here each day, going through some really rough times and this is my "me" time, it means more than I can express right now. Thank you.
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I don't comment very often, but I stop here almost every day for inspiration. I appreciate the calmness in your design style. You've created a lovely space for inspiration. Thank you.
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I've hesitated to cut down page protectors, but I keep seeing others doing it...and yours looks great! I like how you added the tab to the top of the page. Thanks for the ideas!
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Love your pages, Ali, love all the voices in them. You are such an inspiration, thank you :)
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So why can't I play the video on my iPad? Hmmmmm???
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Not sure. It's set to play on mobile devices through Vimeo.
On my iPad, I had to click on the link that says PL2012 WK8. Worked great from there.
Great job, Ali.
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That was fun, Ali! Thank you!
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I've just started Project Life this past Janaury and I love it also.
I really liked the video this week!
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I really enjoyed the video! It was great to see that! I am so inspired by your Project Life posts every week. Thank you!! =)
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Love the video! It is great to really see your album and get "hands on" too! Love it!
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I love the video, it was awesome hearing your thought process and thinking forward to the next week. LOVE the idea of cutting down the page protector!
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