Week In The Life | Links To All Previous Projects
A seven-day documentary project, Week In The Life is an annual opportunity to capture the simple everyday details of your life with photos and words. The albums I've created using the basics outlined below are some of my most treasured in that they are wonderfully true representations of my family's life at a particular point in time. From the mundane to the profound, it's those simple little everyday moments that I treasure most.
If you choose to embark on this project, especially for the first time, I encourage you to read through the comments from previous years. There are many suggestions, answers, additional information, etc. that can be found within the comment sections of each post. And remember, there's no right or wrong way to approach this album.
Here's a great post to help you get started: The Basics Of Documenting A Week In Your Life
It's an amazing adventure. Consider yourself invited.
WEEK IN THE LIFE | 2012
April 23rd - April 29
2012 PRE-PLANNING + BASICS
- 2012 Design Plan
- Everyday Life Product Suggestions
- Options For Sharing (Big Picture Community, Flickr, etc)
- Welcome And Thoughts On Getting Started
2012 DAILY PHOTOS AND WORDS
- Monday Words + Photos
- Tuesday Words + Photos
- Wednesday Words + Photos
- Thursday Words + Photos
- Friday Words + Photos
- Saturday Words + Photos
- Sunday Words + Photos
COMPLETED PAGES AND HOW TO
- WITL 2012 | Working With The Layered Template Set
- WITL 2012 | Bringing It All Together
- WITL 2012 | Video Overview, Page Protector How-To, Layered Template Adjustment How-To
2012 BANNER
Please link the banner to: http://aliedwards.com/2010/01/week-in-the-life.htm...
WEEK IN THE LIFE | 2011
JULY 25th - JULY 31st
TITLE SPONSORS | STUDIO CALICO, TIM HOLTZ, SWEET SHOPPE DESIGNS, WORLD WIN, PAPER COTERIE, THERM O WEB, SIMON SAYS STAMP

2011 PRE-PLANNING + BASICS
- 2011 Supplies And Design Plan
- Thoughts On The Process & Daily Sheet PDF
- Ready Set Go and Big Picture Community Announcement
2011 DAILY PHOTOS AND WORDS
- Monday Words + Photos
- Tuesday Words + Photos
- Wednesday Words + Photos
- Thursday Words + Photos
- Friday Words + Photos
- Saturday Words + Photos
- Sunday Words + Photos
COMPLETED PAGES & HOW TO
- Week In The Life 2011 | Working With The Layered Template Album (Video Tutorial)
- Week In The Life 2011 | The Photos
- Week In The Life 2011 | Bringing It All Together (with Video Overview)
2011 BANNER ADS | Click here to grab a banner to share on your blog.
FLICKR GROUP | Share your images and final project in the 2011 Week In The Life Flickr Gallery.
BIG PICTURE COMMUNITY | Join the free community of Week In The Life participants - includes gallery and message boards.
APRIL 2010
PRE-PLANNING + BASICS
Starting To Plan For Week In The Life 2010
The Basics of Documenting A Week In Your Life
2010 Design Plan & Product Suggestions
DAILY PHOTOS + WORDS
Week In The Life : Monday
Week In The Life : Tuesday
Week In The Life : Wednesday
Week In The Life : Thursday
Week In The Life : Friday
Week In The Life : Saturday
COMPLETED PAGES + HOW-TO
Bringing It All Together • The Photos
Bringing It All Together • The Words
Bringing It All Together • The Photos, Part Two
Bringing It All Together • 2010 Completed Album
READER SAMPLES 2010
Group One
Group Two
Group Three
VIDEO TUTORIALS 2010
How To Work With The Layered Template Collage Pages In Photoshop Elements
FLICKR GROUP 2010
OTHER 2010 POSTS
REALLY BIG GIVEAWAY 2010
Special Organization Guest Post : Get Organized For Week In Your Life by Aby Garvey of Simplify101.com

SEPTEMBER 2008
BASICS, PRE-PLANNING & ENCOURAGEMENT
Join In : A Week in the Life
Documenting A Week in the Life : all the basics
Ready, set...
Have fun & enjoy the process
Week in the Life : Formula + Supplies
DAILY PHOTOS + WORDS
Week in the Life : Monday Morning Thoughts
Week in the Life : Monday Photos + Words
Week in the Life : Tuesday Photos + Words
Week in the Life : Wednesday Photos + Words
Week in the Life : Mid-Week Observations + Responses to Questions
Week in the Life : Thursday Photos + Words
Week in the Life : Q&A from Thursday's Post
Week in the Life : Friday Photos + A Couple Words
Week in the Life : Saturday Photos + Words
Week in the Life : Sunday Photos + Words
COMPLETED PAGES + HOW-TO
Week in the Life : Album Creation Part One
Week in the Life : Album Creation Part Two (full album shown)
READER SAMPLES 2008
Samples from participants #1
Samples from participants #2
Samples from participants #3
Samples from participants #4
OTHER 2008 POSTS
Tracey Clark : The Great Indoors (a guest post by a photographer about taking indoor photos)
PRESS
Week In The Life featured in Real Simple Magazine, April 2010
Ohdeedoh Week In The Life project ( October 2009 )
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