Week In The Life 2011 | Sunday Words + Photos
NUMBER OF PHOTOS FOR SUNDAY | 63
I love Sundays.
Sundays are for hanging out.
Sundays are for taking a little extra time over that hot cup of coffee.
Sundays are for stocking up.
Sundays are for organizing.
Sundays are for giving thanks.
Sundays are for choose-your-own-lunches.
This Sunday included documentation.
Sundays are for quiet times in the afternoon for reading or working in a work book or maybe taking a nap.
Sundays are for long bike rides.
Sundays are for swimming.
Sundays are for taking care of things.
Sundays are for family.
As Sunday night comes to a close around here I'm feeling calm.
I'm ready to be released from the constant thinking about documentation and get back into my regular flow of photos and words.
Obviously, I love this project but by the end I'm ready to wrap it up.
I'm thankful for this project. There are so many things that are the same and so many things that are so very different from year to year. Reflecting on that and seeing the passage of time is always something I enjoy and look forward to from year to year.
I hope you had fun this past week. I hope you didn't make it too complicated. I hope you learned something about yourself. I hope you saw something special and found something to celebrate in your everyday.
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I'm looking forward to this week of bringing it all together.
The process of gathering your content is one thing. You're busy living and busy trying to remember to use your camera and get it all written down.
The process of actually creating something with all those photos and words is where a lot of the magic happens. I always learn a few more things about myself as I go back through the photos and read back to myself the things I wrote down and see them all together in one place. There's something amazing about the compilation of those seven days - no matter how they went for you or your family. I so look forward to beginning this next phase of Week In The Life.
I'll be back in a couple days with more information about my process for taking the collected content and putting it all together in an album, including a video tutorial for working with the layered templates. And in case you missed it, here's my basic design plan & supplies for 2011.
If you're in a hurry or wanting more right now, check out my detailed posts from last year:
- Bringing It All Together | The Photos
- Bringing It All Together | The Words
- Bringing It All Together | The Photos, Part Two
- Bringing It All Together | The Completed Album
Again, thank you for embarking on this journey with me.
This project was a blast! All the members of my family took pictures. It will be difficult to select photos for WITL. I'm looking forward to the next phase of the project. Having a community of people around while taking photos was supportive and just plain fun. My older daughter was sad that when the constant picture taking came to an end. I'm relieved and happy:)
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Hi Ali, I got back from a trip this weekend and have enjoyed catching up on your week! I have chosen to document our week the third week in August which will be the last week at home for my oldest. She will begin college and I thought documenting the breakfasts, packing, last walks, movie nights and leaving her in Nashville might be a fun week. I know a bit not average; however, I felt like I wanted to remember it and felt this will prompt me to write all the feelings and take all of the pictures. Thanks for all of the inspiration.
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I'm really excited to see how you pull everything together. I'm going to do my WITL in October (my favorite month), I did it last year during the summer and I think I did it more vague - kind of like Project Life...an overview. Now that I'm also doing Project Life I totally see the difference. Anyway, really excited to see the finished product.
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WOW! Love your Sunday activities!
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Hi Ali - A fantastic project. Great to be a part of it for the first time. Thank you. I totally get what you said about being ready to wrap it up by the end. I love taking photos but it was kind of nice to start Monday morning without having to pick up the camera. (Especially given it was on its last legs - the exciting news is the new camera just arrived today - YAY! Back to full speed photos). Now I'm really looking forward the next stage of putting the it all together. Have a great week.
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I get so inspired to capture my everyday life when I see your photos. I'm so glad that I finally had time to join in for a Week In The Life. Loved it and learned more than expected about our life. Thank you :)
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Your daily photos make me feel calm and peaceful. You've got such a talent for capturing the wonderful things in life.... big and small. Thanks for that.
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Ali -- I want to thank you for inviting all of us to participate with you in this great adventure. This is my first year for WITL and I'm really pleased with the pictures that I captured during the week. I posted photos from all seven days as well as some narrative on my blog. I'm so proud that I stuck with it and saw this phase through to the end. Now I'm going to focus on getting those photo and words into an album which I'm blatantly plagiarizing from your hybrid approach in 2010. My Day 7 post is up at Week In The Life: 2011 - Day 7.
I've really enjoyed reading the blogs and seeing the photos that everyone else is sharing. I'm already looking forward to the 2012 event.
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Your pictures and words are wonderful!
I'm a bit late, because I had some problems,really sad ones.
Anyway I've just posted my photos!
Thank you for the perfect week we shared!!
xoxo
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thank you Ali, this was a fun project to do, to see your photos, and view others'. It's wonderful how you bring us together online.
It was my first year doing this and some days only 4 photos were taken.! Yet it still captured special memories and every day life.
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Well, I've already posted my Sunday photos...
Your pics are wonderful!
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Sunday is family and scrapbooking time!
Great pictures and it goes well with the story!
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