Story Play | Day In The Life™ | Looking Back At Ali's Past Projects

This week on Wednesday (September 18th) I'll be doing my Day In The Life™ project for this year.

In 2024 the Day In The Life™ kit was released with our Story Play collection at the beginning of the year. The physical kit I'll be using is sold out but you can grab the digital version hereor you can order the Story Play bundle that includes the DITL kit.

To kick things off this time I decided to put together a compilation post of a bunch of past Day In The Life™ projects. Some years I've done this project monthly, some years I've done it a couple times during the year, and the last couple of years I've just been doing it once a year.

As with all projects, there isn't a right or a wrong. I've done this project as a traditional scrapbook layout, in a Project Life spread, as a mini book in a couple sizes, using layered templates, and added into a 6x8 album. Sometimes I've used a timeline, sometimes I've used different themes/lenses to guide my documenting (such as gratitude or -ing words), and sometimes I've just taken photos over the course of the day. This is 100% a project that can fit into your season of life.

The main goal: tell the story of your day using words + photos.

Here are some additional project links:

• Prefer a video overview?Here's a link to a video walk-through I did of many of these projects back in 2021.

• Words + Photos + Throughs On Documenting Day In The Life (general pep talk post)

• Tips for Words (from 2023)

• Tips for Photos (from 2023)

• You can always access my Day In The Life™ Blog Archives here.

In tomorrow's post I'll share my documenting plan for Wednesday using pieces from the kit to guide my documenting!

Let's dive in!

DAY IN THE LIFE | 12x12 LAYOUT (2009)

This layout, part of the Yesterday + Today workshop, was created in 2009. I don't think this was the first time I did this project but it's the first layout I remember when I think back on this project.

DAY IN THE LIFE | INSERTED INTO PROJECT LIFE ALBUMS

2012 | 8.5x11 INSERT

In 2012 I used a Week In The Life printable to document the day via a timeline and inserted it into my 12x12 Project Life album. On the back I created a collage of photos from the day.

Full blog post here and here.

JANUARY 2013 | 6x12 INSERT

For this one I used a 6x12 Layered Template set for the front and back.

See full post here. And the finished Project Life spread here.

FEBRUARY 2013 | 6x12 INSERT

Details here and added to my PL album here.

MARCH 2013 | 6x12 INSERT

For this one I just did photos + no words. See the full post here.

APRIL 2013 | 6x12 INSERT

Blog post here.

MAY 2013 | 6x12 INSERT

Blog post here.

JUNE 2013 | 6x12 INSERT

Blog post here.

MARCH 2016 | 6x12 INSERT

Multi-page 6x12 Project Life insert. A good reminder that sometimes I use a lot of words + other times I'm just happy to have photos collaged together.

Full post on this example here.

JULY 2016 | 12x12 INSERT

For this documenting day I used two 12x12 divided page protectors to add my story to my Project Life album.

Full blog post here.

OCTOBER 2016 | 6x8 INSERT

Full blog post here.

JUNE 2017 | 12x12 INSERT

Full blog post here.

AUGUST 2017 | 6x8 INSERT

Full blog post here.

NOVEMBER 2017 | 6x8 INSERT

Full blog post here.

MARCH 2018 | 9x12 INSERT

Blog post here.

NOVEMBER 2018 | 12x12 INSERT

Full blog post here.

DAY IN THE LIFE | 4x4 MINI BOOK (2014)

In 2014 I put together a 4x4 Mini Book to hold the stories from one day in my life.

Full blog post here.

DAY IN THE LIFE | 3x8 ALBUM (2019 + 2020)

In 2019 I did this project twice - once in February and once in November. Both live in a 3x8 album.

FEBRUARY 2019

Full post here.

NOVEMBER 2019

Full blog post here.

MARCH 2020

Full blog post here.

SEPTEMBER 2020

Full blog post here.

DAY IN THE LIFE | 4x6 MINI BOOK (2021 + 2022)

Full blog post here.

OCTOBER 2021 | 4x6 MINI ALBUM

Full blog post here.

MARCH 2022 | 4x6 MINI ALBUM

Full blog post here.

OCTOBER 2022 | 4x6 ALBUM

Full blog post here.

DAY IN THE LIFE | 6x8 ALBUM (2023)

In 2023 we started offering a Day In The Life kit as part of our Story Play Collection. Last year the lens for the day was color.

Full blog post here.