Foolishly I am going to attempt to do Week in the Life this week with Ali Edwards. I’ve never tried it and failed miserably at Project Life though I do have enough photos to catch up if (1) I had more hours in a day, (2) commit to less things, (3) could clone myself. :o)
I have a few tricks up my sleeve this time around in preparation of this marathon,
- I am using Catch to capture the journaling throughout the day. Last night, all I had to do was copy and paste the journaling. I did not anticipate how helpful this would be but it absolutely is.
- I set a reachable goal of taking 5 photos at minimum and letting the blurry ones count. Life is not always in hi-def crispness so why should photos?
- I also set a goal of keeping it to a minimum of 2 pages per day. I did end up overdoing it yesterday and went beyond my 2-page plan to create 4. But I was camera happy and wanted to use up all 8 3.5 X 2.5 spots on my collage template. . . . speaking of which . . .
- I created an 8 X 10 collage template for clipping and printing the photos. BIG TIME SAVER. Some of these clip masks were used for journaling so I was able to drop the photos and/or copy+paste the journaling from trick #1 to get everything done fairly quickly.
- I am listening to Ali Edwards to not get caught up in the “how-to-do” and just DO. But I need to be more cognicant of getting myself in the photos.
I will take better photos of the layouts this evening and post them in a photo album or post. Have not quite figured out how to share them on the blog yet but will be checking out the links shared on this list of Week in the Life posts (at the bottom) to see how others did for some inspiration.
I'm trying this for the first time too. I'm trying not to get overwhelmed. You can see what everyone else is doing and get discouraged and feel like you need to do more. I'm trying to be content doing what I can. I'm trying to put it all together this week too, like you. It's easier for me to commit to one crazy week, than two.
Posted by: Camilla Blue | July 26, 2011 at 10:34 AM
blurry is good, check!
just do it, double check!
great start, Grace, it's perfect and unique and such a family treasure!
Posted by: Monika Wright | July 27, 2011 at 07:34 PM
This is a really cool idea! I'd love to try, but I know at this point in my life, I'd fail miserably. I do try to take photos at least twice a week of silly stuff in life...
I'm sure you'll treasure these photos a few years from now.
I may have to check out Catch too. There are so many things I'd love to blog about, but lose the ideas. I totally need a smartphone, but I'm too cheap!
Posted by: Amy | July 27, 2011 at 11:53 PM
Camilla, the "being content" part is so important. It's really been the make-or-break this time around, well aside from having time to complete the pages(haha), on why I have been able to stick to it.
Best wishes on your Week in the Life project! I am loving the angles of your photos. :o)
Posted by: Grace Hester | July 30, 2011 at 07:16 AM
Monika, thanks for stopping by! Can't wait to see your album, they are always such lovely creations.
Posted by: Grace Hester | July 30, 2011 at 07:17 AM
Amy, I was looking at your blog and thinking how you already have photos and content for a "month-in-the-life" project! I don't think there are any rules that dictates that the days have to be back-to-back.
Posted by: Grace Hester | July 30, 2011 at 07:20 AM