Week In The Life - The first attempt...

Mmm, now where to begin with this story...  Well, I shall start at the beginning perhaps?  Might be a good place and we'll just take it from there shall we?

I had everything organised, my daily sheets printed, my camera batteries charged, my head wrapped around the task at hand and even a good idea on how I was going to design my pages for my digital book.  I started off with flying colours; 86 photos taken on the first day!  Boo-yah!!!!  LOL

But then...  Guess what?

A fast hard curve ball was thrown directly at me!  Did I duck?  Heck yeah!  Initially anyway...  I was determined not to let a little side step get in the way of a project that I thoroughly enjoy!

The week went on and I got to Wednesday, hardly any documenting, a scarce amount of photos taken and I was seriously thinking of throwing in the towel.  I was feeling deflated, disappointed but mostly frustrated.  I had sick kidlets, friends that were needing my focus and ear and a mindset that was no longer on the task at hand...

What to do, what to do...

I pondered and came to this conclusion.

Start again when it was more appropriate.  Begin again when I could focus and enjoy the documenting.  Kick off on a week where it will be a 'true reflection' of our lives.

I decided that there was no point continuing with the process if I was going to be left with an album filled with photos of my children lying on the couch, sleeping and sneezing.  Journaling that was all about medicine, sleepless nights and Mummy cuddles.  This wasn't even close to a normal week for us and that is what I want my documenting to entail, a true reflection of our routine, schedule, daily doings, etc.

So this is where I am at...  Currently school holidays are finishing up, yet again it would not really have been a true reflection of our week, so I will be gearing up again to start my Week In The Life when school is back and our weeks are normal again.

But yet again, do I really want to even ponder on that thought...  What IS a normal week for us???  LOL  I'll just settle for the closest thing.

Till next time (when life is a little more normal),
Keep scrapping :)
Kye

Ps.  I would love to hear if anyone else did this wonderful project, how did you go, have you ever had to postpone it for another week, if you did, how did you go about it...

A Week In The Life

Yesterday I was having one of 'those' days...  You know the ones where you really can't be bothered doing anything but you have so much to do.  Well, I decided to just go with the flow and do exactly what my body was telling me to do... Lay on the couch and play on my iPad!  Yep, I was lazy and I loved every single second.

I was trying to tell myself not to feel guilty with the 'couch chilling' and admittedly I did feel a little better with the fact that I was being productive while I was 'lounging'.  I started organising my Week In The Life Project that begins on Monday the 9th September through to the 15th with Ali Edwards.

This will be my third year doing this project and it always gets me excited beforehand.  I have grabbed out my previous albums and taken some photos to show you what I approach I took for both; very different for each.

This year I have decided to go again with a digital album that I will have printed with Blurb.  I want this project to be easy and fun.  I have decided not to overcomplicate it by doing a hybrid album, like my Project Life, but to go with the same approach as last year.  I decided to do what works for me and this method was perfectly fine, but most importantly I was really happy with the result.

I got my inspiration from Nettio Designs who does fantastic templates for this project and you can find them here in her Sweet Shoppe Store.  I chose the option of making my own templates with the Blurb software last year and I still might do the same for 2013... I'm still undecided on that one.

So here are a few snaps of last year's album and the bottom two pics are of the year before (that was my hybrid approach).

A few things, if you wish to participate in Week In The Life, that helped me immensely with this project were...

• Ali Edwards' printable Daily sheets to document what happens each day.
• A thorough read through Ali's approach with hints, tips and previous albums along with links to products, templates, organisation, etc.
• If you choose to go digital, an online software package to help you create your album...  I use Blurb but there is Photobook, Snapfish, Momento, etc.
• Pinterest is a 'goto' tool for me for inspiration.
• Big Picture Classes online community for Week In The Life is a wonderful FREE workshop that helps you connect with other participants, share your album photos  and interact with others via a private classroom message board and gallery.

As for now, I am currently printing off my daily sheets, charging my camera batteries and contemplating what colours/theme I would like my album to have this year and getting all inspired and excited!!!

Would love to hear if you will be going on the WITL journey too, how you approach this project and any hints or tips you might like to share.

Thanks for reading peeps and happy Saturday,
Kye :)

PS. Oh and don't forget to vote if you're in Oz...