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Post by breakfastattiffanys on Apr 23, 2024 21:34:30 GMT
That’s what I’m doing today to make sure I have enough content. Closet, nightstand, kitchen cupboard, fridge contents. I’m having fun though and makes me wish I had photos of my childhood home like this.
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fawkes76
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Post by fawkes76 on Apr 23, 2024 23:39:08 GMT
I've taken 2 pictures so far today. I'm working 10-11 hour days right now and I'm not sure I can add documenting on to that. I might try to journal tonight and if I can't get to it, I may just skip this year. If you have days where you're busy, document what you're reading or watching on TV. I love looking back at those kinds of posts. Also podcasts, music in your playlist, anything really. It's the most boring mundane stuff we look at when we look at old photos. What's in your fridge? Take a photo of your medicine cabinet, your closet. Thanks for the encouragement! I got a good photo playing with my dog
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blemon
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Post by blemon on Apr 24, 2024 0:29:11 GMT
wish I had photos of my childhood home like this. I would love to see these so much. The memories only go so far.
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Post by wordfish on Apr 24, 2024 10:44:26 GMT
I'm chugging along--road trip for work yesterday so I got some photos of the mountains that I normally wouldn't. I threw a #10 envelope in my bag to collect ephemera and that seems to be going well. I can't take photos at work on company property, but instead I take screenshots of stuff I do on my phone at lunch (checking in on the family WhatsApp, etc) and then today and tomorrow I will be leaving for lunch--Thursday is my carpool day with my husband and we have a standing lunch date, so that should be plenty. I did some office reorganizing on Monday so I can write about that and take a screenshot photo of what I use in my office, which is this: I haven't even looked at my photos yet. I have gotten an outfit-of-the-day photo each day so far. I decided to do a "flat lay" photo for each day but I figure I can set those up and do them this weekend when I'm not so busy with work. I wrote down 9 or 10 things for that--will pick 7. Tomorrow is a shindig for a house museum board I'm on, so I should have great photos for that including shots overlooking the city at sunset, and Sunday is a hair appointment, but those are the only two slightly out of the ordinary things left on the schedule this week that I know of.
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Post by breakfastattiffanys on Apr 25, 2024 16:43:16 GMT
I have the best dh. He knows I’m taking photos this week and I wanted one of him taking care of his plants. Walked into the sunroom to see him watering and told him to wait so I could grab my camera. Then I noticed he already had his phone set up on a tripod so he could capture the photo!
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Post by wordyphotogbabe on Apr 25, 2024 16:49:44 GMT
I am taking photos this week WITL-style but I don't create a separate album for them. A few years ago, I created a "All About [Name]" page for each of us with a few photos + some journaling for the week but most of the time, I just incorporate them into my regular family album and/or see what pages they might inspire me to make. Although I enjoy moment pages more than event pages, I tend to skew event since it's so much easier; the pictures I take for WITL inevitably get me to create more moment pages.
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paget
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Jun 25, 2014 21:16:39 GMT
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Post by paget on Apr 26, 2024 1:35:20 GMT
I have the best dh. He knows I’m taking photos this week and I wanted one of him taking care of his plants. Walked into the sunroom to see him watering and told him to wait so I could grab my camera. Then I noticed he already had his phone set up on a tripod so he could capture the photo! This is so sweet- great job, dh!!!
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jediannie
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Jun 30, 2014 3:19:06 GMT
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Post by jediannie on Apr 26, 2024 14:53:48 GMT
Well I'm a WITL dropout. I don't know why I thought this year would be different. I do have enough photos from Monday to do a day in the life so I think I'll just stick with that.
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fawkes76
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Post by fawkes76 on Apr 26, 2024 21:38:22 GMT
Well I'm a WITL dropout. I don't know why I thought this year would be different. I do have enough photos from Monday to do a day in the life so I think I'll just stick with that. Day in the Life is still a great option!
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Post by needtime2scrap on Apr 28, 2024 13:52:32 GMT
Last day push! I've been pretty good at capturing lots of photos but I know that I'll have some gaps from Wednesday (usually the day that I lose steam) but I had asked my kids to take photos of their days and I'm happy that they have humored me and sent a bunch of photos! So I'll add in some parts with their perspective which will be cool.
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fawkes76
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Post by fawkes76 on Apr 28, 2024 16:20:44 GMT
Last day push! I've been pretty good at capturing lots of photos but I know that I'll have some gaps from Wednesday (usually the day that I lose steam) but I had asked my kids to take photos of their days and I'm happy that they have humored me and sent a bunch of photos! So I'll add in some parts with their perspective which will be cool. Wednesday was my gap day as well, mainly because it was a hard day at work (not in a lot of work way, but rather in a lot of chaos way). I'll probably take some filler pictures today to fill in. Yay for kids that humor documenters!!
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Post by wordfish on Apr 29, 2024 0:50:59 GMT
I think I am officially finished. Today was a bit of a slow day but that's okay. I put my album together and put all the ephemera with it. I think I will at least edit the photos on lunch breaks at work this week, if not print them. I have an extra photo printer I can hook up to my hotspot and get them printed, I think. I'm afraid if I don't get that part done, I may lose steam.
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Post by breakfastattiffanys on Apr 29, 2024 13:23:01 GMT
Whew! I took a lot of pictures last week and it almost didnt feel right to not keep taking them today. I have to admit, I have zero idea what my next step should be to organize myself. I don’t have anything set up in my album.
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Post by FuzzyMutt on May 4, 2024 17:30:17 GMT
I'm really surprised that there isn't more WITL buzz in the FB group (or here...) It seems like such a big project! I fully acknowledge that I'm going to have to stop dragging my feet into Instagram. I go there, but only when I'm really bored lol
Is anyone here taking Ali's WITL class this year? Is the classroom worth the money and time?
I'm doing this project (surprisingly) in earnest this year and I managed to crush photos and words. I'm currently putting together my print order. I want to have it submitted tomorrow, because that's when Persnickety's sale ends (I don't like print credits) and I was hoping to have a little more inspiration to make it a bit more creative.
DD is so creative and fun- this just doesn't seem- fun. More like in 50 First Dates, it feels like a "this is who were before you bumped your head" album. I'm just not feeling it so much. The funny part is my life is freaking fantastic, and I feel like the products just don't do it justice lol. I don't do well with a formula, and it seems like this project has a significant bent towards formulaic scrapbooking. Yep it's Monday. We had a Tuesday too! Rinse, Repeat.
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Post by breakfastattiffanys on May 4, 2024 20:36:40 GMT
I’m feeling the same way! I think I’m going to decide which photos to print as 6x8 and go from there. The formula approach isn’t making me happy, at all.
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paget
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Post by paget on May 4, 2024 21:03:52 GMT
I’m another that doesn’t care about the formula. It’s just too…sterile…or uninspired for me. I plan more of a framework (is there a difference? Lol to me there is). I have a couple elements that are the same each day for consistency and because the products are designed that way so if you Bought some things like that it’s hard NOT to have that consistency. But I’ll mix up outside page protector, page protectors, number of pics and pages or enlargements for each day depending on what I have and what I feel like doing.
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Post by ecvnj58 on May 4, 2024 22:43:44 GMT
I’m doing mine this week. I had a hell of a workweek and was working so my pictures are minimal. I use the time page, gratitude page and -ing page for my journaling. My plan this week has been to take photos and do those. I think I take only a handful of photos a day. I have been trying to save screen shots too.
I think with this my album will come together. I for sure feel like I am doing lesss than years past. I think I’m ok with that because in the end I don’t think it takes many photos or words. But we will see when I go to finish the album. I may be cursing my does not give an F approach.
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Post by lanena on May 4, 2024 23:12:07 GMT
I’m feeling the same way! I think I’m going to decide which photos to print as 6x8 and go from there. The formula approach isn’t making me happy, at all. This is my approach as well! I am selecting one 6X8 per day. Last year was the first time I had pictures enlarged to that size, and I really love the way they look in the album. Otherwise, I am lacking in motivation. I think we'll see more on Instagram and on Ali's blog this coming week, so hopefully some energy will arise. My week was also more boring this year than it was last year...but I guess that's kind of the point with an "everyday" sort of project.
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Post by lg on May 5, 2024 2:50:33 GMT
I’m waiting for my photos to arrive before I really get into the project - I find it hard to really be invested when I’m waiting to see what is worthy of enlarging and how I want to go about designing each story or page. I find the same thing with dd, as I order photos to be printed I have to really play the “wait and see what it looks like” game. Do I like the four pics I took of that one thing, or are three terrible so just one will do? Is this story, now I have time to reflect, something worth the limited space I have in my album or can it just go into pl for that week instead? I base my “formula” on my photos and try to find a common theme I can show for each day. I definitely do not document as much as other people - mine is more of a mini book in a 3x8 album rather than an actual album like dd etc. That way I finish it! I also wear the same clothes Mon-Fri so stories like outfit of the day are redundant for me 😂
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