Everything AE/Ali Edwards

LOVE the star album....but not the 10x8 size so it's a pass for me.

Seeing the main kit + morning/night mini all together makes me not hate it but I am not sure I need it either. Honestly, it would have been a slam dunk - just have for me if the star album was 6x8. =

The star album is very cute. I’m just not sure I have it in me to do another 8x10 album. I really don’t love much in the kits to be honest but this is my very favorite AE project. I keep my WITL stash very very small, no where near enough to do this kind of project. Bah.

I have to admit, I love the star album and the main kit! I haven't done week in the life in YEARS, but I might pull the trigger this year! I love that the products are bright and colorful this year, without overwhelming the photos or stories.

If I buy these, would you buy the pie charts? So half of them?

I like the half circles and the days of the week but not really the pie charts.

I love this WITL project and am excited to do it this year. Here are my thoughts on the products ...

* HATE the 6x8 album - that peach is just meh. LOVE the 10x8 album but I HATE that SIZE so not going to work for me. They always do the cool album cover for the one that I don't like size-wise. I get wanting to offer multiple size options but am SHOCKED that people on the team were pleased with the peach option. UGH. The idea that everyone on the team was like yes, let's go with that pattern just shocks me, to be honest. I'll be finding another album for myself this year.
* I like the main kit overall but hate how they keep trying to make it work for multiple sizes. I hate the 10x8 so the 10x8 stuff is annoying to me personally. I make the 4x4/10x8 stuff work but would rather not have to. I personally love Ali's handwriting but know that it's not for everyone. The colors work fine for me (and do seem to align with her inks) - in fact, I wish it was MORE colorful than it is. Would prefer less of all of the DIFFERENT fonts - the Ali handwriting + the cursive on the 4x6 cards/chipboard + the block font on the-ing words & stamps is a lot of different fonts ... would prefer some more consistency but I can deal with it.
* Not a fan of the mini kit this year which is good since I usually buy both ... I can skip that this year. But, like that it will offer some people a new lens to tell stories through!
* LOVE the transparencies since I like those to start my days with. LOVE the plastic circle pack. LOVE the 3x8 number + journaling inserts. So fun! Will also pick up the 6xx8 kraft documenting pages as I think they are very versatile for this project and just regular documenting I do. Love the 10x4 journal cards but won't buy them given their size. Wish that they were in another configuration that were more useful to the 6x8 size.
* I'll be buying all the stamps except the Morning + Evening set as they are exactly what I get the most use out of for WITL and my regular documenting. The WITL sets are almost always those I use over and over and over again. I do wish there was an ALPHA in that -ing set font. But, it's fine. I'm sure I have plenty of others that will work for me if I wanted them to LOL. I think I have a set of numbers similar to that set so I may talk myself out of those but at this point, I'm buying them. I don't think I"ll use the Morning + Evening set enough to justify the cost but I don't dislike them.

All in all, I like the collection but totally get the critiques I'm reading here. I added it up and I'm looking at spending about $180 which is a bit excessive but I will definitely use it all so I'm okay with that for now.

My goodness, Ali……when will you stop being so obsessed with 10x8 size??? 😂

Is it that popular??! Someone please make it stop!

I'm surprised at how much of this year's WITL I like. I love the star album but I can't wrap my head around the 10x8 size for WITL (love it for DD though). Don't love the peach but I don't mind the printed days. So I don't know what I'll do for an album yet.

I think I like enough of the main kit to get it. I could do without the 4x4 cards (with 4 squares) because I think those will look weird if I have to cut them down to 3x4. I think I'll attach the Kraft pockets to the outside of a page somehow.

I like parts of the mini, but wouldn't use most of it for WITL. I could have used pieces in my recent trip album.

I like the 3x8 numbered chipboard pages & the Kraft pages. I like the circle set but don't feel like I have to have it. I like the page dividers but I'm not sure about them yet (feel like I'd have to cut out middle sections to get the portion that looks good for a 6x8 album).

Don't care for any of the stamps and have no need for the 10x4 cards (and don't like them anyway).

I'm curious how the "buy it all" option will go over--even if I did want it all, I'm not sure I'd want or need both albums.

@huskermom99 it's like you read my mind 🤣 with exception of the stamps...some look cool but I'm super gun shy of any stamps produced by Inked right now.

My list will probably include the main kit, the 3x8 numbered journal cards, the mini kit (lots of uses there) and as much as I love the stars album I'm not in the 10x8 market. I did it last year and the cost of photo printing the bigger photos was too much. I don't mind the 6x8 album, the color reminds me of Distress oxide dried marigold.

I bought the 10x8 album for last year's WITL. I have never worked with that size before so this will be a change for me. With that said, rather than a main kit and a mini kit, I don't understand why she doesn't do a kit aimed at 6x8 and a kit aimed at 10x8.

That bothered me too! And she is usually so careful and precise (to the order of overthinking most things), so it surprised me she just cut it where it would be so lopsided.

I'm pretty sure Lisa has been on SC's DT since before she got hired by AE. Both companies are also owned by Inked, so it's really the same company. 

I agree and I think Ali seems to operate from a place of plenty vs scarcity mindset, meaning, she is not one to worry about exclusivity and I think as long as people fulfill their commitment to AE, she is pretty chill about what ever else they do.

I personally, can't imagine having the bandwidth to do multiple design teams, but different things work for different people. 

I just want to say I love you for stating this.

Such excellent self awareness. 🤗

I would worry that 4x4, even with a buildable album, would be really, really full with WITL. I guess it would depend on what all your week looks like though.