Everything AE/Ali Edwards

for the WITL release there are a few shop items that I like and may pick up (white week transparencies etc). I am not a fan of cream/off white or gold, so both kits are out for me. too bad there is no liz kit this year.

Well, I did not have WITL on my must do list this year, but the preview today definitely has me interested. One of the things I love about this project is that I like the Ali formula approach and it's only one week so I can usually hang with it most of the week. I still usually have some loose ends that do not get done, but I always am glad I did the project.

I love the colors and the creativity/multi functional nature of the collection this year. Some years are definitely easier to use than others. I am thinking I will do 6x8 as I typically do and likely get both kits + several of the shop items, but no stamps. The day of the week stamps are fun, but I don't think they are super versatile so will be skipping those. I have some great WITL stamps from prior years so will reuse those.

I also really liked that Ali is going 6x8 this time - will be easier to get inspo from her posts .

I think those plastic banner pieces will go quick!

I appreciate them keeping consistent and having a specific colour per day, but these are not my colours as a whole. I just cannot do the mustard yellow, I know that’s so you can read it but I would prefer a bright yellow outlined in black rather than a brown mustard yellow. I also dislike having two pink days. I dislike the number of cards and embellishments etc that mix pink and red - I just can’t have those colours together!!! Reminds me of the 2020 witl collection.
I don’t think I will get either kit.
I like the font this year, and love some of the shop items, but will consider purchasing them (not on my “have to have and will stalk the internet to get them” list).
I like the chipboards.
I love the black and white album but would use it for a different project as I do 3x8 albums for week in the life - I find that this size helps me to finish the project rather than having it half completed.
So basically I’m exactly where I was last year on the kit for this project!
This year I will use one of my pre set up albums from past kit items that I bought on sale for this project I think…
And I miss the paisley press kit as that was usually more my vibe.

1. Because it was too thick and that album look dumb now
2. I edited myself a bit because I knew how thick it was getting so I regret that, too
3. Since I’m planning other weeks to be separate it bugs me that it isn’t. It’s rather keep the WITL albums together
4. If I had been doing a bigger size album it probably would have been ok. —or at least better.
5. I think if I decide in the future I don’t want to do a whole 6x8 WITL, I’ll do a smaller size so it is its own album rather than in my PL but that’s just me.

I subbed to SBTM the first year it released. I canceled at the end of that year because there was so much repetition between the cards, ephemera and stamps. I bought all the 2022 kits when they were deeply discounted and used them for 2023. I'm am now subbed this year. What I have noticed is how much repetition there is from the first year I subbed and this year. Exact same chipboard sentiments, just different colors. I really notice because I have all my chipboard organized and now I have two sets of yes and no ovals, two "a lovely day" ovals, etc. exact same font and shape.

It doesn't bother me too much, but I notice.

It’s a nice collection. I appreciate the thoughtful designs, I like the font, I like that there are at least 7 of everything, I like that they included a reason why card (this should be a given), and I love the black & white album. I’m just not feeling super excited like in years past.

The colors are fine but I prefer brighter colors for this project. 2021 & 2022 were my fave’s. Also not a fan of the pink & red together.
I’m really feeling the need to simplify my scrapbooking this year. I don’t have a lot of extra time or energy right now. I’m not doing OLW at all and I’m having a hard time getting my PL started for the year.
This is my favorite project so I don’t want to skip it but I’m thinking I may just do it in the journal this year. I have one from the 2023 collection and I loved how Krystal Idunate and Morgan Beal used the journals in years past.

We’ll see. I’m sure once I see the products in action I may change my mind but right now I’m hoping to stash bust and buy next to nothing from this collection.

ETA: I don’t like any of the stamp sets which is shocking. I usually buy all of the WITL stamps.

I LOVE it all pretty much ... the kit and the 6x8 album are especially good. I'm glad that the colors are consistent across the project this time. That always annoyed me in the past. I love the font used this time. I'm excited about the project which is one of my favorites each year.

I guess I'm the odd one out, in that I'm not digging this year's WITL offerings. I think it's the font - it's giving me mid2000s vibes.

At least my wallet is happy! 🤣

I'm not loving the WITL selections. I will probably use my digital Daily Quarterly Kit instead, along with bits and pieces from my stash. I did most of my WITL digitally last year, and that seemed to help with getting it done. My life is pretty quiet, so I was able to fit two years' worth in one 6X8. I'll be having surgery around the time that the community does WITL, and there are pros and cons to doing it at that time. I'll wait and see how I'm feeling.

The one year I did WITL was 2020 and I was (am) a SAHM - so my days look very similar every day. I did a focus each day (lens? I think Ali calls it) - mostly for my journalling but I did try to bring in photos that fit that as well. I think if I had a daily routine - maybe focus on before work, mornings, lunch, afternoons, after work - one/day for documenting - and then the weekends

I’ve thought this of my week every year - part time work and sahm on the other days for years now - but each year has had something different and unique for that year that I forget about later on and remember when I look back through my albums.
In the past if my week is looking a little bland I’ve focussed a day on another family members routine for that week - appointments, tasks, etc. I even focussed a day on the pet fish we had at the time and cleaning out their tank. We no longer have the fish so this “normal” weekly routine has changed. There are four of us in the family, so with pets that made five days worth of content, and then the weekends were easier to find something unique to scrap about.
I find looking back through past witl content online helped me find unique things to talk about each year and made the project interesting when I felt it had the potential to be same old same old - weekly routines (this was esp good during covid in 2020 as it was so unique), colours, numbers of things, one year I highlighted all the different places I get coffees in the morning (and had fun trying new places to fill in the album), the generic “picture of my shoes and where I was standing” each day. Made taking the photos more fun.
And doing the project 3x8 size means I finish it each year as those albums are quite small so I have to be concise.

The only thing I’m temped to buy are the plastic banner flag things. I also like the vellum pockets, but those are only included in the kit.

After seeing the blog post, still like this collection. I am going to get out last year's WITL album to look through and think about what worked and did not. I have a bin of old WITL stuff, so it's not like I could not just work from that, but I do love a good collection to create continuity in color and design. I also agree with the people who posted in the comments on the blog that an alpha stamp set matching the alpha in this collection would have been great to have. I am going to hunt for a matching font and then I also think Heidi Swapp has some good graphic vibes alphas that would coordinate.

Actually, it would be good to crowd source some ideas on graphic fonts and other lines with graphic stamps, etc to coordinate.

The mini kit is timely for me bc we are about to be empty nesters so feels like one to get.

Riddle me this, my two favorite yearly projects are December Daily and WITL. I have a MASSIVE collection of December products, like 2 Art Bins full. My WITL stash is one tiny little zipper pouch. Every year before WITL I get all excited to go through my stash and then I'm sad because there isn't much. I must be better at working those products into my regular stash.

Anyway, super excited about this collection. I'm doing 6x8 and all the kits and bits except pleather circles. No stamps for me, they aren't my thing. I'm getting the mini kit/journal bundle. I always print and bind my own WITL "workbook" for daily note taking. This will just be easier for $5.