Everything AE/Ali Edwards

sorry I meant communicate to non-subs / more broadly. I haven't seen any email or anything on IG yet. very curious!

FYI, if you are a story kit subscriber and do not want the new quarterly kit, you can start a conversation and tell them not to extend your story kit subscription past December.

I loooove the Halloween kit and die cuts. Seems like a very full kit. I will be buying it. Wish it had some purple but oh well. I hope she eventually expands the Halloween offerings to include an album (purple linen would be amazing!) and a spooky sweatshirt.

It was a really good kit. I won’t get it because I bought the last two and didn’t use much from the first and nothing from the second I think? That said, depending on the price of that extra die cut pack I might get that! That thing was huge and would satisfy me to not miss out and get some cuteness. I mean since it’s an add on to my SBTM kit it’s basically free, right? 🤣

I LOVED the Halloween kit!! I’m not sure if I’ll order it, or not. I haven’t ordered any of her Halloween kits yet, even though I’ve loved them all. I like Halloween products, but I always spend so much on Christmas products that I end up passing on the Fall and Halloween products.

I loved this kit and I sure wish they would make a Halloween album!
I too loved the Calendar and hope they consider doing one for the December Daily next year (RIP I miss Marie Lottermoser yearly calendar) and I also loved the touch of silver.

I will definitely pick up the Halloween kit and the die-cuts. The ghosts are adorable! We are going to host a Halloween-themed party this year and I hope to take a ton of photos.

I purchased the Gus the Ghost drinking glasses from Pottery Barn and I cannot wait to get them! I will also pick up a few more Halloween decorations before the end of October. The scrapbook.com bats dies are super cute and I want to make a full wall of bats this year behind our dining room table.

thank you!

I only do 25 stories but I use the calendar from AE to write down what I did that day, so I can go back and create the pages. 

The bats on the wall are awesome! I'll have to put those dies on my Wishlist. Super cute! The PB glasses are adorable, too. So fun that you're throwing a party - what a great reason to buy the Halloween kit, it's a great kit

I was super inspired by her blog post today. I think I'll try it one day this week.

I looked at the products and they are sold out. I guess they came out a while ago. I'm not that into them so I'll also skip the digitals.

I have a time stamp and I think I'll do something like she posted where it's just a collage of photos with the time stamp. I'll add it using label stickers. I'll make an insert for Project life.
I have some page protectors that are 12X12 with four rows of 3X3 boxes. I'll cut off the last row so it will be 6X12 in my 9X12 album. 16 squares total so room for some embellishments. I probably won't need more pics than that.

Set alarms several times throughout the day to remind you to take photos.  I tend to time mine when I know I will be doing the thing that corresponds to the card.  I'll have a 7:45 AM alarm reminding me to take a photo of what I'm wearing. 8:30 pm alarm to pick up my kid from her job.  A little pre-planning helps.  I'm following the 8 cards from the kit and will take a photo and write a bit of journaling for each. 

I don't do DITL every year.  When she's done it in the spring I tend to skip it because it's too repetitive from WITL. It just so happens this year there is quite a bit that has changed since Aprils WITL. I also keep a stack of 6x8 Story Albums now, in the past I did not.  I used to put it in a stand alone album, I'm personally not a big fan of putting it my PL album. 

DITL is significantly easier to keep up with than WITL, in my opinion. The best you can do is prep mentally, make sure you have your camera on you at all times (even if it's just your phone) and work in a morning/lunch/afternoon/dinner/evening mindset to capture the different stories.

Don't forget to focus on the day through the lens of current events (politics - like the madness of the US presidential elections right now), season (fruit + veg in season, nature around you, clothing, etc.) and chapter of your life (kids in school, empty-nesting, pets, taking care of aging parents, etc.). 

Make sure you include technology such as screenshots of text messages + package deliveries of the day + podcast/music app, currently streaming, photo of your phone/laptop, etc.

If you have multiple people in your household, make each of them contribute an anecdote. Take pictures from their perspective as well (overhead shot of kids doing their homework at the table, the place where your pet naps the most right now, spouse leaving the car when they get home from work and so on).

Include present-day markers that you will make you feel nostalgic a decade or two down the line: photo of your kitchen cupboard (packaging of everyday products like the cereal your kids prefer in the morning), postal stamps if you get something in the mail (even if it's something silly), front page of national + local newspapers, cost of life right now list (groceries, petrol/gas, electricity, mortgage/monthly car payment/tuition), photos of the neighbourhood (shops, little library, a shot of your own home including the neighbhours' homes, etc.), what's-in-my-bag, etc.

I love DITL for doing a very aesthetic project, focusing on photography. It's a bit intense but far easier to finish than WITL.

sleepingbooty - Thank you! That is exactly what I wanted to see, a list of things I should keep an eye out for. I've tried in the past to take a photo at each hour but it didn't work for me the way I was hoping.

missbellejane - Love your video! While I don't think I'll do a WITL, I love how yours turned out. I bought a bunch of those TN's from that lady a few years ago and haven't used them yet either.