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Dayinthelife

I don't yet have week six of my Project Life album finished yet – my girlfriends have been here the past few days and I am currently in LA dropping them off at the airport. But I do have my insert for this week – a spread for Day in the Life.

Ditlfront

I kept it super simple. (That rad Wednesday badge is from Ormolu.)

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I copied the text from Friday's blog post into PSE and printed it so I could trim it down to 4×11. Then I sewed a page protector to fit the paper.

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The text spilled over to the backside too. That file tab is from American Crafts c/o Scrapbook Circle.

Front

I used a We R Memory Keepers photo protector to display 18 photos and pieces of paper from the day. Above is the front.

Witlback

And then the back.

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Wednesday included a particularly good email chain with some of my college girlfriends. I printed off my portion (it was a "update us on your lives" email) and stuck it to the back of that pretty paper from American Crafts. It's not Blogland appropriate so I won't share it here. I am not even sure it's future little ones appropriate, but I'll deal with that when they learn how to read. 😉 The "hello" brand is Amy Tangerine for American Crafts and the label is discontinued from Paper Source.

Witldetail

The "five senses" page is from one of my sweet friend Marta's mini diaries. I tore a page out, trimmed it to 4×4, added my text and slipped it in. Super simple and makes for a good daily life "snapshot." I'll have to remember to do that more often this year!

Check plus. Adore this project. Will be sharing the rest of week six tomorrow afternoon probably.

Confused by Project Life? Start here. See all my Project Life posts here.

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17 responses to “documenting a day in the life.”

  1. Elizabeth Avatar

    Hi Elise! I am really enjoying following your PL posts. I am doing it myself and can’t wait to sit down and do this past week. I also did A Day in the Life and really enjoyed it!
    On a completely other topic. I am about to buy my first pair of minimalist running shoes and I was curious if you wore socks with yours. I am trying to decide and it will affect the size I get. I am leaning towards not wearing socks, especially for those rare occasions I am running on the beach. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
    Warmly,
    Elizabeth

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  2. elise blaha Avatar

    Thank you! And I always wear socks.

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  3. Amanda Avatar

    Super sweet. Every time I see your layouts, it makes me want to start a PL album.

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  4. Giuseppina Avatar

    Hey Elise! Where did you get your Project Life materials? Especially the page protectors? I’ve been looking everywhere but everything seems to be sold out :/

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  5. Chris Avatar

    Oh, Elise, I love the simpleness with which you handled adding A Day in the Life right within your PL album. Perfect way to do that without all that extra work.

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  6. Nicole Avatar

    I love that you used one of Marta’s mini diary pages. I need to put mine with my PL stuff – such a great idea!

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  7. Chris Avatar

    Crikey, that wasn’t supposed to go there. Crud.
    Giuseppina — Becky Higgins keeps saying the page protectors would be coming back in stock in February, most likely. Check out her blog for updates. Otherwise, a lot of people use page protectors from We R Memorykeepers.

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  8. elise blaha Avatar

    amazon is the only place that sells the stuff and I know they are expecting a restock soon. 🙂

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  9. Toni Brockliss Avatar

    Dear Elise,
    Are you going to do The Color Run?
    http://youtu.be/ZWsfHC-0d6A
    xx

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  10. elise blaha Avatar

    wow!! I had not heard of that! but I might try and get into the socal one.

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  11. Megan Avatar

    I use Marta’s mini diary too! I love how just writing down 5 senses you can vividly remember the day.
    Love your book. I hope to make one next year!

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  12. mer Avatar
    mer

    🙂
    just sayin’

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  13. Casey Avatar

    I love the simpleness and the way you use photos and words to tell your story so clearly and simply. I think I will definitely need to do this when work settles down a little bit.

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  14. Brianna Avatar
    Brianna

    It looks great. It’s inspiring me to do a project life starting on my 30th birthday in August. Happy Valentine’s Day (a little early)!

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  15. Skye Avatar

    I love the way you worked your day in the life into your PL album! I think you’ve convinced me to do my own. 🙂 I also love the 5 senses journaling prompt.

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  16. Bella Casa Avatar

    I wish I had thought about doing this project years ago …what fun that would be look back at today. I like the idea of the day in the life …must figure a way to incorporate it into my mix. You are very creative and I appreciate you sharing your ideas as I plod along doing my journaling.
    Jan @ BellaCasa

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  17. Sophie @ threetimesf Avatar

    Hey! This is my first time stopping by your blog (saw one of your running posts on pinterest!) and just wanted to say hello! I love these PL posts – can’t wait to read the rest! 🙂

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