Week In the Life???
I have to confess.
There is some guilt having never done a Week In the Life. That ever so popular seven day documenting journey hosted by Ali Edwards.
Wait.
I take that back.
There was that one time in 2012.
Yep. I did indeed participate.
But not as thoroughly as the queen of story telling. #goals
But then. Wait again.
What am I even talking about?
I DO do WITL.
Every week!!!
It just so happens to be called a Memory Planner.
Whew.
I was going to have to feel even more guilt there for a moment.
Glad I evaded that!
This week in my Instagram Stories I documented a week in the life of Memory Planning in real time.
Because here is a vibe I am picking up…and tell me if I am wrong.
I think there are a lot of you scrappy friends who are super attracted to the planner community.
You love all the planners.
Heck. You have purchased all the planners.
But then…yet a new set of guilt has set in…you have not done anything with said planner haul.
(See above planner).
And that’s where we do a couple of things.
We feel guilty for having all the stuff.
And then we go through what I call ‘analysis-paralysis’ and don’t do anything with it.
Now. I could be all wrong about that.
Let me know in the comments your feels.
Let’s just walk through a bit of a week in the life of this May 2019 planner spread.
Because more often than not right now I am leaving my planner undone till the end of the week.
Which actually has it’s advantages.
But how to get started and what to put in it? Those are the questions I most generally receive from you my creative friends.
FIRST…
Print photos and or printables from the week. All of them.
Even if you won't use them.
It's been my experience that getting my pics printed can be the hardest thing.
I don't even know why.
I even have an at home printer just for that very purpose.
By going through my camera roll I send the photos to my computer and print them all. All at once.Then I can just have a go at the documenting and placing those photos in place.
SECOND...
Next the photos and printables collected over the week are set in place.
At first without adhesive.
After I am good with placement I then adhere them in place.
I usually use a roller adhesive for this part.
THIRD...
At this point, after photos are adhered and printables are in place I fill in whatever it is I want to document. This is when the journaling happens.
As I explain in my Memory Planner Class at BigPictureClasses my goal is to place on Monday what the week holds. The 'details' as stamped here. A sort of to-do or goals list.
FOURTH...
Start all over again. The photos are already printed, so steps 2 and 3 are repeated on the facing weekly page.
FIFTH...
Adding in stuff.
I am really liking layers and interactive pieces on my pages.
Enter the WRMK Envelope Punch Board. It's one of my favorite and very often used tools.
Using a 6x6 piece of pattern paper, I am crafting a 3x4 envelope to hold some additional items I want to be found in this week in May in my planner.
Then I have to decide if I am going to adhere the envelope to the weekly page?
Or use that cutey Heidi Swapp Planner Punch and give the envelope holes to be added into the binder.
The planner punch loses...this time.
I have opted to attach the envelope onto the page.
(Printables found at Kellie Winnell)
Same as the first page, all the elements are in place, and documenting and journaling have taken place on this page too.
And seriously, this just did not take a whole lot of time.
Those are a few tips for catching up with your planner.
Print photos first. Print those Pinterest word quotes and phrases out too.
Have all that ready and wanting to find a space on your page.
After that, all the elements fall into place, and before you know it, you too have captured a week in the life.
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