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  <title>Ali Edwards Design Inc.</title>
  <updated>2026-04-21T12:00:00-04:00</updated>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7199</id>
    <published>2026-04-21T12:00:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2026-04-21T12:00:00-04:00</updated>
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    <title>Day In The Life™ 2026 | Ali's Project </title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/3a79e3b6963cb1f30b729b83c977bfab.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alongside many of you, I documented a &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/blog?tag=Day+In+The+Life™" target="_blank"&gt;Day In The Life™ &lt;/a&gt;a couple weeks back on April 2, 2026. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ve done this project many, many times over the years and most of the time my day has been pretty &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; (which is all relative as we each know from our own life experiences). The stories I&amp;#39;ve captured over the years have shown peeks into my daily routines and rhythms during each of the various seasons of my life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This year my day was anything but ordinary as my sister and I were in the middle of moving and caring for our parents who now both have dementia and are unable to live on their own any longer. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I spent time reviewing/printing the photos and jotting down some facts + feelings, I kept feeling really thankful that I took the time on this particular day to snap photos. It&amp;#39;s not always top of mind to document the harder seasons but it&amp;#39;s something I&amp;#39;ve learned over all these years of memory keeping: &lt;em&gt;it&amp;#39;s always worth it&lt;/em&gt;. These photos mark a very specific moment in time and are helping me begin to process pieces of this experience.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can see &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/03/day-in-the-life-2026-countdown-to-april-2nd" target="_blank"&gt;how I set up my design foundation in my album here&lt;/a&gt;. I really liked going into the day knowing approximately how many photos I would want to include in my finished spread. I also really liked folding the page protector to create the flip out. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#39;s dive in to the video:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/y0Vwnw_4jvI?enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are additional images of my project coming together:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/8c9a3acb679ed84cabb864c8c120b2a6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I printed out 8, 3x3 photos and then trimmed them after adhering to the journal cards. I added journaling directly onto the photos in Photoshop. I also printed out 9, 1.75 inch x 1.75 inch photos for the prompt/pattern paper. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/c788455f2fe6d370b29778af01555b2d.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/eb0120972964347ecd900ea3dfbf7e9f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On top of the small square photos I added word/phrase stickers and small puffy goal numbers. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/6ad27652062dfe52c9919cb36bfb2afa.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a15d80ca3fb8942b5db7afc4b087bd8f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For my project this year I ended up creating four additional sentiment cards because the words of others felt like a balm to me as I was telling the story of my day. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/21633fa7feb362ca76a039b65ac05467.pdf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You can download a PDF of the four cards here. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/27b2b8e6b77254e908d190ab3a052c6f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the next page I wrote a little bit about each of the small square photos. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/9fdeec2470258bf2a86e188af780e6ed.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/9761885624f382817b9d55d1eab9a37a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your patience as I carve out some time to return back to work. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Simply capturing pieces of a day is what this project is all about. It might be super ordinary or it might be completely different than your regular routine - that sounds a lot like the waves of life. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;SUPPLIES&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-day-in-the-life-mini-kit-2026" target="_blank"&gt;Story Play Day In The Life™ 2026 Kit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/green-stripes-10x8-album" target="_blank"&gt;10x8 Green Stripes Album&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/42kOd4P" target="_blank"&gt;Brother Sewing Machine &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7198</id>
    <published>2026-04-10T09:00:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2026-04-10T09:00:00-04:00</updated>
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    <title>New Releases | April 2026</title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Welcome to a monthly overview post of our subscription + shop releases! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a21730947b561d77d3ff30777eaef326.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just a reminder that starting  &lt;u&gt;our Add On period will now happen from the 10th when the kits go live at noon EST through midnight on the 12th&lt;/u&gt;. You will now be charged for your subscriptions + Add On&amp;#39;s on the 13th of each month. &lt;strong&gt;The classrooms will now open on the 13th. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now let&amp;#39;s dive in to this month&amp;#39;s new releases! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;QUARTERLY STORYTELLER KIT (PHYSICAL KIT + CLASS)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7fe3f6ef2cfca1adb3d550bfaa0735bf.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Details about this kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Four kits per year releasing in January, April, July, and October. When you sign up you are committing to the four kits (or however many are left in the year).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Includes classroom + content from Ali and contributors that will be spread out over three months. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shipping is $1 domestic + $5 international. You can also shop the Add On subscriber section and add to your box during the Add On period for no additional shipping (on the 10th + 11th each month). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Physical kit subscribers can add the digital kit for $14.99 during the Add On period. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are unable to offer a &amp;quot;skip&amp;quot; option with our quarterly kits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/storyteller-kit"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR THE STORYTELLER KIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;strong&gt; UPDATE ON STORYTELLER CLASS CONTENT &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please note that this month&amp;#39;s content availability timeline for the Storyteller Class will look a little different than in the past. Ali is needing to put her work responsibilities aside temporarily to help care for her parents who need extra assistance right now. This situation developed abruptly and has needed her full attention. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;This means that her projects and content will be live in the classroom next month.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;  You will see projects from our media Media Team members coming soon to the classroom. We will send an email out to subscribers as soon as new content is available to view. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ali extends her deepest gratitude for the outpouring of love and support that has been shown by our community as she navigates this next chapter with her parents. Thank you for so much for your patience and understanding! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a video overview of the new kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1181985957?byline=false&amp;amp;title=false&amp;amp;vimeo_logo=false&amp;amp;colors=f88a45%2Cfdeae4%2C260f03%2Cfffbfb&amp;amp;dnt=1" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some additional images of elements in the kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/89c8f7c90592fe63b872d003b8f2ca1b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/19546af00b0a10e6fe7ace28c1acb2c3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/da1dc043cc6cc4c6dc8b535af39a56d4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/ed349b264c3e06e7e2069b7dc0594e68.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/2492242bdc51aebdcaa3ca767bcc6a57.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/b4d510e9e5b1c3d92f414fff75b3f131.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Want to see how Ali used similar kits last year? Check out &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/may-through-august-2025-10x8-scrapbook-project" target="_blank"&gt;a walkthrough of one portion of her 2025 10x8 album&lt;/a&gt;. You can also &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/kicking-off-my-2026-10x8-scrapbook-project" target="_blank"&gt;see how she&amp;#39;s setting up her first album for 2026 here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/97fd7e49bea54a9ace1d7d33775ea21cf83efe51_original.jpg?1736463111" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;QUARTERLY STORYTELLER CLASS (DIGITAL KIT + CLASS)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are looking for a digital only subscription that gives you access to digital Storyteller kit and the classroom content then the  &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/storyteller-class"&gt;Storyteller Class&lt;/a&gt; is for you. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/3083f1e1794828a959f4f07555f6e272.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is $24.99 and is a quarter to quarter commitment (&lt;em&gt;you don&amp;#39;t have to commit to all four kits but if you want to cancel you need to reach out to our Customer Service Team&lt;/em&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/storyteller-class"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR THE QUARTERLY STORYTELLER CLASS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/a1dc4d6e5e82f403a3b3b28130264a97358ae462_original.jpg?1736463218" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;STORIES BY THE MONTH | MAY 2026&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/ebf34dfdfdb630c7b22787f932760939.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This monthly subscription includes 4x6 and 3x4 cards in paper and vellum, chipboard, sticker sheet, and an embellishment. It also includes access to a classroom.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/stories-by-the-month"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP FOR OUR STORIES BY THE MONTH™ WAITLIST &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s an overview of the kit this month: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1181987643?byline=false&amp;amp;title=false&amp;amp;vimeo_logo=false&amp;amp;colors=f88a45%2Cfdeae4%2C260f03%2Cfffbfb&amp;amp;dnt=1" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A few additional kit images: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/c43de19b3e58be6bb3d6e7ff58329b35.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/05122dbb4d391bfcf23b73443d2ce905.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/4e2a6b80e0b0173a522db2d4da2c539a4ad5ec3f_original.jpg?1736463268" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;INSPIRATION BY THE MONTH (DIGITAL KIT + CLASS)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/0dff22e936f8f8e31998ed38a8237182.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If digital is more for you in this season we&amp;#39;ve got you covered. This subscription includes the digital Stories By The Month kit and access to the SBTM classroom. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/inspiration-by-the-month"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR INSPIRATION BY THE MONTH™ (NO WAITLIST)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This kit is also available to physical Stories By The Month™ kit subscribers as an Add On.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/7f3d35fd973cfb27291339f630a986f4f5d32d90_original.jpg?1736463167" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;MONTHLY STAMPS ARE FUN &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/ce4c08e85ee26adef33c97251862566a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun" target="_blank"&gt;Stamps Are Fun &lt;/a&gt;features a 6x8 Stamp Set designed by Ali and shipped to you each month.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/stamps-are-fun"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR STAMPS ARE FUN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This subscription does not include class content but will be supported through blog and social media content regularly. Some months the stamp set may be aligned with the theme of the Storyteller Kit but mostly they will be a fun, random assortment of words and shapes. This monthly physical stamp subscription includes the digital version of the stamp. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s the pricing for this monthly subscription: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;$20.99 - 12 month commitment &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;$23.99 - 6 month commitment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;$28.99 - month commitment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Digital version of the stamp is included in subscription price.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#39;s play together! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;ALSO NEW THIS MONTH | ALPHAS + NUMBERS ARE AWESOME + 3x4 STAMP &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a3bbb035389ddce61d3a6d9bed781694.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ve got a new Alphas Are Awesome (#37) and this year we are also offering a coordinating 4x6 Numbers Are Awesome set (#16). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Physical kit subscribers can add these to their box for no additional shipping. They are available to Add On (for physical kit subscribers) and are also now available in the shop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun/add-ons/alphas-are-awesome-37-6x8-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;SHOP 6x8 ALPHA STAMP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/5b2c32e35690e2eabbe4ca1c1595e0ae.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun/add-ons/numbers-are-awesome-16-4x6-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;SHOP 4x6 NUMBER STAMP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/54b85c70890134d1badb37d7f2feeae8.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun/add-ons/may-2026-3x4-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;SHOP 3x4 STAMP &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/eee4f6806eb88d462970f644975ac519.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;OTHER SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&amp;quot;THE BASICS&amp;quot; MINI KIT (FORMERLY OUR ONE LITTLE WORD® MINI KIT)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/85292beee170e0487bbaa948dea19a89.jpg" /&gt;Everyone loves a good basic! Stamp on them. Write on them. Add photos to them. Repeat them in a page design. Add them to a journal. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ve decided to make a change to our One Little Word® Mini Kit and change it to be called &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/the-basics-quarterly-kit" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;quot;The Basics.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; Going forward the kit will include items without words in order for you to customize them in the ways that makes sense for you and your own documenting (maybe in One Little Word® or maybe in your other documenting adventures or maybe a mix of everything). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Based on the changes we are also able to &lt;strong&gt;reduce the price of this subscription to $19.99 per quarter&lt;/strong&gt;. You&amp;#39;ll see the OLW name on the outside of the first two kit envelopes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="iframe" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1170787727?dnt=1" width="560" height="315" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" frameborder="0" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some more images: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7584e69b3d95de30afdf5a33b9c004d9.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/89dbaae55077139f06cc44492b841c27.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>katiejaeger</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7193</id>
    <published>2026-03-26T09:00:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2026-03-26T09:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/03/day-in-the-life-2026-countdown-to-april-2nd"/>
    <title>Day In The Life™ 2026 Countdown To April 2nd</title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/fc58f06ddf587c2a5ca9aeb1207b4982.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One week from today is our community documenting day for &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/projects/day-in-the-life" target="_blank"&gt;Day In The Life™&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join us next week on Thursday, April 2nd as we come together from all around the world to tell the story of our day via words and photos. This is a great warm up for Week In The Life™ (starting May 18th). I wanted to get this post up before the weekend if you wanted to spend a little time making your own documenting plan. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a look at how I&amp;#39;ll be setting up my project in my 10x8 album this year (I store 3-4 months per 10x8 album):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/hf1e1FW6bmk?enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here are some more details and photos about my set up: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/c733a8504d07427f99f9740ff478ad6d.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Within &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-day-in-the-life-mini-kit-2026" target="_blank"&gt;this year&amp;#39;s kit &lt;/a&gt;we included 3x4 cards and two prompt papers that I&amp;#39;m using as a spread and the basis for my project. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For 2026 I will be pausing every two hours from 8am to 10pm to take a photo and jot down a memory (those details will be added to the 3x4 cards). I am also going to be on the look out for 10 ten details about right now that I can both take a photo of and add to the number list on the second page. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/091975ec1103deae3928ed5559712a7f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For my project this time I decided to sew page protectors along the outside edge of the prompt papers. This then becomes a home for the 3x4 cards and any other photos or sentiment cards I might want to add in after living the day. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you like the look of this but you don&amp;#39;t use a &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/47OVcWW" target="_blank"&gt;sewing machine&lt;/a&gt; you can also use thin &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/1-8-super-sticky-tape" target="_blank"&gt;red line tape (like 1/8)&lt;/a&gt;, staples, or another type of adhesive to create the page. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are adding this to a 6x8 album you could simply add in a 4-pocket, 3x4 page protector as an insert between the two prompt papers. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/95500a1d4905f24993d772fb7213352a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the cool things about page protectors is that you can fold them to create sizes that work for your project. After stitching I used a bone folder to fold the pocket page in order for it to fit in my album. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/aeb5dc7f299e4c6213495bde41ef993b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ll see you back here next week for additional inspiration related to documenting your day! &lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7192</id>
    <published>2026-03-23T12:01:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2026-03-23T12:01:00-04:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/03/week-in-the-life-2026-ali-s-album-formula"/>
    <title>Week In The Life™ 2026 Ali's Album Formula </title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/e2cb3a3c6af977712909e3f9c9cf8dfe.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our 2026 &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/week-in-the-life" target="_blank"&gt;Week In The Life™ collection&lt;/a&gt; will be available tomorrow, March 24th at Noon Eastern/9am Pacific. Our community documenting week begins May 18th. All items are in stock and ready to ship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In today&amp;#39;s video I&amp;#39;m sharing my album set up + initial documenting formula for my 10x8 album this year. I love a good repeated formula especially for a project like this that can sometimes feel overwhelming. By setting up a design formula in advance I have a better understanding of how many photos I may want/need along with space for her words.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a closer look: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nuAMGJK11b0?enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;These are the page protectors I&amp;#39;m using and they will be on sale (marked down) when the Week In The Life™ collection goes live on March 24th.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/6x8-page-protectors-2x2-pockets-10-pack" target="_blank"&gt;12 pocket, 2x2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/6x8-attacher-stickers" target="_blank"&gt;Plastic Page Attacher for 3x8 &amp;quot;in this season&amp;quot; card&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/10x8-page-protectors-3x4-pockets" target="_blank"&gt;6 pocket, 3x4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/6x8-pocket-page-protector-4x6-pockets-10-pack" target="_blank"&gt;2 pocket, 4x6 (6x8 size)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/10x8-page-protector-pack-10x4-pockets" target="_blank"&gt;2 pocket, 10x4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/10x8-page-protector-pack-4x4-and-4x6-pockets" target="_blank"&gt;4 pocket, 4x4 and 4x6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;We also have some combo packs of page protectors available (will also be on sale). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some images of my set up: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/1a39262ee2025121f59b363ff2e0fee4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I decided to play around with layering the plastic days of the week and adding them along the outside edge of the vellum sheet for my title page. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/ce1325cbc5891272db3cdbccfc35d454.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ll add photos to the little boxes after putting my album together. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/b025156d8a38e16098d790fb65c2f7a0.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/47b98ceb6d60762207719d1db7d0a9f7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/cc1c2f7486cd91c40dfdcf0ba99b8a64.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/d4ed491944d30e881c59a07258693fe7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/e29cf582ca421dc5576ea402170b551d.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Still can&amp;#39;t stop using &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3Nxt8AB" target="_blank"&gt;my sewing machine&lt;/a&gt;. You can also create something like this using &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/1-8-super-sticky-tape" target="_blank"&gt;thin red line tape&lt;/a&gt; or even staples. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/51bc189a795b445ffa79882e7d28559c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I may end up adding this long card directly into the album. You can also turn this long piece on its side, cut off the bottom tag, and use it vertically in either album size. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/703f19173d8fab6a251a9007b78c802a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Setting up my album made me excited all over again for this project! As we get closer to the documenting week - starting May 18th - I&amp;#39;ll share more about how I&amp;#39;m approaching tackling the documenting of my week. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No matter what you choose to use to document a week I hope you jump in with both feet to this project. It&amp;#39;s one of my favorites to return to each year. &lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7191</id>
    <published>2026-03-20T17:53:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2026-03-20T17:53:00-04:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/03/week-in-the-life-2026-collection-preview"/>
    <title>Week In The Life™ 2026 Collection Preview </title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f9c735be29f27f18e6977a1b34bc2f46.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the preview post for our  &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/week-in-the-life-2019"&gt;Week In The Life™&lt;/a&gt; 2026 Collection. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These products will be available on &lt;strong&gt;Tuesday, March 24th at noon Eastern/9am Pacific. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;This collection is in stock and ready to ship.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;2026 DOCUMENTING DATES&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/631ecc52482fc74f63afe9c27a40c0ca.png" /&gt;Is this your first time learning about Week In The Life™?  &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/week-in-the-life-2019"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Check out more details on this project that Ali started in 2005 here.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;2026 SHIPPING SPECIAL &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Use code WITL2026 for FREE domestic shipping ($20 international flat rate) on Week In The Life™ category when you spend $75+. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Offer valid until &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3/31/2026 at 11:59pm EST.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Must enter promo code at checkout to receive special shipping offer. Cart must include a minimum subtotal of $75 from the Week In The Life™ shop category to qualify. Offer subject to change.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;DIGITALS COMING SOON&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;We will be offering most of these products digitally on &lt;strong&gt;Friday, April 3rd 2026.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;WEEK IN THE LIFE™ COLLECTION VIDEO OVERVIEW&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is an overview video of this year&amp;#39;s collection: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/17-pPmZGA10?enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2&gt;WEEK IN THE LIFE™ 2026 BUY ALL OPTION | $199&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;This year we will again be offering a limited number of &amp;quot;Buy All&amp;quot; button packages. &lt;em&gt;This &amp;quot;Buy All&amp;quot; does not include an album. &lt;/em&gt;People who choose the &amp;quot;Buy All&amp;quot; option will also receive the &amp;quot;There Is No Rush&amp;quot; mug &amp;amp; camera pattern glass can. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/60555fca7da83a30e93b27ceb6d1ace9.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This &amp;quot;Buy All&amp;quot; option includes: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Week In The Life™ Main Kit&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Week In The Life™ Photography Mini Kit&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Week In The Life™ Storytelling Journal &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Week In The Life™ Journal Card + Paper Variety Pack&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Week In The Life™ 2x2 Plastic Die Cuts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Week In The Life™ Tag Metal Die&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;5 Stamp Sets (one 6x8, three 4x6, and one 3x4)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Camera Pattern Glass Can&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;There Is No&amp;quot; Rush Mug&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2&gt;WEEK IN THE LIFE™ KIT | 34.99 &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/812ae71f66074cf3c0dda67f600161d0.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our 2026 WITL Kit includes the following: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;8 - 3x4&amp;quot; single-sided journal cards&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 - 3x8&amp;quot; single-sided journal cards&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 - 4x4&amp;quot; single-sided journal cards&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 - 8&amp;quot; die cut paper half-circle inserts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;43 - 2.37&amp;quot; to 2.46&amp;quot; cardstock die cuts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 - 2.85x3.89&amp;quot; gratitude cards&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 - 2.95x3.98&amp;quot; vellum pockets&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 - 3&amp;quot; plastic days of the week letters&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;21 - 1.58&amp;quot; to 1.89&amp;quot; vellum die cuts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;1 - 4x6&amp;quot; chipboard shape sheet (non-adhesive backed)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;1 - 6x8&amp;quot; sticker sheet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some up close images of elements in the kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/fc3706e47974886546c404d9105e854e.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/4b0bed91e7bcc7ae4f63ee8b614c78cd.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/3a44e97eeab4c3bee42c50d8a047d423.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/774f0bb03ad56e35ad1d001177d6f9c1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f79c35c6f70c51aefd817a2a09f57d8c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some ideas to get your creative documenting juices flowing: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/dd1b4e786371d118f546c119ed7aba42.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/1eac2c84272255a13a901a97517883db.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/65ecf5b10a9719f6014f0dd67353ce11.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/bee92d76208a2a5d4bcdc5ae767c7ac6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;PHOTOGRAPHY MIN KIT | $24.99&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a8cdd6c74c11624056f0864d54ff870c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 2026 Photography Mini Kit includes: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 - 4x6&amp;quot; plastic filmstrips&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 - 4x4&amp;quot; plastic photo frames&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 - 2x2&amp;quot; cardstock film strip die cuts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 - 3x4&amp;quot; plastic film strips&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 - 2.25x3&amp;quot; cardstock photo frames&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;1 - 7x8.25&amp;quot; vellum film strip&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;8 - 4x2&amp;quot; plastic camera die cuts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;21 - 1.38x0.73&amp;quot; cardstock label die cuts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;1 - 6x8&amp;quot; sticker sheet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some close ups: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/b2d1a2ec2b3315271dea8fd0080801e8.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a8815cd055986dacaeb7e0cff7c6a20c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/01b72edc143c9f598474ca13308984c8.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some ideas to get your creative documenting juices flowing: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/29c651347fc1b87d4cdd7ea565b5a2af.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/8e8c82269cbb907c6ee707b49f71358a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;PHOTOGRAPHY KIT + JOURNAL BUNDLE | $29.99&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Want both the Storytelling Journal and the Photograhy Mini kit? We offer a bundle that can be used together or individually. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f22ef6692f88be888009585bfb167ef7.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a few images of the kit + journal so you can see the scale: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/e4f2681092d850724cb8cebcd2d09ea4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/08630c66a74431b6fddf086c09997a84.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;STORYTELLING JOURNAL/NOTEBOOK | $14.99&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;A couple years ago we introduced a new journal option for Week In The Life™. Some people use it for note-taking/story collection during the documenting week and others used it for their entire project. We love that it brings additional options for people to tell their stories. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the same size as the One Little Word® Journal (6.25 x 8.5 approx).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7bf31850c78c78616b5fab1429911412.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Here&amp;#39;s a look at the inside:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/c355d3aab08720fcea41752c0f02049b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each day includes a title page, a timeline, a &amp;quot;more of the story,&amp;quot; -ing words, a by the numbers page, and a couple extra pages. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/44af8cdceb8db81e0d09e7f4058cd4ff.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/2d7e5796cf6dda4fb23d588c98db7f7b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/04afa56a3ddfe1d4c11727b357a919a4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/4efdf4dd2e7578042f9b604f897bae30.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/yin_dgs/"&gt;Our friend Yin&lt;/a&gt; used the notebook for her project a couple years ago. &lt;a href="https://aliedwards.com/2022/06/week-in-the-life-2022-special-guest-yin-goh"&gt;She put together a whole blog post&lt;/a&gt; sharing what she did - totally worth checking it out if you are considering going in this direction this year. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are a few images from her project: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/edc38e34ef159c9473513a72b6339a0ae958df49_original.jpg?1678757139" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/ce3a3ee0be3768bf3c3cf767b266d7e5502b3f23_original.jpg?1678757131" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/02f384fb99350ff7b3d1a5a030c1ec3b492f392c_original.jpg?1678757150" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;2026 WEEK IN THE LIFE™ SHOP OPTIONS&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;This year have two new album options for this project: a 10x8 and a 6x8. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A change this year is that our albums will no longer include page protectors and the pricing has been adjusted to reflect that adjustment. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We will be offering a sale on page protectors so you can stock up at discounted prices. The sale will run from 3/24/26 at 12pm ET through 3/31/26 at 11:59pm ET. Page protector bundles and packs will be included in the Week In The Life™ category and will count towards the shipping special. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;10X8 MESSY CIRCLE ALBUM | $26.99&lt;br&gt;(DOES NOT INCLUDE PAGE PROTECTORS)&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/315d0a50fc2c61136f1301cc21f5ab6e.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ali will be using a 10x8 album this year and will be sharing her basic design formula soon. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a020d6af00fba88a2f89f1be01d086c6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/e12b9067329efd5cfa46b827008e20be.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;6X8 STORIES ALBUM | 24.99 &lt;br&gt;(DOES NOT INCLUDE PAGE PROTECTORS)&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/4e2500c95077ae2edb0960b792f6e323.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a8d939af806c6f72cabbd4f03f7d0f6d.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/2cfed9fdad5635f1a87e69ba4cb903d1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;WEEK IN THE LIFE ™ 2026 SHOP ITEMS &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;JOURNAL CARD VARIETY PACK | 14.99&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/8feaa446e0eea10f7f75ffc957b23e26.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This pack includes pattern papers, 4x6 journal cards, 10x4 cards that can be used horizontally (it fits inside one of our 10x8 page protectors) or vertically or it folded, and a set of 2x2 squares perfect for the 2x2 page protector. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ali is super excited about layering tag shapes on the 10x4 cards. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/4cacd66d4ff0e8f4ce0d32323daf6a7c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/6632fcfc432fe416ebb74217551e7deb.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;PLASTIC DIE CUT PACK | $9.99&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/dc7f28d09832d89da27139f1af78a068.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/bb239570fae920a274b378e36f1f534f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;CARDSTOCK DIE CUT PACK | $5.99&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/cd58a5943bc70e1d72b2c52f0eb75b1c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These tags are the same size/shape as the tags in the Main Kit, the tags on the 10x4 inch paper in the Journal Card Variety Pack, and the metal die. They are just waiting to be stamped or written on or could be a home for more photos. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a5bd9290105db1751f7501f82ac26079.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;TAG METAL DIE | $7.99&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/45f0a22ee4336e4cf858daae31f5e24f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can&amp;#39;t wait to use this with my photos to create tags the same size as the other tags in the collection. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;MUG | $14.99&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/90f496b3655ff965c8faa7151590cd2d.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;GLASS CAN | $23.99&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/e87cd7e7aaf275732d0d2d2cb5ba1bb9.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;2026 STAMPS&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;KIND IS COOL 6X8 | $28.99&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/41db2aa10cf5dd13ebd90d17edcd1973.jpg" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;THE BEST PARTS 4X6 | $19.99&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/4d97791b80e867e8c1f27fce36f9b53b.jpg" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;WEEK IN THE LIFE™ ALPHABET 4X6 | $19.99&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/02d54b7a7c7d087c76d4e813e9e81eff.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;WEEK IN THE LIFE™ PHRASES 4X6 | $19.99&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/405b31c1faa80969e4f003734ff00905.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;WEEK IN THE LIFE NUMBER 3X4 | $10.99&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/00e5f9f38c4a49b31dc63430328afd95.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ali will share some stamping samples here soon. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the products featured above we&amp;#39;ll have a variety of basics and past collection items (including albums) available under the Week In The Life™ category, including page protectors, inks, etc (&lt;em&gt;not included with the &amp;quot;Buy All&amp;quot; option&lt;/em&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;STORYTELLING WITH WEEK IN THE LIFE™ WORKSHOP&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/3667711cc2a609655821d17acd27731f449ea159_original.jpg?1710528252" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STORYTELLING WITH WEEK IN THE LIFE™: &lt;/strong&gt;Fashioned after the popular &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/classes/storytelling-with-december-daily-self-paced"&gt;Storytelling With December Daily®&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/classes/storytelling-with-project-life-2017"&gt;Storytelling With Project Life®&lt;/a&gt; workshops, Ali will take you on a journey back through her past projects and share ideas, tips, and inspiration for approaching this project (mindset, prep, etc), what to do during the documenting week, and tips on putting it together after the week is over. All the content is available in the classroom and you can go at your own pace. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/classes/storytelling-with-week-in-the-life"&gt;Sign up here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a self-paced workshop with all the content ready for you to check out as we get closer to documenting our weeks. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This class is currently 20% off through the end of April.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7189</id>
    <published>2026-03-13T09:00:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2026-03-13T09:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/03/the-basics-mini-kit-stamps-create-custom-embellishments-to-support-your-story"/>
    <title>Scrapbook Layout Ideas Using The Basics Mini Kit 01 + Number Stamps 15 </title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/b806668c0e749e5527eee19fb80866ff.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Over on &lt;a href="ttps://aliedwards.substack.com/" target="_blank"&gt;my Substack newsletter&lt;/a&gt; this year I&amp;#39;ve decided to do a deeper dive into the story of my yard/garden, including what&amp;#39;s blooming throughout the seasons. Today I&amp;#39;m sharing how I took those images and paired them with circles from The Basics Mini Kit + the new Numbers Are Awesome to add it to my scrapbook.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a look at the process: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="iframe" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://youtube.com/embed/NHb6ljOgtq0" width="560" height="315" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" frameborder="0" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title=""&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a look via images: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7844d0a10e360c377b0eb4e4616f604e.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 2 inch circles I used here are part of our &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/the-basics-2026-quarterly-mini-kit-1" target="_blank"&gt;The Basics Mini Kit 01&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the things I think is great about The Basics Mini Kit is that all the elements are blank and they are the perfect home for all those stamps you likely have in your stash. Sometimes all it takes is a little connection like that to be made and then we are all off to the races to see what kinds of fun things we can stamp onto the pieces from the kit. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/66828895d37c3377bd749edbadec2512.zip"&gt;Download the &amp;quot;another garden season begins&amp;quot; word art here.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/b19dddff183ec5393153d3414feabcbf.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SUPPLIES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/numbers-are-awesome-15-4x6-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;Numbers Are Awesome Stamp Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/the-basics-2026-quarterly-mini-kit-1" target="_blank"&gt;The Basics Quarterly Kit 01 &lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/the-basics-2026-quarterly-digital-mini-kit-1" target="_blank"&gt;digital option&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/the-garden-4x6-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;The Garden 4x6 Stamp Set (blooming)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/versamark-watermark-stamp-pad" target="_blank"&gt;Versamark Embossing Ink&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4lfnQWX" target="_blank"&gt;Pink Neon Embossing Powder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/6x8-page-protectors-2x2-pockets-10-pack" target="_blank"&gt;2x2 Page Protector &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/40ShbIx" target="_blank"&gt;2 Inch Circle Punch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4sraqt9" target="_blank"&gt;Ranger Archival Black Ink &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/roller-date-stamp-with-handle" target="_blank"&gt;Rolling Date Stamp &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7190</id>
    <published>2026-03-11T06:00:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2026-03-11T06:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/03/a-little-stamped-booklet-with-words-of-support-hope"/>
    <title>A Little Stamped Booklet With Words Of Support + Hope</title>
    <content type="html">&lt;div class="iframe" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://youtube.com/embed/--3xw55o-Xg" width="560" height="315" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" frameborder="0" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title=""&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a fun little project that incorporates this month&amp;#39;s &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-funhttps://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun" target="_blank"&gt;Stamps Are Fun set&lt;/a&gt;, elements from &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/the-basics-2026-quarterly-mini-kit-1" target="_blank"&gt;The Basics Mini Kit 01&lt;/a&gt;, and the newest &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/alphas-are-awesome-36-6x8-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;Alphas Are Awesome (#36)&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This little booklet can fit inside a 3x4 pocket in a scrapbook album or could be handed to a friend who needs a few words of hope and reminders of goodness. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My biggest tip - and what I would do different if I made this again - was stamp the quotes before binding it together in order to eliminate some of the ink mess that I ran into. That little booklet of tags includes a bunch of pages so I could easily do this again (an awesome benefit of stamps). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/d9fa00a2604ddd0571e683f3b4885277.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the opposite side of the stamped quotes you could add pattern paper, photos, or add pieces of your story. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you aren&amp;#39;t a machine stitching person you could hand stitch or staple this together. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are a few inside images: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/6680d69097afa26c8f96c256c3155c47.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/9765099cbe37e69283973019fc57e904.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/d288a8ebf59dc22e417de2f564192dea.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/b0e9e69ea99b1e82b10c2d1baebbb8f0.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SUPPLIES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/the-basics-2026-quarterly-mini-kit-1 " target="_blank"&gt;The Basics Quarterly Mini Kit 01&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/alphas-are-awesome-36-6x8-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;Alphas Are Awesome #36 &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-funhttps://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun " target="_blank"&gt;Stamps Are Fun (March 2026 release)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4s2l8Xl " target="_blank"&gt;Ranger Archival Ink&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7188</id>
    <published>2026-03-10T12:00:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2026-03-10T12:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/03/new-releases-march-2026"/>
    <title>New Releases | March 2026</title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/65d8d4ac81654a96aa8539d4e2bd225b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to a monthly overview post of our subscription + shop releases! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One change to let you know about that&amp;#39;s starting with this month&amp;#39;s release is that &lt;u&gt;our Add On period will now happen from the 10th when the kits go live at noon EST through midnight on the 12th&lt;/u&gt;. You will now be charged for your subscriptions + Add On&amp;#39;s on the 13th of each month. &lt;strong&gt;The classrooms will now open on the 13th.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#39;s dive in to this month&amp;#39;s new releases! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/a1dc4d6e5e82f403a3b3b28130264a97358ae462_original.jpg?1736463218" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;STORIES BY THE MONTH | APRIL 2026&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/ba7339ff385f75351454c59accf9f567.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This monthly subscription includes 4x6 and 3x4 cards in paper and vellum, chipboard, sticker sheet, and an embellishment. It also includes access to a classroom.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/stories-by-the-month"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP FOR OUR STORIES BY THE MONTH™ WAITLIST &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s an overview of the kit this month: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1170788691?byline=false&amp;amp;title=false&amp;amp;vimeo_logo=false&amp;amp;colors=f88a45%2Cfdeae4%2C260f03%2Cfffbfb&amp;amp;dnt=1" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A few additional kit images: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/09d85611db49395550db1c66895b1bac.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/924b85dd888c96df122134cc0372faee.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/4e2a6b80e0b0173a522db2d4da2c539a4ad5ec3f_original.jpg?1736463268" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;INSPIRATION BY THE MONTH (DIGITAL KIT + CLASS)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/d8f5da2ab9ab09dd6ba90c6b15c92365.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If digital is more for you in this season we&amp;#39;ve got you covered. This subscription includes the digital Stories By The Month kit and access to the SBTM classroom. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/inspiration-by-the-month"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR INSPIRATION BY THE MONTH™ (NO WAITLIST)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This kit is also available to physical Stories By The Month™ kit subscribers as an Add On.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/7f3d35fd973cfb27291339f630a986f4f5d32d90_original.jpg?1736463167" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;MONTHLY STAMPS ARE FUN &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/51a392bee2784ddfa34bb47b13d540a5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun" target="_blank"&gt;Stamps Are Fun &lt;/a&gt;features a 6x8 Stamp Set designed by Ali and shipped to you each month.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/2a7ed290aabc05526a560f1a1a2c602b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look for a video with this little ticket book project coming tomorrow to YouTube + Instagram. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here&amp;#39;s an overview of all the new stamps this month: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="iframe" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://youtube.com/embed/Wsrdxesim3g" width="560" height="315" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" frameborder="0" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title=""&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/stamps-are-fun"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR STAMPS ARE FUN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This subscription does not include class content but will be supported through blog posts sharing ideas for using the stamp sets each month. Some months the stamp set may be aligned with the theme of the Storyteller Kit but mostly they will be a fun, random assortment of words and shapes. This monthly physical stamp subscription includes the digital version of the stamp. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s the pricing for this monthly subscription: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;$20.99 - 12 month commitment &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;$23.99 - 6 month commitment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;$28.99 - month commitment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Digital version of the stamp is included in subscription price.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#39;s play together! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;ALSO NEW THIS MONTH | ALPHAS + NUMBERS ARE AWESOME + 3x4 STAMP &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/618563bd6876771dd957baee93e01b54.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ve got a new Alphas Are Awesome (#36) and this year we are also offering a coordinating 4x6 Numbers Are Awesome set (#15). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Physical kit subscribers can add these to their box for no additional shipping. They are available to Add On (for physical kit subscribers) and are also now available in the shop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/1eebe4e1eedc92196e187b00bf55cea8.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/alphas-are-awesome-36-6x8-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHOP 6x8 ALPHA STAMP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a90bd18ba710ba9b3d57fd00b2984c48.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/numbers-are-awesome-15-4x6-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHOP 4x6 NUMBER STAMP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f3121b1620265b10ea097498b286b2a1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/march-2026-3x4-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHOP 3x4 STAMP &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&amp;quot;THE BASICS&amp;quot; MINI KIT (FORMERLY OUR ONE LITTLE WORD® MINI KIT)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/85292beee170e0487bbaa948dea19a89.jpg" /&gt;Everyone loves a good basic! Stamp on them. Write on them. Add photos to them. Repeat them in a page design. Add them to a journal. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ve decided to make a change to our One Little Word® Mini Kit and change it to be called &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/the-basics-quarterly-kit" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;quot;The Basics.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; Going forward the kit will include items without words in order for you to customize them in the ways that makes sense for you and your own documenting (maybe in One Little Word® or maybe in your other documenting adventures or maybe a mix of everything). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Based on the changes we are also able to &lt;strong&gt;reduce the price of this subscription to $19.99 per quarter&lt;/strong&gt;. You&amp;#39;ll see the OLW name on the outside of the first two kit envelopes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1170787727?byline=false&amp;amp;title=false&amp;amp;vimeo_logo=false&amp;amp;colors=f88a45%2Cfdeae4%2C260f03%2Cfffbfb&amp;amp;dnt=1" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some more images: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7584e69b3d95de30afdf5a33b9c004d9.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/89dbaae55077139f06cc44492b841c27.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;OTHER CURRENTLY AVAILABLE SUBSCRIPTIONS&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/39d7e12a89278e722ee2a30a51137fb3584d2334_original.jpg?1736463054" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;QUARTERLY STORYTELLER KIT (PHYSICAL KIT + CLASS)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/12f1921c146b9afcc99c834159bd02d7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Details about this kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Four kits per year releasing in January, April, July, and October. When you sign up you are committing to the four kits (or however many are left in the year).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Includes classroom + content from Ali and contributors that will be spread out over three months. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shipping is $1 domestic + $5 international. You can also shop the Add On subscriber section and add to your box during the Add On period for no additional shipping (on the 10th + 11th each month). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Physical kit subscribers can add the digital kit for $14.99 during the Add On period. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are unable to offer a &amp;quot;skip&amp;quot; option with our quarterly kits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/storyteller-kit"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR THE STORYTELLER KIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a video overview of the new kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="iframe" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1151699839?dnt=1" width="560" height="315" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" frameborder="0" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some additional images of elements in the kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/3b9e3de08c130465c9b7612d306ac997.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/126ef86ad99040d6ec5a95d91294ad71.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/287c918b0088080fff7cf07da408ba50.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f4e0f396d1a038d097e5d9898fe648c1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/5a109722c37e190824747a3cedb5f6ee.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7e95b5c8f39a284466b6ce8132edc35c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Want to see how Ali used similar kits last year? Check out &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/may-through-august-2025-10x8-scrapbook-project" target="_blank"&gt;a walkthrough of one portion of her 2025 10x8 album&lt;/a&gt;. You can also &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/kicking-off-my-2026-10x8-scrapbook-project" target="_blank"&gt;see how she&amp;#39;s setting up her first album for 2026 here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/97fd7e49bea54a9ace1d7d33775ea21cf83efe51_original.jpg?1736463111" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;QUARTERLY STORYTELLER CLASS (DIGITAL KIT + CLASS)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are looking for a digital only subscription that gives you access to digital Storyteller kit and the classroom content then the  &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/storyteller-class"&gt;Storyteller Class&lt;/a&gt; is for you. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/d5248fa86bac91d136c89b0091c1473a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is $24.99 and is a quarter to quarter commitment (&lt;em&gt;you don&amp;#39;t have to commit to all four kits but if you want to cancel you need to reach out to our Customer Service Team&lt;/em&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/storyteller-class"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR THE QUARTERLY STORYTELLER CLASS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7187</id>
    <published>2026-02-26T12:00:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2026-02-26T12:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/02/pieces-of-health"/>
    <title>Pieces of Health | Now Available </title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/cf1e3b7b046b9eefea1711c07123d601.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The next chapter in our &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/pieces-of-life-collection" target="_blank"&gt;Pieces Of Life&lt;/a&gt; collection is now available! The digital collection will be available on the first Friday in March. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This tiny little release includes: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/pieces-of-health-notebook" target="_blank"&gt;Pieces Of Health Notebook &lt;/a&gt;with seven specific prompts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/pieces-of-health-4x6-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;Pieces Of Heath 4x6 Stamp Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/pieces-of-health-enamel-pin" target="_blank"&gt;Pieces Of Health Heart Enamel Pin &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/pieces-of-life-charcoal-felt-folio" target="_blank"&gt;Charcoal Felt Folio &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ali will be documenting her &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/pieces-of-life-collection" target="_blank"&gt;Pieces Of Health project&lt;/a&gt; during the week of April 20th, 2026 using a new notebook + seven categories/story sparks. As always you are invited to join this documenting adventure or participate during a time that makes the most sense for your own like.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a look at the prompts: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/ab2f5f68a7182ade70ee01de7dbd86db.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our Pieces Of Life projects come in a fun notebook with the prompts already outlined for you. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/beb7543040505c94601fdc712dc77c31.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ali stores two chapters of this project in &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/pieces-of-life-charcoal-felt-folio"&gt;one felt folio&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a video overview of the new notebook + a quick look at some of the past chapters!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="iframe" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://youtube.com/embed/WpwVTb2s8kk?" width="560" height="315" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" frameborder="0" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title=""&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can see some past walkthroughs Ali shared last year of her Pieces Of Life projects&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/aliedwards/"&gt; here&lt;/a&gt; or you can &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/blog?tag=Pieces+Of+Us"&gt;check out the archives with all past posts from these projects&lt;/a&gt; (including images + process videos). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a list of the physical past chapters still available in the shop and a link to all the digital versions: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/pieces-of-you-stitched-notebook" target="_blank"&gt;Pieces Of You Notebook &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/pieces-of-us-stitched-notebook"&gt;Pieces Of Us Notebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/pieces-of-life-charcoal-felt-folio"&gt;Felt Folio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/digital-pieces-of-life-collection"&gt;Digital versions of past notebooks + stamps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7186</id>
    <published>2026-02-19T12:00:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2026-02-19T12:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/02/note-to-self-new-stamps-stuff-from-my-stash"/>
    <title>Note To Self | New Stamps + Stuff From My Stash</title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7f66bc53ce984db9bcdfafa3b989eec9.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I had a request to show some of the new &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-collection" target="_blank"&gt;Story Play stamp sets&lt;/a&gt; in use so I decided to create a page that captures a couple notes to myself and includes stamping and some other items from my stash. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I love starting from my stash! There are always items I have on my work table that I love and are simply waiting for me to grab them and put them to use in a project. Today&amp;#39;s project includes items released with &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/plastic-slide-frames" target="_blank"&gt;December Daily®&lt;/a&gt; and plastic ampersands from the &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/storyteller-kit-q-a" target="_blank"&gt;Q+A Storyteller Kit&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a look at how today&amp;#39;s project came together: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/I1P7VTdxPgE?enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some images of my project: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7707f5aae930cd7b033641fc92162054.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finished off &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/plastic-slide-frames" target="_blank"&gt;this set of plastic frames&lt;/a&gt; with this project. One of the things I love most about these frames is that they create a grid foundation and easy homes for my words, photos, and embellishments. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/bff7dcdb9a3c9dbe389f4a1fb50fd3f7.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I started off by using washi tape to temporarily connect the frames before running them through my sewing machine to connect them together. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/3c71130ec27914a187cffe6a73980d4d.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I picked one of the &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/stamp-set-3x4-note-to-self" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;quot;Note To Self&amp;quot; stamps&lt;/a&gt; and added to the cardstock background. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/138bc375dbe492ec1bb408847296390c.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I found the three ampersands from the &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/storyteller-kit-q-a" target="_blank"&gt;Q+A Storyteller Kit&lt;/a&gt; and ran them through the sewing machine to adhere them to the background cardstock. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I printed three photos and a couple word art pieces at 2 inch x 2 inch and then adhered them behind the plastic frames. I stamped &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/stamp-set-3x4-note-to-self" target="_blank"&gt;the title and then stamped a secondary title&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/stamp-set-3x4-day-in-the-life-2026" target="_blank"&gt;number&lt;/a&gt; on each of my journaling squares using the new Story Play Stamp sets. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/b1bb032fd3714e08c5bf61c9ea4f9920.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a26402dceb0ae06b96515fe6f7b50daf.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s just a quick sample of the three stamp sets (available &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-2026-3x4-stamp-bundle" target="_blank"&gt;as a bundle&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-collection" target="_blank"&gt;individually&lt;/a&gt;). We will have more ideas for these sets coming later this year. Something I love about these specific sets is how little some of the stamps are - especially that tiny 2026 I added to the title in my project. So fun!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7f858a14d03ae9344fdedfdce8db7220.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/5de753b8231ff40127c0952682b5853f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SUPPLIES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/stamp-set-3x4-note-to-self" target="_blank"&gt;Note To Self 3x4 Stamp Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/stamp-set-3x4-day-in-the-life-2026" target="_blank"&gt;Day In The Life™ 3x4 Stamp Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/stamp-set-3x4-yesterday-today" target="_blank"&gt;Yesterday/Today 3x4 Stamp Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/storyteller-kit-q-a" target="_blank"&gt;Q+A Storyteller Kit &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/plastic-slide-frames" target="_blank"&gt;Plastic Slide Frames &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4cAmGmi" target="_blank"&gt;Neon Ink&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/1-8-super-sticky-tape" target="_blank"&gt;1/8 Inch Red Line Tape&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4tMh3Yn" target="_blank"&gt;Brother Sewing Machine &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.scrapbook.com/store/fam-e-24029.html" target="_blank"&gt;49th And Market White Cardstock &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/6x8-attacher-stickers" target="_blank"&gt;Page Attacher&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4qRhcXX" target="_blank"&gt;Basics via Amazon Storefront &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/8d847f6e467646933cd6bbd6b9c19fe2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#39;d like an organized workshop that dives into using what you have check out my &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/stash-class" target="_blank"&gt;Stash Class&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This class is for you if:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;You struggle with product overwhelm + don&amp;#39;t know how to start dealing with all the fun things you&amp;#39;ve collected (or aren&amp;#39;t happy with your current organizing methods).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#39;d like to do some organizing alongside a community of like-minded storytellers with a&lt;strong&gt; story &amp;gt; stash&lt;/strong&gt; mentality.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#39;d like to see how Ali organizes + stores her products to make them more accessible in order to support her stories.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;You are curious about the idea of &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;being the boss of your stuff&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; and how that might change the way you view your supplies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#39;d like some fresh inspiration for using what you already have vs. buying something new.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7179</id>
    <published>2026-02-17T12:00:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2026-02-17T12:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/02/story-play-collection-2026"/>
    <title>Story Play Collection 2026</title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/292fbd1ae27c3809a31a14271a2feeba.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For 2026 we&amp;#39;ve got three new kits as part of our &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-collection" target="_blank"&gt;Story Play collection&lt;/a&gt;. The three themes included this year are &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-note-to-self-mini-kit" target="_blank"&gt;Notes To Self,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-yesterday-today-mini-kit" target="_blank"&gt;Yesterday + Today&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-day-in-the-life-mini-kit-2026" target="_blank"&gt;Day In The Life™&lt;/a&gt;. You can order all three as a bundle or purchase them individually. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can see what past kits and documenting has looked like with previous Story Play collections&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/blog?button=&amp;amp;search=story+play" target="_blank"&gt; here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;STORY PLAY SCHEDULE FOR 2026&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The following dates are subject to change but this is what we are aiming for this year: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DAY IN THE LIFE™:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Thursday, April 2nd (with posts throughout the week) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YESTERDAY + TODAY:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Week of June 22nd&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTES TO SELF: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Week of July 27th&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2&gt;COLLECTION OVERVIEW &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/HhoWwc9_A9w?enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;KIT BUNDLE &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Purchase &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-2026-mini-kit-bundle" target="_blank"&gt;the kit bundle with all three kits&lt;/a&gt; and get $5 off through this Friday (price is marked, no code needed). The stamp bundle is a separate purchase. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/654e40c9c7827707d70690fedcc87b54.webp" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/04f0cf41f984c1f618e91690907816ef.webp" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;NOTES TO SELF&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;A bright and fun set of elements for writing down the things you don&amp;#39;t want to forget. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-note-to-self-mini-kit" target="_blank"&gt;Grab the Notes To Self set here. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/22ec3a42fa28a20db1585537451fa510.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/d4786f8eb8b12d2cb2e928268961add5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/3f3d5ec0e89300bb813af7832d3b10fb.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/8eb7713724c97b2b72ff46314aa89b46.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are a couple ways you might use this kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a753bb0951801d414e77ff12216391f2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/9321f17d96c3471ad7a3f162b609839f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/56bd40a20f03038cfa20cd8dfef57f47.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;YESTERDAY + TODAY&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ve long loved including stories in my documenting that compare and contrast things from yesterday and today. This little kit is designed to spark these kinds of stories and give you homes for them. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-yesterday-today-mini-kit" target="_blank"&gt;Add Yesterday + Today to your cart here. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/80de1b2fa5145665ced5a3595c44745f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/afeb3d8133aceeea870d12fd84a0e1d2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f19818160be20ce472ceef0eb0cfbd37.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/1d04a2e1060e2171777266842c16fca4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are a couple ways you might use this kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/e06648c9aaf51de589b29f94d59fef43.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/1b10b4bcacda016aead99d9b4f788abb.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/31364e5f6aae443eb55f8b7e5fe56191.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;DAY IN THE LIFE™&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our classic Day In The Life™ kit is created specifically for you to tell the story of one day in your life. I&amp;#39;ll be adding this project into one of my 10x8 albums for 2026. This year&amp;#39;s focus is &amp;quot;tiny details&amp;quot; along with 3x4 cards for eight hours of the day. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can see all my past Day In The Life™ projects and the variety of different ways I&amp;#39;ve documented over the years &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/blog?tag=Day+In+The+Life™" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-day-in-the-life-mini-kit-2026" target="_blank"&gt;Grab your Day In The Life™ kit here. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/9979745954032b53447e3c7d326598cc.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/17ee3eb43ef5ca63be6e3958de388403.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/3d285f2db1871848f2440b0afa3ce4b0.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/45b724ae2ad88a95833fce6597d32a03.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are a couple ways you might use this kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/8d582d3af76c82eacc45966c930274ef.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/b49d2705ce0f44cb9f80bc587a52b92e.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;STAMP BUNDLE&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ve designed three new 3x4 stamp sets to go along with the Story Play kits. You can get them all together as &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-2026-3x4-stamp-bundle" target="_blank"&gt;part of a bundle&lt;/a&gt; or purchase them individually. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-collection" target="_blank"&gt;Check them all out here. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/fecf1e2f3e5ffb7d1661c6dfc6daba9c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7185</id>
    <published>2026-02-12T06:00:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2026-02-12T06:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/02/alphas-are-awesome-35-project-idea"/>
    <title>Alphas Are Awesome 35 | Project Idea </title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/ab9961b08b4d7b149b1ff00cbfcaaa5f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today I&amp;#39;m sharing a story about &amp;quot;walking&amp;quot; that I&amp;#39;m adding to January in my 10x8 album using the newest &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/alphas-are-awesome-35-6x8-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;Alphas Are Awesome stamp set (#35)&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My design formula for this one includes a full page photo + repeat word stamping right on top of the photo + the story handwritten on a 4x6 journal card and added to the rings in my album.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Interested in this idea of &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/start-here" target="_blank"&gt;design formulas for memory keeping&lt;/a&gt;? Check out my &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/start-here" target="_blank"&gt;Start Here&lt;/a&gt; workshop that includes a 92-page PDF outlining go-to ideas to simplify and inspire your memory keeping adventures. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/aec19301e5e1cde6c009636eb65c6d5a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a spot that&amp;#39;s really close to my house which I discovered within the last year. It&amp;#39;s tucked back behind a new apartment complex and is essentially a couple holes from an old golf course right along the river. Taking Betty over there for a walk is the best thing I&amp;#39;ve been doing for myself recently. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m looking forward to pairing this photo with other photos later in the year at this same spot. I&amp;#39;m so lucky to live in an area where there are distinct seasons. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a look at the process for this one: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/CH8yvvnGOtw?enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are additional images: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/772d4ca5c92534266e5a9fb5c9fdfe0e.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I used a long acrylic block in order to stamp the entire word directly onto my photo all at once using StazOn ink. On top of that stamping I added a &amp;quot;hello January&amp;quot; label from the January 2026 Stories By The Month™ kit. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a130456702a8a7445d7135a27fabfe28.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I used the &amp;quot;here for this&amp;quot; journal card and added a piece of plastic along the outside edge to create a page attacher with custom holes (the two holes in the middle of the album). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/bdafb83ce1bce7d9122417ddf8133370.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the back side I added another card from the January Stories By The Month™ kit (the 2026 pattern) and added an Avery Index Tab along the outside edge. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SUPPLIES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/alphas-are-awesome-35-6x8-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;Alphas Are Awesome #35&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stories-by-the-month" target="_blank"&gt;Stories By The Month™ January 2026&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4tudg1F" target="_blank"&gt;Micron Pen .01&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3Oj1SFS" target="_blank"&gt;Avery Index Tab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4aaUMff" target="_blank"&gt;Basics via Amazon Storefront (printer, paper, etc)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7184</id>
    <published>2026-02-11T06:00:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2026-02-11T06:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/02/stamps-are-fun-scrapbook-project"/>
    <title>Stamps Are Fun | Scrapbook Layout Project </title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/33197ffc987a494b642a4b22f78a68e2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I had a chance to play with &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun" target="_blank"&gt;the newest Stamps Are Fun set &lt;/a&gt;this past weekend. This one features four rectangle frame shapes with a curve on one end. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/fb6714edc78e7a6f25cf935c8257fb2b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I love that the shapes can be used vertically or horizontally and that the curve can be at the top or at the bottom, depending on what works for how you want to tell your story.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are a few stamped examples in addition to how I&amp;#39;m using this set for my project: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/b1eba2994852b25dcbf07404d19ebd66.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everything is sized to work together including the titles, number line, and secondary titles. I think this set would also be really fun stamped on vellum or transparency to create frames that could be added on top of photos. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now back to my layout project. Let&amp;#39;s dive in to the video showing my process: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/CnwZkVSg4mo?enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s how it started: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/93e89aa9d8d7cdd53f2323615dfd422f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I started off stamping/embossing with this &lt;a href="https://foiledfox.com/products/wendy-vecchi-buttercup-embossing-powder/" target="_blank"&gt;super fun bright yellow embossing powder&lt;/a&gt; and using a sentiment &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/stamps-are-fun-6x8-stamp-set-july-2025" target="_blank"&gt;from this earlier Stamps Are Fun set (now available outside the subscription)&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I used a variety of different pink stamping inks (linked below) for these shapes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/9c6eb7a98dd4282c64859dbf21894037.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I worked I decided to make this a single page layout and feature a few of the pages in one of my sketchbooks/journals. I cropped the images to 2.25 inches x 1.5 inches. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a7e4907aa7a9507b41ef76a1ea9ab963.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On one of the stamped shapes I added the 2026 die cut from the current Quarterly Storyteller Kit. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/14582d8e2e439cf40fb9a8da13cfe594.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On another stamped shape I used a gratitude stamp from last year&amp;#39;s Story Play collection (our new collection is coming soon). I also added a simple little puffy heart sticker and the date!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SUPPLIES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun" target="_blank"&gt;Stamps Are Fun (New Set)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/stamps-are-fun-6x8-stamp-set-july-2025" target="_blank"&gt;Stamps Are Fun (Block Titles)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/quarterly-storyteller-kit" target="_blank"&gt;Quarterly Storyteller Kit 05 (background paper, 2026 die cut)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://foiledfox.com/products/wendy-vecchi-buttercup-embossing-powder/" target="_blank"&gt;Ranger Buttercup Yellow Embossing Powder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/versamark-watermark-stamp-pad" target="_blank"&gt;Versamark Embossing Ink &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-2025-3x4-stamp-set-bundle" target="_blank"&gt;Story Play Gratitude 3x4 Stamp Set&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/story-play-gratitude-digital-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;digital option&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/rose-garden-crafter-s-ink-pad" target="_blank"&gt;Rose Garden Ink &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other Inks: &lt;a href="https://www.heidiswappshop.com/shop/color-story-hybrid-ink-neon-pink" target="_blank"&gt;Heidi Swapp Neon Ink&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3O7cwPZ" target="_blank"&gt;Versamagic Pink Grapefruit&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3McWYtx" target="_blank"&gt;Tsukineko Radiant Neon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4aGltbJ" target="_blank"&gt;Scalloped Scissors &lt;/a&gt;(pack of four that includes scallops + pinking edge)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4qrQrcq" target="_blank"&gt;Basics via Amazon Storefront &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7183</id>
    <published>2026-02-10T12:00:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2026-02-10T12:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/02/new-releases-february-2026"/>
    <title>New Releases | February 2026</title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/16bfd6046253df91981f9565c1f3040a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to a monthly overview post of our subscription + shop releases! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One change to let you know about that&amp;#39;s starting with this month&amp;#39;s release is that &lt;u&gt;our Add On period will now happen from the 10th when the kits go live at noon EST through midnight on the 12th&lt;/u&gt;. You will now be charged for your subscriptions + Add On&amp;#39;s on the 13th of each month. &lt;strong&gt;The classrooms will now open on the 13th.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#39;s dive in to this month&amp;#39;s new releases! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/a1dc4d6e5e82f403a3b3b28130264a97358ae462_original.jpg?1736463218" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;STORIES BY THE MONTH | MARCH 2026&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f01532c3a92ba079f3b4f421db6dbf3a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This monthly subscription includes 4x6 and 3x4 cards in paper and vellum, chipboard, sticker sheet, and an embellishment. It also includes access to a classroom.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/stories-by-the-month"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP FOR OUR STORIES BY THE MONTH™ WAITLIST &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s an overview of the kit this month: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1163385641?byline=false&amp;amp;title=false&amp;amp;vimeo_logo=false&amp;amp;colors=f88a45%2Cfdeae4%2C260f03%2Cfffbfb&amp;amp;dnt=1" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A few additional kit images: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/633fd04dd9f143f229de8730bd206075.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/98328699bc93f82bf2865f2fc875ea48.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/def49a0ad7d39e33dc48bdaf5fca73e0.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/4e2a6b80e0b0173a522db2d4da2c539a4ad5ec3f_original.jpg?1736463268" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;INSPIRATION BY THE MONTH (DIGITAL KIT + CLASS)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/682aa6c6716c5d3b31aef0568ffed8c0.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If digital is more for you in this season we&amp;#39;ve got you covered. This subscription includes the digital Stories By The Month kit and access to the SBTM classroom. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/inspiration-by-the-month"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR INSPIRATION BY THE MONTH™ (NO WAITLIST)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This kit is also available to physical Stories By The Month™ kit subscribers as an Add On.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/7f3d35fd973cfb27291339f630a986f4f5d32d90_original.jpg?1736463167" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;MONTHLY STAMPS ARE FUN &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7475189ee1034e5eb02e90bd461c398e.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun" target="_blank"&gt;Stamps Are Fun &lt;/a&gt;features a 6x8 Stamp Set designed by Ali and shipped to you each month.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here&amp;#39;s an overview of all the new stamps this month: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1163406922?byline=false&amp;amp;title=false&amp;amp;vimeo_logo=false&amp;amp;colors=f88a45%2Cfdeae4%2C260f03%2Cfffbfb&amp;amp;dnt=1" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/stamps-are-fun"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR STAMPS ARE FUN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This subscription does not include class content but will be supported through blog posts sharing ideas for using the stamp sets each month. Some months the stamp set may be aligned with the theme of the Storyteller Kit but mostly they will be a fun, random assortment of words and shapes. This monthly physical stamp subscription includes the digital version of the stamp. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s the pricing for this monthly subscription: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;$20.99 - 12 month commitment &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;$23.99 - 6 month commitment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;$28.99 - month commitment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Digital version of the stamp is included in subscription price.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#39;s play together! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;ALSO NEW THIS MONTH | ALPHAS + NUMBERS ARE AWESOME + 3x4 STAMP &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/c7c4551c09514e0db79adc8e44fe7a8f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ve got a new Alphas Are Awesome (#35) and this year we are also offering a coordinating 4x6 Numbers Are Awesome set (#14). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Physical kit subscribers can add these to their box for no additional shipping. They are available to Add On (for physical kit subscribers) and are also now available in the shop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/alphas-are-awesome-35-6x8-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHOP 6x8 ALPHA STAMP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/numbers-are-awesome-14-4x6-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHOP 4x6 NUMBER STAMP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/march-2026-3x4-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHOP 3x4 STAMP &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;OTHER CURRENTLY AVAILABLE SUBSCRIPTIONS&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/39d7e12a89278e722ee2a30a51137fb3584d2334_original.jpg?1736463054" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;QUARTERLY STORYTELLER KIT (PHYSICAL KIT + CLASS)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/12f1921c146b9afcc99c834159bd02d7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Details about this kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Four kits per year releasing in January, April, July, and October. When you sign up you are committing to the four kits (or however many are left in the year).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Includes classroom + content from Ali and contributors that will be spread out over three months. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shipping is $1 domestic + $5 international. You can also shop the Add On subscriber section and add to your box during the Add On period for no additional shipping (on the 10th + 11th each month). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Physical kit subscribers can add the digital kit for $14.99 during the Add On period. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are unable to offer a &amp;quot;skip&amp;quot; option with our quarterly kits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/storyteller-kit"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR THE STORYTELLER KIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a video overview of the new kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="iframe" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1151699839?dnt=1" width="560" height="315" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" frameborder="0" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some additional images of elements in the kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/3b9e3de08c130465c9b7612d306ac997.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/126ef86ad99040d6ec5a95d91294ad71.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/287c918b0088080fff7cf07da408ba50.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f4e0f396d1a038d097e5d9898fe648c1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/5a109722c37e190824747a3cedb5f6ee.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7e95b5c8f39a284466b6ce8132edc35c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Want to see how Ali used similar kits last year? Check out &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/may-through-august-2025-10x8-scrapbook-project" target="_blank"&gt;a walkthrough of one portion of her 2025 10x8 album&lt;/a&gt;. You can also &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/kicking-off-my-2026-10x8-scrapbook-project" target="_blank"&gt;see how she&amp;#39;s setting up her first album for 2026 here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/97fd7e49bea54a9ace1d7d33775ea21cf83efe51_original.jpg?1736463111" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;QUARTERLY STORYTELLER CLASS (DIGITAL KIT + CLASS)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are looking for a digital only subscription that gives you access to digital Storyteller kit and the classroom content then the  &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/storyteller-class"&gt;Storyteller Class&lt;/a&gt; is for you. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/d5248fa86bac91d136c89b0091c1473a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is $24.99 and is a quarter to quarter commitment (&lt;em&gt;you don&amp;#39;t have to commit to all four kits but if you want to cancel you need to reach out to our Customer Service Team&lt;/em&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/storyteller-class"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR THE QUARTERLY STORYTELLER CLASS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&amp;quot;THE BASICS&amp;quot; MINI KIT (FORMERLY OUR ONE LITTLE WORD® MINI KIT)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/4422d9d31a5c3c48c26821a0aae88a1a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everyone loves a good basic! Stamp on them. Write on them. Add photos to them. Repeat them in a page design. Add them to a journal. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ve decided to make a change to our One Little Word® Mini Kit and change it to be called &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/the-basics-quarterly-kit" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;quot;The Basics.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; Going forward the kit will include items without words in order for you to customize them in the ways that makes sense for you and your own documenting (maybe in One Little Word® or maybe in your other documenting adventures or maybe a mix of everything). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Based on the changes we are also able to &lt;strong&gt;reduce the price of this subscription to $19.99 per quarter&lt;/strong&gt;. You&amp;#39;ll see the OLW name on the outside of the first two kit envelopes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="iframe" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1143649307?dnt=1" width="560" height="315" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" frameborder="0" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some more images: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/967a633882aa467362b3159dc7862e46.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/aac08e62090d643f52c60f35e813113b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7182</id>
    <published>2026-02-04T06:00:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2026-02-04T06:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/02/thank-you-neighbor-ideas-free-printable-stamp-flash-sale"/>
    <title>Love Your Neighbor/Thank You Neighbor Ideas (Free Printable) + Stamp Flash Sale Details</title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/1bc72ac49d01207fcbd31ee39d4e1632.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two things to share today:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol class="ordered-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ve been thinking a lot about my neighbors recently and decided I wanted to do a little crafty-something to go with a little Valentine&amp;#39;s gift that I can drop off on their porches (most likely a small plant, bottle of wine, or candy). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ve got a 50% off Stamp Flash Sale happening on February 5th from 5pm to 6pm EST using the code FLASH50. &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/stamp-flash-sale" target="_blank"&gt;You can start adding to your cart now&lt;/a&gt; and then check out to get the discount during the hour long flash sale (&lt;em&gt;items in your cart aren&amp;#39;t &amp;quot;reserved&amp;quot; but it can help prepare for easy shopping&lt;/em&gt;). PS: If you miss the 50% off we will be running a 25% off stamps through the following evening. Additional details at the bottom of this post. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a look at the process: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="iframe" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j_YuonWUXlU" width="560" height="315" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" frameborder="0" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title=""&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/9dddabb1a49d0b917f8f18cb340af7b3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I stamped and embossed these &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4btzD0S" target="_blank"&gt;simple white tags&lt;/a&gt; I was thinking about how often we make things extra complicated. A simple &amp;quot;X&amp;quot; and a simple &amp;quot;O&amp;quot; stamped + embossed onto a white tag can be just the thing to brighten someone&amp;#39;s day. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can add pattern paper to the back or use that space to write a handwritten note to your neighbor letting them know something you appreciate about them. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7dd4d7ea9195be33f7324f3285834b5b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A simple &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4bv4LNu" target="_blank"&gt;heart punch&lt;/a&gt;, a &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/november-2025-3x4-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;thank you stamp&lt;/a&gt;, a printable circle (download below), and some plain and pattern vellum come together through to create these fun hanging hearts. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/ac26382f34776fc12098b74426f63cd7.zip"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Download the printable digital package here. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I created a &amp;quot;love your neighbor&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;thank you neighbor&amp;quot; word art along with an easy to print PDF of circles and packaged them together for you to use to spread some love in your own neighborhood. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/1fc8511b78044d5eb29f86b70cbbbe9e.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4bv4LNu" target="_blank"&gt;punching out the hearts&lt;/a&gt; I ran them through my sewing machine to turn the individual pieces into something that can hang. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/2fc8eedd95e0f13ba57df47d7b0a2dc6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You could tie these around a wine bottle or other beverage, attach it to a small plant, create a mobile with additional hearts and sentiments, or simply hang on a door knob. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#39;s bring a little extra love to our neighbors this month. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PROJECT SUPPLIES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4btzD0S" target="_blank"&gt;White Tags&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/xo-4x6-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;XO Stamp Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Embossing Powder: &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/46hm3Ks" target="_blank"&gt;Pink Neon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3M0yVhj" target="_blank"&gt;Red&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/versamark-watermark-stamp-pad" target="_blank"&gt;Versamark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4c9T0w5" target="_blank"&gt;2.25 Inch Circle Punch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4bv4LNu" target="_blank"&gt;Heart Punch&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3ZMWGMT" target="_blank"&gt;Plain Colorful Vellum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/quarterly-storyteller-kit" target="_blank"&gt;Vellum from Storyteller Kit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/november-2025-3x4-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;Thank You Stamp Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4qljY7F" target="_blank"&gt;Brother Sewing Machine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Epson XP15000 Printer &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;STAMP FLASH SALE DETAILS &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/ead07bd4a0865bf5497c4b4ddd0e2255.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Thursday, February 5th from 5pm-6pm EST we will be having a 50% off stamps in our &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/stamp-flash-sale" target="_blank"&gt;Stamp Flash Sale Category&lt;/a&gt; using the code FLASH50. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PS:&lt;/strong&gt; Once the 50% off hour has ended all the remaining stamps in Stamp Flash Sale Category will be 25% off through Friday, February 6th at 11:59PM EST using the code FLASH25. &lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7180</id>
    <published>2026-02-03T06:00:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2026-02-03T06:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/02/sharing-october-2025-in-my-10x8-album"/>
    <title>Sharing October 2025 In My 10x8 Album</title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/662cd4e01ce1b4b3617909241b6b32cc.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This past week I spent some time getting my October 2025 stories into my 10x8 album. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For most of last year I roughly followed these steps to document each month: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol class="ordered-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Look back through my photos and identify the stories I want to tell. &lt;/strong&gt;While looking back through my October photo archives&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;I made a simple, general list of stories that helps me stay on track. This month as I looked through my photos to determine the stories to tell I ended up grouping &amp;quot;like&amp;quot; photos together that didn&amp;#39;t all happen on the same day: a bunch of flower photos, a bunch of volleyball photos, a bunch of new cat photos. It&amp;#39;s more of a broad-brush approach vs. giving every photo its own story &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; it helps me identify the bigger themes in this particular season of life. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Print photos.&lt;/strong&gt; After choosing what general story themes I want to focus on for the month, I decide the sizes for my photos often depending on the number of photos I want to include. I generally print some 2x2&amp;#39;s for my intro page (usually craft projects and/or flower photos) along with some photo enlargements (often 11 inches x 8.25 inches or 7 inches x 8.25 inches) and then the rest are printed in either 3 inch x 4 inch or 4 inch x 6 inch and I select the corresponding page protectors.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Copy and paste my &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://aliedwards.substack.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Story Threads&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; onto a 11 inch x 8.25 inch cavas. &lt;/strong&gt;Last year I started writing down a list of things happening around here (facts + feelings) each week and have been haring these most weeks over on Substack. This worked well for me last year so I&amp;#39;m continuing. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Think about how crafty I want to be. &lt;/strong&gt;For October I decided to mostly use elements from the &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/october-2025-stories-by-the-month" target="_blank"&gt;October Stories By The Month™ Kit&lt;/a&gt; with not a lot of extra embellishing or an emphasis on &amp;quot;designed&amp;quot; pages. I relied mainly on the combination of full page photos and 3x4 inch pocket pages to tell these stories.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a video taking a closer look at my process:  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/bsrse4GefEI?enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a look at how I documented October in my album: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/0559afc5a3ac64e5a7b3a344aed8250a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/9ab5957a2d5b232c5cbb0b8d7d637f46.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/e2d76ecaa0bc8061a8ecd31fd7cc76cf.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/83cf8c80e906553ecbb49de91f16c409.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the things I did this time was collect similar photos in order to capture a few different events vs. telling a story for each of the specific photos. There isn&amp;#39;t a right or a wrong - it&amp;#39;s simply one approach among many. Sometimes I might feel really excited to dive deeper into a specific story and other times I might take a more broad approach. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/20ab35c5310b96dc78a1a3b31bce6a55.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I really loved these oval journal cards from the October kit (shapes for the win). I used two to add context to the photos of Anna and her boyfriend and planned that I would use the shapes again for the next story on the back side of the page protector. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/e012e893754ae407d429fc859dfa924c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My next story was a collection of flower photos I took during the month. I ended up printing them small and pairing them with a photo enlargement to create a spread (this ended up being cropped to the same size as the next story in the album which was one I put together previously about my cat Sam). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/6fe7784513dc9bf6771a3f7a4a21217b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I took two of the 4x6 cards (one vellum and one paper - same pattern) and cut them in half to create a home for my small flower photos. I also used the vellum quote card from the October kit and cut it into the oval shape. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/5b4eaeeb488ba9de9d8d4aeb66f86252.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One more &amp;quot;remember this&amp;quot; oval was added to my photo enlargement. Along the outside edge I added an Avery Index Tab and stamped the &amp;quot;tiny good things&amp;quot; sentiment from &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/reflections-4x6-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;this stamp set&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/d9fc8ceca70185dfe0bab9e47eb64cc7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another fun item I found in a pile of good stuff on my table were these postage stamp story cards from this &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/one-little-word-2025-mini-kit-4" target="_blank"&gt;One Little Word® Mini Kit&lt;/a&gt;. I paired them with the stars from the &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/october-2025-stories-by-the-month" target="_blank"&gt;October 2025 Stories By The Month™ Kit&lt;/a&gt;, the old &amp;quot;Make&amp;quot; Story Stamp, &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/mini-numbers-3x4-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;small number stamps&lt;/a&gt;, and the current &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun" target="_blank"&gt;Stamps Are Fun stamp set&lt;/a&gt;. I ended up adding it all together in a row on white cardstock before adhering it to the full page photo. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f19968ae3918076ec58c51af5958b126.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There were lots of good basic cards in the &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/october-2025-stories-by-the-month" target="_blank"&gt;October Stories By The Month™ kit &lt;/a&gt;including these three &amp;quot;short story&amp;quot; cards. I used them to document three different volleyball adventures in October. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/98b2514a69104619fb00457daf42bd3a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/55df20e62c818eaab3ff3d4b8eba7272.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/300e6e504f26e2dc0418ac9b0fc4605e.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I added one of the strips from the &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/scrapbook-kit-watercolor" target="_blank"&gt;Watercolor Scrapbook kit&lt;/a&gt; to my 4x6 photo.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/786cb8dad38b65a4f55a6ae3aed105ee.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/d89f16a5127d348aeb15b90332cfe961.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/75c52d259662ff0c0ca775ae0c7d359d.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the things leftover on my table from December Daily® were a few labels from the &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/december-daily-2025-cardstock-label-pack" target="_blank"&gt;Cardstock Label Pack&lt;/a&gt;. I ended up adding four of them to a full page photo of our new cat Frida and then cut up the last two to add to my 3x4 photos. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/985669b209390ac185d0b1ccbd46ce51.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/e6de12d7dd68b51d9792ad8c58772abc.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each month in 2025 I&amp;#39;ve ended the month with the back of a 6-pocket 3 inch x 4 inch page protector. I generally have been picking a random selection of photos. This time I stapled the &amp;quot;this October moment&amp;quot; to three of the photos and added a sentiment card. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/5e3aad604f01f02b3086d4165ead1826.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I hope seeing this inspires you to print some photos, write some words, and add it all to some pockets. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SUPPLIES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/green-stripes-10x8-album" target="_blank"&gt;10x8 Album&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/10x8-page-protectors" target="_blank"&gt;10x8 Page Protectors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/october-2025-stories-by-the-month" target="_blank"&gt;October 2025 Stories By The Month™ Kit &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun" target="_blank"&gt;Stamps Are Fun &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make Story Stamp&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/scrapbook-kit-watercolor"&gt;Watercolor Scrapbook Kit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cork Hearts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/december-daily-2025-cardstock-label-pack" target="_blank"&gt;Cardstock Label Pack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/mini-numbers-3x4-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;Mini Numbers Stamp Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/tiny-attacher-by-tim-holtz" target="_blank"&gt;Tiny Attacher Stapler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4tk5kQS" target="_blank"&gt;Avery Index Tabs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;MACO Sticker Paper (another option I like is from &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3ZMa7g5" target="_blank"&gt;Avery&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4kk5hjU" target="_blank"&gt;Epson XP15000 Printer &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4atA4XW" target="_blank"&gt;Basics via Amazon Storefront&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7181</id>
    <published>2026-02-02T10:00:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2026-02-02T10:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/02/2026-product-release-schedule"/>
    <title>2026 Product Release Schedule </title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/bf25be83edb0c319d79e2ea2f37a9cb1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a look at the general product/project release schedule planned for 2026. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We continue to embrace flexibility in our releases + project scheduling based on manufacturing timelines and the things we have to react to throughout the year. We appreciate you all and your support so much! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Next up will be our &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/blog?tag=Story+Play" target="_blank"&gt;Story Play&lt;/a&gt; release coming in the next two weeks! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Digitals will continue to be release the first Friday of each month. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for being a part of this community - let&amp;#39;s tell some more stories together this year! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/aff01b60c9630d4f3b86359ead017260.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/d53109a23b57fd23ec9ccd481fd17808.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/0e0b76d27208d87de6798b98b160323f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7178</id>
    <published>2026-01-10T12:00:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2026-01-10T12:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/new-releases-january-2026"/>
    <title>New Releases | January 2026</title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/a07a245acd561e3e40bf860f656229df.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to a monthly overview post of our subscription + shop releases! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One change to let you know about that&amp;#39;s starting with this month&amp;#39;s release is that &lt;u&gt;our Add On period will now happen from the 10th when the kits go live at noon EST through midnight on the 12th&lt;/u&gt;. You will now be charged for your subscriptions + Add On&amp;#39;s on the 13th of each month. The classrooms will now open on the 13th.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#39;s dive in to this month&amp;#39;s new releases! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/39d7e12a89278e722ee2a30a51137fb3584d2334_original.jpg?1736463054" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;QUARTERLY STORYTELLER KIT (PHYSICAL KIT + CLASS)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/12f1921c146b9afcc99c834159bd02d7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Details about this kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Four kits per year releasing in January, April, July, and October. When you sign up you are committing to the four kits (or however many are left in the year).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Includes classroom + content from Ali and contributors that will be spread out over three months. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shipping is $1 domestic + $5 international. You can also shop the Add On subscriber section and add to your box during the Add On period for no additional shipping (on the 10th + 11th each month). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Physical kit subscribers can add the digital kit for $14.99 during the Add On period. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are unable to offer a &amp;quot;skip&amp;quot; option with our quarterly kits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/storyteller-kit"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR THE STORYTELLER KIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a video overview of the new kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1151699839?byline=false&amp;amp;title=false&amp;amp;vimeo_logo=false&amp;amp;colors=f88a45%2Cfdeae4%2C260f03%2Cfffbfb&amp;amp;dnt=1" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some additional images of elements in the kit: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/3b9e3de08c130465c9b7612d306ac997.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/126ef86ad99040d6ec5a95d91294ad71.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/287c918b0088080fff7cf07da408ba50.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f4e0f396d1a038d097e5d9898fe648c1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/5a109722c37e190824747a3cedb5f6ee.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/7e95b5c8f39a284466b6ce8132edc35c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Want to see how Ali used similar kits last year? Check out &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/may-through-august-2025-10x8-scrapbook-project" target="_blank"&gt;a walkthrough of one portion of her 2025 10x8 album&lt;/a&gt;. You can also &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/kicking-off-my-2026-10x8-scrapbook-project" target="_blank"&gt;see how she&amp;#39;s setting up her first album for 2026 here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/97fd7e49bea54a9ace1d7d33775ea21cf83efe51_original.jpg?1736463111" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;QUARTERLY STORYTELLER CLASS (DIGITAL KIT + CLASS)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are looking for a digital only subscription that gives you access to digital Storyteller kit and the classroom content then the  &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/storyteller-class"&gt;Storyteller Class&lt;/a&gt; is for you. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/d5248fa86bac91d136c89b0091c1473a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is $24.99 and is a quarter to quarter commitment (&lt;em&gt;you don&amp;#39;t have to commit to all four kits but if you want to cancel you need to reach out to our Customer Service Team&lt;/em&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/storyteller-class"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR THE QUARTERLY STORYTELLER CLASS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/a1dc4d6e5e82f403a3b3b28130264a97358ae462_original.jpg?1736463218" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;STORIES BY THE MONTH | FEBRUARY 2026&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/9facdcbb26f407c773005c075051754f.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This monthly subscription includes 4x6 and 3x4 cards in paper and vellum, chipboard, sticker sheet, and an embellishment. It also includes access to a classroom.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2025/12/2026-stories-by-the-month-kit-updates" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Click here for an overview of the minor changes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; to this kit for 2026.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/stories-by-the-month"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR STORIES BY THE MONTH &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s an overview of the kit this month: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1151084370?byline=false&amp;amp;title=false&amp;amp;vimeo_logo=false&amp;amp;colors=f88a45%2Cfdeae4%2C260f03%2Cfffbfb&amp;amp;dnt=1" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A few additional kit images: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/eb783ab605572b9f1ebb9063717040a4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/9179494e021cf1624540c4b9afe6d96e.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f88628d9b0c7786089acd7d3933551e6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/4fd19085b6b3fb9eea7e8bc3714b08b4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/4e2a6b80e0b0173a522db2d4da2c539a4ad5ec3f_original.jpg?1736463268" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;INSPIRATION BY THE MONTH (DIGITAL KIT + CLASS)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/391faf12a8a8cf12fe2613233f5fc50c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If digital is more for you in this season we&amp;#39;ve got you covered. This subscription includes the digital Stories By The Month kit and access to the SBTM classroom. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/inspiration-by-the-month"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR INSPIRATION BY THE MONTH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This kit is also available to physical Stories By The Month™ kit subscribers as an Add On.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/images/7f3d35fd973cfb27291339f630a986f4f5d32d90_original.jpg?1736463167" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;MONTHLY STAMPS ARE FUN &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/9f08601c9f87bb9eef4aa9d4395c4705.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stamps-are-fun" target="_blank"&gt;Stamps Are Fun &lt;/a&gt;features a 6x8 Stamp Set designed by Ali and shipped to you each month.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a quick look at all the stamps that will be coming this year as part of the Stamps Are Fun subscription: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1152932188?byline=false&amp;amp;title=false&amp;amp;vimeo_logo=false&amp;amp;colors=f88a45%2Cfdeae4%2C260f03%2Cfffbfb&amp;amp;dnt=1" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here&amp;#39;s an overview of all the new stamps this month: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1151702817?byline=false&amp;amp;title=false&amp;amp;vimeo_logo=false&amp;amp;colors=f88a45%2Cfdeae4%2C260f03%2Cfffbfb&amp;amp;dnt=1" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscribe/stamps-are-fun"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP HERE FOR STAMPS ARE FUN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This subscription does not include class content but will be supported through blog posts sharing ideas for using the stamp sets each month. Some months the stamp set may be aligned with the theme of the Storyteller Kit but mostly they will be a fun, random assortment of words and shapes. This monthly physical stamp subscription includes the digital version of the stamp. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s the pricing for this monthly subscription: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;$20.99 - 12 month commitment &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;$23.99 - 6 month commitment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;$28.99 - month commitment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Digital version of the stamp is included in subscription price.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#39;s play together! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;ALSO NEW THIS MONTH | ALPHAS + NUMBERS ARE AWESOME + 3x4 STAMP &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f62e9a8c396724c8ac255882a226d9a6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ve got a new Alphas Are Awesome (#34) and this year we are also offering a coordinating 4x6 Numbers Are Awesome set (#13). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Physical kit subscribers can add these to their box for no additional shipping. They are available to Add On (for physical kit subscribers) and are also now available in the shop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/alphas-are-awesome-34-6x8-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHOP 6x8 ALPHA STAMP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/numbers-are-awesome-13-4x6-stamp-set" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHOP 4x6 NUMBER STAMP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&amp;quot;THE BASICS&amp;quot; MINI KIT (FORMERLY OUR ONE LITTLE WORD® MINI KIT)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/4422d9d31a5c3c48c26821a0aae88a1a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everyone loves a good basic! Stamp on them. Write on them. Add photos to them. Repeat them in a page design. Add them to a journal. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ve decided to make a change to our One Little Word® Mini Kit and change it to be called &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/the-basics-quarterly-kit" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;quot;The Basics.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; Going forward the kit will include items without words in order for you to customize them in the ways that makes sense for you and your own documenting (maybe in One Little Word® or maybe in your other documenting adventures or maybe a mix of everything). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Based on the changes we are also able to &lt;strong&gt;reduce the price of this subscription to $19.99 per quarter&lt;/strong&gt;. You&amp;#39;ll see the OLW name on the outside of the first two kit envelopes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="iframe" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1143649307?dnt=1" width="560" height="315" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" frameborder="0" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some more images: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/967a633882aa467362b3159dc7862e46.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/aac08e62090d643f52c60f35e813113b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7177</id>
    <published>2026-01-07T12:00:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2026-01-07T12:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/storyteller-kit-preview-2026"/>
    <title>Storyteller Kit Preview 2026</title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/b889e5c3e22818d178a3b968b4fb1923.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last year was our first year offering a &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/quarterly-storyteller-kit" target="_blank"&gt;Quarterly Storyteller Kit&lt;/a&gt; after concluding our previous long-running Story Kit subscription. I was itching for a creative change and I&amp;#39;m so happy that I followed through with that intention. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I loved using the four kits from last year as the main supplies for my ongoing memory keeping. I recently &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/may-through-august-2025-10x8-scrapbook-project" target="_blank"&gt;shared a walkthrough of parts of my 10x8 album from last year&lt;/a&gt; so you can see what I&amp;#39;ve been sharing in the Storyteller classroom. For 2026 I&amp;#39;ll be working in that size again and using this subscription along with some pieces from Stories By The Month™ to fill out my annual documenting.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This year I decided to take away a theme for each of the quarterly kits + just play with colors and shapes and patterns to create supplies to support our storytelling adventures. I&amp;#39;m in the process of designing the fourth kit for this year (it will be bright colors). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If physical kits aren&amp;#39;t what you are looking for this year don&amp;#39;t forget that we have an option that includes access to the classroom and the digital kit: &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/quarterly-storyteller-class" target="_blank"&gt;Quarterly Storyteller Class&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our first Storyteller Kit for 2026 comes out this Saturday on January 10th. If you sign up before then you&amp;#39;ll start your subscription with our current Storyteller Kit (high/low). Wait until the 10th if you want to begin with Storyteller Kit 05. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a preview of Storyteller Kit 05 (releasing 1/10/26): &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1151699839?byline=false&amp;amp;title=false&amp;amp;vimeo_logo=false&amp;amp;colors=f88a45%2Cfdeae4%2C260f03%2Cfffbfb&amp;amp;dnt=1" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a small peek at some of the patterns and shapes in the upcoming kits: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/547290bae24977f68fe4be345a22b09e.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/e06ee72a315240720ae812006663c5ce.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join me in having fun telling some stories using this Quarterly Kit in 2026!&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.aliedwards.com,2005:Blog::Entry/7176</id>
    <published>2026-01-02T06:00:00-05:00</published>
    <updated>2026-01-02T06:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/kicking-off-my-2026-10x8-scrapbook-project"/>
    <title>Kicking Off My 2026 10x8 Scrapbook Project</title>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/73d6d3d312d18f6dc832d0499259622b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In today&amp;#39;s post I&amp;#39;m sharing a look at how I&amp;#39;m setting up my 10x8 album for 2026. I&amp;#39;ll be using pieces from our &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stories-by-the-month" target="_blank"&gt;Stories By The Month™ kit subscription&lt;/a&gt; and our quarterly &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/quarterly-storyteller-kit" target="_blank"&gt;Storyteller Kit &lt;/a&gt;subscription. I love a little bit of organization in the beginning and then a lot of room to document both inside and outside of page protectors throughout the year. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I followed a similar approach for 2025 and you can see what my albums for 2025 look like here:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_lNfcgcz4I"&gt;January + February 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsnhT_eWiSE" target="_blank"&gt;March + April 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/2026/01/may-through-august-2025-10x8-scrapbook-project" target="_blank"&gt;May through August 2025  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m still happily working on telling 2025 stories from September through December and will share more as I work on them in the coming months.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a video where I share my set up and some ideas: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SsbeI_LxAuI?enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here are some images of my set up: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/470f17012eac3b073befcb800e8325af.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each month will begin with a &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/one-little-word-2026-7-x-8-25-monthly-divider-pack" target="_blank"&gt;monthly transparency&lt;/a&gt; stitched to a cut up 4-pocket 3x4 page protector. I did this last year with 2x2-pocket page protectors and I loved starting off each month with a bunch of photos of flowers or artwork. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s how that looked in my 20245 album: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/f031b246ffb25a7cd6a47fe9e30dcf0c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you like the look of &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/one-little-word-2025-7x8-25-monthly-dividers" target="_blank"&gt;the simpler monthly divider transparency&lt;/a&gt; we have some of those available as well. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The next page I&amp;#39;m setting up for my album is a 6 pocket page protector. This will hold the three monthly cards from each Stories By The Month™ kit. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/8735920e090ebe3f7185247f997528d1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This page might not end up being the second page for each month but it will be a foundation I can include to capture some stories each month. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just got the February Stories By The Month™ kit here at my house so here&amp;#39;s a look at what I&amp;#39;m adding to those pockets right now (available on Jan 10th). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/dbea92f704d8dced86f24498c80a75f3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can put journal cards or sentiment cards or photos into those pockets. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/bf5fdc331cb3d4f6628259fe7ab531cc.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are a few more days to sign up for &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stories-by-the-month" target="_blank"&gt;Stories By The Month™&lt;/a&gt; in order to start with the January kit. Our February kit will release on January 10th. You can sign up for Stories By The Month™ &lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stories-by-the-month" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To help you decide if this feels like a good kit for you in 2026 I&amp;#39;m including a preview image of the February kit and a short video below. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.aliedwards.com/905f000cca6fd44cfc51ca87fd9a2a1d.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a first look at what will be included in the February Stories By The Month™ kit! I had so much fun designing these kits last year and am excited to share them with you throughout 2026. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="video" style=""&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1151067185?byline=false&amp;amp;title=false&amp;amp;vimeo_logo=false&amp;amp;colors=f88a45%2Cfdeae4%2C260f03%2Cfffbfb&amp;amp;dnt=1" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" title="Video player"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;SUPPLIES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="bullet-list"&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/one-little-word-2026-7-x-8-25-monthly-divider-pack" target="_blank"&gt;Monthly Transparent Dividers (floral)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/one-little-word-2025-7x8-25-monthly-dividers" target="_blank"&gt;Monthly Transparent Dividers &lt;/a&gt;(plain - what I used in 2025)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/page-protectors" target="_blank"&gt;Page Protectors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/subscription-plans/stories-by-the-month" target="_blank"&gt;January Stories By The Month™ Kit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.aliedwards.com/shop/green-stripes-10x8-album" target="_blank"&gt;10x8 Album &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4qdK2Cj" target="_blank"&gt;Brother Sewing Machine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="list-item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4bhzOvX" target="_blank"&gt;Basics via my Amazon Storefront &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
    <author>
      <name>AliEdwards</name>
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