Yesterday & Today Begins In One Week & A Giveaway
In just one week my new workshop begins at Big Picture Scrapbooking: Yesterday & Today.
It's hard to believe it is almost finally here.
And in case you didn't know already, you're invited to join me.
Here's what I want you to know if you are still considering embarking on this journey with me:
• With a focus on the stories from yesterday & the stories from today, this class is really an in-depth look at the way I scrapbook.
• Each week (on Thursdays) you will receive an email inviting you to the classroom where a video presentation will be waiting for you to access on your own time (you do not need to be online at a certain time - it's just one of the awesome things about Big Picture's classroom set-up). These video presentations are not just a 5-15 minute talk about the subject and the layout - so far they are averaging around an hour. During that hour my goal is to inspire you to take a look at the way in which you scrapbook and encourage you to focus on the things that matter most to you within the framework of the theme for that week.
• In addition to the video presentations there are weekly video tutorials showing my processes for concepts and techniques using Photoshop Elements.
• For those of you, like me, who like to actually read the weekly content there will be a color PDF download detailing the concepts and information covered in the video presentation (as well as a how-to for the weekly project).
• Each week there will be a digital element download and a digital layered template (all new). The digital elements will be used as printables (hybrid elements) on the weekly layout and the layered template will match the paper layout I create for each week.
• Even if you will be away for a time during the class you will still have access to the materials.
• The class will have it's own message board & gallery for sharing and communicating with one another (including me).
• This workshop is a chance for you to:
- investigate your past through words + photos
- do something meaningful with older photos if you have them (or to tell those stories that have meaning even if you don't possess the photos)
- tell your own personal stories of success + challenge + growth
- work on embracing imperfection & going with the flow
- celebrate your everyday life + make sure you are capturing stories that are meaningful to you today
- connect with other people who care deeply about collecting + celebrating the stories of their lives
• The cost for this 13 week class is $99.
I am really, really excited for this workshop to get underway.
I hope to see you there.
Want to know more? Additional details, an audio introduction, and registration can be found here. Registration will close on October 7.
And now, the giveaway.
Three people are going to win a spot in my Yesterday & Today workshop. To be entered please share just the subject of a story about yourself you would like to document. Comments will close tomorrow, Friday September 24th at noon Pacific. Winners will be posted shortly after.
I want to document more memories of my childhood and the places that I lived. It seems I always do present day things.
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I would love to do some layouts of my childhood - I think I have one picture of me (as a 5th or 6th grader scrapped) and that is it.
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I moved a lot growing up and have been wanting to do something (layout, mini-book?) about all the different places/states that I lived.
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I'd like to document the stories from high school - I have a lot of pics and memorabilia but haven't gotten started on the story telling yet.
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I want to document the determination and drive that has helped me accomplish things I never thought possible.
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I would like to document my childhood relationship with my parents.
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My story + my Parents story + my grandparents stories. This would be a great chance to finally give me an excuse to sit down with my family and document their lives in a way I have never seen or heard. There is so much I don't know and want to find out before it's too late.
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I need to document my relationship with my Dad. He passed away in 1982 when I was only 18. He was so young although he seemed old to me at the time! I need to get some of the memories I have down before they are gone completely.
Thanks for the giveaway, Miss Ali.
Beth Ann
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I would like to better document my journey as a sick child and how it has effected me as an adult. I had two liver transplants as a child and spent loads of time in the hospital. I would love to document how this has changed the way I see things. Thanks Ali!
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I'd like to explore the connections
between the women in my family;
my mom, my sisters and my
daughters.
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I went to 13 different schools (we moved alot) and I would like to document that and the fact that my son will only go to one school system.
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This is something that I struggle with in scrapbooking as my parents and grandparents all passed away before I was 25 years old. As a kid and young adult, you have no interest in the stories of the past. Especially if your family is not a close-knit one and you don't know and have never heard of your relatives. So I struggle with even figuring out who people are, much less finding any facts or trivia about them. I want to stop that lack of knowledge now, with my generation. I have one aunt and I pepper her every time I see her with facts about her past and my grandparents. But her memory is not much better than mine (sad but true). And the other side of the family I know nothing at all about. Not even names of my great grandparents. I want future generations to know names and personalities. It is vital.
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I would like to document my childhood! I just got some of my black and white photos from my mum, so precious!!
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I would really like to document the relationships between my mother and my family. She lost her battle with cancer almost 5 years ago. I'd love to be able to tell that story for my children who never met her.
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I would like to document my family history. I know that it is something that I would not do ordinarily. I am so busy with trying to stay caught up, that I don't sit back and review the history behind it all! Thank you again for another wonderful opportunity!
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Id like to make sure I document my life when I was 16 - life was uphill back then only to stop suddenly when I got pregnant at 19.
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Ali, I would so love to take your class. A special relationship that I would like to document is that between myself and my paternal grandfather. I grew up living right next door to my paternal grandparents, and grandpa and I had an extra special bond. He's been gone for 15 years now, but I still miss him every day.
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I would love to learn ways to document my often unhappy childhood, but not so much the negative aspect, but the positive people and influences that made a difference in my life, and how I came to use my experiences to raise my son in a much happier manner. I want to tell my childhood stories, but learn to do so in a manner that reflects what my life was really like, keeping a balance if possible..to keep it real. I struggle when I look at childhood pictures..wanting to document my life at that age...but not knowing how to in a manner that I can feel comfortable with..that isn't all dark and confronting, but is honest.
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I would like to document the story of my path to motherhood. We have one biological child and one adopted child and the path to parenthood was long and very interesting...
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I would love to document the photos and stories from my elementary school days. Thanks for your generosity~
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I would like to document all the life lessons I learned from my grandma.
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The story of my childhood. It's one of the few areas of my life I haven't documented!
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my husbands story from babe - to now
thanks for doing give away
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We lived in Germany for three years when I was a grade-schooler. I want to document those years from the old farm house we lived in to the trips we took in the VW camper (circa late 1970's).
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my childhood, and family growing up. i think my daughter would enjoy it when she gets older
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