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 really want to tell the story of how my Dad used to make us listen to Neil Diamond Cassettes in the car.......and sadly, my sisters and I still know all the words and my feet tap when I hear Neil Diamond songs on the radio.......sad but true.......my Dad has a lot to answer for!!!!
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I'd love to do scrap about how close I was with my cousins growing up. it's one of the best childhood memories I have! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
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I would like to document the way I was raised and the way that had and still has an impact on me as an adult, wife and mother. I would like to document my struggle today in realising this AND working on how to deal with it 'today'.
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I think I would like to document the struggles my mother went through battling some ferocious diseases and the strength she taught me. Not sure how I would do that, though.
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I would like to document "life changing" decisions...e.g that if they hadn't been taken life wouldn't be as it is. For me one moment is being driven to London by my parents to start nurse training. If they hadn't put me in the car that day I probably wouldn't have gone! I wouldn't have met my husband and we wouldn't have our 3 beautiful children. Thank you for the chance to enter the giveaway.
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Hi Ali:
I'd like to document my relationship with my husband's family. It's one I value and sad to say it's better than the one I have with my own family. Thanks for giving us a chance to win a spot in your class. You rock!
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I would love to do something with my Grandparents wedding photos. They're from 1941 and just beautiful. There's a few little stories about their wedding that have been passed down to me and I would love to tie it all together somehow. But I've always felt that because they are old sepia photos I should somehow do a old sepia/antique style layout with them, and that's just not my style. So as yet I've never done anything with them.
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Thanks for the awesome blog and a chance to win. I would love to document my childhood and life adventures which I so often leave out of my scrapbooks (which are mostly about my kids).
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I need to document the story of my Dad's parents, my Baba and Gigi, who went to heaven when I was 18. Sadly, we have few photos, but there are lots of stories, and I don't want to lose them.
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I have always put off documenting the boxes of pictures and memorabilia that I "inherited" from my parents and grandparents. What better way to inspire me than to take your class!
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It's great workshop! I would like to document how history of my family (Revolution in Soviet Union) influence on me now - my faith, my habits and etc. I am from Kazakhstan. Thank you again!
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Thanks, Ali! I would love to document the connections between my relationship with my fiance and my parents' marriage. It is especially poignant and exciting right now as my parents' 40th anniversary and our wedding are within 2 weeks of each other.
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I'm SO EXCITED to have another chance to get into this class!
I have been struggling with how to document my feelings about my father's unexpected passing. It's been almost one year and I'm finally ready to start telling the story of my relationship with him... what I wish we'd done, said and how those thoughts are affecting my relationships now.
Blessings.
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The summers I spent riding horses when I was a teenager.
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I will document the summers my sister and I spent with my grandparents at their farm. We learned how to live off the land (talk about organic-everything was so fresh and home-made)and the value of family. I appreciate everything they taught us. I am a mother of four boys and I want to show them how wonderful their grandparents were and the impact the had on my life.
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This workshop sounds awesome! I'd love to document my childhood and all the love i received from my parents and my family.
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I want to be able to document my son's life, including his journey with cancer. He died 10 years ago at the age of 32 and I still have not made a book about him. He appears in many layouts, but nothing about his cancer is recorded, except in the journal I kept at the time. I think the time might be right.
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I want to share the story of my journey through law school. I'm still living that journey, but I think that documenting it will not only preserve it for the future, but help me appreciate it NOW.
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i would share the story of Curious George. that faithful monkey went everywhere with me as a child, even to JK! the story concludes with my hubby having to have a "sit down talk" with me to get the monkey out of the bed at night. LOL! thank you so kindly for the great opportunity ali!
sarah
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Thanks for the opportunity to win a spot! As a college student I don’t have the funds needed for this amazing class. However, if I were to win, I’d like to document the relationship between my mother, grandmother and me. They remind me who I am and whose I am- I am granddaughter of Pig Iron, daughter of Pewter Piglet, and a beautiful chosen child of God! I am so lucky to have these two influential people in my life!
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Hi Ali - Love your work and your blog. I would love to document the story of my Dad. He passed away last October after a courageous battle with cancer. He never complained and was always positive and I would love to show the wonderful influence and legacy he left on our family.
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I would like to document my love story with my husband. We were only married for 3 years and he passed away in January. I never, ever, ever want to forget what we shared during that time.
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I would document stories of my parents growing up durning the depression.
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I have several photo albums and boxes of slides from my grandparents. For a long time I've been wanting to go through them and build an album that I could share with my aunts, uncles and cousins, so that our family history is passed along and the photos are shared.
I've also been working on an "All About Me" project, and thinking of a lot of the pictures and things from my own childhood that I'd like to collect and document and relate to my current experiences.
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I would like to document my love story with my husband. We were only married for 3 years and he passed away in January. I never, ever, ever want to forget the time we shared together.
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