Three people will win a spot in Tracey Clark's upcoming class at Big Picture Scrapbooking called Picture Spring.
From Tracey: If someone would have told me what I know today, I’m not sure I would have believed them. That the dew of morning could be magic. That a brand new bud, longing to bloom could cause for celebration. That a cup of tea could whisper an enchanting tale. That what was on my cutting board could bring me back to center. That a dandelion could restore my hope. It’s as though the entire world around me has woken up as have I, as I look both inside myself and out and feel as if every blade of grass, every shard of light is a brand new muse.
It is all of these things that prompted me to create Picture Spring; my new online at Big Picture Scrapbooking. A 30 day soulful seasonal celebration of these muses and using our cameras to seek them out. For all the details on registration on how you can awaken your senses and your lens this spring, visit me over there. I’m giddy with what we’ll discover together.
Picture Spring is a 30-day guided e-class at Big Picture Scrapbooking that will encourage and inspire you to use photography to celebrate the season of new beginnings while honoring and nourishing your creative spirit. With a new email and fresh perspective in your inbox each morning, you'll use the daily photo prompt to help open your mind and guide your lens to see and capture your life and the world around you. Whether you are an expert photographer, or just starting out, this project will help you see things in a completely new light. Taught by Shutter Sisters founder Tracey Clark, Picture Spring will offer a warm, welcoming Shutter Sisteresque invitation to discover the season; camera in hand.
One person will receive one of the very stylish camera bags from *emera bags.
Merging city sophisticate with tenacious photographer. Yes, you can look fabulously chic while remaining equipped to capture that perfect shot.
The *emera tote is designed for a DSLR a few lenses for when you're running around town or vacationing and you don't want to look like a tourist.
- PU body and straps with genuine leather trim
- Zipper top Closure
- Interior Zip Pocket for accessories
- Outside Side Pockets to provide quick access to phone, keys etc.
- Large compartment for notebook or magazine
- Modular Velcro Dividers
- Little metal feet
- Water resistant
- Canvas Interior
Measures: 15” x 12” x 7” with a 10.5” drop length (strap)
NOTE FROM ALI : This is the bag I am currently using and I really like it. I'm a fan of the quilting, that my laptop can fit inside, and that it has an overall sophisticated look. Very nice.
One person & a friend will receive a spot in Shimelle's current workshop: Something From Almost Nothing.
If you're a scrapbooker who has more supplies on her shelf than on her album pages, you're not alone. Plenty of us love collecting just as much as the scrapping! This spring, make a difference by putting your stash to work. In Shimelle Laine's online class Something From Almost Nothing, you'll make an album and more by using your existing supplies in creative ways. This three week class will make the most of the creative energy we have in the spring and by the end you'll have zero guilt as you put all those supplies into beautiful projects. Learn all about this online class and sign up here.
Shimelle's online classes always have an international audience, and there are no fewer than twenty countries represented in those participating in this new workshop! All of Shimelle's classes include permanent membership and access so you can sign up at any time and you never have to meet any deadlines. It's always about making things work for you: your supplies, your style, your time! In this class you'll also see projects from a range of talented guest artists who have put their own unique spin on each idea. Find out more about this class and others, including Blogging for Scrapbookers, at www.shimelle.com.
TO BE ENTERED into
this weekend's giveaway please leave a comment below sharing a description of your current favorite photo (if you are reading this
on Facebook please come to my blog to leave a comment). Comments
will be closed at 8pm Pacific on Sunday and the winner's posted shortly
after.
Have a wonderful weekend!
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My new fav photo is a photo i took for a friend recently. I visited her in hospital when she after she gave birth to her new daughter and I was able to capture this special moment of the two grandmothers looking over the new baby – just priceless.
my current favorite is a photo of my boys at the park playing on the first day of great weather (after a miserable winter!)
my favourite photo is one of my neice and me. She’s too cute to be true at times!
my current fave pic was taken from the dock at my cottage, It’s a tight shot of the edge of the dock, looking directly down, with the ring (for tying boats up) in the right-hand third of the shot. I love the grain of the wood and the way the water is so reflective and still when the ice has just receded from the edge of the lake!
My current favorite photo is an older photo, about 20 yrs old, of my son and his favorite teddy bear. I just love the look on this face…he was so happy!!! We still have that teddy bear.
My favourite photo right now is of my adorable 9-month old nephew!
My current favorite is a photo of my teen daughters at a formal dance. One of their friends took it and in it both girls are very relaxed and happy. You can really see how much they love each other.
My latest group of photo’s that I had developed arrived at the door yesterday. There is one of my husband and I and it is my current fav. We are standing at the Hogs Breath Bar in Key West, FL and it is a very natural shot of the 2 of us. I will remember life at that moment everytime I look at it.
One of my favorite current photos is of my 16 year old son that has just joined our local fire dept…it’s a picture of him fighting the fire & my good friend called his name he turned & had the most proudest smile on his face knowing he was doing a great deed…he is my little hero!!!
My current favourite photo is a picture of me crossing the finish line in my first ever 1/2 marathon. It inspires me to begin traininig for the 2nd.
My current favorite photo is one that I took last Sunday at a birthday party. It has my 4 year old neice, 21 month old nephew, my 14 month old son and 9 month old nephew. It was the 1st time that all 4 cousins have been together at once. very sweet!
My new favorite photo is one of my 15 year old son and his friend. When we came home on his birthday, she had chalked the whole drive with “Happy B-Day” – 15. The photo of my son and his friend sitting right in the middle of the writing is fantastic.
My current from photo is from our Bahamas vacation in January. I got picture of my husband just staring out over the ocean. I just love it. I framed it and put in on my craft desk.
My current fave is a photo of my other half and I together that a friend too last summer. Neither he or I generally look very happy in photos (and only in photos!!!), but in this one, we are both smiling huge smiles, out on my friends back deck last Canada Day!
my fav photo is one from when my son was a baby and has all his baby rolls and chubby cheeks. it makes me smile everytime i look at it!
ali, i was your spread in real simple mag – congratulations! it’s nice.
my current favortie photo is one i took recently of my little’s guy’s feet! great giveaway! susan
My current favorite: my daughter in ballet class. She looks so focused, so calm, so beautiful
These are great prizes!
My 10 yr old is swimming this weekend at SE sectionals. Her name was on the score board yesterday and she was so excited to see up there. Her Coach came over and was laughing about it. I took a picture of her “pointing” to her name on the board. Very cute and it will definately be my Life Project POD.
My current favorite photo is a candid snapshot of our little family taken last year, right after my husband returned from a year deployment to Afghanistan. As we prepare for him to leave for another deployment later this month, it reminds me that although it may be difficult at times, we made it through then, and we will make it through now.
My current favorite picture is of my 1 year old when she saw her first birthday cake. I think the look on her face is just precious!
My current favorite :
My son and my husband happy like never before after Canada won a Gold medal in Olympic hockey game.
hmmm…it would have to be an old black and white photo of my husband as a baby….love the way it is focused on his face
My current favorite photos is of my 18-month old son and 3-year old son playing in the bathtub.
My current fave is one of my daughter…it is not sharp where I want it to be…but I love the expression she has…I love it no matter the imperfections.
My favorite photo right now, is a picture my neice sent me of her new twins. I haven’t met them yet (they live in CO and I in NJ). I can’t wait to kiss those cheeks!
My current favorite picture is from my daughter’s birthday. We went and got her a “makeover” and she was so excited and happy and just glowing. My baby is growing up!
My favorite photo right now is of my husband
sitting on an old worn blue couch in the office
of an orphanage medical director in Russia showing
our soon to be son (3/15/10) pictures of his
new family anxiously waiting for him
in America.
my favorite photo is of my 1yr old baby boy giving my 2yr old baby girl a big kiss while she is “reading” him her favorite book, its just a perfect everyday moment
My favorite photo right now is a photo of my 14 year old son who had just pulled up a stool to the freezer and was sitting down to see what he could find to eat. It SO defines what he is like right now-ALL ABOUT FOOD!
My current favorite photo:
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A picture of my two kids, both smiling and looking at the camera. I never imagined how hard that would be to accomplish!
My favorite photo is of my daughter, her best buddy Lucas and some other babies all in a row in one crib during a fire drill at their daycare. My daughter will be off to kindergarten in the fall, and she and Lucas will go to different schools. It’s a reminder of a sweet time in their lives.
I took a photo of my friends daughter recently with paper flowers we created out of newspaper on a bridge down town, it was beautiful. I can’t wait to share these photos with her
My current favorite photo is one of my four year-old son bungee bouncing on an attraction at an open air flea market in my neighborhood. We went last week and there was this apparatus and he actually did it! We were surprised since he’d always been scared of bouncy things/trampolines and such previously. I caught him way up in the air, with his mess of hair flying in every direction! It was great.
My favorite pic of the moment is a photo of my then 11 year old boy. It was taken on a cool, late winter day on the beach. He is facing the ocean with his back to the camera. I love it as he is captured mid-step and he looks so small against the backdrop of the breaking wave. He is wearing winter clothes and the sun is low in the sky. I see the boy but also a glimpse of the man he will be.
Thanks for a chance to win one of these cool prizes.
My favorite photo – that’s a tough one. It would have to be a (very) old photo of me and my brother. He was still shorter than me at the time, and I’ve got a protective arm around him. This was well before the teenage fighting years, when any car trip reverberated to the sounds of “he’s on my side…; he’s touching me!”
My current favorite photo is of my family at the beach. I reminds me of relaxing, fun times.
I took a picture of my daughter and the other two bridesmaids at my sister’s wedding. They are all gazing into a beautiful fountain. It had just finished drizzling and gave the picture a very surreal quality. It is not posed and that makes me love it.
My brother and his family were here this summer for a very infrequent visit from Indonesia. I now have a picture of my entire family which is extremely important to me because my mom is going to die soon. It means a lot to me that she was able to see my brother. it also means a lot that I have that last image of her and our entire family.
I took some random pictures of DS2 this week and one of those have this fresh, open look of my son which is just adorable…. Love the giveaways, thanks Ali!
My current favorite photo is of my new puppy. She is fresh from a bath & frushing, all fluffy & clean.
My favorite photo right now is from my brother’s wedding; we set our son on top of the piano and were able to capture him looking at his reflection in the glossy surface of the piano. It was WAY COOL for an ordinary girl to capture.
right now my favorite picture is a picture of my 15-year old son playing a guitar with his girlfriend looking over his shoulder! i love many pictures though! Thanks for an opportunity to win a nice giveaway! Any of the above would be fun!!!
My current favorite photo is a green door in Paris, love that photo because I can see a lot of thing on it!! Thanks for the chance Ali!! =)
My current favorite is one of my youngest niece, a close up shot that really captured the golden color of her hair – lovely.
Hmmmm… It’s very hard to decide, but I’d have to say my favorite, most recent photo is of my cutie potootie goddaughter at her 4th birthday party. I snapped it while she was opening presents and she is absolutely stunning!
My current favorite photo is of my six month old, in an oh so cute hat, chewing on the ties and smiling.
such wonderful giveaways today!
yippee!
i have a current favorite photo of my vintage camera collection.
it shows many of my favorites.
i really enjoy looking at it, so i made it into a bookmark!
such wonderful giveaways today!
yippee!
i have a current favorite photo of my vintage camera collection.
it shows many of my favorites.
i really enjoy looking at it, so i made it into a bookmark!
such wonderful giveaways today!
yippee!
i have a current favorite photo of my vintage camera collection.
it shows many of my favorites.
i really enjoy looking at it, so i made it into a bookmark!
my granddaughter stealing fresh (in Maine) blueberries from a roadside cart last summer. My current desktop. Will be ‘published’ soon–unfortunately I didn’t take it.