Storytelling With Project Life® Workshop Registration Now Open

I'll be doing a video walk-throughs of all my albums and sharing specific examples in the handouts.

fantastic!

Thanks Michelle!

Most likely registration will be open into the first week of class.

Awesome!

Thanks for the support!

It's included if you register before February 2nd. After that it will be available in the shop. My goal is to get back to sharing more here - it's one of my personal motivations for doing the workshop. This past year has been a transition year for the business and it just takes time to get everything lined up :). Also, I'm definitely not caught up - part of that is because my work-focus has been on other things and now I'm getting back into it.

I see the bonus stuff is free with sign up but i was wondering about the Optional Class kit. Is that digital as well?

The only pieces we are offering digitally are the cards + the stamp set (both are the designs from the optional kit).

Thank you!

Hi - most of the content in the first three weeks will be focused on stories and how I bring them to life in my album (applicable to whatever method you use). The last week when I talk about products I will be talking more about physical because that's what I do :) - but the meat of the class is more about the story ideas.

And I haven't done a video walk-through but I can!

Love when you post videos! Thanks for the replies.

Hi! The class kit will be the same for that event.

Great thanks!! I may have to buy 2 - don't know if I can wait that long;)

Thanks for the info, I'll also be seeing you at the Abbotsford class :)

Me too - can't wait!

Thanks for signing up!

Awesome! Thanks Nicole!

Thanks for adding in these questions! I think we might try to do some kind of Q&A within the class to address things like this that I might not think of as I'm creating the content. I will definitely be talking about organization.

Organization of cards, etc .......so interested in that!!!

One way to address the strong vertical could be to print the photo large enough to cover several pockets and then cut it up. If you're using Design A, for example, the photo could be 6 inches wide and 8 inches tall, and be cut so it goes in one 4x6 pocket and two 3x4 pockets. As for organization -- my cards are organized by dominant colour for "generic" cards and then I have a "journaling prompt" (eg. 'places we go') section and ones for themes (eg. nature). I use Close to My Heart plastic organizational boxes, but the "official" Project Life card organizer is very similar; you could even create your own dividers with chipboard or plastic in a shoebox or photo box.

Great idea! Thank you! I have thought about cutting pockets and getting the new fuse tool. I wanted to make PL easier than all I go through to "design" a page layout. Like just drop and place. I purchase too , too much stuff. Organization always gets away from me. I will look for the organizational boxes. Thank you, again!

I have a lot of verticals too!
I've often thought about using the 12x12 size page protectors and just putting the photos in that way and slip it into the page protector. Just one idea.

Hi! Can you clarify your question?

I like to mix it up :).

Hi - this class is really about finding out what stories are most important to you and which ones you want to focus on including (as well as assessing your overall approach). I will talk about going back as well as documenting right now because that's what I do in this project. Know that the class is not specifically about going back :) but I think there will likely be things that will you help you along the way as you use the pockets for your own stories.

This project (Project Life) is generally about daily life documentation. Some people do it weekly and some do it monthly and some just do it when they feel like it. My Mom is getting close to 70 and I think she'd like to do Project Life (I think she wants to do all my projects :)) and I'd love to help her make it manageable for her. That said, this class is really more about looking for and capturing everyday life stories - for you that might be through the lens of treasures. Maybe once a week you write about what treasures you found this past week and then include that in an album. I don't think you need any kind of specific kit for that :).

Thanks so much Ali. Yes, at my age sometimes the days can be pretty uninteresting. However, for what ever reason, I am feeling the need to really cherish. Perhaps I can approach it a little differently. Do what appeals to me and work it into my OLW. Tell you Mom to try it out. I am going to work something out. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions.

I'm 65 and like you, Radish 38, do lead a somewhat sedentary and uneventful life since my days are not filled with kids or errands, etc. However, get the stories you treasure told. DO IT ! ! ! For myself, I do pocket pages monthly and find treasures all the time- via cloud pictures, sunrises,nature, snow, sky, treasures daily in snippets of quotes I read, books I read, tv shows I watch, treasures in food I eat and treasures when I look around my house and my life - photos and stuff I treasure! I journal a lot in my monthly pages with quotes and stories that I treasure and I love. This year I plan on incorporating stories of my favorite things around the house in my albums - even if it is a cookie jar or some trinket .So many material things I own have lovely stories behind them and I want to get those stories told.

I'm also 65 and wondered whether I should sign up for this class. I don't want to do Project Life on a "regular" basis but would like to have a place to occasionally tell very short stories about what my husband and I do now in this phase of our lives. I'd like to include more inspired stories in each of my grand daughter's project life albums. I no longer try to do monthly for them but still want have a place to capture some of their moments and the things they do/say.

Thank you Sue R and Kaysie and Ali for writing here. I have been thinking about this project a lot and what my motivations are. I have even gotten out my few old scrapbooks. I love my two Dec. Daily. I do have a blog which I have had for over ten years. www.day2dayradishes.squarespace.com. So I am writing. I am photographing. I am not printing much. I am thinking I want to see something out there. Having said that, I have to ask myself, who wants to see this, including me? I like what Kaysie said about saving little treasures. I am almost embarrassed to say this, but I love all those little cards.

I am so glad to see you ladies. I am 63 and have been going back and forth about doing this. Decided to give it a go -- thinking that I would like to leave some word for our grandchildren, so that they could know something about their Grandma when they get older. Glad to see some other ladies about my age interested in this. I thoroughly enjoyed Ali's "One Little Word" and December Daily classes. It fed my need to create.

LakeLady, Thanks for answering. We should have a seniors club. I wish I knew what kind of album to get. The trick here is to try to make something meaningful. I am a woman who threw out all her mother-in-laws photo albums of cruises because they held no meaning for anyone. She never reviewed them. I am going to sign up for the class because when I am not frustrated, I love the digital . But I am going to think long and hard about who this is for and what the purpose of it is.

Oh my gosh! Are we all seniors except Ali?

Radish38, I'm having the same thoughts about what I scrapbook and who it is for. I want those thoughts foremost in my mind before I scrapbook anything more. I've got many albums of cruises and know that no one but me (and maybe my husband) will ever look at them. Just having completed one of those, I've decided in the future to only do a page or two (most likely those will be pocket pages), no matter how long the trip, to just document where we went, when and any details I think might be important for us to remember.

I am a decade younger than you ladies, but am thinking along the same lines. I do the scrapbooking and Project Life for myself, no one else. I don't expect my children or my grandchildren to keep the albums - they will have enough 'junk' of their own to deal with! When the time comes, I hope they will look through the albums, take any photos (and maybe some journaling cards with a story) they want, and throw everything else away with a clear heart. The photos will be on a hard drive anyway. I think that if I wanted them kept as a relic, I would do it all digital as it takes up significantly less space, but I like playing with scissors and glue : )

I am so glad to have come upon this conversation.

We are in our early sixties. Our child is 19. Our lives are full, but not of the usual memorykeeping "stuff," especially now that our child is out of school.

I debated (with myself) whether to continue (given my paltry contribution in 2015) with PL. Yet I love this format. I still make full pages, yet I love the flexibility that PL gives me.

So I've decided to go with a rough monthly approach, including occasional family events together with my own "stuff'.

No matter how often you want to participate, consider what you can comfortably do.

Gosh I thought this conversation was over and I look and there are more people where I am. A few thoughts. I commented on Ali's first week of PL. I am amazed by all the people who have quit and then missed doing it. There is something going on here. There is a little need for something. I am not sure if it is the crafty part, the documentation, the reviewing of what is important or what. But there is something. Maybe it is in the water. I am leaning toward Thea_m, just do this for ourselves. A little story, a cute little card. So happy we are talking. If anyone comes up with how to make a trip to the doctor visually interesting, Let me know.

I loved seeing all of these comments. I am 71 years young and have been doing Project Life scrapping for six years. This will be my seventh and I still love it. I tried to do a daily album and succeeded the first year but have been doing more monthly since. I put all of the other classes and stuff into the large albums and they fill up each year. I'm so glad to see others my age embracing this hobby.

My Mother passed away in an accident when she was 63. My daughter was a baby at the time. I would have LOVED to have had something she had done in her retirement about her life, her reflections, her treasures....so exciting to see people of all ages on here. I am 43 and started scrapping after my Mom died. My daughter is now 7 and we do it together!!

It is - the one there will be an abbreviated version of this one because I can't pack as much into those in-person classes (meaning no video walk-throughs, etc).

Yes - the corners are rounded on these ones :). I mix them up in my album. All the ones in my shop will continue to have straight edges.

Bspannbauer, Shimelle Lane doesn't like rounded corners either. She trims those cards down and mounts them on another card and it looks great. Here's a link to one of her blog posts http://www.shimelle.com/paper/2084/being-honest-with-project-life/

What a great idea!

Thank you!

The focus is more on the storytelling and less on the actual products used :). Just know that I use physical products and will be using my layouts as examples (and of course, I do hybrid parts as well using digital products).

Thanks! I figured digital would be fine.

It's available to you as soon as you register in your My Digitals section.

EDITED: Hey guys! I made a mistake - it will be available when the actual classroom opens. Sorry about that!

Hi Ali
I see the class in "My Classes" but there are no digital files showing up. Is there a lag?

Hi Ali, the cards aren't showing up under "My Digitals"... The class is showing up in my classes, to confirm I am actually enrolled in the class. Should I just start a conversation?

Hey guys! I made a mistake - it will be available when the actual classroom opens. Sorry about that!

No worries, thanks Ali :)

Oh no. I was so busy checking the exchange rates that I totally missed the class and kit promo code. Oh well I love your classes & product so at least I can look forward to the promo digital files when the class starts! Hoping the kit arrives before the class begins. Thanks!

Are you looking for more storytelling inspiration? It's not really a PL basics class - it's really more about focusing on the storytelling and words aspect (and how you approach stories in your albums). If you are comfortable with your own groove then you probably don't need this class but if you are looking for some story-based inspiration you might really enjoy it.

Thanks for your reply. Whilst I'm happy with my layouts & have a system for getting them done, I would like some different ways of telling my stories. My journaling feels too much the same & boring - so maybe your class will give me some inspiration for changing this up a bit.

@kln_ I too have been doing Project Life for 7 years and I signed up! I am always inspired by Ali's realistic journaling. Hope to see you in this class.

Awesome! Thanks for signing up!

Thanks for the excitement!

My hope is that this workshop will help you focus more on the stories you want to get told and less on worrying about what it looks like :) (more about what really matters and the reason why you are doing it vs. how you choose to get it done - that said I do think they go hand in hand a bit). If you are a perfectionist by nature I can't say that this workshop will stop you from being that way :), but it might help you get to the core of why you are doing this and help you make design choices that will help you stick with it if that's what you really want to do.

I do struggle with story telling, which now that I think about it, is why I have such a difficult time putting it all together. I can tell a story with photos, but the words aren't as easy. Thank you! I'm excited for the class!