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One Little Word® | 2024

In 2006 Ali began the tradition of choosing one word for herself each January – a word she could focus on + get curious about as she went about her daily life over the course of a year. Her words have included play, peace, vitality, nurture, story, light, up, open, thrive, give, whole, connect, space, habit, less, heart, pause, joy and wild (2024). Each word has become an individual thread that weaves together stories of her life. They’ve been imbedded into who she is + into who she is becoming. They’ve helped her to breathe deeper, to see clearer, to embrace mistakes, and to grow. At the end of 2019 Ali felt moved to change the way she was running this workshop and invited a group of people to join her in co-leading this adventure. Her goal was to bring in other voices, perspectives, and life experiences and to make it more about the wonderful, wholehearted community that comes together around this project.  Each monthly prompt (available on the first of each month) is designed to invite you back into conversation with your word. Some are writing exercises, some are crafty adventures, some are rooted in photography. Our goal is simply to help you stay connected to your word throughout the year in a way that is meaningful to you and your season of life. Some of the lenses we've used in the past to be in conversation with our words include: vision, adventure, practice, small wins, beginning again, reflection, etc.  In 2022 we added a live monthly Zoom call where we connect to share ideas, reflections and stories related to the monthly prompt. This has become a much-loved way to come together to learn from one another, to listen, to share our successes + our struggles, and to cheer each other on as we walk with our individual words. Our team believes in the power of documentation + the power of words to make a difference in our lives. You are invited to come get curious about your chosen word alongside us as we journey together in 2024. Interested in seeing what a completed One Little Word® project might look like? Check out Ali's walkthrough video of her albums from 2011 through 2017 here. 

$50.00


December Daily® 2023 Prep Day

Join the December Daily® community for a fun online prep day on Saturday, November 18th, 2023. Use this opportunity to finish past December Daily® projects or start working on your project for 2023. The first live video will start on Saturday, November 18th at 10:00 am Eastern.Each lesson will be open for you to access 15 minutes prior to the live content which will be available at the top of each hour. Then after the discussions and/or project ideas, you are free to work on your own projects, clean up, prep, etc.Note: We will have more details about the schedule and content in the coming weeks.Each topic will have its own Lesson within the 10 Hour Classroom. Inside each lesson you'll find the live video, a free download, a challenge, and a spot for conversation in the comments section of the lesson. Live chat will be available for anyone who wants to converse back and forth during the live event. Note: All videos will be recorded so you can watch them at your own pace. You don't have to be online on the 18th to access the content.

$5.00


December Daily® Product Play 2023 | Try This

December Daily® Product Play is all about ideas and inspiration for working with physical products from the December Daily® Collection. For 30 days in November, you'll receive one idea per day from Ali and the contributors to this class. Ideas in this workshop will focus on physical products from our 2023 December Daily® collection. Whether you are preparing to document 2023 or finishing up telling stories from past years, we hope these fun, creative ideas help you use your products to get your stories told. Our goal for this class is to provide inspiration to support your December storytelling by showcasing a wide variety of voices and project styles. For this workshop each contributor has selected a different product to create with. Some ideas shared in this workshop will be completed spreads with images and journaling, some ideas will be for foundation pages, and others will be mock-up examples to spark your creativity and help you to create homes for your December stories.     Here are the products that will be featured in this workshop: 10x8 Paper Pack 10x8 Specialty Paper Pack  2x2 Plastic Tag Set 3x4 + 4x6 Specialty Journal Card Set  3x8 Transparency & Journal Card Set  6x8 Chipboard Sheet  6x8 Transparency Papers Canvas Holiday Phrases Circles Die Cut Paper Inserts Envelope Bundle Large Felt Numbers  Plastic Hearts  Polaroid Chipboard Frames  Silkscreen Pack  Stencil Pack  Variety Die Cut Bundle  Window Cards  Wood Veneer Stars 6x8 Tags Stamp Set 6x8 Trees Stamp Set If you are interested in past December Daily® Product Play workshops check them out here:   Product Play 1 (hearts, stars, circles) Product Play 2 (trees, tags, words) Product Play 3 (numbers, wreaths, hexagons) Product Play 4 (triangles, transparency, texture) Product Play: Back To Basics Product Play 2022

$25.00


December Daily® Hybrid Product Play 2023

Hybrid scrapbooking combines digital products with physical supplies to create paper (or printed) memory-keeping projects. For this class, our contributors will share with fun, creative ideas and inspiration for working with these digital products from the 2023 December Daily® Collection: December Daily® 2023 Digital Main Kit Digital Large Plastic Hearts Digital Holiday Phrases Large Sticker Sheet Ali's Christmas Phrases Digital Stamp Set Note: These products will be available for purchase on October 13, 2023. All of the projects and techniques provided in this self-paced class will demonstrate how versatile digital products can be in helping you get your stories told. Our hope is that you will come away with ideas for using digital products to create homes for your December stories.  Please Note: This workshop is not meant as an in-depth software workshop. The contributors of the class will be using either Photoshop, Photoshop Elements or Canva, and the examples and projects they share will show you the steps they take to create physical projects using digital memory-keeping products. To learn more about hybrid scrapbooking, check out these classes: Create With Canva Hybrid All Year Round Hybrid Product Play Hybrid (self-paced)

$15.00


Start Here | Design Formulas For Memory Keeping

With over 20 years of memory keeping experience, Ali Edwards has told a lot of stories and most of them started with a blank page. In Start Here: Design Formulas For Memory Keeping Ali will be sharing her tried + true design formulas that have helped her tell hundreds (if not thousands) of stories over the years. Using her vast catalog of completed memory keeping projects (including traditional scrapbook layouts, pocket pages, and notebooks), Ali will help remove some of the guess work out of the process of starting with a blank page/pocket/notebook and encourage/inspire you to be the boss of your stories. During the workshop Ali will use past projects as examples + create new projects to reinforce the core concepts. Ali's background in graphic design + her years of teaching experience come together for this workshop to give you a solid starting place in your own memory keeping adventures. This workshop will be broken down into three lessons:  LESSON ONE: Design Formulas (the formulas that Ali uses over + over again and the reasons why)LESSON TWO: Design Principles (the design principles that Ali uses over + over again and the reasons why)LESSON THREE: Putting The Lessons Into Practice (includes process videos from Ali creating new projects that demonstrate ideas from the previous lessons)The goal for this workshop? Create a resource of ideas for you to refer back to again and again as you tell the stories of your life!Please note: If you have attended our in-person Story Camp in the past some of this content will be similar to what was offered during the design lesson. The content has been updated since our time together at camp and adapted for this style of classroom.

$30.00


Start to Finish: Travel #03

Join Ali and her contributors – Lisa Varshine, Jess Forster, Amber Dawson, and Nolana Lynch – as they each create a travel album using products from the new 2023 Travel Collection. From planning and organization to creative ideas for using products, this class will provide you with tips and techniques to inspire you and help you create your own travel album.If you are looking for a more in-depth discussion about travel documenting including what to think about and do before, during and after travel to tell the kinds of stories you want to tell, check out Ali's Stories Of Travel Self-Paced Workshop.

$30.00


December Daily® 2022 Prep Day

Join the December Daily® community for a fun online prep day on Saturday, November 12th, 2022. Use this opportunity to finish past December Daily® projects or start working on your project for 2022. The first live video will start on Saturday, November 12th at 10:00 am Eastern.Each lesson will be open for you to access 15 minutes prior to the live content which will be available at the top of each hour. Then after the discussions and/or project ideas, you are free to work on your own projects, clean up, prep, etc.Here is our tentative schedule for this year’s Prep Day:  10am ET | Hour 1: Kick Off With Ali 11am ET | Hour 2: Live Challenge     12pm ET | Hour 3: Notebooks 3 Ways    1pm ET | Hour 4: Photo Tips Panel 2pm ET | Hour 5: Ali Page Idea   3pm ET | Hour 6: Calendar With Linda 4pm ET | Hour 7: Making Journal Cards With Stamps 5pm ET | Hour 8: Bringing Tech Into Your Albums 6pm ET | Hour 9: Go-To Ideas With Krystal    7pm ET | Hour 10: Wrap up and Q&A    Each topic will have its own Lesson within the 10 Hour Classroom. Inside each lesson you'll find the live video, a free download, a challenge, and a spot for conversation in the comments section of the lesson. Live chat will be available for anyone who wants to converse back and forth during the live event. Note: All videos will be recorded so you can watch them at your own pace. You don't have to be online on the 12th to access the content.

$5.00


December Daily® Product Play 2

In this brand new workshop - inspired by the original December Daily® Product Play - we will take a closer look at playing with three specific shapes in December Daily® documentation: trees, tags and words (for this workshop words = titles + other playful ways to incorporate words into your design vs. a focus on journaling). There are so many different ways you can creatively play with them to support and complement your stories - from using already designed products to creating your own. We'll also be talking about the specific design concepts that go into working with these shapes which will be useful for you in projects going forward (repetition, layering, scale). I'll be using products from this year's December Daily® collection but the products are not required as many ideas can be translated to what you might have in your memory keeping product stash. As always I'll be coming at this with storytelling and simple design at the forefront.PLEASE NOTE: Ideas and pages created for this workshop will become part of my December Daily® Foundation Pages for 2018. As always I will be sharing an overview look at all my Foundation Pages on my blog in late October/early November  - this means that the pages I'll be showing you how i create will likely be shown on my blog before the how-to appears here in the classroom. The actual how-to process videos and step-by-steps of my 9 specific pages created for this class will be exclusive to this workshop.If you are interested in focusing on Hearts, Stars, and Circles you should check out my original December Daily® Product Play workshop which follows the same format.  

$20.00


December Daily® Product Play

In this workshop we will take a closer look at playing with three specific shapes in December Daily® documentation: circles, hearts and stars. These are three of my favorite shapes and there are so many different ways you can creatively play with them to support and complement your stories - from using already designed products to creating your own. We'll also be talking about the specific design concepts that go into working with these shapes which will be useful for you in projects going forward (repetition, layering, scale). I'll be using products from this year's December Daily® collection but the products are not required as many ideas can be translated to what you might have in your memory keeping product stash. As always I'll be coming at this with storytelling and simple design at the forefront.PLEASE NOTE: Ideas and pages created for this workshop will become part of my December Daily® Foundation Pages for 2017. As always I will be sharing an overview look at all my Foundation Pages on my blog in late October/early November  - this means that the pages I'll be showing you how i create will likely be shown on my blog before the how-to appears here in the classroom. The actual how-to process videos and step-by-steps of my 9 specific pages created for this class will be exclusive to this workshop. 

$20.00


December Daily® Product Play 3

This year we will take a closer look at playing with three specific shapes in December Daily® documentation: hexagons, numbers, and wreaths. There are so many different ways you can creatively play with them to support and complement your stories - from using already designed products to creating your own. We'll also be talking about the specific design concepts that go into working with these shapes which will be useful for you in projects going forward (repetition, layering, scale). I'll be using products from this year's December Daily® collection but the products are not required as many ideas can be translated to what you might have in your memory keeping product stash. As always I'll be coming at this with storytelling and simple design at the forefront.PLEASE NOTE: Ideas and pages created for this workshop will become part of my December Daily® Foundation Pages for 2019. As always I will be sharing an overview look at all my Foundation Pages on my blog in late October/early November  - this means that the pages I'll be showing you how i create will likely be shown on my blog before the how-to appears here in the classroom. The actual how-to process videos and step-by-steps of some of my specific pages created for this class will be exclusive to this workshop. If you are interested in focusing on hearts, stars, and circles you should check out my original December Daily® Product Play workshop.If you are interested in focusing on trees, tags, and words check out December Daily® Product Play 2. 

$20.00


December Daily® Product Play 4

This year we will take a closer look at playing with three specific shapes in December Daily® documentation: triangles, transparency, and texture. There are so many different ways you can creatively play with them to support and complement your stories - from using already designed products to creating your own. We'll also be talking about the specific design concepts that go into working with these shapes which will be useful for you in projects going forward (repetition, layering, scale). I'll be using products from this year's December Daily® collection but the products are not required as many ideas can be translated to what you might have in your memory keeping product stash. As always I'll be coming at this with storytelling and simple design at the forefront. PLEASE NOTE: Ideas and pages created for this workshop will become part of my December Daily® Foundation Pages for 2020. As always I will be sharing an overview look at all my Foundation Pages on my blog in late October/early November  - this means that the pages I'll be showing you how i create will likely be shown on my blog before the how-to appears here in the classroom. The actual how-to process videos and step-by-steps of some of my specific pages created for this class will be exclusive to this workshop.  If you are interested in focusing on hearts, stars, and circles you should check out my original December Daily® Product Play workshop. If you are interested in focusing on trees, tags, and words check out December Daily® Product Play 2. If you are interested in focusing on numbers, wreaths, and hexagons check out December® Daily Product Play 3. 

$20.00


December Daily® Product Play: Back To Basics

For 2021 we are changing up our December Daily® Product Play workshop and this year will be focusing on an overall theme of Back To Basics.  For 30 days in November you’ll receive one new idea per day (for a total of 30) brought to you by members of our December Daily® Creative Team, our AED Creative Team, and Ali. Ideas in this workshop will focus on physical products from the Main Kit and our 2021 collection (see slider image for details on those specific products). Our goal with this workshop is simple, fun ideas to use your products to spark stories. For this workshop each Creative Team member has selected a different product to create with. Some ideas shared in this workshop will be completed spreads with images and journaling, some ideas will be for foundation pages, and others will simply focus on ways to use the product to spark/create a home for your stories in December. We are here to help you use the products to get your stories told whether you are preparing to document 2021 or if you are finishing up telling stories from past years.If you are interested in past December Daily® Product Play workshops check them out here:   Product Play 1 (hearts, stars, circles)Product Play 2 (trees, tags, words)Product Play 3 (numbers, wreaths, hexagons)Product Play 4 (triangles, transparency, texture)

$20.00


December Daily® 2021 Prep Day

Join the December Daily® community for a fun online prep day on Saturday, November 6th, 2021. Use this opportunity to finish past December Daily® projects or start working on your project for 2021. This year we are delighted to welcome Laura Wonsik and Pam Baldwin as your hosts for Prep Day. Ali will be online and participating and sharing ideas along the way as well.Entrance to the classroom will be available upon registration, and we have included some fun party prep ideas and a printable package to help you get ready for the day. The first live video will start on Saturday, November 6th at 9:00 am Eastern.Each lesson will be open for you to access 15 minutes prior to the live content which will be available at the top of each hour. Then after the discussions and/or project ideas, you are free to work on your own projects, clean up, prep, etc.   Here is our tentative schedule for this year’s Prep Day:     9am ET // Hour 1: Intro and Welcome | Mindset    10am ET// Hour 2: Live Hour with Ali   11am ET // Hour 3: Workflow + Organization   12pm ET // Hour 4: Live Hour with Pam   1pm ET // Hour 5: Diverse Approaches to December Daily® Storytelling   2pm ET // Hour 6: Live Hour with Ali   3pm ET // Hour 7: Same Story Different Ways   4pm ET // Hour 8: Live Hour with Laura   5pm ET // Hour 9: Hybrid Page Idea with Jennie Rey   6 pm ET // Hour 10: Wrap up and Q&A   Each topic will have its own Lesson within the 10 Hour Classroom. Inside each lesson you'll find the live video, a free download, a challenge, and a spot for conversation in the comments section of the lesson. Live chat will be available for anyone who wants to converse back and forth during the live event. Note: All videos will be recorded so you can watch them at your own pace. You don't have to be online on the 6th to access the content.

$5.00


12 Hours | December Daily® 2020 Prep Day

Join the December Daily® community for a fun online prep day on Saturday, November 7th, 2020. Use this opportunity to finish past December Daily® projects or start working on your project for 2020. The classroom will open at 7:30am Pacific with the first live video happening at 8am Pacific. This year we are excited to mix things up and welcome Tazhiana Gordon + Krystal Idunate as your hosts for Prep Day. Ali will be online and participating and sharing ideas along the way as well.  At the top of each hour there will either be a live video or new content uploaded. The goal is to give you a few ideas and then send you off to work on your own projects, clean up, prep, etc:Our schedule for this year is a work-in-progress and may change before the actual date. Here is the current line-up for the day:  8am Pacific | Welcome, Overview, + Intro With Ali, Tazhiana, + Krystal 9am Pacific | Organization With Tazhi + Krystal 10am Pacific | New Page Idea from Krystal 11am Pacific | How To Get It Done By January (If You Want To) Noon Pacific | Live Craft Hour with Tazhi: Mixed Media Play 1pm Pacific | New Page Idea from Ali 2pm Pacific | Live Craft Hour with Krystal: Interactive Elements Using 4x6 + 3x4 Cards  3pm Pacific | Creative Team Guest (TBA) 4pm Pacific | Repeated Stories In December Daily® with Tazhi 5pm Pacific | New Page Idea from Tazhi 6pm Pacific | Community Suggested Topic (TBA) 7pm Pacific | Wrap Up, Q+A with Ali  Each topic will have it's own Lesson within the 12 Hour Classroom. Inside each lesson you'll find the live video, a free download, a challenge, and a spot for conversation in the comments section of the lesson. Live chat will be available for anyone who wants to converse back and forth during the live event. All videos will be recorded so you can watch them at your own pace. You don't have to be online on the 7th to access the content. 

$5.00


December Daily® 2022 Product Play

For 2022 we are changing up our December Daily® Product Play workshop and this year will be focusing on an overall theme of Your Choice.For 30 days in November, you’ll receive one new idea per day (for a total of 30) brought to you by Ali and the contributors to this class. Ideas in this workshop will focus on physical products from this year’s December Daily® Collection (specifics listed below). Each product with have three lessons taught by three different instructors and will be classified into different project levels depending on the amount of time or steps involved.  Level 1 – Super straightforward without a lot of steps, the simplest way to use something (< 20 minutes)Level 2 - One step up from that with a few more steps (45 minutes and under)Level 3 – An idea with the most steps and takes the most time. (1 hour +)Our goal for this class is to provide inspiration to support your December storytelling by showcasing a wide variety of voices and project styles. We hope the framework of this class will help you tailor your projects based on your amount of time, energy or creativity on any given day before + during the holiday season.Some ideas shared in this workshop will be completed spreads with images and journaling, some ideas will be for foundation pages, and others will simply focus on ways to use the product to spark/create a home for your stories in December. We are here to help you use the products to get your stories told whether you are preparing to document 2022 or if you are finishing up telling stories from past years. If you are interested in past December Daily® Product Play workshops check them out here: Product Play 1 (hearts, stars, circles) Product Play 2 (trees, tags, words) Product Play 3 (numbers, wreaths, hexagons) Product Play 4 (triangles, transparency, texture) Product Play: Back To Basics

$25.00


Storytelling With December Daily® (Self Paced)

What stories will you tell this December?  Storytelling with December Daily® is designed to get you in the mood for documenting your December, one story per day.  Here's a look at what I'll be covering over the coarse of the workshop.     Lesson One | A look back at all eight of my past December Daily® albums with individual video walk-throughs. The take-away from this lesson is the opportunity to learn from the past and reflect on what's worked and what's not worked to create a plan for this year.  Lesson Two | Process exploration. Setting expectations and setting yourself up for success by establishing a storytelling mindset.   Lesson Three | Specific storytelling ideas, encouragement and inspiration, along with photo ideas to spark additional stories.  Lesson Four | Techniques for including stories in your album including digital, hybrid, interactive, etc.   The classroom will remain open and act as a supportive community throughout the month of December and beyond as you work to complete your album.   A couple things to note:   This is not a step-by-step workshop for setting up your foundation pages. I will be sharing my process for creating my foundation pages, as well as sharing each completed day, on my blog as I have done in past years.  I am aware that not everyone has children at home and will be keeping that in mind as I present the content within the class. Please remember that I do have children at home and it does influence the types of stories that I include at this time in my life. I also spend parts of December on my own and include those stories as well.  For the last ten years I've shared all my December Daily® pages on my blog. Content included in this workshop will come from my experience all those past years (meaning I am not creating new pages for this workshop and will be using my past albums as inspiration and teaching tools). This workshop originally ran in 2015, and there may be some references to the 2015 Main December Daily® Kit that is sold out. This kit is not needed to complete the classPlease note that this is a self paced class. All lessons and content will be available to you upon purchase.

$15.00


12 Hours | December Daily® 2019 Prep Day

***The live event has now passed for 2019 but you can still access all the videos (everything was archived), inspiration, and downloads. As with all my workshops you can go at your own pace and you have ongoing access to the content."Join the December Daily® community for a fun online prep day on Saturday, November 9th, 2019. Use this opportunity to finish past December Daily® projects or start working on your project for 2019. The classroom will open at 7:30am Pacific with the first live video happening at 8am Pacific.  At the top of each hour Ali will be live from her office (these will be recorded + available for viewing later) chatting about a specific topic for 10-15 minutes. The goal is to give you a few ideas and then send you off to work on your own projects, clean up, prep, etc: 8am Pacific | Foundations Pages 9am Pacific | Stash Organization 10am Pacific | Tackling Unfinished Projects 11am Pacific | New Page Idea #1 Noon Pacific | 5 Things I Want To Try In December with Jen Schow 1pm Pacific | Stamping 2pm Pacific | New Page Idea #2 3pm Pacific | Incorporating Ephemera (stuff from life) 4pm Pacific | December Story Ideas 5pm Pacific | New Page Idea #3 6pm Pacific | Photos In December  7pm Pacific | Wrap Up Each topic will have it's own Lesson within the 12 Hour Classroom. Inside each lesson you'll find the live video, a free download, a challenge, and a spot for conversation in the comments section of the lesson. Live chat will be available for anyone who wants to converse back and forth during the live event. 

$5.00


December Daily® Product Play Bundle

This bundle Includes December Daily® Product Play, December Daily® Product Play 2, and December Daily® Product Play 3.If you are looking for our newest December Daily® Product Play workshop, enroll In our December Daily® Product Play 4. Each workshop focuses on playing with three specific shapes in December Daily® documentation.In the December Daily® Product Play workshop we will take a closer look at playing with three specific shapes in December Daily® documentation: circles, hearts and stars.In the December Daily® Product Play 2 workshop we will take a closer look at playing with three specific shapes in December Daily® documentation: trees, tags and words.In the December Daily® Product Play 3 workshop we will take a closer look at playing with three specific shapes in December Daily® documentation: hexagons, numbers, and wreaths.PLEASE NOTE: Ideas and pages created for these three workshop used products from previous years' December Daily® product collections, but the ideas and Information can be applied to any year's product. 

$55.00


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Week In The Life 2023 Prep Day

Join the Week In The Life™ community for a fun online prep day on Saturday, April 15th. Use this opportunity to finish past Week In The Life™ or Day In The Life™ projects or begin brainstorming ideas you might want to implement in your 2023 project (I'll be documenting my week starting Monday, April 24th). The classroom will open at 6:30am Pacific with the first live video happening at 7:00am Pacific. The last live video will be posted at Noon Pacific.At the top of each hour Ali or a guest will introduce the topic for the hour. Some content will be presented live (and recorded for future viewing) and other content will be recorded + presented during that hour. The goal is to give you a some fun ideas + things to think about + action to take on finishing up past projects or getting ready for Week In The Life 2023. 7am Pacific: Kick Off + Fresh Perspective Discussion8am Pacific: Product Play With Ali9am Pacific: Community Tips Via Zoom (bring your favorite tip to share with the community - this will cover two time slots)11am Pacific: Including Ephemera Noon Pacific: Q+AEach topic will have its own Lesson within the Classroom. Inside each lesson you'll find the video, a free download, and a spot for conversation in the comments section of the lesson. Live chat will be available for anyone who wants to converse back and forth during the live event.

$5.00


Storytelling With Week In The Life™

Storytelling with Week In The Life™ is designed to get you in the mood for documenting a seven day period in your life. Curious about Week In The Life™ generally? You can read more about the project here. This workshop is modeled after the popular Storytelling With December Daily® and Storytelling With Project Life® workshops and is designed to walk you through all the facets of the project in an way that encourages and empowers you to be the boss of your own storytelling experience. Here's a look at what will be covered in the workshop:      Lesson One | Looking Back: Video walk-throughs of all my past Week In The Life™ albums along with thoughts on what Ali's learned over the yearsLesson Two | Before Documenting: Establishing your mindset, setting up your Design + Story Plans (based on what's most important to you to document in any given season)Lesson Three | During Documenting: Tips and ideas for capturing your words + photos during the actual weekLesson Four | After Documenting: Bringing your words + photos into your album (basically how to tackle completing the project after you've collected all your content)This workshop isn't specific to any documenting year and is meant to be a more comprehensive + evergreen look at the project/process as a whole. Ali won't be making an album in this workshop but will share images and ideas based on her years of completing the project to give you confidence in your own direction. Ali will continue to share to her annual documenting plans for this project each year on her blog. Her hope is that you'll be encouraged, inspired and empowered to approach telling the story of your week based on your own season of life.

$30.00


Plan, Prep & Play

Plan, Prep & Play is here to help you set yourself up for success as you dive into crafting in the new year. In this class, we are going to explore goal setting and project planning specifically for memory keepers, discussing and applying various techniques that are adaptable to a variety of lifestyles and crafting approaches. You do not need to be a self-proclaimed “Type A” personality to participate in this class; instead, this class is designed to help you find a system of project planning that works for you. We are going to learn techniques and tips for how to select projects, break them down into actionable steps, and celebrate following through on our intentions. Among other things, we are going to tackle craft organization, turning inspiration into projects, and other barriers (such as nonstop scrolling) that crafters face in getting their ideas on paper. While the primary focus of this class is on planning and prepping our projects, this class also includes a lot of opportunities and tips to see those plans come to life. In addition to detailed planning steps, worksheets, and tips, this class includes plenty of project examples and process videos. This class is designed to help you accomplish your crafting goals while having fun, I hope to see you in the classroom!

$30.00


Stories of Hanukkah: Free Trial Lesson

Curious about the content included in Jenny Simon's new Stories of Hanukkah class? We are excited to offer you a sample of some of Jenny's incredible paper-crafting techniques and storytelling inspiration. There is truly something for everyone in Jenny's class with inspiration and instruction that can be used year round in a variety of projects.This free trial lesson includes:2 process videos and overview video giving you an insight into Jenny's creative processHanukkah storytelling inspirationstep-by-step instructions for two interactive layouts

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One Little Word® | 2023

In 2006 Ali began the tradition of choosing one word for herself each January – a word she could focus on + get curious about as she went about her daily life over the course of a year. Her words have included play, peace, vitality, nurture, story, light, up, open, thrive, give, whole, connect, space, habit, less, heart, pause, and joy (2023). Each word has become an individual thread that weaves together stories of her life. They’ve been imbedded into who she is + into who she is becoming. They’ve helped her to breathe deeper, to see clearer, to embrace mistakes, and to grow.At the end of 2019 Ali felt moved to change the way she was running this workshop and invited a group of people to join her in co-leading this adventure. Her goal was to bring in other voices, perspectives, and life experiences and to make it more about the wonderful, wholehearted community that comes together around this project. Each monthly prompt (available on the first of each month) is designed to invite you back into conversation with your word. Some are writing exercises, some are crafty adventures, some are rooted in photography. Our goal is simply to help you stay connected to your word throughout the year in a way that is meaningful to you and your season of life. Some of the lenses we've used in the past to be in conversation with our words include: vision, adventure, practice, small wins, beginning again, reflection, etc. In 2022 we added a live monthly Zoom call where we connect to share ideas, reflections and stories related to the monthly prompt. This has become a much-loved way to come together to learn from one another, to listen, to share our successes + our struggles, and to cheer each other on as we walk with our individual words.Our team believes in the power of documentation + the power of words to make a difference in our lives. You are invited to come get curious about your chosen word alongside us as we journey together in 2023.Interested in seeing what a completed One Little Word® project might look like? Check out Ali's walkthrough video of her albums from 2011 through 2017 here. Please note that we will not be offering Monday Messages in 2023. 

$50.00


Stories of Hanukkah

Stories of Hanukkah is all about fun ways to document Hanukkah. We will explore several different approaches on how to include Hanukkah in your memory keeping and dive into some really fun interactive techniques to tell your stories. We will be working step by step through several pop-up pages, creating Hanukkah papers with mixed media, and making Hanukkah layouts using items from the December Daily® shop. This class is for anyone who wants to find fun ways to document your Hanukkah stories and learn some awesome techniques that can be used year round!

$20.00


Stories of this Season | Fall/Autumn

A new season is upon us, and this year we are excited to offer a new self-paced class that celebrates Autumn and all of the awesome things this season has to offer. From holiday festivities, to special family traditions, to the beauty of nature, this time of year provides us with so much storytelling inspiration.Stories of the Season | Fall/Autumn is centered around the themes of Gratitude, Fall Activities, and Halloween with two lessons for each theme. Our talented contributors will be sharing a combination of story ideas and creative techniques in a variety of formats with the goal to encourage and inspire your fall storytelling. 

$20.00


Create With Canva

If you have ever struggled to learn Photoshop or the host of other apps and programs to work digital products, this class is for you! Join guest instructor Kim Hurst as she guides you through tutorials for hybrid memory-keeping exclusively using Canva design software.In this recorded, self-paced workshop, Kim will introduce you to the technology of Canva, a free, design anywhere, graphic design platform that is filled with powerful tools for memory keepers. Learn how to organize your digital files, print your photos, and work with all types of digital elements to create hybrid projects that unleash your creativity.Note: The lessons and tutorials in this workshop feature the December Daily® 2021 Collection digital products, however the techniques that Kim demonstrates will work with any of our digital memory-keeping products. Whether you consider yourself a beginner or a seasoned digital pro, this workshop is packed with information that will have you embracing Canva and changing the way you think about hybrid memory-keeping.

$15.00 $7.50


The Magic of Moments

As memory keepers, we have a vast array of tools at our disposal, each designed specifically to help us tell the story of our lives. Among those tools, there are very few that are as powerful, or as personal, as photographs. The Magic of Moments is a photography class built around the simple idea that you have the most intimate access to your life and the people in it—take the pictures no one else can. Throughout the course of the workshop, Lisa Varshine will guide you through the process of finding your unique photography voice, capturing authentic moments, making intentional creative choices, and editing photos to further enhance their storytelling aspect. Someone wise once said, “Life is not measured in time. It is measured in moments.” This class will help you move beyond snapshots to artfully capturing the moments of your life, from the ordinary to the extraordinary.

$20.00


Lens of Joy (Self Paced)

Designed with the storyteller in mind, Lens Of Joy is a photography workshop that takes a deep dive into processes related to capturing life through the lens of your camera. Ali Edwards will walk you through her personal workflow from picking up the camera, looking through the lens, establishing the story, experiencing the moment, composing, uploading, organizing, editing, printing and pairing the end result with words to tell a more complete story. Over the course of the workshop you'll encounter 11 different lessons with over 8 hours of presentation/video content.  Here's a look at each lesson: ONE | The Art Of Seeing // Photo Vision: Your Photo Story, The Reason Why, Photo Mantra TWO | Composition & Design // Photo Voice and Ali's Around The House Shooting Style THREE | Photo Workflow: Uploading & Organization, Choosing, Editing, PrintingFOUR | Storytelling With Photos: Self-Portraits, Bringing It All Together, Storytelling With Photos In Project Life®  Please note that this is a self paced class. All workshop lessons and content will be available to you upon purchase for you to tackle at your own pace. 

$49.00


Travel Mini-Class | Bundle

Need some inspiration for getting your travel stories told? From planning and organization to creative ideas for using products, our Travel Mini-Classes will provide you with tips and techniques to help you create your own travel album. These mini-classes are self-paced which means that all of the lesson content will be available on June 29th and you can work through the content at your own pace.Our Travel Class Bundle includes these self-paced mini-classes: 10x8 Album Mini Class by Morgan Beal | In her class, Morgan is sharing tips, tricks, and inspiration for completing your own travel album. Topics include album structure + organization, incorporating travel ephemera, and innovative ideas for integrating digital and physical products.6x8 Album Mini Class by Neela Nalam | Throughout her class, Neela is providing tips and tricks for completing a travel album from start to finish. Topics include collecting and organizing photos, creating pages inspired by products, using digital alphabets, and incorporating memorabilia collected during the trip.4x4 Album Mini Class by Elizabeth Heinz | In Elizabeth's class you'll get creative ideas to document your travel stories. Topics include planning an album, album construction, and playing with products.Travelers Notebook by Jill Drangsholt | Jill will be using the Traveler's Notebook to document a recent trip to Hawaii. Topics include tips for working in a notebook without making it bulky, getting a headstart on your album while still on your vacation, and how to bring the project together quickly when you return from your trip. Please Note: All of the ideas and pages created for these mini-classes used products from the 2022 Travel Collection, but the ideas and information can be applied to products from previous years and a variety of travel stories.

$40.00


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Travel Mini-Class | Travelers Notebook

Jill will be using the Traveler's Notebook to document a recent trip to Hawaii. She will show us how she prepped the notebook before the trip, what supplies she brought on her trip along with the notebook, how she used the notebook to inspire her photos, her tips for choosing her photos and arranging them in the notebook before even getting home, and how she brought it all together with photos and simple embellishments the week after she got home. You'll be amazed at how many photos she fits in her notebook while keeping it from getting too bulky!

$15.00


Travel Mini-Class | 4x4 Album

In this class, you’ll accompany Elizabeth as she works start-to-finish to complete a 4x4 Buildable Album. Elizabeth will be documenting a trip from 2018 to Universal Studios in Hollywood, California with her son, Joshua. Ride along as she shares tips and techniques using products from the 2022 Travel Collection. Your stops will include planning, construction, play and a complete album walkthrough. After being her passenger, you’ll be inspired to document a trip of your own. Ok, buckle up and let’s GO.

$15.00


Travel Mini-Class | 6x8 Album

In this class Neela will be making a 6x8 album from start to finish using the 2022 Travel Collection. She is documenting her family cruise to Alaska in 2018 and is telling her stories using the gorgeous products from this collection. The pages she will make will be about their little excursions in Alaska, experiences on the ship and time spent with extended family. Join Neela on this journey as she relives her vacation while making this album.

$15.00


Travel Mini-Class | 10x8 Album

Goodbye Polar Vortex, hello sunny Nevada! Join Morgan's mini-class as she documents a 2019 trip to Las Vegas in a 10x8 buildable album. She will be documenting exploring the strip, desert adventures, and meeting Lady Gaga's dogs (true story!) with the Ali Edwards 2022 Travel Collection.

$15.00


Playing With Paper

Playing with Paper is all about playful, creative ways to get crafty with your memory keeping projects! In this class, we're going on a treasure hunt for fun ideas and inspiration that spark our curiosity. We'll turn that spark into a variety of fun projects that include stitching and sewing on paper,  transparencies and vellum, envelopes and pockets, creative cut-outs,  interactive flaps and pull-tabs, and going BIG! This class is for people of all skill levels. Our goal is simply to have fun telling our stories, and to make projects that bring you joy! I hope you'll come out and play!

$30.00


Hello Story 3

It is recommended but not necessary that you have taken the original Hello Story before embarking on Hello Story 3. The new workshop will dive right into content without the "stage-setting" that happened in the original workshop. To purchase a bundle of the original Hello Story + Hello Story 2 go here.  Hello Story 3 features three storytelling structures/techniques that will bring both creativity and clarity to your documenting process: no-photo layouts, cut paper collage, and repetition. Through in-depth explorations of each topic I'll share with you how I use each of the story structures to get the stories of my life told.  Are you ready to discover (or rediscover) the fun that comes from the interplay of design and words? Hello Story 3 will inspire you to take action and give you the tools you need to tell your own stories with confidence. By the end of class, you may even enjoy the storytelling process just as much as you love taking photos and playing with products!First Lesson Update: The first lesson will now go live Tuesday, April 27th instead of Tuesday, April 20.

$39.00


Hello Story 2 (Self-Paced)

One of the most popular workshops I've ever offered has been Hello Story.  It is recommended but not necessary that you have taken the original Hello Story before embarking on Hello Story 2. The new workshop will dive right into content without the "stage-setting" that happened in the original workshop.  To purchase a bundle of the original Hello Story + Hello Story 2 go here.  Hello Story 2 features 3 storytelling structures/techniques that will bring both creativity and clarity to your documenting process: grids, lists, and color.  Through in-depth explorations of each topic I'll share with you how I use each of the story structures to get the stories of my life told.  Are you ready to discover (or rediscover) the fun that comes from the interplay of design and words? Hello Story 2 will inspire you to take action and give you the tools you need to tell your own stories with confidence. By the end of class, you may even enjoy the storytelling process just as much as you love taking photos and playing with products!

$39.00


Hello Story

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What's your story? In this self-paced class you will say hello to a dozen fun strategies for sharing more of your words, and more of yourself, on your scrapbook pages.Hello Story features 12 storytelling techniques that will bring both creativity and clarity to your documenting process.Through more than 60 in-depth videos, 36+ layout examples from Ali designed specially for this workshop (12" x 12" and 8 1/2" x 11" layouts, plus Project Life® inserts), and 12 digital/printable packages, Hello Story will inspire you to take action and give you the tools you need to tell your own stories with confidence.Are you ready to discover (or rediscover) the fun that comes from the interplay of design and words? By the end of class, you may even enjoy the storytelling process just as much as you love taking photos and playing with paint and paper!

$65.00


The Story Of Self

Join Laura Wonsik on a journey of self-exploration to learn more about yourself and your true identity. The Story of the Self is created by a memory keeper for memory keepers with the knowledge that this particular creative outlet is rich with material for this inner work. The class includes lessons in mindfulness, values, self-care, and vulnerability, all of which will help you uncover deeper layers of your story and find your authentic storytelling voice. In this four-week workshop, Laura will guide you through a variety of frameworks to explore your identity from different angles, using different methods, all tied together with the goal of being curious wanderers in the terrain of our identity. The content is aimed at building awareness of your inner and outer worlds in a way that becomes a practice ground for building insight, flexibility, patience and change through the memory keeping process.Laura wholeheartedly believes that if you approach it with a certain perspective and attitude, memory-keeping can improve the quality of your life. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced memory keeper, the ideas in this class can help you reflect on your process in a way that makes it more fun, more peaceful, and more productive.

$30.00


Start To Finish: Travel #02

Join Ali and four Creative Team members as we each create a 3x8 album, a 6x8 album, a 9x12 album, or a travelers notebook using products from the new 2021 Travel Collection.  The goal of this workshop is to inspire you to get your own travel album(s) completed.  If you are looking for a more in-depth discussion about travel documenting including what to think about and do before, during and after travel to tell the kinds of stories you want to tell check out my Stories Of Travel Self-Paced workshop.

$20.00


Stamp Your Story Live | Community Stamp Day

Join Laura Wonsik for a fun interactive full day of stamping in Stamp Your Story Live. This live community day is a great opportunity for the novice or experienced stamper to practice new techniques and put the stamps in your stash to good use. Over the course of 10 hours, Laura will cover the span of stamping skills from basic to advanced with a new lesson each hour. If you want to be challenged to think about stamps in a new way and unlock the creative potential within you and your stash of stamps then you don't want to miss this event!The classroom will open at 7:30am Pacific with the first live video happening at 8:00am Pacific. The last live video will be posted at 5pm Pacific.At the top of each hour Laura or a guest will introduce the topic for the hour. Some content will be presented live (and recorded for future viewing) and other content will be recorded + presented during that hour. 8am PT : Intro / The Technical Stuff9am PT : Using Color in Stamping 10am PT : Stamping Techniques 11am PT : Alphabet + Number Stamps12pm PT : Building Patterns + Layering Stamps  1pm PT : Hybrid Stamping2pm PT : Same Set Different Way | Laura3pm PT :  Same Set Different Way | Guest Barbara Picinich4pm PT : Same Set Different Way | Guest Ali Edwards5pm PT : Discussion/Wrap Up/Q&AEach topic will have it's own Lesson within the Classroom. Inside each lesson you'll find the video, a challenge, and a spot for conversation in the comments section of the lesson. Live chat will be available for anyone who wants to converse back and forth during the live event.

$5.00


Week In The Life™ 2021 Prep Day

Join the Week In The Life™ community for a fun online prep day on Saturday, May 8th. Use this opportunity to finish past Week In The Life™ or Day In The Life™ projects or begin brainstorming ideas you might want to implement in your 2021 project (I'll be documenting my week starting Monday, May 10th). The classroom will open at 6:30am Pacific with the first live video happening at 7:00am Pacific. The last live video will be posted at 2pm Pacific At the top of each hour Ali or a guest will introduce the topic for the hour. Some content will be presented live (and recorded for future viewing) and other content will be recorded + presented during that hour. The goal is to give you a some fun ideas + things to think about + action to take on finishing up past projects or getting ready for Week In The Life 2021.  7am Pacific: Welcome + Ali's Foundation Page Process/Approach for 2021 8am Pacific: Jess Forster | Week In The Life Process + Tips 9am Pacific: Product Play #1 With Ali  10am Pacific: Creative Team Roundtable Discussion (also known as "Story Chat") 11am Pacific: Product Play #2 With Ali  12pm Pacific: Lisa Varshine | Week In The Life Photography 1pm Pacific: Looking Back + Lessons Learned From Ali  2pm Pacific: Q & A with Ali and Lisa/ Wrap Up  Each topic will have it's own Lesson within the Classroom. Inside each lesson you'll find the video, a free download, a challenge, and a spot for conversation in the comments section of the lesson. Live chat will be available for anyone who wants to converse back and forth during the live event.

$5.00


Hybrid All Year Round

Join Jennie Rey in her class Hybrid: All Year Round as she shares her creative process for combining digital & physical memory keeping products together in large variety of ways via her computer.  During the course of this workshop, Jennie will be sharing fun ways to play with your digital memory keeping products as well as how to bring them to life in paper + printed projects. Each lesson will include projects that feature both a seasonal and a non seasonal example of stories created using themed digital products.  All of Jennie's lessons will be rooted in story and the examples she provides will demonstrate how versatile digital products can be in helping you get your stories told. Jennie will showing you a variety of fun and creative ideas spread out over 4 main topics: Go Big!Change it up!Backgrounds & Templates So Much More Please Note: This workshop is not meant as an in depth Photoshop tutorial workshop, but will show the steps that Jennie takes in Photoshop to make physical (6x8) pages using digital memory keeping products.

$30.00


Firsts: Free Trial Classroom

Curious about what the class content looks like each month in our Story Kit, Story Stamp, and Story Class subscriptions? This class offers an introduction to our monthly class content by simply sharing a look at the whole thing. This class is perfect for anyone who is new to the community or anyone who has been curious about the education component to the Story subscriptions. Please Note: No physical products are included with this class but we have added the Firsts Digital Story Kit to the classroom for you to use to support your stories. Please note that the Digital Story Kit is not included with the physical Story Kit or Story Stamp subscriptions but it is included with the Story Class subscription. Class Includes:    Process video + overview video talking about the prompt (current classrooms available via subscription now include four individual process videos each month - when we first started there was just one)Two Guest Storyteller lessonsPDF with story ideas + step by stepsFirsts Digital Story Kit

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Empty Nest + New Stories

Join photographer, empty-nester, and creative team member Kelly Ishmael as she helps you to identify, explore, and challenge the stories you are telling yourself about this transition and new season of your life.  In this four-week workshop, Kelly will share personal stories of her empty-nest transition along with heartening insights to inspire and encourage you in your journey. Each lesson will include an instructional video, specific journaling prompts, a PDF download, and a process video all designed to walk you through the process of documenting your empty-nest transition. (See the Class Schedule for more information on class content.) In addition, you will have access to the support and encouragement of the Empty Nest + New Stories community as well as to Kelly, who will be available to answer questions and provide guidance on the lesson content.   This transition in a parent’s life is often accompanied by feelings of sadness, loneliness, anxiety, or loss of purpose. The goal for this workshop is to help you to acknowledge your feelings + emotions, to encourage you to be brave and ask yourself the hard questions, and to inspire you to embrace and enjoy this new chapter of your life.

$30.00


Start To Finish: Travel #01

Join Ali and four Creative Team members - Morgan Beal, Laura Wonsik, Tazhiana Gordon, and Pam Baldwin - as we each create a 3x8 or 6x8 travel album using products from the new 2020 Travel Collection. The goal of this workshop is to inspire you to get your own travel album(s) completed.  Please Note: We have renamed this workshop for 2020 to reflect that the focus is on completing albums vs. product play. We will still offer a Product Play workshop for December Daily® as we find that project lends itself more to playing with products.  If you are looking for a more in-depth discussion about travel documenting including what to think about and do before, during and after travel to tell the kinds of stories you want to tell check out my Stories Of Travel Self-Paced workshop.

$20.00


Week In The Life™ 2020 Prep Day

Join the Week In The Life™ community for a fun online prep day on Saturday, May 9th. Use this opportunity to finish past Week In The Life™ or Day In The Life™ projects or begin brainstorming ideas you might want to implement in your 2020 project (I'll be documenting my week starting Monday, May 11th). The classroom will open at 8:30am Pacific with the first live video happening at 9am Pacific. The last live video will be posted at 4pm Pacific. At the top of each hour Ali will be live from her office (these will be recorded + available for viewing later) chatting about a specific topic related to this project for 10-15 minutes. The goal is to give you a few ideas and then send you off to work on your own projects, clean up, prep, etc. 9am Pacific: Welcome + Reason Why10am Pacific: Make A Plan For Documenting Your Week11am Pacific: Product Play #1Noon Pacific: Telling Your Story With Words1pm Pacific: Telling Your Stories With Photos 2pm Pacific: Product Play #23pm Pacific: Bringing It All Together In An Album4pm Pacific: Wrap UpEach topic will have it's own Lesson within the Classroom. Inside each lesson you'll find the live video, a free download, a challenge, and a spot for conversation in the comments section of the lesson. Live chat will be available for anyone who wants to converse back and forth during the live event.

$5.00


Hybrid Product Play

Hybrid scrapbooking pairs printed digital products such embellishments, brushes + layered templates from your computer with traditional scrapbooking products. Hybrid Product Play is designed to build upon + reinforce the skills introduced in the original Hybrid workshop. Please note that the original Hybrid workshop is strongly recommended but not required before embarking on Hybrid Product Play. If you are an absolute beginner please consider taking the original workshop before this one. Right now you can sign up for the original Hybrid workshop for 30% off using the code: HYBRID30  In this workshop we will focus on playing + experimenting with three specific digital product categories to help get our stories told:  Lesson One: Digital Journal Cards Lesson Two: Digital Stamps Lesson Three: Digital Embellishments Included in the cost of the workshop is a full digital package of products, similar to what is offered in my  Digital Story Kits™/Story Class subscription (journal cards, brushes, papers and embellishments - valued at $19.99). Additional digital items will be made available as they make sense for specific lessons (these will be made available later in the class).  As always, Ali's projects and ideas will be rooted in stories and her examples will be showing how the products can best support the stories you want to tell.

$20.00


Hello Story 1 & 2 Class Bundle

This is a bundle of Hello Story and Hello Story 2. Hello Story features 12 storytelling techniques that will bring both creativity and clarity to your documenting process. Hello Story 2 builds on the original content and features 3 storytelling structures/techniques: grids, lists, and color.  When you purchase this bundle you will have immediate access to all the content in the original Hello Story Workshop. Hello Story 2 will begin on March 12th.  If you've already taken the original Hello Story workshop you'll want to purchase Hello Story 2.

$72.00


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The Family Resilience Handbook

In this workshop, we will dive deep into the stories of family resilience. Specifically, we will create a 6 x 8 album of how your family and its members have bounced back from various life challenges to move forward. Through four focused lessons, we will reflect on and describe your own family's history, establish your family's personal motto, and document family resilience through family interviews. Here is a look at each lesson: ONE | Family Defined // Who do you consider to be a part of your family? What activities connect you and your family members?TWO | Resilience Timeline // What is resiliency? How have specific life events impacted who your family today?THREE | Family Motto // What are your core family values + strengths that make up your family brand? What words best describe your family?FOUR | Family Interviews // How do family members encourage everyday resilience right now?

$30.00


Travel Product Play 2

Join me and four of my Creative Team members - Ingunn Markiewicz, Amy Gretchen, Jen Schow and Jenny Theriault - as we each create a 3x8 or 6x8 travel album using products from the new 2019 Travel Collection. No matter whether your trip is near or far, from last week or many years ago, the new 2019 Travel Collection products can be used to help get your travel stories told. In this workshop focus will be on ideas for using the products included in the Main Travel Kit to document our adventures in a 3x8 or 6x8 album.If you are looking for a more in-depth discussion about travel documenting including what to think about and do before, during and after travel to tell the kinds of stories you want to tell check out my Stories Of Travel Self-Paced workshop.

$20.00


Stories of Travel (Self Paced)

Stories Of Travel is a five-lesson workshop, featuring over 7.5 hours of video content, focusing on universal ideas for telling the stories of your travels. My main goal with this workshop is to dive into the topic with you and take a closer look at different ways you can get the stories of your travels completed. Travel means different things for different people and the processes I'll share with you will take that into consideration. The three lessons of content will be broken down into the following categories: (1) before travel, (2) during travel, and (3) after travel. In addition I'll share video walkthroughs of all my completed travel projects along with a walkthrough of some of the ones I haven't completed with details about how I'm organizing them and making plans to "deal" with them. Join me for another in-depth story-centered workshop to grow your memory keeping skills.Upon signing up all lessons will be available to you and you can work through the content at your own pace.  If you are looking for a workshop more focused on photography I recommend checking out Lens Of Joy. 

$49.00


Travel Product Play

Join me and four of my Creative Team members - Ingunn Markiewicz, Amy Gretchen, Lisa Varshine, and Pam Baldwin - as we each create a 3x8 travel album using products from the new Travel Collection. No matter whether your trip is near or far, from last week or many years ago, the new Travel Collection products can be used to help get your travel stories told. In this workshop focus will be on ideas for using the products included in the Main Travel Kit to document our adventures in a 3x8 album. 

$20.00


Scrapbook On The Road

Back from the archives is an old favorite: Scrapbook On The Road. This is a self-paced, technique-based workshop that will walk you through the steps of creating a minibook to use to tell your stories while you are traveling. No new content has been added to this workshop but the general idea + process of putting together a minibook before you venture out on a trip is remains valuable. You will have immediate access to all the content as soon as you sign up.

$10.00


Project Class Bundle

FOR A LIMITED TIME, USE CODE LEARNMORE AT CHECKOUT TO GET THIS CLASS BUNDLE FOR FREE.Join Ali for four separate project classes as she walks you through the processes of putting together four fun mini albums. This workshop bundle includes:Day In The Life | Create a 4x4 Day In The Life™ mini album that documents and celebrates one single 24 hour period in your life. Love You Because | When was the last time you wrote out the many reasons, from silly to serious, why you love someone?  This mini album class (using a 6x8 horizontal album) will take you through the process of documenting those reasons why. I am Tag Book | As memory keepers, many of us focus on telling the stories of other people in our lives first and foremost. It’s time to get yourself in the story. Through the creation of a 4x8 tag book you will artistically explore who you are right now using “I am” statements and fun mixed media tags. Book Of Joy | Create a simple, fun mini book that documents and celebrates the people and things that bring you the most joy in your life. When you purchase this bundle each workshop will be added to your My Classes section.

$30.00


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Type (Self Paced)

Join Ali Edwards for an in depth investigation into working with type in memory keeping projects. The focus in this workshop is on finding fun ways to incorporate and emphasize type (letter stickers, letter stamps, fonts, and handwriting) to get your stories told. Watch the video to the left and check out the lesson breakdown below for a look at the specific topics covered.Please note that this is a self paced class. All lessons and content will be available to you upon purchase. 

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Hybrid (Self Paced)

Join Ali Edwards for a fun, creative online workshop focused on the basics of hybrid scrapbooking. Hybrid scrapbooking pairs printed digital products such embellishments, brushes + layered templates from your computer with traditional scrapbooking products. Over the four weeks Ali will walk you through her favorite ways to use printed digital products to get more of your stories told. My goal is to walk you through the steps of making digital products a part of your regular memory keeping process. That might mean simply printing a digital embellishment or journal card or it might mean starting your entire layout on the computer and then printing it out and adding physical embellishments on top.  Examples of techniques will include both past projects and new ones centered on showing how to work with specific kinds of digital products. Video tutorials will be all new using Photoshop Elements 14 or Photoshop (depending on the project). When applicable Ali will also show how to use the digital products in Word. Please know that this is NOT a workshop that will teach you all the ins and outs of either Photoshop program. This workshop, as with all of Ali's workshops, will focus on the ways in which she uses her computer and digital products vs. exploring every available technique and option. Included in the cost of the workshop is a full digital package of products, similar to what is offered in my Digital Story Kits™  (journal cards, brushes, and embellishments - valued at $19.99), and a sample layered templates and additional digital items as they make sense for specific lessons (these will be made available later in the class). This workshop will be especially helpful for people who are subscribers to my Digital Story Kit™ and have been wondering how to make the most of their subscription.  As always, even with a focus on working with and printing digital products, Ali's projects and ideas will be rooted in stories and her examples will be showing how the products can best support the stories you want to tell. PLEASE NOTE | This is a self paced class. All lessons will be available to you upon purchase.  Recommended class supplies listed here are not needed for the workshop - they are simply some of Ali's personal favorites. 

$49.00


Storytelling With Project Life®

Since 2010 I've been loving the process of documenting my life via the pocket scrapbooking method known as Project Life®. I loved it in the beginning and I still love it today. Storytelling with Project Life® is designed to get you in the mood for telling the stories of your life one pocket at a time. Please note that this is a self paced class. All classroom content will be available upon purchase. Here's a look at what we'll be covering in this 4-lesson adventure:Lesson One | A look back at all my past Project Life® albums with individual video walk-throughs. The take-away from this lesson is the opportunity to learn from the past and reflect on what's worked and what's not worked to create a plan for right now.Lesson Two | Process exploration. Setting expectations, creating a plan for yourself (key word here being "YOU") and setting yourself up for success by establishing a storytelling mindset. This content will be specific to telling stories in Project Life®. Lesson Three | Specific storytelling ideas, encouragement, and inspiration to spark stories. Lesson Four | Working with products in Project Life®. A couple things to note: For the last six years I've shared all many of my Project Life® spreads on my blog. Content included in this workshop will come from my experience all those past years. As always, the content in the workshop will be my take on this style of memory keeping (weekly Project Life® spreads). We might not have lives the look even remotely similar but the content is more about embracing and documenting your own story vs. me telling you to do it my way. The content in this workshop will be different from Storytelling With December Daily® even though it follows a similar structure. Some ideas may overlap, because, well, it's all about storytelling - but this workshop is completely focused on the Project Life® approach and style.    Project Life® is a registered trademark of Becky Higgins LLC and is used with permission.

$30.00


31 Things Class Bundle

Join Ali for two workshops that each feature 31 different prompts for telling for the story of your life. This class bundle includes: 31 Things | Self-paced. See full details here. 31 More Things | Self-paced. See full details here. 

$50.00


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31 More Things

Let's tell stories together. 31 More Things is a follow-up to my popular 31 Things workshop that originally ran a few years ago and is now available as a self-paced class or can be purchased via a bundle with 31 More Things here. This workshop includes a collection of 31 prompts - available to you as soon as your sign up - that invite you to tell stories about your life via a single word as a jumping off point. The emphasis in this class is on simply practicing your storytelling skills using some of my favorite techniques and getting over your fears of putting words on the page. Some of the single-word prompts include: home, passion, color, cook, paper, mess, etc. I'll be combining these stories in my original 31 Things 12 inch x 12 inch album. Each story will have a home on a 6 inch x 12 inch page (templates provided in class for either full digital scrapbooking or for writing and printing via journal templates sized to fit) and you can choose to add two together to create a full 12 inch x 12 inch page (that's my plan as you'll see below). You also have the option of simply use the prompts as jumping off points for blog posts, personal journaling, Project Life® inserts, etc.The original 31 Things workshop is recommended but not required before taking this class. Check out a bundle option here if you are interested in taking both workshops. Please note that main handout and the video tutorials on how to work with the journaling and layered templates will be the same or similar to the original 31 Things workshop since this is essentially a continuation of the first workshop. There will be an updated Presentation as well as updated digital files to reflect the new prompts. 

$31.00


Book of Joy Project Class

Join Ali in creating a simple, fun mini book that documents and celebrates the people and things that bring you the most joy in your life.

$9.99


I Am Tag Book Project Class

I Am Tag Book is a playful, fun exercise in painting, misting, embracing imperfection and reflecting on where you are in your life right now. As memory keepers, many of us focus on telling the stories of other people in our lives first and foremost. This simple tag book is an awesome opportunity to get yourself in the story or continuing telling your own story. Join me for an artistic exploration into who we are right now using “I am” statements and fun mixed media tags.

$9.99


Love You Because Project Class

with AliEdwards

When was the last time you wrote out the many reasons, from silly to serious, why you love someone? Join Ali Edwards for Love You Because as she takes you through the process of creating a 6x9 canvas album to hold those reasons why.

$9.99


Day in the Life™ Project Class

with AliEdwards

Join Ali for this self-paced mini class as she walks you through the process of creating a 4x4 Day In The Life™ album that documents and celebrates one single day from the time you get up to the time you go to bed.This workshop picks up at the point where you have taken your photos over the course of a day and are wondering what to do next. Please note: This workshop includes a re-do of a 4x4 album I shared on my blog in 2014. It was re-created to make it applicable for an in-person workshop. In addition to the updated 2014 album images included in the handout, I took my 2015 Day In The Life™ content and recorded myself putting the album together which became the process video (images are also included in the handout). 

$9.99


31 Things

with AliEdwards

Say hello again to 31 Things - an invitation to "see into the life of things.”This self-paced workshop includes a collection of 31 prompts that invite you to document some"thing" about your life right now via a single photo and words. Some of the topics include: jewelry, conversation, technology, shoes, think, chores, and smell. Gather your photo and words for each prompt into a 12x12 album (using the templates and tutorials provided in the workshop) or simply use the prompts as jumping off points for blog posts, personal journaling, etc. Already taken this workshop? Check out 31 More Things here. 

$25.00


Yesterday & Today (Self Paced)

with AliEdwards

The goal of Yesterday & Today is to help you meaningfully document and celebrate life by looking to the past before approaching the stories of today. The benefit of looking to the past is that we gain perspective. We see things differently after developing an awareness of what we know and what we wished we knew. Looking back, even if we're just viewing old photos of people we don't know, can change the way we approach the photos we take and the stories we tell today.Topics this workshop addresses:  Where do you begin creating with photos from generations past? What do you wish you knew about your parents when they were growing up? How do you document the challenging times in your life? How do you create layouts that tell special stories when you don't have any photos? What are the lessons of your life so far?

$30.00


Week In The Life™ Community

Join me in the Free Week In The Life™ community message board and gallery. Please note: this is not a class and you will not be receiving any class materials. This is simply a place to connect with other memory keepers who are participating in the documenting a week in their lives. Please follow along on my blog as I share my daily words and photos and then my process of putting my album together after the week of documentation is over. 

Free