2023 Subscription Updates | This is Going To Be Fun
We are excited to reveal new changes to our Stories By The Month™ subscription and provide important pricing updates as we prepare for an incredible year of storytelling in 2023. Read below for a full overview of what you can expect on December 10th, 2022 and beyond.
Get ready for the official launch of our newest subscription, Inspiration By The Month™, coming on December 10th. This online class subscription will include the digital version of Stories By The Month™ and inspirational lessons using both the physical and digital kit by members of the Ali Edwards community.
We’re excited to welcome Lisa Varshine, Krystal Idunate, and Jen Wong as contributors for this class. Each of them will be sharing their projects and process videos. We will be looking for opportunities to invite other community members to contribute in 2023!
Inspiration By The Month™ will be replacing the digital Stories By The Month Subscription™. If you are a current digital Stories By The Month™ subscriber, your subscription will roll over to Inspiration By The Month™ automatically and the price will remain the same at $9.99 per month.
We’re also excited to announce that all physical Stories By The Month™ kit subscribers will be given access to the Inspiration By The Month™ class content as part of your subscription. Physical Stories By The Month kit subscribers will still have the opportunity to add on the digital Stories By There Month kit to their orders for $5 during the add on period.
Stories By The Month™ Exciting updates are coming to the Stories By The Month™ kit product assortment, based on subscriber survey responses and feedback. You can still expect to see a similar collection of products as before, but you will now notice 6x8 papers/vellum and a variety of embellishments.
As a physical kit subscriber your subscription now includes access to the Inspiration By The Month™class content.
Here's a video walkthrough from Ali:
You can view this video with captions by watching in on Vimeo here.
Important Updates
Stories By The Month™ and Story Kit™ prices will be increasing by $2 beginning on December 10th at reveal. Our Customer Service team is happy to help with any questions or concerns. Please reach out by December 6th to make any changes to your subscription.
Stories By The Month™
- 12-Month Commitment: $15.99
- 6-Month Commitment: $17.99
- Month-To-Month Commitment: $19.99
Story Kit™
- 12-Month Commitment: $21.99
- 6-Month Commitment: $23.99
- Month-To-Month Commitment: $26.99
All other subscriptions will not be increasing at this time.
Hi Ali, I understand the need/want for change. It's been fun to see your style evolve so much, especially in the past few years. My Project Life album for 2022 looks amazing and it's all because of the beautifully designed SBTM kits this year. I absolutely love the way my album looks. You knocked it out of the park with this years designs. It's quite shocking for me to see such a big change to this kit (as of now with the changes, this isn't the kit I subscribed to) and I feel like you are pushing me towards the 6x8 size for my PL album but I am happy with my 9x12 size and I don't feel the need to change it. Especially by adding in those specifically sized papers. This now feels like a mini Story Kit. I love the Story Kit but I don't need a second, mini one. I appreciate that you are telling me I can make PL sized cards with the included stamp and embellishments but I choose to subscribe to a kit so I don't have to make them myself. Suggesting that I can cut down the papers to fit PL pockets, again, I subscribe to a kit so I don't have to make these things myself. I love that you shine light on other creative people to inspire your customers but you are my favorite person to get inspiration and ideas from. Knowing that you may be in and out of the classroom for this is disappointing but on the other side of that, I completely understand you can't do it all. I promise I am saying all of this with much love and respect. Just want you to know a long time customers honest opinion <3 FYI: I use 6x8 and 12x12 for my Story Kit scrapbooking. I use 9x12 for my Project Life. I still love doing Project Life in my 9x12 and I also make traditional 12x12 sized layouts.
So well said! I feel exactly the same. You said exactly what I was feeling and struggling to process when I saw the news today. So bummed! And beyond different from the kit/purpose I subscribed to SBTM for. Still going to try to make it work. This years SBTM were my absolute favorite.
Genuinely appreciate the feedback! Thank you for sharing it here!
I feel exactly the same way...I've been a subscriber for all kits since the very beginning and the only way I keep up my PL is because of the ease of the current SBTM kit: pop the cards in, pop in photos, journal, and it is done. The activation energy to cut and fuss with papers and stamps to make my own 3x4 cards may push me out of the subscription, which would make me very sad. I will try the new kit, but I just wanted to let you know that all subscribers are not thrilled with this change.
I’m with you. 2022’s kits were the best ever - by a mile. It’s such a bummer that just as things were really peaking, now it’s changing.
With you 100%, in 2022 I moved to scrapbooking in a12x9 format which I love, the changes are so disappointing, as you say last years kits were fabulous and my album looks great too. Most of the 6x8 papered won’t cut down and because of the way the titles are used neither can the 3x8. In such a quandary of what to do next, love Ali’s designs but this kit just doesn’t work for me😢
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Cool. The change up looks fun.
Thank you!
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Thank you so much for the updated supplies and the inspirational classes. I had been considering, after many years of keeping a PL book, first 12x12 then 9x 12 for the last several years, of stopping. The paper, vellum and embellishments as well as the addition of the class content have made me decide to keep going. I always kind of wished for the classes, as were included in your other monthly kit. I appreciated the survey and love the responsive results. I also subscribe to the scrapbook kit and have really been inspired when you have added your ideas on how to use it. The different sized papers in that as well as the wonderful embellishments allow me to use them in PL as well as other projects. Thank you again.
Thank you!
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Can't wait to get my hands on this! 💃✂️🕺🏻
It's so fun!
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I know this was mostly about the change from SBTM to IBTM, but I noticed at the end there is a price increase to the Story Kits as well… Does the $2 price increase to the Story Kit apply to existing subscribers? Are there any changes on the horizon for it?
Hi - yes, the price increase on Story Kits is for all subscribers. No changes at this time to that kit.
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Excited to see these changes...Question for the stamp kit subscribers. Any changes being made there? I deeply appreciate the addition of Laura's inspiration, but I'd really love to see a LOT more with the rest of the kit stamps. I keep waffling on whether I should continue my subscription that I have had from the very beginning because I see that I am not using them in a way that I can justify spending the $$$ for them.
No changes specifically being made to the Story Stamp at this time! Thanks for the feedback!
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Looking forward to the new changes in my subscription. I was thinking of changing my memory documenting for 2023 this came at a great time for me.
Great!
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As a strictly digital scrapper what is the price for the digital package & Inspiration please?
$9.99
I'm strictly digital, too. It is $9.99/month for Inspiration By The Month, but you only get the Digital SBTM kit with that. If you want the Digital Story Kit, you have to also subscribe to the Story Class, which is an additional $19.99/month.
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Is there a way to add the $5 SBTM digital automatically to the subscriptions?
Unfortunately there isn't at this point - the team is investigating!
Thank you. Part of the issue is that we (or I) no longer get the add-on reminder emails and I have had several conversations about this, but to no avail. It would be nice if those emails would resume because I often don't remember the date (retired) and forget about the change from the 13th to the 10th. :)
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Yes, I mean a discount if you subscribe to all the kits. I'm considering subbing to the SBTM kit for the first time, I love this so much! I don't use pocket cards and have hundreds so I was never interested until now.
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So disappointed with the changes, I just started 9 x 12 scrapbooking in 2022 and loved the freedom the extra size gave me after scrapping 6 x 8 for many years. Was there any consultation or opinion gathering with your customers before making such drastic changes. Loved the kits last year but not going to be able to use half the stuff used in the new kits. Will seriously have to consider cancelling which breaks my heart after so many years using your kits but cannot justify the extra cost for something that does not work for me. ☹️
Apparently there was a survey but I wasn’t asked! Lol. I’m sitting with you on the “disappointed bench.” I really loved the 2022 SBTM kits. I also get story kits in spite of the larger papers that I can’t really use or have to alter and then sometimes can use. But now to have to alter for SBTM month as well is disappointing. I think it would have been a fun idea to keep SBTM as is and one of the ad ons each month could have been coordinating 6x8 and 3x8 papers for those that want that. I do like the addition of the class content and the change up to the stamp- love the numbers and would love to see more icons of things/shapes - just a mix up from the story/moments/details prompts (which are great but at some point we have enough). Thank you for the beautiful kits even if some of us (me) are a bit grumpy about it, :) you can’t please everyone and I see you trying to do the best for the community.
I really like Julie's idea of making the 6x8 & 3x8 papers as an add on!
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I am going to miss the quote cards. I always love them and include them in my album every month, sometimes I wonder how you find so many good ones! Also would love more 4x6 and 3x4 cards, maybe extra cards as an add-on? I use the SBTM kit specifically for my pocket page albums 12x12 and 9 x12. Thank you for keeping me creative!
I agree completely. Is it possible to have the additional cards as an add-on? At least digital, at first, since I know it would be impossible to get cards available for the next month's kit. That would be so helpful.
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You had me at Vellum ☺️
Yeah, I'm a fan!
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I am hoping that at some point there will be some sort of plastic/kraft envelope holder for the 6x8 papers. I subscribe to both kits and the scrapbooking kits plus the extra kits (December Daily, Travel, etc) so there's a lot of 6x8 papers throughout the year. It would be great to have a way to store them and keep them protected from dust, bending, etc. Something similar to the plastic pouches the Story Kits used to come in. This could be an add on item or an Evergreen item so we could purchase as many as we need.
Thank you for this suggestion! Passing it on to the team!
I second this suggestion. I've been using the plastic bags that the add on's are sometimes delivered in, but I would prefer something sturdier. Perhaps like the brown one for DD papers, only smaller? And ability to buy multiple.
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I’m really disappointed with the changes to this kit. I use this kit specifically for project life inside the page protectors. Now I’m going to pay more money for less usable product. I know you can cut down the pages or stamp and make your own journaling cards, but I would rather just be able to slip the cards into the pockets and be done.
Thank you for the feedback!
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Wow! This is so exciting I have been adding the digital stories by the month kit to my story kit subscription (although I'm yet to use them - my storytelling mojo got lost this year). I am so excited by the look of the January 2023 products and having a class to provide inspiration. Thank you for all that you and your team do for memory keeping and inspiration! Love being part of this community.
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Vellum pieces also coming to the story kit? Would love that! *hearteyes
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I am super excited to see these changes!! This makes me want to try documenting the month in the 6x8 format...Excited to begin 2023 documenting!!
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Is there a change to the digital subscription for Inspiration for the Month to no longer have access to the digital Storykit as an additional add-on option? It appears to be an option for the Physical Kit for the Storykit but not Inspiraiton by the Month. In the past this was an option for the Digital Stories by the Month Subscription.
Correct, we're out in the cold :( You have to sign up for a subscription now if you want the new version of the Stories now Inspiration. Unfortunately, not worth the additional costs for me so I'm out. At least the change happened at the end of the year and not in the middle!
From the large amount of conversation here in the comments I would recommend that this might need a separate blog post and Facebook announcement. I think that there are many who would add the additional kits as an add on and this change has come as a surprise
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I love the new designs, but I am very frustrated as a digital-only scrapbooker. I previously subscribed to Digital Stories By The Month, which rolled into the new Inspiration By The Month subscription, so I will continue getting the Digital SBTM kits through that. That's fine. HOWEVER, I can no longer get the Digital Story Kit as an add-on. Now I have to subscribe to the Story Class also. So, basically, to get what I was getting for $20/month (~$10 for the Digital SBTM subscription + $10 for the Digital Story Kit as an add-on) will now cost me $30/month (~$10 for the Inspiration BTM subscription plus $20 for the Story Class). I appreciate that Ali includes class content, but I don't use it. I only want the digital kits. $30/month is a 50% increase in price, and I think that's too much.
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Super Ali and Team
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