Christmas Art Journal.
Tags:Feeling a bit better today - thanks for all the kind thoughts.
One of my favorite parts about the holidays last year was participating in Shimelle's Christmas Art Journal Class. Even though I didn't finish it last year, I love how it connected me daily to the holiday season in an artful and reflective way. I love that it gave me something to focus on and pushed me to try new things.
Here is one sample page I completed last year:
The rest of my pages from last year are located in my Art Journal folder to the right.
I highly recommend this experience. No pressure. Just good prompts and lots of sharing with others on the same journey. Not sure yet if I am going to have a chance to participate this year - December is shaping up to be pretty busy for us with a couple weekend workshops, a vacation, and hopefully a move into a new house. If my new house gets decorated I will consider that a huge accomplishment.
AND...if you leave a comment on here between now and 5pm Pacific today (my time) you will be entered into a drawing to take the class for free. Shimelle gave me two spots to give away - so make sure to leave your name in the comments. I will draw two names later tonight or tomorrow.

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We need an update on how you are feeling... hope you didnt pass it on to the whole family!
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Congrats on the new house!
Please sign me up for the contest!
:-)
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loved seeing what you did with this last year - hope you're feeling better!
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Ali~
Glad you are feeling a little bit better!
Please enter me into your drawing, as a fellow Federal Way resident you should pick me! :-)
Toni
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Hope you're on the mend. I'd love a chance to win a spot.
p.s. lovin' the aezine each week! It's fab!!!
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Hi Ali,
Glad you are feeling better! How exciting everything is for you...I look forward to hearing about it. Thanks for sharing. I am hoping to meet you in California when you come in a few months! Thanks for all of your awesome ideas, not just fro scrapping, but for living life, too.
Amy
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Moving into new house is a lot of work, but also an exciting time! Hope you feel better soon!
-Rita
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Ali...I took her class last year but I too did not finish. I would like to try to finish it this year.
I am glad your feeling better...it's going around here in Texas also.
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I loved seeing your art journal pages last Christmas.
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Great layout.
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Good eveniong Ali:
Just clicked in and saw your RAK-sounds great! Hope this finds you feeling oh, so much better!
Ann
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Oooh, pick me! I followed along with your Advent journal last year, and made it though about 15 days...hoping to go the whole way this year!
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I LOVE your pages from Shimelle's Christmas class last year. (I looked on each day to see if you had posted a new one. ) I have been to her site a few times, but I've just not figured I had enough time to dedicate to it. Maybe I should make that a New Year's resolution!!!
Have a great weekend!
~ Charity
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Ohh I would love to win the class. Also have you checked out ridemax.com for your trip to Disneyworld? It's very cool!
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Good luck on the new house move! I'd hate to be moving during the holidays but I'm sure you'll love being in a new place on Christmas morning. I'm hoping to take that class - I loved what you did with it last year. TFS!
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So awesome! Love that page, and I would love the chance to win a spot! Glad you are feeling better.
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Glad to hear you are feeling better...being sick is just no fun!!
Please enter me in the contest. I don't think I have done one layout on Christmas for my family yet! My husband and I have been married 25 years and our children are grown...all the pics are just in a box...what am i waiting for??
Lisa
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Ooooh, I just took a Shimelle class for the first time and LOVED it! Hope you pick me:) Glad you're feeling better.
Cheers!
Kari
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Hey Ali,
I love reading your blog and looking at your layouts.
Please enter my name in the contest.
Thanks so much,
Natasha
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Contrats on the new house! Can't wait to see some pics.
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