Yesterday & Today Begins In One Week & A Giveaway
Tags:In just one week my new workshop begins at Big Picture Scrapbooking:Yesterday & Today.
It's hard to believe it is almost finally here.
And in case you didn't know already, you're invited to join me.
Here's what I want you to know if you are still considering embarking on this journey with me:
• With a focus on the stories from yesterday & the stories from today, this class is really an in-depth look at the way I scrapbook.
• Each week (on Thursdays) you will receive an email inviting you to the classroom where a video presentation will be waiting for you to access on your own time (you do not need to be online at a certain time - it's just one of the awesome things about Big Picture's classroom set-up). These video presentations are not just a 5-15 minute talk about the subject and the layout - so far they are averaging around an hour. During that hour my goal is to inspire you to take a look at the way in which you scrapbook and encourage you to focus on the things that matter most to you within the framework of the theme for that week.
• In addition to the video presentations there are weekly video tutorials showing my processes for concepts and techniques using Photoshop Elements.
• For those of you, like me, who like to actually read the weekly content there will be a color PDF download detailing the concepts and information covered in the video presentation (as well as a how-to for the weekly project).
• Each week there will be a digital element download and a digital layered template (all new). The digital elements will be used as printables (hybrid elements) on the weekly layout and the layered template will match the paper layout I create for each week.
• Even if you will be away for a time during the class you will still have access to the materials.
• The class will have it's own message board & gallery for sharing and communicating with one another (including me).
• This workshop is a chance for you to:
investigate your past through words + photos
do something meaningful with older photos if you have them (or to tell those stories that have meaning even if you don't possess the photos)
tell your own personal stories of success + challenge + growth
work on embracing imperfection & going with the flow
celebrate your everyday life + make sure you are capturing stories that are meaningful to you today
connect with other people who care deeply about collecting + celebrating the stories of their lives
• The cost for this 13 week class is $99.
I am really, really excited for this workshop to get underway.
I hope to see you there.
Want to know more? Additional details, an audio introduction, and registration can be found here. Registration will close on October 7.
And now, the giveaway.
Three people are going to win a spot in my Yesterday & Today workshop. To be entered please share just the subject of a story about yourself you would like to document. Comments will close tomorrow, Friday September 24th at noon Pacific. Winners will be posted shortly after.


Comments
Sign in or sign up to comment.
1436 comments
Hi Ali,
I have this ongoing heritage album that is a work-in-progress! Ha! I certainly could use a ton of help trying to journal about pictures of the past generations without much data available to go with it.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
I would like to document our family traditions in the last 100 year.
Regards from germany
Michaela Gräber
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
Hi Ali - I'd love to document some of the crazy jobs I've had (pizza flipper, gas pumper) over the years - my kids can't believe some of the places I've worked! Thanks for the opportunity to win what will be an amazing class -
Jacoba :)
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
I want to document the story of the hands of the women in my family. My mom and I have the SAME hands and I think my Grandma too. So...I've been wanting to take pictures of them and write about them!
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
I would really like to document the story of my childhood...and not just the happy parts, but all the stories from when my parents divorced that I have blocked out for so long. I think a place in your class would give me "permission" to start delving, and I really need that little push :)
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
my grandparents' love story...high school sweethearts to alzheimers...a real life 'notebook' story. :)
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
Stories of me for a change - some from childhood and some as to how my mother's death has affected me in the last 9 years - we were very close. Thank you for the chance to win a spot.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
I would like to document how happy I was to become a mother. Thanks for the chance to win.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
The connection with my grand father and my grand mother!
What a wonderful project idea!
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
thank you for the opportunity to win a spot in your class!
i think i want to document the story of my first years. i found old slides and i really want to work with...i love these old pictures of me
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
I would really like to document the memories I shared with my great-grandmother when I was a child.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
I would love to win this so I can get my own adoption story documented.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
Family history, with my parents both gone I have realised how important the memories and stories of their lives are. I want my children to know their Grandparents story.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
I have lots of little family humourings I would love to document and share, I think I would start with the story of 'Ninja Turtle Icecream'.......
cheers
shazza
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
Hi Ali! I would like to write about the way that my grandparents lived, and shared their fruits and love with us. SO different from what my own children know... then, my grandchildren will be able to understand about the "good ole days" !!!
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
My aunt passed away just a few days ago and it made me think about all the stories my mum told my about their childhood... I would really like to document those stories!
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
Thank you for such a great chance to win your workshop :)
I would like to write about my pregnancies (all the months in hospital; all my thoughts and feelings.). And how it has changed my life today. How grateful I am for the life of my children.
Love Greetings from Germany
Doreen
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
I have so many ideas on what I want to document! It's quite overwhelming. And I have a lot of photo's to go with that. The first thing that comes to mind are the visits to my great grandparents and how the garden was my great grandfathers domain. I could play on the grass but had to stay away from his veggiepatch and the pigeonshed.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
My relationship with my siblings and the changes from when we were little to now when we have little ones of our own
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
I feel grateful that I've taken the time to journal my girls' labor and delivery stories but I never have written down how their daddy and I met, what types of dates we went on. I haven't even documented our wedding yet, stacks of photos still, but nothing documented. That would be a good thing to finish and leave for my children.
Thanks Ali!
Melle in FL
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.