Introducing A New Class At Big Picture Classes | One Little Word
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I am super excited to announce a new year-long class I'm running at Big Picture Classes: One Little Word.
If you're not familiar with the One Little Word concept, you can read some of my previous posts here: 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.
HERE'S THE BASICS FOR THIS CLASS :
For 2011, I want to do something even more tangible with my One Little Word. I've found that, just like a resolution, it's easy to lose sight of the things you set forward to embark on as regular life gets busy throughout the course of the year. To combat this I plan to bring my word into my life more consciously and concretely and make it more visible by creating an album to hold my thoughts, challenges and inspirations.
You're invited to join me on this journey.
Each month you'll receive an email and an invitation to visit the One Little Word classroom. Inside the classroom, you'll find a gentle reminder message, encouragement to refocus, and a simple creative project to complete related to your word. At the end of the year you'll have an album that celebrates and honors your word - making it that much more concrete and visible in your life.
Click on over to Big Picture to listen to an audio introduction, read more details, and register. Class begins on January 1. I hope you'll join me in this opportunity to make your word more visible in 2011.
Please note: Even if you don't choose to participate in this workshop I'll be doing my annual post about One Little Word closer to January 1. Reading through all the comments is always such an inspiring way to begin the year.
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Ali,
I am so excited to take your class at BPC and would love to attend an in-person class... someday time and finances will permit a more exciting adventure (like your Tuscany trip with ScrapMap); but, do you think there may be a class or two you might teach closer to home in Oregon so that us locals can benefit from having such a master in our midsts? :)
Thanks!!
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Hi Helen - thanks for the note and for your interest in having me teach more locally. Right now I don't have plans for that...but I'll keep it in mind as I plan out the year.
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Not sure if this had been asked yet but how many sheets of white cardstock do we need? Thanks!
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Hi Jen - my suggestion is going to be to have a pack (I think that's 25 sheets) on hand throughout the year. We won't be doing anything larger than 8.5x11. The prompts are not all created yet but they will all fit within the confines of an 8.5x11 album.
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Super cool Ali & freaky, but I had already chosen light as my word as well. Now I must do the class.
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Just signed up for the class. So looking forward to this! Now to discover my word for this year.
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is there a button for "newer comments"? i can only read 42 and i know there's more! :)
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Opps, just realized there are only 42 comments --the 65 are the replies. Sorry. :)
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I have chosen my word "FOCUS". It seemed an obvious choice to follow on from my word from last year "LEARN".
Thanks,
Manola :)
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Hi Ali,
I have been thinking of choosing a word for some time, and now that I was found (!) by one I signed up for your class. I´m so thrilled to see where this will lead me!
I have a question though, about the protectors: is it possible to do without them? Could I do this in paper or by sewing in ordinary protectors or something? I live in Europe, and the shipping from Scrapbook.com will cost me more than the class itself... I have found page protectors with 9 small pockets here, but I didn't even understand the design of the folded ones :D so I don't know if I can get them.
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Ciqi,
I'm in the UK and I have preordered the protectors from a supplier who is getting one in. There are posts about them on the UK Scrappers web forum, the postage to wherever you are in Europe might not be as bad as from the USA!
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Well I'm not sure what all of this involves really but I have decided that my word for 2011 is BLISS
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I've aready signed up for this class, as an early Christmas present to myself. I lost sight of my word this year, but as it still fits with how things are for me and me, I'm going to use it again.
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I've signed up and I'm really looking forwards to focusing on the word regularly.
I had Reduce as last year's word and life (husband having an operation then elderly relatives needing sorting out) got in the way of what I'd hoped to do.
This year I'm going with, Clarity, as my word.
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Hi Ali! I absolutely love One Little Word - I used it last year for the first time and it completely changed my outlook on life. I chose STORY, like you, and it helped me run a half marathon, travel in Europe with my family, and write my first book. It was a wonderful year! Thank you for all of your inspiration!
I am really looking forward to 2011, and very excited about this project. My new word hit me a few days ago when I was feeling unmotivated to exercise or do any writing - PERSEVERE! I really want to build on my accomplishments and energy from this last year, and see where it takes me. I'm looking forward to January 1st. Here we go!
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[...] each year. A word to define her life for a year. (She’s actually teaching an online class, One Little Word, starting January 1st on this very idea). I’ve never chosen a word as a New Year’s [...]
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I actually asked this question on Yesterday Today, but I'll ask again. Is it possible to take it without doing the printable downloads? I only have access to the internet on my Blackberry or at the library a half hour away. I'm thinkin that because this is a smaller page that I could print these there. Do you think these are possibilities or do I "scrap" the idea altogether and wait till I get internet in our area? Thanks!
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yeah i finally signed up for the class :) ... really lookin fwd to it :)
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what a generous giveaway, ali! i would love to take both of thes classes!
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Hi Ali, I've been kind of playing along with One Little Word for the last couple of years, but have usually lost sight of it over time. So a class to keep the momentum going seems like a great idea! Just a quick question about the supplies (it's probably been asked before): my budget doesn't allow for the class AND a new album and page protectors (which are hard to find here in the UK), so I'm hoping it's okay to use either an 8x8 album I've got or a 12x12 album. Hoping to sign up in the next few days, getting quite excited :)
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Follow-up is not one of my strong suits and I don't finish many of the interesting projects that excite me so much in the beginning. I think this workshop could have real benefits for me in several ways.
Ali, congratulations on your follow-through of your goal about the fitness/triathilon. Good for you!
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This is a unique concept that I would like to take part! Always LOVE Ali's classes!!
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I can't find the long list of words... I think you usually post them in January but i've been through the posts and can't seem to find it. thanks
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Here's the list from 2010: http://aliedwards.com/2010/01/one-little-word-2010-word-list.html
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Ali, wondering how many packs of the page protectors we need? I don't have them locally and would have to order them.
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Just one of the divided packs - you'll also likely want to have some extra full page 8.5x11 on hand (I'm just using the ones that came with my album).
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