pretty paper. true stories. {and scrapbooking classes with cupcakes.}

The first prompt for My Freedom went out this morning…but I have a small stack of bounced emails in my inbox. I need to make sure they get to you if they are supposed to!

If you signed up and didn’t receive the prompt, please email me with your forum name.

Thanks!

xlovesx

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Thanks for all the entries yesterday. Here are our three winning numbers from the Random Number Generator.

The winners are:

1. Sarah Merritt (posted at 13:57)
2. Olga (posted at 18:02)
3. Lisa (posted at 22:29)

I’ll be in touch in just a bit to get you set up with a free spot for you and a friend.

Sorry to those who didn’t win this time! There is still time to join us if you would like to finish an album this summer. See all the details here.

xlovesx

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I’ll keep it short and sweet today: comment below and you’ll be entered in a drawing for a free place for you and a friend on the new class, My Freedom.

Entries close at 8am Sunday, London time.

If you’ve already signed up for the class, you can still enter and win. If your name is selected, you can give the place to a second friend or have your money back and enjoy the class for free!

I’ll pick three winners Sunday morning—class starts Monday!

Good luck!

xlovesx

ETA: entries closed…will post winners shortly!

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I promised a bit more info about My Freedom, and it comes in two parts. A little about style and a little about content.

Let’s start with style.

The class notes mention that you’ll see four albums come together over the completion of the prompts – each in a specific style: stream-lined, contemporary, arty and digital. That’s just the four versions that are done before we start—of course, you’ll also get to see the albums from fellow students come together as you share the creative journey.

Identifying four styles for this class certainly doesn’t mean there are only four styles possible—they are merely a sampling and a springboard. Take direction from the one most like your own style or try something in an entirely different style to what comes naturally. Or if style and scrapbooking in the same sentence ties you up in knots, use this album as an exercise in finding out what works for your scrapbooking. Each album points out design tips along the way, so trying something new is easy, while you’re also free to ignore the design ideas entirely and strike out with something that is undeniably you.

Your completed album will be at least twenty pages and you can actually finish this project within the five weeks, as there’s never one day with an uneven balance of stuff to do. Plus you have the weekends to give you a little break and keep a spring in your storytelling step. There is the option to add extra pages, especially if you would like to incorporate stacks of photos, or if your style would like to embrace a little more space here and there.

You can create the entire album using your own stash, and you can even get ready early if you want—registered students can access a from-your-stash shopping list this Friday. Or you can have almost everything you’ll need shipped right to your door: the kits used to create the projects in the prompts go on sale tomorrow at noon. There’s a little peek above, but you’ll be able to see more from each kit (including a sample page) in the shop tomorrow.

So tomorrow: shopping, a look inside each book and we’ll talk about what story we’re going to tell this summer.

Join this class here

xlovesx

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It’s been a very girly few days. A day out with the girls taking a scrapbook class just for fun. A day sorting out petticoats and shoes and all sorts of lovely. And today, a day of dress fitting and sewing and getting a bit giddy to see my actual dress made just for me. Hurrah for three days of girly.

Tomorrow? I have to take the car for a service. Exceedingly girly, that.

For more info on the class project above, see Donna’s website. Especially advised if it matches the fabric you have been sewing into curtains for your living room.

But I also have some things to show you tomorrow…a little look inside that album from yesterday. And maybe a few other albums over the next few days.

Aside from the new class, there is something else new here if you care to look around. A few of you managed to find it last night. So far, so good: but no big announcements in case it breaks the internets. Please be nice to her!

xlovesx

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