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No Excuses Journaling
capturing written memories

When you've poured your heart and soul into designing a layout, often the last thing you want to do is spend another hour or two (or three or four!) picking a font, spell-checking, and making the words fit - AND finding something meaningful to say! At the same time, though, there's a level of richness and emotion that can't be conveyed without sharing your thoughts. So how do you capture those special thoughts and moments in words that will complement your photos? Let us show you how in No Excuses Journaling.

Professional writer, instructor and scrapbooker Lain Ehmann brings you this class as a partnership between Simple Scrapbooks and Big Picture Classes. The author of over 2000 articles, and the gal behind the popular ScrapHappy scrapbooking humor blog, Lain knows the power of the written word - and how to deal with the dreaded writer's block! She'll teach you simple strategies for capturing everyday and special moments, and lead you in the creation of an altered lunchbox file where these memories - what she calls "word pictures" - can live until you have the perfect page to pair them with.

After you complete No Excuses Journaling, you'll have a renewed sense of the texture and color that powerful, honest journaling can bring to your projects. You'll also have a file full of ideas, as well as a system for recording and filing future written memories. Never again will you be left speechless when it comes time to journal. Now this is big!

Lain's class includes:

  • Welcome letter from Lain in the classroom
  • Voice message as streaming audio, downloadable MP3 file, and transcript
  • Supply list with live links to product resources
  • Email access to Lain
  • Colorful, step-by-step instructions for creating your own "Word Picture File"
  • List of bite-sized writing prompts to get your started recording your "word pictures"
  • Private posting gallery to share your finished creations and thoughts with your classmates
Taught by: Lain Ehmann
Price: $10.00
Open Registration:
Class Pre-work: Gather a handful of photos, maybe 4 or 5, that you'd love to journal about -- and be ready to use them in class!


Important information about Self-Paced Projects at Big Picture Classes!
Self-Paced Projects are instant download classes that allow you to participate at BPC anytime! These classes are different from our interactive workshops. There are no starting or ending dates -- you may enroll at any time. This flexibility also means, that there will not be the level of teacher and student interaction that we enjoy in our workshops. You will receive handouts to print and an audio file to listen to, but there are typically no message boards or chats.

Even though these classes offer less interaction, you are not alone! If you need help, email us at admin@bigpictureclasses.com. Enjoy!

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