So the holiday season is literally round the corner. My imaginary life has gone into overdrive with handmade decorations, gingerbread houses and beautifully wrapped presents. My reality is I haven't even got the Christmas cards sorted. Regardless though, I am already being tempted by the variety of holiday e-courses on offer, after all I should really document all this burgeoning creativity, right?
My bank balance puts a limit on what I can realistically do - so, for the third year running, I'm going to try and try again to follow along with Ali Edward's December Daily. But for those with a little more spare cash, there are some wonderful looking courses out there. Here's the Top 3 on my Wish List:
Winter Stories
I've been a long time admirer of Hope's blog, and her super artsy journalling pages, in fact her journalling e-courses are high on my non-holiday Wish List!
Just the vintage retro styling of the course badges alone makes me want to sign up, and this Winter offering is a collaboration with Kari Ramstrom of Arsty Mama, so I just know it's going to packed to the brim with creativity.
30 days of Festive Photography
A workshop run by Tracey Clark, photographer and founder of Shutter Sisters, this could be the perfect complement to my December Daily album. Tracey has been running seasonal workshops on Big Picture Scrapbooking this year, and I wish I had been taking them. Can you imagine what a fabulous album I would have by the end of the year? Oooh, Spring is available as self-paced workshop... I wonder if the rest will be?
Journal your Christmas
This was my first ever e-course, and I have yet to complete it.
Thank heavens Shimelle generously allows the alumni of her e-courses to continue participating each year at no extra cost despite always adding new material each year.
Could this be my year?
* main image is from Ali Edwards and is of her 2010 cover.
sigh ...
ReplyDeletewhat is it about the holidays that warps my brain into believing - Cuz i really do believe! - i can dream, execute, and - ahem - complete all these projects? i guess if i was thinking straight, i would have been crafting all year long with my eye on the goal of gifts completed but alas, my brain she does not work that way!
bravo to you for using True Stories prompts here ... i am loving what you are writing/sharing. I haven't done much but read through the pages although the prompts have given me nuggets of ideas for journal spreads and things i could blog on. if nothing else, i should use the prompts to help me complete my Sketchbook Project which, i realized today, i need to do 3 spreads a week if i want to complete it in time! (option 2: cut out some pages! keeping that one in my back pocket.)
so guess i will come here and vicariously live out your crafty holiday season :) maybe we are switching roles?
love always (your photos always make me swoon)
xo lis