2009 is here! Every year I make New Year's resolutions - and by mid-February I have forgotten or been unable to keep to them. Most of us make long detailed lists of unobtainable goals every new year. Interestingly enough, I was reading Ali Edwards blog and she talked about choosing a word to create a theme relating to what you want for your life during the upcoming year. On her blog she has a long list of words to chose from. You can check out this list by clicking on the following link: http://aliedwards.typepad.com/_a_/2009/01/2009-words.html
The project itself is to take photos of everyday life and create a unique photo journal about your life in 2009. You should take 2-5 photos throughout each week. The photos should be of everyday life. For example, it could be your kids having breakfast, it could be your cup of coffee that you try to quietly enjoy every morning, it could be brand new running shoes that are waiting to be broken in, or a sink full of dishes, the book you are reading, your scrap space, your child drawing, or the tulips emerging from the frozen ground. It isn't about the subject matter- it is about why it is important, how it affects your life, and how it makes you feel. As much as the photos will be an integral part of my project - the journaling will be as important - if not more important than the photos. As with many other wives, mothers and women - we often find ourselves behind the scenes. We are behind the camera, we are hosting the parties and events, we are the story tellers as well. However, we don't tell these stories from our perspective. It is usually the who, what, when and where. This project will give you the opportunity to write about yourself, your life, the people and things that are important to you and how they make you feel - and how these things relate to your "theme" for 2009.
I will tell you that my word for 2009 is "BALANCE". I will tell you that I am a firm believer that life isn't made up of birthday parties & vacations, it is made up of lots of little moments. For me - 2009 is a time to stop and smell the roses and find balance in my crazy busy life.
If you are interested this project - join us at the store on Thursday, February 12th from 6:30pm - 9:00pm to get started on your book. If you have always wanted to make an altered chipboard book - this is a great opportunity to give it a try! Bring whatever photos you have taken so far, we will have books available for you to get started. The book itself will be about $12.00. Beyond that, you can purchase any supplies you want to use. Bring stuff from home - or you purchase what you need. it is entirely up to you. We will never charge a class fee for these workshops! Since this is an ongoing project - we will continue to meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 6:30 - 9pm to work on our books. If you aren't able to come to the first workshop - you are welcome to join in at anytime throughout the year. Please know that by starting this project - that it doesn't by any means commit you to coming to the workshops every month. Just join us when you can.
If you are interested in reserving a spot on for our February 12th workshop - send me a quick email to RSVP at kimberly@hip2bsquarescrapbooking.com or call the store at 425-396-1277. Please let me know if you have any questions about the project or the workshop. I will look forward to hearing from you soon. :)
Below is this list of words to create your theme for 2009
This list was from Ali Edwards blog
Abide
Able
Abundance
Accept
Acceptance
Accomplish
Accountability
Achieve
Acquit
Act
Action
Actualize
Adapt
Adjust
Adore
Adventure
Affectionate
Affirmative
Alive
Allow
Appreciate
Aspire
Attack
Attitude
Authentic
Authenticity
Aware
Awareness
Baby
Balance
Basic
Be
Beautiful
Become
Begin
Beginnings
Belief
Believe
Belong
Beloved
Best
Better
Blessed
Bliss
Blossom
Bottom
Bounce
Boundaries
Brave
Breathe
Brevity
Brighten
Calm
Can
Capture
Care
Carpe Diem
Celebrate
Centered
Challenge
Change
Charity
Cheerfulness
Cherish
Chill
Choice
Choices
Choose
Clarity
Clean
Clear
Commit
Commitment
Communicate
Compassion
Complete
Confidence
Connect
Conquer
Conscious
Consistency
Content
Continue
Control
Courage
Cozy
Create
Cultivate
Cure
Dance
Dare
Dash (It's All About The Dash)
Decide
Declutter
Dedicated
Deeper
Define
Deliberate
Delight
Determination
Determined
Devote
Devotion
Dignity
Diligence
Discipline
Disciplined
Discover
Disentangle
Divine
Do
Document
Dolce
Don't
Downsize
Dream
Dynamic
Edit
Effort
Elevate
Embark
Embrace
Emerge
Empower
Endeavor
Endless
Endurance
Energy
Enjoy
Enlighten
Enough
Enrich
Enrichment
Enthusiasm
Evolve
Example
Excellence
Execute
Explore
Express
Facilitate
Faith
Family
Fearless
Feel
Fierce
Find
Finish
Fit
Fitness
Flexibility
Flourish
Flow
Fly
Focus
Focused
Follow-Through
Footprints
Forgive
Forward
Freedom
Fresh
Frugal
Fruitful
FUN ("feeling undeniably new")
Gentle
Gentleness
Give
Glow
Go
Goal
Good Enough
Goodness
Grace
Grateful
Gratitude
Green
Grow
Growth
Half-Full
Happiness
Happy
Harmony
Heal
Healing
Health
Heart
Hold onto Love
Home
Honesty
Honor
Hope
Humility
I
I�?Tm Okay
Idle
Illuminate
Imagine
Imminence
Independence
Initiate
Inner-Strength
Innovate
Inspire
Integrity
Intend
Intention
Intentional
Invest
Involve
Inwardness
Journey
Joy
Jump
Kindness
Laugh
Learn
Less
Let
Let Go
Life
Light
Lightness
Listen
Live
Love
Loving
Lucky
Marathon
Margin
Material
Matter
Maturity
Me
Memory
Mercy
Metamorphosis
Mettle
Mindful
Miracle
Moderation
Moments
Momentum
More
Motion
Motivate
Motivation
Move
Mute
Nascent
Nature
New
No New, Make Do
Non-Reactivity
Notice
Now
Nourish
Nurture
Observe
Open
Opportunity
Optimistic
Optimism
Order
Organize
Organized
Others
Overcome
Pace
Passion
Patience
Pause
Peace
Permission
Perseverance
Persevere
Perspective
Plan
Play
Positive
Positivity
Possibility
Potential
Pray
Prayer
Precious
Prepare
Presence
Present
Preserve
Prevail
Print
Prioritize
Progress
Promise
Prosperity
Pumped
Pure
Purge
Purpose
Purposeful
Pursue
Push
Quiet
Reach
Read
Ready
Realize
Reconnect
Rediscover
Reduce
Refine
Reflect
Regenerate
Reinvent
Rejoice
Relationships
Relax
Release
Relinquish
Remain
Remember
Renaissance
Renew
Resilience
Resolve
Resourceful
Respect
Restore
Results
Revitalize
Revive
Rhythm
Rise
Roll
Run
Sanctuary
Save
Savor
Search
Seasons
Seek
Seize
Self
Self-Assured
Self-Discipline
Sensitive
Serendipity
Serene
Serenity
Seriously
Serve
Shalom
Share
Shift
Shine
Simple
Simplicity
Simplify
Smart
Smile
Soft
Sparkle
Start
Stay
Steadfast
Step
Still
Stillness
Stop
Strength
Strive
Structure
Success
Support
Surprise
Surrender
Surround
Survive
Sustain
Sweeten
Tackle
Ten
Tenacity
Tenderness
Thankful
This is my year.
Threshold
Thrive
Time
Today
Together
Tolerance
Trailblaze
Tranquility
Transformation
Treasure
True
Trust
Truthful
Try
Turn
Uncomplicated
Understanding
Unfold
Unite
Unload
Unplug
Unwritten
Valor
Value
Vibrant
Vision
Vitality
Voice
Wait
Walk
Warmth
Warrior
Welcome
Wellness
Wonder
Worship
Why
Wisdom
Worth
Yes
Zeal