There are days when all you can do is stop and
shake your head and wonder …
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1. Where the time has gone?
2. What in the world we were thinking?
3. Why have we been so blessed?
This is one of those days.
Thank YOU to thousands of people all across the world that have contributed in some way to the community we know as Big Picture Scrapbooking. I am so very grateful for all that we have learned and continue to learn together.
Use the code “happybirthday” and save 40% (10% for every year) on any or all of our self-paced project classes through 11/15/09.
Since we are celebrating our fourth year, I’d love to know your ‘top 4′ classes. If you haven’t taken classes or haven’t taken 4 classes, then tell me what topics you’d like to see offered.
I have 4 packages of happy mail to send randomly to those that list my classes as their favorite that leave a comment by midnight tonight!
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AND … How about a BIG SHOUT OUT to Sesame Street too (thanks Kathy C for the reminder)
Happy 40th to a wonderful American institution and tradition.
Perhaps when you comment, you could tell me your favorite Muppet. I guess if I had to commit, my fav would be Cookie Monster. But then there are these two very funny fellows too …
Happy Birthday to US and to Sesame Street and Happy Tuesday to YOU!
I have only taken Telling Stories Deeply and I loved it. It has totally changed my approach to scrapping. I almost can’t do event pages anymore. I am totally anticipating taking Cathy’s class in the new year and I like the look of Elizabeth’s class. I am drawn to design classes and those that make the most of my story telling process. One day I would like to take LOM.
I have always loved Grover and his “Around” skit when he ran around a door. It always made me laugh.
i just love your new website~so colorful and inspiring!
BPS is 4 yrs old and Sesame Street is 40! Wow! Both making differences in our young minds!
I am loving Yesterday and Today. I can hardly wait for the next lesson!
I enjoyed Lain’s Fit-to-Be-Scrapped Holiday Letters. I had so many compliments on my Christmas letter last year. Even from friends that I thought would never care about something like that.
I desperately want to take LOM and Design Your Life. Hopefully something for 2010!!
So glad I found you and BPS!!
My top 4 would be LOM, Have More Fun, Yesterday and Today and Cut the Crazy Out of Christmas. I’ve taken quite a few project now classes and love those, too. And now you just enabled me to add five more:) My favorite muppet would be Zoe.
Oscar the grouch definitely! Love the trashcan, the worm….he’s my favorite! Oh, I like your podcasts from BPS – you are a very inspiring/motivating speaker. Cathy Zielske was right in her assessment that you definitely have it over Martha Stewart for inspiration:)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I have LOVED having the ability to take classes from my home. All of the classes I have taken have been so well thought out and have helped me in so many ways. My favs if I have to choose would include:
* LOM
* Me:TAV
* YTR with Heidi
* Yesterday & Today
I counted 22 on my list, but this is my TOP 4:
- Your Library of Memories: now I know what I have and where I have it
- Cathy’s Design Your Life: it changed my life: I now work as a graphic designer
- Cathy’s Me The Abridged Version: helped me remember all the little details in life
- Ali’s Yesterday and Today: helps me to remember all the big things and writing them down.
(they are all my number one and recommend them to everyone).
And I love all the others too.
I was (and still am) so sorry that Simple Scrapbooks is no longer here. Thank you so very much for BPS.
I know I’m late but I have to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY BPS…you saved my life! I live in a rural area where there is no LSS. Since I discovered BPS I have taken at least 12+ courses, beside all the free ones. My favs are: Have More Fun, Library of Memories, 52 Cards {would love a 2nd class in this} and Design Your Own Life {returning alumni this year}. I have taken classes at other sites BUT BPS are the absolute BEST!!!!!!!
I have done the free classes at BPS and have enjoyed them. The economy keeps me from taking more! I would love to take Ali Edwards’ class, though. And my favorite Muppet is Oscar. I can relate to him! He thinks he is grouchy and tough but it’s all an act to cover up his shyness and fears.
My favorite class was the Have More Fun class. I’ve also really enjoyed the Christmas letter writing class and Kolette Hall’s first Month class of her year-long class. They are all good.
I’ve taken several but I had the most fun with your “penny(can’t remember the correct title) class” anyway it was so much fun and loved the unusual ‘album’
I have only taken a free class. I do love the audio messages from Kolette and Jason each month. Eventually I do want to take a class. They all look so fun. But, sometimes to find the time and the money to do that is hard. Congrats on the anniversary though. OH, and I love Ernie and Bert too.
I love Ernie! I’ve not taken a class yet, but I see MANY that are appealing!
Happy Birthday BigPicture!!!!
1. I loved Library of Memories, it was so freeing!!!!
2. Design Your Life, gave me a better way to scrap, looking at design was something I didn’t understand, but Cathy was great at teaching it!!
3. Me The Abridged Version with Cathy! Love going A-Z
4. Wellness Journey. So nice to take a look at getting healthy and staying focused.
(okay something weird happened, when I first clicked here to comment my comment went under the next post down…so did about 4 other peoples..)
I’ve taken a combination of both self-paced and workshops. I love BOTH !! One of my favourites has to be the VERY first class I ever took with BPS which was a few years ago now – it with “Doodle with Darci” which focused on the just the doodlebug range. Then it was a few years later to now, where I’ve become more aware AND active with the classes. I’ve got Extraordinary Paper, Receipes for Scrapbook Success and the Reading Room. The reading room has been great has it’s given me a taste of other books that I would NEVER have found let alone read !! I know only FOUR but one I would LOVE to do is the LOM – bring it back. PLEEEASE!!!!
I like Kermit and the top 4 classes at BPS:
Have more fun
Design your life
LOM
Yesterday&Today
And your happy mail just rocks!!
I have taken a few free classes and have puchased the vacation memorabilia self paced class yesterday.
I love subject like:
traveljournals
large vacation albums
making an album about an entire year
mini albums
I ADORE sesame street! XD
I’m going to check out those classes now..
Happy birthday BPS! What a wonderful resource it is…My top 4 are: Library of Memories, Design Your Life, Random Me A-Z by Kathleen Samuelson (one of the first classes I took and I just LOVE my finished album!) and 28 Days by Gretchen Schmidt.
Really want to take Cathy Z´s class and took the Take the Crazy Out of Christmas class. Would also love to take LOM! Need more time…..
I love Elmo, he is just the cutest!
I just counted and I have taken 75!!! classes and workshops! Oh my! Not sure I can only pick 4. Library of Memories (really!!) but I also loved the first class I took by Cathy Z. ,”Did you Know” . I’ve done those pages for all the family! I also loved Beth Proudfoots’ You and the Power of 10!!! Still love to look at those mini books! I loved Heidi all year long. I love my year in Pictures album. One of the funnest classes I took was Darci’s “A Baker’s Dozen”! I would love to do that one again! My Board with Photos gets lots of use even though I made it 3 years ago! i want to list them all, I have loved almost every class!
Oh, and I was always a fan of the Count!
Gosh, how can I narrow it down to just 4 classes? Well, number one is LOM that I took this year. Then I’d say May’s Recipes class, and her Adventures with Kits class, then I’d say Cathy Z’s Me Abridged class…but really, I have loved them all!
And Grover, silly dorky Grover will always have my heart.