You are invited to spend the year with me as I develop my journal art practice. Book Of Days is a personal pilgrimage that I’ve undertaken to create something in my journal Monday – Friday every week. On Mondays, I release a video recording of the creation of a full page spread. On Friday’s I release a video spanning Tuesday-Friday’s work in my journal. Every Wednesday, I send out a dispatch (no video) that includes musings on journal art as a spiritual and healing practice.

Our current membership of almost 1200 (including 440 in our Facebook group, 59 in our premium programme and 247 in our Flickr group) souls would be *thrilled* to have you join us! As one of those souls, I am so happy you’re here to learn more about the programme.

You can start any time throughout the year and there are several ways to play:

BASIC PROGRAMME:

How Does It Work?

You sign up for the newsletter. I send out three e-mails a week containing my musings on the subject of journal art and memory keeping. Along with my musings, you get links to videos I produce that feature ways to create a sustainable art practice and journal art tips and tricks. Every newsletter sent out contains links to resources that inspire me and are bound to inspire you too!

You can also join our closed Facebook Group (details in the private blog) should you wish to share what you create in response, but this is totally optional. We currently enjoy a very active membership of over 400 souls (most of whom are women) in the Facebook Group alone. There is also the Flickr, which is a lot quieter.

All posts will be archived in a private blog as well so that those who sign up throughout the year can access all the content.

All posts will be password protected and the password will be provided in the e-mailed newsletter. Please don’t share the password. If someone wants to sign up, direct them to this post and they can access all the content on their own.

How Much Does It Cost?

Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Zero. But there will be a tip jar should you feel generous. My current costs exceed $85/mth, and 10% of all donations go toward a fund for Kiva Loans. Here is my lender profile.

 

PREMIUM PROGRAMME:

How Does It Work?

You sign up for the Premium Program using the Subscribe button. Shortly after you sign up, you will receive an invitation to our private Premium platform, which includes all the content that is sent out to the basic programme members along with

*A less harried pace than the Facebook group allows. 

*Your own blog, photo album, and personal profile. 

*Freebies, such as recorded mp3 meditations, templates, collage sheets, etc. 

*Private Monthly GlitterSister Chats

*The opportunity to win perks, including membership to programs such as Art Journal Caravan, Angels In My Studio, and others.

*All BOD content in one place including embedded videos and our weekly live art stream.

*Discussion Forums including a marketplace, a space to vent, and a place to chat about everything under the sun.

*Free access to Elements: Self-Guided (to be released over the span of 2012 beginning March 21, 2012).

*Access to all my future solo-taught classes at a 50% discount.

*A community that supports and encourages your journal art practice.

How Much Does It Cost?

$12/mth
for as long as you want it.

 

CANCELLATION

If you need to cancel, no worries and no hard feelings! Leaving the premium programme doesn’t mean you have to leave BOD altogether! Cancellations are effective immediately, so make sure you’ve saved anything you want to save from within the network beforehand. Go to PayPal and cancel the subscription from within your account profile. There are no refunds and pro-ration isn’t possible, so please cancel your account the day before your next billing cycle if you’d like to get your full $12 worth. If you’re having difficulties, please don’t hesitate to contact me! I’m here to help, and I don’t take cancellations personally. xo

SOME Q&A’s ABOUT BOTH PROGRAMMES

How Long Do I Have To Stay?

As long as you want and no longer.

What Is A Book Of Days?

A Book of Days is my name for a daily encounter with myself on paper. The label makes me think of Victorian diaries in which gentlemen and ladies recorded each day’s highlights. Who came for dinner? What was served? What was the weather like? While I will probably not focus on externals, I will be recording my own internal weather, what fed my soul, poetry (or small stones) I write, questions I’m asking myself, who inspired me… This process developed while I was recovering from a bad emotional blow. It was very much inspired by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer‘s e-course 30 Days In Your Journal and Donna Downey‘s Inspiration Wednesdays. From Julie, I picked up the habit of recording more than one day’s memories on one spread. From Donna, I picked up the desire to do at least one intricate spread per week in  my art journal.

What Can I Expect?

Every Monday I will sit down to tackle a full spread all in one go, record it and send you the video with my thoughts at some point during the day.  These spreads will handle weighty content: my intentions for the week or something I’m struggling with, for example. On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, I will record the work I do in my Book of Days, making little notes throughout the week on one (or two) spread(s). These mini-dates with myself will be captured on video and then edited down and, in some cases, time lapsed so that you can see how the week’s spread evolved. The video will be send out to you by sometime around 4 p.m. EST each Friday. I will be taking Saturday off so I can have a break from navel gazing, and I will be taking Sunday off so I can keep my commitment to stream live at 1 p.m. EST.

Each video release will come with my own musings about the process, new techniques I learned, artists I came across, thoughts or feelings I’m having… Some weeks will contain more than two video entries. Others may only have one, especially during the weeks where I am teaching other classes. (For Example, I’m in Lifebook in June and August of 2012. During those periods, I may be stressed to get more than one email out to you.) At the most, you can expect three e-mails per week, two of which will have links to videos I’ve produced for you.

Sometimes, Things Will Get Heavy

This will be a very intimate offering, which is why I’m formatting it this way. Instead of hanging my guts out for an anonymous audience, I’m hanging my guts out for people I can at least contact by e-mail. :) I am a survivour and sometimes I talk/art very frankly around those issues. If you are easily triggered by this kind of content, this programme is probably not for you.

DISCLAIMER

I’m not a counsellor, and though I took life coach training, I do not wish to be a life coach. I have also never had any art training beyond the on line classes a lot of us have taken. I am not an expert in *anything* except my own process.

You can think of me as your friend who sits down with you, arts with you, talks with you, and offers you encouragement and inspiration when you need it, and nothing more.

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