April 2025

Mar 22

Written By stacy julian

Stories in Bloom …

It’s been more than a decade since I enjoyed a week long seminar with storyteller, Donald Davis, but I remember so much of what he taught me. Like this: **Start a story in a familiar place.** Your brain remembers where your body has been. The details will return as you mentally walk through an important location from your past. This month we dig up memories of places, so new stories can bloom!

Print the Calendar

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Note that times listed below are *noted in Pacific Time*—check our World Clock to convert time zones!

April Dates & Details

New Month Meet-Up: Tuesday, April 1st at 1PM PT, Watch on YouTube
We’re focused on the setting of our stories, we’re playing with our cutting machines and we’re celebrating our 3rd BIRTHDAY!! Watch live or on replay for all the details—we’ve also got some new or updated features. Can you find them?

WWW: Wednesday, April 2nd at 4PM PT, Replay Here
Let’s play with the “Map” or location feature in your digital library. How do you assign or edit location in your meta data and how can you use location to help you tell stories? Come and we’ll explore together!

2nd Saturday and 🎉 Birthday Celebration: Saturday, April 12th from 10AM PT to 2PM PT, Replay Here and Recap Here.
Our low-key get-it-done gathering will be centered around our Birthday Bash in April—the party begins at Noon Pacific! Bring a homemade birthday card and your favorite ice cream to enjoy—and don’t forget the sprinkles! REMEMBER: You do not need to register, but you do a Zoom account and you need the passcode: LYS25

Do It Together: Thursday, April 17th at 10AM PT, Replay HERE
Let’s write about a favorite outdoor place from your childhood. I’ll also demonstrate using ‘place’ photos and cutting tips to craft a FUN title for your next page!

Project Play: Wednesday, April 23rd at 11AM PT, Replay HERE
Let’s dive into our Connect Game project. You should have everything you need, now it’s time to get busy printing photos and making tiles! Did you miss our kick-off session for this project? Need a refresher? Watch THIS.

Story Coaching: Saturday, April 26th at 2PM PT, Replay HERE
I’m bringing 3 great questions from our survey to discuss. Topics include balancing photo management with creating, scrapbooking with joy vs. obligation and getting unstuck! Story Coaching survey HERE

📬 15 on the 15th Message & Email

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Hue & Me

We ALL scream for ice cream—or so they say, but how do YOU feel about ice cream? And why? If you had to pick your#1 reason from the following reasons people love this cool treat, which would it be?

Nostalgia
Taste & Comfort
Cold Temperature & Creamy Texture
Versatility
It’s Mood Boosting

Ice cream is widely associated with childhood memories, summer days and special occasions. What’s your FAVORITE flavor and where do you find it?

Our COLORS this month could be used to help you document a favorite ice cream memory!

Download a folder with the full set of 2025 color swatches HERE!

Sketch This

Sketch This has replaced Design Inspired. You can look forward to a printable card and sketch each month and I’ll share a few ideas for how to adapt the sketch or borrow from it.

Since 💚 April is for cutting machines or just creative cutting, I’m inviting you to craft a bunting to add to a page!

Try finding them HERE or HERE!

Working On Video

Working On has replaced Love Your Library for the rest of the year. This new series is simply me involving you as I ‘work on’ a variety of memory-related efforts. This month I’m filling up a console table in our living room. You can look forward to other topics, such as managing images while traveling, creating an escape room for a family gathering AND organizing digital copies of your finished pages. 🤎 For more information about Persnickety Box, click here!

Story Process Video

Follow along as I create a two-page 12x12 story that documents a clever Christmas gift video—with a QR code!

REMEMBER 💚 THIS YEAR you're invited to join me in creating a monthly Story Process page! Everyone who posts a finished page to our Live Your Story Facebook group, will be entered in a drawing to receive Happy Mail from me! The original StoryDeck, is HERE.

Ice cream themed colors and plans to celebrate with your favorite flavor at our Birthday Party just felt like the right thing to do this month. I’m still processing some SAD about the end of Live Your Story, but I’m so grateful for the time we have remaining AND for the memories we’ve created together.

Thank YOU for choosing to still be here!

I am always eager to hear your comments and questions. 💚 Feel free to reach out anytime! stacy@stacyjulian.com

Did YOU know? Members of Live Your Story now have EASY access to past courses, like 20in20 and Photo Freedom.
When you login, look for these on the list of options!