July 2023
July is here!
When’s the last time you used JUICY as an adjective in a sentence? I looked up the word juicy and in addition to “full of juice” as in a juicy pear or watermelon, juicy can mean profitable, appealing, interesting, satisfying or substantive …
I truly enjoy creating content for you each month. I certainly hope that as you take in what I’ve prepared, you feel “juicy” is an appropriate description—because July is JUICY!
It’s also NEW season time. Be sure to click over the the SUMMER 2023 page for an introduction to our theme, quote, book and project. And keep scrolling to print your copy of July’s calendar and to find dates, details and links for our five live sessions. I hope you’ll grant yourself a quiet moment to explore Hue & Me and Design Inspired and that you’ll schedule time to watch not just one, not two, but THREE Story Process videos this month—hurrah for Glory and Sarah! In Love Your Library I’m sharing a FUN photo challenge, so be sure to watch soon and print your game board.
IF you have questions OR need help with anything, comment below in the Disqus section OR send me an email.
❤️ I’m here and I LOVE hearing from you!
Print the Calendar
Download the ✅ Monthly Tracker. Click to PRINT
July Dates
New Month Meet-Up: Wednesday, June 28th 9AM PT, Watch on YouTube
July is jam-packed—watch and jot down some take action notes!
WWW: Wednesday, July 12th 11AM PT, Watch on YouTube or read RECAP
Let’s pair down and curate a 2022 digital highlights album. We’ll ask the question—how low can you go? 100, 50, maybe even 30 best of the best? You can print a worksheet here!
Podcast 🎙️ Submission Deadline: Thursday, July 20th at midnight PT
I want to hear from YOU. How will you be more playful with summer photos? Share your ideas and intentions. See the SpeakPipe button below!
Story Coaching: Tuesday, July 18th at 6PM PT, Watch on YouTube or read RECAP
What do YOU want or need to learn or do more of in your storytelling? Let’s leverage our collective experience and wisdom. Email stacy@stacyjulian.com with a topic so we can discuss and share!
Project Play Date: Saturday, July 22nd at 10AM PT, Watch on YouTube or read RECAP
Let’s start a story for a person you love. Come with a person in mind and at least one photo you love of them. Stacy will help you access sensory m details to write about.
Do It Together: Wednesday, July 26th at 6PM PT, Watch on YouTube or read RECAP
This is when we gather to collectively (as individuals) respond to our monthly Page Prompt. If you want to participate with me, you’ll need to prepare facial details or personality pictures of a person you love.
Hue & Me
Check it out. Watermelon Red is a hue. According to the free graphic design site, VistaCreate, the Watermelon RGB color is comprised of 82.35% red, 23.14% green, and 40.78% blue. Due to its saturation, it is a versatile color that can be playful, enticing, or whimsical. And as for the fruit, some cultures believe that watermelon is a symbol of fecundity, which means to be both fertile and full of great ideas. This is due to the many seeds the fruit contains. Other cultures believe that if you dream of watermelon, or in watermelon colors, you will live long and prosper.
Off to buy some watermelon!
🌈 Download a folder with the full set of 2023 color swatches? Click HERE!
Design Inspired
Flags create a sense of connection and belonging—flags tell stories and most often represent a nation’s land, people and government. They often symbolize specific aspects of a place and represent shared values and history.
This month take the opportunity to get to know your flag (or flags). I LOVE the global collection of flag data represented in this project.
Love Your Library Video
You’re invited to explore or revisit week 4 in Photo Freedom which is titled, Interacting with Pictures—but I say we start at the very beginning and take some very FUN people photos. I’ve got 10 ideas and a CONTEST to motivate you.
Story Process Videos
I am using the Close To My Heart Story Deck cards this month for an Everyday Life story, that starts with Inspiration, requires a BIG Photo and encourages at least some Handwriting. Members, Glory Orta and Sarah Bucek have also used these same guidelines and so you have three very different interpretations to inspire you!
Glory Orta is sharing a remember when story about motherhood.
Sarah Bucek tells a connected story about chickens!
Podcast
LISTEN to July’s Podcast Episode
The invitation was to share insight and ideas for how YOU will—this summer—practice and improve your photography and/or obtain NEW photos.
Time marches on whether we enjoy it or not. I say we go ALL IN on sensing summer (or winter down-under). Let’s pay attention to experiences and emotions. Let’s slow down and see, touch, smell and taste AND let’s listen to seasonal sounds, our own desires and the people we care about.
🍉 Let’s LOVE on summer!
Have questions or ideas for me?
Leave a comment below, or reach out stacy@stacyjulian.com
❤️ Don’t FORGET to check our seasonal quote, book and project! Click HERE
