September 2023
🦋 September changes things!
September is a transition month—it’s summer slipping through our fingers and yet NOT quite fall. It’s that first time you head outside and wonder if you’ll need a sweater or that moment in the produce section when you think roasted beets for dinner, maybe? September is new shoes for a new school year, a nudge to light an early morning candle and a nice big bowl of popcorn because “we’re staying in tonight.”
Welcome to the month where we can sun-bathe while sipping something pumpkin spice.
September is nice!
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September Dates
New Month Meet-Up: Friday, September 1st 9AM PT, Watch on YouTube
Let’s celebrate the opportunity to be present in life and with our photos?
WWW: Wednesday, September 6th at 3PM PT, Watch on YouTube or read RECAP
This month we are triaging stories that are anxiously waiting in our digital libraries. Be sure to watch this month’s Love Your Library video before coming tuning in!
Do It Together: Saturday, September 9th 11:30AM PT, Watch on YouTube or read RECAP
Come tell a school story that illustrates a connection to another person, place or time!
Project Play Date: Tuesday, September 19th at 6PM PT, Watch on YouTube or read RECAP
This month, we wrap up our Story Starter series by documenting someTHING you love or do. This can be one thing, a collection of things or an intangible thing. We’ll dive into your memory for specifics to discover and document. No photos required, just an idea and a willing mind!
Podcast 🎙️ Submission Deadline: Friday, September 15th at midnight (where you live!)
Story Coaching: Now on Thursday, September 21st 4PM PT, Watch on YouTube or read RECAP
Email stacy@stacyjulian.com with a topic so we can discuss and share!
Summer Book Club: Tuesday, September 26th 6PM PT, Watch Replay HERE
Let’s talk about our summer book club pick, Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin!
Hue & Me
IF you’ve ever seen a Caribbean sea then you know that invigorating sense of calm that might otherwise seem a contradiction. This is a hue that beckons us to move and then begs us to stay.
Our color this month is located between blue and green on the color wheel, so it represents both tranquility and growth—with a splash of yellow for energy. Sun-Bathe blue is a universally loved happy color that is easy to use in creative expression because it complements all kinds of photos.
🌈 Download a folder with the full set of 2023 color swatches? Click HERE!
Design Inspired
Love Your Library Video
Calling all triage specialists. I’m here to review photo triage and excited to introduce you to a NEW story-triage opportunity right inside your camera roll.
Watch Week 6 in Photo Freedom to hear my photo triage story! Download your own set of Story Markers HERE.
Story Process Videos
I’m thrilled that member, Veronica Norris is back this month sharing her process for a super FUN and colorful 12x12 page—the base and begining of an extended story—about a childhood vacation to Acapulco, Mexico.
NOTE: You can see Story Process completed pages in the Live Your Story gallery!
Podcast
🎙️ Listen in as three of our LYS members share memories, insights and advice around PHOTOS, as we wrap up summer. I am joined by Amy McGrew, Cindy Stepan and Joelle Bertolet.
Summer Photo Contest
📸 Don’t FORGET to download your photo contest game board HERE and then upload your photos to our Facebook page by the 30th of September.
I’ll announce a winner during our October New Month Meet-Up!
🦋 I’ve always felt that September is a fresh start if I want it—a chance to pause, reassess, look ahead, let go and/or make plans and changes.
I grateful for this gathering place that allows what is and at the same time encourages what could be.
Thank YOU for creating and living your life with me!
Have questions or ideas for me?
Leave a comment below, or reach out stacy@stacyjulian.com
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