Story Time

We indeed are the lucky ones. The ones who not only have creative tools at our fingertips but the ones who use those tools to tell the stories of us. Our milestones, our struggles, our successes, our relationships, our family, our love, our joy, our daily lives, our most mundane and our most magic. We point, focus, shoot. We talk, write, share. And with it all, we are documenting what's most important to us.  We are writing the story of our lives, with every photograph, every word, every memory.

This month you are invited to join us as we honor the power, the beauty and the truth of our stories. It's definitly going to be a celebration as we join forces with the amazing folks of Paper Coterie. This month they introduce their Everyday Storytellers; some amazing women (who you may recognize) who will be sharing their stories over there in hopes to encourage you to tell your own, which is why for this very special One Word Project we have chosen the word story.

As we head into September, the summer bids us farewell, the kids get back to school and routines settle in, let's have our very own, grown-up girl, Shutter Sister Story Time!  Heck, why not make it a party! Our stories are worth all the hoop-la!

What would a party be without presents and prizes? Your heard right, we've got lots of gifts to give this month thanks to Paper Coterie. They really know how to throw a party!

Can't wait another minute to hear more? Then let us unwrap it for you...everyone who chooses to share an image with us in our One Word Project flickr pool this month will receive a special gift from Paper Coterie! Everyone! All you have to do is:

1. shoot your story (for more info about how the OWP works, check out the about page)

2. upload your image to the Shutter Sisters OWP pool on Flickr (tag it "story")

3. visit Paper Coterie on Facebook and tell them, that you shared a story with Shutter Sisters

4. graciously receive your gift

And be sure to check in each day on the OWP photo features page here at Shutter Sisters to see if your images gets featured. If it does you'll be getting a bonus gift from Paper Coterie. That's 29 story winners this month! Totally awesome!

And if that's not enough, we will be giving away one $100 gift card EVERY SINGLE DAY of September (starting today) to one of YOU! All you have to do is share a comment each day before midnight EST for your chance to win that day's random drawing. Be sure to leave links to your story shots.

Can you imagine?? All this goodness just for doing something you already do? Tell your story. We just love that!

It's going to be quite a story celebration this month, isn't it? We're so glad to have you at our story time party with Paper Coterie and Everyday Storytellers. As far as we're concerned, September doesn't get better than this!

Comments

[Sarah Wolfe]

I love this idea...photos almost always tell stories or jog our memories to remember. My oldest son started kindergarten this week..such a big time in his life and a change in our family.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahsaphire/

[Sarah S.]

I added a story photo...thanks for telling out stories! http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahsalazar/6149615984/in/pool-shuttersistersonewordproject/

[Nike pas cher]

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[Connie Ward]

Stories! Wow! My brain is fried from remembering all of the stories that make up my life and the lives of the people I love. My dear aunt recently passed away. She was 98! I called her every single day for 6 1/2 years, and we talked every single day for almost an hour. She started to lose her memory about the last 6 months, and I still called her, and we still talked every single day. Our conversations were only 15 to 20 minutes long those last months, but I knew I was going to lose her, and I wanted to spend every precious moment with her that I could, even if it was on the telephone. She has now been gone almost 6 months, but I still reach for the telephone to call her. Her passing left a big hole in my heart, and I will always treasure the time we spent on the phone.

[Sarah S.]

Thank you so much for giving all of us this opportunity. I love it!

[Paula]

This is my heart-stopping story...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/holomama/6166015956/

[Theo]

Thank you so much for the chance. As a someone who loves photography, this celebration is amazing. Happy autumn!

[Jan]

Just finished my post. I put it off all month, not knowing what to say!
Thanks for the kick to get that out of my system ;)
http://twoscoopz.com/2011/09/29/its-only-hair/

[drolwa]

oh the stories I could tell!!!! This is was captured at a blue grass festival in the mountains. enjoy!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25868654@N04/6198945946/in/pool-1046943@N23/