Monday, February 28, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Day 51 - 2.20.2011
Though you cannot tell, this plant is over 27 years old. My husband got it for his mom when he was in kindergarten. I nearly killed it this winter by forgetting to bring it inside when it started to freeze, and I was heartbroken that I had killed something that had flourished for so long. I brought it inside to heal, and lo and behold it started to resprout a few weeks back. By summer's end it will be just like new.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Day 49 - 2.18.2011
There's nothing particularly special about this painting Livy made, but I just love the colors.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Day 42 - 2.11.2011
Birthday Cake we collectively made for a friend. He loves cars, hence the modified Maserati emblem.
Valentine's cards Livy and I made together for her class. You can't see the back, but she signed her name to every one she gave out :)
Friday, February 11, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Belated New Year's Resolutions/Goals
Better late than never that I get my New Year's resolutions out into the world. It is ONLY the beginning of February.
First of all, I want to look back at last year's goals and see how I did:
PHOTOGRAPHY
First of all, I want to look back at last year's goals and see how I did:
- Participate in Project 365 (I took well over 365 pictures and probably took a picture for about 80% of those days. Not too shabby for a first try.)
- Finish my mom's quilt (Done by March)
- Finally start (AND finish) my humongous rainbow collage (Pretty much done. Just a few tweeks I want to eventually get around too and then shellac the thing with a UV protectant.)
- A rainbow string quilt (Done and I LOVE it!!! It even won a prize at the State Fair.)
- Learn to crochet granny squares (I need to work on this a lot.)
- Make artwork for around the house (I'm carrying this one over...)
- Learn to make clothes for Livers (The only thing I made from her looks like a disaster, but for some reason she LOVES it. I'll have to do more of this.)
- Work my way around my D-SLR well (Still learning, but I've done great and am very confident in my abilities.)
- Make more jewelry for myself (I made some but want to branch out beyond simple pieces.)
- Sell things on Etsy (Not yet. Maybe later.)
- Learn to digitally scrapbook well (I made MAYBE one or two pages. At most. This must change.)
- FINALLY start and finish Livers' baby scrapbook (Yeah, need to get around to this. Baby is 4...)
- Learn to crochet and knit more things than scarves (Do flowers count?)
- Crochet a blanket (Not yet. Maybe this year!)
- Knit a pair of socks (Maybe this year. Knitting is scary.)
- Regularly organize the gazillion photos I take (I'm still not done with 2010's but I'm close. I'm only a couple of days behind for 2011 so that's an accomplishment!)
- Teach Livers a new craft (Not really, but I want to start with this.)
- Make more things for my kid(s?) (Kid :( Maybe this will be the year. On both accounts.)
- Be less craftily lazy (I can always work on this.)
- Keep the blog more updated (Notsomuch. Hopefully this year.)
PHOTOGRAPHY
- Learn how to use Photoshop Elements...well
- Complete a Project 365
- And upload a picture per day on my blog
- Utilize Flickr more for my own pictures, not just for looking at other peoples' work
- Keep up with picture organization. Having to organize three months at a time is no fun.
- Get a macro lens and learn to use it :D
- Learn to digitally scrapbook and FINALLY get around to making Livy's baby book scrapbook
- Learn to crochet well
- Become more comfortable with knitting
- Start and make progress on a granny square afghan
- Knit a pair of socks (carry over from last year)
- Make a beautiful rainbow shawl with the yarn I ordered from the Unique Sheep
- Start a crazy quilt
- Make the Color Wheel quilt from Last Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts
- Make a quilt for Livy's bed
- Learn how to free motion quilt
- At the very least PLAN a quilt/duvet cover for my bed
- Repurpose clothes into something new and fabulous
- Learn to sew sippers
- Learn to make pillows
- Learn to make purses, even if it's tiny
- Make more clothes for Livy
- Keep up with my craft blog
- Learn to make jewelry
- Keep up with scanning, photographing, and cataloguing Livy's artwork
- Paint more
- Experiment with mixed media artwork
- Make artwork for my house. The walls have been too bare for too long
- Finish my calendar before next year :)
Friday, February 4, 2011
Day 33 - 2.2.2011: "Decoupage Picture Frames"
Decoupage is in quotation marks because it is my first attempt and has been quite a struggle. I've glued down and removed many pieces of scrapbook paper because I can't seem to keep the Modge Podge from making the paper bubble. I found a tutorial last night on Just Something You Made's blog, and round 546 is going a lot better. This could change when I start to put the Modge Podge top layer on, though. We shall see...
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