It has been busy around here since Christmas--the good kind of busy. The house is looking good, I'm feeling better about where I am in life, and bits of crafting are getting done. I've been thinking about what I want to do with this blog. Part of me keeps forgetting that I'm just starting out. I follow a good many blogs and have gotten a lot of inspiration and advice from them. I feel like I know the writers (who probably get that all the time and just gloss over the random tweets and responses from me). I'm learning how to blog as I learn my crafting style and work out how my days go. I'm figuring out my future business. I'm doing a lot of things, but I wouldn't be able to do it without the help of crative minds who have done all these things before me.
So I'm going to start linking some of the people who have inspired me in one way or another. Some of them do giveaways, which I hope to be able to do myself someday. If there is a giveaway that I want for myself, I'll blog about it. But mostly I just want to acknowledge people I appreciate. Sometimes they've given me advice (and by "me" I mean the internet as a whole), sometimes I've bought a product that I love, sometimes I just want to be like them.
I'm also going to start adding in pictures. I am fairly technologically illiterate, so you'll have to bear with me, but just reading my descriptions of things is quite likely to get boring. I'm working on a lot of things right now and haven't been this excited in a long time.
Have I mentioned I'm excited?
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
Listing the Year
I've been making lists. I like lists. I have written lists since I've been able to write. My mom will tell the story of the time I was supposed to be packing up my bedroom for a move and she checked on my progress a few days later only to find that I had spent my time cataloging all my books. And I had a lot of books.
I love planners. I always have more than I need. When I was in school, I even used them. I have a Moleskine planner that I absolutely love. I've started my year of change off by filling out basic information in it, like when I need to start planning birthday parties, when invitations need to be sent, when I need to book Christmas pictures, etc. It may be geeky, but I enjoyed looking at the year in front of me.
We exchange calendars at Christmas. My mom got me a sewing calendar this year. It's great. It has projects to make every few days that aren't too difficult. I'm liking that it isn't a daily project calendar the way some are. Added to my list of goals is completing the projects in my calendar.
I'm told that writing your goals for people to see helps you to achieve them. Either that or you fail publicly. I have big goals set for this year, with a few smaller wants thrown in. I'm going to write about them--whether they are being planned, actually happening, or I'm having trouble accomplishing them.
My goals (in no particular order and knowing there will be more and these will be tweaked):
1) to become an organized and dependable person
2) to keep a clean and clutter-free house
3) to return to school
4) to have crafty fun time (with a whole separate list of goals)
5) to return to my writing (this blog only partly counts)
6) to have a handmade Christmas in 2010
I started the year off by scrubbing out the fridge and freezer and throwing out everything that was expired. I'm caught up on the laundry. It's a small start. The year is young.
I love planners. I always have more than I need. When I was in school, I even used them. I have a Moleskine planner that I absolutely love. I've started my year of change off by filling out basic information in it, like when I need to start planning birthday parties, when invitations need to be sent, when I need to book Christmas pictures, etc. It may be geeky, but I enjoyed looking at the year in front of me.
We exchange calendars at Christmas. My mom got me a sewing calendar this year. It's great. It has projects to make every few days that aren't too difficult. I'm liking that it isn't a daily project calendar the way some are. Added to my list of goals is completing the projects in my calendar.
I'm told that writing your goals for people to see helps you to achieve them. Either that or you fail publicly. I have big goals set for this year, with a few smaller wants thrown in. I'm going to write about them--whether they are being planned, actually happening, or I'm having trouble accomplishing them.
My goals (in no particular order and knowing there will be more and these will be tweaked):
1) to become an organized and dependable person
2) to keep a clean and clutter-free house
3) to return to school
4) to have crafty fun time (with a whole separate list of goals)
5) to return to my writing (this blog only partly counts)
6) to have a handmade Christmas in 2010
I started the year off by scrubbing out the fridge and freezer and throwing out everything that was expired. I'm caught up on the laundry. It's a small start. The year is young.
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