Showing posts with label Project 365. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Project 365. Show all posts

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Creative Every Day

This year I've pledged to be Creative Every Day . Now I KNOW this might not happen EVERY day, but I think it can happen most. I mean I already scrap almost every night last year (well until the holidays came) and I promised myself that this year would be the year I started fostering more of that creative spirit inside of me beyond scrapping. I'm participating in The Erosion Bundle Project and I'm a guest host at Year in the Life Art Journal and many other things that I'll share as I go along. I've got so many things I want to participate in this year that I'm starting to make list and write them on a creative calendar.
The CED challenge got a lot less daunting when I realized that I could just work on something every day. I didn't have to finish it. Also it's not just art or scrapping. It's taking photos and cooking too. Since I'm doing the Project 365 on my iPhone that might be all I do creatively for that day. And if I forget a day so be it. So this week I've taken my photo every day! Can't BELIEVE I've remembered. You can go see them on my tumblr acct if you'd like. I've tried some new recipes. Both Nana asked for seconds! I've searched for inspiration in fabric and nature and colors in general for my Inspiration Defined class. I did last weeks homework which was to pick a fav lo and to lift it.
The old lo:


and the new lo.
Last night I worked on my next Gutter Girlz LO which you won't get to see until next Friday while creating some new friendships with some scrappy girls from Twitter. Tonight I plan to work on the art of lettering writing for my Happy Mail partners.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Inspirational Resources

So I'm taking this class over at Big Picture Scrapbooking called Inspiration Defined by Elizabeth Dillow. I felt I had lost my mojo and some Twitter girlfriends were taking it and I joined in their party. So far I've started a Tumblr blog for links and quotes and pictures that I find inspiring. I'm also posting my Project 365 photos there which I'm taking this year on my iPhone and posting with the Project 365 app. I'm editing those pics with mostly the camera bag app so far. You can check it out if you want Just A Girl Inspired and if you follow me I'll follow back.

So one of our assignments was to make a list of things that inspire us. I'm inspired by so many things. These are the things that came to me right away:
  • Color
  • Photography
  • People's personal stories
  • Paintings
  • Sculpture
  • Graphic Design
  • Art 
  • Cute little Japanese toys
  • Animals 
  • Feathers
  • Sequins
  • Sparkly things
  • Things that light up
  • Candlelight
  • Design
  • Printmaking
  • Drawing
  • Computer Graphics
  • Fashion 
  • Nature
  • Snow & Ice
  • All 4 seasons
  • Architecture
  • All kinds of vintage items
  • Modern sleek design
  • Collage
  • Movies
  • Music
  • Song lyrics
  • Quotes
  • Poems
  • Books both reading and visual
  • Travel
  • History
  • Friendship
  • Suffering
  • Triumph
  • Overcoming obstacles
  • Dreams
  • Nightmares
  • Jewelry
  • Paper
  • Ads
  • TV 
  • Textures
  • Laughter
  • Love

Anything on your inspiration list I might have missed? I'd love you to share.