contentment 2013

Okay, I’ll Write Things Down …

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I’m not good at writing in my journal.  The writings sometimes reveal too much and a lot of times, I find it difficult to re-read my thoughts.  We’ll get into why another time.   For 2013 though, I’ve decided to put on my big girl panties and get up close and personal with the things I need to deal with creatively and personally.  😳

Sometime during 2012, I found this blog.   The name intrigued me so I stayed awhile, reading, absorbing, agreeing, browsing some more,  then downloading the free guided journal pages she offered.  I love the title of the journal and I like the fact that while there are serious questions, these pages also allow celebration of the fun, quirky, creative, every day aspects of life.  I also like the guided aspect of the compilation; it gives me a jump-start to some of the questions I need to answer and some of the goals I need to set for myself.

So I downloaded, and downloaded until eventually I had all of the pages of her first set of journal pages.

Guided Journal

Initially, only the cover page had quirky colour — pages 1 – 10 didn’t; I’m glad she added that.  The colour makes me smile; makes me happy.

Because she sells the journal on her Etsy site, I’m not going to share my already printed and put together journal.  Instead, I’m going to let you go and download the pages yourself.  In appreciation of you and this incredibly gracious woman.

Me … I’m about to get off the internet and go write things down.  It’s time for me to start filling in some of my blanks.

 

 

 

Ready, Set, Go!: Craft Book Challenge 2013

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I guess since it’s January 1st, 2013, I’m in the mood for telling on myself.  In an effort to live more intentionally, more consciously and more frugally,  I’m committing to using my craft-book/Ravelry pattern library only this year along with this challenge.  

To date, I have:

  •  58 knitting instruction and pattern books
  •  21 crochet instruction and pattern books
  • 40 knitting and crochet booklets & magazines (including my vintage set)
  • hundreds of Ravelry stored patterns — freebies, bought and gifted

Seriously, how much more inspiration do I need?  LOLOL!  True, some of them were gifted, but at the end of the day, I have more than enough to get me through several years and I have more than enough yarn to do this!

I can’t claim ownership of this challenge; I got it from the lovely Liesl at Liesl Made

Part of my stash-down goals is to not accumulate anymore patterns (except for freebies gifted by designers using coupon codes).    I’m not going to reinvent the wheel, so here are the rules (taken from Liesl’s challenge):

craftbookchallenge

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The SIMPLE RULES

  • Make at least one item from a craft book you already have in your library every month—no matter how small.
  • You can do a post about your goals at the beginning of the month, if you want. 
  • Since WP doesn’t have a Mr. Linky, I’ll post my contribution to this challenge on the last Sunday of every month. 

If you blog, you can share the link to your completed project every month in the comment section of this blog when I do that post

OR

you can post on your blog linking back to the challenge here

OR

you can link to your completed project on Ravelry.  Simple as that! 

Whatever you do, I just want to be able to support your progress and find the projects you’ve completed through this challenge.

  • Feel free to play along, even if you miss a month or just want to participate every other month.  The rules should be flexible to fit your life. The goal is simply to find a way to encourage and challenge ourselves to USE our books and patterns.

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I’m not allowing myself to buy any new books for the entire year. You’re welcome to add this rule to your challenge if you want to. 

So how about it?  Who’s with me?