Blogroll…

Create Art Everyday UPDATE 2-14-2012

I have given myself this challenge, and I have to remember, I am not necessarily looking for the next masterpiece every day, but rather, that I DO something creative. Some days, it is more an exercise in creativity to SEE that something was creative than to actually create.

I am in a challenge group to get some of my quilts that up until now have not managed to get finished, finished!

So, a good number of the daily creativity will as a result reflect this.

Also, creativity to me is puttering on the computer, playing with Lightroom or PSE…(which don’t always result in RESULTS)

Without further ado, here are the photos from the first two weeks, in no order at all!

A pretty orange pepper I found at the grocery store the other day:

2012 FEB 04-8

Layla:

2012 FEB 06-5

Timmy and I, self portrait at the beach:

2012-FEB 13

A pair of Lampwork earrings:

421561_3323687134960_1351800130_33517813_1823634308_n

My 2×4 quilt, getting back into the swing of it:

426124_3308773642132_1351800130_33510879_55774606_nIMG_1221IMG_1223

Layla and I had Arts and Crafts when she visited last:

IMG_5414

This is Timmy’s Valentine:

 

THIS is going around Facebook lately— pretty much sums it up!

421306_342390985791653_100000622620276_1083283_844483473_n

MAKE ART EVERY DAY

Today is February 2,  2/2. Groundhog Day. How about having creativity being the thing that runs in a loop—do something creative! EVERY DAY.

I made it through January, which seemed a drag. I had finished up my 2011 Photo a Day Project, and just didn’t feel the desire to do it again.

I finished shooting for my Year on the Appomattox, as well.

While I probably did do some creative things, they were done without purpose, or true acknowledgement.  I am going to try to change that, starting now.

Some days, the creative bug is difficult to find, and it may be that doing something creative will be as exciting as some of those last minute, oh, shoot I forgot to take a photo images… But I hope that more of them will be on a higher level than that!

Limitations to creativity—none. I am not locking myself into any particular medium. Creativity comes from where it comes, and we shall not argue with it!

I probably won’t post a new blog post daily, but I WILL post on Facebook what my creative endeavor was, and I will update the blog at least weekly, and sometimes even with photos!!

Ready, set, START.

February 1—Yesterday I quilted. I finished the binding on a baby quilt. Now, it is washed, folded and awaiting the newest baby on the scene…

February 2—I worked out the pattern I was attempting for a tote bag, and finished up two totes, which need some threads snipped. Then I can photograph them and mail them off to their new homes, as late Christmas gifts.

NEWS FLASH!!!

Everyone may not be aware, and so I just wanted to remind you that THIS YEAR, Christmas is on December 25th…. Yes, the 25th of December is CHRISTMAS this year, that comes directly after the 24th…

Really. It’s one of the last hold-out, non floating holidays …(Halloween having given up the gh0st in so many localities, we have New Years, the 4th of July and Christmas holding onto the outdated tradition of being celebrated ‘on the day’, so to speak.) Therefore, it will be held on a Sunday this time around.

Now, I realize it’s a sneaky  little holiday—there are, after all, no signs stating such an event is on its way, nor advertisements alerting you; heck there aren’t even any special songs to remind you or anything, so I just wanted to provide this little PSA…. Smile

Black Friday. While I Red heart what I do, pardon me if I am less than enthused to be coming to work at  O’Dark Thirty and keeping a Laughing out loud on my face all the live long day, while you hold me personally responsible for being out of the widget de jour…especially, if while you are looking down your nose at the shop “help” you can’t stop texting Mobile phoneor calling friends to complain about how utterly horrid your EXTRA DAY OFF has been because all the goodies you wanted were gone…because it isn’t my day off, and I won’t get an extra day off and I won’t open my check to find hazard pay on it, either!

See, the thing is, it isn’t even the WORKING—loads of people are working on holidays— in hospitals and airports Airplane, factories and newspapers, IT help desks  and and and… But it’s just the same as any other work day, except they get holiday pay, or time and a half or triple time, or extra time off, and more than the just over minimum that is offered to seasonal retail workers.

It’s the tone of the people you are interacting with—who any other day may be polite and gentle, who may hold the door for someone, or let someone with only a few items get to the register before them.  Who upon arrival at the parking lot begin to behave like hungry piranhas, refusing even to yield a gap in the driving lane to let a car out of a parking space Auto, so sure that someone may be trying to beat them to the deal. The season of Peace and Joy, indeed.

Be alerted also that many, many people consider the 24th of December a holiday, too. Retail does not. Those elves busy filling your stockings at the register on December 24th are not being treated to a paid (or unpaid) holiday. They are scrambling to come up with something at the last minute, to fulfill  orders not due till early January, to prove to the person you are trying to impress that you are, indeed, Santa.

The retail world thanks you.  

About Turkey Day  This links to a blog I wrote two years ago for Thanksgiving. There isn’t much I can add to it…

CHRISTMAS PHOTO A DAY…. Starting up again on DECEMBER FIRST… are you signed up to my photo blog? Do you want to receive these images daily to your email? Have you liked my Facebook page? Are you on the list and you want to be removed? (sniff  Sad smile )   (Contact me to be added or removed)

My photo website—  ALL images Camera are available for purchase, and make wonderful, unique and personal gifts.

This year, I have a selection of Christmas images for personalized Christmas cards!

My Etsy site—   This year I have a few different little gifts Gift with a bow available for sale.

What is left to say?

BE THANKFUL.

EAT WELL,

HAVE LEFTOVERS,

AND MAKE MEMORIES…!