Showing posts with label 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2014. Show all posts

Friday, January 3, 2014

...365 of 2014.



 
Here we are. Three days into it, to be specific!
remember this PIN??
Still, a 'Bright & Shiny' NEW Year...
Brimming with potential and possibilities,
Now what shall we do with it?
2014.
"RESOLUTIONS"... my, how I dislike that word. I recently read the definition of this word to be "Your 'TO-DO LIST for the first week of January ".  I thought that to be rather appropriate!

 Harmony~ Happiness~ Creativity

Yes. I think these three simple words will make Perfect 'goals' for ME for 2014!  They apply to sooo many important aspects of my life...

Family...Travelling... Saling... Purging... Gardening... Cooking...  

We'll see.  Anybody else out there have plans for their shiny new 2014??  I'd love to hear them!!

ETSY recently published this article on a '365 Creativity Plan'.  I found it interesting, and I didn't want to lose it, so here it is...

1. Take a 5 minute walk and make something where you end up using what’s available. Leave it there for someone else to discover, but be sure to document it first!
2. What do you collect? Work with a collection of objects you have in your home (or borrow a friend’s, if you like).
3. Transform an old book into something new by cutting, folding, gluing, etc.
4. Create or alter something so that it disappears into its background.
5. Can you create something using a material that will dissipate quickly? (For example: soap bubbles, smoke, butter on a griddle, cream in coffee, etc.)
6. Turn today’s junk mail (or spam email) into something much more appealing.
7. Make an image with just words or letters. You can cut them from a magazine, draw them yourself or print out words on a computer to work with.
8. Re-interpret your favorite childhood story.
9. Make a unique trophy. Bonus: award it to someone!
10. Add a face to something that normally doesn’t have one.
Be sure to visit my site, MakeSomething365.com, where I’m cataloging 365 projects to inspire folks to start their own! And, of course, let me know if you do start your own project and I’ll be sure to share it there too.

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

...CREATE ~ INSPIRE ~ DREAM

 This W.O.W. (Week of Wonderful - THANKS Shara @ Monkeybox!!  Lovin' that "stolen phrase" when applied to the 'non-commercial') has found me enjoying a true bounty of heartfelt Holiday gifties!
     One of particular interest was this book
- LIVE -  LAUGH - LOVE -
 
 
 
Upon opening it, you find a void space.
A 'hole in the story' if you will.
...this has unnerved me a bit as to the upcoming 2014.
I KNOW these books are meant to fit on your shelf with others and safeguard valuables, BUT...
I'm just glad that there was a 'security blanket' (of sorts) included inside!!!
 
VERA 2013 - #25
 

Another giftie that I have been spending a LOT of time researching, arranging, and admiring...



in their 'new' home.
 Hatpin Holder with 25+ hatpins from
my employers. 
  HISTORY: since '99 I have worked part-time for an old Downtown Hardware / Antique store.  About the same time the Owner purchased a "Box-Lot" of HatPins, and has given me a couple of them for birthdays and Xmas ever since for my collection.  We have always joked that 'eventually' I would have ALL of them...  Recently, they have sold the buildings and will be closing out the businesses by the end of Nov. 2014.  I receive this Xmas gift with a note "I told you that you would end up with all of them."


VERA - 2013 #26 (Barbara)
 A DEAR, DEAR Older friend who couldn't get 'out' to do her 'usual' Xmas shopping this year Found this Little Scarf tucked in her drawer from when she used to live in NYC, and she thought I would give it a good home...
(If this scarf looks familiar... I DO have one in a different colorway...)
 
To Finalize the 2013 TOTALS and TRI-FECTAs...
Found in 2012!!
HAEGER 2013 - #7 (matches Candle Holders #5 & #6), & #8 (Xmas gifties)


SWEATER CLIPS 2014 - # 18 & #19 ($1each)
 
I FOUND IN 'ALL THAT EMPTY SPACE',  after I removed 'the security blanket',
~ CREATE ~ INSPIRE ~ DREAM ~
 MY 2014 WISH FOR YOU.