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I'm getting ready to make some resolutions for the new year, crafty and otherwise.
For starters, I vow to spend less on new stuff, and use what I have more often. I began this in earnest last year, and now that I'm no longer a demo, this should be a whole lot easier.
I'm also going to start drawing more of my own art rather than relying on stamps. I mean, really, how hard is it to draw a line art house and a lollipop tree? I'm going to start practicing in a sketch book and see what I can come up with.
I want to do some journalling, and incorporate papercrafts with this.
I want to participate in Patter Cross' Faith-based challenge for 2010! (Triple The Scraps)
And finally, there's the ongoing resolution to keep my space more organized. Yeah, like that will ever happen! ;)
I bet a lot of people are going to have this one but I need to organize my studio. I just keep stacking things higher. I am going to try to completely re-organize everything. I was first a decorative artist and when stamping came into my life I tried to mix those supplies into everything. I want to have half my studio painting and the other half stamping. Notice I said "try" and "want" - we'll see what happens.
~to clean out my stamp areas and get rid of things I do not use
~to buy from companies I have never bought from before (I am getting away from being a SU consumer as there are so many other awesome stamps out there)
~To get many more Nesties for my BigShot I got fot Christmas
Still pondering and haven't yet committed to resolutions (am I a procrastinator or what?!?)
Here's a few I've been thinking about:
1. Complete a page a day in the scrapbooks - I am *so* far behind!
2. Organize and clean out the craft area - purge unneeded items (so hard!)
3. Get back into the habit/routine of making cards - I used to do this during lunch at work and haven't had the motivation in over a year.
Clean and get my crafts back in some order of organization. LOL
Get back to scrapbooking. I have let it take a back seat this past year.. I have a new great-grandson that I need to scrap. LOL
Purchase a few more Nesties.........
Replenish my card stash with a variety of cards to be shared with a local nursing home, etc.
Continue to:
1) Stay AHEAD of cards for occassions for family & friends
2) Recite my mantra DAILY and LIVE IT: "Life is short... so use the 'good stuff'". (I want to overcome my tendency to hoard pretty papers and embellishments in fear that once I use them they will be "gone").
3) Use more of my unused sets - I have lucky enough to blessed with lots of pretty sets that I haven't used because once I do they won't be "new" (why do I elevate the fact that a set is "new"?) - what good is a "new" set if it goes unused? DUH!
4) Use more of my unused tools as well.
5) Clean up immediately after stamping so my space stays clear and beckons me to stamp more often.
New goals for 2010:
6) Create a card file to help me accomplish goal #1 above - I also signed up for CCC10 which will help (110 cards for the holidays thanks to CCC09! WOO HOO!)
7) START SCRAPBOOKING! I have the books, photos, and layouts in my heads - time to actually CREATE something!
8 ) Finish the stamp index I began
9) Create a Nesties Index
10) Finish mounting all my bare rubber sets onto EZ Mount
11) Improve my sponging technique
12) Continue to do more SCS & other companies' challenges
13) Organize my scraps
14) SPEND LESS - remind myself every time there is a new release with one of the many many stamp companies I loooooooove that I already am lucky enough to have lots of cool stuff to craft with - and ask myself 'do I really really LOVE a particular set or product?' for perspective.
I did pretty well with my Crafting Goals for 2009, hopefully I will be as successful in 2010. Good luck everyone!
For starters, I vow to spend less on new stuff, and use what I have more often. I began this in earnest last year, and now that I'm no longer a demo, this should be a whole lot easier.
YES! This is what I want to make for my crafty new year's resolution. I find myself looking for new stuff all the time when I have tons and tons of stuff that needs to be used.
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Those were all good resolutions so far.
This year I want to work at learning how to convert my art to digital images so I can maybe sell some. I got a wacom drawing tablet for Christmas and I have PSE7-now I have to learn to use them. This old brain doesn't learn as fast as it used to. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I would also like to make more cards and other crafts for this antique/craft shop that carries my cards. Maybe then she can sell more and we would both be happy.
Happy New Year everyone.
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Lower and stay within a better stamping budget
Keep working on my stamp set file binder, so I know what I have
Also participate in Patter Cross' faith-based challenge each week
Get some more nesties...I only have one set
Use some lonely stamps that haven't seen the light of day for awhile
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Mine is pretty simple..
~~~ finish unmounting the sets I have
~~~ finish organizing my room (which I have been working on since Jan2nd.. woot)
~~~ make cards just because instead of on a "need" to basis
~~~ Use what I have instead of walking into Michaels and spend spend spend esp since I quit working last November.
Ok, after reading all of yours, I will make some as well! (regarding crafts ONLY!!!)
1. Try not to make such a mess while creating....generally looks like a tornado went through when I'm done!
2. To catch up on the last few years of scrapbooking.....ya, I admit, I became lazy about keeping up with it!
3. To keep my reorganized room the way it is.....I have this affliction of continually reorganizing...stop me PLEASE!!!!
4. To start a scrapbook fro my godson, he's 13 & really wants one.....OMG, I have 13 years of scrapping to do.....what was I thinking when I said I would do this???
Oh, ya did I mention, I'm in my final semester of school, so LOTS of studying and then state boards!! (again, what was I thing when I decided to go back to school at 41???????) So, like I have all this extra time...NOT!
1) to keep my craft room clean...
2) use what i already have in my stash
3) to make multiple cards when i do make them so i have them on hand and not be creating x-mas cards a week before x-mas or a b-day card the night before.
4)try things that are not usually in my comfort zone.
5) try something new (like crochet or something)
o all of you who have crafty resolutions hope you can keep them i'm sure gonna try!:-D Happy new year to all!
my biggest is to keep my work space clean. I tend to stamp in little spurts when I can find time, then run out of time to clean up - then just start stamping the next time, and it never gets cleaned up. I think I'd stamp more if I had a clean work space!
Next would be to use the things I already have more (this said as I just placed a big SU! order for SAB!)...
~~to learn about paper sewing
~~to take more pics and post more in my gallery
~~to focus more on scrapbooking and recipe swaps
~~to organize my recipe swap cards
~~to find creative ways to include paper crafts in my monthly in home bible study
~~to finish my 2009 His Holy Name Challenge book, I'm now behind a year?
~~to purchase one new tool a month and less stamps that stack up unused!
To stamp more often than I did in 2009--summer and christmas break is just not often enough! To take more pictures. Maybe not a picture each day, but at least a couple a week.
To be stamping as much as possible and to try out each and every tech in the Tech Junkie Newsletters and the Resources Section here!....mmmm....THAT would be quite a feat!
Clean up my stamping area and find all that hidden stuff I forgot I even have!
Use up current stash and try new cardstock/dp combinations.
Start my Christmas cards early instead of waiting till 2:00 AM on Dec. 20th!
1. to put my toys away as soon as i'm done playing with them
which in turn will lead to
2. keeping my craft studio neat and orderly
3. to make a minimum of 3 new jewelry pieces a week because I really want to start making a real income off of my jewelry designs.
4. stamp something....anything daily.
5.spend less, use more, share more.
leave more comments on scs gallery uploads...i've gotten out of the habit
Happy New Year Everyone.
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Oh my gosh.. at first I was going to say I was going to TRY to stay organized, but then I got to reading all y'alls resolutions so I have to add more to mine. Only because I think they're such great ideas, that I have wanted to do for such a long time, but just never get around to doing them:
1) Stay organized in my craft room
2) Participate in some challenges (I have never done a challenge!)
3) Use my Cricut more often and learn more about what it can do
4) Stay ahead of card-giving occasions
5) get back into scrapbooking
6) Oh, and one more.. to make 2 of each card so I have one extra (which should help with number 4 on my list!)
My biggest resolution is to redo my crafty area. Right now it's a card table, book shelf and a giant mess in the corner of my bedroom. Oddly I don't have much in the way of supplies, but just have a lot of junk in general.
Not only do I want to organize it, but I want to decorate the area in a way that inspires me to be crafty. And will inspire me to clean it all up nice & pretty when I'm done!
I've just recently started stamping and card making, so my other resolution is to develop my own style of card making. Continue submitting to challenges and with luck earn a spot on a design team.
To do that I also have to keep up with my blog ... in the past my blogs go neglected for months and months on end. So I'm keeping a notebook with thoughts and ideas for my blog by my bedside (inspiration hits when I'm exhausted!).
Lastly, I need to finish projects I've started. Like a 75% finished dress that I've been "trying" to finish for 2 years now. The 6 or so canvases in various stages of completion ... need to be completed.
Oh! And this year I'd like to finish all my holiday cards AND mail them before the holidays! lol
How funny, I was just thinking about this! Here is my list:
1. Keep my room cleaned up
2. Finish some of the scrapbook projects I have started
3. Finish some of the fabric projects I've started and collected kits for
4. Get ahead on my card-making instead of leaving everything for last minute
5. Take more pictures both in life and in my craft room
6. Udate my blog on regular basis...for once!
7. Use what I have!!!!
That should do it. Now, we'll see how it all pans out over the course of the year!
- reorganize my stampin' space - DONE wooohooo!!!
- go through my stamps and get rid of those I do not use - gonna be hard
- post twice a week on my blog
- stamp at least 175 cards throughout the year
- actually give the cards to who they are intended for instead of thinking they will not like them ... LOL
Think that is it ... LOL
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well new years has come and passed and so far i've only succeeded on one thing on my list which was to try something out of my comfort zone... i'll keep at these resolutions but i have little hope for a clean room. :rolleyes: well one year i'll be able to check everything on my list just not this year. lol
What are your crafty resolutions?
CMC's 2010 Crafty Resolutions
