Wednesday, January 29, 2014

creating daily - day 17 to 26

...I know, I know I am a bit behind with posting my progress. I have been away over the weekend, at the "Paperworld" fair in Frankfurt. I have been demoing for Polyform Products and I had a blast. It was really cool but at the end of the day you are tiered and don´t feel like doing much. So I am a bit behind and I will try to get back on track right now:
 on day 17 I decorated some of my clips with washi tape. Not a big deal, but they do look a lot different and so much more fun...;-)
 Day 18: playing with grids and patterns in my sketchbook.
 Day 19: I had this cardboard letter "A" for some time already and I could not decide how to decorate it. Since I am a lot into maps right now this was a perfect choice!
Day 20: I am not sure where I have see something similar to this, (could have been on "a beautiful mess") but I really like the idea of adding some bright colour to the rim of a wooden box and putting it on wheels!
 Day 21-23: okay, this is not really a small daily project, but I ran a bit out of time! I really wanted to make a piece of jewellery that I could wear while being at the show. I totally love the new silk screens from Polyform Products and printing with them! So I did select that and use the printing technique for this polymer clay necklace. And I was working on more than one day on that!
 Day 24: I love decorating envelopes and with these ones I used some washi tapes and used some of my carved stamps, too.
 Day 25: I have been out with a friend and we where drinking a glass of wine each. I really loved the look of a glass of white and a glass of red on the table. So I sketched that.
Day 26: Another stamp idea from Julie Fei-Fan Balzer´s Stamp book: an arrow stamp! There are so many cool ideas in this book, I am sure there will be more coming up !
Okay, so much for today. More creating to do today...;-))

 

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Friday, January 17, 2014

creating daily - day 9 -16

white doodles on black card stock
Time is going really quickly right now! I was hoping that January would slow down a bit, but no, it is just not happening! So many things on my desk...!
Anyway I wanted to talk a little about this project. I had some comments, saying things like: "You are completely crazy to do this!" 
I actually I do not think so. Let me explain: the projects are really small, mostly. And I am enjoying to be creative. I feel good when I do things and enjoy experimenting and see the results I am getting. Unfortunately I often feel I need to do other things first and end up not being creative at all at some days. After a while I feel really bad, because I have not taken the time for this very important outlet for me. Not a good situation!
art journal page - first part
But since I started the 365 project, I know I will do something each day, even if it is just a small thing. And that gives me so much good energy and the more I do, the more ideas I get. It is like a positive spiral going up, instead of going down! Every morning I wake up and now I will do some fun creative project on this day How cool is that? ;-)
Sketch - "winter birds"
You might say: "365 days in a row is a lot! And what if miss one day?" Well I did not say it is always easy! Especially when things get hectic (which is very often) or when I do not feel well. Unfortunately that also happens. The only way to deal with that, is to do an even smaller project, something really tiny (like the earrings wires! It only took me 10 minutes altogether) and to plan a bit ahead when you know there will be busy times ( like the weekends or when I need to travel) also helps a lot.
testing a new jig - earring wires
I am selecting creative projects I can take with me or that only needs very little material. The black and white doodle is something like that: only one piece of card stock and one white pen!. I do not have to finish things, if it does not go how I want it. The art journaling page is something like that. The first part was not really that great, but after adding the second part (at another day!) I liked it much more. And that is another thing: there will be days when I make something, that I actually do not like. But that is okay. No need to stress out about it. There is always another day...;-))
art journal - 2nd part of this page
So all in all: yes it is a commitment, and yes it takes time to do it, but the reward is great! And that in itself is enough reason for me to keep going! And as with all things: the more you practice the better you get at it. That is definitely also true for this project!
striped pattern stamp
 Has anyone of you also started a 365 project? I would love to hear about what you are doing, and your tricks for staying motivated. Please leave me a comment and tell me about it! ;-))
simple plant stamp
 Okay, I got to go and have some fun with my daily project...!
ribbon banner stamps - idea from Julie Fei-Fan Balzer´s book "Carve Stamp Play"


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Thursday, January 09, 2014

creating daily - day 1 to 8

I have been creating daily, but I had trouble documenting everything on the blog. So today I just will show you what I have done so far and in the next couple days I tell you a bit more about the project.
Unfortunatelly I am dealling with my heath again, especially with my teeth. Not happy about this, but a girl got to do what a girl got to do, right? ;-)

Ich habe täglich an meinen Projekt gearbeitet, aber das zeigen meiner Arbeiten hat bisher nicht so gut geklappt. darum werde ich Euch heute schon mal die Arbeiten der letzten Tage zeigen und etwas später noch mehr dazu erzählen.
Leider hab ich schon wieder gesundheitliche Probleme, besonders mit meinen Zähnen. Das macht mich nicht besonders glücklich, aber da muß ich wohl durch, nicht war? ;-)








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