creating daily - day 68 till 75

I do not want to get as much out of updating anymore, so here are the next few days of my creating daily project:

 day 69: denim clutch for my art supplies when I am on the go

 day 70: sketch of a leaf

 day 71: I turned yesterdays sketch into a stamp

 day 72: gelli print

 day 72: gelli print

 day 73: gelli print

 day 73: gelli print

 day 74: tiny house with heart stamp

 day 75: gelli print

 day 75: gelli print

I have been really busy the last couple of days, especially with my new online class going live. It was amazing and I was complettly overwhelmed with the huge wonderful respond I got! I am so very thankful for that, I can not tell you how much.
What are YOU up to these days?

project 365 creating daily

another update on my project 365 -creating daily:

 day 43: cutting a stencil - the pattern is from Alabama Chanin

 day 44: cutting the pattern and the fabric for a Alabama Chanin bucket hat

 day 45: printing the fabric for the Alabama Chanin bucket hat

 day 46: paper plane stamp

 day 47: another "african flower" granny square

 day 48: two matching flower stamps

 day 49: granny square "african flower"

 day 50: next step: sewing the hat together

 day 51: round flower stamp

 day 51: this is a stamp that I made for my son

 day 53: spiral stamp

 day 54: the stamp for my son was a little to big, so I made a second one, a little smaller ;-)

 day 55: chevron stamp

 day 56: added an embossed stamp to the cover of my diary

 day 57: some masks from magazine pictures for later use

 day 58: the last missing granny square

 day 59: the view out of my window - sketc

 day 60: "navajo" stamp

 day 61: Paisley masks cut from junk mail

 day 62: tube earrings ( Polymer Clay)

 day 63:  ombre papers made with this tutorial

 day 64: paper snowflake masks

 day 65: the granny squares got stiched together

 day 66: stripes stamp

 day 67: washi decor on two of my pens

 day 68:  I took part in this project: Selfportait
Sorry for the long post, but I was desperatly in need of an update... ;-)

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"

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? ;-)