AMANDA'S BASKETS: Another Rainy Day and Thinking About A Challenge

Friday, June 28, 2013

Another Rainy Day and Thinking About A Challenge

It was raining when I went to bed.   It was raining when I woke up.   It was raining when I went shopping.   And, yes, it's raining now.

AND it's so cold and damp that I turned on the heat just to warm up the house.    I had on a sweatshirt and a fleece jacket but realized that my hands were really cold...that's when the heat went on the take the chill off.

And added to the rain is fog.   I crossed two bridges today while out running my errands and it was so foggy that I could not see the water!!!

I did stop at a craft shop and picked up some sale items...

And those items gave me an idea for a challenge.

If you've been following my blog, you know that I am doing the ICAD challenge.   Basically, the challenge is to produce a quick piece of art on an index card, one a day for two months.

So, I was thinking that after this challenge was done, maybe I would do an inchie challenge.   In other words, produce an inchie a day for the month of August.    What do you think?   Inchies are smaller than index cards. And, they would only be shared digitally.

It might be fun...if you're interested, let me know.

Well, the forecast is rain for this weekend. Time to have some creative fun. Hope you have a great weekend.

Thanks for stopping by...

See you Monday...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.