AMANDA'S BASKETS: PROJECT 365 SOMETHING CHALLENGE UPDATES

Thursday, May 17, 2018

PROJECT 365 SOMETHING CHALLENGE UPDATES

NOTE: For some reason I forgot to publish this yesterday even though it was all ready to go. You will get two posts today...yesterday's and today's!!!

Taken near the seashore...

So, the thunderstorms did finally blow away but they left cold, dark, rainy weather. It's suppose to rain all day and most of the night. I had to close the windows because it was getting cold inside the apartment. I will have to rethink my dress for this evening's meeting at the Textile Study Group!!!

Well, yesterday I shared my tag challenge update so today I will share my Project 365 Something challenge update. I have begun to use this challenge to practice quick little drawings. I will be continuing with this technique for quite a while because it has helped me with my observation. When I am not drawing or painting, I notice far less than when I do. Lines merge, details fade, etc. One bad thing about these quick drawings is that they do not lend themselves to very good photos...

The last photo also contains the last two tag challenges. As you can see, these are quick drawings. Nothing spectacular at all, just a way to practice quick drawing and keener observation.

Next I need to photograph the two challenges together by day and post them on my Pinterest board.

Tomorrow is reveal day for the Teacup and Mug Exchanges. I am looking forward to that because I haven't even opened the boxes yet. I thought I would wait until I can post them. I will also post what pictures of what I sent to folks.

That's it for now...
Need to work on my Wonky House piece...
Thanks for checking things out here...
Talk with you tomorrow...

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.