April 2016 – Artful Musings

I am part of a group on FB called the Fun n’ Crafty Stampers and back in December our group leader challenged the group members to set some goals for 2016. This year may be the year of the monkey for those who follow the Chinese New Year calendar, but for me it’s the year of the organizer.

Initially, I resisted participating (as a rule, I am not a fan of resolutions for more on that see: I Resolve and No Is a Complete Sentence) but on January 9th I took the plunge, deciding to participate and creating two main goals for 2016:

Each month we report in on how we did on our goals that month. It’s been a great start to the year, with major strides in regular blogging and crafty space organization. Below are a few pictures of the organization projects that I completed in January, February, March, and April. Among the things tackled: wall unit to hold spray stains and stamps, labeled and organized all of my Distress products, new 4-drawer unit built and labeled, new large cabinet organized by supply type (washi, adhesive, paint, canvas, punches, etc), new sequin storage, and mounted and labeled embellishment cubbies.

In the works for May … die and matching stamp storage and researching 12×12 paper storage as well as a bit of purging of items to sell at the upcoming Crafty Garage Sale being held at the Holly Hills Clubhouse on June 11th from 10am to 2pm.

Until next time, remember creativity and imperfection live together in all we do. “Grace is the face love wears when it meets imperfection.”

~xoxo
Beanie

Favorite Organizational Supplies
Sequin Organization
Cubbies (wall mountable)
Really Useful Box Organizer
Tim Holtz Spinner
Ranger Product Labels
Avery Sticker Paper
Recollections Craft Storage Solutions
Brother P-Touch Label Maker

I was blessed to attend a Bible journaling event down in Federal Way over the April 2nd weekend. It was sponsored by Illustrated Faith’s Shanna Noel and The Reset Girl Cori Spieker. There were two “workshops”, one taught by Cori going over how to create a Faith planner and the other by Shanna on Bible journaling.

Each participant received a giant tote filled with so many goodies from the event sponsors (Illustrated Faith and The Reset Girl) along with products from other companies.

It was an amazing day of sunshine, inspiration, and friendship. I ended up sharing a table with Sandy Allnock and spent the day “oohing and ahhing” over her work … she is so talented. While it was a wee bit daunting sitting next to her, she is also so kind and gracious I really enjoyed spending the day with her. This is one of the pages Sandy worked on in her Bible. The below picture is of her watercoloring the 12×12 sheet that was in our swag bag.

I did manage to work on two pages in my Bible and since I’ve done a few additional pages (2nd row of images), but really I’m just getting started. Below are a few pictures of what I worked on that day, which was beyond amazing. So many of the participants had such beautiful stories and artwork to share with the group – I cherished every minute!

I don’t know if I will end up creating a faith planner, to be honest I’m not sure I’m a planner person, but I am having a blast creating art in my Bible. Until next time, remember creativity and imperfection live together in all we do. “Grace is the face love wears when it meets imperfection.”

~xoxo
Beanie

Month: April 2016

2016: The Year of the Organizer

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