Take Time to Dream

Take time to dream!

Whoa, I’ve been gone for ages and I’ve got a list of lame excuses right in front of me as I write this. I won’t bore you with the details of Excuse #1, but suffice to say that transitions aren’t always easy, and I’m right smack in the middle of one right now. Sheesh, I can hardly wait to get past this one. Not much I can do at the moment but to wait it out — and probably take time to dream of better days to come. They will. I just know it.

Tags: Blue, Butterflies, Inchies, Musings

Challenging Myself

Note to self: Find time to make stuff!

I constantly need to challenge myself to “make stuff”. Otherwise I’d end up vegging my weekends away and not getting any art or crafts done. Blame it on poor time management! I envy those artists who challenge themselves to produce one piece of art on a regular basis and actually stick to it — like Randel Plowman and his Collage a Day project.

One of these days I’m going to join Sunday Postcard Art, which shouldn’t be that demanding on my schedule (I hope) since the challenge is weekly.

But given my currently hectic lifestyle (yes, I’m blaming the Day Job!), I needed something that would still challenge me to actually make something based on certain criteria, but would not be too tough on my schedule. My solution? An online craft course!

Last month I signed up for My Creative Classroom‘s free course called “Everyday Moodlings”. Every month you’re taught a fun craft or technique via video or PDF, and you have to upload a photo of your assignment to the site for grading. Since classes started last January, I’m like four assignments behind (argh!), and have lots of catching up to do! I’ve already submitted a few assignments, and I’ll post them here next time. For now, I’ve some homework to finish…

Tags: Artists, Collage, Musings, Online Courses, Postcards, Websites