And so, today is 4-1 (of 2012).
AKA Four-one day, aka forty-one day with poetic license. I'm not yet Making Memories of the Forty-One House ... I'm ssooo trying to get Unstuck!
peace. & smiles!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Day 5 A Collection
Day 5/365 What do you collect? Work with your collection.
Ooooh, this was FUN.
I have my Smiley face collection in my bedroom, and thensome. I posed all the plushie smileys for a group photo, on my bed. No kidding, there was 41 of them! Was ssooo proud, they all smiled for the camera!!!
My bedding consists of various smileys: pillow (JOE BOXER), pillowcase, pillow sham, sheets, blanket. The pink plush flower pillow belonged to my DD, and she used fabric paint to put a face on, to give to me! And one un-plushie Smiley, an inflatable ANGEL (my Grammy) in front of the lamp.
Bonus effect of this Challenge, is I've been trying to downsize my Smiley face collection, unsuccessfully. Now that I have this photo as a remembrance, I bagged more than half of the plushies and donated them to a local thrift shop! As FLYlady coaches, think of 'donating' as 'blessing someone else'.
And this picture to show off the vintage curtain(s), 3 clocks (with a sign to read: It's Time to Smile!), and the Smiley face lightbulb! Hope this makes YOU smile!
Ooooh, this was FUN.
I have my Smiley face collection in my bedroom, and thensome. I posed all the plushie smileys for a group photo, on my bed. No kidding, there was 41 of them! Was ssooo proud, they all smiled for the camera!!!
My bedding consists of various smileys: pillow (JOE BOXER), pillowcase, pillow sham, sheets, blanket. The pink plush flower pillow belonged to my DD, and she used fabric paint to put a face on, to give to me! And one un-plushie Smiley, an inflatable ANGEL (my Grammy) in front of the lamp.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Day 4 to-do
Day 4/365 Take a 5-minute walk and make something with whatever available materials. Leave it there for someone else to discover.
No excuses for procrastination for this one! I love doing this sort of thing, anyhow. Especially leaving a smiley face on the beach, drawn with driftwood. maybe tomorrow.
No excuses for procrastination for this one! I love doing this sort of thing, anyhow. Especially leaving a smiley face on the beach, drawn with driftwood. maybe tomorrow.
Day 3 Paper Project
Day 3/365 Make something out of paper, without scissors, glue or drawing.
I saw directions for making these plant-able plant pots a long time ago, and never tried it. Part of my 'being behind' includes starting seeds, from last year's plants & packets. Living on the beach, I'm a Container Gardener.
Grammy had her beautiful Rock Garden, mostly perennials. About age 5, my DD (Dear Daughter) used her smooth beach rocks to make her own Rock Garden!
I didn't search the directions again, just folded the torn newspaper around a large pill bottle. My other grandmother had given me the free packet of seeds - a message of grandmothers-ly Forget-Me-Not. For photo purposes only, I taped the bottom & the candies helped one stand flat. Oh, and 25 days later, I'm still being behind and must start those seeds, soon.
I saw directions for making these plant-able plant pots a long time ago, and never tried it. Part of my 'being behind' includes starting seeds, from last year's plants & packets. Living on the beach, I'm a Container Gardener.
Grammy had her beautiful Rock Garden, mostly perennials. About age 5, my DD (Dear Daughter) used her smooth beach rocks to make her own Rock Garden!
I didn't search the directions again, just folded the torn newspaper around a large pill bottle. My other grandmother had given me the free packet of seeds - a message of grandmothers-ly Forget-Me-Not. For photo purposes only, I taped the bottom & the candies helped one stand flat. Oh, and 25 days later, I'm still being behind and must start those seeds, soon.
Day 2 of 365 - Animal
Day 2/365 Use your favorite animal as inspiration.
No animals from the wild came to mind, so on to pets... and there's only one of those. He is wild enough. Ziggy Kitty. He is an orange tiger cat, & this Saturday is his first birthday!
For my project, I recently found a bag of old, old yarn with good intentions. There was a CRO(-shayed) orange, rust, off white double-thick disk, maybe for a seat cushion. Looked like our zany Ziggy!
[no connection to the 41 House, but to Grammy - she always giggled about kitty-cats. AND her home for about 30 years, until after she turned 90, had these colors in her kitchen including the carpet!]
I crocheted ears first & a small pink circle for a nose. The typical zig-zag above his eyes from his tiger ancestors, I envisioned as a Z + I . Under his nose & his mouth, was easily an upside down Y .
So this cro-kitty needed eyes of some sort, and was so close to having his name in crochet, just needed a G + G . I spent another hour to crochet two similar-looking Gs to position for eyes.
I planned to attach the Z I G G Y letters but I wanted the cro-kitty to be functional. The picture shows the placement for the letters, yarn ends holding them in place. Since Ziggy needs safe scratching zones, letters might have scratched off too easily. The cro-kitty's final mission? ... an Attack Cat Flat Mat.
Feel free to add more rhymes, anytime!
No animals from the wild came to mind, so on to pets... and there's only one of those. He is wild enough. Ziggy Kitty. He is an orange tiger cat, & this Saturday is his first birthday!
For my project, I recently found a bag of old, old yarn with good intentions. There was a CRO(-shayed) orange, rust, off white double-thick disk, maybe for a seat cushion. Looked like our zany Ziggy!
[no connection to the 41 House, but to Grammy - she always giggled about kitty-cats. AND her home for about 30 years, until after she turned 90, had these colors in her kitchen including the carpet!]
I crocheted ears first & a small pink circle for a nose. The typical zig-zag above his eyes from his tiger ancestors, I envisioned as a Z + I . Under his nose & his mouth, was easily an upside down Y .
So this cro-kitty needed eyes of some sort, and was so close to having his name in crochet, just needed a G + G . I spent another hour to crochet two similar-looking Gs to position for eyes.
I planned to attach the Z I G G Y letters but I wanted the cro-kitty to be functional. The picture shows the placement for the letters, yarn ends holding them in place. Since Ziggy needs safe scratching zones, letters might have scratched off too easily. The cro-kitty's final mission? ... an Attack Cat Flat Mat.
Feel free to add more rhymes, anytime!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Day 1 of 365
I started my 365 Daily Challenge on April 1, 2011 as planned, thinking it would be ssooo easy & fun. Challenge is indeed an appropriate word!
With April nearing its end, I 'wanna' catch up on most of this months' projects, including blogging & photos. Especially when realizing this morning, come May 1, I'll need my math brain cells to follow the Creative Day # with the date, understand?!? Like May 4 - a week from now, will be my Day #34. How I wish I were already in the habit of DAILY creativity.
Day #1/365: Start Small.
The final project is a simple pin for me to wear while working on my Daily. Like a thinking cap. In my memory the 41 House building had one of those spire-things or bell-tower. I've had a fascination with these architectural 'things', but don't know the actual name.
I cut this similar-looking thing from a plastic container, and glued it onto a cursive "D" stick pin from my Grammy's jewelry box. I'm wearing it now, as I did the first few days of my Creativity time... seems it does help me focus! (my pin may be embellished further if so inspired) Iwasted spent literally hours puttering with many supplies, before I decided on my first instinct project, which is too simple!
It also being the first day of the Red Sox season, I HAD to wear my Sox Tee.
I also hope to practice brevity in blogging...
With April nearing its end, I 'wanna' catch up on most of this months' projects, including blogging & photos. Especially when realizing this morning, come May 1, I'll need my math brain cells to follow the Creative Day # with the date, understand?!? Like May 4 - a week from now, will be my Day #34. How I wish I were already in the habit of DAILY creativity.
Day #1/365: Start Small.
The final project is a simple pin for me to wear while working on my Daily. Like a thinking cap. In my memory the 41 House building had one of those spire-things or bell-tower. I've had a fascination with these architectural 'things', but don't know the actual name.
I cut this similar-looking thing from a plastic container, and glued it onto a cursive "D" stick pin from my Grammy's jewelry box. I'm wearing it now, as I did the first few days of my Creativity time... seems it does help me focus! (my pin may be embellished further if so inspired) I
It also being the first day of the Red Sox season, I HAD to wear my Sox Tee.
I also hope to practice brevity in blogging...
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Memories of the 41 House
My grandfather was an entrepreneur, opening two businesses about a mile from each other. I did not know this grandfather, he died a mere 5 days before I was born. My father then took over the 'other' business, a corner store, at age 25, but he also died young, at age 41 (familiar number!). I believe I inherited this Business Owner gene, I've named it: The Grandfather Clause.
I was blessed to have my grandmother, Grammy, in my life until 4-1/2 years ago. She was a very hard-working woman all her life, never seemed to get old, until she turned 90 years old, when her health declined steadily over 5 years. She gave me a real treasure of a Scrapbook she had kept about the businesses, beginning in 1949. Newspaper clippings which are so fragile, they may tear if opened one more time. It is my plan to make copies of these items as I open them, to share with my sister and 2 cousins, and practice Scrapbooking of 'the olden days' combined with newer techniques.
The 41 House building still stands, as a bank the past couple of decades. No longer the restaurant I vaguely remember, serving Grammy's delicious potato salad and Boston baked beans, and ice cream! I love to drive by whenever I visit my hometown area. I am eager to learn the family history thru the Scrapbook, and carry-on our other shared interests - The Red Sox, gardening and jigsaw puzzles!
This month would have been my Grammy's 100th birthday. When I bought my book, 365: A Daily Creativity Journal, last month, I decided that Friday April 1 (4-1) would be my start date for making something; that's also the Season's opening Sox game. I hope to honor my Grammy, and my memories of her, and see if this Treasure hunt leads me to the secret of their success as entrepreneurs.
Please join me in my travels thru the past, my present-day creations, and dreams for tomorrow. I'm new to blogging and welcome any insights you wish to share! You may also check out my first blog, Creations in Crochet, devoted to my primary art.
I was blessed to have my grandmother, Grammy, in my life until 4-1/2 years ago. She was a very hard-working woman all her life, never seemed to get old, until she turned 90 years old, when her health declined steadily over 5 years. She gave me a real treasure of a Scrapbook she had kept about the businesses, beginning in 1949. Newspaper clippings which are so fragile, they may tear if opened one more time. It is my plan to make copies of these items as I open them, to share with my sister and 2 cousins, and practice Scrapbooking of 'the olden days' combined with newer techniques.
The 41 House building still stands, as a bank the past couple of decades. No longer the restaurant I vaguely remember, serving Grammy's delicious potato salad and Boston baked beans, and ice cream! I love to drive by whenever I visit my hometown area. I am eager to learn the family history thru the Scrapbook, and carry-on our other shared interests - The Red Sox, gardening and jigsaw puzzles!
This month would have been my Grammy's 100th birthday. When I bought my book, 365: A Daily Creativity Journal, last month, I decided that Friday April 1 (4-1) would be my start date for making something; that's also the Season's opening Sox game. I hope to honor my Grammy, and my memories of her, and see if this Treasure hunt leads me to the secret of their success as entrepreneurs.
Please join me in my travels thru the past, my present-day creations, and dreams for tomorrow. I'm new to blogging and welcome any insights you wish to share! You may also check out my first blog, Creations in Crochet, devoted to my primary art.
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