Sunday, September 30, 2012

Creative Journey - A Daily Dose of Creativity Week 39

I can't believe it's believe I've been doing this for over 30 weeks, it all started here.  I have been doing at least one creative act everyday for over 30 weeks now.  There has been days when I haven't taken a picture of what I have done every day but I have been creative. 

This week wasn't too bad my productivity was up, I did manage to get a lot done but still wish I had more time and energy to work on all the things I want to.

 If you want to see what I am up to on a daily basis you can check me out on facebook or twitter.

Monday 

Started working on a new sketch

 Tuesday


 Finished working the sketch.

 

 Wednesday


 Starting new sketches

 worked on a flower

 Finished another sketch

 Thursday


 Started a new inspirational sketch.

Finished cutting out all 180 pink scales, now 90 teal and 90 purple to go.

Friday


Working on the sketch some more 

Saturday



Finally finished sewing on the details on Muffin's hat. 

  worked on a another flower on the way home from Niagara Falls

Sunday

Here are all  360 sales cut out.

 And now to burn the edges of all the scales.

 Weaving in the ends on the blanket. I hate weaving in the ends and there is so many on this blanket.

 

I hope everyone had a creative and productive week, and the upcoming week is as productive and creative.

 Ania

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

What I Wore Wednesday - 11 Year Anniversary

So this past week I was not so good at taking pictures, between doing overtime at work (trying to earn some extra fun money for our vacation coming up), and school activities. I am just tired, I come home and want to crash.
 
This week was a productive week in terms of my projects, I was working a something new coming soon. You can check out a sneak peek. You can check them out here where I hold myself accountable on a weekly basis and post my pictures on facebook and twitter daily. 
 
 As with previous weeks I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy , Mama Go Round and the Transatlantic Blonde.
   

Thursday - school BBQ (no pictures of me but I have pictures of the girls' in their classrooms.)




 
Saturday - 11 year Wedding Anniversary


We went out to dinner for our anniversary. Rock surprised me, he planned the whole romantic night. It totally didn't go as planned but we had a good time anyways.

dress- Catherines
necklace - made by me
earrings - made by my mom
pashima - from the Ex for $5
tights - Target
shoes - Walmart

And this is what I wore 11 years ago. We took our pictures on the rooftop patio of our condo. Here is the post I did last year with more wedding pictures.

This is us 11 years ago


And us today.


And here is Rock mocking my WIWW poses. Doesn't he look awesome, he has now lost 225lbs. Now if only he would buy pants that would fit him instead of being a few sizes too big.

Monday - work


matching hat and cowl - made by me
t-shirt - from a friend
skirt and leggings - Penningtons
boots - Walmart
 
 
So in  July I decided that I was going to work towards my dreams and start selling my creations. I gave myself a goal to have everything ready to launch in October. I spent a lot of time over the summer doing research and prepping. I thought I gave myself plenty of time to be ready but 5 days to go until October and I am no where near ready.   I feel like I lost the race before I even started it.  
 
Ever since I came back to work in September after our crazy week of vacation I feel unmotivated. It could be that it's a crazy busy time at work, it could be the over time I am working. It could be back to school and back to homework battles with Monkey.  I just feel like I don't have the time or energy for everything. I think it's just because I've been go, go, go for so long.  

I often wonder how some women do it all? How do they take care of their families, their homes, their businesses, their lives? I don't see how it's possible. I know that some people think of me that way but I am here to tell you I don't do it all. Things slip, priorities change. 

I guess I will give myself permission to take a break, work at my own pace and when I am reading to launch I will and I will be able to give it my all.
 
I hope that everyone had a great week and  creative week.
Ania

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Creative Journey - A Daily Dose of Creativity Week 38

I can't believe it's believe I've been doing this for over 30 weeks, it all started here.  I have been doing at least one creative act everyday for over 30 weeks now.  There has been days when I haven't taken a picture of what I have done every day but I have been creative. 

So I was a bit more productive this week. I just wish I had the energy and the time to do everything that comes to mind or on my to-do list.

 If you want to see what I am up to on a daily basis you can check me out on facebook or twitter.

Monday

adding colour to my sketch


7pm the girls ask me to make them flower headbands for picture day the next day. Of course I was able to pull it off (barely).

Tuesday
The girls before school in their headbands

Another sketch done

Wednesday
playing with flowers, just sketching

Adding some colour and loving it.

I was gifted a garbage bag of vintage wool. I pulled out a selection to work on a blanket for my Godson's Baptism. 

Started working on the blanket. Because I'm using a 3 strand mix of yarn and a bog hook its working up fast. 

Thursday
progress on the blanket, you can see the subtle hue changes with all the different yarns used.

Friday
A new doodle sketch

Saturday
Weaving in all the ends from all the yarn changes. It is taking forever.

Sunday
Started working on the girls' Halloween costumes. Cutting out many scales for mermaid tails. Sorry for the bad lighting but my mother "borrowed" my Ott light and it makes such a difference when taking pictures at night. I may need to get it back :).

I hope everyone had a creative and productive week, and the upcoming week is as productive and creative.

 Ania










Tuesday, September 18, 2012

What I Wore Wednesday - Flower headbands

This pas week wasn't bad with taking pictures. I manged to get a few in. I am posting this early because I have parent council tonight and will be home late and I am going to work early in the morning to work 2 hours of overtime.
 
This week was a productive week in terms of my projects, I was working a something new coming soon. You can check out a sneak peek. You can check them out here where I hold myself accountable on a weekly basis and post my pictures on facebook and twitter daily. 
 
 As with previous weeks I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy , Mama Go Round and the Transatlantic Blonde.
   

Thursday - work

top- gift from my cousin
flower pin - made by me
pants - Lane Bryant


Friday- work
headband- made by me
top- Walmart
scarf - made by me
jeans - MXM
shoes - bought at the EX

Saturday - running errands
headband - made by me
t-shirt  - from a friend
flower pin - made by me
pants - Penningtons
brace - from physio

Saturday night- Science Centre

headband - made by me
t-shirt  - from a friend
cowl- made by me
jeans - MXM
brace - from physio
 
more pictures from the science centre
 





 


Tuesday - work and parent council

 headband - made by me
cowl - made by me
top - Winners
belt - Penningtons
pants - from a friend

And today was picture day and this is what the girls wore.  I made the headband's for them last night. Yes I am one of those moms.  I think they turned out very cute.



I hope that everyone had a great week and  creative week.
Ania