Creative Year in Review

Connie Solera did a post where she reviewed her year in terms of what she accomplised/experienced in her painting and that inspired me to take a look at my creativity in the past year.

January

In January I was sewing/quilting. I had been on this sewing binge since October the previous year.  I finished  one quilt in November and one in December and in January I began to play in some challenges.  I made this mini quilt for the Seasons Challenge.

February

I February I was STILL sewing.  I made this Particle Physics Quilt mini quilt as a Valentine for my husband who enjoys reading about physics.

March

In March the sewing binge seemed to be over and I was back to art.  Journaling, making cards and beginning my exploration of Squarespace as a blog or website platform.  Still playing with it even now! 

April

April brought more art journaling and I tried to fit myself into the mold for The Documented Life Project. But I just was not able to get into it this year. Largely because they were back to using a planner and I don't use a planner that way. So I finally realized I could not force myself into a project that didn't fit me. But I did create a folder for the month of April that I was happy with. I just consider it a journal page.  :)

May

In May I enjoyed making a Mother's Day card for Mom.

June

There is only one post on my blog for the entire month of June. It shows a DLP folder for "May" and ICAD number 1. I did not stick with ICAD. I have realized that I do not enjoy any challenge that requires daily art-making and daily posting online. 29 Faces was the same way for me.  Not sure what that says about me but it is true nonetheless. ;)

July

July! Two big things happened in July.  I made a pop-up book. . .

and I fell in love with Glitter Houses!

August

There are no posts on my blog for the month of August. I am surprised by this. I think I was busy with glitter houses and work so blog posting just wasn't happening.

September

September was full of Glitter Houses as I was in full gear for making our Christmas Village.

October

In October I took a break from the Christmas houses to work on some Halloween Houses and share some art journal pages.

November

In November I was back to making houses again, but also enjoyed some mixed media playtime. This post was featured on PPF the following week - what a fun surprise!

December

And that brings us to December. Thanks for reading this far - or at least looking at the pictures! ;)  This month I set up the village of glitter houses - and ended up with enough to make two displays.

So that's my creative year in review. This was a fun post to write. It's interesting and informative to go back through what you have created and blogged about over the last year. I can recommend it as a valuable activity. You can see what you have done, what you have learned and maybe even see where you want to focus next in your artistic life.

Thanks so much for reading, visiting and commenting on my blog this year.
I wish you all a Happy New Year!

-Laney

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