Kampret Blog's Google: December 2010

Friday, December 31, 2010

2010: Some Favorites

I'm totally loving all the Top 10 Blog posts, so I decided to add my Top 10 Blog favorites from 2010:

1. Four People Twelve Times. I started this project back in May. Once a month, I make the family pose for a family snapshot. I got the idea from Tara Whitney. I missed November, but I've been pretty steady otherwise.

2. Telling Stories. I have used my blog as a vehicle this year to tell a lot of stories, and I've loved each one. Several things have pushed me in this direction - Shimelle's True Stories class, Sian's Christmas Club, and a continuing feature I call "Pictures to Scrapbook," which started as an idea in Shimelle's Blogging for Scrapbookers Class.

3. House Party Blog Hop. I loved organizing this blog hop, I loved writing the tutorial that went along with it, I loved sending out packages all over the world, but most of all, I loved seeing everyone's completed Altered Houses.
4. Debbie Hodge's Building Pages Scrapbooking Class. I didn't do that much scrapbooking this year, but the best scrapbooking class I took for motivation and content was this one.

5. Art Journaling. I probably did more art journaling than any other papercraft in 2010. I mainly have the amazing Dina Wakley to thank for that. Of all her classes that I took this year, AJ 101 was my favorite. I also started teaching Art Journaling classes this year, and I have loved each and every one of them.
6. Challenge Blogs. I enjoy finding artistic challenges to get my creative juices flowing. My favorite this year have been Linda Ledbetter's Studio L3 Compendium of Curiosities Challenge, the Gingersnap Creations Challenge Blog and the Something Completely Different challenge blog, which sadly just closed. I'll miss that one

7. Plaster. I think of this as my signature media. There's not that many other people out there working in it. My work in plaster got a huge boost from this summer's Creativity Boot Camp which I thoroughly enjoyed.
8. Photography. Second only to art journaling, 2010 was a huge year for me and my photography. I learned a lot through some self teaching, but also from a short-lived series called Develop on Friday (now gone); the BPS class "Get out of Auto"; the Shimelle class "Love Your Pictures, Love Your Pages"; the inspiring blogs of Tammy Bradley; and the content-rich blog Digital Photography Studio.

9. Mixed media and assemblage. Love this art form and was lucky to take many classes this year with Connie Andrews and one with Michael De Meng.
10. Blogging. I love having the opportunity to share my work with you each and every day, and I love getting to know you all through your comments and your blogs. Looking forward to another great blogging year in 2011.

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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Journaling Your Resolutions, Intentions or Word of the Year

This is the second post in an online sharing project I'm running this year called "Art Journal Your Resolutions and Intentions." Yesterday's post (here) discussed three common approaches to setting goals for a new year. Whether you decide to create a list of resolutions or intentions or choose one little word, the real challenge can be figuring out a way to record them so they can be revisited throughout the year. In today's post, I'm going to discuss two different year-long approaches to journaling your resolutions, intentions or word of the year. Athough both of the approaches discussed here assume a twelve page journal, you could change the number of pages or use a different format entirely (such as a twelve page mini-album with photos and journaling or twelve blog posts). This weekend, I'll show you the art journals I'm creating using these two approaches.

Approach 1: Monthly Pages
One way to keep track of your little word is to check in with it once a month. If you have a twelve page art journal, you can pull it out once a month and create a page about your word. I made the art journal page above about my word "horizon" when I felt like I needed to focus on my intentions a bit more. Although not as intuitive, this approach can also be used for intentions and resolutions. For example, you could create a journal page each month about all of your resolutions or choose to highlight your progress toward a specific intention. You can even label each page with a month if you choose, but you don't need to do that.

Approach 2: Topical Pages
An easy way to keep track of a list of resolutions or intentions is to create a journal with one page dedicated to each resolution or intention. Last year, I created the page above about a very meaningful and revealing talk I had with my brother that matched up with my intention about becoming a better sister. You can pull out your journal once a month and create a page about what you have done to accomplish your resolution or keep on track with your intention. You can add the resolutions/intentions to the pages at the beginning of the year OR choose one intention to work on each month when you pull out your journal. If you like the topical approach but also like the one little word approach, it will be useful to come up with twelve sub-topics for your one little word. For instance, for my one little word, "health," I could create topical pages about finding a doctor, doing yoga, finding a gym or exercise class, creating a food log, getting on the scale, getting tests done, going to the dentist, etc.

So, what do you think? Does one of these approaches call out to you more than the other? Are you having trouble visualizing the actual journal? If so, don't worry! Come back this weekend and check out the art journals I'm creating. Tomorrow's post will even have a description of how to assemble a simple 12 page art journal! And Sunday's post will talk a bit more about art journaling and how I plan to work our online sharing. Let me know in the comments if you plan to take this journey with me and also what your current thoughts and questions are about these journaling options.

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