BUT, I have learned a lot this holiday season about how to juggle my lovely blog, my Etsy shop, my personal life, etc. It has really helped put some things in perspective for me, as well as open my eyes to the fact that I need to be super organized, prioritize a little better, and PLAN AHEAD!
With that being said, I will not be doing a Project Life album for 2014. I know, I know. But as you all know from previous posts, as 2013 went on, I dreaded having to do PL spreads. Even when I switched to a monthly set-up, it was still terrible for me. I will finish my October spreads and get my June spreads in my album, but that is it. I'm not even doing the month of November and December is documented in my Christmas album. So, I have decided not to do Project Life in 2014. I have plans to still do some kind of monthly documentation, but I still have more planning and experimenting with these ideas before I let you guys know about it. I want to make sure I can actually do something and deliver before getting your hopes up.
Now, for some fun stuff...my plans for 2014! I have been brainstorming and thinking and getting super excited about this coming year.
One Little Word: I decided to pull the trigger and sign up for Ali Edwards' One Little Word year long class. I picked a word this year and started out 2013 scrapping about it on my own. That stopped about mid-February. I want to be more intentional with my 2014 word. I thought actually taking the class would help me get perspective of my personal life and just help make me, well, a better me. I have a good idea of what my 2014 word will be, but I want to take a few more days to reflect. I will post my 2014 OLW on Monday, January 6, 2014.
Just Two Midwest Girls Scrap Challenges: Yes, Kelly and I will be continuing our adventure together, using up those scraps and getting creative. I cannot tell you all how extremely thankful I am to have met Kelly this past year. We started out as penpals from a facebook group and have grown to be friends. I'm pretty sure we were sisters in another life. We are very excited to be continuing our scrap challenges and will be Skyping pretty soon to discuss some plans for 2014! Get excited!
Speaking of the Just Two Midwest Girls scrap challenges, we will be posting another challenge this Friday, January 3, 2014. You guys have until 8pm CST January 2, 2014 to link up your holiday cards you made this holiday season. You can get more details about this challenge here. You can link in my comments section or in Kelly's comments section. We love it when you all play along, so show us what you've made! You may win a $5 gift card to Two Peas in a Bucket!
Knitting Projects: I was knitting like crazy this holiday season and LOVED it! I don't want to stop doing this kind of creating, so I'll start posting about my knitting projects. I don't have a set day or blog series I will devote to my knitting projects; they will be more spontaneous throughout the year. I already have my first knitting project post in the works!
Pinterest Crafts Blog Series: This is something completely new for my blog, as well as for myself creatively. If you guys haven't caught on yet, I love to make things, but I've only ever dabbled with papercrafts until my knitting adventures recently. I have a whole Pinterest board devoted to crafts. I obviously have intentions of doing these crafts, or I would not have pinned them. 2014 will be the year I challenge myself creatively. I don't have a name for this blog series yet. This series will be a monthly posting on the 15th of each month showcasing one completed craft I found on Pinterest. I will provide the original link, supplies, instructions, photos, and my thoughts on each craft. This is going to be a fun project!
Me on the 27th: **This will not be my banner for this blog series! I just really love this photo and I don't have a good selfie of me currently.** This blog series is a spin off of Corrie Jones' 2013 Monthly "Me" Layouts. She documented herself with a picture and 8 things about herself on the 8th of every month. This year marks the year of my golden birthday-I'll be 27 on February 27th. I wanted to do something special for my golden birthday, so I decided to really focus on me, in the moment. On the 27th of each month, I will take a selfie and note how I feel, what I'm doing, dreams, aspirations, achievements, etc. I will then make a layout! I won't be journaling 27 things about myself each month, because, let's face it, that's a lot. I want to focus more on what makes me at each moment. I will be sharing the layouts at the beginning of the following month, i.e. January's "Me on the 27th" layout will be shared in the beginning of February. I haven't set a date for that layout share, but I will. It helps me get stuff done if I have a "deadline."
Layout Shares: I will continue to post my layouts I do throughout 2014. Because I won't be doing a Project Life album, I hope to tackle more layouts. I'm planning on STARTING my wedding, honeymoon, and childhood albums. These projects will be ongoing and I'm not going to put any kind of deadline or schedule on these. I am starting to get excited to tackle these long-term projects, so I figured I better harness that excitement and just scrap it!
Okay, there are my plans for 2014. I am very excited about them! What do you guys think about my plans for the new year? Are there any particular series or projects you're looking forward to? What are your plans for 2014?
Happy New Year,
Heather
3 comments:
Sounds like a fun year, all the best in 2014
I totally understand about juggling everything, it seems even harder during the holiday season. I am doing OLW this year too, I am so looking forward to it.
You are the sweetest honey! I totally can't wait to continue our adventures in 2014. And I'm super excited about all of your upcoming blog posts. I am doing OLW too and using the same word as last year. It will be an adventure for both of us!
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