new year, new decade, new goals

With a new year, comes new years resolutions.

Maybe one of mine could be giving some TLC to my blog, 

because quite frankly I have been neglecting it lately 

due to other social media, mainly Instagram 

(you can find me under my blogname butterfliecrafter)

there you will see that it is not because I am not creating anymore,

although that has also been on a low fire,

but since I followed Kasia Avery's daybydaycourse the fire has been reignited and I am trying to keep up with a daily routine.

Here are some of my favourite pages that I created during the course:

Right after this challenge I followed along with Kasia's advent calendar,

extending my daily routine,

here are some of my pages

and now I am starting of with creative jumpstart 2020

So I hope to create daily as of now 

because I feel that I need to,

that it helps me relax and destress,

and just because.

week 3 Kasia's adventcalendar

Hello and welcome,

here are my interpretations of the final prompts from Kasia's adventcalendar.

The prompt for day 16 was to remind ourselves of our chosen colour palette.

I went for bright colours to counter the dark and gloomy days:

as this is an adventcalendar so something Christmassy couldn't be forgotten,

day 17

Also at the end of the year it is tradition to stand still at your accomplishments 

as well as the things you are grateful for,

this was our prompt on day 18

I am grateful for my family, my health, my home, my passions, the possibilities I have, to be born here and my job.

on day 19 the prompt was presents that cannot be bought with money,

time immediately sprong to my mind

and with time the rabbit out Alice in Wonderland sprong to mind,

finished off with the appropriate quote

there is no time like the present

and no present like time.

As Christmas was approaching, Christmas baubles was our prompt on day 20

day 21 = home

home is where you paint your own reality

Altough I did miss a few prompts I really enjoyed it, 

there are also quite some pages left in this journal,

so I will be focussing on filling them in next😉

that way I will have a finished book.

week 2 Kasia's adventcalendar

I really enjoyed Kasia's adventcalendar in December,

so much that I even was a little sad it was Christmas and it was over 😪

day 8 was poetry, 

we needed to cut out random words and create a pleasing text,

translated I have:

I would like to drink the sun all day

yes, be drunk

I am nothing without the sun 💥

day 9's prompt was free writing,

I started with scribble writing my feelings in the background

and the page evolved into this: 

day 10: simplicity

altough the page turned out how I wanted it to

it wasn't simple 😁,

it needed a few layers to come to this 

prompt 11 was a quote by Emily Dickinson 

which I loved so much I just included it as is:

If I can stop one heart from breaking

I shall not live in vain

If I can ease one life

the aching or cool one pain

or help one fainting robin

unto his nest again

I shall not live in vain.

day 12 was senses,

I included all 5:

the stamped eye for sight

there are musicnotes somewhere in the background for hearing

I painted with my fingers = touch

the cupcake represents taste

and the flowers scent

day 13 = collage

this was literally a 5 minute page

some spraying and some glueing and done

+

day 14 = mindless doodling

ok, I doodled, but it was not mindless,

I can't seem to stop my mind of thinking about a zillion things meanwhile,

hopefully I can practice this this year with me focusing more

this gelli printed page in my journal was a great jumping point for this prompt,

as this is a folded A4, I have 3 more of such pages I can use that way,

here is already one of them

focus

Welcome 2019!!!

I've chosen focus as my word for this year

meaning just focus on what I am doing

whether it is creating, eating, working, doing paperwork,....

maybe that way I will be able to finish projects,

that is my goal for this year,

finishing unfinished projects!

a few examples:

365somethings2018 (current state: 171/365, still need to post 154-171)

lessons Wanderlust 2016

lessons Wanderlust 2018

bind my junk journal from 2014??!

.....

week 1 of Kasias adventcalendar

prompt # 3 is things I know

I envisioned this page in my head upfront,

needless to say that it turned out completely different,

but a good different

prompt #4 = collage

we needed to grab a random magazine and tear out 10 images from the first 10 pages

I used less as I am working on a small size

I had so much fun with this prompt I made 2 more collages

using different types of magazine.

Below I used Happiness magazine,

a glossy monthly magazine

and an old National Geographic magazine:

prompt #5 = going for a walk and getting inspired by it

When I went for an afternoon stroll along the water

I was immersed in tranquility

prompt #6 = a quote by Mary Oliver:

instructions for life:

Pay attention

Be astonished

Tell about it

prompt #7 = food

okay, a gin tonic is not exactly food nor a winter recipe,

but I felt like creating this page

and I created also this one about my favorite winter drink:

hot coco

advent journal - day 2 - rituals

prompt for day 2 is rituals;

I created my background 

and added a title

and left the rest as is

as I actually don't have a ritual 

before I sit down to do some art.

I will have a look at the rituals of the rest

and who knows maybe pick one or two up

for in the future.

Kasia's advent calendar - journal + first page

 

HURAY!!! 

I found my creativity back 

or maybe better said I forced myself 

to take some time 

and sit down

 to allow the creativity to flow back.

 What did I create?

This lovely, colorful page

(thx to my new marabu sprays)

I used this page as my front cover of my advent calendar journal for Kasia's class

Inside are all sort of papers: embossed, gelliprinted, patterned, ....

For my advent calendar book I choose to use bright vibrant colors 

in contrast of the weather and dark days over here now

and circles because I just love circles and they are so versatile:

small, large, stencils, bubble wrap, stamps, found objects,....

the first assignement was self portrait,
I started the page by writing down my feelings about myself 
and then added on top a heart,
because I hope people see me as someone who cares and is passionate,
a butterfly because I want to be as free as a butterfly 
and the stamped image is who I'd like to be. 

waiting for assignement 2 to be released...