I hope everyone had a blessed day yesterday. Christmas day was quiet here. I did the video I'm linking below, cooked a small Cornish hen with all the trimmings and watched a couple of Hallmark movies. I was even blessed with a text with a GIF from dear friend in the country music industry. While we're not the kind of 'call on one another friends', he put his number in my phone and that's a biggy.
Evolutionary Consistency
A couple of weeks ago, I chose my word for 2023 - Consistency. A spirit guide suggested we add Evolving or Evolution ahead of our one little word. Why? Because as we focus on that new word for our year, we will evolve with the changes we incorporate into our life as a result of that word.
I want to be more consistent with my postings, my creative goals, my writing, etc. I sat in on a replay of Ali Edwards and her Team. Each member offered an insight as to how/ why they chose their word for 2023. The video is just over an hour long but well worth the listen. Here's the LINK
While I listened to the video and took notes, I pulled out my Creative Planner (Planner video coming later in the week) and put little reindeer stickers I got from Hobby Lobby Christmas clearance on the 25th of each month. I've also created stickers to fit in my HB90 Daily planner so I'd remember.
On New Years Day, I'll have another video for you. I want to start my own challenges on my YouTube channel this year in hopes of growing my channel. In the past, I've found many of the challenges do not allow me the FREEDOM to play with all my toys and the way I want to create. I'm hoping my challenge opens that gate for you.
I have the January theme set so I plan to spend part of today setting the remaining 10 themes (We're taking December off) so I can create the stickers for those. I will post that info & video here on New Years Day, but if you want the details a little early, then I encourage you to subscribe to my YouTube channel and click the notification bell. The video will be a premiere at 11 a.m. EST New Years Eve so we can be in the chat sidebar, giving you the opportunity to ask questions and offer suggestions for future challenges.
My GOALS for the challenges are:
1 - To fit within YOUR creative wheelhouse while offering the opportunity to maybe learn something new
2 - Offer you the opportunity to create the way YOU want to create - but with in the minimal parameters
3 - To be FUN!
Above all, I know that without consistency and sticking to deadlines, neither of my businesses can grow. I work from home. It's time I treated this as a money-making venture, and not a leisure activity.
Here is the Reindeer Club Introduction Video:
Tell me... Do you have a One Little Word for 2023 - share if you'd like. Let's support one another on this Evolutionary Journey.
It's been a crazy 4 months! I am so ready to slide into 2023. How are y'all doin' out there?
I offered to co-host a collab back in September and things haven't stopped moving since.
This collab was with Brian Dickey @ B&D Crafts & More (see him on FB, IG and YouTube). He is also a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. The idea was to post a video every week from the second Sunday in September up through last Sunday - December 18th, related to Christmas. The final project took me a lot longer than I'd anticipated so posted the final video last night.
I chose to work with an older 6x6 paper pad from Stampin' Up! called NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS For my projects I used the 6x6 paper pad and various 6x6 One Sheet Wonder sketches. One week I'd take a sketch and make cards. The next week, I'd work with the same sketch and make junk journal elements. (You'll see them in the video later in the post).
I wound up with 25 Christmas cards:
Links to all of the One Sheet Wonder templates are linked in the description box of the videos. You'll find the playlist HERE.
I combined most of the elements with others that I made from the remaining papers to make a 3-signature journal. Here's the final Flip-Through video with some important news about what's coming up on my channel:
I'm back to normal in here January 1st. I hope you were patient while I went nuts over here LOL. I'm fine, just took a lot of time off and spent lots of it with Bob.
P.S. He has since put me on a work schedule. LOL No more fluffing off when he's home. I work 9-5 or 10-6 four days a week except for his first and last weekend home. My plan is to have the content up ahead of those off-days.
I will be back on Monday, December 26th with a bit of what to expect in 2023. In the mean time...