Upcoming on the Live.Teach.Create UStream will be “Handmade From the Heart” on Friday, December 17th at 8 p.m. Central time. Won’t you join me for some crafting and creative time? I will be working from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. (at least). I will also be recording it so stop by my UStream channel at any time for the recorded version.
. 2011. This is the year. This is the year that I choose a word. This is the year that I follow that word in all that I say and do. This is the year I become me. Over the past month or so I have really been reflecting back
Author: Susannah Conway Prompt: Wisdom. What was the wisest decision you made this year, and how did it play out? As many of you know we did a lot of moving this year. My toughest decision was made the very first week of 2010. Michael and I had just gotten
Raise your hand if you have been shopping like crazy to get all of your Christmas presents taken care of this year? Â I will say that hubby and I have thankfully not been doing that because we had been planning all year. Â We have the remaining gifts planned but just
Prompt: Community. Where have you discovered community, online or otherwise, in 2010? What community would you like to join, create or more deeply connect with in 2011? Community is defined as “a social group of any size… that have common interests.” Â Well I would say that I have definitely found
December 6 – Make. What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it? (Author: Gretchen Rubin) What was the last thing that I made?  Well, I am constantly making things around
Prompt: Wonder. How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year? Author: Jeff Davis This year I think that there was an overwhelming sense of wonder that connected my days together. With the constant change and grasp on not knowing what was next, I was constantly
Prompt: Moment. Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colors). Author- Ali Edwards 2010 was a year full of change and the part that made me feel most alive was when I received my position that I
As you know. I love to use sketches when I make scrapbook pages. Saturday night on UStream, I used the following sketch to create a layout in 12×12, 8 ½ x 11 and 8×8 sizes. My goal during Sketches to the Rescue was to show you how one sketch can
December 2 Writing. What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it? (Author: Leo Babauta) When I first saw this prompt this morning on my phone I was hesitant to even participate today. What do I have to contribute to this
This December, I have decided to participate in Reverb10. It is an annual event that takes place online to reflect on what the year has brought you. It also prepares you for the following year. Each day a new prompt is posted to respond to. Today, December 1st was the
As Christmas time comes near for 2010, we all start bringing out our Holiday traditions. When Michael and I had our first Christmas two years ago, we started making our traditions then. We both had our own growing up but we wanted to make sure that the ones that we