Princess Bubbles Creates

The body of the candle is finished.  I plan to do the the flame in gold beads.  These are not typical colors for me.  It is good for me to try something different even if it doesn't make me quite as happy.  I have come to like this even though there was a stage where I did NOT like it at all.  I am glad that I have persisted thus far. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/

This quote didn't really grab me at first.  However, the more I thought about it the more I liked it.  I like the idea of having power.  I haven't decided on a journal for this year yet so I did this on a separate page.  Possibly I will do all the journal prompts this way and then bind them together at the end of the year.  The mandala was my own design that I colored.  I used Pan Pastels to color the rest of the page.

My stitch a day project is coming along nicely.  I am really enjoying it.  I am trying and learning new things.  That always feels good to me.  This little piece will be full of thirty one flowers by the end of the month. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ http://www.supermomnocape.com/

Oh the peeling paint just makes me happy!  Plus, these colors really work for me! I am linking with http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/?utm_source=image-in-ing&utm_campaign=c9268a8724-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adfb5a538b-c9268a8724-70817477 https://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca/2017/01/frosty-days-in-sarajevo-through-my-lens.html

Last year I took a break from the Crazy Quilt Journal Project.  I thought a lot about whether I would sign up for it this year.  I decided in the affirmative.  This is my January block.  My plan for the first four months of the year is to incorporate a bead journal project from a previous year.  These four blocks will then be stitched together.  I don't have a plan for the rest of year as yet. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/

1 year = 365 opportunities, not really a quote.  Also, feels like this shouldn't  the last prompt of the year.  Oh well.  I wasn't expecting to have another prompt so had to squeeze this in on the last page of my journal.  It feels good to have that journal completed.  Looking over it I am pleased with all the colorful pages. When I look ahead for 2017 I am excited for the opportunities I have.  And I am grateful, oh so grateful.  I have so much.  I have more than enough supplies for all the projects I have ahead of me.  I am trusting that I will have time for them as well.

My bead journal for January is rather a simple shape.  Until I get a grip on all the creative projects I have given myself this year I will keep things simple.  I do not like feeling overwhelmed.  I am beading on leather this month.  I was gifted some leather last year and wanted to give it a try.  It is a bit tough to stitch through.  Definitely not a favorite but I will do it again at some point. My creative projects this year are: monthly: bead journal, crazy quilt block and fibre guild challenge weekly: Color Me Positive journal prompt daily: A Stitch a Day I hope to learn a lot from all these challenges! I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/