Challenge #3 announced: Bunting

Challenge #3 was posted on Iron Craft yesterday. I got off to a great start today. I picked my fabrics from the scrap pile, made my pattern, sewed and turned my triangles. Tomorrow I will figure out the best way to string them all together.

This craft a week is going to be a challenge, but I need something to keep my creative juices flowing. I’m feeling very stifled already this new year. It’s only a matter of time before I am able to do something that makes me feel accomplished. I’m not sure that these crafts are it, but I do have a bigger goal in mind. It’s a secret goal that I’ve dreamed about since I was a little girl, and the deadline was three and a half years ago. Now I say there is no time like the present to live dreams and smile.

Sorry for the cryptic post, but someday it will all make sense. Pictures of the bunting to come soon!

Hello USPS. Thanks for sending the package

I've been meaning to ship out some packages for a while now, but getting to the post office often poses a challenge. I finished a swap about a week ago. The deadline is Saturday. I typically try to be an early sender. This time I've waited until the last minute.

I also bought some materials for a friend in September and have just now packaged them up for settlement.

So what I'm saying is that's USPS will have my business this weekend.

In addition this weekend, I need to finish another swap, start iron craft challenge #3, go back to challenges #1 and #2, and pick up a new blouse for work next week. Ready, set, go!!

Goal #1: 1. Be a neater cleaner person in my personal spaces (home, work, car, etc).

My first New Year’s Resolution is to Be a neater cleaner person in my personal spaces (home, work, car, etc).

Home:

• Vacuum the house at least once a week.
• Empty the sink and put away clean dishes each night before heading to bed.
• Move shoes to closet and hang work clothes in the closet every Friday afternoon.
• Clear the kitchen table before starting dinner on week nights.
  

Work:

• In the last 15 minutes of each work day, declutter desk, recycle trash, write out the following days to-do list.
• Tuesday morning, purge Inbox and to-do stack of papers.

Car:

• Put a trash bag in the car and remove once a week.
• Vacuum car once a month
  

Periodically, I will refer back to these tactics to see how I’ve improved and where I can improve more.

… Happy New Year! Yes, I know I’m a week late.

I’m a big believer in New Year’s Resolutions. I strive on goal and objectives. In college my favorite classes focused on strategic planning complete with clear goals, measurable objectives and specific tactics to meet those goals. In my professional life, my dream job would allow me to work the same way.

This year, instead of popping out a few sentences on January 1 and forgetting them by now, I’ve taken some extra time to consider my new year’s resolutions. I’ve decided my first goal will be to make smaller goals through out the year. And when I set those goals, I will also have to plan how to achieve them.

The few goals I have now are as follows:

1. Be a neater cleaner person in my personal spaces (home, work, car, etc).

2. Read one nonfiction book a month

3. Participate in the Iron Craft year of crafty challenges.

As more goals creep up, I will include them. I will mark-up a way to make them happen. My goals will no longer be fluffy pretty sentences, but instead actions.

Please stay tuned for future information.