Day 100

Well, here it is, DAY 100!! Even though I've been a slacker these last few weeks, I'm glad to have gotten this far. Aaannd... As much as I'd love to mark the occasion with some new ink, a tattoo just isn't in our budget these days.

So I thought I'd just repost the premise of this blog, just to refresh my memory and purpose for the next 265 days...
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The Plan...

Hello, hello!

So, um... The other day I spent my work day listening to the many speakers streaming live at Etsy's Symposium. Lots of inspiration there; plenty of ideas, challenges and things to add to my "to do" list... But one of the most inspiring bits was the talk by Noah Scalin, the creator of Skull-A-Day, where he committed to crafting a different skull every day for a year. (All completely different and all completely brilliant.) From this project, Make Something 365 was born. In this book and blog, Noah challenges everyone to create something every day for a year.

Of course, by the end of his talk, after browsing his blogs, clicking through each skull, reading about the projects of others, I was feeling the pull to attempt something like this. I decided to start it on my birthday, which will be next Wednesday, February 16th.

This will be a significant year for me, because I'm turning (baum-bau-baum!) 30.

*sigh*

Ok. So I've got the idea. I've got the date set. I've got the gumption. And with making this a published/public venture, I've got the accountability. Now... what to make?

what.to.make.what.to.make.what.to.make...

Acorns? Stars? Houses? Circles? Hearts? Birds? Trees? Cheeseburgers?

The thing is... I make stuff every day. Craft is my job. Making another thing every day might not be enough to keep me interested in continuing for an entire year. So... I've finally settled on an idea. Every day, for the next year, I am going to make a note of something that made me smile that day. (And like any good blog, this story will be told with many photographs.) Could be something as simple as seeing all three of my cats napping with my husband, to something as profound as hearing an insight from God.

In any case, I intend to illustrate each one with an image or two (mine or borrowed). My hope is to make myself intentionally aware of each day, and that these little tidbits might inspire some smiles in other folks.