Monday, January 24, 2011

2 in one day...



I just wanted to share the 2 completed projects from today. First the coat rack:

And the Jewellery tree:


All it took was some old plaques, so old antlers, and some old paint. Pretty happy with the outcome.

Project 1 down

When we began this adventure, we wanted to try new things. So Carissa signed me up for the "Sketchbook Project" It is a project where you get a sketch book, a theme and a deadline. I got my sketchbook, my theme... and what I thought was the deadline. However my sketchbook was returned to me in the mail today. But never fear they will still accept it. It is through:

http://www.brooklynartlibrary.com

I completed my sketches of old childhood hockey cards, though a little ridiculous I was happy with the turn out. It was a fun experience, and it got me drawing a bit again, one of many things I "no longer have time for"... It was great to choose to have time for it.

I am also in the process of turning some old plaques and deer antlers into fun coat hangers and a jewellery tree for Carissa. Anyway, I also have realized again how bad of a blogger I am.

I just wanted to say, I am learning that when you don't shop you have time to try new things and enjoy old things. Hopefully I'll have more for you to follow.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

New Year and 3 months down



Well we are 1/4 way through our compact year. So far it has been a whole lot of everything... Challenging, fun, easier than expected, harder than expected. But alas here we are in 2011 and 9 months left of the journey. Christmas was a lot of work as we prepared homemade gifts, it was fun but the challenge was coming up with good unique ideas. I think we did pretty good. I just wanted to share a couple photos from the gifts we made.



It was a lot of fun designing creating and giving these gifts. There were many more that were made. But it was a truly rewarding experience.