{"id":7442,"date":"2012-12-31T14:19:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T14:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/?p=7442"},"modified":"2013-01-01T13:04:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T13:04:25","slug":"2012-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/?p=7442","title":{"rendered":"2012 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Little Word by Ali Edwards<\/a><\/h3>\n

~how it worked for me~<\/em><\/p>\n

2012 is the first time I have completed this project and I have to say, as doubtful as I was, choosing a word and working through the prompts worked for me. I choose Create but as I wanted it to be specifically about creating art I needed the other word, which wouldn\u2019t leave my mind\u2026Contentment.
\nI was missing creating with fabric, buttons, paper, ink, ribbon and beads. I hoped my words would bring them back into my world.
\nJanuary<\/strong>
\nThis month I signed up for an on line class with Kim Klassen<\/a> called Beyond Layers to inspire my photography.
\nI made Word Birds to sit on my desk as a visual reminder to stop looking at stuff saying, “Oh! I would like to do that” and putting it in a pile of things I must do. One of the little birds has a label: Just do it. That’s my plan.<\/p>\n

\"january<\/a><\/p>\n

February <\/strong>
\nwas about capturing images to evoke my word. I decided to make some ATC\u2019s. I wanted to collage onto fabric and paper. ATC\u2019s are a great size for getting started and I like how the whole page of them looks. I loved having needles and thread on my desk again. I also finished my December project having had problems with getting my pages printed.<\/p>\n

\"Advent<\/a>
\n\"OLW<\/a><\/p>\n

March<\/strong>
\nTaking action and documenting it.<\/p>\n

I finished a mixed media project using embroidery hoops, felt, buttons and beads. I also started posting regularly to Flickr and am keeping up with Beyond Layers Class. I am quoting this \u2018don\u2019t let perfect be the enemy of good\u2019 regularly to myself! <\/p>\n

\"Quote\"<\/a><\/p>\n

April<\/strong><\/p>\n

Write a letter to yourself saying where you are now and where you would like to be in one year\u2019s time. Not the easiest prompt for me but I did it and have just read it this morning. Although I don’t want to share what I wrote, it is interesting to me to see that some of the things I had hoped for are coming to fruition. I am continuing to make ATC\u2019s. I find them to be a lovely creative outlet for me. I get to try out different techniques and they are very quick. <\/p>\n

\"6<\/a><\/p>\n

May and June<\/strong>
\nI decided to do \u201831 Things\u2019 by Ali Edwards<\/a>. I really love a writing challenge and was feeling very content with the amount of creativity my word had me helped me with. Ali gave a prompt out every day: Jewellery, Morning, Read and Spirit were the first four. Each day I wondered what on earth I would write about and each day I surprised my self at just how much I had to say! I have it all printed out and in my book but I want it bound in another way, I just haven\u2019t come up with how yet. <\/p>\n

\"IMG_0376\"<\/a><\/p>\n

July<\/strong>
\nThe prompt this month was about music. I selected 9 songs that I love right now, printed out the lyrics and once again made ATC’s
\n\"9<\/a><\/p>\n

This month I got my paints out. I have a box of watercolours and everything I need to start except courage. Just-do-it-bird was nagging me so I tried and of course I loved it. I turned some of my playing into ATC\u2019s and some I have in my book.<\/p>\n

\"Julie\"<\/a>
\nJulie is my copy of a magazine advertisement I saw for a shop called Get Knitted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

July was also the month of the Olympic games. I took some screen shots from the TV and put them through one of my photo processing programmes and made a series of photo memories.
\nI will have been watching the opening ceremony on the BBC so the original image is theirs.<\/p>\n

\"Olympics4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

August<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was the month I ‘met\u2019 Carla Sonheim<\/a> and have had such fun following her tutorials, making pictures that please me and I bought a couple of her books which I am looking forward to working through in the new year. I also ‘discovered’ Washi tape
\n\"August\"<\/a><\/p>\n

August also saw the arrival of my much longed for macro lens. It was only then that I realised I had an octopus on my desk<\/p>\n

\"Octopus\"<\/a><\/p>\n

September<\/strong>
\nThe month of Shimelle Laines<\/a> Learn Something New Everyday project. I made the binder for my pages this year having discovered Washi Tape. <\/p>\n

\"LSNED<\/a><\/p>\n

This was also the month I had a go at drawing faces with many degrees of success. This time though I didn\u2019t just throw every attempt in the bin. Just-do-it-bird has finally left me.<\/p>\n

\"September\"<\/a><\/p>\n

October<\/strong><\/p>\n

The month I made recyclababes. I saw a project in Cloth Paper Scissors and this time I made them immediately.<\/p>\n

\"Recyclababes\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This month I took the most photos of any month in the year. I was mesmerised by the wonderful autumn colours this year and the smudge tool was my new favourite photoshop tool!<\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a><\/p>\n

November<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Christmassy Creative month. I absolutely love the Christmas tree and this month I seemed to be creating my own arboretum!<\/p>\n

Fabric Christmas Trees
\nPaper Christmas trees
\nTwiggy trees
\nButton Trees<\/p>\n

\"Tree<\/a><\/p>\n

December<\/strong><\/p>\n

All creative energy went into planning the family Christmas!
\nI also decided to try to post every day, which was rather over ambitious as it turns out but I have kept up with my December Days\/Advent\/JYC project.
\nUnfortunately I have been fighting with WordPress for the last two days so have not been able to post anything!
\nIt has been a great year creativity wise, thanks must go to Ali Edwards One Little Word project. Did you do it? Does it work for you? Are you choosing a word for 2013?
\nI am feeling more confident which was the plan, and I am so looking forward to catching up with you all and making a plan for 2013.
\nHow about you?
\nHave you found some Blog things\/challenges\/memes you would like to try? Have you made a plan you could share with me?<\/p>\n

My last picture is of the Carrot Carvings, Christmas 2012 Creations\u2026They were hilarious and mine was the least creative! But I was<\/em> cooking the lunch.<\/p>\n

\"CC.<\/a><\/p>\n

If you managed to get this far I congratulate you! <\/p>\n

Have a wonderful New Years Eve whatever you are doing, we will be watching the Hootenanny, hopefully with a small sherry \ud83d\ude09 helping to block the airwaves with texts and thinking happy thoughts of you all x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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