30 Days of Showing Up

One of my favourite projects at the Awesome Ladies Project is 30 Days of Showing up. It’s about showing up for 30 days and doing something creative each day. Lots create in their Daily Pages, others do art. I decided to do another digital version of Daily Pages. It’s something I can do each evening in a short period of time – I like to limit myself to 15 minutes, 30 minutes max.
It helps me learn more about my programs and gives me a little creative boost each day.

Anyway, here’s my 30 pages for 2023

My Creative Journal

I’ve been a Patreon of Helen Colebrook’s for ages but at the beginning of the year I decided to take part in her monthly creative journal. At the end of each month Helen posts the prompts for the upcoming month and they are a mix of writing and creative prompts. Inspiration for you to create in your journal.

I’ve created a gallery for my 2023 Creative journal so I can share my progress. I’ll be updating it at the end of each month. January is up and February will be going up later this week.

It’s a nice change from just creating journal pages and it’s encouraging me to journal a bit more. Some pages it’s just a quote, other pages it’s lots of writing.

Anywho, if you’d like to join Helen’s Patreon you can do so here. She shares monthly printables, the journal prompts, monthly challenges, tutorials and a ton of video inspiration.

The 100 Day Project

Screenshot 2023-02-23 at 15-34-18 #the100dayproject (@dothe100dayproject) • Instagram photos and videos

I’m giving this a go again. I’ve tried in previous years and failed. I think I have done it once for a full 100 days.

What is the 100 Day Project?

The idea is simple: choose a creative project, do it every single day for 100 days, and share your process on your social accounts using the hashtag #The100DayProject.

Read all about it and how you can get involved at https://www.the100dayproject.org/

My project – working through some of the many workshops I have signed up for in the last 12 months and never done, as well as working on my 2023 Book of Me.
I’m starting with Francisca Nunes’ free class Fragments.

I’ll be sharing updates here once a week and hopefully on my Instagram daily.

Wish me luck.

Are you doing the 100 Day Project? If so let me know in the comments and link me up so I can cheer you along

Monthly Round Up –January 2023

Welcome to something new I’m doing in 2023 – my crafty month in review. Each month I’ll be sharing what I’ve posted here, progress on yearly projects, what crafty things I’ve been consuming, any new crafty supplies I’ve bought, and my favourite product of the month.

I may even add a head’s up about any workshops or classes that will be happening.

So onto January 2023

Latest posts
Progress on yearly projects
  • Junk Journal January – about half done but I’m happy to keep working on it.
  • 2023 Creative Journal – January done. Skipped a few days but I’m ok with that. Photos will be added here.
  • Daily Pages – weekly Currently & Thursday 3 done. Working on 30 Days of Showing up digitally as this seems to work best for me.
  • Memory planner for January – page plan done, journaling done in DayOne app, photos ordered.
  • 2022 Memory planner – insert 1 almost complete (Jan – June)
What I’ve been consuming (craft videos, podcasts, books, workshops)
Videos
Podcasts
    • None this month
Books
    • Get Messy Art by Caylee Grey
Workshops/Classes/Events
    • Jumpstart your Creative Life
    • SVG Crafters Summit
    • Awesome Ladies Project Feminist Scrapbook School Orientation
    • Simple Scrapper Refresh Retreat
    • Scrap School Summit
What I’ve bought

Junk journal stickers from Wish
Planners Anon sub kits
Stop the Blur sub kits

Monthly favourite products
Upcoming events

Want to see previous round ups? Check out the 2023 monthly round up tag.

Awesome Ladies Project presents Feminist Scrapbook School

If you’ve been following me for awhile you’ll know how u I love Kristin and the Awesome Ladies Project. I love that there is a free membership that offers so much stuff but there is also a paid membership that gives you so much more. The All Access Club is getting an overhaul in 2023 and going forward will be known as Feminist Scrapbook School.

Scrapbooking the stories of your life is a radical act of self-care, a way to state your existence, and a simple, creative way to show up for yourself.
You are the author of your own adventures — even when those adventures take place in the comfort of your own home. Every story is valid, and we’re here to help you tell the ones most important to you.
The Awesome Ladies Project’s Feminist Scrapbook School is the only place on the planet to teach you how to scrapbook & document your life through an anti-patriarchy, anti-capitalist, anti-white supremacy lens.

Kristin & the team over at ALP are holding an Orientation Week starting January 17.

1

There is going to be so much happening and I have a little sneak peak for you…. a general overview of events, if you will.

  • Welcome to the ALP’s Feminist Scrapbook School Orientation
  • About the Awesome Ladies Project – our history, traditions and now
  • All about Daily Pages & a Daily Pages prep party
  • Your story Matters – a feminist act in showing up
  • Spring semester planning session
  • How to get involved – events and projects
  • Lots of live events including Q&A sessions and quiet working time
  • Sneak peak of 30 Days of Showing Up
  • Book of Me Show & Tell – hear real life testimonials from previous Book of Me students & a look inside their albums

Sound interesting? Then check the info page & come join us – there are options to pay monthly, quarterly & annually. There will also be a free taster session but I’m not sure on the details yet.
January 17-21 2023 at the Awesome Ladies Project

Hope to see you there!

Crafty Goals for 2023

Another year and another list of goals I’d like to achieve

Daily Pages – I don’t know if I’ll do these every month but I’d like to create 2 field notes books for the year – Currently and Thursday 3. Watch this space.

100 Happy Days – it’s an easy project that I love doing.

Photo-A-Day – I really want to make a full 365 and add them to the gallery at the end of each month.

Book of Me. Looking forward to the changes Kristin is making to this project this year.

Memory Planner. I managed to get myself enough inserts for this year & next. This project really seems to work for me.

Other projects – Day in the Life, Week in the Life, December Documenting.

Mixed media projects – Junk Journal January and July, Creative journal using prompts from Helen Colebrook on Patreon.

What’s on your list for this year?