Two weeks to view this post!

Day 8: Curly pages. Boo.

These pages aren’t made for paint. I’ll just have to mash it flat between working in it.

Day 9: Finished cowl for @Sargent and now to the picking out a manly button stage.

He loves it!

Day 10: Church. In my Art, Doodle, Love journal.

This pleases me in a way I can’t quite express.

Day 11: Orange stripe postcard.

Fun with scraps!

Day 12: Started some fingerless gloves. (Posted a day late.)

These are for my friend, Becky.

Day 13: Lots of unhappy accidents adding up to something pretty good. Postcard.

This was a disaster from start to almost the end. I put the stencil down and sprayed it with that brown as a joke, my attempt to completely ruin it. I lifted up the stencil and it was magic. I was so excited!

Day 14: Doodle Germ Faces. I’ve started a weekly project with my nephew. We trade pages from our doodle books.

Sam texts me his work. Usually on Saturday. And sometimes I get video of him narrating his creations. This past week in our text exchange he said that he wasn’t ever finished with his pieces. I’ll be interested to ask him that question in 5 years.

Day 15: Today. In “Art, Doodle, Love” journal. Took WAY longer than 20 mins today. Having too much fun!

This was so much fun just to play and play and play.

Day 16: Small part of a 7 day spread.

Don’t know how I feel about these little blocks yet. I did another day later and it wasn’t fit to post! Ugh!

Day 17: Flower power in the “Art, Love, Doodle” journal.

Love these black lines for some reason.

Day 18: Made Oobleck and Gak today with the kids. So sticky.

We had fun making a total mess in the kitchen. It was even kinda educational. Stephen came and started telling us about Non-Newtonian fluids.

Day 19: Finished gloves. Whatcha think @teamwinks?

Love the light in this photo.

Day 20: Fingerless gloves. Lots of crochet over the next few days as I work on The Water Glass stuff.

Someone offered to pay me actual money to make a pair of these!

Day 21: 3 dishcloths for The Water Glass sale at the Global Women Summit. Only 20 or so more to go.

I love the times when I make dishcloths for 2 weeks. It’s fun picking out the patterns and I can make 3-5 in a day. So satisfying!

I’m so excited to start a new year of Making Something Every Day! Here’s the first week of work:

Day 1: Embrace Imperfection Ganesha postcard.

I love the idea of Ganesha, Mover of Obstacles. Also, I live in Alabama, so it’s kinda hard to get away from the houndstooth elephant. HE. IS. EVERYWHERE.

Day 2: notes for a new piece.

I mentioned this poem “Why I am not a painter” in one of my posts last year. It occurred to me on the drive home from Arkansas, that in all the years I’ve loved that poem I’ve never looked up the painting. Mike Goldberg is an abstract expressionist. I should have known. I’ve been obsessed with the abstract expressionist movement since before I even knew what abstract expressionism was. It is a style that has always spoken to something deep in my soul. I don’t know if it’s about the freedom or the wildness but all that color and all those big, bold stokes energize me. I’ve never been tied to art having a particular meaning. It doesn’t have to be a picture “of” something. If it evokes a feeling, even a negative one, then it’s doing what it’s supposed to do. I was so excited to see “Sardines” for the first time, I immediately wanted to do something based on it and the poem. Still thinking about what, but it will probably be one of my big four for the year.

Day 3: got some new storage & supplies for my work table. Got it all organized so I can work, work, work!

I’m slowly getting my workspace streamlined. I’s a battle between what I want to have in that space and what I need to have in that space.

Day 4: Doodle time with Liza.

I got a copy of “Art, Doodle, Love” from my mom for Christmas. It’s a beautiful journal. I was making this doodle one night before I put Liza to bed. When she came in and saw it, she immediately got one of her new journals she got for Christmas and started making some of the same marks. It was a good moment between us.

Day 5: Forget-Me-Not Postcard. (Bought a box of postcards to alter. First of many altered cards this year.)

I’m already enjoying the snot out of this box of postcards. It’s so fun to mess them up!

Day 6: Massive postcard painting.

Did I mention how fun it is to mess up the printed perfection of these little dudes?

Day 7: 2 postcards. (Bonus points to the person who gets the one on the right.)

Yeah, it’s a Doctor Who quote. I thought the Roses were too good a theme to pass up.

Except that implies – in this big grand scheme of Gods and Devils – that she’s just a victim. But I’ve seen a lot of this universe. I’ve seen fake gods and bad gods and demi gods and would-be gods – out of all that – out of that whole pantheon – if I believe in one thing… just one thing… I believe in her.

So there’s the first week! Looking forward to the next! 🙂

Day 294: Working on a new baby blanket. (Posted a day late.)

Day 295: larger version of piece from my tiny art journal.

Day 296: Car crochet!

Day 297: Finished the baby blanket!

Day 298: Made a sweater for my dog sister.

Day 299: Painting with Liza’s new art supplies.

Day 300: hat.

Day 301: Finished hat!!

Day 302: beginnings of a new cowl. (Posted a day late.)

Day 303: Oversize postcard.

And that’s it! The 303 days I made art in 2013. Now, on to 2014!

Day 287: Lotsa fun today making prints with the gelli plate and working with @Obajoo!

Day 288: Making a larger version of the collage from Day 282. Trying to get the yellow house just right.

Day289: Yarn: Doctor Donna. Pattern: Oswin Shawl. Started: 11/23/13. #loveeverythingaboutthistweet

Day 290: @kingjrd and I are co-crocheting a comfort blanket for a grieving friend.

Day 291: Secret Christmas project.

Day 292 & 293: Last Christmas present finished!!

Since returning from Nepal, I’ve thought a lot about if I would continue making something every day. Frankly the decision wasn’t all that hard.

I’ve had a couple of people ask me about the year and what it’s meant to me. Every time I’ve responded that I’ve loved this year. I’ve love the freedom to spend time on creative things combined with the structure of every day. I feel like the body of work I’ve produced in this past year allows me to call myself an artist.

When I started, I wanted to work every day. That was the goal. To be in practice every day and to recognize and call out for myself when I accomplished that. From that perspective, I feel like the year was a success. My end total was 303 days out of 365. The only thing I would change would be the number of days that I wasn’t able to work or the work I did was crochet instead of paper and paint. A challenge for the next year, right?

So I will be continuing with a second year of Making Something Every Day. Here’s a refresher of the guidelines:
• Every day.
• 20 minutes.
• Post a photo.
• No more than 2 yarn posts per 7 days.

I’m adding one more thing. I want to finish 4-6 larger pieces of work this year so I will add that as a guideline. I finished several large pieces this year, but it wasn’t intentional at all.

Since returning from Nepal, I’ve thought a lot about if I would continue making something every day. Frankly the decision wasn’t all that hard.

I’ve had a couple of people ask me about the year and what it’s meant to me. Every time I’ve responded that I’ve loved this year. I’ve love the freedom to spend time on creative things combined with the structure of every day. I feel like the body of work I’ve produced in this past year allows me to call myself an artist.

When I started, I wanted to work every day. That was the goal. To be in practice every day and to recognize and call out for myself when I accomplished that. From that perspective, I feel like the year was a success. My end total was 303 days out of 365. The only thing I would change would be the number of days that I wasn’t able to work or the work I did was crochet instead of paper and paint. A challenge for the next year, right?

So I will be continuing with a second year of Making Something Every Day. Here’s a refresher of the guidelines:
• Every day.
• 20 minutes.
• Post a photo.
• No more than 2 yarn posts per 7 days.

I’m adding one more thing. I want to finish 4-6 larger pieces of work this year so I will add that as a guideline. I finished several large pieces this year, but it wasn’t intentional at all.