Friday, July 6, 2012

Year Long Challenges: 6 Month Check In

At the start of this year, I posted about several craft challenges I was going to try this year.  Now that it has been 6 months, I thought it might be nice to check in about how I am going.


Iron Craft Challenge- Rockin' it.

Although one or two challenges have been late, I have completed every single one.  Oh yeah.  I love the variety of the challenges.  It's also been nice having them every two weeks; it actually gives me time to work on them!


Sky Scarf- Not going to happen.

I tried.  I really really tried.  But after four months I completely lost my desire to work on this project.  I don't care.  I don't really like the way it looks.  I'm sick of it.   I tried to keep doing it but decided it's not worth it.


Creativity Journal- Hit or miss.

 I enjoy having this journal.  I originally thought I would do it every day.  This was unrealistic.  I have so many projects I'm working on all the time, it was silly to stop those just to make something I wasn't planning on.  It is nice to have on hand though for those days I feel crafty with no direction. 


Unexpected Challenges- BBA and Granny Square Sampler

Although I didn't list these at the beginning of the year, I have been working on some other long term projects/challenges.  My etsy team Blogging Business Artisans has a craft challenge once a month.  I think I'm 5 out of 6 right now.  I've also been working on a crochet-a-long from wise craft that is really fun.  I'm not keeping on their same schedule, but I'm having fun learning the different squares. 

4 comments:

  1. I like having these kind of challenges myself, they help give me goals to work on. I was just saying how crazy its going to be with Iron Craft every two weeks and the advent calendar, crochet-a-long and Project Project Runway every week.

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  2. It's great to have some of these crafty challenges to keep you going when inspiration isn't really there otherwise. I'm glad that Iron Craft is going so well!

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  3. It's a great idea to reassess things like this and decide what is working and what isn't.
    Congrats on completing all the Iron Craft Challenges so far and 5 out of 6 for the BBA!
    I don't blame you for stopping with the scarf...creativity should never be forced :)

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  4. I like that you talked about what *isn't* going well. I lose interest in projects all the time, and I'm glad to know I'm not the only one!

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