At the beginning of the year I bought myself a mini Moleskine diary to use as a mini art journal. I really wouldn't call myself an art journaler but I am having fun creating tiny pages. For now, I'm playing along with a bunch of others on Instagram and using daily prompts provided by Tori Weyers (#DrawRiotDaily).
For reasons out of my control I haven't been able to create every day, but I am working on it. Here are a few pages I have created so far.
February 12, 2017
Holy Mini Moley
February 2, 2017
Goodbye, January
And just like that... January is over.
Since I had so much fun doing this last year.... Here's a little video of all my January photos. Not so many "real" photos this month though. Just lots of photos of my mini Moleskine art journal pages.
And thanks to my nerdy obsession with tracking all the music that I listen to aka Last.Fm I can also include my most played song for the month.
January 18, 2017
January so far
Well I just disappeared there for a bit didn't I?
I have wanted to post for awhile but I have a 2016 video that I wanted to post first before I posted anything else on the blog. But, being the huge procrastinator that I am, I am still working on the video.
So, I am just going to go with it. When I get to finishing the video I will post it, but for now lets talk about how fast January is going. I cannot believe that the month is already halfway over!
• This month, I bought a mini Moleskine diary with the intention of using it as a daily mini art journal of sorts. Having never done art journaling before, it's all so very new for me. I don't know how to sketch or draw so the small page size is just what I need. I am looking forward to filling up all the little pages this year.
• The weather has been quite nice here in the desert. Other than a very wet Winter storm last weekend and another that will be here this weekend, it has been business as usual around here. The leaves just started changing color on the trees this month too.
• All has been well with the kitties this month too. I cannot believe that next month it will be a year that we have had Olive!
How's January going for you so far?
January 6, 2017
2016: A Year in Photos
I have always posted my year in review posts after the year has ended. I don't like posting them in December because the year is not yet over. Who knows what will happen during the last month of the year.
Instead of my usual year-end photo in review post, this year I made a video showing most of the photos I shared online in 2016 and I also included my most played song for each month.
In January, there was the new Star Wars and we got mountain snow. I got to play with my new Keurig and FitBit One.
In February, I celebrated my birthday by getting a new kitten. She ended up being more of a shaved, young cat. But, she was still adorable! I had a super green thumb and visited what I think is the largest book store I have ever seen.
In March, I started coloring my first coloring book page since I don't know when. There was a lot of new kitty time too.
April brought a new kitty friend for Olive. Now there are two!
The month of May was filled with lots and lots of new kitty time. The newest cat was very sick and most of my time was spent dealing with that.
I spent June creating Index Cards and getting to know the new cats.
July was filled with lots and lots of rain. Oh and cats.
In August, I said goodbye to my high school drama teacher (he was one of my favorites). I got to go see Silversun Pickups in concert and took a lot of photos for The August Break project.
September was all work and rain and my wedding anniversary. Oh and cats.
In October, I colored some more and I voted. Not that it did any good.
November was filled with a lot of outdoor time and by outdoor time, I mean weeding. November had some awesome clouds. Oh and cats.
In December, I got new glasses. I do NOT like them. I didn't even share a photo of them, but I really needed to get that out there. They are not good. The World's largest Santa moved in next door and this year we decided to put up a Christmas tree. It didn't last very long at all.
Thanks for watching.
January: "The Way it Ends" by Landon Pigg
February: "Monkey Tree (UK Mix)" by Mother Mother
March: "Holes in the Sky" by M83
April: "Good to Sea" by Pinback
May: "Lucifer's Eyes" by T.O.L.D.
June: "Nightlight" by Silversun Pickups
July: "Night of the Hunter" by 30 Seconds to Mars
August: "Closer to the Edge" by 30 Seconds to Mars
September: "Each Coming Night" by Iron & Wine
October: "Let Me In" by Snowmine
November: "Wolf Gang" by Lions in Cages
December: "Dead Air" by CHVRCHES
January 1, 2017
November 3, 2016
The August Break (in November) :: The Final 2
October 23, 2016
The August Break (in October) :: Week 3
October 11, 2016
September 29, 2016
The August Break (in September) :: Week 2
Well, here it is the end of September and I don't think that I will be making my goal of posting all of my August Break photos before September ends. I still have one more day though. But, if I still don't make it, there's always August Break (in October).
September 22, 2016
Hello, Fall
It may be the first day of Fall, but it is still Summer here in the desert. I am really looking forward to the cooler weather getting here. I sure hope it gets here soon. How's the weather where you are?
September 6, 2016
The August Break (in September) :: Week 1 continued
This year's August Break didn't turn out at all like I had planned.
I have come to the conclusion that I really do need a new computer and the realization that a new fancy camera is needed as well. I have a Canon XT and it is just not working like it used to. The focus is going. It is an old camera though. I bought it back in 2007. It's really frustrating. It's sad that digital cameras don't live forever.
So, here I am. Slowly adding what August Break photos I was able to download to my computer with the goal of having them all posted to the blog before the month of September is over.
August 3, 2016
August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016
She is still getting used to the big bad scary camera.
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
And so begins my 5th year of participating in the August Break.
The August Break project is simple. The only thing you have to do is to take a photograph every day for the entire month of August. That's it! You can take a photo of anything and everything. There are no rules on what the photos must be. Although, the past few years have included a list of photo prompts just in case you get stuck for ideas.
I don't usually follow the prompts and just photograph what I want.
Except this time. This time I actually did follow the suggested prompt for my first photo.
July 28, 2016
icad 2016 :: index card nos. 7 and 8 and 9
Lots of index cards to share today and there are still lots more to come. I can't believe that it is already the last week of July! How did that happen?
Just simple doodles for these next 3 index cards.
July 21, 2016
July 20, 2016
July 16, 2016
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