101 in 1001 Update

Trying to keep up with this.  Honestly, I'm more interested in making crafts right now than doing this.  But some of these things I can do.  

6. Go to a family camp

We are prepping to sign up for one through our church!  I'm excited about this, although also a bit anxious as we will have a little baby at the time.

32. Create free to use items in Cricut design space.  

I know I technically finished this one already and this puts me at 19/15, but still.  I'm really proud of this!

Since the challenge was still happening, I made even more things for that.  One is a sign (I'll post the image under #71 below).  

40. ‘Egg’ someone's house for Easter (give them an egg hunt)

Been planning this one.  I have the things we need.  Hoping to set it up tomorrow.

67. Make baby picture wood slices for each child for our ‘tree’, with a wedding photo of us

I have the wood slices ready and just need to find all the baby pictures of each child to put onto them.  That's going to be a bit of a trial.

70. Meal plan for 3 months

I have planned 3 weeks already, and have a printed 'plan' for 3 months laid out, just not filled in yet.  It's hard to plan too far ahead.

71. Build cute signs for the house/farmyard (4/5)

I made a Laundry Room sign this last week for in our house!  I love it!

March Crafting Challenge

 Hello again!  I might just be bragging a little today, but I am SO proud of myself!  I joined a March Craft Challenge with Cricut.  This month is 'National Craft Month' and I have always loved crafting, I just rarely take the time for it anymore unless it is 'needed' (like making things for Christmas).  So, I joined up!  Cricut has a draw going on now for each day of the month.  Every day you can enter once using the fonts or images that they provided somewhere in your craft.  You then are entered in a draw for $100 you can use through Cricut.  So, this month I have made SO MANY crafts through Cricut Design Space, and I am so proud of myself!

These are my entries into the first week of the challenge.  I used their flower image for the Easter card, and the two fonts given for the sign.  I designed the little people myself!  And the sign was even put up on the barn bathroom door already!  Yay!

For week 2, I found I really liked the images given.  So, I made a 'summer'-y card as an invite that would work  for a backyard BBQ.  I also made Thank You cards using one of the challenge fonts.  And then the balloon image just begged to become a birthday card!

For week 3, which is still happening, I just loved all their images!  They had a mother's day image and I dreamed of making a potted plant with 3D flowers, so I did!  I saw a watermelon on the placemat my 4 year old likes to use and thought that would make a fun card idea, so I used the other summer image for that one.  Then, yesterday, my oldest daughter mentioned how fun it would be to make a card that had all the 'mixings' layered on the outside with a cake inside.  So, I designed a pop up birthday card using the image of a cake that was given for week 3.  

I'm looking forward to designing something using their week 4 images.  There's another mother's day heart image that looks promising, and some 60s flowers, as well as a 'Happy Birthday' word art that fits with those flowers as well.  I kind of want to attempt making another sign or wooden project, I'm thinking about something for my dining room table using the pallet I ripped apart last fall, but we'll see.  I'm really liking all the cards I have in my card box now!  It's been a long time, and that poor box had gotten very empty.  

I just think it's interesting how I needed a 'challenge' to get me to experiment with my Cricut Maker again.  I think I've made more projects in 3 weeks than I have all year!  It's crazy!  I wonder how many more things I'll make this next week?  

My oldest has been designing and handmaking her own cards this month as well!  I'll have to post the pics of those items if she is ok with it (and once I have them on this computer.  They are currently on my phone).  She's been making a lot of video game inspired cards, mainly Zelda themed.  

Honestly, crafting is the perfect activity for someone who is uncomfortably pregnant.

101 February Update

Time for another 101 update.  I'm pretty happy, even though I didn't complete 3 things like I wanted.  Only 2.  But I've gotten stuff done on a variety of them.  Perhaps I'll complete more next month.  I still want to get some 2x4's so I can finish up my son's bed and build the shelves in my laundry room.  I am hoping to do these two things specifically before baby arrives!

7. Find 5 interesting places/events to visit in local area (5/5) DONE Feb 2024

Went to a kids fair in February as my husband had only part of the day off (he lost his weekends off for Feb and also April, so we're trying to find things to do with the kids that aren't very time consuming and close to home.  It's been hard.  Especially since when May comes, I'm going to be very hugely uncomfortable as I already feel like I usually do at 36 weeks pregnant and am only 29 weeks).

32. Create free to use items in Cricut design space (10/15)

They have a March Crafting Challenge on right now, and I've joined in.  Made 2 items this last week and working on another.  

50. Do one month of ‘shop the pantry’ challenge (DONE Feb 2024)

Cleared out the pantry at the same time, and our freezer is looking a lot more manageable as well.  It was nice to go through and get rid of a bunch of things that we already had without buying quite as much stuff.  

67. Make baby picture wood slices for each child for our ‘tree’, with a wedding photo of us

Working on this.  I have my wood slices.  I just need to find my photos (located in various discs and such) and I think I might just print them out and mod podge them on instead of having the 'ink' go into the wood like I've seen others do.  I like that idea but I don't have a laser printer and that's what you need for that technique.  

70. Meal plan for 3 months

Started working on this now.  Got my sheets printed out.  Want to plan freezer meals I can use for when baby arrives... which will be approximately 3 months.

71. Build cute signs for the house/farmyard (3/5) 

I made what I think is a cute farm washroom sign with the little washroom images I designed myself to look more 'farmer-ish'.  My kids got a real kick out of it.  You can see the picture above.  Used a scrap of pallet board from my stash, 'painted' it with a wash of greyish brown before putting the cricut cut sticky paper down and sponging white paint over that.