Inspiration

I've begun taking an online workshop taught by the very creative Elise Blaha. I don't usually do those types of things. My style is more of a thinking and never doing which can be very frustrating and adds a lot of stress. So in the past month I've started doing. I used to knit in college and I've done some cross-stitch/embroidery projects. 

I like making things for other people, since I'm usually not always sure what to do with things once I'm done making them. The workshop (and Elise's blog) have inspired me to try scrapbooking and what she calls art journaling. I've never done much scrapbooking, since they're so large and seem like they have to be perfect, and if you chronicle one thing, you have to do everything. Elise's approach is much more casual and spur of the moment, and the books that she produces are much smaller and really seem like something I could do easily while not worrying about perfection. 

So I've started working on a few projects and I have some ideas for gifts for Christmas and such. I'm trying to not do too much at once as that can be overwhelming, but just make a few changes here and there. I've felt much less stressed about work and everything since I've started doing some of these projects, so I think it's a good thing.

My current one small change is to try to take more pictures. As Jon has started law school recently, I thought it would be perfect to document. Jon didn't seem to agree and wasn't thrilled with the idea of pictures at his orientation. But, the other day we were at the Law Center and there was no one around, so I insisted...

Law School!!

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