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5.07.2014

My 365 Grateful Project Fail

I had high hopes at the beginning of the year. January started off well with my 365 Grateful project as I happily tweeted away and despite my husband's broken ankle in February, I kept up with the #365grateful hashtag.

Then March arrived and I started skipping days. By April, I simply wasn't in the mood to publicly share my thoughts. I have plenty of things to be grateful for and figured I would continue the project privately.

It's now May and I haven't worked on the project in a month. I have the mini-book started and don't feel like tossing it aside. I may use it to add highlights of the year or just wait to begin again in 2015.

Have you ever had a project fail? If so, how do you work through it? ~Danielle

3.12.2014

My St. Patrick's Day Craft Experiment

St. Patrick's Day is next week and I have yet to put out any decorations! I'm so behind on this green holiday. We haven't even seen signs of our little leprechaun visitor!

I thought I'd do a St. Patrick's Day craft experiment and see if I could stir up some luck (and motivation)!

I pulled out a toilet paper roll (see this pin), shaped one end into a heart, stapled the other end to hold the shape in place, and grabbed some green paint:

I used a Studio G St. Patrick's Day stamp on these 6x6 pieces of kraft cardstock.

As the glitter paint started to dry and lighten, I wanted to see how other colors of paint would look over the clovers. Let's check out the results:

Not bad, but I should have done the darker colors first and then the light, glittery green...or went to the store to buy a clover shade of green acrylic paint.

Since I had leftover paint, I continued experimenting:

I think I may cut out some of these designs and use them for scrapbooking or crafting.

Here's the final look of the original clover after it dried:

This page will most likely end up in my 365 Grateful album. For more St. Patrick's Day crafts, see the links below. I'm off to the attic for decorations! ~Danielle

Related St. Patrick's Day Projects:

Kid-Sized Bangles

Jar Lid Magnets

Rainbow Mini Book Cover

1.22.2014

The Start of My 365 Grateful Project

A new year. A new project. It seemed right to start my 365 Grateful project after the loss of my German Shepherd on New Year's Day, so I shared my first tweet of the year:

I am grateful for spending over 12 years with our lovable Tabby girl.

She will be deeply missed. #365grateful

This project will get me back into the habit of daily tweeting and to cherish life's moments, both big and small.

My 365 Grateful mini scrapbook cover is ready to go, along with the first page of assorted stickers. I'm keeping a calendar handy to write down my tweets and photos I take for the project.

Not every day will have a photo or will be shared to Facebook, but each grateful moment will be shared on Twitter. You can follow along on my personal Twitter account, @OhioDanielle, and look for updates here throughout the year. ~Danielle

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