Saturday, January 2, 2010

The 365 project- Making it one day at a time

This year, I am starting a 365 day project. I am going to make something everyday this year.
It is in part, a reaction to the fact that I don't feel creative enough and I don't feel like I "create" enough. Creating things through sewing, cooking, baking, and other small projects is a great stress reliever.

I am going to attempt some rules (which I am sure that I will break, but as they are my rules;)...

1. I cannot use "make" as in "make a reservation" any more than twice per week.
2. There should be some tangible thing made everyday.
3. I should use what I have before I go out and buy any materials for said projects.
4. The things that I make should be useful and helpful to my life, or to others.


Yesterday, the first official day of the project, I made homemade bagel bites for my kids,(I figured that it cost about $3.90 to make 24 mini bagel pizza halves.) shredded 2 pounds of cheese for later use and made a scrumptious-good-as-a-restaurant dessert.

Today I am in the process of cutting out and making the materials to put together for women's cloths. I am using a wool sweater that got put in the dryer accidentally and the leftover flannel from the kids' Christmas pj's.

I hope that you had a great NEW year!

1 comment:

JoyceG said...

I absolutely love the idea of being creative every day! I have been in the mindset of using what I have, whether it's food or craft stuff or books, etc. But adding the daily creativity gives it another spin - I'm going to try to meet your same goal!
-JoyceG