As I mentioned in this post I am participating in Ali Edwards One Little Word class through BigPicture Classes. The idea behind the class is to chose a word (or let a word chose you) that will be significant to you over the course of this year, or maybe a word that you want to focus on and pay attention to or maybe even a word that keeps popping up even though you don't know why.
My word for 2011 is Change because I expect a lot of change to happen in 2011. As I mentioned in the earlier post, some examples of the change I'm anticipating are:
Change . . . painting, removing wallpaper, replacing light fixtures, etc.
Change . . . move more, eat less. Check out Cathy Zielske's blog to read more.
Change . . . my daughter is graduating from college in May and starting her adult life.
Change . . . now that college is paid for I'll have more change in my pocket!
Change . . . in how I manage and market my Etsy shop.
I have to admit that I haven't started the scrapbooking/creating portion of the class yet. I have an album and I have selected a paper pack that I'm going to use (The Linen Closet Stack from DCWV) but I haven't actually completed any of the prompts that Ali provided for January . . . and February is here! It's not that I'm not excited to get started or that I don't have any ideas, but one of my reasons for taking the class is to use the awesome instructions that Ali provides using Photoshop.
I just recently purchased Photoshop Elements, got a bad disk, returned it and now have my new program right here on my desk. However, I'm so busy with change that I don't have time to load the program! I want to load it when I have some time to dedicate to it, and that probably won't be until late February. I'm ok with that though; it's a year long class and I'll be able to catch up once I get started.
Speaking of change, I spent my entire weekend working on removing the wallpaper in my kitchen and getting the kitchen, living room and hallway ready for paint. I was lucky enough to have some girlfriends come over to help or I would still be working on it! Here is a before picture showing the wallpaper:
Here are a couple of pictures after the wallpaper was removed:
The kitchen
The dining area - the wall on the left is the one in the first picture. I don't usually have a Mickey Mouse tablecloth - that's just a blanket protecting the table.
And here's the living room with all of the furniture moved, waiting for paint:
I really hate living in such a mess but it's shortlived so I know I can manage. I'm looking forward to having it all done and I will post the "after" photos in a few days.
In the meantime, please HOP on over to Cynthia's blog and hear all about her One Little Word: http://paperpapereverywhere.blogspot.com/
You can check out all of the blogs by simply HOPPING from one to another. If you get lost along the way here's a complete list of all of the participants:
http://xnomads.typepad.com/
http://jillconyers.typepad.com/life_as_i_see_it
http://scraplifters.blogspot.com/
http://crafty-creativity.blogspot.com/
http://mirandasscrapsite.blogspot.com/
http://captureandcreate.wordpress.com/
http://katswonderings.blogspot.com/
http://makeyourownescape.blogspot.com/
http://donnabryantdurand.blogspot.com/
http://athomewiththerichardsfamily.blogspot.com/
http://learncreatedo.wordpress.com/
http://capturethememories.blogspot.com/
http://seejanebake.blogspot.com/
http://istampscrapcraft.blogspot.com/
http://rel.ly/
http://goshery.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE!
http://paperpapereverywhere.blogspot.com/
http://katlodesigns.com/
http://www.inkyart.com.au/
http://scrappyhare.blogspot.com/
http://http://www.lifeonlilypadlane.blogspot.com/
http://ciqis.blogspot.com/
http://blakleyhomeplace.blogspot.com/
http://beckyandjames.com/
http://reflectivesnapshots.com/
http://moore-fun-in-the-sun.blogspot.com/
http://cookingmylife.blogspot.com/
http://cheriandrews.blogspot.com/
http://questtoperfectimperfection.blogspot.com/
http://mysimplelittlelife.typepad.com/
http://yesandamenblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.gutsymom.blogspot.com/
http://www.analteredlife.com/
http://terecontodomicorazon.blogspot.com/
