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@PackerFanInGB 😂sometimes being an inch off might not be that big a deal, but in a nine patch square....you might have a few issues🤣. Good luck!!! I’ve done that before, too, so I speak from experience. There’s always a solution though.2
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My list of Christmas projects got longer yesterday. I already have “make 4 crayon/marker holders that can be rolled up, 4 sleeping bags for stuffed animals, and 5 shopping bags made with Paris fabric” and now I’ve added “make 3 doggie sweatshirts.” And we’ll be on the road to NM in 3 weeks. I need to learn to kick my perfectionism/procrastination mode to the curb!!! Making a detailed schedule on paper and checking it every morning will be the only way to get it done without feeling totally overwhelmed. I’m excited though!2
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My list of Christmas projects got longer yesterday. I already have “make 4 crayon/marker holders that can be rolled up, 4 sleeping bags for stuffed animals, and 5 shopping bags made with Paris fabric” and now I’ve added “make 3 doggie sweatshirts.” And we’ll be on the road to NM in 3 weeks. I need to learn to kick my perfectionism/procrastination mode to the curb!!! Making a detailed schedule on paper and checking it every morning will be the only way to get it done without feeling totally overwhelmed. I’m excited though!
WOW that’s a lot! Go @nebslp
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I’ve been working on a Project that will take a week or so. Already spent 5-6 hours so far, but it’s working out well.
For years I haven’t really kept in touch with friends and family as well as I would like to because I didn’t have their addresses, birthdates, current contact info at my fingertips AND For a fair number of the people I know I only have an email or some other social media link...
And I realize that if they left that social media platform or change your emails I am my not be able to get in touch with them again so I’m actually making a notebook that has pages that you can pull out and replace it’s kind of small and very pretty I got one that I really liked and I’m putting all the birthdates of all the folks that I want to send cards to for their birthdays
Then I have an address section and I’ve categorize it by family neighbors, work friends. I’m in sending text messages to people if I don’t have their birthday yes it’s embarrassing but I’d rather have it and they been very happy to get it to me or if I don’t have a current phone number I’m not sure something is accurate and they’ve been very quick about replying.
I’m also going through all my passwords and organizing them by type like a diet and exercise, or art apps, medical etc.
This is going to make things so much faster & less frustrating for me, build my relationships with others because I DO care but have not shown it as well as I could have...
I plan to copy book in the passwords and put it in the safety deposit box as back up
I’m also transferring the info I have on my phone to the book too in case it fails in some way.
And when all this gets too weary, I have now collected in one space all my miscellaneous home decorative items (non-holiday, non-photo, non-flat art, non dishes we use) so vases, knock-knacks, glass small sculptures, humorous items, a decorative teapot, etc. Sone are sentimental - which I realize is a really good category to display as they bring up such happy memories...I’m thinking of figuring out a way to put a couple of my favorite childhood toys out!!
(I’ve culled many times before but not in one location altogether) and I’m excited to go through the lot, decide if I should keep each item & then organize by color/material/type and display/store to rotate on display periodically.
The two projects balance each other out
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Wow! @MadisonMolly2017 , that sounds like a great project. I have an old Rolodex that works similarly and a database with Christmas card addresses, and an old birthday list ( it's supposed to hold cards, but pockets were only big enough to hold one), but I've never had them in one place. People seem to change phone numbers fairly often nowadays. I'm pretty bad about updating them ( except the Christmas cards list).
I used my new (old) machine. I'm a little fearful of trying it on Christmas presents, so I pulled out a UFO (unfinished object) from my stash, and started sewing. Now I have a little summer shirt finished just in time for cooler weather.
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Those are great projects, @MadisonMolly2017. I may follow your lead. I’d like to keep in touch better with people too. One idea I like is to get an assortment of cards first rather than when an event is coming up. It doesn’t seem like getting a card would be much of an obstacle, but it often is. If I had the cards on hand, there would be fewer steps. I’m going to try this approach.
Great shirt, @77tes!2 -
@tes7Wow! @MadisonMolly2017 , that sounds like a great project. I have an old Rolodex that works similarly and a database with Christmas card addresses, and an old birthday list ( it's supposed to hold cards, but pockets were only big enough to hold one), but I've never had them in one place. People seem to change phone numbers fairly often nowadays. I'm pretty bad about updating them ( except the Christmas cards list).
I used my new (old) machine. I'm a little fearful of trying it on Christmas presents, so I pulled out a UFO (unfinished object) from my stash, and started sewing. Now I have a little summer shirt finished just in time for cooler weather.
Yes, I’m only consolidating to make my workspace more “minimalist” I think I’m addicted to more space & cleaner lines now
Haha!
You are a sewing phenomenon!! I see verrry slowly - I make art slowly too. I might have to try some art sprints!!
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themedalist wrote: »Those are great projects, @MadisonMolly2017. I may follow your lead. I’d like to keep in touch better with people too. One idea I like is to get an assortment of cards first rather than when an event is coming up. It doesn’t seem like getting a card would be much of an obstacle, but it often is. If I had the cards on hand, there would be fewer steps. I’m going to try this approach.
Great shirt, @77tes!
Nice idea @themedalist
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized EVEN more how much the people in my life mean to me - including you & the others in this group!! And, everyone is so busy, it is easy to lose touch, drift apart... so I’m initiating contact more & my binder will help with the folks who are not on social media
I agree with having cards on stock! I had them & early in decluttering went through, only keeping the ones I thought I’d actually use. Sorted them in a drawer. I used them mostly for gifts.
Sorry then I moved them all to a file storage box.
Decided what I needed was a new Habit!
Not ready to do it yet (must finish addresses) but my plan is to set up a cute little table & send one card a day! (If that is too frequent, I’ll adjust)
Good Mail makes people happy!! An easy way to brighten folks’ day! ✉️
Also looks like I’m shifting back into Journaling... going to get the Atomic Habits book & the Journal (extra 20% off thru Nov 30) Excited!! It’s ALL about Habits!!!
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I have no clue what I’m doing but hopefully my marker roll up project will magically appear on your screens. It’s just a bunch of numbers an$ letters right now! Here goes...5 -
@77tes your “new” machine seems to be working quite well. Very nice 👚!
@MadisonMolly2017 You are on a roll with decluttering/organizing everything! I need to do something with passwords. They are definitely not in a safe place and half the time I try 1/2 dozen times before coming up with the right one. 😬
Finding Christmas card addresses has been easy since I started cutting off return address labels a few years ago as soon as I get cards. I store them in my card box that always has one or more leftover to use the next year. I also made a chart with spaces to check off name, written in, addressed, and mailed when I get each thing done. Nothing fancy, but it keeps me from forgetting someone. When I’m finished sending, the box goes in one of my Christmas boxes in the basement so I always know where they are the next year.
I keep most of my addresses in my phone now. It’s really convenient when I want to mail a card but didn’t write the address down before leaving home or if I buy a card to mail after I go shopping. And I write birthdays on my calendar in the kitchen. I still forget to mail a card ahead of time sometimes. Probably should put that on the calendar, too!
And I have had a shoebox with homemade cardboard dividers labeled wedding, birthday, sympathy, baby/wedding shower, thinking of you, etc. in my closet for so many years I’m afraid the cards I bought and stashed are turning yellow by now! Once in awhile I go through it but I really need to send more old cards or recycle them. @themedalist I like to buy new, personal ones for close people and special events, too, but the old ones come in handy when I need one in a pinch. I’ve been meaning to send my gkids cards just for fun so maybe that’s a good way to use up some of the thinking of you or blank ones. So many good intentions wasted🙁 but it’s never too late to start. I love your idea of having a pretty writing table with all the supplies in one area, @MadisonMolly2017 .
All of you, thank you for sharing your ideas. It makes me want to keep going on the things I have started and gives me new ways of looking at things.
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I made these reversible shopping bags for my Thursday morning coffee ladies. Vintage fabrics for us vintage ladies!!
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On to the next project...a minky/fleece blanket for my grandson who outgrew his baby blanket and wants a big one just like it. Fingers crossed it works out!0
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I have no clue what I’m doing but hopefully my marker roll up project will magically appear on your screens. It’s just a bunch of numbers an$ letters right now! Here goes...
I love these!! You are so talented! I hope as I get to know my sewing machine better that I will be able to make fun things like this too someday. 0 -
Lovely work, Ladies! The recipients will love them❣️2
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@nebslp How did I miss the picture of the shopping bags?! Those are so cute! I've been trying to think of a way I can make one of those out of scrappy quilt squares!
There sure is a lot of talent in this group!
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@77tes your “new” machine seems to be working quite well. Very nice 👚!
@MadisonMolly2017 You are on a roll with decluttering/organizing everything! I need to do something with passwords. They are definitely not in a safe place and half the time I try 1/2 dozen times before coming up with the right one. 😬
Finding Christmas card addresses has been easy since I started cutting off return address labels a few years ago as soon as I get cards. I store them in my card box that always has one or more leftover to use the next year. I also made a chart with spaces to check off name, written in, addressed, and mailed when I get each thing done. Nothing fancy, but it keeps me from forgetting someone. When I’m finished sending, the box goes in one of my Christmas boxes in the basement so I always know where they are the next year.
I keep most of my addresses in my phone now. It’s really convenient when I want to mail a card but didn’t write the address down before leaving home or if I buy a card to mail after I go shopping. And I write birthdays on my calendar in the kitchen. I still forget to mail a card ahead of time sometimes. Probably should put that on the calendar, too!
And I have had a shoebox with homemade cardboard dividers labeled wedding, birthday, sympathy, baby/wedding shower, thinking of you, etc. in my closet for so many years I’m afraid the cards I bought and stashed are turning yellow by now! Once in awhile I go through it but I really need to send more old cards or recycle them. @themedalist I like to buy new, personal ones for close people and special events, too, but the old ones come in handy when I need one in a pinch. I’ve been meaning to send my gkids cards just for fun so maybe that’s a good way to use up some of the thinking of you or blank ones. So many good intentions wasted🙁 but it’s never too late to start. I love your idea of having a pretty writing table with all the supplies in one area, @MadisonMolly2017 .
All of you, thank you for sharing your ideas. It makes me want to keep going on the things I have started and gives me new ways of looking at things.
I love the idea of the shoebox with dividers and cards! I am going to follow up on that one for sure. I buy cards and then lose them because they never go in the same place twice, you know... Then I find them and they're so outdated that I toss them.
I would also really like to get back in the habit of sending cards or letters to people routinely and not just a Christmas card once a year if I have time. I know how much I enjoy getting something in the mail other than bills or advertisements. I'll bet other people do too...
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I'm surrounded by unfinished projects, both at home (scrapbooking, unorganized genealogical documents, photographs, landscaping) and at work (a historical society/research library - we don't have anyone who curates so all the donated items are piling up). These cause me to feel overwhelmed, guilty, and stressed every time I see them. I plan to tackle the photographs first, scanning them all, and then just keeping the hard copies of the ones I'll actually put in albums.
I love the timer idea, so plan to bring a timer to work and let my staff know I'm not available during the time frame that I'm curating/organizing the collection office - a minimum of 30 uninterrupted minutes.3 -
I can really relate to the unfinished projects part of your post and your feelings regarding them! Having a plan is the first step and you've got that. I've had to let go of the idea that I can be done with everything by, oh say next week🙃. I've had to schedule a time to work on my top priority project and to be as consistent as possible with it. I had just been bouncing around from one thing to the next for too long and never feeling like I had accomplished anything. Just getting started knowing there will be an end point (I say that loosely because it seems many things aren't ever really "done") is a great incentive to keep going. You've got this!2
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@LeslieW77 and @nebslp, thanks for waking up this thread. You reminded me that now that the weather is warmer it is time to take out that blouse I finished in December. So here I am wearing it. Sorry that I’m hopeless with selfies.
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@LeslieW77 and @nebslp, thanks for waking up this thread. You reminded me that now that the weather is warmer it is time to take out that blouse I finished in December. So here I am wearing it. Sorry that I’m hopeless with selfies.
Very nice! How fun it is to wear something pretty that is totally your creation!
I couldn't help noticing the rock below the mirror. I am a lifelong random rock collector. Is there special significance to this one?2 -
@LeslieW77, yes, also sending thanks for waking up this thread! I so enjoy seeing pictures of all the creative endeavors being finished here.
I also understand about unfinished projects. Good idea to use a timer so that you can curate the donated items! Timers are my best friend when doing house work so that I keep going till the timer goes off, especially for those mundane tasks that still must get done. And I use one for my yard/garden work so that I keep changing positions, or get up and drink some water and/or eat a little something while putting in the hours, especially on the hot days.
@77tes That blouse is gorgeous. I'm glad that you remembered to take it out to wear now that the weather is changing! I also noticed the rock that @nebslp mentioned.
@nebslp, you have been very focused when working on your top priority project(s) and are very consistent doing it. That is great insight when you wrote above: "I had just been bouncing around from one thing to the next for too long and never feeling like I had accomplished anything." That is something that I will need to consider for some things that I have not been finishing.
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@nebslp and @texasgardnr , thanks for noticing my rock! My grandpa was a Rock Hound and kept a rock shop in the desert after he retired, so I'm a rock lover for sure. That rock came from First Beach on the Olympic Peninsula. a memory of a terrific trip my sister and I took there.
I love my shirt. It is a bit of a train wreck. At first it was too tight, now it's too big, but it feels amazing, and I know I'll love wearing it while I try not to point out the flaws. 2 -
@nebslp and @texasgardnr , thanks for noticing my rock! My grandpa was a Rock Hound and kept a rock shop in the desert after he retired, so I'm a rock lover for sure. That rock came from First Beach on the Olympic Peninsula. a memory of a terrific trip my sister and I took there.
I love my shirt. It is a bit of a train wreck. At first it was too tight, now it's too big, but it feels amazing, and I know I'll love wearing it while I try not to point out the flaws.
You made that shirt? It looks like it fits you perfectly! I really like it, and the color looks really pretty on you.
I am also a rock collector! My husband and I bring home a rock from pretty much anywhere we go for the first time. We have bricks from old homes we owned that were torn down also. Rocks from the South Dakota Badlands, Deadwood, Mount Rushmore, Florida, Arizona, various Door County state parks, Minnesota, etc. Our grandkids love to listen to stories of where and how we found them. Such a simple thing that brings such pleasure! I love your story of your grandpa! :flowerforyou:2 -
I typed a big post & went to look for something & lost it.
Project: getting camper repaired by end of July - earlier if possible.2 -
Little Projects and Big
This month I made a list of the little projects around the house that I conveniently seem to forget and never get around to doing . Anytime I had some spare time on my hands, I would go to the list and pick one to do. Worked like a charm ... today I will tick off the last one on my list for June. I think I will make this an ongoing habit and do another list for July.
Big Project - The sizable shed in my back yard needs to be painted. Originally, I had planned to hire someone to do it. As I was sitting on the patio last night looking at it, I decided that there was absolutely no reason I could not do it myself. So .... Painting the shed in my big project. Hoping to get it done before I head off to Alaska at the end of the month.2
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