Through The Camera Lens

Renew

Made this little 3x3 canvas to keep near my computer so I see my word each morning.

To remind myself to:

• Renew relationship with husband. Take time ALONE.
• Renew relationship with kids - BE more CREATIVE with our time!
• Renew crafty time with my Mom. (We have a "date" tomorrow!)
• Renew friendships. (Had lunch with a friend last week!)
• Renew my spirit & health. (& get to working out!)
• Renew my love of dancing. (& get to working out!)
• Renew spaces around my home. (IKEA, I'll see you soon!)
• Renew spaces outside the home. (Garden planning!)
• Renew love of baking. (Get to those flavor combos I've been dreaming of!)
• Renew love of reading. (Get off the computer & grab a book!)
• Renew my commitments.

Like getting the photos I've taken for yearbook ready so I'm not rushing the day before it's due like last year! Or getting my Mom's Etsy shop going - that she's been asking me to do for far too long (sorry Mom). So this weekend I  got to editing the photos I took, it's going to be a cute shop! Don't you think?

How is your word coming along so far?

Happy New Year!

Welcome 2011! Love the start of a New Year and excited so many classes and projects are beginning! Besides Picture Winter & One Little Word, signed up for Wellness Journey as an alumni, as well as keeping Cathy's Move More, Eat Less Journal. All part of working my word "Renew".

Also happy to have jumped on the scrapwagon with Project Life. Not completely sure how I will use it yet, for now just snapping random photos through out the day. Have you done it before? Any tips?

The year is off to a good start here, with just celebrating our 12th Anniversary & a Packer win! Hope yours is as well!

What's one of your BIG projects for 2011?

2011: One Little Word

Renew

• To revive.
• To restore or replenish.
• To begin or take up again, as an aquaintance.

I feel relaxed and ready to take on 2011 now that I decided on my one little word. While it was on my list, wasn't quite sure if it was "right", but it was the one that kept  popping up - in thoughts, in programs I was watching...even in print - so I stopped fighting and took it on. Excited to see how it plays out in the coming months!

Have a Safe & Happy New Year!

One Little Word: A Look Back

My word for 2010 was "Complete" & it's time I take a look back at this layout posted earlier this year.

While there was lots of reading & painting & creating & time with the family & the puppies have been trained & I've tried a few different styles of exercises - but nothing that really grabs me & Lord knows I've tried to un-subscribe to many emails (why won't they stop???) there are still things that are a work progress - such is life!

So not going to dwell on what isn't "Complete" but looking forward and excited to see what next year will bring. I will keep 2010s word nearby as I begin to see what word feels right for 2011 (Explore? Focus? Imagine? Invite? Renew? ...) and get things ready for Ali's class.

Are you in? Are you choosing one little word?

Complete Layout

Was inspired on Twitter over the weekend by @librarybug aka Carrie of Library Bug to create a layout on my one little word for the year. Going to keep this up in the scraproom as a daily reminder.

Been a little down with some flu-blah going around, but have a few other things in process I hope to share soon. One cool new thing I found through Inspiration Defined is Tumblr, having fun adding things that make me smile.

Do you have a Tumblr account? Leave me a link, I love to follow!

Complete

Swan Heart, originally uploaded by fmc.nikon.d40.

My word for 2010. 2009 left a lot of things unfinished and I'm so intent on looking forward I'm not even going to list those things but this word will be used in my heart, home and scrapbooking. More to come!

Hope everyone had a wonderful time bringing in the New Year and wish everyone a Happy and Healthy 2010!

Can't wait to see what we will all create this year! I'm excited!