Hello! It’s been ages since I posted to this blog despite it being an ongoing goal of mine to revive this platform. I love to write. As much as I love to create things with pretty paper, my real passion is writing. So why am I not doing more of it?? So many reasons and that’s really not the point of my post today. So let’s get back on track!
I have been participating in LOAD (LayOut A Day) Challenges since May of 2011 – sometimes I’m all-in and manage to create a layout every single day of the challenge, sometimes I’m only part-time and complete just a few layouts. It used to bother me if I didn’t get the whole challenge completed, but as my life got busier with children and work, I had to give myself a break and adopt the strategy that any completed layout, any documented memory, is a check in the WIN column. Take the win and move on!
This time around, since I now own an Arts & Crafts store and am actively trying to build my local and online paper crafting community, I have challenged myself to stick to it! To git ‘er done, as they say. AND to post to my Instagram every day as well as my store’s Instastories. Yikes! So far so good though. As you can see from my Instagram, I am on target. So let’s take a closer look at the challenge and at my first 7 layouts this month.
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