So I was inspired to do something crafty and creative again. Was the need to be creative a result of my first Artist Date, the gathering on Monday or a combination of both?
Category: Home grown
Vision boarding update
Reblog of Vision boarding: everyday dilemmas and joys
“Iâm not the kind of person who wants lots of material things. Donât get me wrong, I do like to drive a decent car, I love a comfortable home and have many collections which I love adding to, but at this point in my life I am desperately trying to de-clutter and scale down in preparation for a big overseas move. So I knew that images of shiny things like cars, electronics and household appliances would not feature on my board.”Â
When I posted this back in February, my vision board was only half-finished. It has developed quite nicely as the year has progressed. I wanted tactile: I attached a piece decorative rope and small pegs, some long-abandoned scrapbooking bits, fabric pockets to hold fresh herbs (I adore lavender!) and collected some natural goodies from the garden like feathers and leaves.
I rescued some transparent wrapping from a bunch of flowers and wrote out a Rumi quote. I thought the quote would be good to share for today’s Thursday Thort.
“Very little grows on jagged rock.
Be ground. Be crumbled.
So wild flowers will come up where you are.
You have been stony for too many years.
Try something different. Surrender.” Â [Rumi]Yes, I have been stony for too many years, I want to be softer (less judgemental) especially to myself, more open, less sharp. The quote appealed to my sense of wanting to change the way I have been for too long.
I also thought an updated photo would be good so you can see how the board has come along. Like my life, my board is a work in progress…
From this…
To this…
I would love the hear your thoughts! Have you ever done a vision board, or had one that changed as the year progressed?
I belong to a womenâs group that meets once a month. This month, we were invited to look for and prep images and words to create Vision Boards for 2018 for our February meeting, as a way to set our intentions for the rest of the year.
I immediately thought âhow coolâ! Partly because these were not intentions being set on the 1st January, so there is no hint of ânew year resolutionsâ to it. And because it has to be at least 10 years since I last did a vision board. Time to get creative.
I decided I wanted to do a âphysicalâ board rather than a digital one, as it is much more engaging and hands-on â and it would get me away from my computer for a few hours. The next thing was to find pictures. Normally sourced from magazines⊠But I donât have any physical/hard copy magazinesâŠ
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Why publish an ebook?
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What would your superpower be?
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Seeing the light of day: my shop is live!
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If we were having coffee… (5)
This is now becoming a weekly post - a round up of what's been going on in my world this week.
April 365 Project – Travel Shots
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A Blog Spring Clean
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