30 Days of Creativity

I was going through all the blogs I follow on google read this morning, and something caught my eye (thanks Chris!)...a challenge to create something everyday for 30 days in the month of June.  I asked myself if this is something I could handle.  I admit, I'm lazy and a procrastinator and really the only time I ever 'create' is when I need a gift for someone or a party coming up.  When I think about creativity, I only think about sewing or scrapbooking, things like that.  So I looked up the meaning of creativity and I liked this one the best:

Creativity is when a person creates something new (a product, a solution, a work of art etc.) that has some kind of value. What counts as "new" may be in reference to the individual creator, or to the society or domain within which the novelty occurs. What counts as "valuable" is similarly defined in a variety of ways.

I went on over to the 30 Days of Creativity blog.  30 Days of Creativity is described as a social initiative encouraging people to create stuff (anything) every day for 30 days in June.  I think I can handle that!  So I decided to take on this initiative and we'll see how it goes.  Check back to see how I spend the next 30 days creating.

Before the whole 30 days starts, a warm-up exercise was given.  And here it is (don't laugh!).  It's my picture with a thought bubble.  In the thought bubble, I put the words that I think make me creative and most likely the areas that I will be using to complete the 30-day initiative.

Another Handmade Gift Exchange!

I just signed up for the spring/summer gift exchange held by Linda of Craftaholics Anonymous.  This will be my second one.  I participated in Christmas gift exchange this past year, and it was so much fun!  I loved trying to come up with a cute, creative gift.  In return, I received a handmade gift as well (a personalized mug rug, some awesome fabric fat quarters, and pretty little magnets).  Can't wait to start working on a gift!

Pinterest!

I read about Pinterest a while back, but never signed up.  Then I read about it recently and decided to see what it's all about.  I was hooked!  I requested an invite and received the confirmation email this morning and started adding things to my boards.  Pinterest is a great way to organize, create and share all things that you love.  I set up several different boards to save recipes, sewing tutorials, gift ideas, and home decor styles.  Be sure to check out my boards and follow me! 

Business Card/Gift Card Holders

Last year, I sewed up a few of these card holders for my aunt.  She gave them as end-of-the-year gifts to her classroom assistants.  She asked me again this year to make them for her.  So I followed this tutorial, but instead of adding the button and elastic, I added a cute little flower.  These were super simple to make and I really liked how they came out.  Each one is for sale in my etsy shop.

Shaklee Cleaning Products

My sister was telling me about the Shaklee cleaning products a few weeks back.  The company has been around for over 50 years and sells all-natural cleaning products, along with with natural beauty and nutritional products.  She ordered the basic cleaner and germicide.  I saw her over the weekend and she was telling me how great these products were.  Even my mom was raving about how much cleaner her sink looked after cleaning with these products.  So I thought I would purchase a few of the products and try them out myself.  I purchased the Basic H2 cleaning concentrate and the Basic G germicide.  The prices are little high, but the products are highlight concentrated and you add a small amount of cleaner to a specific amount of water.  I'm excited to try these products and will definitely be letting you all now what I think about them.  Stay tuned!