30 Days of Lists: March 2012 Update

My approach to the 30 Lists project is pretty minimalistic. Washi Tape, Markers and three bottles of paint is all I have here at the moment. But that's fine for me because it makes me try new things, e.g. doodling.

I hope you've had a great weekend :)


Curious about my 30 Days of Lists minibook from Septermber 2011? Click here.

30 Days of Lists: March 2012!

Guess what? Only one more day until another round of 30 Days of Lists starts!
I went to Michael's today and spontaneously decided to buy a post-bound 8.5 x 11 scrapbook instead of using a notebook. Why? You don't have to worry about messing up a page because you can simply make a new one. And it was actually cheaper than getting a notebook (yay for 40% off sales and cheap store brands) and I don't have to get/make another book if I decide to do another round of 30 lists.

I 'decorated' the cover of the vinyl album with washi tape and wite-out and attempted to clean my desk and look for the craft supplies that have been hidden in my drawers for months. It feels so good to get back into paper crafting - I wish paper and all the other scrapbook goodies were lighter so I wouldn't be stuck with a minimum of tools here!



Luckily, 8.5 x 11" is the regular paper format here so I got some additional page protectors at staples for about half the price you'd have to pay if you wanted to have the name of a fancy scrapbook brand printed on it.



And here's the cover page I made for March - I love the quote! I found it online a couple of weeks ago and decided that I had to incorporate it into the book and now it's on the front page haha.

If you're curious about my 30 Lists minibook from last September, you can click here.

30 Days of Lists - completed journal

Yesterday evening I completed my 30 Days of Lists September 2011 journal!

List 21: TV shows I wish would come back

(I need to add '24' to the list. Can't believe I forgot Jack...)

List 22: Ways to avoid housework

List 23: If I won the lottery...

List 24: Things I like to do when I am sick

List 25: to do list

List 26: Things to do before my next birthday

List 27: my overused words & phrases

List 28: if I ruled the world...

List 29: Things that were awesome about September

List 30: I'm proud of myself for...

I'm really glad I completed this project. It is great to see how you can complete an entire art journal within 30 days. I admit that there were days when I felt really uninspired and simply jotted down a list on a piece of paper and journalled about it the next day. Also, working with a very limited amount of supplies was a real challenge. Here's a pictures of all the supplies I used for this porject:

I'm looking forward to the next round of 30 Lists already :)

30 Days of Lists - update!

As promised here's the update of my 30 Days of Lists art journal.

List 4: Things to do on a Sunday morning

List 5: I need an App for...

List 6: Favorite Color Combinations

List 7: I am not very good at...

List 8: Things that remind me of my childhood

List 9: Weekend Plans

List 10: At this moment...

List 11: Favorite things about this time of the year

List 12: Things that motive me

List 13: Things I do to procrastinate

List 14: Favorite outfits

List 15: Never have I ever...

List 16: Dream Jobs

List 17: Fictional characters with whom I have fallen in love

List 18: A few of my favorite things...

List 19: Inventions I wish were real

List 20: My dream space would include

Pretty much the only materials I used were the Early Autumn 2011 toast catalog, some washi tape and pens. I kinda like how consistent the art journal is yet it doesn't get boring (yet). I ran out of adhesive so I have to get some at Michaels this week. Yay for 50% off coupons!

Childhood memories

Have I mentioned that I'm addicted to my phone's camera? I love taking quick pictures of random objects / situations. I've been wearing my minnetonka shoes pretty much every day in the past weeks. They're super comfortable and they pretty much match all my clothes. Also, I've been drinking tea all the time lately. Whenever I come home between classes I feel like I need a cup of hot tea. And it's a pretty healthy addiction, isn't it?

Btw, my instagram username is froggeddesigns if you're curious :)

Here's a sneak peak at the 30 Days of Lists book I've been working on. I'm really bad at sharing my pages (I always forget to photograph the pages during the daytime - and artificial light does horrible things to colors!) but I promise I'll share them this week!
Here's what I came up with for the promt "things that remind me of my childhood". Art journalling with very few materials (namely one Noa Noa catalog, one Toast catalog and an IKEA catalog haha) is challenging. But it also forces me to come up with new solutions - e.g. the dot paper in the corners was part of a $50 cents note pad I got at Michaels. The two images are form the 2012 IKEA catalog and all other things were hand drawn by me.

Drawing is one of the things I generally avoid because I feel that I'm not very talented (to put it nicely). I used google image search as a source of inspiration.

Soo, any things that remind you of your childhood? I'm curious :) 

30 Days of Lists

So there's this really amazing online class called 30 Days of Lists that basically is designed for people who don't have time to scrapbook/art journal everyday for hours. So they post a list prompt every day. So it can be a simple list in a notebook or a scrapbook page with lots of fancy stuff on it.

As I have hardly any scrapbook materials here in dorm my pages are rather simple. Yet I like them. A lot :)

This is what my desk (which is huge, btw) looks like. All messy :)

Here's the cover of my 30 Lists mini book. I used a moleskine journal I still had. The cover doesn't look fancy but I'm fine with it for now.

I don't really like starting out my art journals right on my first page so I usually have like a second cover.

Day 1: Goals for September

Day 2: I'm happiest when...

Day 3: People I love

So far I really enjoy the class and I think it'll be a great memory of my first month of uni experience.

So, anyone else out there who's participating?