hand drawn mandala

Day 100/100 Challenge Complete!

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Day 100/100!!!

This challenge was a great motivator for me and the accountability of posting (almost) daily was just what I needed to keep me focused.

I realized I Love mandalas and creating daily is therapeutic for me.

I’ll be starting a new challenge after Christmas and it will be 30 days of junk journaling.

I Love the IDEA of junk journaling and have more ephemera and tools than any person needs to create them. I’ve been collecting for years but for some reason haven’t been able to complete one.


This 30 day challenge is how I’ll finally decide whether it’s for me or not.

If it’s not I can start getting rid of my collections

Day 91/100 Mandala in Progress

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A few years ago I was drawing mandalas a lot and was enjoying it.

Then I stopped.

I don’t know why but that’s my M.O.

As I get better at something I get bored with it and move onto something else. Only to return to it later and have to go through the learning curve again.

I wonder if this is a common trait with creatives?

Day 82/100 Mandala

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This has really been a joy to work on and I look forward to adding details and color.

Mandalas have been one of my faves for many years.

This one feels like an old friend I haven’t seen in ages but easily reconnected like it was yesterday.

Days 74-78/100 Catch Up!

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Work in progress

Days 74 to 77

I will make it to 100!

It’s the posting on multiple sites that adds to the challenge.

Follow through has also always been a challenge for me – at 75% complete I’m feeling determined though.

I’m already thinking of my next challenge – after Christmas I’m going to do a 30 day junk journal challenge!

Motivation to REALLY try my hand at JJ.

Day 7 of 100 day Joyful Creativity

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Mandala doodle on book page.

Week one is done!

The biggest accomplishment would have to be getting the website up and running on day one.

What did I learn this week?

I think I’d like to start a project. It was good to muckaround with the wire and origami and mandalas are a fave for me but the randomness wasn’t as rewarding as I’d like.

I’ve been researching junk journals for the last few months and I have pretty much everything I’d ever need to make one (or a thousand!)

I love the idea of using old books, magazines, scrapbooking materials, stickers, stamps, fabric and junk mail to create a a funky journal.

There are some crazy, beautiful, detailed, ephemera filled journals out there in the world. That may be why I haven’t tried to make one yet. It’s a little intimidating!

This is a good time to move past the fear. I have some ideas to make them unique but the first one will be basic so I can get it finished fairly quickly. Hopefully another outcome of the 100 day challenge!

So next week will be about picking a cover, paper and figuring out how many signatures it will take to fill it. I’m feeling pretty excited about it! It’s been on my to do list for a long time 🙂