{Monthly Mixed Media Ideas: Month 1: January}

So… after I actu­ally stuck to and com­pleted my 2012 new years goal of mak­ing a quilt, I knew that I wanted to have another crafty goal this year. Hav­ing a goal to do some­thing new each month is really ful­fill­ing. I loved being challenged!

For 2013, my goal is to explore more into Mixed Medias. Now this isn’t a tough one for me. I already paint and sew on my lay­outs. I have been doing 3D paint­ings and sculp­tures since I was a teenager.

But these days, I rarely go out of my com­fort zone. I have had these big tubes of acrylic paint for ages sit­ting in a box for ages now. My hus­band gave them to me as a birth­day present I think 3 years ago now. And then there ist this tub of gesso. This mold­ing paste bot­tle. I keep buy­ing stuff that I want to use, but in the end I always end up doing the same thing over and over again.

I think its time to stop shop­ping and starte crafting!

So lets see what I made for Jan­u­ary shall we?

Its a set of three sim­ple book­marks. This one is a sim­ple project. I didnt want it to be too over­whelm­ing. If you are a begin­ner hope­fully this will whet your appetite for more

You can read more about how these came together , with step by step pho­to­graph instruc­tions here at the Fiskars website.

I can’t believe that Jan­u­ary is almost over! Every­where you see there is talk of Valen­tines day now…

Did any of you make any craft­ing res­o­lu­tions this year? Do share!

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