Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Settin' goals and seein' leaves...

Here's my newest piece. I've had this in my head for a while. Ever since I completed my Spring Leaves necklace, I've been wanting to explore this leaf making thing with some different colors and textures. So...here's the result. I call it Band of Leaves and me gusta mucho, I like it a lot. This one is very dainty and feminine. I've got it in my head to do another one down the road that's a lot thicker with more leaves...we'll see.
Okay, last week, I got kinda frustrated because every time I sat down to make something I couldn't get my head into a frame of mind where I had some direction, where I knew what I wanted to make or where I wanted to go and how to get there. So, I did something I hardly ever do...I set some goals. I wanted to create at least 6 new things by Wednesday of this week (tomorrow). Well, as you can see, I've got 5 of the things that I wanted to make marked off the list and I'm pretty sure that by tomorrow I can get six. (I'm working on numbers 8 and 10 right now!)
It was weird having a "list", but very satisfying to cross something out and feel like I'd accomplished it! It worked really well for me and I'll definitely keep doing it in the future. How about you? What do you do to stay motivated and focused?
I hope you enjoy your Tuesday!
(I know I will, Tuesday means Salsa lessons!! Hehe!)

9 comments:

  1. I love the bracelet; I love leaves! I need to start setting goals for myself also. I have so many ideas running through my head that I need to write them down and get them accomplished. I will have to give this a try. Also wanted to say you do some AWESOME work!

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  2. Oh Marcie! I love the leaves! They're green too! I luvz green! Good luck with your to do list.

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  3. Love the bracelet! What a good idea to make a list. I do that for everything else in my life, why not my creative projects. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  4. I really love that bracelet, I can imagine it done in a riot of bold fall colors maybe the thicker, more leaves version you were talking about......also another one in very delicate pale yellowy greens and shade depicting early spring renewal, delicate new leaves and buds.....spring and fall are my favorite times of the year........you have such great ideas Marcie!

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  5. Me fascina esta creacion!!! esta genial!!! Yo tambiƩn estoy en el mood de hacer hojas y mas hojas!!! Me encantan!!!

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  6. That's lovely!

    I make lists all the time when I'm overwhelmed -- it helps me a lot!

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  7. The bracelet is gorgeous! Plus, I'm with you on the lists...sometimes it feels wierd to put a constraint on the creative process, but it sure feels great when you can cross off all the things you want to do (or are supposed to do for other people! haaaaaa) Jen

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  8. Thanks for the inspiration, Marcie! I need to make some lists for sure. And those leaves, wow! That's the coolest thing I've seen done with seed beads in quite some time.

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