Thursday, February 4, 2016

Creating in January 2016

Instead of a typical New Years resolution, I decided to do something different...I wanted to document how I was creative each day...  Here is how it has gone so far:

January 7 Started knitting some fingerless gloves for a friend and built a Lego kit
January 8 Continued knitting
January 9 Baked bread and did some knitting

January 10 Band of fingerless glove almost done
January 11 Does taking apart Lego creations count?
January 12 Calendars and Agendas for Activity Days event
January 13 First glove almost done
January 14 I frogged the glove and started over (had some issues with unwanted holes)
January 15 Knitted a few rounds
January 16 Finished the wrist ribbing (all while riding in the back seat of my brothers car)
January 17 Started building Lego Palace Theatre
January 18 Some knitting - finished the Theater (the Parisian Cafe was built just after Christmas)
 

January 19 Knitting at the dealership waiting for my car to get fixed/battery changed
January 20 Baked bread :)
January 21 Knitted several rounds
January 22 Wrapped birthday gifts and made a layer cake with homemade frosting. Add in the dinner of Potato Stacks and meatloaf...


January 23 Knitted a few rounds while waiting for my car (again)
January 24 Prepared an extra nice dinner for family and Reuben, a nephew who came to visit...and made bread
January 25 Worked on Legos
January 26 Taught knitting at Activity Days...didn't get any photos
January 27 Started some homemade cards (from a kit)
January 28 Finished the body of the first glove...now I need to do the thumb

January 29 Worked on a Lego version of our home online using a program from Lego...it's not as easy as it looks!
January 30 Built some new designs of Lego with Steve


January 31 Made bread using my new mixer
February 1 Created a happy atmosphere in the home by being of good cheer :)
February 2 Baked fancy cookies and updated the Eiffel Tower shelf
February 3 Started a Jigsaw puzzle, started the 2nd glove and baked a cake for Stephanie which included homemade lemon buttercream frosting.