Get EXCITED Fridays : hippie swag & fake instagram

In order from most exciting to least exciting:

New in my closet! : Soul Flower bag and shoes
My fake instagram! : I started tumblin' daily snapshots... I'm pretending it's Instagram since I don't have an iPhone. I'm more excited about this than I should be.

Blissful Blends Tunics from Soul Flower : I'm pretty excited about these new tunics from Soul Flower. They're a mix of organic cotton and recycled plastic. I got one in every color and I know I'm going to wear them to shreds. Pretty much anything loose, flowy, and comfy makes me happy lately. Summer's gonna get hot in DC, too. These tops should help keep me breezy.

The Yellow Brick Road & Beyond (2009) : I'm a big Wizard of Oz fan, so this documentary was pretty interesting. Some of the interviews of the little people who played the munchkins made me smile.

Top 150 Makers Blog List : for when you feel like browsing good blogs or need inspiration for blog design or posts. Or for when you want to wallow in how much other bloggers are more awesome than you.

American Science & Surplus : random science tools, art supplies, hardware, tools, and other useful knick-knacks. This site is like digging around in someone's basement who's been collecting random shit for years and years.

Holy moly, that's enough exciting stuff for now.

Multipotentialism

I know that I am somewhat of a multipotentialite - someone who has many different interests and creative pursuits in life, who has many paths and pursues all of them. This makes it hard for me to really commit to one creative thing.


Multipotentialite Manifesto

I find myself daydreaming about unrelated creative areas that I could get into:
Maybe I should make and sell my own line of jewelry?
I should create beats on GarageBand for people!
Maybe I could create tutorial videos to teach people how to use Photoshop and InDesign?
I should pour myself into yoga and get really good at it.
I want to be a nutritionist and teach people about eating healthy!
I'm going to become a textile designer.
I think I could be a good art professor, maybe I should get my Master's?
I could be an awesome runner, I should get really good at running long distances.
Let's start a neighborhood coffee shop!
All I wanna do is make t-shirt designs.
I'm just going to specialize in making posters, flyers, and catalog layouts.
I'm gonna go back to school and just max out my education.
People would pay for me to help them with graphic design, wouldn't they?
Is it a good time to get into freelance design?
I just want to read hundreds of books.
Since I live in DC now, I'm going to become a history buff and see all the sites!
I'm going to focus on scrapbooking and memory keeping.
Maybe I should try to sell handmade books on Etsy?
I'm kind of good at photography, I should do more of that.
I really need to draw and paint more.
I want to be a full-time blogger!

Wow. That's kind of amazing to type that all out.



So what do I do with all these non-focused ambitions? Most of the time I just sit idling, trying to figure out which direction to go in. I have a bunch of unfinished projects. Usually I have to force myself to finish one, or it'll never get done. I'm almost always willing to take on the next new thing, but have finally figured out that I suck at finishing stuff, so I started saying No.

I've got this feeling in my gut that I'm not maximizing my potential as a creative person. I could be doing so much better!

The point of this post is to remind all you lovely readers that I'm still alive. I haven't written any good stuff lately because of this multipotentialism problem. Maybe it's a good thing? But until I figure out how to manipulate my many "talents" into something that's beneficial to me, I'll just be over here dreaming my days away.

Project Life Weeks 13-15 : playing catch-up!

Week 13
cherry blossoms, kite festival, blue skies, easter


Week 14
traveling, flying, Minnesota, Soul Flower catalog


Week 15
cherry blossoms, tourists, hot weather, vegan muffins


Looking at these three spreads lined up like this makes me excited to have ALL the weeks of 2013 printed in a book. I keep looking back at the Project Life spreads I've completed so far this year, and I love looking at them with Rob. It's fun to see what we were up to even just two months ago. Sometimes it's a challenge to fill a week's layout, but I've been forcing myself to get it done. I know I'm going to enjoy the final product!

Project Life Week 12 : stamps, maps, and Wordle

I took almost zero pictures this week, so I had to fill this spread with a whole lotta other stuff!



Used:

- Wordle : I love this word collage generator! I just typed in a bunch of words that seemed to be repeated throughout the week, and words of things we did or places we went. I love how it's like journaling, but without blabbing on and on.

- this Welcome Spring! collage from Soul Flower

- Downton Abbey photo (we just started watching and are hooked!)

- screenshot of one of my Springpad boards, planning my family's trip to DC

- screenshot of a Google Hangout with Rob taken with Google's new Capture tool

- screenshot of a map of Rob's run that he captured with Google My Tracks app on his phone

- Currently "stamp" totally inspired by rukristin's new Currently stamp, but snagged from her free Currently download. This week I liked the idea of just stamping it on anything & everything, instead of filling out the whole card.