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Butterfly in the water…

by D.M. Sessous

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CreativeSprint – Day 10: Use water as your medium or inspiration, today.

Okay, so this one took a while, mostly because I had an idea of what I wanted to do (take paper butterflies to a lake or stream and photograph them on the water) and I just couldn’t get myself to the location I wanted.

So, I decided to take an old piece that I used to try out some a new paints. I cut out butterfly shapes. Instead of a collage, I sprayed the painted paper, flipped the color side down and let the colors run.

The result, pretty cool.

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Newsworthy butterfly

by D.M. Sessous

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Day 19: Scan a newspaper or newsite and make something inspired by today’s headlines.

During the daylight hours, I work at a newspaper. Problem is, I’m not a news person. I don’t watch the news and I try not to read the news, it’s just too sad, depressing and infuriating. So, I decided to make some origami butterflies to make the news pretty instead.

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Makes me smile

by D.M. Sessous

Creative Sprint – Day 16

Create something that makes you laugh out loud.

I don’t think I have an extraordinary sense of humor, although people tend to think I’m funny when I’m completely serious.

I can get my boyfriend laughing, but I think he’s biased.

So, I decided to create something that makes me smile instead of laughing out load…I hope you smile too.

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It’s in the bag

by D.M. Sessous

CreativeSprint – Day 12

Work with only what you find in your pockets or bag, today.

My purse may look small but it holds a ton of crap. Good news for this challenge!

Despite the urge to use my shoulder bag which has a rainbow assortment of PaperMate Flairs, I challenged myself to use the contents of my purse. So, with the exception of a pair of scissors from my desk, I used: the back of an old shopping list, a black ball point pen, nail polish, lip gloss and dental floss.

I even employed my novice Zentangle skills…woot!

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National Butterfly Appreciation Day!

by D.M. Sessous

CreativeSprint – Day 9

Make up your own new holiday and show us how to celebrate it.

Well…that would be Butterfly Appreciation Day of course!

I had fun looking into all the national celebration days out there, and there are tons!

To celebrate Butterfly Appreciation Day you can plant a butterfly garden, visit a butterfly conservatory and/or take photos of butterflies! You can even dress in butterfly wings and dance around in the sunshine and flowers, clothing optional but recommended depending on the weather.

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Butterfly face

by D.M. Sessous

CreativeSrpint – Day 8

Make something while you are in the bathroom or with materials found in the bathroom, today.

My first thought with this one was, eeeww….

Then I rolled my eyes at myself and chided, “It’s while you’re in the bathroom Denise, not while you’re going to the bathroom.” So, shaking those image out of my mind (yes, sometimes I’m still 12-years-old) wonderful ideas started to fill my mind. I do have art supplies in the bathroom. I use every day to paint on my face…

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Cat-terfly?

by D.M. Sessous

CreativeSprint – Day 7

Observe a pet or watch a video of your favorite animal. Make something inspired by it.

My favorite animals include: butterflies (obviously, right?), cats, horses, frogs and turtles.

Since I have a plethora of cat pics, I decided to create a photo collage butterfly for today’s challenge.

SKM_C36816041208220_webIf you’re curious, and because they’re so cute I can’t help but share, here are the photos I used to create the collage. Can you say, aaaww…

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Camilla in the cat bliss zone
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Baby playing “cat in a box”
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close-up of Baby’s paws from above
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close-up of Baby’s eyes from above (the “red eye” here was really cool)
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Baby and Birdie chillin’ while I did my “Home is where” shoot
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Baby sitting pretty

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Color Collector

by D.M. Sessous

CreativeSprint – Day 5

Work with a collection of your own or borrow one.

I don’t really have a collection, so I decided to work with something I have a lot of…art supplies! I can’t seem to pass up a new box of crayons or a package of bright markers. I might be an addict. Or, as I like to justify it, er see it, I’m a collector of color.

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Approaching planner nirvana

by D.M. Sessous

I love it when an amazon.com box arrives at my desk. Today’s box of goodies includes a new planner from Tools4Wisdom.

100_0783This isn’t your basic monthly/weekly planner. It’s built to help one achieve their goals. There’s a section for over-all goal planning. From there you rank, filtering your goals down to monthly, weekly and daily priorities.

I have trouble planning my goals. I’ve started time and again to list them and break them down into bite-size chunks. But, somehow, just listing them all creates this sensation of exhaustion. I look at everything that I have/want to accomplish and within minutes it feels unobtainable and so, I take a nap.

I looked at about six different planners, scrutinizing the pages and watching YouTube videos. It was this video by Marcijd that finally sold me. Another bonus for this calendar is it starts around the month you order it (mine starts April 1) so, you’re not stuck with a planner that has a block of months already passed. You start where you are.

So here I go, diving feet first into taking a good hard look at my goals and ultimately planning them out for the next 12 months. I have a lot of balls in the air: finishing a novel and starting on the next, getting new items up on my etsy.com, shop, working with Agile Writers to plan the 2017 writer’s conference, home improvement projects, not to mention my 9-5 job…

I’m looking forward to stress-free (and colorful) goal planning!

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