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Tuesday 6 January 2015

happy new year! resolutions and rememberlutions for 2015 and january dt project

Resolutions have never been my strength.  They tend to be monster-sized goals that seize your attention for a few weeks until your best friend says to you, as you're carrying your gym bag out to the car with the greenest of green smoothies, there is a super sale at (you fill in the blank) and we will need humungous lattes to survive the rush.  Resolutions can be behemoths if you let them.  

But resolutions really are simply goals; we just tend to make them at a critical time when the world is bellowing sentiment of new beginnings and fresh starts.  Therefore we often take a reasonable, probably meaningful, goal and turn the little critter into a mountain of an accomplishment.

With that said, I have made two "resolutions" this year (I have many goals but two of which I really want to be mindful): (1) Organize better so that I may (2) spend more time with family and friends.  The first resolution may surprise those of you who know me.  I am quite the organized person.  Everything has a home and events and activities are always well planned and prepared.  What I need is a schedule.  

I read this article (Here’s What You Should Do Instead Of Making New Year’s Resolutions It’s called a “rememberlutions” jar and it’ll make you feel good all year) posted by Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine and decided to, in addition to my two resolutions, celebrate the smaller resolution successes as they come as well as all of the magnificent things, memories and accomplishments over the next twelve months by creating my own rememberlutions jar.

That coupled with our design team inspiration, I was off to the races.


I created a pendant for each of the four seasons of the year so that I have something to look forward to at the end of each season as the jar turns.

winter:


spring:


summer: 


autumn:


And here they are all together and assembled:




Whether you create resolutions this year or a rememberlutions jar, do what makes you feel good, makes you giggle and smile and let's you celebrate you all year long.

I'm entering my rememberlutions jar in the Sweet Stampin Challenge: NewMixed Media Monthly Challenge #8: Something New for the New Year and Anything But A Card Challenge New Beginnings.  The rememberlutions jar is a new project created for the new year.

9 comments:

  1. Fab idea.Love the pendants.Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin'
    Cass xx

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  2. What a fabulous project, you can see how much work you have put into them! Thanks for sharing with us at Sweet Stampin' this week! Pami x

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  3. What a great projects! Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin' :)

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  4. Love your pennants!! What a brilliant idea to make one for each side!! Thank you so much for playing with us at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog!!

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  5. These are so fun and creative! Thanks for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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  6. These are so cute! Thank you for joining us at Anything But a Card ~ Christi DT http://art-without-anxiety.blogspot.com

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  7. Thank you for sharing your fun "rememberlutions" jar and the link to the original article with us at Anything But A Card: New Beginnings !

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  8. this is great, i especially love the halloween one. i started a remembrance jar too and i absolutely love it! cant wait to open it up in 2016! Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
    -Rachel
    rwkrafts.com

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  9. I love the four seasons represented on your fantastic banners! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Anything But a Card!

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