Last weekend my boyfriend, Elior, gave me two plants. One of them was already in bloom but the other was just a couple of green sprouts. I asked him what kind of plant it was and he told me, “It’s a surprise.” The florist told him it would bloom within a week so I knew [...]
Archive for January, 2011
My New Plant: An Experiment In Time-Lapse Photography
Posted in 52 Creative Projects, Stop Motion Animation, Video, tagged Photography, Plant, Time-Lapse, Timelapse, Video on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What did you do for fun when you were 10?
Posted in 52 Creative Projects, Crafts, tagged Collage, Comics, Crafts, Project, Stationary on January 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This week I started reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, in which Rubin spends a year keeping resolutions and taking part in activities to add to her overall happiness and well-being. I was struck by one particular part of the book, in which Rubin is trying to increase the fun in her life. She [...]
Photographing Fire or How I Turned A Blackout Into Art
Posted in 52 Creative Projects, Video, tagged candles, Fire, Photography, Project on January 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I wasn’t sure what I was going to do for my second creative project of 2011 until a leaky ceiling filled my fuse box with water and left me without electricity for two days. Flashlightless, I resorted to seeing by candlelight and I couldn’t help but notice how even my dog was mesmerized by the [...]
My New Year’s Resolution: Be More Creative
Posted in Crafts, tagged dog, Knitted Neck Warmer, New Year, New Year's Resolution on January 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
For 2011 I have made it my business to be more creative. To that end, my resolution for the year is to do one creative project each week, for a total of 52 creative projects this year. I’ll be posting about all my projects on Tumblr and Twitter and some of them here as well. [...]
