Creative Every Day Check-In: April 25 – May 1st
April 25th, 2011
This weekly check-in post is a place for Creative Every Day Challenge participants to share their creative activities.
Join in the Challenge: Read all the details and sign up for the 2011 Creative Every Day Challenge here!
Ways to share: Once you've signed up, you can leave a comment on this post and/or use the "Mr. Linky" widget below to link to a blog post(s) about your creative activities during the days of 4/25/11 - 5/1/11.
The widget below is an optional method of sharing your creativity that makes it easier for others to check out what you're up to. You can use it to link to a blog post (or posts) or flickr image during the week listed. Or if you have a bunch of posts and don't want to link to all of them, you can link to your main blog page once. Do it in a way that makes sense and is fun for you! If you're unsure about how to use the widget, check out the "How to use the Mr. Linky widget" section on the Creative Every Day Challenge page. (If you're reading this in a RSS reader or email subscription, you will not see the "Mr. Linky widget", so click on over to the blog to use it.) If the Mr. Linky widget is missing from this blog post, it's probably a problem with their server and it will come back as soon as it's fixed. You can always leave your link in the comments.
You can also take advantage of the great CED flickr group to post your images and see what others are up to. If you're on Twitter, you can use the hashtag #CED2011 to help others find your Creative Every Day tweets!
Theme: The (totally optional) theme for April is Small.You can read more about the theme and some ideas to get you started here. May's theme will be announced tomorrow, Tuesday the 26th!
Happy Creating!
As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path... we learn to savor the small with a grateful heart. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach
24 Responses
This week was an interesting week for writing. Seemingly out of no where, I felt called to write this piece, based on the Legend of Joan the Pope and connected to my emerging spirituality and sense of self.
Posted by: Kristen | Apr 25, 2011 at 7:17 am |
Just signed myself up to participate in this wonderful monthly challenge. Thought my post today particularly appropriate to this month’s theme: ’small’. Looking forward to getting to know everyone.
Posted by: Marcie | Apr 25, 2011 at 7:59 am |
Some writing, some photos, some art — it has been a creative week
More to come!
Posted by: xinme | Apr 25, 2011 at 8:13 am |
after a crazy month back to having time to create- some photos, some painting, some mixed media. stop in for a visit!
Posted by: marianne | Apr 25, 2011 at 8:25 am |
Just finished a new collage that I am really excited about. Used a special acrylic technique that I’ve been teaching myself. Will try to post a picture of it today.
Posted by: Maron | Apr 25, 2011 at 8:27 am |
I hope cooking counts as being creative. I am forced to be creative with eggs in spring (busy hens!). When I arrange presentation on the plate, I have the same feeling I get making art… so it must be true!
Posted by: Henniemavis | Apr 25, 2011 at 9:19 am |
Hello everyone. Last week was creative but not in the typical way. I worked with my daughter on a school project. She was making a hot air balloon out of tissue paper for her science class. I also baked, made a couple of post cards and reveled in the small moments. I have a second blog devoted to the small and blissful moments in life so I am truly enjoying this months theme. Have a blissful week!
Posted by: Kathleen | Apr 25, 2011 at 10:19 am |
I hope everything is progressing well with you and the baby, Leah.
Janice. x
Posted by: Janice | Apr 25, 2011 at 2:41 pm |
I’ve had your logo on my site last year and now for 2011, but hadn’t linked in or commented — so now I have! yea. Preparing for a workshop I’m offering tonight called Cultivating a Daily Creative Practice. And have been into drawing geometric shapes using graphite pencils every day for awhile now. Glad you’re doing what you’re doing. Thanks.
Posted by: pat otto | Apr 25, 2011 at 4:05 pm |
I took some more close-up photos this week of the spring buds and leaves. Such a fun excuse to go outside and be in the world as it comes back to life!
Posted by: Jen | Apr 25, 2011 at 7:13 pm |
Creating everyday is so much fun. Thanks for hosting.
Posted by: Lynda Creates | Apr 25, 2011 at 7:23 pm |
I’ve been writing about our trip to Morocco, which is a big thing. However, it takes many small things to make something big, so it sort of fits the theme?
Posted by: Susan Reep | Apr 25, 2011 at 7:31 pm |
Hi! So great to be back! I’m full of joyful melancholy checking back in on CED!
My blog is undergoing some great changes, it’s becoming the journal of my way to entrepreneurship! And I just posted the first article minutes ago! It’s directed to you guys, my dear CED-fellows!!
Love,
Nele
Posted by: Nele | Apr 26, 2011 at 8:09 am |
i just joined this great group of creative people! yeah!!
hugs and smiles~ jill
Posted by: Jill nalette | Apr 26, 2011 at 11:53 am |
Happy spring everyone! I did a poster this week with photos from my recent trip to Newport, Rhode Island.
Posted by: Mary | Apr 26, 2011 at 1:53 pm |
I am grinning with joy this evening from reading some TIC TOCC results. It is wonderful to think that from a “small” idea and in a “small” amount of time that creative fun and sharing can happen!
And *Leah* – I still feel that last year your CED site changed the course of my creative journey for the better. Thank you so much
Wishing everyone a happy and creative week!
Kat X
Posted by: Katina Wright | Apr 26, 2011 at 5:41 pm |
Hey, this is my first week into the challenge.
I’ve decided to start a blog, which I’ve been working on designing and writing for, and I finally got back into painting, starting with watercolours, which I hope to have posted shortly.
Have a great week
Posted by: Steph | Apr 27, 2011 at 4:45 am |
Been awhile since I’ve posted. So many tree photos to sort through. So many projects going on…..I must get organized. Tee Hee!
At least 1/2 a dozen new ones here by the end of the night.
Posted by: Little Drum | Apr 27, 2011 at 8:38 pm |
A quickie post today, about a seemingly small discount at the art suppy store, that can add up to a lot of savings. (It’s Dick Blick’s Art Materials 100th Anniversary, everything 25% percent off, I have no affilation but was surprised to walk into the store by accident today and get some thing’s I’d been sort of avoiding due to the expense.)
Hugs,
Tina in San Diego
Posted by: Tina in San Diego | Apr 27, 2011 at 8:50 pm |
It’s turning out to be a prolific week! This morning, a peacock.
Posted by: Tara@Aquamarine | Apr 28, 2011 at 8:28 am |
I’m having a fabulous time this week making mandalas in some online graphics applications that I read about on another blog. I’ve posted one today that feels springlike to me (we’ve got rainrainrain here in southern Ontario and everything is turning vibrant green!)
Posted by: Libby | Apr 28, 2011 at 11:04 am |
if you read this Steph, welcome! I’d love to check out your blog but am not sure which one it is.
Posted by: Libby | Apr 28, 2011 at 11:15 am |
I was surprised that the “Small” theme inspired me as much as it did. I’ve had a lot of fun with it. Now I’m ready to get on to “Big”
Posted by: Judytherainbow | Apr 28, 2011 at 4:38 pm |
Hi, I’ve just discovered this challenge and am relatively new to blogging so thought I’d join up for some fun and hopefully to meet some new creative people. I am a mum of three young children and so life is always pretty creative. Occassionally I sneak some time to do my own things too. I’m from Australia so it is happy autum for me! Come and see where I live!
Posted by: SunShinyDay | Apr 30, 2011 at 6:09 am |