Project Strategy : Fire!

No joke! ... Our dryer caught fire because of lint build up under the dryer. The repairman said we got lucky! .. Nope, we're blessed! So blessed because it was a small fire that only burnt the lint that was under the dryer. In my eyes, only God could have managed to do that! .. So here I am, sitting at the laundry mat, drying my clothes and working Project Strategy!

Yea! ... Postcard Jam

I have some really cool Instagram artist friends! ... Got invited to swap in a postcard jam. This is where you swap postcards between artist, each adding their own layer to a background you started. ... Here is how mine started.

Three really different backgrounds! I am excited to see what the other artist are going to add! ... Until next time. Case cold and open!

Craft Hoarder! Ahhh!

So ... I was shopping my stash the other day (I have vowed not to spend any money this year on "supplies") when I had my Oprah aha moment! ... I have way to much stuff not to finishing at least one project! ... I mean really, take a look!

Every drawer is full of crafty goodness! ... Oh yes, full. So, here I am, looking, feeling, and yes I am, a craft supply hoarder! LOL! ... I have to find time to finish at least one project. So ... A new case, Project Strategy. Until the next neighborhood canvas!

On the Case: Time!

Wow! It's already Tuesday?! .. When I started to blog, I told myself that I wanted to post at least once a week .. like a column in the newspaper .. but here, I have missed the deadline. Oh bummer! At least I got this amazing project done.

My ode to Pinterest! My family's movie night tickets all shadow boxed up and ready for a spot on the wall. I found the Hollywood background at Party City, which I had to trim a bit to fit the 8 x 10 frame that I picked up at Michaels .. total cost, $10. This is a project the whole family enjoys .. it's very fun to look back on our time together at the movies. This case is closed! .. until next time.

Solved! ... ATC follow up, yeah!

It's official! ... I am not an ATC artist! It takes me way to long to come up with ideas, and way to long to mail them out ... And I'm okay with that, because it's really not fair to the person your trading with that your late or that your idea sucks! Here is just how far I got with my ATCs.

I follow some wonderful Instagram friends who are amazing at ATCs. They inspire me all the time! If your on Instagram, give them a visit and check them out. Let'em know Moe sent ya! Here they are! Part of my ATC Rockstar Cru: cfalbro, jonathanbrant, k_concannon, retromodbee, and yeah_its_mom.

New Case! ... #myrpb meets the #documentedlifeproject

So ... I'm waiting to hear if any of my fabulous ATC artist will let me mention them in my post about my look at ATCs. Yeah, just waiting ... In the meantime, I figured out how to incorporate my Right Brain Planner and The Documented Life Project into my Franklin Covey.

Franklin has been my planner since 1994. My husband gave me my first binder our first Christmas as a married couple. So, putting the three together was a breeze, especially since I stuck with what I know about my scrapbooking skills. ... I K.I.S.S. it every chance I get! LOL!

Checking out ATCs : Darn Instagram

So ... I'm on Instagram (heymoemiller), checking out all the artist who post their amazing work and decided to take another shot at making some Artist Trading Cards (ATCs). Just to see if I can hang. Well, here I go.

I'll check back in later and let you know how this goes.

A New Year! A Big Chance

Look at me! Taking a chance for the New Year and putting myself out there. I’ve been wanting to blog for years now. I started this one in the shadows years ago. I posted a few teasers in my notes section of my Facebook page to see if anyone would bite. No one was interested in what I had to say (forgot those privacy settings). Well, what a bummer, I had no time anyway. I deleted all of the teasers (“Girlfriends” was a one good too!) on my Facebook page and deactivated my account … Busy with life.

I have since reactivated my Facebook account (oh the drama!), signed up for Pinterest (oh la la!), Instagram (what’sup IG Cru!), and bought an iPhone 4s, yes, I went backwards, it was free … and now, I love keeping up with my network of family and friends. It was not until recently, when a friend added me to their circle on Google+, that I was reminded of the blog that I had long ago started and forgotten about … then a thought.

I have tossed and turned at the thought of blogging over and over in my mind. I want to do something meaningful. I want to be thought provoking, true to myself and my beliefs. I want it to be good … yeah right, that’s not going to happen! ... I was moving on, again … Then a message on Facebook about my Pinterest board that said, "I love the way you play with words!", I said, "You do?", she said, "Yes, I went to your Envy board thinking I was going to see everything you wanted, and when I got there, everything was green! LOL!". Yes! That’s it, I love words but most of all, I like the way they can mean something else or be used creatively...like metaphors, clichés, and acronyms...then a spark!
 
Well, I’m a die-hard scrapbooker, no really … Bruce Willis, Die Hard 3 Scrapbooker. So, recently when I attended a faculty development course at work, where they taught us how to get students more engaged in class, I never thought my die-hard scrapbooker title would change. Actually, I had no inkling that I was about to embark on great change. A change that would to my surprise set me on a journey of letting go. See, in that class, we were all handed a wonderful book about student engagement and introduced to another awesome book called Journal Spilling by Diana Trout. Well that faculty development and a chance connection on Instagram with a lady, (whose name I would mention, but I didn't get permission) with a rightbrianplanner.com ... I'm now blogging … about all the fun misadventures I am having learning how to create. ... So, here I go!