Fun Homework

So, I decided to take the plunge and purchase the first quarter of Donna Downey on-line classes. I'm not sure why I was skeptical. Well, I take that back. I do know. I usually start things and dont' finish them and then end up wasting a bunch of money. But I figured if I only took one quarter's worth then if I don't like it or don't have time, I would've wasted less money.

I'm really digging this. Here is my first assignment. Crappy photo I know, but there has been almost zero sunlight in my part of the mid-west for literally days. Really. They were even commenting about it on the news. But I digress.

Week 1 assignment is to alter a planner to use for scrapbooking. I got pretty busy with the paint, ribbon, and such. This was fun. No pressure for it to be anything. No one will see. Well, I did post it on 2Peas, but not for praise. For commarderie of being in the class with other likeminded individuals.

I have already printed out and cropped photos for week 2 and picked out a piece of patterned paper as my inspiration for week 3. What I am really liking about this is I am using what I have here and having fun with it. No pressure.

In other creative news, I joined 2 pre-CKU circle journal groups. One for the main yahoo group and one for my album track. Now I have had bad luck in the past. I am in 3 circle journals that are currently in limbo. I joined them back in May and June. They should be done by now but they are still drifting along. I've about given up on them. But I figure all these people are going to be at CKU so there will be more incentive to get the books done. So I am going to give it another try.

For my themes, one will be about wishes. First I thought I would call it "I wish..." but then that sounded kind of lame. Then I thought I would call it 3 wishes. But that won't really fit spelled out in Making Memories chipboard letters on the 6x6 bazzill album I want use. I think I am going to use "WISH x3" Maybe that's lame, but I thought it was a pretty good solution.

My second journal is a bit of a dilemia. I have a purple bazzill gate fold album that I titled Random Things. But I've got a lot of pages bound in that book. Since the groups are small, I don't want to use it for that. Instead, I put together a chipboard album with 6.5"x6.5" pieces of chipboard and loose leaf rings from Office Max. It was my friend Wendy's idea, but I am pleased with it so far.

I am still struggling with it's theme. I am going back and forth between Color My World(fav colors) or Smell the Flowers(fav flower). I have the perfect stuff to go with each one. So tough to decide.