Poppy journal card - free download...

Practice, practice, practice.  

That's my mantra for my #100dayproject - I have chosen to do a doodle everyday for 100 days as a way to practice and hopefully get better at this new skill.

I am also learning how to turn my doodles into digital files thanks to Brandi and her class at Big Picture Classes.

On Anzac Day here in Australia we honour our service men and women who have risked their lives to protect our nation both past, present and future.  As part of this honour the "poppy" is used to commemorate military personnel who have died in war.  I drew this, this morning and am offering it up as a free download for you to use. I have not attempted this before, so fingers crossed it works ok.

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5 mins of coffee & Instagram...

I have the same routine every morning:-

wake up

shower

dress

then I sit down with my breakfast, coffee and Instagram!

but nearly every morning after just 5 mins of coffee and Instagram I have a "TO DO" LIST.

Something will catch my eye, spark an interest or get me thinking.

I just don't have time in the morning to check them all out, so, I make myself a list, that way in the evening when every thing is done and it's time to relax I know exactly what I want to do.

today I thought I would share my TO DO list:-

Project Life - new planner albums etc.

Flair buttons by Lilgik

Classes at Studio Calico - thinking maybe the planner class??

Kelly Purkey - you tube 

#littlesummerJOY - new class is up

Azzari Jarret Blog - Photo Life 02 tips for Finding your Creative Voice

still doodling thanks to my class at Big Picture Classes by Brandi Kincaid

What do you do with 5 mins...

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#littlesummerJOY - learn something new...

Sometimes when you are feeling a little less than happy you need to find something that will lift your spirits and keep you going forward.  A friend told me about a class at Big Picture Classes called "Doodled" by Brandi Kincaid so I went and checked it out.  OMG!!

This would have to be one of the most fun classes I have ever done.

Learning something new is always a great way to lift your spirits and to take your mind off things.

Learning to doodle has certainly taken my mind off things and is putting a smile on my face.  Please don't worry I am not seriously ill or anything, just having lots of headaches so I am currently having tests to see if they can find out why.  But with the headaches I am getting nausea and it was getting me down a bit but doodling has made me forget all about that, at least for a little while.

This week's class is up at Little Paper Projects for "LittlesummerJOY and its all about planning some JOY into your days and documenting it.  I do keep a planner/diary but its where I write stuff, scribble etc and its not one I decorate so I was looking for a way to plan some JOY into my day and this certainly did that.  Although this weeks class is about using planners to plan JOY into your day you don't need to use a planner.  I have doodled a "to do" list as a way of planning and I will be sharing a scrapbook layout soon showing another way to plan JOY into your day.

Sometimes you have to find or look for JOY in your day.

Trying something new and fun certainly gave me some JOY.

JOY to you

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