2013 Crafting Totals

Well, another year has flown by.  I didn't realize how quickly it passed until I went into my garage in December to get my Christmas tree, and realized that I never did get it put away on the top shelf of the garage when I took it down last year.

I wasn't very productive in terms of crafting, but I did accomplish a lot at work, completed my junior year of college (and made the Dean's List in the spring and fall), and did a little bit of volunteer work.

I remember that there were a few occasions when I had trouble updating the count gadget, but these numbers are fairly close.

Pages complete: 1

Cards complete: 7

Altered Items: 5

Digital Pages complete: 20

Sewing Items: 0

Crochet Items: 4 (one VERY INVOLVED in progress, about 75% complete)

Miscellaneous Items: 2 (a shadow box for a co-worker's retirement that I really must blog, a super cool geeky Christmas tree decoration that I also must really blog)

Once again, my expenditures far exceeded my production for the year, but I plan to do a better job of scheduling craft time into my schedule in 2014.  What are your crafting goals for 2014?

My 2012 Crafting Count

Well, 2012 was not a very productive year for me craft-wise, but that is because of how busy I was with work and school.  I moved back to the States from Okinawa, took a bunch of college classes, made the Dean's List, was inducted into TWO honor societies, got an AWESOME back injury at work, completed extra professional education and reading for work, and planned and executed the biggest-deal project of my military career.  Unfortunately, that means my expenditures on crafting supplies FAR exceeded my production for the year.  These are my totals:

Pages complete: 0

Cards complete: 13

Altered Items: 3

Digital Pages complete: 0

Sewing Items: 0

Crochet Items: 0

Miscellaneous Items: 2

I actually did work on some digital layouts on Studio J, but I don't count them until I place the order (so that will mean a boost in my 2013 numbers).  

I think my school schedule this year will be such that I will be able to have at least a little bit of crafting time each month (well, until the fall anyway).  Maybe I'll set a goal this year of scheduling crafting time into my weeks.  That sounds like a good goal.  What are YOUR crafting goals for 2013?

2011 Scrappin' Totals

Well, I came nowhere near accomplishing my scrapping goals for the year.  However, I did manage to take as many college classes as a full-time student (and earned a 4.0 GPA), volunteered as a cheerleading coach for a good portion of the year, completed some professional education training for work, and managed to put in TONS of hours at work (too bad I don't get paid overtime).

Pages complete: 2
Cards complete: 11
Altered Items: 15
Digital Pages complete: 24
Sewing Items: 7
Crochet Items: 1

My 2012 goals will be mostly a repeat of my 2011 goals:  100 pages (including digital), 200 cards, use my Silhouette and Cricut more often, get cards done the month before they are needed AND actually get them in the mail (I'm a notorious postal failure), and try to get some of that old scrapping caught up. What are your scrapping goals for 2012???

2010 Scrapping Counts

2010 ended up being a far busier year than I'd anticipated, so my scrapping totals were rather disappointing.  My scrapping goals for 2010 were 100 pages and 200 cards.  Here is what I ended up with:

Pages complete: 15
Cards complete: 40
Altered Items: 22
Digital Pages complete: 16

I never had time to start a scrap group or cardmaking group, I fell short on my blog posting goal (twice per week), and since I didn't scrap much, my Silhouette didn't get used much either (though I think I downloaded every file from the Silhouette store).  I didn't even mail out Christmas cards for 2010.  I did make a point of using my stash when I was able to scrap, although that was at least partly influenced by my location.  For 2011, I plan to start making others step up and do more at work, and not to volunteer to take on so many projects and activities this year.  I also intend to put scrapping on my schedule, so hopefully I will be able to do it more.  

My 2011 goals will be mostly a repeat of my 2010 goals:  100 pages (including digital), 200 cards, use my Silhouette more often, get cards done the month before they are needed AND actually get them in the mail (I'm a notorious postal failure), and try to get some of that old scrapping caught up.  Tell me about your scrapping goals for 2011.

Scrapping Goals for 2010

My scrapping totals for 2009 were 88 pages, 116 cards and 22 altered items.  My scrapping goals for 2010 are 100 pages and 200 cards.  I won't bother setting an altered item goal, I'll just do those as needed or wanted.  I think (because of my move to Okinawa) I will end up taking a break from scrapping in the late spring/early summer.  But I intend to resume as soon as possible.  I am also thinking that once in Okinawa I would like to set up a monthly (or twice-monthly) cardmaking group, and also maybe a scrap group (although, I'm sure B and I will get lots of scrapping-and wine drinking-done).  I think I may also look into making items to sell at the craft fairs in Oki.  Maybe I'll be able to break even with my scrapping expenditures.  Okay, probably not even close, but a girl can dream.  I also want to post artwork to my blog at least twice a week.  Finish my Okinawa 2006/2007 scrapbook (which is already over one volume).  Get my son's school scrapbooking caught up.  I did have all of my Christmas cards for 2009 complete by December 1st (getting them in the mail was a different story), and I want to do that again this year.  Use my Silhouette (and my other tools, for that matter) more often.  USE my stash instead of increasing its size.  What are your scrapping goals for 2010?