Sunday, January 5, 2014

Sundays with Sandee - art journaling your word of the year


Everyone is picking their word for the year...so let's journal it!

Pick one word that sums up who you want to be or how you want to live. One word that you can focus on every day, all year long. Some word ideas:
Forgiveness, Blossom, Focus, content, Still, Health, Believe, Reborn, Resolve, Unselfish, Accept, mortal, Breath, Dependence, Energy, Appreciate, Coffee, Complete, Constant, Trust, Innovate, Persevere, care, determination, Write, Broken, kind, journey, connect, responsibility, Renewal, Renovate, Wait, Respond, Bold, Change, deliberate, inspire, adapt, Let Go, Selflessness, perseverance, Weave, Rock, Adventure, present, plan, Selfless, Engage, renew, refresh, Self-Respect, Discover, Patience, Survival, Breathe, Purposeful, Mission, submit, Gratitude, epiphany, Ubuntu, motion, love, Solve, Passion, Moments, Move, Positive, listen, Steadfast, Happy, intentional, Flourishing, Improvement, Intersection, Enough, Risk, Words, Presence, Well-Being, Invest, less, Happiness, Discipline, assiduity, welcome, Be, Survive, new, forgive, Encourage, Create, strength, Restore, joy, integrity


My word for the year is: Alacrity


I wanted to take the one word idea a step further by asking yourself: Why did I pick this word?

What will this word change for me if I follow it every day?

What are some synonyms of this word so that I can best understand it?

My friend Tamiko asked me to incorporate a mandala into my journal page. I am not sure this is what she had in mind, but I became fascinated with all the mandalas in nature.
This Pinterest page is full of nature's spiral mandala's....check it out and be amazed.
( Look for something with a circular center with a pattern radiating outwards and you have found yourself a natural mandala. )


You can visit the Frosted Design Blog to see the video I have up, and I sure hope you enjoy making your Word of the Year Journaling page, and then share it with us over on the Frosted Designs Face Book page.


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Random thoughts:
I cannot pronounce synonym without it sound like cinnamon.
My chair needs to be oiled.
Who the heck was the gray haired lady that snuck into my video?
Hitting the camera with your elbow is NOT a good thing to do, for you or for the video.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sandee, I could just stare at your page forever...just beautiful with so many goals & thoughts packed into one page. I'm inspired to create my own.
Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful creativity with us!

Cheryl from Hawaii

Meggymay said...

Fantastic journal page, so many things to look at.
Hope 2014 is good for you.
Yvonne x

Anonymous said...

I love this page!!! So many beautiful details and I love all typography!! You rocked yet another challenge and I really have to get going on these already!!!
Hugs, Yvonne

Unknown said...

I love how you defined your word and gave examples how you will apply it in 2014!!!! Great work and great word!!

fairy thoughts said...

Great pages they look cheery like your word. Not sure what word I would go for .... Maybe perseverence but if you'd have asked last year it would have been survival so that an improvemen
Happy crafting
Janet

Unknown said...

As always I love your work! inspiring!!

Just Genuinely Me said...

This is fabulous! Love all the details, your flower and your word!