UIU Love

Well blogger was nice to me tonight and I was able to update the UIU list and we have 64 people!!!! Yup you read that right 64!!

**Happy dance**

Hop on over here and check out the new UIUers and show them some love!!!!

P.s If I have your link or name wrong please leave me a comment here or on the main post and I will fix as soon as I can or if Blogger will let me :)

UIU week 4 check in.

Wow can you believe we are already at four weeks! I can't believe all the awesome UIU post I see everyone doing! I am still having some problems commenting on some blogs and with updating the UIU list. But I am reading them and they make me so happy :)

*group hug*

I have only done 2 more atcs and one art doll all UIU. I will post pics later ( I am doing this post from my phone, I got sucked into family stuff lol)

Right now I am working on crochet projects more so you will be seeing more of those. ( hehe crafters a.d.d.)

How are you? you still holding up?

UIU week 3

Hi everyone!!

I want to start off with saying I am sorry that I still haven't added some people to the UIU list, Blogger is having some kind of problem (pita). I can't even get into some peoples blogs to leave comments. I will keep trying so please forgive me if you still don't see you name on the list.


 I am happy to say I am feeling MUCH better so the craft mojo its back!! woooo hoooo.
Thanks so much for all you well wishes it really meant a lot. <3 This week I have made 13 ATCs ,2 postcards (not adding the one for Darcy's challenge ) and 2 little art dolls.


They are ALL                           

    **happy dance**

I will try for next week to get this post up sooner for everyone to link up there UIU update post, I had dumb RL work to do LOL.

See ya next week and Happy UIUing!!
xoxo

UIU Week 2 Check in

Hi Everyone! How are we doing this week?


I have been sick all week so not much crafting for me, I really hate being sick you get stuck moving in slow motion. I did make a few things, Darcy’s postcard challenge (still need to post it), Granny squares and this UIU clipboard.

   

The clipboard is my way to keep me honest with myself. If I buy it I have to write it down. There are 3 spots for the things we buy- Basics, walk by/treat and what I truly want.  I find that if I write it down it’s a bigger impact / Reality check then what I “think” I have spent.  As you see there is only 3 things that I have on my truly want list. One is a tool that would work on so many levels of my crafting and with that I would not need to get a die cutter. Yes I know that the Cameo and a die cutter are to different animals but it is what would work best for me. The other two are very dear to my heart they are retreats with amazing artist and I am happy I can call them my friends. Being able to learn from them and to hang out is more valuable to me than any craft supply.

 I have gotten some emails questions that I would like to answer in this post

1 Do I need to post on here (my blog) to be in the UIU?

No you don’t have to post here but please give me a link so other UIU pledgers can find you so we can support you.

2 Is there a place I can check in at and when?

I will be doing a weekly UIU post on Sundays. You can leave comments on how you are doing or leave a link to your blog update post.

3 I left a comment but I am still not on the list.

I have been ill for the past week I am sorry. I am doing my best to update the list as soon as I can.

4 This is not a question but it’s to answer the “ways out” people have been giving me.

I know that CHA is coming and everyone is drooling over the new things that are coming out so I have been getting a lot of can I do this or that emails. They are asking for ways out so they can get the new toys.  Well I am NOT going to provide an excuse for you. As I have said all along, this is a pledge not to me but to yourself. You have to decide if you really want to do this, I will stand by you but if you want ways out please tell me and I will remove you from the list of links.

I hope I am not coming off mean but for me the UIU really means a lot to me. I do not have the means anymore to shop like I once did. My hubs is still bouncing around in a temp service after losing his job over a year ago and I just found out that I will be getting a cut in pay. We had to give up our privacy and move in with my folks. I am not telling to this for sympathy, pity or anything like that. I am just telling my reasons for UIU other people have different reasons for joining.

 With the UIU I have found the fun of crafting again with making things out of the bits and bobs that I have, rediscovering the treasures I had hidden way and I hope that you are to.

I will see you next week

Fran xoxo

UIU ... How are you doing?

I am so over the moon with the responds to the UIU!!! We have 48 people on the list so far!!!!!

** grabs tissue**


Well we are done with week 1 of the UIU, how are you holding up? Did you rock it out or did you cave? Did you just get the basics or did you shop till you dropped? If you rocked then WOOO HOOO!!!!!! If you caved it’s ok we are here for you! (((Hugs))) just remember not to stash that stuff away and forget about it. I find the best way to handle the UIU is to have a good attitude about it. Don’t think” OMG I can’t buy ANYTHING!! “You can but just NOT EVERY TIME!! The goal here is to make awesome art/crafts with the added benefit of making room and saving money. If you feel like you NEED to buy something that is not a basic item set yourself a goal. I have to make x amount of projects or use up that pile of paper before I treat myself. Then really think about what your treat will be, is it that one paper pad you have been drooling over or that skein of yarn you had your eye on AND stick with it. Don’t go to the store and look around to find your treat that way you are in and out and not tempted to over shop.



As for me I only got some basic card stock in black, white, kraft and metals. (All at 50% $8 woot!) I am not a scrapbook person or much of a paper crafter but I do have some pattern papers and I needed a base for them. I also use the white card stock for art projects.



I have been UIU but with yarn. I have lots of yarn that has just been sitting around so I am putting it to good use. Some of my friends have been tweeting with the #grannyaday tag and I had to ask about it. I haven’t found the blog for it yet but all it is make one granny square a day in crochet. I was thinking Hey I can do that and what a great way to apply UIU at the same time!! So dug out some yarn and have been working away. My plan is at the end of each month I will join them and make a blanket to donate to Linus.



Felicia has made some fun blinkers for us to use on our UIU projects and I love it. Grab one and use them on your project posts to show your UIU pride!! And don't for get to vist other UIU peeps and show them love!!

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Postcard challenge week 1 .... updated

Here is my week 1 for Darcy's challenge
I can tell this is going to be a fun year with this. I am loving everyones cards already!
The picture I drew was of the Innsbruck Swarovski waterfall in Austria. It's done in color pencils, the water coming down is white craft paint and the back is a watercolor wash.
Can't wait till next week!

I am sorry that you couldnt see the pics right befor. I did them again and now you can pop it out to see it better.
The text reads: How have you been? I am sorry that I had to leave so abrupty. I will explain later. Love Angelica

2012

Happy New Year everyone!!
 
Here’s to awesome 2012!! There are soooooo many things I am looking forward to this year.
 
There was a lot of good but as well bad in 2011so I have mixed feeling of saying good bye to it.  All I can do is welcome 2012 with the hopes of a better year full with fun, love and happiness.
 
What I look forward the most for 2012 is getting myself together! I have been so out of it with so many parts of my life that I welcome the change.
 
- Blogging and TTMT:  *sigh* I have been really bad at doing that but no more. I am going to be updating at lest one a week if not more. I will also be cutting that online hanging out time. I am doing that to much and not doing art or crafts but then I
whine that I have no time to make things. So this is what I hope to do, Stop goofing off online so much and use this blog to “hangout” in. So if you want to catch up with me come here to find me or yt. ((I hope that made some kind of sense. LoL))
 
- Doing more: I love my art/crafts and it one of the few things that make me truly happy. This year I am going to work on it hard core. I want to make so many things and I never have the time so I am going to make the time!!! I have signed up to do a few
challenges and I can’t wait to work on them and share them with you. I will be posting them on here as they come out.
 
 
- Get organized!
 
 
- As far as home life my goal is to save enough money to be able to move back out on my own. As many of you know Hubs and I had to move in with my parents due to many misfortunes. It is very hard with 4 adults with very different ways of doing things and
opinions living in the same roof. There is also the space issue and not being able to have our things here. The list can go on and on but I will not dwell on that.
 
- Fun: I have been really stressed this passed year with so many things that I forgot to have fun. I really want to take time and enjoy life. What’s the phrase “life’s to short”
 
I hope you all have an awesome 2012 filled with Love, Happiness and Art!