Happy 2010!

On New Year’s Eve I drank more spirits than was comfortable, all in the wrong order.  Then I piled about a pound of shellfish and butter on top. It was delicious at the time, and I felt delightfully “spinny,” but later I felt uncomfortable enough that I woke up early on New Year’s Day.  Needless to say I did not leave the couch, or my pajamas.

I wasn’t in a state to do much more than recover, but I’m trying to ramp up the Thing-A-Day commitment in 2010.  Most of the rules remain the same with a few exceptions (in red).

1. I can make anything.  It doesn’t have to be “crafted.”  I can make a ten-second drawing or write a two-line poem.
2. I can copy someone else’s work for practice and new ideas.
3. I can make a project from someone else’s instructions or from a book.
4. I can substitute half an hour’s work on an existing project, but not if rule #3 also applies.
5. Craft/design work for clients counts.
6. I can make something I’ve already made before, but not two days in a row.
7. I cannot make two things one day in order to skip the next day.
8. I do not have to post the results of any day’s work if I don’t like it.
9. A project is finished when I am done working on it.  It doesn’t have to be complete.
10. At least once a week I need to make something that can be posted in my shop or in my portfolio, or at the very least, on this blog.

Since it had to be something I could do on the couch, Friday’s hangover thing was a new sticker mandala.  Both festive and confusing.  Seems about right.

I hope all of you had a relaxing and happy holiday season.  Happy 2010 everyone!