{"id":569,"date":"2015-01-20T04:41:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T04:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=569"},"modified":"2015-01-23T21:11:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T21:11:40","slug":"my-year-of-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=569","title":{"rendered":"starting my year of making"},"content":{"rendered":"

So about a week ago, (about 2 years after it started being a thing probably) I read a blog entry from\u00a0Lee Meredith who is probably one of my favorite designers\/bloggers if only for her bold use of color and daring patterns.<\/p>\n

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But she’s also pretty funny if your into that kind of thing. Any-who, she mentioned how she was going to do the year of making<\/a>.
\nIts simple, everyday you post a pic on Instagram that you’ve made, with the hashtag #yearofmaking. And it can be pretty much anything, Kim Werker,<\/a>\u00a0the author of\u00a0Mighty Ugly\u00a0seems to make a lot of soap & bake which has just been torture while I’m trying not to eat wheat for a month.<\/p>\n

So I’ve decided to try it myself. One thing I can say after a week, is I feel like it’s giving myself credit for all the stuff I make anyway. I spent hours on those two brioche stitch cowls I sold, but I don’t even have pictures!
\nBut now, even if I don’t knit or paint or whatever, I still probably cook right? So now I get to credit myself with those Palio Sweet Potato cookies.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_20150117_201848\"<\/a>There I made something! I MAKE! I CREATE!<\/p>\n

So far I’m really enjoying the inspiration from other makers. As well as the motivation I’m personally feeling as an expert procrastinator\u00a0to make anything suddenly around 4pm, so I don’t fail\u00a0that day. I have kept my rules a little loose for myself, honestly if I just really clean something well I’m going to count it. Because I’ve “made” something clean!
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