Category: creativity
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2022 Q1 | STOPPED MY SCROLL
Inspired by Elise Blaha Cripe (blog linked here), here are a couple dozen Instagram images that made me pause and marvel over the past 3 months Until tomorrow, Meryn
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10 WAYS I AM DOCUMENTING OUR NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP
This is the trip of a lifetime, it deserves to be cataloged, documented, and remembered. I love to document – professionally and creatively During the planning stages of this 3 month road trip, Kyle often times asked me what I was most excited for. Of course there were family, friends,…
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2021 ONE LITTLE WORD — INTENTION
It’s the middle of February and I am not feeling my original 2021 OLW. Let’s change it. At the the end of 2020, I had picked what I thought was the perfect one little word (OLW) moving into the new, hopeful year of 2021 – maintenance. Despite the chaotic and…
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2020 ONE LITTLE WORD — END-YEAR UPDATE
A quick recap on what One Little Word is by creator, Allie Edward: “a word to focus on, to live with, to investigate, to write about, to craft with, and to reflect upon as I go about my daily life. These words have each become a part of my life…
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2020 ONE LITTLE WORD — MID-YEAR UPDATE
1.meryn made blog Status: GOAL MET → CONTINUEI mean obviously, since you’re reading this blogpost right now. But honestly, I don’t know if I would have actually taken the plunge and started this personal blog without the onset of a global pandemic this past March. I didn’t really know what…
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#THE100DAYPROJECT 2020 – I FAILED + THAT’S OKAY
Yes, it’s true. I gave up and didn’t finish #the100dayproject. Technically, the project is still going on, but I haven’t made or posted a cluster since June 1st which was day 56. On June 2nd, the diverse and colorful world of Instagram came to halt when thousands and thousands of…
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#THE100DAYPROJECT 2020 – 2ND QUARTER UPDATE
RecapI must admit, this project is starting to feel stale, which is to be expected I suppose, and maybe the point? I’m still loving the movement through the rainbow by way of the monochromatic collages but I’m getting kind of sick of looking through the same sticker books. I’m getting…
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#THE100DAYPROJECT 2020 – 1ST QUARTER UPDATE
RecapAnd just like that, we are over 25 days into this project! Overall I would definitely say I’m happy with the project I picked. It’s simple, quick, and rarely leaves me feeling regret or second guessing my work. What started out as a random smattering of stickers and washi tape…
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#THE100DAYPROJECT 2020
IntroductionAccording to their website, #The100DayProject is “a free art project that takes place online. Every spring, thousands of people all around the world commit to 100 days of exploring their creativity. The idea is simple: choose a project, do it every day for 100 days, and share your process on…
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2020 ONE LITTLE WORD — DOCUMENT
IntroductionAccording to her website, in 2006, Ali Edwards began a tradition of choosing one word for herself each January – “a word to focus on, to live with, to investigate, to write about, to craft with, and to reflect upon” as she went about her daily life. Since then, she…
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