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30 Days of Lists | 29 & 30 + thoughts

First and foremost, let me say: Happy October.

Whoa and whoa.  This listing project does that for me - gets me through a whole month and out the other end, safe and sound, like that song.  I am incredibly grateful for the tiny burst of daily creativity is allows, the routine it put me in for 30 days, and of course the inspiration and connection with some of my fellow listers.

Here are how the last two prompts were fleshed out in my blurb book:

List 29

List 29 and 30 were both written with my black SMASH stick.

List 30

Left this project feeling grateful, feeling happy that I have this adorbale 7x7 piece of my psyche from 2013 to look back on for years to come.  That's awesome.

It amazes me that I started this back in August, and now here we are in October. Time kind of freaks me out, like that song...

Anyway, I still remember getting the list, making a copius amount of notes on it, conceptualizing the design for my book, spending a full day choosing the instagrams I was going to use and placing the titles on top of the images, creating and ordering the blurb book, printing a 2x2 version of the book for no particular reason at all, putting the 2x2s in a project life spread, and then getting the blurb  book in the mail juuuust before September 1st and the start of listing:

Amy and Kam - my sentiment is the same as last round's 30 Days of Lists challenge: it's been fun! Thanks for all your hard work in making this challenge what it is, and thanks to all of you for visiting and relating in some small way each day.

Happy Tuesday.
Happy October.

See the cover and intro/outro pages of my blurb book for this round HERE.

See 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 | Lists 1 to 6 HERE.

See 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 | Lists 7 to 14 HERE.

See 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 | Lists 15 to 21 HERE.

See 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 | Lists 22 to 28 HERE.

30 Days of Lists | 22 to 28

Hi, lovely pies! I cannot believe that it is day 29 (!!!) of Amy and Kam's 30 Days of Lists challenge and we have two days left. FREAKY!  Above has been my lists 22 to 28.

I so happy with my approach this time around as it allowed me to actually complete the 30 Lists. You might have seen my lists on the 30 Days of Lists flickr page or on instagram, and here they are today all in one place.

For these lists, the only supplies used were either my typewriter, a black SMASH stick, or a white extra-fine point Sharpie paint pen.  Everything else is pretty self-explanitory.

List #22

I kind chose last minute to list 'day' dreams -- things that I hope for kind of dreams, and then typed the list up quickly. 

List #23

List 23 was to be revealed on the first day of design school, and definitely reflects my first day jitters/terrors.

List #24

List 25, written with my beloved white Sharpie paint pen, reveals my 5 go-to when I'm feeling off.

List #25

List 26 is kinda sorta hard to read in the photograph.  Maybe I should have used the black instead, but whatevs.  

Mom's quirks are: 1) she's never wrong about anything and 2) doesn't stop giving directions.

Dad's: 1) talks way too lougly on teh phone and 2) drives 10 mph!

List #26

Pretty self-explanatory.  Written with my black SMASH stick.

List #27

This list was a fun one to think up.  I love learning, and taking courses and workshops important to me.  Photography, philosophy, my current grpaphic design program -- so exciting, and I reaaaaallly miss my Salsa class-taking days. Will go back soon.

List #28

This is probably my favorite list in the book after List 11.  I had the idea for it since that day in August when I assigned this image to this list.  I knew I wanted to draw the swirl in the coffee to represent the creamer, but I didn't want to mess it up or have to erase or work aorund a mistake. Thankfully the swirl came cute on my first attempt.  Hooray!

 

That concludes this edition of 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 by Amanda Rose.

Tomorrow, I'm finishing September with Lists 29 and 30 - both in one place (HERE),
and talk about my experience this time around with 30 Days of Lists.

Happy Sunday!

See the cover and intro/outro pages of my blurb book for this round HERE.

See 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 | Lists 1 to 6 HERE.

See 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 | Lists 7 to 14 HERE.

See 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 | Lists 15 to 21 HERE.

30 Days of Lists | 15 to 21

Hi, lovely pies! I cannot believe that it is day 21 of Amy and Kam's 30 Days of Lists challenge and we have less than 10 days left. FREAKY!  Above has been my lists 15 to 21.

Remember my approach this time around? It's been working out quite nicely.  I shall be posting the previous week's set of lists and talking a little bit about how nicely it's actually been working out once the weekend hits.  

Even though you might have seen my lists on the 30 Days of Lists flickr page or on instagram, each Saturday is where you'll see them all in one place and (sometimes) where I'll talk a little more in depth about my technique and the process (not so much today).

For these lists, the only supplies used were either my typewriter, a black SMASH stick, or a white extra-fine point Sharpie paint pen.  Everything else is pretty self-explanitory.

List #15

List #16

List #17

List #18

List #19

List #20

List #21

That concludes this edition of 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 by Amanda Rose.

Next Saturday I'll come to you with Lists 15 to 21 - all in one place (HERE).

See ya later!

See the cover and intro/outro pages of my blurb book for this round HERE.

See 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 | Lists 1 to 6 HERE.

See 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 | Lists 7 to 14 HERE.

30 Days of Lists | 7 to 14

Hiiii, readers and peepers and lovely pies! I cannot believe that it is day 18 of Amy and Kam's 30 Days of Lists challenge and we are already more than half-way through. FREAKY!  Above has been my lists 7 to 14.

Remember my approach this time around? It's been working out quite nicely.  I shall be posting the previous week's set of lists and talking a little bit about how nicely it's actually been working out once the weekend hits.  

Even though you might have seen my lists on the 30 Days of Lists flickr page or on instagram, each Saturday (well, Wednesday in this case because of my weekend in Texas and travelling and bad wi-fi) is where you'll see them all in one place and where I'll talk a little more in depth about my technique and the process.

This week, I bring you most of the supplies I've been using:

The only thing not pictured is my typewriter, which I've used on a couple of lists already.  But let's see if you can guess which of the supplies above was used to create the lists below. ;)

Here it goes...

List #7

 

List 7 was one of those lists whose prompt called for the creation of the list that day.  "Today I saw..." is not a list you can fill out beforehand.  So...I took my long and skinny notepad along with me on my day and jotted down what I saw, then I rewrote the list the next morning and stapled it to the page.

  List #8

For List 8, I changed the prompt a bit. Instead of listing 'Childhood Chores' of which I couldn't think of much, I listed 'Childhood Games' I used to play because of those were many.  Above were the some of the key ones. ;)

It only made sense to write them in some of the brick spaces.

  List #9

Reading back List 9 makes me cry again.  September 9th was the kids' first day back to school here in NY, and the thought of them going back, and my not being there made me cry. 

Others on the list are givens -- like animal cruelty (I absolutely despise), and chopping onions, and oh goodness! that final scene at te end of 'Ghost'... :'{

List #10

When something doesn't come to me right away with a list prompt (like it did with this prompt) I write the first few things that come to my mind.  I should have added my HP Photosmart printer that Tomas gifed me for Christmas 2012 because I use it to print all my Project Life photos and it has been my saving grace.  I forgot, though.

I originally designed this list with boxes under the words 'given' and 'received' to hand-write the lists on, but I like that they became background shadows for the typed up squares of note paper.

List #11

List 11 is my favorite list in my book so far.  I changed the prompt from 'Things My Family Taught Me' to 'Things My Grandma Taught Me' and the jots started flowing.  I was getting on a plane that evening for Texas, so #1 on the list rang true.

Also that morning, I spilled my entire cup of coffee on my cat, proving #4, then #3. ;)

I orginally hand wrote the list in the line spaces I provided, but didn't like how they came out.  I decided to print the jots and paper-cut them to fit the page and cover the original handwriting. Love how it came out.

List #12

List 12 printed.  Made it easy.  I used a Black SMASH Stick.  The end. :)

  List #13

Ahhhh...List 13...

...created using my new pebbles roller stamp from the September Studio Calico Project Life kit.

It was a welcomed challenge to fit the words on to the 12 columns available for letters and spaces. If you notice, 'PERFECTIONISM' is missing a letter...but you know: the most fun part of a scrap tool like this roller stamp is the manipulation of the rubber letter pads and physical ink-dipping and stamping.  Who CARES how it actually comes out?! ;)

*I love this tool.

  List #14

List 14 - Weekend Essentials was fun to write.  I love anything that makes you profess what's wonderful about something wonderful...Let me count the ways...

 

That concludes this edition of 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 by Amanda Rose.

This Saturday I'll come to you with Lists 15 to 21 - all in one place (HERE).

See ya later!

See the cover and intro/outro pages of my blurb book for this round HERE.

See 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 | Lists 1 to 6 HERE.

30 Days of Lists | 1 to 6

Well HI, fellow listophiles! Amy and Kam's 30 Days of Lists challenge is in full swing being that today is the 7th of September.  Above has been my last six days of lists!

Remember my approach this time around, and how I was going to write a list in the 'negative space' of an instagram photo each day? It's been working out quite nicely.  (Phew!) The next three Saturdays I shall be posting the previous week's set of lists and talking a little bit about how nicely it's actually been working out.  

Even though you might have seen my lists on the 30 Days of Lists flickr page or on instagram, each Saturday is where you'll see them all in one place and where I'll talk a little more in depth about my technique and the process. :)

Here we go...

List #1

List #1 had me thinking all the way back to January 2013, and what has entered my life since then. 1 and 2 on the list are pretty life-changing events, 3 was a perspective change, and 4 and 5 were two fabulous materialistic things that came into my life this year. Oh, that karaoke.

I was orignally going to write the list with a black SMASH marker, but thought the black ink would be too overpowering for the image, so I decided on a white Sharpie Paint Pen.  It's a little hard to read, but was the right choice.

List #2

List #2 was written over an instagram image of a project life page from |week 28| of PL 2012.  It had great negative space to work with, which is why I chose it for the blurb book in the first place.

I used a blue SMASH marker to write the list.

List #3

I loved the prompt for List #3! I could think of so many more things younger me would like about current me, but I ran out of space.  For this list, I used a black SMASH marker and wrote script.

My cat walked over this list before the ink dried, so you can sort of see a smudge after the (4). Someone wrote on the #30Lists facebook page about smudges and wanting the lists to look perfect or something.  I must admit I struggle with this, but I've learned to let go.  Sometimes, I give myself an extra five minutes to try to fix it, but almost every time I do, I end up making it worse.  I've learned to see the smudge, accept the smudge, and move on from the smudge. (You probably wouldn't have noticed it if I didn't point it out anyway.  Am I right?) 

List #4

This was the first list that I didn't write over.  Instead, I typed up my 1 to 5 on my typewriter, then paper-sliced them into skinny typewriter strips, and adhered them to the page in a nice, linear fashion.  I like this approach and expect to see more of it on upcoming lists. :)

List #5

I worry about so much, but here are the main ones, I guess.  Yes, the last bullet makes me want to sing that song too.  I used a black SMASH marker, and printed the list instead of scripted it since the background was kind of speckled and I wanted the list to be legible.

List #6

'List #6 - Rules to break' brought out the inner rebel in me.  I only stuck to three jots for this list, because I wasn't sure how or where I was going to write on this image.  Unlike the easy, linear, organized-looking typewriter strips from List #4, I 'rebelled' in a way and broke my own design rules.   So with my white Sharpie paint pen, I filled up the three available spaces with long, fat, full lettering all twisty and warped.  Not my style, usually, but I like the end result. 

 

That concludes this edition of 30 Days of Lists | Sept 2013 by Amanda Rose.

Next Saturday I'll come to you with Lists 7 to 14 - all in one place (HERE).

See ya later!

See the cover and intro/outro pages of my blurb book for this round HERE.

my Sept 2013 book for #30Lists

Amy and Kam's '30 Days of Lists' challenge is a mere three days away from beginning, and it's not too late to sign up.  I - however - signed up ages ago, and this post is to talk about how I'm approaching the challenge this time around.

I decided to create a 7x7 hardcover photobook through the website blurb.com.  

I chose this approach because I knew at the same time #30Lists would be going on, I'd be participating in Ali Edwards' Week in the Life challenge.  My Week in the Life is going to be very scrappy and call for embellishments and the like, so I wanted my 30 Days of Lists book to be completely styled, ready, and only in need of a jotting each day.

September's going to be a busy month, made up of not only 30 Days of Lists and Week in the Life, but also a mini-vacay to Texas, my routine Project Life-ing, the start of graphic design school, and an Electric Run.  I needed #30Lists to be as easy for me as possible, and require very little time out of my day to complete.

When you open the book, the first image you see is this ferris wheel photo taken on the East Coast Road Trip I went on last summer.  I made this intro page to explain my thinking behind the photo choices for this book and how I'm going to approach writing the lists:

I decided to use 30 of my 2500+ instagram images that contained 'negative space' to make up the content of this book.  So, at the same time as this is a book for my lists, it's also a study in photography and a sort of celebration of the photos I've taken using the theme of negative space. It's cool, and I - without a doubt - was inspired by Kam's listing book and Elizabeth's listing book for March's round of #30Lists. (I also just found and love Amy's blurb book from a previous round! Gah!)

I included a cute little caption at the bottom of each page stating what the instagram image on that page is of.  Some captions, like at the bottom of the confetti image above, came out perfectly on the page.  Others, (see below) did not line up so perfectly and got a bit cut off.  

I blame myself for this error because blurb.com does give you the 'safety perimeter' to judge where the limits of your image should be. I have learned for next time to increase the width of the white border all around my image to prevent this from happening the next time.  No big deal.

The book, despite this minor flaw, is still adorable and so official looking.  I even included an official content claim on the last page equipped with my full name. Hee hee! Most importantly, this book is totally going to serve the easy breezy listing purpose that I need it to.

Thanks, blurb.

To get a sneak peak at some of the images used inside the book, click here and here.

To see my 30 Days of Lists book from the March 2013 round of #30Lists, click here.

To download the template I created for March 2013's round of #30Lists, click here.

To find out more about 30 Days of Lists, and to sign up, click here.

Thanks for visiting!

Happy listing!