#30DaysofCreativity in June: Week 4 #Crochet, baby!

Week of June 24-30, 2011

What I did

 

Began a Double Stitch Shrunken Jacket in beautiful Filati Bridge yarn

• Wrote ii
• Stitched up a really dorky cotton visor to wear biking with my really dorky helmet.  Damn, I'm confident.  Maybe too confident. 
• Wrote iii
• Outlined 5 seasons of a podcast and started to DREAM BIG!
• Started the Boyfriend Hoodie!
• Inspired by the movie Fame, busted out a soulful rendition of "Out Here on My Own".

Thus ends my 30-day creative adventure.

Thank you, @createstuff, for leading the cause!

#30DaysofCreativity in June: Week 3 All #Crochet All the Time!

Week of June 16-22, 2011

What I did:

Worked on, altered, and completed my Will Schuester's Casual Cashmere Vest. (Rav link)

Knocked out a few little cutesy hairbands in Track ribbon yarn by Filati. (Rav link)

Inspired by a podcast episode, pulled out Crochet So Fine and began the Skinny Flower Scarf. 

Continued with my Robyn Chachula necklace.

Took some inspiration photos on a bike ride.

Wrote "i"

Cooked.  Yes, really.  Here's the recipe to prove it!

Cami's Bacon Pita Pizza with Chicken

1. Preheat toaster oven to 400 degrees
2. On top of a whole wheat pita, layer crushed canned tomatoes (60-80 g), italian spices (generous), and bacon bits (14 g).
3. Layer on grated parmesan cheese (10 g), and mozzarella cheese (28 g).
4. Layer on diced cooked chicken (56 g).
5. Bake on rack in toaster oven until cheese is bubbly and pita is crispy.

500 Calories and YUMMAY!!!

#30DaysofCreativity in June: Week 2

Week of June 9-15, 2011

What I did:

• Took scissors to an old t-shirt and came up with a wrap thingy.

• Spent WAY TOO MUCH TIME on the Les Paul Google Doodle.  Listen to "Art, Like Bread is creating every day" put to music on the keyboard guitar. :)
• Re-wrote "This Is How We Do It" to apply to Grammar, and performed it for my students.
• Started my second pass at "Short & Sweet" by Angela Best (who is the BEST) in black cashmere.  
•  Edited some karaoke photos in Picasa.  I feel digital scrapbooking coming on.

You should have seen the original.  I didn't keep a copy, but trust me, this is heavily doctored!

• Sang all kinda songs at karaoke (and danced like there was no tomorrow)!!

This one is not heavily doctored.  I'm just rockin' out!

What my students did:

• Folded orgami
• Kept up with the doodling tradition.

They really loved that muffin activity.  Since when do we put candles in muffins?

• Sang "We will rock you" during the last class! HA! :D  (I turned it into a grammar lesson anyway!)
• Practiced ballet.
• Made up a dance to Justin Bieber songs!
• Did some creative photo shoots and digital scrapbook editing.
• Practiced bass guitar.

Note:  This will be my students' last week as they are officially OUT OF SCHOOL! Congratulations, kids!

#30DaysofCreativity in June: Week 1

June 2-8, 2011

What I did:

Madison Scarf, designed by Robyn Chachula

• Made shorts out of my jeans by cutting off the legs.
• Made a really cute hairclip/pin out of the jean legs.
• Crocheted a Madison Scarf for a friend.
• Played my mini-violin like a total rock star!
• Sang the song "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette for my English classes in order to teach the concept of irony. (Only one good example there!)
• Crocheted a Lacy Crochet Wrap with ingenious yarn-blending!

In-progress pics (before the ingenious yarn blending)

• Crocheted a tiny crocheted lace motif.  

What my students did:

• Sang a beautiful rendition of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance"
• Folded a paper airplane
• Geometric pencil drawings
• 2 cute cartoon caracatures
• Wrote 53 wonderful, descriptive essays!
• Attended ballet class
• Practiced guitar
• Performed several original, Greek Mythology-themed plays with costumes and props

#30DaysofCreativity in June: Day 1

June 1, 2011

What I did:

I wove in the ends on my fabulous crocheted duster. At this rate, I can wear it tomorrow!

Blog post on this baby coming up!

What my students did:

One of my Language classes tried their hands at rhythmic clapping.  I tried to upload the audio, but I haven't figured it out yet!

One of my uber-talented 7th graders did an AMAZINGLY DETAILED pencil drawing.  I swear sometimes I am completely bowled over by the talent that runs through their fingers. By the way, he did the whole drawing today, and each character has a personality and a story.  This kid is GOOD!

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#30DaysofCreativity in June

What's all the buzz about?  If you've been active on twitter, pinterest, or reading the ReadyMade Blog, you may have already heard of #30daysofcreativity.  If not, you're hearing about it now.

It's a simple pledge to create something, ANYTHING, during each day in June.  What a great idea!

I took the pledge.  Will you? 

Watch my blog for weekly updates each Thursday in June about my creative endeavors.  I've also pledged my students, although they don't know it yet!  We'll create! :)

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If you want to see some amazing ideas to buy or make, check out the 30 Days blog. It's so fun!

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