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I have upcycled an old chair to use as a plant stand. It's practical, not pretty, but I am pleased with it. The post contains pictures of the waterproofing process.

Current Mood: accomplished

silvercat17

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Chores and other not-fun things count!

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silvercat17

(on my trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico, we went to the Rattlesnake Museum which is AWESOME)

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silvercat17

I'm out of town this weekend, so either somebody can pinch hit or just continue on last weeks

ladythmpr

Hi all!

October will be here in 2 DAYS! Since 2008, October for me has been National Craft Making Month, or NaCraMaMo for short. NaCraMaMo started as a community on LJ, and I started a new

nacramamo community on DreamWidth when I moved here in 2017.

In short, during National Craft Making Month in October, you work on a craft every day for a month and post pictures of your work daily in

nacramamo.

nacramamo is very free-form; you can work on the same project every day or work on different projects every day. Crafting is also very loosely defined; it's basically anything that you do with your hands that results in a tangible object. For example, I count baking as crafting, but I don't count making dinner as crafting (but you might!)

A lot of people use

nacramamo as a jumpstart for Halloween projects and Winter holiday gift making.

I'll be there, though who knows what I will be doing or how often I will post (I sure don't!) even given the "daily posting" in the community description, because this is the second October I'm dealing with some as-yet-diagnosed fatigue thing. But I love the crafting challenge, so I'll be giving it the best shot that I can.

I'd love to have you join me, giving it your best shot.

silvercat17

(I somehow forgot to take my meds yesterday and now I'm waiting for the headache/dizziness to go away)

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light_of_summer

Hi, justcreate folks, I'm new to this community—thanks for being here! I have a question I'm hoping to get your input on: What can you tell me about month-of-creativity kinds of challenge communities, especially for art or photography or short bits of writing, either on Dreamwidth or on dedicated websites that allow uploading or image-linking to DW? I'm currently aware of:

Inktober (I've done this in the past, but am dubious about repeating it due to controversy)
November is Art Every Day Month (I've done this in the past, and liked it a lot, but I'm not willing to follow the community onto Facebook)
Expert Photography Photo Challenge Calender (Prompts look OK, but hashtag for community looks intended to be Instagram-specific)
...various others intended for Facebook or Instagram, sigh.

FYI, I do most of my writing for an amateur press association, where community is built into the purpose of the organization. I miss the sense of art community I've had in the past with NiAEDM (and somewhat with both Inktober and local in-person classes that ended with the rise of COVID-19). I have a regular monthly photo group Zoom, but no explicit challenges or central online community associated with it. I occadionally do some crafting, but am not really plugged into a community for that, and am not seeking a challenge for that, right now. I'm currently hungriest for making art in community.

Thanks in advance for any info you can share, and I send you good wishes for your projects of all types!

Here I go, to tackle my next not-very-creative to-do list item. ➡️

Current Mood: cautiously hopeful
Current Location: California

silvercat17

(I was helping mom decipher lawyer-stuff from the 1900s)

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This month I'm hosting:
Pirate Fest on AllBingo - digital or nautical piracy themed prompts for anything you want to make

silvercat17

What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragment on? Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?

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Events I'm running or participating in this month:
Pirate Fest on AllBingo - digital or nautical piracy themed prompts for anything you want to make
Small Web September
Communal Creators - finish projects in September and October

It's hot and I'm very tired of dripping with sweat, but thus is my lot in life

silvercat17

dianec42

Did you know that potato plants produce fruit? I did not know this until this summer.

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Current Mood: sick

silvercat17

Look, coming up with random words is way harder than you'd think

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ALSO: somebody else will have to do the post next weekend, as I'll be in Albuquerque for Bubonicon! (it's a small literary sci-fi and fantasy convention) (I'm also going to try to go to the Rattlesnake Museum)

silvercat17

Answer me these questions three: What are you working on? What have you gotten done? What do you need encouragment on?

Remember: Chores and other not-fun things count!

silvercat17

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silvercat17

It's another summer weekend! (Unless you're in the Southern hemisphere, in which case I hope the weather is nice)

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(I've been playing a lot of Paleo Pines and the carnotauruses are just so dopey and funny)

It's another summer weekend! (Unless you're in the Southern hemisphere, in which case I hope the weather is nice)

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silvercat17

What are you up to? What have you gotten done? What do you need encouragement on? Are there any events or challenges you want to share?

Don't forget to encourage other commentors!

silvercat17

What are you up to? What have you gotten done? What do you need encouragement on? Are there any events or challenges you want to share?

Don't forget to encourage other commentors!

silvercat17

What are you up to? What have you gotten done? What do you need encouragement on? Are there any events or challenges you want to share?

Don't forget to encourage other commentors!