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September Crafting Goals

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A recap of last month’s goals:

  • Figure out this whole crafting thing - I have officially lost some crafting inspiration and momentum. I spent most of August thinking about what brought me joy. Jumping into September anew.

September’s Goals:

  • Arthur’s 2018 PL Album (January - March) - 2017’s album is buried in the attic right now. It might or might not be finished. So I made the executive decision to not worry about that right now and just dive in 2018’s album.

  • Post rest of yard sale items - Destashing a bit.

  • Organize PL supplies - Deciding on kits to use for the 2019 album.

  • Pick a week for WITL - Probably mid-September.

  • July and August MP pages - The usual.

  • Make a card or two - Completely fallen off the wagon with this…

  • Decide on rest of birthday party crafts/games/decor - We’re doing a robots vs. aliens theme this year.

  • Pick Halloween party crafts and games - I signed up to be one of the party coordinators for Arthur’s class. We do a Halloween and a Valentine’s Day party.

tags: Monthly Goals
categories: Goal Posts
Sunday 09.01.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

August Crafting Goals

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A recap of last month’s goals:

  • May and June MP Pages - Success!! Staying on top of this task.

  • Create 10 cards (classes and for the blog) - Utter fail… life has been so busy that I just haven’t had time to create.

  • Schedule classes for the month - Fail.

August’s Goals:

  • Figure out this whole crafting thing… (More details to come, but things are changing around my house)

tags: Monthly Goals
categories: Goal Posts
Friday 08.02.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

July Crafting Goals

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A recap of last month’s goals:

  • Finish Q’s 2018 PL Album - Fail. I haven’t been back into my Project Life albums for over a month.

  • May Memory Planner Pages - Almost success! So close… most of the pages are done, but I need to add a few more things and photograph them for the blog.

  • Create a WITL kit - Fail.

  • Gather items for a craft sale - Success. Everything has been pulled and priced.

  • Organize road trip pics, miscellanea, and thoughts for albums - Fail. There’s a large pile on my desk right now.

  • Schedule WITL for July - Fail. I think I’m going to push this to late August, early September.

  • Create 10 cards (classes and just blog posts) - Fail. June was apparently super busy.

July’s Goals: Keeping it light as there is so much going on.

  • May and June MP Pages - May is just about done and June has been started.

  • Create 10 cards (classes and for the blog) - I have two started and need to make some more for the month.

  • Schedule classes for the month - I’m thinking a Christmas in July class and maybe a DSP class.

tags: Monthly Goals
categories: Goal Posts
Wednesday 07.03.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

June Crafting Goals

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A recap of last month’s goals: May got away from me. I just didn’t do much crafting at all. Hoping June works better…

  • Finish Q’s 2018 PL Album - Fail.

  • April Memory Planner Pages - Success!

  • Create a WITL kit - Fail.

  • Gather items for a craft sale - Fail.

June’s Goals:

  • Finish Q’s 2018 PL Album - I really want to knock this last little bit out.

  • May Memory Planner Pages - Usual goal to stay on top of.

  • Create a WITL kit - I have some random things in a special box, but want to really get this organized.

  • Gather items for a craft sale - Shooting for having everything ready for crop day on June 9th.

  • Organize road trip pics, miscellanea, and thoughts for album - Our big road trip is this month. I think I’m going to document in a separate smaller album, but I want to just get everything together once we return.

  • Schedule WITL for July - I want to do a week when the twins are here, but June is too crazy with weird events. Thinking the second week in July…

  • Create 10 cards (classes and just blog posts) - My card making just disappeared during May. Hoping to get back at it and play with all the new products I have but haven’t used.

tags: Monthly Goals
categories: Goal Posts
Sunday 06.02.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

May Crafting Goals

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A recap of last month’s goals:

  • March Memory Planner Pages - Success!

  • Quentin 2018 PL March to May - Success! In fact, I blew this goal out of the water! I’m already in September of 2018. Hoping to finish the entire 2018 album this month.

  • Family 2019 PL January - Fail.

  • Create a WITL kit - Fail. Just didn’t get around to it.

  • Gather items for a craft sale - Fail.

  • Play May events - Fail.

  • Have fun at OnStage - Success! It was a great weekend of crafting, fun conversations, good food, and inspiration. And thankfully the nasty snowstorm was over before I drove up to Minneapolis.

May’s Goals: I’m going goal-lite this month as I know we’re going to be busy and I’ll be traveling at the end of the month.

  • Finish Q’s 2018 PL Album - I’m all the way up to September. I think I can finish this month.

  • April Memory Planner Pages - The usual

  • Create a WITL kit - Carry over goal from last month.

  • Gather items for a craft sale - Another carry over goal.

tags: Monthly Goals
categories: Goal Posts
Thursday 05.02.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

April Crafting Goals

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A recap of last month’s goals:

  • Finish out my 30 Days of Birthday Cards — Success!!!

  • Prep for April’s OnStage Event —Sorta… I haven’t finalized everything, but my basic plan is in place.

  • Make swaps for April’s OnStage Event? — I decided to not make swaps for OnStage. I just don’t think I have the time, supplies, and energy to make 50 swaps to take along.

  • Dive into Quentin’s 2018 PL Album — Success! I’m currently up to late March 2018.

  • Schedule March and April Events — Success!

  • Retiring Season Plan — No idea yet…

April’s Goals:

  • March Memory Planner Pages (and blog posts) - I’ve got the started, need to finish it out and document on my blog.

  • Quentin 2018 PL March to May - I finally got this one started last month. Now I want to knock out at least 2 1/2 months during April.

  • Family 2019 PL January - Also, I need to start our current year album. I have the physical album, but need to start laying it out.

  • Create a WITL kit - I haven’t decided if I’m going to do this in late April or early May, but I do want to get a kit around. I’m not buying a set kit, but pulling items from my stash.

  • Gather items for a craft sale - I need to do a bit of stash busting and part of that will be selling some retired stamp sets and items.

  • Plan May Events - Usual goal…

  • Have fun at OnStage!!!

tags: Monthly Goals
categories: Goal Posts
Thursday 04.04.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

March Crafting Goals

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A recap of last month’s goals:

  • Finish January MP Pages — Success!

  • Finalize travel/hotel plans for April’s Stampin’ Up! Convention — Success! Pam and I booked a cute AirBnB fairly close to downtown.

  • Schedule February and March Classes and Events — Fail.

  • Finish 2017 in Quentin’s PL Album — Success!

  • Start 2019 Family PL Album — Ummm…. well, I have actually started it, but I did buy the new album and page protectors.

  • Prep weekly sales for March — Success!

  • Prep 30 Days of Birthday Cards (March) — Success! I have some of the cards already done and started prepping drafts and ideas for the rest.

March’s Goals:

  • Finish out my 30 Days of Birthday Cards — It’s been started. Now I need to finish it!

  • Prep for April’s OnStage Event — This will be here before I know it. I need to check with my friend to work out some details and decide what to take with me.

  • Make Swaps for April’s OnStage Event? — Possibly making swaps for OnStage, but what exactly?

  • Dive into Quentin’s 2018 PL Album — I’ve got the physical album and page protectors. Now to start the spreads.

  • Schedule March and April Events — I’ve got this started (things are on the calendar), but I need to work out what cards for what events and such.

  • Retiring Season Plan — The new SU catalog comes out in June. In May, I usually have events and posts highlighting retiring products and such. I want to brainstorm some ideas this month.

tags: Monthly Goals
categories: Goal Posts
Friday 03.01.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

February Crafting Goals

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A recap of last month’s goals:

  • Layout 2019 Memory Planner — Success! I have January about half done right now.

  • Schedule January, February, and March events and classes — Fail… I got January’s scheduled, but haven’t tackled February or March yet.

  • Wrap up December Daily — Success! Done and photographed! Ready to share this Wednesday.

  • Start catching up Quentin’s 2017-2018 PL Album — Success! Apparently I stopped in February 2017. I have all the photos printed through June and have started the spreads. I imagine it will go quickly.

  • Start 2019 Family PL Album — Fail. Focused on Q’s album.

February’s Goals:

  • Finish January MP Pages —Just a few weeks to go.

  • Finalize travel/hotel plans for April’s Stampin’ Up! Convention — I’m going to be meeting up with my friend and upline Pam in Minneapolis. We need to figure out our hotel accommodations and timing.

  • Schedule February and March Classes and Events —Carrying over this goal to knock it out.

  • Finish 2017 in Quentin’s PL Album — I don’t think it will take me long to get through March - December 2017.

  • Start 2019 Family PL Album — Need to get this prepped at least so I cam create an outline.

  • Prep weekly sales for March — Working on some specials for my birthday month.

  • Prep 30 Days of Birthday Cards (March) — Another special project for my birthday month.

tags: Monthly Goals
categories: Goal Posts
Sunday 02.03.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

January Crafting Goals

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A recap of last month’s goals:

  • Finish and Send Christmas Cards — Success!

  • Send December Birthday Cards — Success!

  • Make Holiday Albums (and Calendars) — Success!

  • Start December Daily album — Success! I need to finish a few more spreads, but it’s mostly done.

  • Finish out Family Project Life album — Success! So glad I’m caught up. Now I need to go back and do Arthur’s and Quentin’s album.

  • November Memory Planner — Success!

  • 30 Days of Lists in my MP — Success!

January’s Goals:

  • Layout 2019 Memory Planner -- I already have the planner, just need to get started.

  • Schedule January, February, and March events and classes -- January’s classes have been scheduled. I need to work on February and March.

  • Wrap up December Daily — So close to being done…

  • Start catching up Quentin’s 2017-2018 PL Album — It’s going to be a long haul.

  • Start 2019 Family PL Album — Another year!

tags: Monthly Goals
categories: Goal Posts
Monday 01.07.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

December Crafting Goals

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A recap of last month’s goals:

  • Schedule Christmas card classes and a crop — Success!

  • Catch up on MP pages — Sorta success. I need to print the next batch, but I got a few weeks finished.

  • Get back into Project Life — Success! I completed about 8 weeks with another 8 weeks to go or so to get caught up.

  • Plan out December Daily ideas — Success!

  • Pull out and organize Christmas supplies — Success!

December Goals:

  • Finish and Send Christmas Cards — Obviously…

  • Send December Birthday Cards — Fell off the wagon a bit during our move.

  • Make Holiday Albums (and calendars) — I make these every year. I can play around with the timing and supplies this year due to changing travel plans.

  • Start December Daily album — I’ve got my base kit. Now to plan it out a bit more and record something daily.

  • Finish out Family Project Life album — I really want to push and get this one done before January 1st. (I’ll still be behind on the kids’s albums, but I can work from the family one)

  • November Memory Planner — I like to stay on top of this one.

  • 30 Days of Lists in my MP — Instead of creating a separate album, I’m going to use the December pages in Memory Planner to record these lists.

categories: Goal Posts
Sunday 12.02.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 
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