May for Me!

Starting today, I will be sporadically sharing posts about the May for Me Celebration and how I find 5 minutes a day or more to take time to create and make you smile.  

I will be sharing here and on Instagram and on facebook and on Twitter and on Pinterest! Join in the fun of sharing about creating 5 minutes or more a day for a whole month!

Creating with fabric (simple sewing and quilting), creating with paper, making healthy food choices and displaying it on your plate, creating with plants, and more....

Several years ago, I teamed up with a few bloggers and hosted a May for Me Celebration on my blog, but after hosting it for a couple years, I decided to discontinue hosting as it was a lot of work for me and I wasn't enjoying it.

This is the logo I used for it.

I was sharing how to take time for yourself and not feel guilty about enjoying the moments or smelling the roses, or just taking time to play each day - just for 5 minutes or longer. 

I will be doing it again, but on a smaller scale and I might share every day and I might share several posts a day and I may skip a day or too! #mayforme2017

I would like to invite you to join in on the fun, please hashtag your posts on social media with this:  #mayforme2017

It is so important to me, to take time to create a little each day....makes me smile.

I love to smile each day and to feel good, so join in the fun and take time to create and share a post about what you are doing.

Let's start off the May for Me Celebration with a FREE PDF Downloadable Pattern for you!  If you are regular follower you may already have this pattern. It's not just for Valentine's Day!

I scaled it down on my printer and made a mini quilt for a loved one and included it with a sympathy card. I selected some hand dyed velvet pieces to add in with a few embroidery stitches to top it off.

Enjoy your day --- the first day in May!

Marcia

#mayforme2017

Create -------- My Word for 2013!

I woke up early this morning and I was thinking about my Quilting Business, Project Quilting, and my Minutes for Me Time and NEW Quilt Patterns! 

I choose "create" as my word for 2013!

What is the definition of "create"?

to produce through imaginative skill --- Create a . .... quilt, a quilt pattern, and/or a construction method.

to enjoy the process of something new.

to design:

  to create, fashion, execute, or construct according to plan. 
     to conceive and plan out in the mind. 
 

to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior.

to make or bring into existence something new.

I am ready to create with a plan that makes sense to me:

1. brainstorm ideas
2. sketch it out
3. cut and sew - construct
4. pause and evaluate
5. brainstorm again
6. make changes as needed
7. finalize the idea and write it up
8. a completed creation

I am ready to create!

Create is my word for 2013!

Project Quilting starts on Sunday Jan. 6, 2013.

Minutes for Me Linky Party starts on Wednesday Jan. 9, 2013. Share, Share, and Share...

Quilting Sale starts Jan. 15th.  Email me to schedule your quilting date for the Winter 20% OFF the Quilting Sale. Jan. 15th thru' March 31, 2013. Marcia@craftysewing.com

Quilt Patterns available at www.craftysewing.com

Enjoy your day!
Marcia