So, it's time to bid farewell to 2011, and here you see all of my journal pages for the year. I have managed to keep on top of this for three years now and yes, I am proud of myself! When life inevitably gets in the way of art and things get a little bit hectic this is often the only art/journaling I will manage to do and for that alone I am thankful for my art calendar. I am so grateful that so many of you have played along with this challenge and if you have managed to keep on top of it for the full 365 then you need to give yourself a very large pat on the back ... well done to you, it is a huge achievement. I have thoroughly enjoyed visiting your blogs over the last year, and the different styles and ideas that you all have is wonderful to see. You can see many of the pages that so many of you have made in the FLICKR group here, and this group will remain open for the forthcoming year.
Don't forget to visit Jill's blog here, as Jill was my original inspiration for starting this challenge. Thanks Jill!
I know that some of you are saying a fond farewell to the challenge, but I also know that there are some newbies who are chomping at the bit to get started, so 2012 is both a fond farewell and a big hello :-)
So, have I managed to get my January page ready on time?? Of course I have! Me late? Never! LOL. Here's a sneak peek, but check back tomorrow for the new link for January.
If you live in the North of England then you may be interested to know that I am teaching a class on art calendar journaling at Art from the Heart in Harrogate where I will be talking through the process of creating a calendar page. See all the details here. Come and join us, it will be fun!
Just one thing I have been pondering on ... next year is a leap year (so don't forget your 29 days in the month for February). Does that mean we have to now call this the 366 challenge?
If you managed to get hold of this copy of Somerset Studio then you will have seen many of my art calendar pages published in an article all about journaling your year.
Don't forget to check back tomorrow and link up with your calendar page. Byee for now ...
Great pages and good luck with the classes
ReplyDeleteHAPPY NEW YEAR to you too
Kathyk
What happened to April?
ReplyDeleteAll fab calendar pages, heaven only knows where you grab the time from Kate.
ReplyDeleteWishing you continued success for 2012, hugs Annette x
Kate, each and every of your calendar page is just great. Wow, you did that for three years and still continuing. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThank you a gain for hosting the calendar challenge 2011.
I wish you a great start into 2012.
i can't believe the year is over already. it went SO fast! it was a fun year watching you blossom and be in the lime light! congratulations to a year well done kate! i will watch eagerly in 2012 to see your success continue. wishing you many blessings in the new year!
ReplyDeleteI have peeked in several times over the past few months and must say I am enamored with these calendars so I think I will give it a go for 2012 ! looking forward to it.
ReplyDeletePeace~
Dawn
Fab pages, happy new year hugs trace x
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely amazing - I LOVE this! Could you tell me what issue of Somerset Studio this is? I'd love to try and get this copy :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm beginning my calendar journey tomorrow! :) Hope i can finish it! Thanks for the inspiration and the challenge! Happy new year to you! :)
ReplyDeleteAll such great pages! I love that you have managed to do this for 3 years straight. I did well for about 6 months, then it all went to pot. I picked it up again a few months later but only finished the one month. As much as I love the idea of calendar journaling, I'm just not good at it. Oh well. I'll have fun looking at everyone else's pages next year instead. Happy new year to you Kate! And well done on getting the Jan page finished in time!
ReplyDeleteCough you missed april's picture cough ahem fabulous pages! It was fun to watch everyone's pages appear for the last 12 months! See you at AFTH soon
ReplyDeleteSo what did April do wrong then??? lol
ReplyDeleteLovely pages though - think I may try that this year. Happy New Year to you and yours and thanks for your inspiration always so freely given. Love and hugz xx
Hi Kate
ReplyDeleteSo Fabulous!! Lovely to see a review of your work, thank you for all your inspiration over 2011, cant wait to see what you create in 2012.
Hugs Juls
I saw your article in the Nov/Dec issue of Somerset and want to try out your journaling ideas! Thanks for the inspiration. I do not blog but I do admire yours and your postings.
ReplyDeleteWishing you much happiness for 2012, with many fun days making calendars. I look forward to seeing each and every one.
ReplyDeleteHa! So, some of you noticed I am missing April! I thought I had got away with it ..... Er, life just got in the way and it never got done, but I did write down everything that I did in April and one day I will get round to doing the page 'cos I don't want a gap of a month when I look back in years to come.
ReplyDeleteHi Kate
ReplyDeleteJust gotta tell ya, I have a copy of both Art Journaling and Somerset Studio in my hands and the articles in both are AWESOME!!!! Your art rocks. What a cool way to begin 2012!!!!
your pages look wonderful Kate. Thank you for the inspiration, I would love to tackle this some time. Have a great new year when it comes!
ReplyDeleteJackie
Hi kate
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to pop by and say Happy New Year!! congrats on Somerset Studios, you are sooo inspirational!! Wishing you a wonderful 2012 xx
love
kazxx
Thank you for a GREAT Calendar Challenge for 2011, Kate! I really enjoyed it! ~Kathy
ReplyDeleteIt has been fab joining in for the whole year,
ReplyDeleteI have done a round up of the year,
http://www.katscraftcreations.blogspot.com/2012/01/365-round-up-of-all-12-pages.html
if you would like to see it,
I won't be joining in next year as I now have the confidence to go on to bigger things,
thanks so much,
Kathleen F
Kate - I loved doing this challenge in 2011. Thanks for your co-ordination of the project, and all your inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI loved participating in the challenge for 2011 and am so looking forward to continuing in 2012. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it great that so many people love this challenge and have kept going? Your 2011 months look wonderful all together. Thanks for the mention - can't stop posting those pages now. Happy 2012 to you.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pages Kate !!! thanks for keeping this challenge going, couldnt see where to put my december pages so if anyone fancies a nose pop on over http://artfulsplodger.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-new-year.html now to catch up and get january started !!!! xxx
ReplyDeleteKate, thank you, THANK you for an awesome project! Because of YOU, I have a wonderful journal full of memories for 2011 and grew artistically too! I tried posting a link with a picture (above) to my post for 2011 with a link to your blog so that people can participate; however, something happened when I tried to upload the picture! OOOooops! Happy, Happy 2012!!! Hugs, Terri ♥ xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteHello Kathy
ReplyDeleteWow! Absolutely BEAUTIFUL calendar pages.. love it. I will start my calendar page soon.. thinking that I want or need to do December 2011. :-)
-Sony
http://sonia-studio60.blogspot.com
Hello!
ReplyDeleteI did my first two calendar page:
http://sonia-studio60.blogspot.com/2012/01/art-journal-my-first-calendar-page.html
Thanks for your inspiration.. working on my january page and coming soon on february.
-Sony
Sonia-Studio60