Hey folks! Welcome back
to the Path of
Positivity Challenge Blog! It is the third Monday of the month and that means that it is time to present the midway for Challenge #130. It is my fond hope that each of you and your own
families
continue to stay
happy, safe, and well, wherever it is you live in this big wide world of ours.
As we are a unique kind of challenge blog, it is important for you to understand how things work. Please be sure to check out the START POST FOUND HERE for the specific details related to this month's challenge, and you can find out all the general details you need to know in order to participate, by clicking on the 'Challenge Details' tab (located at the top of the blog). For your convenience, a summary of the most important rules can now be found in the right sidebar under the heading 'General Rules'.
Right now, it is time to continue with our midway. Here is a refresher of the details for our current twist:
Challenge #130
Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of
Embracing The Unexpected:
Through Decluttering
This year's goal is to Embrace the Unexpected in our lives (click here if you'd like to read more in depth about our overall theme for 2025). No matter how much planning we do throughout our years on this earth, we're going to come across circumstances that we can't plan for. These unexpected things may be small or they may be huge and life altering. The only thing that we can control is how we react to these events. So this year, instead of BRACING for the unexpected, we are going to flip that and get in the habit of EMBRACING the unexpected. This will help us to train ourselves to look at these types of events in a different light.
Spring is here and so is the annual
spring cleaning session that many homes go through at this time of year.
For some of us this means taking some time to do a bit of decluttering.
It is amazing what one can come across when going through our
belongings. Whether finding lost treasures or getting lost in the
associated memories, decluttering can be therapeutic in so many
different ways. For our purposes though, we are going to use
decluttering to help inspire us in our creative journey.
For your optional project this month, go through your junk drawer or a closet and take inspiration from something unexpected that you find within.
Some of our drawers and closets are probably full of seemingly random
or unimportant objects but they might also be filled with items that
spark a creative idea, provide a sudden burst of inspiration, or give us
a new perspective on something. Here are some examples to get you thinking:
- Finding old photos may inspire you to create a collage or scrapbooking page. They may also inspire you to write a story about your family's history or start delving into genealogy.
- Finding an old receipt may trigger a thought for a creative project on consumerism.
- Coming across a collection of mismatched buttons could inspire a unique piece of jewellery or a pattern for a textile design.
- Going through the drawers in your art room, you may come across a number of materials that you haven't worked with yet.
- Coming across old greeting cards that you've kept over the years, may inspire you to create some new ones.
Remember,
the twist is completely optional and you don't need to follow it in
order to win. However, in order to be considered eligible for this
month's goodies, remember that general types of projects/posts will not
qualify for the honours and prize UNLESS they are also positive, inspirational,
motivational or encouraging in some nature. Additionally, even if a project may qualify as positive, if your post
promotes negativity, hatred or anything of an abhorrent nature, your
project will be disqualified. Honours and Prize include:
- $6 worth of images from Scribbles Designs, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all qualifying entrants.
- A badge for the following honours: Top Pick, Most Inspirational, Random Winner, DT Delight.
To help inspire you further down the path of Embracing the Unexpected: Through Decluttering,
check out the wonderful projects my Design Team had the opportunity to
create. Clicking on each team member's name will take you to their blog
where
you can check out the details for their inspirational creations.
Thanks again to my astounding design team! As always, each of them have
their own unique avenues of creation which I thoroughly admire. Each of
these designs has demonstrated the theme of Embracing the Unexpected: Through Decluttering splendidly,
and I hope we have motivated you throughout this challenge to come up
with your own work of handicraft. Be sure to go and visit these accomplished ladies so you can see just how their
projects tie in to the twist.
Why not join us, if you haven't entered already? Create a project and/or post that is positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature and join our link up. How about stretching yourself by also opting to
follow the twist?! While it isn't mandatory, we'd also love to find out
how this month's twist affects your own life. How do you typically deal
with the unexpected in your life? Do you view
it with trepidation or take it on as a challenge? This month it is time
to be inspired by something hanging about in your closet or junk drawer
as you go through the decluttering process. Use a cleaning session to
help you come up with a unique project this month. Be sure to check
above for some specific suggestions. If you want to share your process
on how you decided your project, you can write a sentence or two in the
body of your post, write a sentence at the bottom of your post
next to the link up for this challenge, or simply leave a comment on
this post if you'd like.
Also, I know that the participants would love for you to go and pay them a visit. Remember we're creating a Path of Positivity to follow one project at a time and we'd love to see you somewhere on that route even if it is just by leaving a comment on an entry from someone who has touched you somehow with their project and/or post! You can find our list of participants and enter our latest challenge yourself by clicking HERE and scrolling down to the bottom of the post.
Also, I know that the participants would love for you to go and pay them a visit. Remember we're creating a Path of Positivity to follow one project at a time and we'd love to see you somewhere on that route even if it is just by leaving a comment on an entry from someone who has touched you somehow with their project and/or post! You can find our list of participants and enter our latest challenge yourself by clicking HERE and scrolling down to the bottom of the post.
GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY…
Please show your support to our wonderful sponsor, Scribbles Designs, by going over and
checking out their work and saying hi if you have the chance. You may
also just find an image or two to add your your collection!
Thank you so much to this awesome
Canadian company for their
continued support of this challenge blog!
continued support of this challenge blog!
Don't Forget...
Winners for
challenge #129 will be posted next week if everything goes according to
plan. You can find the Top Picks post HERE.
If you ever have any questions be sure to leave me a comment.
We look forward to seeing you participate!
