Category: 30lists

#30lists / 5. Things I would like to do/accomplish by the end of themonth

I was flicking through the filled in pages of my notebook for #30lists today and realised I’m so loving this project! 

Today’s list is my wish list for this month. I’m saying wish list and I don’t feel very positive about it, but this exact same list has been my February to-do list too. Now that it has been written down and published, I will actually try harder to get things crossed off. Come back by the end of the month to check what I actually managed to accomplish!

In case you can’t read my handwriting…

5. Things I would like to do/accomplish by the end of this month

  • Get through 30 days of lists
  • Have a blog re-do (SketchingInColour.blogspot
  • Go on holiday
  • Complete current sketchbook (only 12 pages left)
  • Finish at least one collage
  • Start thinking seriously about opening an Etsy shop
  • Go to a car boot sale – it has been too long!

If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website. There’s still time to register!! 

Previous lists can be found here.

#30lists / 4. On an average day, I…

Because life isn’t complicated enough, I made two lists for today’s prompt…I couldn’t really make up my mind with which one I should have gone for…

One is a boring timetable of all the planned activities I do on an average day, one is a shorter list with all the things that I do, but that maybe I shouldn’t do!
In case you can’t read my handwriting…
4. On an average day, I…

  • Work 9-5
  • Drink two coffees and two teas
  • Eat pasta for lunch
  • Skype with family
  • Surf the net while Olivia has a bath
  • Spend the evening watching US comedy series with my mister
  • Plan an alternative life
4. On an average day, I…List #2
  • 7.30am – Wake up
  • 8am – Breakfast with Olivia
  • 9am – Work
  • 12.30pm – Home for lunch
  • 2pm – Work
  • 5.30pm – Back home
  • 6.30pm – Olivia’s dinner time
  • 7pm – Olivia’s bath time
  • 7.30pm – Skype with family
  • 8pm – Dinner with my mister
  • 8.30pm – Olivia’s bed time
  • 9pm – TV time
  • 11.30pm – Bed time

If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website. There’s still time to register!! 

Previous lists can be found here.

#30lists / 3. This_, I am going to_

Day three of listing had me writing down my Sunday to-do list!

In case you can’t read my handwriting…
3. This Sunday, I’m going to:
  • Clean the kitchen
  • Online grocery shopping
  • Print Olivia’s pic for nursery
  • Publish #52 blog post
  • Start planning a book blog re-do
  • Book Easter’s holiday
  • Tidy up mu work space – wishful thinking
  • Bake a cake
I was planning to use one of those empty boxes as a bullet point, so I could tick them after completing each task, but I forgot to do it…so here we go, star point it is!

Please check the blog later today, to see what I have really managed to accomplish today!

If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website. There’s still time to register!! 
Previous lists can be found here.

UPDATE. This is a list of what I really accomplished today:

  • Did our grocery shopping online
  • Printed Olivia’s pic for nursery
  • Published #52 blog post
  • Started planning a blog re-do
  • Baked a cake

5 out of 8, not bad for a Sunday!

#30lists / 2. About me

It’s day two of listing!
In case you can’t read my handwriting…
2. About me:
  • I’m Italian and petite
  • I’m a mum and partner
  • I’m very stubborn
  • I’m obsessed with stationery
  • Yellow is my colour 
  • I’m fascinated by botanical art
  • I’m an impulsive crafter
  • Watercolour is my medium
  • I’m still looking for my ‘thing’ in life
I’m still using a black Staedler pigment liner  0.1, although I’m thinking to start using something different as the tip doesn’t really flow on the paper. The text in yellow was written using a Stabilo point88 fine 0.4.

I’ve also added the today’s date using a red stamp (although I’m still mastering the technique), and some extra text at the bottom of the page to record any additional comment/thoughts on the list.

If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website. There’s still time to register!! 
Yesterday’s list can be found here.

#30lists / 1. I am a Lister because…

And so the 30 days of lists begins!
In case you can’t read my handwriting…
1. I am a Lister because:
  • I like writing stuff down
  • It keeps me focused
  • It’s a great excuse to use pen and paper
  • It frees my mind
  • A list is easy to understand
  • Verba volant, scripta manent

For this first list I used a black Staedler pigment liner  0.1 and a red edding 1800 profipen 0.1.

If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website. There’s still time to register!!