Make and Listen Along

 Make & Listen Along

~ On Thursdays I will post what I have been making and listening to as creations grow. 

If so inclined post, on your blog or flickr, about what you have been making (on your own or with little hands by your side) and listening to while you create. It can be new music, flash backs, a song or a whole album... whatever you like. You can be stitching with needle & thread, yarn, paper crafting, painting, cooking... and beyond. Share what you are making and the tunes that are fueling your creativity. Then come back to my Thursday Make & Listen Along post and leave a link in the comments so we can be inspired right along with you! ~

First, I want to thank you all for bearing with me and my mesa photos. I will totally admit to an addiction over here and well, I have no idea what my next view is going to hold so I am kinda soaking it up while I have it!

But, I am not just making pictures of sunrise, sunset, and everything in between out there...

I have been making lots of lists. Oh, the lists involved with moving; they seem to be never ending.

I am super happy that I stumbled upon a great conversation on Twitter sharing the Bullet Journal concept.

I ordered a new moleskin and set it up ASAP. I followed the tutorial linked above and brought in a few of the ideas I liked from Michelle's journal. I can't tell you how much I love using this to organize my days. 

I was not so sure about an index at first but it is awesome. This is where the page numbers of lists and months are noted. I did not realize just how handy it would be to not only have all of my lists in one place but have an index for finding which page they were on. I am a big maker of lists and love having the index to help me keep track of them.

I also really like the way Michelle laid out the monthly calendar page. I am using this page to not only record things that are coming up (like a trip to the dentist) but also things that we have done. I covered up some private things with sun and clouds in the photo below but you get the idea.

The open space at the bottom is used to keep track of goals for the month but since this is a moving month most of those things have their very own lists right now.

There are also weekly pages for the days of the week and weekly goals. These are by far the busiest pages in the book. 

I keep my trusty micron pen attached to the outside of the journal. (I have a big crush on micron pens!)

In the back pocket I am keeping this beautiful book of sticker from Geninne, for when I want to add a little color and pretty nature to a page. I also keep a few thank you notes that I can whip out on the fly so I don't forget... I need to stay on top of those thank you notes! 

I am very happy about this system and expect a long future with my bullet journal. 

In other news...

We made some Valentine inspired nature hearts. You can read all about them over here.

I have also been, very slowly, knitting a few rows here and there on my dish cloths. 

The listening has been surprisingly quiet around here. Pentatonix and The Lumineers show up every so often, but quiet seems to be the order of the day in the middle of the growing chaos of moving.

Your turn.
Please share what you have been making and the tunes on your playlist. And don't forget to leave a link to your post if you played along so others can visit your Make and Listen posts. 

I have been trying to get around to visit your posts each week (sometimes it takes me a few days) and they are wonderful! Thanks, to all of you who are joining in and linking up!

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