5 Steps to jumpstart your craft projects this year
This is your key to making more stuff. You can choose to do all these steps in one day, or spread it out over a week, doing one step every day or two.
Step 1 – Clean Off Your Desk / Work Surface
Clear off all your working surfaces: desk, scrapbook table, workbench, painting table. Get them looking spic and span. I promise you will feel so much more prepared to tackle to rest of this week’s tasks once that is done.
Step 2 – Do a Brain Dump
Find 30 minutes to an hour, grab a sheet a paper or your favourite notebook and a pen. Now empty that long list of craft projects you want to tackle out of your head.
Step 3 – Prioritize
Go through and assign each item to a different category. Choose whatever makes sense for you.
Now choose a different colour highlighter or pen for each category, and go through and highlight or underline each item as you see fit.
Step 4 – Plan your attack
Now that everything is categorized, you can make a plan to get things done. I like to go through category by category. Have your planner, bullet journal or other planning system on hand. As you go through the list decide when you will make/finish the project. Also decide if you will continue, or abandon any projects.
And that’s it! Now your brain should be relatively clear, and you can proceed calmly. Now you can take the first step to moving forward with your actual craft projects.
Step 5 – Organise and Gather Supplies
Hurray, you did it!
Now that you have a plan it’s time to get crafting! But first, take some time to organise and gather the supplies you need for the projects you’ll be working on in the short and medium term.
To help plan out bigger projects use the project pages in your craft notebook or Craft Planner. You can also get the printable 365 Days of Making Planner.
If you feel a bit daunted by having to sort out your supplies, this blog post might help!
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