Hello everyone and welcome
to the Path of
Positivity Challenge Blog! It is the first Monday
of the
month and it is time for our latest challenge to begin! We hope that you
and your families continue to stay healthy and safe out there.
Before we start, I want to welcome Kathy to her very first posting. We were lucky to get her as a team member as I have been after her for years. I introduced her on April 1st. If you missed it, you can find that post here and get to know her a little bit.
Since we are not
your typical challenge blog, it is important for you to
understand how things work in order to be sure you are eligible to win
any of the prizes offered. If
you are new to this unique challenge, you can find out the impetus
behind why I started it under the 'Introductions' tab and you can find out all the details you need to know in order to participate, in the 'Challenge Details'
tab (both tabs located at the top of the blog). For your convenience, a
summary of the most important rules can also be found in the right
sidebar under the heading 'General Rules'.
Right now, it is time to get down to the business of our latest challenge. Here is what you need to know...
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:
Now check out what my awesome design team came up with to inspire you.
Clicking on each team member's name will take you to their blog where
you can check out the details for their inspirational creations.- $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.
My wonderful design team continues to astound me each and every month! They all have
their own approach and deft insight into the twist. Even after all this time, I continue
to be astonished by the purview of greatness in their work! Each of these artful conceptions has showcased the
notion of Embracing the Unexpected: Through Decluttering admirably and I hope we have
inspired you to commence on your own exploration of creativity. Be sure to go and visit each team member so you can see how her
project further connects to the twist.
So what are you waiting for? 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. Finally, remember that we're trying to create a Path of Positivity so if you have some time, please visit other people participating throughout the month.
Please join us again next week when we will [hopefully] post the Top Picks for Challenge #129. Then, be sure to join us again on April 21st when we'll be back with our midway featuring more great projects.
So what are you waiting for? 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. Finally, remember that we're trying to create a Path of Positivity so if you have some time, please visit other people participating throughout the month.
Please join us again next week when we will [hopefully] post the Top Picks for Challenge #129. Then, be sure to join us again on April 21st when we'll be back with our midway featuring more great projects.
If you ever have any questions be sure to send an email to decossesdynamitedoodles {at} yahoo {dot} ca (don't forget to replace {at} and {dot} with the appropriate symbols), or just leave me a comment.
We look forward to seeing you participate!
Link Up Below:
If you have any problems linking up, please be sure to let me know by leaving a comment on this post.
Ch. #130--Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of Embracing the Unexpected: Through Decluttering
This is the place to link up something that you have created during the month that you consider positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature. Entries for this challenge will be accepted from April 7th until 11:59 p.m. (ET) on May 4th, 2025.
SEVEN entries MAX. Please click on the 'Challenge Details' tab located at the top of the blog to see all the rules. A summary of the most important rules can also be found in the right sidebar under the heading 'General Rules'. If you would like to be a Guest Designer in a future challenge, please add the letters GDT after your name.
