Willa and I were cleaning her room and she wanted to make a book rainbow for me to photograph today, 100% inspired by Megan, @kuva. I hope we are not stealing but rather giving a nod of HUGE respect! We are both adoring your color book stacks.
Woohoo! I'm honored. This is beautiful! Art is all about "stealing" ideas, in my opinion. Getting inspired and making your own version. Well done Willa and Carey!
(Also just a fun way to store one's books. Haha. I've been thinking about rearranging my shelf into a rainbow as I put my stacks of colored books away)
@kuva thank you for the love and allowing us to borrow. ❤️ Please, please, PPLEEEAAASSSEE make a full rainbow with your books and photograph it! That will be so beautiful!
a full book rainbow would be lovely to see
but of course the rainbow challenge for march is about doing particular colours on particular days so the calendar ends up the rainbow rather than all in one image. would make a great extra album image or start of April of course ... so many new ideas are bubbling!
@koalagardens Yes, maybe it'll be an April project to reorganize my shelves and get a photo of it. Haha. And now an idea bubbling to my head is doing the One Subject, 30 Days challenge in April with books as my subject. So much inspiration bubbling around!
@kuva SO GORGEOUS and now I want to come fondle ALL OF THEM! I'm a knitter/spinner/dyer/crocheter so that speaks to me. Here is one of my favorite projects. (never mind the WAY out of date Ravelry.) https://ravel.me/PiccoloBlue/tst
@koalagardens Can you point me in the direction of these monthly challenges? We are new here and I'm really just shooting alongside my kids, keeping it simple and focusing on their learning, but I'm curious and interested for myself.
@careymartin there always lots of these going - some you just enter with a single photo that fits, some go all month (but it's your project so you do whatever you like!)
at the top of this site is a link that says DISCUSS
you can find everything there. we have a wonderful member who posts a weekly list of links to all the current stuff going on each Thursday (the SH*T list. so happy it's thursday)
I'm hosting the rainbow month challenge. some challenges get voted on for a winner and that person hosts the next round.
all you need to do is add the tag when you upload and you are in the challenge!
The rainbow has no winners, we just run that every March, like the Flash of Red runs every Feb and you will have seen all the BW stuff happening last month.
don't worry and don't feel overwhelmed. just take a peek and see if anything appeals! I think I was here for a couple of years before I dipped my toe into any challenge waters!
Rainbow Challenge - https://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/47648/**-%F0%9F%8C%88-rainbow-challenge-2023-%F0%9F%8F%B3%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%8C%88-**
@careymartin Wow! What a stellar project; holy moly! I did some of my own spinning many years ago... probably when I was Willa's age, but I do love the idea of raising wool producing animals and making my own yarn. I come and go with yarn projects; I haven't been doing a lot recently, but I think I'll do a rainbow of yarn photos over the next week! (and I would love to be friends).
Ditto to everything @koalagardens said regarding the discuss section. There's a lot going on. I'll add that the blog tab has the official monthly themes run by the creator/admin of this site. Those you also participate in by tagging the photo.
I also just watched for my first couple years of being on 365. I recently came back after a break and I have been feeling inspired to focus on having my daily photo contribute to some larger weekly or monthly theme/aesthetic. Just for the fun of it! It's definitely forcing me out of my usual photo routines!
The April challenge I mentioned above is one I've seen run most every April where every photo in April is the same subject. One Subject, 30 Shots You can see photos from folks who participated in that one last year: https://365project.org/tags/30-shots2022
@kuva Thank you for looking at my project! It was SO FUN and special to do with the kids. A forever memory. I can't wait to see a rainbow of yarn photo!
Thank you for showing me more about the monthly challenges. the April one sounds perfect! I'm brainstorming ideas... I love it!
@careymartin pleasure - you just won't find a nicer community than this, it is truly my happy place. Some months I just do my photos, other months I tag into lots of things.
I love that you are doing this with your kids. What are their ages?
@careymartin my mum is here @happysnaps
I did have a granddaughter started for a little while but she fell off again after a couple of months. my sister joined once too and stressed herself out! I am a big believer in 'make it fun'
(Also just a fun way to store one's books. Haha. I've been thinking about rearranging my shelf into a rainbow as I put my stacks of colored books away)
I have more books than yarn - it would be a serious undertaking to reorganize them!
but of course the rainbow challenge for march is about doing particular colours on particular days so the calendar ends up the rainbow rather than all in one image. would make a great extra album image or start of April of course ... so many new ideas are bubbling!
I think you and I should be friends.
at the top of this site is a link that says DISCUSS
you can find everything there. we have a wonderful member who posts a weekly list of links to all the current stuff going on each Thursday (the SH*T list. so happy it's thursday)
I'm hosting the rainbow month challenge. some challenges get voted on for a winner and that person hosts the next round.
all you need to do is add the tag when you upload and you are in the challenge!
The rainbow has no winners, we just run that every March, like the Flash of Red runs every Feb and you will have seen all the BW stuff happening last month.
don't worry and don't feel overwhelmed. just take a peek and see if anything appeals! I think I was here for a couple of years before I dipped my toe into any challenge waters!
Rainbow Challenge - https://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/47648/**-%F0%9F%8C%88-rainbow-challenge-2023-%F0%9F%8F%B3%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%8C%88-**
Ditto to everything @koalagardens said regarding the discuss section. There's a lot going on. I'll add that the blog tab has the official monthly themes run by the creator/admin of this site. Those you also participate in by tagging the photo.
I also just watched for my first couple years of being on 365. I recently came back after a break and I have been feeling inspired to focus on having my daily photo contribute to some larger weekly or monthly theme/aesthetic. Just for the fun of it! It's definitely forcing me out of my usual photo routines!
The rainbow books I've been doing (and I'll be doing more rainbows all month) are for the Rainbow challenge @koalagardens mentioned they are organizing: https://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/47648/**-%F0%9F%8C%88-rainbow-challenge-2023-%F0%9F%8F%B3%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%8C%88-**
The April challenge I mentioned above is one I've seen run most every April where every photo in April is the same subject. One Subject, 30 Shots You can see photos from folks who participated in that one last year: https://365project.org/tags/30-shots2022
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-52412655.amp
Thank you for showing me more about the monthly challenges. the April one sounds perfect! I'm brainstorming ideas... I love it!
I love that you are doing this with your kids. What are their ages?
Mason and Willa are 15 and 7, @masonmartin and @willamartin. And then I have Lucas who is 21. He is away at college.
I did have a granddaughter started for a little while but she fell off again after a couple of months. my sister joined once too and stressed herself out! I am a big believer in 'make it fun'