A Thousand Squares

1000 squares project is complete!

1000 squares project is complete!, originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

Thank you for following my project this year!! It was a fun year of making fun squares and having square fun! Coming soon...

~a summary of the project
~my fave supplies
~my "cheap" tricks (recycling paper,etc. to make inchies).
~my fave squares
~and more!

Have a wonderful Holiday and Happy New Year!!
Your square friend,
Lia

christmas inchies~975

christmas inchies, originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

I have 25 more to go! Wow, this has been a fun project! I hope to share some thoughts on it all after the new year! Thanks so much for following the project and for all your comments and encouragement!! I love making these little squares and I'm happy that you enjoy viewing them too. That's an extra bonus. :) Lia

1000 square project: inchies album

1000 square project: inchies album, originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

I've organized the squares into panels of 20. They are easier to keep track of that way. I can still make a large mosaic with them. I now have them all in a photo album. It's fun to go through and look!

organizing squares for the final count!!

still counting squares..., originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

....about 40 left to go, so I'm getting all my "squares in a row". I'm trying to decide how/ what to display them in. I can't believe a year has already gone by! As I look through the squares, I remember where I was and what was going on at the time I made certain squares. Many of these were made after dinner, while relaxing and watching tv or movies. It became routine. My kids would even ask me to "make some squares" if they didn't see me making them! My youngest noticed that I hummed while I made them and that she liked that. We also had a lot of "square" jokes circulating around here...especially from my husband...but everyone got involved in poking fun at me, and that's ok! When I first started making them, after hearing/seeing them from a member of AAO (of which I am now a member)...people outside that group thought I was, well, I think the word used was "crazy"...but soon, the inchies caught on like wildfire, and now everyone is making them (even fiber artists have adopted the concept and are making fabulous little works of art!)...... Thanks to Julie, the founder of AAO, for having this wonderful idea and to members sharing their art on flickr..or else I would have never seen them. Ok, well, thanks for following my little project, I will write more later. xo Lia

Getting closer~

Ali square (quote), originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

click on photo to see quote....

his way...

his way..., originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

night inchie: doodled background~ #934

night inchie: doodled background~, originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

I worked on a few more inchies this weekend and did a thorough inventory. I have made 934 inchies that I have in my possession (copied) and accounted for, although I have given some inchies away as raks, etc., but for simplicity purposes, I'm going with what I can account for! Didn't know counting squares could be so complicated. lol. Anyhow, I am likening the end of this project as reading the last chapter of a good novel you don't want to finish! I've really had fun making these throughout the year. In a way, they are all a little diary of thoughts and fragments in my mind. I've enjoyed sharing these little collages with you. :) Lia

Thank you for your square mail!

square mail this year~, originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

Thank you so much for your generosity. Click on the photo to go see some of the mail I received this year to support my square making project. I really appreciate these wonderful gifts and random-acts-of-(square)-kindness!!
Everything was Fabulous and I used all of it throughout the project!!
:) LK

square collage in progress...

square collage in progress..., originally uploaded by artjunkgrl.

One of several mini squares I'm working on this weekend. It's sitting on top of one of my square-ganizers....a necessity for anyone dealing with little scraps like this! It's kept me organized all year and I can take it with me anywhere. :)