30 day minimalism challenge - no more

So I quit the challenge. The challenge asked me to "go bare-faced".

Re-set what you consider essential by following a bare-bones beauty routine just for today (no make up and minimal skin care). You may well discover that many of the products you thought you need are really optional and can then streamline your regular routine a little.

Are you kidding me? I'm a beauty consultant and, for God's sake,the last thing I would do is to show my bare face in public.

Another day it asked me to downsize my beauty collection:

 Tackle your beauty products today! Write a list of everything you use on a regular basis from the top of your head (without checking your beauty cabinets). Throw out or give away everything else.

All right, I made a list - there was NOTHING to throw out or give away. On the contrary - my list was longer that what I had in my cabinets. I must go shopping! 

I was working on two projects lately, the Madonna and Stitch in Time. Here is my progress on both:

So long my friends,
Evalina

30-day minimalism challenge - Day 11: Practice gratitude

Becoming a minimalist is above all about being mindful and appreciating the little (and big) things that are already a part of your life. Assignment for today: Write a long list of everything (and everyone) you are grateful for in life.

I had to pick something easy for today and something that I can work on while stitching. A stitch in Time was published yesterday so today I'm gathering all the threads and getting fabric ready and by tonight there will be another new start. Then Madonna will go on a rotation with ASiT.

It is a big project, 725 stitches by 518 which gives in total 375,550 stitches. There is a lot of confetti so I'm assuming that I would be able to stitch about 300 stitches a day. The whole project will take three and half years to finish... Wow, that's a relationship!

So long my friends,
Evalina