Word of the Year

The trendy thing in blogdom right now is to choose a word that defines or creates a theme for the new year.  Somewhat of a one word summation of all your goals and resolutions.  So being the trendy (ahem) lady that I am I have decided to follow my fellow bloggers with a word to motivate and direct my decisions for 2012.  Ready?  Here it is--  Take Chances.  (Yes, I realize it's actually two words.) 

When I was going over my goals and plans for 2012 these two words kept coming up.  Take Chances.  To motivate myself and my family to reach new goals.  To grow and experience things out of our respective comfort zones.

I had the opportunity to put my Word(s) into practice as I redesigned my mantel decor.  Instead of going with the usual (expected and safe) soft colors that I normally use, I took a chance on bright red.  A color I had loved as a child but had shied away from as an adult.  Because of choosing this bright red I was able to come up with an awesome idea centered around the color itself. That wouldn't have happened if I had selected from my typical palette.

I can't wait to show you my mantel.  I'm really excited about it.  It's not finished as I am still making a few items and ordering things  (It would be nice to have my own Silhouette machine.) but hopefully, it will be ready soon.


 

I would like to invite all you fellow bloggy friends to come up with a word (or two) that defines your theme or direction for the new year.  What do you hope to accomplish?  I have a feeling that 2012 will be a year of great successes.  Come on, you can do it!

(On a related note, I took a chance and figured out how to fix the faulty Pinterest button on my sidebar.  It's now up and running.  Also, I added my Twitter button for those of you who like to tweet.) 

(photo credits: (red leaves)- google.com via pinterest; (poster-) http://www.consulting.ky/)