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I've got a plan!

 Organizing our projects, ToDos and ideas can be challenging as we move through Color of Woman, and claim out Artist hats.

Last April, during our Artist in Residence 2020, Shiloh Sophia and her own business coach Amy Ahlers offered a creativity based business class called Dancing Entrepreneur for CoW students, graduates, and women entrepreneurs.

While most gals were from our Intentional creativity community, several other creatives joined us. A couple of posts which really caught my eye were of Karen Dawn's Visual Planning system, and I joined her Beta Test group for crafting similar systems of our own! 

I love Karen's creative approach to planning! Her blog includes some of these teachings!

Visual Planning Board

My first visual planner is on a foam board left over from a vision board class, and holds my Medicine Basket, an action card from Dancing Entrepreneur, and other cards in pockets. Who doesn't love these little pockets?

The clothesline is a ribbon, and I simply taped the ends to the back of the board using painter's tape! I got a pack of mini clothespins at Joanne's, and my board was ready for action. 

You can use nails or eye hooks to tack the lines directly on a wall. My middle granddaughter recently hung a photo system that has several rows of twine between two pieces of lath on her wall. It includes the same mini clothespins for hanging them. (You'll find more ideas for these photo displays on Pinterest!) 

I created another board during a Red Thread Circle on a demo canvas, repurposed from a Medicine Basket class! The lines are twine, and I used Tac to post individual cards on the painting. You can post a calendar page with calls and the month's assignments. 

This one hangs on the bookshelf in my little Atelier, and has painting prompts and some of my story cards. I added the Touchstone mobile, with some of my values to one side.

Medicine Basket plan board

Karen has used this 'clothesline' system for several years now, and develops her classes using it. She realized that when her notes were tucked away in journals and files, they weren't as accessible, and often dropped off her radar. She'd open a journal and discover an idea she intended to pursue .... months before .... (So me!) 

Viola - make pockets to hold little cards with those ideas, and string them up on a line! Larger folder size pockets can be housed nearby, with in depth writings/ and images.  Heavier pockets can be hung on Pants hangers on Command hook.

We can jot down a couple of action steps that will help us bring our vision into reality, and choose one we can do in a day or two, and include soul story cards to help defuse the critic, and intrigue the Muse! 

It is an easy way to see what's on your plate, access, move them around, and to inspire action! Working on cards? Bring a pocket or two along to sort them into, then pin up later. Labels can be attached to the pockets with a paper clip, and changed as you need!

I also like making little vision plans in Zines - easily tucked into a small pocket! 

Planning pockets
These pockets are of colored cardstock, junk mail and other envelopes make great, simple pockets. These are bound 20th masking tape, decorated with leftover paint. 
Crafting little pockets is a fun idea for a Red Thread circle. 
 

Does a Visual Planning system appeal? Share your ideas in the comments!

Love from your fairy godmother


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