Category: Zinewrimo

Hello and happy Thursday zine friends! [Edited: This didn’t post as scheduled. Argh.]

While we brainstormed ideas for ZineWriMo at the beginning of the month, you may not have had a place to put those ideas. Welcome to today’s prompt.

Make and/or show your zine ideas book

I made this B6 sized, disc bound journal months ago and have been using it as a bullet journal. As things have changed and evolved, it’s become a lot less about where I store my everyday task lists. However, having a space to ‘catch’ all my collections of ideas has been great.

Not to mention I love the fairy lights washi tape. Hahaha.

Do you have a zine ideas book? Notepad? Sketchpad? Phone app? Shoebox? Let me know in the comments. I would love to see!

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*@juelule_
*Echo Publishing
*Rachel Getts

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Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello and welcome to that midweek hustle, zine friends. It’s time to show off what you’ve been working on…

Work on your work in progress

I’m afraid this is about as far as I got with any work in progress.

I would have much rather had something more exciting for today’s picture. Alas, I finished up other work, got started cutting out these pages for a US-size split zine (my first!) with a friend, and then… Well, and then I heard the news that South Australia is going into lockdown.

These are the things that happen in our lives at the moment. It’s nothing that turns my life personally upside down as such, but please spare a thought for those who have had to make sudden changes both in South Australia and around the world with these restrictions – both new and old.

What did you work on today? Did you get further than I did? It’s okay if not. ZineWriMo is meant to inspire, not stress. Let me know what you’re working on in the comments.

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*https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
*@spaghettinightinc
*@juelule_
*Echo Publishing
*Rachel Getts

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Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello and happy 17th day of ZineWriMo! How are we already this far through? Wow, wow, wow. Fortunately, if you’re feeling the same way and would like some time to reflect on it, today’s prompt might be just the thing for you.

Warm Up – Try stream of consciousness writing

If you’re not familiar with stream of consciousness writing, it’s about sitting down to write (you can have a page goal or a time goal if you like, but it’s not required) and writing your heart out without stopping. Any and every thought goes down on the page with neither overthought nor judgement. You can think of it as a wash for the mind, if you like.

I started journaling again for the first time in a long time earlier this year. I usually write about specific things for specific reasons, but today is about letting that pen go and not looking back.

I’ve tried stream of consciousness writing in the past, and it still puzzles me a little as to why it’s intimidating to me. Then again, once you release the damn, you can’t always predict the exact path of the flood, eh?

That said, it’s nice to be able to let things flow once I get into that mindset of writing for writing’s sake without judgement. Well, it’s me, so there’s a little judgement. But I’m working on that.

How about you? I’d love to know how others find the process of stream of consciousness writing.

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*@spaghettinightinc
*@juelule_
*Echo Publishing
*Rachel Getts

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Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello and a happy Monday to you, zine friends. Alas, Happy Mail Monday still isn’t happening. I’m trying to figure out how to create videos, but without a computer that will work properly, I’m a little stuck for the moment.

However, ZineWriMo goes on!

Sharing is Caring – Show off your favourite creative tools

I love this case for most (I have way too much washi to fit it all in) of my creative tools. The pens are primarily Papermate Inkjoy gels, which I absolutely love. My strong and steady over the years Bic pens are there as well. A couple of highlighters always come in handy as well.

Tiny scissors are super useful as well as my small metal ruler which is good for bullet journal time as well as doubling as a letter opener.

There’s actually a second zipper pocket to this that I forgot to snap a pic of. There’s some double-sided tape in there because it’s is my long-time adhesive of choice.

The big picture missing here, though, is my washi collection. I love washi, have way too much washi, and use washi as much as possible.

What is in your collection of creative tools and supplies? Do you also love washi? Do you have a bag or container for creating on the go? I’d love to check it out.

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*https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
*@spaghettinightinc
*@juelule_
*Echo Publishing
*Rachel Getts

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Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello and happy Saturday, zine friends. I’m afraid my Friday Night Highlights were lost in the continuing frustrations with technology. I’m very lucky that I’m able to address and sort out these things within a reasonable amount of time, it does still get to me every now and then.

Thank goodness for zines!

Make a zine for you and only you

My thoughts behind this prompt are around this pressure that seems to exist for anything and everything we create to have to be ‘saleable’ or ready to put ‘out there’ for the world to see. While it’s awesome if you want to share your amazing creations, I do feel there is value in reminding yourself what it is to create for creation’s sake. To do something for you because it makes you smile or you want to express yourself.

Apparently I needed to express myself.

Okay, so I’m technically going against the idea of this whole prompt by sharing this at all, but it’s only a peek at the cover to help show that I did that prompt. Hahaha.

I ended up writing a letter to my future stuff about some things that are currently happening. I’m not always the best at listening to that inner voice, and that inner voice jumped on the opportunity to get things out.

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*https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
*@spaghettinightinc
*@juelule_
*Echo Publishing
*Rachel Getts

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Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

What a week, what a week! And we’re only halfway through. Today was a lesson in sometimes you just have to do what you just have to do, so…

Work on your work in progress

Is that a repeat of yesterday? No, zine friends, it is, ZineWriMo Day eleven and. Work In Progress Wednesday. However, facing a fun but, alas, anxiety-provoking morning tomorrow meant my work in progress today was me. Specifically, keeping myself as calm as possible. Hahaha

I made a lot more swirls and started a new one as well.

I’m still truly enjoying this at an unexpected level, so I highly recommend having a go at trying some swirls, shapes, silliness, or anything really. You never know when you might find something soothing for yourself.

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*https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
*@spaghettinightinc
*@juelule_
*Echo Publishing
*Rachel Getts

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Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello, zine friends, and welcome back to another day of ZineWriMo. I’m dubbing this Thunderstorm Tuesday because there is an absolute gorgeous storm lighting up the night and relieving the heat of the day at the moment. So utterly gorgeous.

Warm Up – Oodles of Doodles

Today’s prompt turned out to be a pleasant surprise and unexpected method of relaxation after a busy day. I know many if not most of us don’t like the way we draw and judge ourselves harshly. So even the prospect of doodles might be a bit much. But doodles don’t have to be anything in particular – hence why I thought this would be a good prompt.

I’m a bit tired on all levels, so all that came into my mind to try doing was making some swirls. Swirls and curls turned into more swirls, and I found time beautifully drifting by just like my thoughts. It got late before I knew it and I nearly missed making something for dinner. Haha.

I don’t know… I just let ideas of perfection and everything else drift away in a rare time of calm. It was quite nice.

I hope you enjoyed today’s prompt as well. Did you draw specific things? Patterns, scribbles, flowers, anything and everything?

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Other Participants:

*https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
*@spaghettinightinc
*@juelule_
*Echo Publishing
*Rachel Getts

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Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello, zine friends. Welcome to a brand new, shiny week. (If your week starts on a Monday.) While I didn’t get to put up a Happy Mail video, I did get to do today’s ZineWriMo prompt…

Sharing is Caring – Show off your creative space

I’d like to make a full zine cave tour video when I have things more organised, but here is the main space in the room where I spend the majority of my time. I consider myself very lucky to have so much space to work, create, game. relax, so on and so forth. (I even got the desk super cheap secondhand! Thank you community buy/swap/sell pages.)

This also features a rare instance of my computer actually working. Hahaha.

Have you shared your creative space today? Where do you let your ideas run wild?

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Other Participants:

*https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
*@spaghettinightinc
*@juelule_
*Echo Publishing
*Rachel Getts

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Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello, dear and wonderful zine friends. Is it the end of the weekend already? Well, for some, anyway. I don’t really count weekends as such, as I’m doing something Sea Green Zine related every day of the week. I also tend to operate with my friends’ time zones in my head as well.

This turned into an unexpected ramble, but here we are. What’s on for the day?

Refill the Well – Read Zines

Read zines? Yes, please.

I am absolutely spoiled for choice when it comes to zine reading, and I love it completely. I hardly know where to start (save for the people who sent me zines specifically for review). Perzines, photo zines, movies zines… There are silver linings to life, and the plethora of zines is certainly a silver lining in mine.

How did you go today? Did you read zines? If yes, what zine(s) did you read? Do you refill your creative well in another way?

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Other Participants:

*https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
*@spaghettinightinc
*@juelule_
*Echo Publishing
*Rachel Getts

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Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello, and happy Friday, zine friends! At least, I hope it’s a happy Friday. It’s been a heck of a day here in the zine cave with friends struggling and the next round of techmageddon appearing to be happening in the zine cave. That’s why I’m afraid today’s prompt response from me is a little… boring.

Friday Night Highlights – Show off your work in progress

Yes, this is my work in progress. After, not even joking, picking up one piece of fixed tech that had broken, I came home to this from my new printer. The printer that replaced the other printer that techmageddon ate.

Oh boy.

Not all is lost. There are plenty of things to try to fix this one up. But it’s Friday. I have a zine review and then a date with some fresh air.

Please tell me you’re having a good Friday…

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Other Participants:

*https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
*@spaghettinightinc
*@juelule_
*Echo Publishing

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Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.