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Okay. Hi guys! I'm very excited because

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today we're doing our first annual project-planning video.

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I asked on my Instagram story

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if y'all would wanna see this

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because it is going to have a lot of spoilers

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for what I make this year.

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Most of you voted yes.

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And I think it would be really helpful for me because

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I feel like the past few years

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the projects I make...

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I'm not very intentional about it.

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It's like, oh, I saw this inspo photo

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or oh, I have this yarn.

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And then some of the larger undertakings

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or more creative projects

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that I am very passionate about

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just kind of fall by the wayside.

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I also want to be more intentional about my yarn,

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because y'all have probably noticed

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I just buy whatever yarn I think is pretty

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and then find a way to use it later.

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But there are certain projects

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where I'm not gonna make it

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unless I have the perfect yarn for it.

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So I kinda wanna identify

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the gaps in my yarn stash

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and make those purchases ahead of time.

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And I think for you guys,

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it would be fun to get more of a look

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into how I find inspo and plan my projects.

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Like, usually when I start a video

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I already know what I'm gonna make,

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but today we're just gonna

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do like a live brainstorm session

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so scroll through my Instagram saved

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my Pineterst boards

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and just start figuring out

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which projects I'm most excited about.

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Now if you watch my videos

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you can probably guess

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that I'm gonna be doing all of this

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in Milanote, which is the tool I use

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for pretty much all my creative project planning

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I can just show you some of my

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previous boards as an example.

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So, this from my Eazy Breezy Sweater pattern.

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For starters, we have this mood board

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where I saved a bunch of inspo

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that I liked.

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Then I have a materials board.

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This is where I put together some

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color combos I liked from

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my own yarn stash.

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Uhh, we have a to-do list,

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the pattern release timeline,

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this diagram and measurements board

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is just like a brain dump of all

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the digital and physical sketches that I made,

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measurements...

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We also have a collaborative board

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that I made for my pattern testers

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so they were able to

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jump in and put their yarn color choices

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so I could visualize that.

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I have some links out to google drive folders

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Basically everything and anything

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related to this pattern lives here.

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It's just a very multi-media way

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to consolidate everything.

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Now, for today's purposes

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I have this Project Ideas board

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that I haven't populated yet.

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So as we go to build out this board,

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if you don't know where to start,

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Milanote actually has hundreds of templates

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you can choose from.