I love these letters. YOU already know that. It's February….LOVE this month. One week until the HIM album arrives. Heartagram Day. Valentine's Day. LOVE that. New crusade. LOVE Letters. Come play.
Tag: street team
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RT: XOXO
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the twelfth day of christmas
I never take down the Christmas stuff until tomorrow – epiphany. I wish we could leave the outdoor lights on through the dark days of winter. It's so fun to see the neighborhood glowing. I suppose there needs to be a special-ness of having them only lit at Christmas….I will miss them. Tomorrow I will carefully wrap and pack our special things. I leave the nativity scene for the end….it's the last to go….also the first to come out each year.
How about these lovely ornaments from Crate and Barrel? They make me so happy. I might leave them out until Valentine's Day.
I did work in my Ruby Tuesday journal today….just didn't get it finished or photographed. I'll show you soon. I'm thinking I will keep up the weekly exercise. I enjoyed maintaining my sanity by allowing a morning of self indulgence each week. If you are having a hard time getting back into your art you should come over and play on the Street Team. This month the prompt is also an assignment….sometimes I think having an assignment takes the Thinking out and leaves room for Doing. Come Brave the Elements with us.
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the twelfth day of christmas
I never take down the Christmas stuff until tomorrow – epiphany. I wish we could leave the outdoor lights on through the dark days of winter. It's so fun to see the neighborhood glowing. I suppose there needs to be a special-ness of having them only lit at Christmas….I will miss them. Tomorrow I will carefully wrap and pack our special things. I leave the nativity scene for the end….it's the last to go….also the first to come out each year.
How about these lovely ornaments from Crate and Barrel? They make me so happy. I might leave them out until Valentine's Day.
I did work in my Ruby Tuesday journal today….just didn't get it finished or photographed. I'll show you soon. I'm thinking I will keep up the weekly exercise. I enjoyed maintaining my sanity by allowing a morning of self indulgence each week. If you are having a hard time getting back into your art you should come over and play on the Street Team. This month the prompt is also an assignment….sometimes I think having an assignment takes the Thinking out and leaves room for Doing. Come Brave the Elements with us.
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RT No. 4 & GPP No. 35
I believe in signs. I have written several times about the *signs* I have for loved ones. I love the connection between *things* and *thoughts of someone*. I love that thinking of someone can be prompted by seeing something unique and specific. That is exactly what Crusade No. 35 is about – What's Your Sign?Slightly more complicated to explain is what I consider to be *sign transference*. Here's a great example: yesterday my friend Carrie sent me an etsy link to go look at some cute deer. She sees deer and thinks of me because she knows that deer make me think of Shannon. It's a big wide circle of thought….a ripple effect.
Ruby Tuesday pages for this week happen to work for the Crusade too. I have two very special friends *P*, and *E*, who have never met, (yet remind me of each other). Both of them claim the cardinal as the sign for their Grandmother. Because they shared that with me whenever I see a cardinal I think of them. It's all so special, because it widens the circle of thought and remembrance. Sign Transferred. Sure, may not be such a thing….but it makes sense to me *grin*
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RT No. 4 & GPP No. 35
I believe in signs. I have written several times about the *signs* I have for loved ones. I love the connection between *things* and *thoughts of someone*. I love that thinking of someone can be prompted by seeing something unique and specific. That is exactly what Crusade No. 35 is about – What's Your Sign?Slightly more complicated to explain is what I consider to be *sign transference*. Here's a great example: yesterday my friend Carrie sent me an etsy link to go look at some cute deer. She sees deer and thinks of me because she knows that deer make me think of Shannon. It's a big wide circle of thought….a ripple effect.
Ruby Tuesday pages for this week happen to work for the Crusade too. I have two very special friends *P*, and *E*, who have never met, (yet remind me of each other). Both of them claim the cardinal as the sign for their Grandmother. Because they shared that with me whenever I see a cardinal I think of them. It's all so special, because it widens the circle of thought and remembrance. Sign Transferred. Sure, may not be such a thing….but it makes sense to me *grin*
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i *get* myself 🙂
While I tend to feel guilty buying anything for myself in December, that doesn't count for November! Some recent cool finds from Etsy: crocheted lariat from SewJennyJo, felted scarf from DutchFeltArt, and more crocheted loveliness from ShelbyRose. Don't forget to visit ETSY.com for your holiday shopping. To revisit posts I've made about Etsy finds you can click on the category cloud at the left.
Tonight I posted a new crusade on my Street Team blog. You know I love *signs*. I am encouraging you to document yours in your journal, and share the story. It's a cool thing knowing someone else's signs because when you see them you widen the circle of connection. I know many of you think of me when you see pink socks, which means that Shannon is being thought of too, right? It's all good. Share your signs!
I need to make a journal page with pansies. They are Mom's favorite flower. Some years ago I got her a press so she could send me dried blossoms and I have handfuls of lovely pansies I've used to make her cards and gifts but I never have made a journal page about it. I motivate myself to do it now…..and I will include that she turns 70 today!
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i *get* myself 🙂
While I tend to feel guilty buying anything for myself in December, that doesn't count for November! Some recent cool finds from Etsy: crocheted lariat from SewJennyJo, felted scarf from DutchFeltArt, and more crocheted loveliness from ShelbyRose. Don't forget to visit ETSY.com for your holiday shopping. To revisit posts I've made about Etsy finds you can click on the category cloud at the left.
Tonight I posted a new crusade on my Street Team blog. You know I love *signs*. I am encouraging you to document yours in your journal, and share the story. It's a cool thing knowing someone else's signs because when you see them you widen the circle of connection. I know many of you think of me when you see pink socks, which means that Shannon is being thought of too, right? It's all good. Share your signs!
I need to make a journal page with pansies. They are Mom's favorite flower. Some years ago I got her a press so she could send me dried blossoms and I have handfuls of lovely pansies I've used to make her cards and gifts but I never have made a journal page about it. I motivate myself to do it now…..and I will include that she turns 70 today!
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blackgrounds
Crusade No. 34 ~ Come Over to the Dark Side…..Just playing along in my own challenge :) Got some new brass stencils so what better way to try them out than on black journal pages? Do you do that? Do you try out your new stuff as soon as you get it? Sometimes I just get started by making blackgrounds that I will add to later. These arrived last week from Heritage Handcrafts and I finally got to give them the test drive. Loving them!
Fallon even got out her journal to paint a few pages. Aren't they cool? We sat at the table while watching Castle. Did you see his costume? Perfect as Poe!
Need a way to store your brass stencils? These little photo albums keep them nicely organized. For those of you who know I spray paint alot…..yes, I do spray through the brass ones but only if I have two copies of an image. One I save for acrylic, ink, and dry embossing, and one is the designated spray stencil. It's too hard to clean off the spray so I just let those ones get all mucky.
One week left to play in the crusade. Come on over……
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blackgrounds
Crusade No. 34 ~ Come Over to the Dark Side…..Just playing along in my own challenge :) Got some new brass stencils so what better way to try them out than on black journal pages? Do you do that? Do you try out your new stuff as soon as you get it? Sometimes I just get started by making blackgrounds that I will add to later. These arrived last week from Heritage Handcrafts and I finally got to give them the test drive. Loving them!
Fallon even got out her journal to paint a few pages. Aren't they cool? We sat at the table while watching Castle. Did you see his costume? Perfect as Poe!
Need a way to store your brass stencils? These little photo albums keep them nicely organized. For those of you who know I spray paint alot…..yes, I do spray through the brass ones but only if I have two copies of an image. One I save for acrylic, ink, and dry embossing, and one is the designated spray stencil. It's too hard to clean off the spray so I just let those ones get all mucky.
One week left to play in the crusade. Come on over……
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oh, come on!
Yesterday I posted a new challenge on the Street Team blog. Didn't have time to cross post over here last night since we were off to see Toy Story 1&2 in 3-D. So this morning I open up typepad and see they have officially switched the New Platform to be the Permanent Platform. Rrrrgghhhh. I don't mind learning new stuff….in fact I enjoy it. But come on, I liked the old format. Anyone else frustrated by the change? And this: I'm wondering if it's only a glitch, but the comments aren't being emailed to me anymore. AND leaving comments using a typepad ID never works. And responding to comments has gotten complicated. Ok, thanks for letting me vent…onward….it's Rockober! LOVE this time of year.
This marks the third anniversary of Crusading for Creativity! This month I invite you to Come Over to the Dark Side ;) It's not all that sinister…it's about using black paper or black backgrounds in your work because sometimes starting on a non-white surface can lead to new discoveries.
Earlier I showed you this cool punch from Lisa. Then this cool stamp arrived from Judi. Love these new little toys…but I wanted to work bigger on my black pages so I took inspiration from these shapes and made a new stencil/mask set. It was a beautiful day to spray paint and I must have made at least a dozen backgrounds. And how about those cool crows from Martha? They can be used as masks too! And the placemat? Perfect plastic tool for any kind of paint. Don't you see stencil opportunities everywhere?
Isn't that silver totally swoonworthy on black? Gah!