tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24233249387260415742024-02-20T13:05:39.839-05:00Butterfly KissesExploring the art of card making and moreMaggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-2259031163083481602020-10-15T00:13:00.008-04:002020-10-15T00:22:46.790-04:00Isaiah 53: Similarities Between Jesus and Aborted Babies<p> Hello. I've vaguely thought about blogging again sometimes when I have thoughts, and, I have thoughts currently. Most of my thoughts lately revolve around stuff related to abortion, as I have gotten more and more involved in anti-abortion ministry in the last year and a half-ish. So here you go!</p><p>Last night I was reading Isaiah 52:13-15 and all of chapter 53, which is the passage where it talks about Jesus' suffering for us. And it occurred to me: a lot of that could be said of the many, many children whose lives are snuffed out by abortion before they are even born!</p><p>It starts with 52:14 - "His appearance was marred, beyond human semblance." That makes me think of those gory, bloody pictures of aborted babies, and specifically of the time my parents came out to do pro-life activism with us and my mom didn't even recognize the picture on the brochure as the face of a baby.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQ_Tzarw9p0C6h_HXdHu4Jgrs9cV8SR0x7eEBToJ-_q9Z3T0Mp4Xb4k6vMZe7DF137Kmc7-IHQal6SbqHBOVL0ydFAgoaii6EHez45-0ink3uArYYna8Ka55dVhkW8f4jfN0hcc6NwNdq/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="142" data-original-width="190" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQ_Tzarw9p0C6h_HXdHu4Jgrs9cV8SR0x7eEBToJ-_q9Z3T0Mp4Xb4k6vMZe7DF137Kmc7-IHQal6SbqHBOVL0ydFAgoaii6EHez45-0ink3uArYYna8Ka55dVhkW8f4jfN0hcc6NwNdq/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>And then 53:3 - "He was despised and rejected." Who is more despised and rejected in our society today than unwanted, preborn children?</p><p>Then 53:5 - "He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities." As Jesus, an innocent man, was literally pierced for us and crushed, so innocent (though not like Jesus) children are literally pierced and crushed, for men and women everyday - for convenience, for career, for comfort, for "peace of mind" if the baby had a health problem or something.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmgOHdMLSoGayiNrjmFsJqjghUNioRcI-ScCVGb3vKb16J4soFac3EMMPS_1DGWdzeA-jgBQsC4aGHQI-4O4gaT-ZSrvep0aEQVOJBfK0WuQR6Gz3raMelz1q7BN_NqTIvBQ9KVJ-RF7J/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="142" data-original-width="190" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmgOHdMLSoGayiNrjmFsJqjghUNioRcI-ScCVGb3vKb16J4soFac3EMMPS_1DGWdzeA-jgBQsC4aGHQI-4O4gaT-ZSrvep0aEQVOJBfK0WuQR6Gz3raMelz1q7BN_NqTIvBQ9KVJ-RF7J/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>53:5 continuing - "With His wounds we are healed." People think they can fix/heal their problems by killing their child, but that is not the solution. Jesus is the solution, and He has already suffered. So why are millions of babies suffering still for the sins of their parents (sexual immorality, mostly), and being the victims of further sin (abortion)?</p><p>Lastly, I'll mention 53:7 - "He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is lead to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth." ...Wow. Jesus, in submission to His Father, opened not His mouth. Unwanted, preborn children, by no choice of their own, are denied even the opportunity to use their voice. Their voice is ripped from them along with their life.</p><p>Unlike these victims of abortion, we have a voice which we are able to use, and Jesus calls us to use it.</p><p><br /></p>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-40739761823676506922018-01-06T09:16:00.000-05:002018-01-06T09:16:04.975-05:00That Update That I Briefly Mentioned At the End, Last Time Around<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Of course you must realize that when I say something like, "<a href="https://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2017/12/addicted-to-journaling.html" target="_blank">Watch for another post soon</a>..." I don't <i>really</i> mean <i>soon</i>-soon, I just mean, well, whenever I decide to actually spit it out. (This time, I decided to do it because <a href="https://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2017/12/addicted-to-journaling.html" target="_blank">that same friend</a> asked me to do it. So I am doing it.)<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":13a.co" style="text-align: left;"><br /></span><br />
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Let me update you on my life, and you can
just sit back and read and take it all in.<br />
<ul>
<li>I have graduated High school.</li>
<li>I technically never finished chemistry; don't tell my parents. Heheh. :/</li>
<li>I no longer have a boyfriend. </li>
<li>I went to the Biblical Worldview Student Conference again this
year. Had its highs and lows, but it was really good overall. (You
should come.)</li>
<li>I staffed at Camp Wildflowers for TWO weeks this year (I was only
planning to stay one week), and I'm glad I did, even though I was sick
the whole second week and ended up getting bronchitis. 😀</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>I now have a real job - at a florist! (That's in addition to two other, less "real" jobs, one of which I had before I took the looong break from blogging.)</li>
<li>I've decided I don't want to pursue blogging as a career, but I would still like to keep it as a hobby, I think.</li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">So there ya have it. I was going to add more, but, never mind on that. I don't know when I'll post next, because I don't like editing pictures. If someone would like to work for me for free, and make the pictures look exactly like I want, feel free.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cheerio! </span></span><br />
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Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-41836767784905263782017-12-07T10:40:00.000-05:002017-12-07T10:40:07.006-05:00Addicted to Journaling???<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Surely NOT!</i> Yet that's what TWO SEPARATE PEOPLE told me, and I don't think they knew the other said it. And...before either of them said it, I think <i>I</i> might have approached the idea to myself, but of course the idea was so unthinkable that I shot it down immediately. (I will not have myself telling myself ridiculous things.)<br />
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This is what has happened, you see. Sunday night, I spent the night at the home of some church friends, just for fun, and Monday morning, <i>I did not put some things back into my bag, and I left them at their house!</i><br />
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Would you like to hear what I left? (It was a lot.)<br />
<ol>
<li>My Bible</li>
<li>My journal</li>
<li>A devotional book</li>
<li>Another devotional type book</li>
<li>A pack of pens</li>
<li>More pens</li>
<li>Boots </li>
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The first two on that list are basically, I think literally, the MOST IMPORTANT MATERIAL ITEMS IN MY LIFE. I do mean that quite literally! I would rather go a week without my phone than a week without either my Bible or my journal.<br />
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Oh, but I forgot to finish this heart-wrenching story.<br />
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Monday morning, before I left their house and headed to work, I was told of a concert their two girls would be in on Tuesday evening, the following day. "Why yes," I thought to myself, "I'd LOVE to go," and when they asked, I told them so! (I never like to miss an opportunity to see them.)<br />
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Well, after leaving their house, halfway to work, I had the <i>dreadful</i> realization that I had left my things at their house. I was, however, put somewhat* at ease by the thought that I would get them back the following evening, if I could go to the concert. Admittedly, my things were now half of the reason I wanted to go!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*"Somewhat" is the key word here. I was still <i>FREAKIN' OUT, MAN!</i> Two days is a long time to go without journaling, or my Bible, though I can read others' Bibles.</span><br />
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I cleared it with my parents, and I, and my sister Patience, went to the concert. Oh, the girls did SO well! I was (am!) <i>SO</i> proud of them! I almost <i>cried</i>, I'm so proud of them! They did <i>so</i> well, in fact, that by the end of the concert, I had completely forgotten about retrieving my things, and so had the Mrs. I did not remember, even, during the time that we spent with the family at Chick-fil-A afterwards. When I finally remembered, we were far too many miles and minutes down the road, in the opposite direction as our friends, and ALAS, it was far too late to turn around.<br />
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My realization the previous morning had indeed been <i>dreadful</i>, but this, oh, <i>this</i> realization was <i>DREADFUL!</i> I wailed and moaned to my sister, and took on a thick, albeit fake, New York accent. ...It comforted me in my distress, okay? When Patience was not sympathetic enough and had the nerve to <i>laugh</i> at me in my utter misery, I called up my good friend Ella, and wailed to her, keeping up my accent, of course, and by and by, I began to feel better. (These two, Ella and Patience, are the two who had the hairbrainedness to say I was addicted.)<br />
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Well, I surely can't tell how it means I'm addicted just because I use my journal for everything and use it to its full advantage and can't function without it. It's a life saver, really. When I have a thought, a fear, a triumph, or anything else you might imagine, I write it down. If it's remotely significant, I write it down. When I need a list, I write it down. I sometimes even, when I write things other places, will glue them into my journal. <br />
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There's this craze going around about bullet journaling. The thing about it is that you can do <i>everything</i> in it. Whatever you need: lists, drawings, thoughts. You name it, and the bullet journal <i>swoops</i> to the rescue. Well, I'm not sure what the big deal is about the bullets - lines work just as well for me - but I suppose I use my journal exactly as a bullet journal is meant to be used.<br />
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Without it, life spins out of control. And I was most likely going to have to go until the <i>end of this week</i> to get it back.<br />
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But let us finish our story with a happy ending. On Wednesday morning, the Mrs. texted me and told me that her mother was coming to Wake Forest to visit a friend, and would drop it off where I work! (Who's the life saver <i>now?</i>) LET ME TELL YOU, I WAS EXCITED. When she finally arrived, I squealed, she gave me my things, I hugged her, and all was right in the world.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The End.</span></div>
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P.S. Watch for another post soon, basically just an update on my life, because it doesn't seem right to come back after so long an absence and <i>not</i> tell you what's happ'nin'. Plus much has changed since my last post.Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-8627498798076565142017-04-15T10:30:00.000-04:002017-04-15T10:30:24.339-04:00Just Don't Freak Out {And Also An Apology}<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;">The "Just Don't Freak Out" Part</span></span><br />
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*GAAAAAASSSP!* It's the dreaded post wherein the bloggy person has to tell the blog-readery persons that she has to give up the blog. <i>But wait!</i> That's not exactly true! So yeah, I have to give it up. BUT! This is a <i>temporary</i> thing. I'm not sure <i>how</i> temporary, but it <i>is</i> temporary. So I'm not really <i>giving up</i> the blog, I'm just <i>taking a break </i>from the blog.<br />
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*Here's <i>the deal</i>, folks. Hahaha, I don't know if you've <i>noticed</i> or anything, but I haven't been what you would call...<i>active</i>...around here, in recent times. I could go <i>on</i> and <i>on</i> and <i>on</i> about how<br />
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I haven't had the time,<br />
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and I've been super duper busy,<br />
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and I have things in my life now that take up a lot of time that didn't use to be there...<br />
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In fact, let's make a list! <i>Onward, young soldier!</i><br />
<ul>
<li>I got a boyfriend in January, who happens to take up a lot of time, for so many reasons</li>
<ul>
<li> We talk on the phone for hours at a time</li>
<li>We text for hours at a time</li>
<li>He visits me for a few days every few weeks</li>
<li>I visit him too...sometimes</li>
</ul>
<li>I'm behind in chemistry (which doesn't necessarily mean I've been working at it non-stop, but it does cause me to get behind in history and even literature sometimes, both of which I do work on plenty)</li>
<li>I now have a chemistry tutor (majorly helpful, but it does take a few hours from my week)</li>
<li>I take my sister to her soccer practice sometimes</li>
<li>Most weeks, I have to go somewhere literally every day of the week</li>
<li>I like to eat and I like to sleep, sometimes</li>
<li><b>Any extra time I have, I want to devote to letter writing or crafting, not blogging</b> (yeah, the blog revolves around crafting, but creating a blog post takes a <i>lot</i> of time)</li>
</ul>
So what I'm saying is, I've <i>got</i> to take a break from this blog, only for a little while I hope.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wrote this in my journal at the beginning of March. I need this reminder frequently.</td></tr>
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I don't want to call this quitting*, because quitting is #evil, so instead I'm calling it "Saying no to a good thing." Which I'm a huge fan of. I love saying no! I LOVE SAYING NO! Because, seriously, we all need a little "NO!" in our lives, amright?! And sometimes, saying no to a very good thing is...a very good thing! Because why have <i>good</i> when you can have <i>better?</i> That's all <i>I'm</i> wonderin'. And right now, my "better" is letting go of my craft blog so that I can better focus on school and on crafting itself! {And you're all like, school is almost out, Maggie... Well, keep reading.} {Also, I wrote this weeks ago, when it was more relevant.}<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Though secretly I have no problem calling it quitting.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;">The "And Also An Apology" Part</span></span><br />
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This part is for apologizing to all those kind people who read my blog, who've maybe been expecting a post the last two months? ...Maybe? I dunno.<br />
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Because the thing is, I've <i>already</i> been taking a break, just...unintentionally. And when you take bloggy breaks, they are not supposed to be unintentional. It's okay to take breaks, but you're supposed to let your readers know <i>in advance </i>(not halfway through), and all that fancy shtuff. That's what I hear, anywho.<br />
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This unintentional break I've been taking is already like halfway through, I think, because, a very exciting piece of news you might like to hear is that...<b>I'm graduating high school in {less than} a couple months!</b> After that, the <i>expectation</i> is that I will have more time to do bloggy sort of endeavors.<br />
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WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!<br />
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<i>{Thank you for your patience. You are so kind.}</i><br />
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P.S. Happy Easter!<i> </i>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-74676375463280659782017-02-18T07:00:00.000-05:002017-03-09T16:06:44.266-05:00Touch the Stars // Card Tutorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First things first, people. What in the world. Honeybabes, it's been over a month since I done blessed you with my presence. I don't even have a fabulous excuse either.<br />
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And speaking of taking <i>forevah</i> to get things done, the card featured in this post, and the others like it, are cards I made back in, um, October.<br />
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<a href="http://girlwiththebinder.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Anna</a> was disappointed with the utter cheesiness of the card, but you know what? I'm a cheesy individual, and I'm gonna make cheesy cards sometimes.<br />
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<b><u>Supplies</u></b><br />
Blank card<br />
Something x 5 1/2 inch cardstock panel<br />
Black extra fine sharpie<br />
Star stamp <br />
Stamp ink (or acrylic paint)<br />
Paint brush<br />
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On the panel, draw a girl reaching up to the sky. I started with the hand, because I wanted to make sure it was in the right place so I could place the star in the right place later on.<br />
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Then I continued to draw the rest of the girl. I finished her arm, drew a simple sleeve, and then drew the back of her head, and onward.<br />
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OH YEAH, and I made sure to draw her far enough to the side that I could add words on the <i>other</i> side. Which, by the way, is <i>supah</i> to the <i>dupah</i> fun. I'm into it.<br />
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I'm getting better at this typography and fake calligraphy stuff, so what I can do now is better than this stuff from October, but I actually really like the imperfectness of this.<br />
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OOH! LOOK AT IT! It's my stamp! I made it! <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/158189005640141408/" target="_blank">Out of a cork!</a><br />
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I used both ends of the cork too! This end didn't work too well, unfortunately, but that's ookey.<br />
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Now blob some o' dat ink on dat stamp.<br />
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I used my finger to rub it to the edges of the stamp. It was still really thick on ther' though.<br />
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So I stamped it upon that card, right above the hand.<br />
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And then I had plenty left to stamp a second time on another piece of paper, for another card.<br />
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You can see that there was a lot of ink on the stamp by the darker edges around the stamped image.<br />
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I don't exactly remember doing this, but it looks like I removed some of that thick ink from around the edge, with the stamp itself. (I do remember that.)<br />
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And then I drew some fun clouds up above, and the shoot-y things out from the star, and added a dotty border. This works a whole lot bettah if the ink is dry, by the way.<br />
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Now the panel is finished, and we can deal with the card. Using a flat, watercolor brush, I dipped it right into the opening of the tube and painted horizontal strokes along the left and right edges of the card, making sure to go towards the center at least half an inch so that the panel would cover ever'thin'.<br />
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As I said in the supplies list, you could also use acrylic paint for this, and it might even work better, as it would dry quicklier {definitely a word}. I just didn't. But acrylic paint is the bomb.<br />
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When that and the panel are dry (and please do make sure they're dry), you can glue on the panel.<br />
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HEY LOOK it's done.<br />
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This is the <i>original</i> card I made, before I made another to do a tutorial on.<br />
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I made a total of...six? I thought I made eight. But the picture only has six. Anywho, I made a bunch, and on one, I drew a boy instead of a girl, which, looking back, was kinda dumb. These cards are supah girly and should not be sent to any boy. Oh weell. Heh, and that boy one is the only one I haven't used yet......<br />
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On some of these, I wrote "reach for the stars" instead of "touch the stars." Gots to have variety.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you think this is just <i>way too</i> cheesy for life?</span> I agree it is cheesy. <span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever made a cork stamp?</span>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-84025654439579192952017-01-14T07:00:00.000-05:002017-01-14T07:00:14.193-05:00Wall Art // Using Glue, Fabric Paint, and Watercolors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Y'all, I am so excited about this. SO EXCITED! Know why?! Because this technique is so fun! And so easy! And so fun! Wait, did I say that already? I mean, it involves <i>glue</i>. And <i>fabric paint</i>. And <i>WATERCOLORS</i>. I love watercolors.<br />
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Before you move on because the title basically gives everything away about how to do this (or not? Idk), I'm going to pique your curiosity by telling you something! This technique includes a <i>secret ingredient </i>(of sorts)<i>!</i> How exciting! So stay tuned, and I shall, in time, satisfy your ever growing curiosity.<br />
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I tried this first on a <i>teeny! tiny! leetle! baby!</i> canvas! I loved it so much that I HAD to try it on something bigger.* (And then <a href="https://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2017/01/introducing-my-art-journal.html" target="_blank">I tried it once more in my art journal</a>, which was a fun experience!)<br />
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Look at that edge! LOOK LOOK LOOK! It's so cooool. So of course I gotta show y'all a bunch of pictures and show you how to do it yo'self!<br />
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*The bigger thing I tried it on was this long vertical canvas I had on hand already, back from when I bought it for when I was going to paint a peacock in art class, but then decided I wanted a bigger canvas for my peacock, so I bought a new one, and saved the smaller one for a later time! (Such a fun story, I know it.)<br />
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The first thing to be done for this super cool technique is to "draw" a simple picture with liquid glue.<br />
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For the <i>teeny! tiny! leetle! baby!</i> canvas, I "drew" a lizard-type-thing, and for the one in my art journal, I "drew" a peacock. (Hopefully you could see that? I'm not sure if I would, except that I'm the artist! HA!) For this one, I "drew" dragonflies. Aren't they cuties?! You want to do relatively simple pictures, and as much as possible, thick, even squirtings of glue.<br />
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YAY I'M GONNA SATISFY YOUR EVER GROWING CURIOSITY NOW! It has come time to reveal the <i>secret ingredient</i>. (Ooh, how exciting.) Can you see by the picture below? It's a heat tool!<br />
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Well now that you know the secret ingredient, I'll give you the list of supplies for this project.<br />
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<u><b>Supplies</b></u><br />
Canvas <br />
Liquid glue<br />
Heat tool (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nicole-Multi-purpose-Perfect-Embossing-Drying/dp/B006Z9LUDG" target="_blank">this is the one I have</a>)<br />
White fabric paint (or acrylic paint)<br />
Watercolors<br />
Optional: acrylic sealer (I got mine at Walmart; I have both matte and gloss, but I used gloss for this.)<br />
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I got the bright idea to use a heat tool to dry the glue because 1) It was already sitting out from some other project I don't remember now, and 2) <i>Ain't nobody go time fo' dat!</i> "Dat" being: waiting like <i>thirty. whole. minutes</i>. for the glue to dry. Yeah, um, not gonna happen.<br />
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But guess what I found when I used the heat tool! I didn't know it would do this, and boy oh boy, I was <i>so</i> excited when I saw it happenin'! It made the glue bubble up! You can see that better in the picture above than the one below.<br />
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I held the heat tool about two to three inches above the glue, and then waved it over the whole thing until it was all dry. It was such fun to see it bubble up like that! And then after it bubbled up, it would scrunch back down, and that's what gave it the nice texture, and that's why you need to put the glue on there pretty thick. If the glue isn't thick enough, it will dry before the heat gets to it, and it won't bubble up and scrunch back to provide that texture. The texture will really come in handy when we get to watercoloring.<br />
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On the edge of my dragonfly piece, I just did a simple squiggly line all around. This is an example of when I probably could have done the glue thicker. You can see that, even after drying with the heat tool, the glue looks pretty flat.<br />
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Now after it's all dry, it's time to paint over the whole thing with white fabric paint! I say fabric paint because that's all the white paint we had on hand when I was doing this project. You could totally use acrylic paint too. I'm sure they both work pretty much the same.<br />
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And I got out three bottles of the stuff because...I thought I'd need that much? Well I didn't. I only used one (the matte one, on the left, but it <strike>probably</strike> doesn't matter which you use). The amount of glue I squeezed out (which you can see in the picture) was just about the perfect amount for my canvas.<br />
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With a good sized brush, hopefully acrylic, apply a good, thorough layer of paint over the whole canvas, making sure to get in all the little crevices. Funny story: the paintbrush in the pictures is not the one I ended up using to paint the whole thing. It's really better for watercolors than acrylics, so it wasn't stiff enough to do the job well.<br />
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See? Now it's all painted white! Just like it was already! Haha, okay but hopefully you can see the difference. I love the additional texture the paint strokes give.<br />
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YAY, this is my favorite part, and definitely the prettiest! Watercoloring!<br />
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Before I started on the front, I wanted to practice some on the back. Mostly I wanted to see what it looked like to watercolor right on the canvas, without the layer of fabric paint. It was nice, but I liked the way it looked better <i>with</i> the fabric paint. It <i>would</i> be cool to watercolor right on a canvas sometime, but that's another project for another time!<br />
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Alrighty, it's go time. Paint time. Play time. Whoooo! So first, just get your brush nice and soaking wet, and then get your canvas nice and soaking wet, and then apply some color on there! I am a <i>huge</i> fan of lots of color, and also prettiness, so I like to use lots of pretty colors that coordinate well together.<br />
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At the top, I used light blue, turquoise, and light green, and then at the bottom, dark(ish) blue, purple, and dark(ish) pink. I tried to be careful not to mix them too much, but I did bring them together in a way that I think pleases the eye. It pleases <i>my</i> eyes a whole lot. :) Try to be light and fluffy with your painting. Don't think about it too much, and don't try to make it perfect.<br />
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I also want to stress the importance of standing (or holding) the canvas in a vertical position and letting the paint drip down to the bottom. That's how all those awesome streaks happened. I couldn't have done that with my own skillz.<br />
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Aaahhh, doesn't it look awesome?! Notice how the color got caught in the groovy texture. That wouldn't happen as much if I hadn't let the paint drip downwards.<br />
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Aw, they're like BFFs. Too cute.<br />
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Oh yeah, don't forget to watercolor the sides.<br />
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The last thing I did was sign my work! Actually the last thing I did was seal my work. Before that I signed them. I just used sharpies in coordinating colors.<br />
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Ooh, and look at this! I even made this cool collage thingy for Pinterest! How fancy of me! Yeah, I <i>still</i> haven't <strike>put in the effort</strike> figured out how to add a Pin-it button to my images, but once <i>I</i> pin it (which you can also do if you have the browser button), you can <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/maggiegroover/" target="_blank">stalk my little Pinterest</a>, and get it fo' yo'self! (You should totally do it.)<br />
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And now <i>I'm</i> the one whose curiosity is piqued: will you try this? I hope you do, and if you do, <i>please</i> let me know and show me a picture, because I want to see how other people will take this and make it their own!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What picture would you "draw"?</span>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-38538493266445751072017-01-07T07:00:00.000-05:002017-01-07T07:00:12.818-05:00Introducing...My Art Journal!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Buddabum buddabum buddabuuumm... I done started an <i>ART JOURNAL!</i> "...We so exciiited, we so exciiited..." I had this adorable turquoise journal, completely blank, on my
shelf, that I wasn't really sure how to use because it's so big. You
can see how adorable it is from that picture right up ther'. See
that monster? So! cute! Into my art journal, it was transformed!<br />
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This post will have a lot of pictures, because I'm showing y'all all the pages I've done so far in my art journal, which is quite a few at this point. For the first three pages, I cut out pictures and words from magazine pages and sort of made a collage on each page. <i>This magazine had so much good stuff to cut out!</i><br />
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As with a <i>lot</i> of things, I was inspired (sort of indirectly, if I remember correctly) to start one mainly by
Jennie at Little Girl Designs. She's been the inspiration for a bunch
of my art projects, and I'm so thankful for that!<br />
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This was specifically
inspired by her post on <a href="http://www.littlegirldesigns.com/make-inspiration-board/" target="_blank">How to Make an Inspiration Board</a>, one of the
challenges for her Creative Play Challenge. What ha' happe'ed wuas, I wanted to make an inspiration board-type-thing, with a theme of things that make me happy, or things that I love, something along those lines, but I didn't want to make it <i>on a board</i>. What better place to do it, if not on a board, than in an art journal?! I had been thinking about starting one for a while, so this was the perfect opportunity!<br />
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So I cut out a bunch of words and pictures along that theme. This isn't a great picture because of the glare, but hopefully you can read the words.<br />
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Many of these words I didn't use, or haven't used <i>yet</i>, and that's fine! Their time shall come.<br />
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I love this one. :)<br />
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I had been planning to put everything I'd cut out into one collage on one page, but it wasn't working for me. There were definitely some different color schemes and such going on, and I thought each group needed a page to itself.<br />
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I knew I wanted these three pictures together. They all go so! well! together!<br />
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So this is what I came up with...<br />
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The next one was just words cut out to make a sentence, and I really like the sentence. :)<br />
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I thought the words needed something behind them, so...I doodled a background.<br />
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After gluing them down, I thought they <i>still</i> needed to stand out a little more, so I outlined them.<br />
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I like to find creative ways to put in the date, so I squished it in the edge of the doodle like this! You can also see that I added inside circles to the edging circles, so they look like doughnuts!<br />
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Time for the third page! I love how well each of the pieces go together! That painting snippet goes perfectly with the words "beautiful spontaneity," don't you think?<br />
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These are all the sharpies I used on this page...<br />
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Aaand, the finished product!<br />
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This was a big flower I made when I was younger, and I had it on my shelf for years. I kept it, thinking I could someday use it in some art project. Well, the day finally arrived! I just glued it in and then wrote a bunch of words around it (and doodled some). I like to write words...<br />
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On the same shelf as the flower, I had this pooh card, which was a thank you from when I gave a painting to a couple in our church.<br />
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And, on that <i>very same</i> shelf! was an old birthday card from my parents, that I loved so much I just <i>couldn't</i> put it back in my letter box after I received it!<br />
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And you can pull the card out!<br />
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And...the other side. (My pop has nice handwriting.)<br />
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This was the handout from my friend's history presentation. I was <i>going</i> to throw it away with all the other handouts...*clears throat nervously* but then I discovered something crazay! Where water was spilled on the gray areas, it turned a light green! So of course I had to play with it some.<br />
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The following three pages are cards that me and my little friend from church made when she came to my house. She drew this one. (I looked.)<br />
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I drew this one.<br />
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Aaand, she drew this one!<br />
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Alrighty, can anyone guess how I did this one? Hmm...YES! I had to get my whole hand painty! Which is, um, kind of <i>the point!</i><br />
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Look at that. Ain't it purdy?! I love getting messy with paint. :)<br />
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These are a couple of origami birds my sister gave me over Christmas break when she was de-cluttering her room. Her friend made them for her about fifteen years ago, which explains why she wouldn't want to throw them away!<br />
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Even though this is a pretty, um, <i>boring</i> page, I like it because it shows that even as a youngun, I liked to come up with new ideas and execute them. These were scraps of wallpaper glued onto index cards.<br />
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This is a drawing given to me years ago by another Maggie!<br />
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Ooohhh, okay, <i>this</i>, honey darlin', is sooo cool. I'm doing a post on this technique in the near future, so I won't explain it here, but trust me, it's sooo cool, and sooo fun!<br />
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Look at that texture!<br />
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So simple, yet one of my favorites. :) I cut letters out of scrap photos I had printed onto regular cardstock.<br />
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Whyyy I feel the need to keep some of the things I keep...sometimes passes my understanding. But nevertheless! I kept this "list of priorities" and a "texting schedule" I made a few weeks ago, and inserted them into the art journal! But I first painted the background with turquoise watercolors, and I'm <i>so</i> glad I did.<br />
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All opened up!<br />
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As you can see by this point, it's less of an <i>art journal</i>, as it was originally meant to be, and more just a perfect place to put miscellaneous flat objects that need a home. Though I do try to make every page artsy in some way. Hopefully you can also see that it does <i>not</i> have to be hard!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Does this make you want to start an art journal?</span>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-11034962361133458772016-12-17T08:00:00.000-05:002016-12-17T08:00:08.152-05:00Is There a Limit? // Thoughts on Imagination and Creativity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You have a unique opportunity here, because you get to read almost a whole journal entry of mine, with <i>very</i> few edits (and they are only to make it sound or look better). Treasure it, because I assure you, this is a rare opportunity. I wrote this on December 12, 2016.<br />
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You know, it's commonly said that, "there is no limit to your imagination." Well, <b>I disagree</b>. I think there <i>is</i> a limit, simply because of the fact that we are human! <i>God</i> has no limits - none at all! He is an infinite God, and everything about Him is infinite. But we humans? I would venture so far as to say that we are limited in <i>every</i> way! While on this earth, there is nothing we can do that does not have a limit of some sort.<br />
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The thing is, when we <i>tell</i> ourselves (or anyone) that there <i>is</i>, in fact, a limit to our imagination, <b>it stifles our creativity</b>! How funny is that? Now, I say that there is a limit to our imagination, and I do believe that (or else I wouldn't say it!), but I believe <b>it is <i>perfectly</i> impossible to reach the limit of our imagination</b>! That's not to say it's not there, though. We are finite creatures, and therefore everything about us is finite. But you know what's crazy? When you <i>stretch</i> your imagination, it's as if that limit moves further away! The further you reach, the further it moves! That's part of why we'll <i>never</i> reach the limit! In the same way, if you believe the limit is close by, most likely your creativity will be stifled, and that limit <i>is</i> going to feel awful close!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finger painting is seriously SO much fun.</td></tr>
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So what about those people who feel like they don't have any creativity? What if there are some people who actually <i>have</i> reached the limit to their imagination? Well, I just gotta be blunt here, and say that if you've reached the limit to your imagination, then, uh, ya must be dead. See, I don't think those people exist. Sure, if you <i>think</i> you don't have imagination, that you're not creative, then sure as heck it's gonna feel like it! But did you ever think about the fact that you kind of need imagination to SURVIVE?<br />
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I don't really know what I'm talking about here, actually, since I've never known a day without imagination, but I <i>imagine</i> (ha), if your imagination got no use, you'd just kind of slump over and die. Right? RIGHT? What is it that allows you to enjoy a good book (or any book at all)? It's your imagination. What is it that makes music enjoyable to listen to? It's your imagination. What is it that gets and keeps any job? It's your imagination! If you have the ability to <i>think thoughts</i> of any kind, you are <i>using your imagination</i>. Our imagination is so heavily wrapped up in <i>everything</i> we do! Yes, we use our imagination in different ways many times, but there ain't ONE person who ain't <i>got</i> an imagination, and everyone who <i>has</i> an imagination uses it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is from a <a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2016/10/you-take-me-someplace-special.html" target="_blank">recent blog post</a>, but I just really like the picture. :)</td></tr>
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And have you noticed how I've switched between imagination and creativity a lot? The two are <i>inseparable!</i> You cannot have one without the other! Honestly, I didn't completely buy into all this "everyone is creative" thing before writing about this, but now, it makes perfect sense. For some reason, even though I <i>said</i> it, I didn't quite believe, in the back of my mind, that <i>everyone</i> is creative.<br />
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But I would have never believed that there was a single person without an imagination. That's craziness! Now I see that the two are almost one and the same! I guess it took me this long to understand that, because in my mind, creativity was always related to artsy sort of stuff, or anything left brainedish (it <i>is</i> the left side that's artsy, right?) (...right?...). I know perfectly easily that imagination is not, but for some reason creativity <strike>is</strike> was. So imagination is like a conversion factor! (Is that right?)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the "conversion factor" I wrote in my journal!</td></tr>
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I wonder, why does it always seem to be artists/artsy types who stress that "everyone is creative"? Why doesn't everyone? I guess because it's ingrained in everyone's heads that creativity is always specifically related to art [or anything involving making, or working with your hands]. I subconsciously thought that, but now that I know better, it seems common sense that it's not the case. I'm pretty sure it's well known that everyone has an imagination.<br />
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Sooo, this whole rant, starting with my belief that there is a limit to our imaginations, was inspired by a sentence* in the 7th paragraph of the 8th chapter of Knowing God by J.I. Packer, which my Sunday school class is reading.<br />
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*The sentence, and those following, that inspired that rant are as follows:<br />
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"Our personal life is a finite thing: it is limited in every direction, in space, in time, in knowledge, in power. But God is not so limited. He is eternal, infinite and almighty."</blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I took this photograph on a fairly recent, <i>beautiful</i> morning. God's creation is AMAZING!</td></tr>
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I had the idea to copy this into a blog post <i>while</i> I was writing it in my journal, so that's why my writing style sort of accidentally switched from journal style to blog post style near the beginning. (Yes, there is a slight difference between the two, in that rather than talking to myself, or to my journal, I'm talking to <i>other</i> people in a blog post.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What are <i>your</i> thoughts on imagination and creativity? Do you think there is a limit?</span>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-33690099564094202962016-12-10T17:17:00.000-05:002016-12-10T17:36:10.722-05:00How I Wrapped My Sister's Christmas Gift<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you noticed I've been a little quiet over here lately? Maybe not, but <i>I</i> have! It's not that I'm out of ideas, OH no. Not in the least. I'm just tight on time and good habits. That's all. But guess what! I just bought my very own computer recently (woot woot!), which <i>means</i> I can spend a lot more time working on blog posts now! (But does it also mean less time towards school...? Pssshhh, don't be ridonkulous.)<br />
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This isn't exactly a "How-to" post, it's just a "How-I-Did-It" post. There <i>many</i> ways to wrap a gift, and this is not how I always wrap a gift, of course. This is simply how I wrapped <i>one</i> gift.<br />
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These are the items to be wrapped. "What?" you say, "But they're already wrapped!" OH come now. I am not done! The remainder of the wrapping will be explained in this here blog post! (And anyway, there's a good chance the recipient of this gift is reading this, so I'm not going to spoil it for her by showing a picture of the gifts! You'll just have to be patient, KB.)<br />
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I bought a 64-pack of crayons the other day, solely for the purpose of using on gifts! I found <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/158189005640072350/" target="_blank">this cool gift wrapping idea</a> recently-ish, and it looks so fun, don't you think? So I went and got a bunch of crayons, and I'm very excited about them! Heehee, when I opened up the box, I found this:<br />
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So I'm going to tape three crayons on the off-white wrapping. These are the three I originally picked.<br />
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But THEN, I found some more that also coordinated really well with the wrapping.<br />
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Look at that! It's so beautifuuull...<br />
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You probably can't read the names very well, but there's "Green," "Forest green," "Lime Green," "Tumbleweed," and "Mauvelous." Indeed, they are all "mauvelous," aren't they?<br />
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I knew I wanted three, and I knew I wanted to keep both the brown color, and the pink color. So it was just a matter of getting rid of two greens. But look! Every one of them coordinates superbly!<br />
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In the end though, I stuck with my original three, heh. I thought the dark green was best because it balances out the light shades of the brown and pink. After I chose my colors for real, I taped them to the gift, and tied a ribbon around. This is only the second time I've used this idea of taping crayons to the gift. For this particular gift, I thought it would look better not to write, "color me" on the gift. So I didn't.<br />
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Now all the inside stuff is done, and the gifts are ready to put into the bag!<br />
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After I put them in the bag, I remembered it needed a tag or something. I <i>know</i>, card making is like my specialty, and I haven't made one in a while, honestly, but I thought what this gift needed was a <i>tag</i> on the outside, not a card on the inside. (Plus ... I was doing this late at night, and I wanted to finish it up that night. Making a card would take too long.)<br />
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I had this tag on my desk, already made, and it goes perfectly with the colors of the wrapping! So I took advantage of it. These were the colors I was thinking about for writing on it. I really wanted to go with pink, but I knew that was too light, as well as the green.<br />
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I decided on the light brown, which turned out to be too light also!<br />
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So I went over it with dark pink, which I was not planning on, but it went with the wrapping paper! I really didn't want to, because it didn't exactly match the ribbon I had already picked out, but neither did the purple sharpie, which is why I didn't pick that to go over the light brown sharpie.<br />
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I had gotten the gifts back out of the bag to do the tag, but now they went back in, and it was time to put a bow on the bag! These are all the ribbons I had been thinking about using. I wanted to use three, and tie them all together.<br />
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These are the three I picked out. The middle ribbon is the same I used to tie around the off-white gift with the crayons.<br />
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The light green was the shortest of the three, but I thought if I cut all three to the same length, I wouldn't be able to tie them in a bow. Sooo...I thought maybe it would be cool if they were each different lengths! Well, I was wrong. It looked pretty bad, in <i>my</i> opinion. Plus I didn't have a way to attach the tag with this option.<br />
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So instead, I ditched the light green ribbon, cut the other two to the same length, and tied a perfect bow, this time attaching the tag!<br />
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<i>Note: I find bows look most "perfect" if you tie them upside down. Like, for this bow, I bent over the gift so my hands were working upside down.</i><br />
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I had wanted to tie both handles of the bag together with the bow, but that didn't really work out with what I did up yonder. Still, I thought the handles needed to be pulled together in some way. I still had that light green ribbon, so I thought, "Hey! I'll use it on the handles!"<br />
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But no. It wasn't working for me. The fact that it was a different color than the bow with the tag really bothered me.<br />
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So I used a small amount of the same green-turquoise ribbon I had used for the bow, and just tied a small knot, not even a bow. It's inconspicuous, but it does the job. <br />
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All I had left to do was tuck it under the tree!<br />
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Even though this is not traditionally Christmas-y, I love how it looks. In fact, I think I like it <i>more</i> because of that! I don't really like traditional Christmas colors. I <i>love</i> Christmas, but not all that red and green and gold jazz. I hope my seester likes how I did this too! Haha, sorry for spoiling the wrappage of them, Kay Buff! At least you don't know what the actual items are though. :)<br />
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Hey, before I leave you, go check out a guest post I did over at Lisbeth's blog, <a href="http://runninginhisreign.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Running In His Reign</a>!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://runninginhisreign.blogspot.com/2016/12/guest-post-maggie-groover-pappy-thank.html" target="_blank">Poppy Thank You Cards</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you wrap your presents fancily? What's the prettiestly wrapped gift you've ever given or received <span style="font-size: small;">(meaning, how was it wrapped, but you could also tell me what was inside, if you want)</span>?</span>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-87096451958085897172016-10-25T08:00:00.000-04:002016-10-25T23:17:04.755-04:00GOMO // 12 Ideas to Get You Walking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">Eventbrite</a>, the largest self-service ticketing platform out there (!) coined the new term, "Go Out More Often," abbreviated "GOMO," made up to counteract this <i>other </i>term, "Fear of Missing Out," abbreviated (betcha can't guess) "FOMO."<br />
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I don't have any, like, <i>any </i>(<b>ANY</b>) desire to go out more often, and I can't relate to this fear of missing out that people seem to have. I've got lots of school to do these days, and when I'm not doing school, I'd like to be all nicely cooped in my house doing crafty thangs.<br />
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BUT, I do enjoy a good walk now and then, so when I started brainstorming a list of ideas, I actually got really excited about the idea of going out more often, if only to go on a walk! Perhaps you could use <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/l/event-management-software/" target="_blank">Eventbrite's event management software</a> to host your own walk of sorts, like a charity event or something!<br />
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Many people who write posts for <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">EventBrite</a> put "Go on a walk" as one of their listees. I decided to go all out with that one option. I tried to make all of these ideas free of the need to spend any money. However, many of these, if not all, require a good bit of time. Also, most of these would be best done someplace with many people, and like, in a cool dowtowny place. As I made the list, I kept thinking of downtown Wake Forest near us. It would be so much fun to tramp around there!<br />
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Sooo, here is a list of all sorts of different walks you could go on to <b>Go Out More Often</b>!<br />
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<li><b>Scavenger Hunt</b> <b>>></b> Come up with a list of things to look for, based on where you're walking, and check them off as you find them!</li>
<li><b>Word Search >></b> Come up with a list of words to find, words you would expect to see where you're going, and some you wouldn't expect. Bonus if you can find words you didn't expect to see!</li>
<li><b>Talk to Total Strangers >></b> Come up with a list of random and silly questions, and then go to town or somewhere with many people, and ask random people your random questions! And then give them candy or something for their participation.</li>
<li><b>Random Acts of Kindness >></b> This isn't specifically a walk, but I mean, how can you do this without walking some? Honestly, this idea kind of scares me a little. I'm like, "You said <i>what</i> now? You want me to advance out of the regions of my comfort zone and <i>talk</i> to people - <i>total</i> <i>strangers</i> (again)?!" But it's a very good thing to be kind to everyone all the time anyway, and this is an opportunity to share the love of Christ!</li>
<li><b>Hide-and-Go-Seek Walk >></b> This would be a good option if you have four or five people. Together, plan your route, and then everyone except "it" will hide somewhere along the route. (It might be a good idea to have everyone meet at a certain place after some amount of time. You don't want to seek for <i>too</i> long!)</li>
<li><b>Not Halloween Walk >></b> We've never done Halloween, and I'm totally cool with that, but I still really like the idea of giving out candy to total strangers (especially kids, but I digress). So, carry around a bucket or basket of candy (or homemade cookies?), and randomly give it away! Even better, do this sometime <i>not</i> around Halloween or the holiday season!</li>
<li><b>Christmas Light Sightseeing >></b> Crazily, Christmas is not <i>that</i> far away, and pretty soon, Christmas lights will start to appear! If you live in or near a neighborhood where lots of people decorate for Christmas, take the opportunity to walk (or drive) around and look at them all!</li>
<li><b>Make Someone <i>Else</i> Go On a Walk >></b> This would be a fun birthday surprise! Arrange for a friend to arrive (notice I did not say <i>meet</i>) at a specific location. Before they come, grab some sticky notes or small pieces of paper and tape, and put them up around, on light poles and the like, with directions on each for where to go next, or maybe just arrows! Where the friend first arrives should clearly be the starting point, and the last should clearly be the end point. At the end, have some little (or big) surprise for the person.</li>
<li><b>Color Walk >></b> Make some sort of chart (or not!) and tally how many times you see each color, and then make something using however many swatches of however many times you saw each color.</li>
<li><b>Shop Hop >></b> Bar hopping is where you "hop" from bar to bar, so shop hopping is "hopping" from shop to shop. You don't even have to spend money if you don't want to!</li>
<li><b>Draw Your Journey >></b> As you go along, draw any interesting, or not interesting, places you see, and label what place it is. You could also photograph, but to me, drawing sounds better for this.</li>
<li><b>Night Walk >></b> Need I say more? Try to do it on a really light, bright night.</li>
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The centerpiece of this card had been sitting on my desk for, literally, months, before I finally got around to making the card! (In fact, I think I created this centerpiece around the same time I made <a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2016/02/linking-up-at-silver-mess-boxed-in.html" target="_blank">this card</a>, and I used the same sharpie for both!) (I go through extra-fine back sharpies rather quickly.) I was playing around with fonts and cheesy but sweet sentiments, and this is what I came up with. I wanted to make a card that would be just as lovely, because this was somethin' special here!<br />
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As it turns out, the card I made with it was not my best, and if I could go back and remake the card, I would do it a bit differently, but you know what? IT'S OKAY! I still love the sentiment.<br />
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<b><u>Supplies</u></b><br />
Doily<br />
Scissors<br />
Sharpies (multiple shades and thicknesses of one color, + an extra-fine black sharpie)<br />
Baker's Twine<br />
Glue<br />
Card<br />
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So first, we're going to start with a doily, like we've used many times before. Now look at the doily. It has ten sides, see? So we're going to cut it into ten little triangles. You'll cut from the "1" to the "6," the "2" to the "7," and so on.<br />
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After you cut the doily in half the first time, you'll need to hold the two halves together as you cut it in half another way.<br />
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Then you can use the pointy middle to make sure you're cutting it straight through...the middle! (Do I make sense? Me thinks not. So this is where you refer to the picture.)<br />
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There, ten little triangles!<br />
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Get out your trusty sharpies, and draw some horizontal lines on those triangles! I used five sharpies, and did two triangles per sharpie, drawing the horizontal lines opposite ways for the two (except I accidentally did the lines the same way for those two on the right). Can you tell which sharpies I used for which triangles?<br />
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It makes a pretty good stack of colored triangles. We'll only use four of them today, so you can stash the others away somewhere. (My extras are still...ahem...on my desk.)<br />
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Yay, baker's twine! This stuff is so pretty, don't you think?<br />
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I got this idea from <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/158189005640596652/" target="_blank">this pin I saw on Pinterest</a>, but wanted a little something more, and that's why I added the stripes. Eep, this is so pretty! Set this aside for latah.<br />
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I already had my centerpiece made when I got around to making this card, so I didn't take pictures of it as I drew/wrote it, but you probably don't have one yet! If you're nervous about trying fancy typography, you don't have to try it! You could totally just use your regular old handwriting, or, if you want, you may be able to find a stamp with a similar sentiment that you could use. But it is really fun to experiment with hand-lettering. <i>If you would like to try hand-lettering, you should check out <a href="http://www.littlegirldesigns.com/faux-hand-letter-a-quote/" target="_blank">Jennie's post on the subject</a>!</i><br />
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After you get it written, you can cut it out in an oval shape. I used a stencil.<br />
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Now all the elements are made, and all we have to do is figure out how the card will be layed out. This was my first idea. I actually really like this, but I nixed it because I wanted to include a bow, and there didn't seems to be a place for a bow with this layout. Also I would have had to cut off parts of the triangles, which I didn't want to do.<br />
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So I played around a bit more, and came up with this. As you can see, there are now only four triangles visible.<br />
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Now that it's decided, we can begin to glue everything down permanently. But first, I wanted to knot the ends of the string, to kind of give the impression that it's hanging up.<br />
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After the ends are tied, put a little glue under each knot, and let dry. Don't try to do anything else until they're dry, because the string will move from the glue very easily before it's dry. And if that happens, you just might go <i>crazayyy!</i><br />
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Alright, cool. The glue under the knotted string is dry now. (That was quick!) So now you can glue down the triangles. Which, surprisingly, can be a little tricky. Because you want them to be at exactly the right place so that the centerpiece will be right in the middle of them. I kind of had to maneuver them into place until they were right.<br />
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Then when they're all behaved and glued down and dried, you can glue down the centerpiece. As the catchy commercial goes, "Push it REAL good!" Meaning, push that centerpiece down. Keep it calm. Give it a nice long back rub.<br />
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There we go! All the main elements are glued on! (What do you think of it at this point?)<br />
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I was not satisfied at that point, so I added some outlining lines. I'm not sure I really like the look of it, but you know what? IT'S OKAY!<br />
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I knew it needed a bow the whole time (remember what I said up ther'?), and finally! The chance came! I made a pretty little bow from the baker's twine used for the doily triangles. (Hey, did you knooow, there's actually a fancy name for that, other than doily triangles? It's called <i>bunting</i>. Yes, I do know words sometimes.) Maybe someday I will show you people how to make one of these perfect bows, but alas! Today is not the day.<br />
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Then I <i>still</i> thought it needed somethin' more, specifically, black adhesive pearls, which I do not own. So, I just drew some, which do not look near as classy, but you know what? IT'S OKAY!<br />
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There we go! It's all done! <i>Whew!</i><br />
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The finished card!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What do you think of the sentiment? Do you think it's cute as can be, or plain cheesy?</span>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-13729594799424443252016-10-08T09:25:00.000-04:002016-10-10T17:30:32.220-04:00Journaling ~ What to Write?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love the feeling of a pen in my hand. I feel safer with a sharpie at my disposal. That's part of why I love journaling, and letter writing, and writing blog drafts (on real paper).<br />
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It's addicting, almost. Where most people nowadays find it hard to get off their devices, I find it hard to get off my journal, whether writing or reading it, and I am totally fine with that! (Although, it is sort of a waste of time to sit for an hour reading my own thoughts when I should be doing homework...)<br />
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I recently wrote <a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2016/10/you-need-to-journal-if.html" target="_blank">this post about journaling</a>, listing all the reasons you might have for needing to journal.* But, I did not go into <i>what</i> you could journal about, which seems to be a major roadblock to many people who would like to get into journaling. So, I came up with this very long list of things to journal on, just to get you started!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*I'm not actually saying every single person absolutely needs to journal. Maybe you like gardening, or building, or driving, or whatever else. What I'm saying is, journaling isn't for everyone. People say they'd like to journal, but either a) don't have time, or b) don't know what to write about. Well, the fact is, if you really want to enough, you'll make it happen! If, deep down, you really don't feel like journaling, and you have plenty of other things to occupy your time, then you're probably not going to get to journaling. And you know what? <i>That is fine.</i> Journaling is a kind of therapy, and maybe it's not your preferred form. <i>That is okay.</i> Alright, rant over. :)</span><br />
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For those of you who find it hard to think of things to write about, maybe this is what you find yourself staring at when you sit down to write:<br />
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And then, after staring at it for long enough, you decide to close it up, and you're looking at this:<br />
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You don't want that. (I hope not, at least!) So, I'm here to help you be able to look at something like this:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">As you can see, you don't have to write all fancily or prettily, in words you say or the way they look on the page. This <i>your </i>journal.</span></td></tr>
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Sooo, here (finally) is a list of possibly all the things anyone could think up to journal about/on, so you can sit down to write, and <i>write</i>.<br />
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<b><i>What to Journal About/On</i></b><br />
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<li>Lists</li>
<ul>
<li>Happy lists</li>
<li>Sad lists</li>
<li>Favorites lists</li>
<ul>
<li>Season (<a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2016/09/seven-reasons-fall-is-best-season-ever.html" target="_blank">you know mine</a>!)</li>
<li>Colors</li>
<li>Holidays</li>
<li>Siblings (ha! jk)</li>
<li>Shoes</li>
<li>Memories</li>
</ul>
<li>Thankfulness lists</li>
<li>Fears lists</li>
</ul>
<li>What do you wonder about? Write about it!</li>
<li>Secrets - duh.</li>
<li>Prayers to God</li>
<li>Letters to people, like...</li>
<ul>
<li>Friends</li>
<li>Celebrities</li>
<li>Your younger/older self</li>
<li>Your children (whether or not you have them)</li>
<li>Your spouse (^^^)</li>
<li>People you'll never see again</li>
<li>People you see everyday</li>
<li>Total strangers</li>
</ul>
<li>Memories</li>
<li>What you did today</li>
<li>Imaginary conversations</li>
<li>How (and why?) you don't want to eat your veggies</li>
<li>All your problems with broccolli</li>
<li>Rants on what makes you happy</li>
<li>All your wonderments</li>
<li>All you wanderments</li>
<li>Quotes you like</li>
<li>What makes you...</li>
<ul>
<li>Angry</li>
<li>Jump for joy</li>
<li>Nervous</li>
<li>Sad</li>
</ul>
<li>Your life...</li>
<ul>
<li>Plans</li>
<li>Ambitions</li>
<li>Dreams</li>
<li>Hopes</li>
<li>Goals</li>
</ul>
<li>Special verses</li>
<li>Devotionals</li>
<li>Just doodle, or whatever. Don't even write if you don't want to.</li>
<li>Your crazy ideas that you're too embarrassed/ashamed to tell anyone else (or maybe you wisely decide not to?)</li>
<li>Your plan to take over the world (gotta write these things down so you don't forget, ya know?)</li>
<li>Whatever you're obsessed with</li>
<li>What you're eating for lunch tomorrow (or yesterday, or right now)</li>
<li>What if you lived in an alternate universe?</li>
<li>Praises to God</li>
<li>Observations</li>
<li>Why you're passionate about whatever you're passionate about</li>
<li>Mind map</li>
<li>Brainstorm</li>
<li>Experiences</li>
<li>What would your perfect day be like?</li>
<li>Ideal...</li>
<ul>
<li>Day</li>
<li>Summer</li>
<li>Week</li>
<li>Pie</li>
<li>Weather</li>
</ul>
<li>What are <i>all</i> the things you want to be "when you grow up"? (Whether or not you've already grown up)</li>
<li>Expectations for the future</li>
<li>Struggles</li>
<li>Free write</li>
<li>Post on social media every day? Write in your journal what you <i>would</i> post on social media. (Probably all your friends don't mind if you neglect to tell them your two cents about life for just one day.)</li>
<li>And um, so much more!</li>
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Hopefully this has whet your appetite! Then, later on, you can look at this again, satisfied this time, knowing you done wrote in your journal! *high five!*:<br />
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There are literally a thousand things you could write about in your journal. This was only a few of them. Or, this was all (?) of them, but generalized. Okay, no, let's be real. This only scratched the surface of what you can write in your journal! Hopefully I've inspired you, and you can come up with even more things to write about!<br />
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Basically, you can write about ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING you want!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What are your favorites from the list? What can you <i>add</i> to the list?</span>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-36043600877527238542016-10-01T17:54:00.000-04:002016-10-04T13:43:05.306-04:00You Need to Journal If...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I didn't use to journal much. It's not like I didn't <i>want</i> to. In fact, I've always liked the idea, I think. But for the longest time (meaning up until, like two months ago), I only kept a journal sporadically and only wrote when I would die if I didn't. (Strangely, I very often now feel like I'll die if I don't write.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It ain't gotta be fancy. I use a plain ol' spiral noteook!</td></tr>
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But lately, I've wanted to get into it more, not just as an occasional thing, but an almost every day kind of thing. And man, I am so glad I've jumped into it! When I used up my little purse journal in early August, I began a new purse journal, and simultaneously, a new start to journaling!<br />
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This "new" journal I began again in, was actually an old, unused journal I still had from years ago, that I had written verses in at the top of each page (except for the last few), which is just perfect!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you're wondering why it's blurry, it's because no, you may not read my journal. Ha!</td></tr>
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Wewere at a friend's (multiple friends, actually) house last weekend, and amidst <strike>doing homework</strike> pondering life upstairs on Saturday night, I came up with a long list of reasons YOU need to journal! Because I really think journaling is so beneficial. <strike>All</strike> Most of these apply to meself too!* Here's the list (I'm not referring to the picture...). :D<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wrote this list for Jennie's <a href="http://www.littlegirldesigns.com/52-week-creative-play-challenge/" target="_blank">Creative Play Challenge</a>, <a href="http://www.littlegirldesigns.com/make-artist-powerup-rewards-cards/" target="_blank">week two</a>.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*If <i>all</i> of these apply to you, please go turn yourself into jail before taking over the world. Thx.</span><br />
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<b><i>You Need to Journal If...</i></b><br />
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<li>You feel guilt when you write suuuper long letters to friends because you're afraid of boring them, but you <b>need</b> to write it all down.</li>
<li>You have big dreams.</li>
<li>You have words practically pooping out of your brain and YOU JUST NEED TO LET THEM OUT.</li>
<li>You're an emotional teenage girl.</li>
<li>You're an emotional human being.</li>
<li>You have a disorganized brain.</li>
<li>You feel like no one else understands you (this would also be a fantastic time to talk to God + read the Psalms).</li>
<li>You want to practice your handwriting doing something productive.</li>
<li>You want to be able to write and not <i>care</i> how your handwriting looks.</li>
<li>You have lots of secret thoughts and must tell someone, but there's no one you want to tell.</li>
<li>You have secret evil plans to take over the world.</li>
<li>You are super duper annoyed about someone/something, but you don't want to gossip to others.</li>
<li>You've pledged to keep a secret, but you HAVE to tell someone. RIGHT NOOOW. (And who better to tell than yourself?)</li>
<li>You want your life story recorded for future generations.</li>
<li>You want to be remembered in history and have your journal put in some cool museum for people all around the world to see. After you die. Duh.</li>
<li>You want to record your thoughts, dreams, wonderments, wanderments, and joys, throughout the years to look back on later.</li>
<li>You want to remember the small things, as well as the big.</li>
<li>You want to come back later and see how your handwriting has evolved.</li>
<li>You want to come back later and see how your thought process has evolved.</li>
<li>You want to remember the good times, and the bad, and learn from them.</li>
<li>You have any life problems, at all.</li>
<li>You need to sort your thoughts.</li>
<li>You discovered something amazing that will impact the rest of history.</li>
<li>You're stressed about life.</li>
<li>You want to talk to yourself, but you know it's more socially acceptable to journal. (Who cares? I do both!) (They're basically the same anywho!)</li>
<li>You want to talk to yourself, but you're in a situation where if any sound issues forth from your mouth, you instantly die.</li>
<li>You need a productive way to procrastinate on school.</li>
<li>You need a productive way to procrastinate on life.</li>
<li>You're an introvert and people stress you out.</li>
<li>You're an extrovert and people stress you out (does that happen? I wouldn't know.)</li>
<li> You have a speaking disorder but love to talk. A lot. (AKA, you mumble and mix up words a lot so it's very hard to talk, and you find it easier to just write it all down.) (AKA, me.)</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know there have got to be so many more reasons that YOU (and I) need to journal. What are they?</span><br />
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P.S. Should I do more posts on journal-y stuffs? I like the idea...Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-33346597645661608682016-09-21T08:00:00.000-04:002016-09-21T08:00:12.876-04:00Seven+ Reasons Why Fall is the Best Season. Ever.<br />
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Tomorrow is the first day of Fall, and guess what! <b>I! Love! Fall!</b> Don't you? PPPFFF, what am I even saying? Of course you do! But, maybe you have forgotten <i>all</i> the many reasons you love it, or, perhaps, you just want to know why I love it! And so I shall tell you all the reasons! And then you'll obviously have to agree that <i>Fall is the best season. Ever.</i><br />
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<b>1. It is beautiful to behold!</b><br />
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<li><b>Colors</b> - All the colors of Fall are just so...scrumptious! Seriously, this is one of the biggest reasons I love this season so much.</li>
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<li><b>Goes with deep purple (best color ever!)</b> - Yes, deep purple is my favoritest color! And Fall looks SO good with it! <i>I</i> think so, at least. I'm aware that not everyone agrees with me on that.</li>
<li><b>Goes with my hair</b> - And well, who wouldn't love that? I mean, a whole season to match your hair? Yes, please!</li>
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<li><b>Leaves</b> - See this picture here, the one right below? Yeah, that one. Isn't it amazing? I took that last Fall in Tennessee. This is what I love.</li>
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<b>2. It smells beautiful to the nostrils!</b><br />
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<li><b>Air</b> - Have you ever stopped to smell the roses? Just wondering. Have you ever stopped to smell Fall? It's 10x better! Literally, just go outside in the middle of Fall, and sniff. I'm thankful to God for the gift of Fall for our nostrils.</li>
<li><b>Food</b> - To tell you the truth, when I think of traditional Fall foods, pumpkin pie is the first thing that pops into my head, and I <i>really</i> don't like pumpkin pie. But other foods, like...</li>
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<li><b>Warm drinks</b> - Okay, not even a <i>food</i>, I know. Not like I actually drink warm drinks all the time anyway. But the idea is nice, y'know? (I talk more about this down ther' under numbah four.)</li>
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<li><b>Fire</b> - Doesn't fire smell so good? Perhaps not if your house is going up in flames, but y'know. Usually it's a glorious smell.</li>
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<b>3. It feels beautiful on the skins!</b><br />
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<li><b>Cool weather</b> - I'm a warm-natured person, so I really enjoy this. Other people, however (eg. my mothah), don't like this so much. And along with the cool weather, comes...</li>
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<li><b>Rosy cheeks</b> - Small point, but so enjoyable. And we don't get to enjoy the enjoyableness if we don't go outside in the wonderful cold and play in the leaves and run around and stuff, which is wonderful in itself.</li>
<li><b>Zero bugs</b> - YESSS. LET ME JUST REVEL IN THIS GLORIOUSNESS FOREVER PLEASE.</li>
<li><b>Start of fire building season</b> - Okay, so, we actually haven't done many fires the last couple of years, but I have good memories of having warm fires in the family room, and standing right in front of the left vent because it's warmer than the right, hogging the heat, being freezing after moving away...funny how I somehow don't have many memories of really making one myself...</li>
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<li><b>Breeze</b> - Bring on the breeze, please.</li>
<li><b>Clothes</b> - Yeah, I like to wear clothes in the Fall. HAHAHA <strike>I'M SO FUNNY.</strike> What I <i>meant </i>was, I prefer Fallery clothes to Summery clothes. And sadly, I can't wear Fallery clothes in the Summer. Why do I love Fallery clothes? (<i>See below</i>.)</li>
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<li><b>Cozy</b> - Cozy clothes are the best! Just because I'm warm natured doesn't mean I don't like to be warm. Quite the opposite! I like the <i>climate</i> to be cold so that I can wear <i>warm</i> clothes. Make sense?</li>
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<li><b>Start of bathrobe wearing season</b> - I own three bathrobes, and each one is special to me. They're fuzzy and soft and smell oh, so good. (But somehow I'm the only one who thinks that?)</li>
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<li><b>Fashionable</b> - Also Fall clothes are so fashionable, <i>I</i> think. I much prefer them to Summery apparel.</li>
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<li><b>Boots</b> - My gray boots are <strike>probably</strike> my favorite pair of shoes. They're almost up to my knees, and they have heels, and they have straps around the ankle and up towardser the top, and the toes are rounded, not pointy, and as I said, they're gray, which is such a good color for boots, and they match almost everything, and they are JUST SO STYLISH.</li>
<li><b>My favorite shirt</b> - is a soft, long sleeve, darkish but not navy blue, <i>uber</i> comfortable piece of clothing, and it's not even absolutely necessary to wear a cami, which I think is superb! It's so fashionable that I can wear it to church, but I love it so much that I also wear it to my ever'day life. If I was a cold-natured person, I could probably wear it in the warmer months too, but I ain't cold-natured.</li>
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<li><b>Leaf Pile</b> - So...actually this does not feel good on the skins...It's quite the scratchy situation. But this was the best category to put it in. Let's say the <i>memories</i> of leaf piles feel good nestled up in your brain. :)</li>
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<b>4. It tastes beautiful on the tongue!</b><br />
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<li><b>Warm drinks</b> - I don't actually consume warm drinks often, but when I do...</li>
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<li><b>Hot chocolate</b> - Yummy. It's chocolate. It's good.</li>
<li><b>Tea</b> - This is one of those things I occasionally drink, but don't enjoy it enough to drink all the time.</li>
<li><b>Cider</b> - We don't get this often, but it's fun when we do.</li>
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<li><b>Apple Pie </b>- Not like you can't make this any time of year, but it's usually around Fall when we do. Also chocolate pie, which is even better than apple, but that's not traditionally Fall-y. (<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wanna split a pi'?)</span></li>
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<b>5. It sounds beautiful to the ears!</b><br />
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<li><b>Wind in the trees</b> - Go listen to it, and take in the wonder.</li>
<li><b>Laughing</b> - So this isn't something that only happens in the Fall. For me, it happens every! Single! Day! But with the coming of the holidays, come siblings from faraway lands, and with them come old stories and good vibes and...laughter.</li>
<li><b>Fire</b> - Crackling embers, hollow wind out the window, tea kettles screaming on the hearth...it all goes together so nicely. Alright enough of the cheesiness. (Heehee, does it worry you that this is the third time I've mentioned fire?)</li>
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<b>6. Holidays!</b><br />
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<li><b>Reformation Day</b> - Which is on the same day as Halloween, isn't that funny? But we don't celebrate Halloween! Instead we celebrate the day that Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses to the door of the church, and began the Reformation.</li>
<li><b>Early Christm</b><b>as</b> - For several years now, our neighbor and we have celebrated this holiday we made up, called Early Christmas. We play in the leaf pile, traditionally (although I don't much anymore) roll down the ramp with roller blades, eat popcorn, and listen to Christmas music. Oh yeah, and this is at the beginning of November. Hence, <i>Early</i> Christmas.</li>
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<li><b>Anticipation of Christmas</b> - Can we please all agree on the simple fact that anticipation of Christmas is almost as wonderful as Christmas Day itself? And one of the reasons for that is...</li>
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<li><b>Gift preparing</b> - Anyone else out there who enjoys preparing Christmas gifts? So fun.</li>
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<li><b>Thanksgiving</b> - OOH FOOD. Me like. Plus family, good memories. All that.</li>
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<b>7. <span style="font-size: x-small;">*lies through teeth*</span> It is less stressful! <span style="font-size: xx-small;">No, but seriously!</span></b><br />
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<li><b>Minimal traveling</b> - Not sure how accurate this is...we always travel for Thanksgiving (except for last year), and we have gone to a Fall conference in TN last year and 2013, and I'm sure there are other things...but, in comparison to, like Summer...</li>
<li><b>Extra hour of sleep</b> - Haha, no, not every night. But during the time change, we get an extra hour of sleep instead of losing one.</li>
<li><b>After camp ends, but before preparing for next year</b> - Please don't misunderstand me here, especially fellow camp people. I <i>love</i> camp, but it is also kind of (very) stressful for me. It's relieving to have that time in between where I don't need to be preparing for it.</li>
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This post had been in the making for over a year before being presentable to y'all today. Of course that doesn't have <i>anything</i> to do with the fact that I didn't work on it for months. It was only because there are sooo many reasons, and I wanted to list them in a clear and defined way, and connect the ones that are connected, and not let it all be a jumbled mess. It may still be a jumbled mess anyway. Heehee.<br />
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If your favorite season was already Fall, then good job, even though it's not surprising! If not, did I convince you?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is your favoritest season ever? What could you add to the list?</span><br />
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Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-69047570233148522192016-08-27T20:33:00.003-04:002016-08-27T20:36:41.834-04:00How to Construct a Painted Bead Necklace at Eleven PM on a Saturday Night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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July 9, 2016. Eleven o'clock pm. I'm in my room, about to take on a three and a half hour project: making a necklace to match my outfit for the next morning, and I haven't even showered yet. Because when inspiration strikes, YOU'VE GOT TO <i>GRAB IT BY THE NECK</i> AND HOLD ON TIGHT AND <span style="font-size: medium;"><i>NOT LET GO</i></span>, because if you do, IT MIGHT LEAVE YOU FOREVER! So I did not let go. (But just so you know, I don't recommend staying up that late. Especially on a Saturday night.)<br />
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I specifically wanted to make a necklace that would match my outfit in the morning, and there was no way I was going to postpone wearing that outfit to another day, because I already had it all picked out! Do you know how much planning goes into picking out a Sunday outfit? (Okay, actually this one didn't take much planning. It was just a dress.)<br />
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<u><b>Get yo' supplies!</b> My supplies included:</u><br />
Pearly white beads, different sizes<br />
Smallish rocks<br />
Glass jar<br />
Green acrylic paint (or whatever color you want)<br />
Elmer's liquid glue (not pictured)<br />
Clear stretch cord<br />
Round acrylic paintbrush.<br />
Toothpicks<br />
Foam flower (not pictured)<br />
Itty bitty glass beads in a color that goes with the paint<br />
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My supplies did NOT include:<br />
White acrylic paint. Why I put it in the picture, I don't know. But give me a little grace here - it was like 11:30 by this point, probably. I was tired.<br />
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The first* thing I did was to go outside and gather a few smallish rocks from the driveway. I washed them off, and put them in a jar with the beads. And...I SHOOK THAT JAR LIKE I MEANT IT! Because I did mean it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*<i>Actually</i> the first thing I did for this project was fiddle and tinker and mess around with different things to use for the necklace, until I found these beads, and was like, "Ah, perfecto! I shall use them, with Rebecca's permission because they belong to her!"</span><br />
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But...<i>apparently</i> I shook it a <i>little</i> too hard. The jar broke.<br />
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But! The shaking worked, nonetheless! I shook them a little more in another jar, gentler this time, and then they were ready.<br />
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All I had to do was peel the pearly white finish off of each. and every. individual. bead. <i>Noooo</i>, not tedious at <i>all!</i><br />
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After all the pearliness had been stripped away from those poor beads, I decided to shake them up with rocks one last time, to sand them.<br />
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<i>Squirt!</i> Goes the paint. Into the little white bowl thing.<br />
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<i>Paint!</i> Goes the brush on the bead, which is on the toothpick.<br />
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<i>Done!</i> Go all the little beads after they've been painted.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_4165758159&feature=iv&src_vid=1kR1VWgxcvQ&v=-CUnIImt-Ts" target="_blank">Alright, alright, <i>alright</i></a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(watch the video. The whole thing, but especially 29 seconds in)</span>. When they are all painted (and dry), mix together a <i>wee</i> bit of water with more than a wee bit of glue, and glaze every bead. This is to minimize the chance that the paint will come off (refer to bottom of post for some important words on this topic).<br />
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The glue will take a bit longer to dry than the paint. <i>Ooh, and really important note here if you care about your brushes! Please please please wash out all of the glue from your brushes! Even if <b>you</b> don't care about your brushes, do it because <b>I </b>care about your brushes!</i><br />
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Because gravity is a thing, the glue will drip to the bottom, so there will be wet glue at the bottom of the bead, while the top is dry. Like this:<br />
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In order to keep the glue from drying on the toothpick (and peeling off when you remove the bead), you'll want to flip the bead over before the glue spot at the bottom dries. Like this:<br />
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HEY! Would you look at that! After only, like, two hours or something, the beads are done!<br />
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Now we've got to string them onto the elastic string. Cut the elastic to whatever length you want.<br />
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It took me a long time and many tries to get a pattern of beads that I liked, because there were two sizes: big, and smaller than big (as you can see from the picture up yonder). I wanted it to look random, but also consistent. (I'm a woman - I'm hard to please.)<br />
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Playing around with a favorite letter of mine*...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*I'm not saying it </span><i style="font-size: small;">is</i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> my favorite letter. I don't think I </span><i style="font-size: small;">have</i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> a favorite. But obviously it's gonna be </span><i style="font-size: small;">one</i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> of my favorites.</span><br />
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After all that, the necklace wasn't long enough with only the painted beads, so, for like the tenth time, I took them off the elastic (but made sure they stayed in the right order), and I put a little bitty glass bead in between each painted bead.<br />
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A note about these glass beads: aren't they pretty? And also, see how they're not the same color as the painted beads? This at first irked me, but they were the the best option of all the glass beads my sister owned,* and as it turned out, it worked quite well since the dress I wore the next day had many colors.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*I don't make jewelry. I don't own beading supplies. My sister doesn't often make jewelry either. But she has beading supplies.</span><br />
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Once there was a little bead between each painted bead, I still wanted it longer, so I added more little beads on the ends.<br />
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I added about two inches of little beads on each end.<br />
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When it was as long as I wanted it, I slipped one end of the elastic through one side of the hole in a little bead, and the other end of elastic through the other side of the same hole. Like this:<br />
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Then I pulled it tight and knotted it. I realized after wearing it the next day, that I should have pulled the elastic tighter. I didn't want to pull it tighter and stretch it out, but it was going to stretch out anyway, by hanging around my neck. So pull it tighter than you think you need to.<br />
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I knotted it a couple more times, than snipped off the leftover elastic!<br />
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I have this other necklace that I did not make, that I thought would look good paired with my homemade necklace. I ended up just wearing the other necklace as a bracelet instead, but still, they look pretty snazzy togever.<br />
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So fashionable. While I'm bragging about its fashionableness, I <i>suppoooose</i> I should also tell you about something not so grand. Being, I wore the same outfit to my cousin's wedding last weekend, and ALAS! When I was unpacking from the trip, I noticed to my VERY GREAT dismay that the paint been *gasp* <i>dare I say?</i> ScerATCHED from some of the beads!<br />
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Needless to say, I was PUT. OUT. Yes, it pains me to tell you. Probably it never would have happened if I was carefuller in how I packed them. So just keep that in mind if you make this necklace, and pack it carefully!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So tell me, lovely ladies of the world, </span><span style="font-size: large;">would you wear this</span><span style="font-size: large;">? Have any tips for sealing it so it won't get scratched? What color would <i>you</i> paint it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">P.S. If you noticed that there are three places in this post where there should be a space, know that I know, and it bothers me to death too, but it won't let me add spaces there! If you know what's going on and how to fix it, plz holp.</span>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-16262982285092497622016-07-29T19:27:00.001-04:002016-08-11T15:02:32.275-04:00Make a "Things I Love About Coffee" Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Long ago*, on a Google+ post, I was once told, "you need to make that into a card ASAP."* Referring to:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*October 1, 2015</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">**Yes, I actually went and found that particular post on Google+ where that was said to me, so that I could type the words verbatim. Which is why I also know the exact date of the transaction.</span><br />
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To which I replied that I would think about it, even though I don't drink coffee. And so I did! For nine months, I thought about it, until I finally made it a few weeks ago!<br />
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Of course, I didn't make it exactly like the original work, because, well, I don't know how? Or I can't let myself make something the same as another has already made it? What can I say? I'm an artist. I like to "make it my own," as people say.<br />
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<b><u>Supplies for My Card</u></b><br />
White cardstock card, roughly 7 inches tall by 4-1/4 inches wide<br />
Slightly smaller piece of white cardstock<br />
Lined paper (to copy)<br />
Extra fine black Sharpie<br />
Three mugs stamp (any mug stamp would work, or simply draw a mug, as in the original)<br />
Black stamp ink<br />
Brown stamp ink<br />
Doily (<a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2016/07/how-to-use-doily-to-create-pair-of.html" target="_blank">can't get away from 'em!</a>)<br />
Silver eyelets<br />
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Now, all that looks like an awful lot of supplies. I make things complicated like that. But you can see from the original, that it really is not that complicated. So, if you want, here are the supplies for the original card.<br />
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<b><u>Supplies to Make the Original Card (Which Happens to Be Much Easier)</u></b><br />
White cardstock card, same size as mine<br />
Lined paper (to copy)<br />
Extra fine black Sharpie<br />
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Wow. So much shorter, amiright? But I'm here to tell you how <i>I</i> made the card, not how to easily and quickly make it, like the original! (Two totally different matters, you see.) So let's get on wit' it.<br />
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You see the lined paper in the above picture? I wanted to have lined paper in the card, because that's what the original had, so I copied a piece of lined paper onto a piece of cardstock, and made sure it printed in black and white.<br />
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But, alas, I was not satisfied. For some reason...I didn't like that it was so...straight! (Strange, for the OCD-ish person that I am.) So, I <i>re</i>-copied it, but this time, I crookedinized (totally a word) the lined paper in the machine, so it printed out crooked! (Note: to make it even better, you could crumple it up and then flatten again before copying. I didn't even think of that when I was making it.)<br />
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Then I cut out a piece of the lined cardstock, just a wee bit smaller than the card base. At the top, I wrote, "THINGS I LOVE ABOUT COFFEE."<br />
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This is the scribbled list of things to love about coffee, that I copied from the original.<br />
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Using the list, I wrote each point on the card, along with, "THINGS I LOVE ABOUT YOU" down at the bottom!<br />
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I didn't care if I messed up, since it was supposed to look all hand-written and stuff.<br />
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Here's the mug stamp and the black ink I used.<br />
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I inked it only partway, because that's all I would need at this point.<br />
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Then I stamped it down in the open area near the bottom right corner, and also up in the top left corner, after I inked the other side of the stamp. Make sure to have a piece of scrap paper underneath when stamping off the edge like this.<br />
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And then I stamped the heart stamp in black in the top right corner, left middle-ish, and bottom right-ish. I also re-stamped the hearts in brown, over top the black hearts.<br />
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That's when I realized that I missed the "coffee" in the second point. I freaked out a little in my brain at first, but then I remembered: It is <i>okay</i>. And I just added it back in with an arrow!<br />
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Now it's time to use another doily! To make this doily brown, I just rubbed it all over with my brown ink pad. Usually it annoys me that it's such a light brown, but it worked spiffily for this!<br />
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Line it up along the top right edge, and with the edge of your scissors, score a line along the edge of the paper. That's where you'll cut it.<br />
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Do the same for the bottom left corner.<br />
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Now all we need to finish up this card is a few eyelets! I used eight silver eyelets in all.<br />
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Punch the holes, insert the eyelets, glue the panel onto the card base, and you're done!<br />
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I thought it looked a little busy, and still think that, but again, I'm deciding not to worry about it. Can you think of any other points that could go on this card?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wouldn't this be adorable to send to a coffee lover? Do YOU like coffee? How do you like to drink it?</span><br />
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P.S.! Ooh, I am sooo so so excited about this! Jennie Moraitis' PAPERBACK book, <i><a href="http://www.littlegirldesigns.com/the-creative-retreat-book/" target="_blank">The Creative Retreat</a></i>, is out, and I was SO excited to find it waiting for me in its pretty pink package when I got home from camp! And do you know what's exciting about it?! (Many things, but one of them is this.) I'm IN it! I am so honored to know Jennie enough that she would ask me to be a contributor to her book. Learn more about the book <a href="http://www.littlegirldesigns.com/the-creative-retreat-book/" target="_blank">HERE</a>!Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-22829327193478533322016-07-12T12:51:00.000-04:002016-07-12T12:51:13.308-04:00Make a Springy Watercolor CardDo y'all remember when <a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2016/04/read-my-guest-post.html" target="_blank">I guest posted</a> for Jennie at Little Girl Designs? Welp, I hope you enjoyed it, because I get to re-share that post with you today!<br />
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That was back in the Spring time, so this card was fitting. Now, we're approaching Fall already (don't know whether to cry or jump for joy), and this card doesn't really match the season, but it's okay. Someone could use a Spring card any time of year!<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>Supplies</u></b></span><br />
White cardstock<br />
Molotow art masking liquid pump marker (what I have) or liquid frisket<br />
Watercolor paper<br />
Watercolors<br />
Tissue paper<br />
Sticker maker (if you have one)<br />
Extra-fine light pink marker (I prefer sharpies)<br />
Liquid glue (I specify liquid, because that's what I use and prefer, but really you could use whatever type of glue you want that actually works; I don't think glue sticks work well)<br />
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If I was making this card in the most efficient manner, I would do the masking liquid part first, so that it could dry while I cut out circles, but that's not actually the order I did it in, so I won't organize this tutorial in that way.<br />
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The first thing I did was cut out three circles from white cardstock. The circles should be of varying sizes. They need not be exactly the size of mine, but to give you an idea of how big each should be, my biggest circle has about a 2-3/4 inch diameter, the middle about a 1-3/4 inch diameter, and the smallest a 1-1/8 diameter.<br />
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That being said, I think it might look a little better if the biggest circle was a bit smaller, and it probably wouldn't hurt if the middle circle was a little smaller too. To get the circle shapes, I traced around various circular objects I found in my room, which you could do, or you could use a compass. Either would work.<br />
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I set the circles aside, and got out my trusty art masking liquid. Liquid frisket was on my Christmas list, but instead I got this stuff, which seems to work just fine!<br />
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Before drawing with the pump marker onto watercolor paper, we need to cut out the watercolor paper first, of course! I cut mine to 2 inches by 4-1/2 inches. I think it actually would look a little better if it was slightly smaller, but it works fine.<br />
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After that's cut to size, we can start on the fun stuff! The first time I made this card (nope, this isn't the first time), I wrote the words, "HEY, YOU," in the same font as I did here. In other words, all caps, and with the scallop border too. Wait for that to dry before heading onto watercoloring.<br />
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This is one of my favorite parts because it's fun, easy, and beeyoooootiful. For the watercoloring, I usually, without wetting the paper first, start with pink (not sure why - you certainly don't have to!), dab it in the top left corner and then dab on the orange, and then light orange, and just go back and forth between those three, until it's all covered!<br />
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My art teacher has talked about this thing that happens with watercolors, called a blossom. It just means that when you paint an area and it dries and then you go back and continue painting, it will be obvious where you left off, because there will be a sort of mark. A lot of times when painting a picture, blossoms are bad, but with things like this, I think blossoms are a good thing, and I love the way they look! <br />
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After that's all dry, you can rub off the masking liquid to reveal the white of the paper! Because of this, feel free to go kind of dark with the watercolors so when you rub off the stuff, there will be an obvious difference.<br />
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Note: When I used this masking liquid for the first time, I thought you were suppose to <i>peel</i> it off when it was dry (because that's what the directions say to do), so I got quite frustrated when it wasn't working. After a while I just started rubbing it out of frustration, and was overjoyed to find it came off! So if you get this stuff for the first time and it doesn't work to peel, then rub.<br />
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I have a mesh drawer under my desk <i>full</i> of tissue paper that I've collected over the years. I don't use it that often, but it certainly comes in handy! To stay with the color scheme of pink and orange, I used orange, light pink, and hot pink. These will be used to cover the circles we cut out earlier. Hot pink for the biggest, light pink for the middle, and orange for the smallest.<br />
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Cut out a square from each color, that is each a little bigger than the circle it will cover. Carefully insert each square of tissue paper into your sticker maker and roll until they emerge out the other side! Individually peel each piece from the backing, and stick the circle on. I like to leave part of the tissue paper still on the backing while I stick on the circle, because it curls up really easily, and is difficult to uncurl because of the stickiness.<br />
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Note: Of course it is not hard or time consuming to erase the pencil lines around the circles, but if you want to eliminate that step, be sure to lay the circle down on the tissue paper with the marked side facing you, not the tissue paper, so it doesn't show through. Especially do that if you used a pen!<br />
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Once the circle is safely on the tissue paper, pull the leftover down on the back. I like to do it in a nice orderly fashion, but who cares - no one's going to see it!<br />
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If you don't have a sticker maker, perhaps you could squirt some liquid glue on your finger (or the circles) and rub it all over the circles and then stick on the tissue paper squares.<br />
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I had my blank card set aside this whole time. Once all the previous steps are done, you can go around the edge of the card with a light pink marker and roughly draw a border with scallops. Don't try to make it perfect. In fact, try <i>not</i> to make it perfect!<br />
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I always like to put together all the parts of my card before gluing everything in place, so I know exactly what it'll look like, and can do any last minute touches.<br />
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When you have your circles in place as shown above, you can go around them with the scallop border like you did around the edge of the card.<br />
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Now adhere the circles in place, and put the sentiment over top! If you do have a sticker maker, you could use that again here for the circles and sentiment, and it would make everything even more secure than liquid glue would. I didn't because I don't like to use up my sticker maker cartridge if liquid glue works fine.<br />
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And it's done! Since this is such a Spring-y card, I love the way it looks with the pretty flowers in the background. :) Now go make one of your own, and knock your pen-pal's socks off!<br />
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Heheh, this was one of the first pictures I took of this card. Isn't it fab?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever used liquid frisket or this Molotow stuff I have?</span>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-30692645849697965142016-07-01T17:20:00.001-04:002016-07-07T13:44:19.197-04:00How to Use a Doily to Create a Pair of Elegant Watercolor Cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What a <i>fun</i> idea, right? But wait, I haven't shown you what I'm talking about yet - all you know is that it involves a doily and watercolors, correct? Well, you probably know a little more, because that picture up above is pretty self-explanatory.<br />
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When I saw this <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/158189005639314539/" target="_blank">on Pinterest</a>, I certainly did not need a whole blog post length tutorial! Nevertheless, I shall provide you with one, because I'm going to show you how to use a doily in two ways, which means I will be showing you how to make two cards today!<br />
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<b><u>Supplies</u></b><br />
Doily<br />
Watercolors<br />
Watercolor paper<br />
Watercolor brush<br />
Water<br />
Sharpie<br />
Beads<br />
Fabric flower<br />
Hot glue<br />
Cut out "thank you" (or other sentiment)(I used my die cut)<br />
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<b><u>Card No. 1</u></b><br />
First I cut out a piece of watercolor paper with about a half inch margin from the edges of the card. Then I positioned a doily where I wanted it, sort of in the top left corner.<br />
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When watercoloring things like this, I always like to do use multiple colors that coordinate well together, so I used turquoise, light blue, and dark blue. I started with turquoise, just dabbing the paint on with my brush, and using lots of water, and then I added the other colors, and went back and forth between the three until all the spaces (and the rest of the paper) were filled! For now, you don't need to paint the center of the doily; we'll get to that later.<br />
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This picture shows the doily and paper after being painted. Do not move the doily until you've finished painting!<br />
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I have a box of fabric flowers and such things, and this yellow one I had is perfect for these cards. This flower actually had six sections, so I used three for each card, and that worked well. With a dark blue sharpie, I wrote "thank you" in the center of the doily-shaped empty space.<br />
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Here's one of my bags of beads, where I got the bead for the flower from. That bead looks more black, but it has some blue in it, and I wanted kind of a dark bead for this card, to balance things out.<br />
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I thought the card needed something more, so I drew polka-dots over the whole card.<br />
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After that, I deemed it complete. This is the final basic layout I came up with. I decided to put the doily piece at an angle, since I thought it looked better that way, and I kind of wrote the sentiment crooked anyway.<br />
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I used hot glue for the flower, putting a little in between each section, and then a little on the underside to stick on the card. Gluing everything on after I've figured out the layout is so satisfying! Sometimes though, I <i>think</i> I've figured everything out, and then as I'm putting it together, I change something! (I did not do that this time.)<br />
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<b><u>Card No. 2</u></b><br />
And <i>now</i>, we can paint the center of the doily! These doilies are really neat, in that you can watercolor on them, and let it dry, and then come back later, and if there's a blossom, you can re-paint it. There's some sort of coating. It's not like watercolor paper, and it's not like regular paper (regular paper = copy paper). So what I'm saying is, if you put too much paint in a section, or something, it's easy to spread it out with water.<br />
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I cut a piece of cardstock that measured 1/4 inch from each edge of the card, and outlined it in yellow sharpie, and did polka dots with the same sharpie, like I did for the other card. I also used the other three sections of the flower. Aaand (just one more thing!), I also used my "thank" and "you" die cuts for the sentiment, and I'm really happy with how it looks!<br />
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Since the sentiment for this card is white, not something dark, like the blue I used for the other card, I wanted to use a white bead for the center of the flower, so, from my bag of beads, I retrieved this nice, pearly white bead. It works perfectly! Now you can glue everything on, and that concludes both cards!<br />
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I really wanted to put the flower on the right side, like on the first card, but it just wouldn't look near as good with the tail of the "Y" hanging down like that.<br />
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What do you think of them? I love how similar the two cards are, but at the same time, I love the differences between them.<br />
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I experimented with this back in March, but I just didn't get to posting about it until now! This one is my favorite from back then. Perhaps even my favorite doily card I've ever made! (You can see more of these on my "<a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_51.html" target="_blank">Cards I've Made</a>" page.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever used a doily to create something? What else could you make with a doily?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">{P.S. Linking up <a href="http://www.posedperfection.com/2016/07/creative-ways-link-party-113-and.html" target="_blank">here</a>!}</span>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-43648279422430861342016-06-18T18:03:00.000-04:002016-07-07T13:02:32.406-04:00How to Put Together a Simple Girly Birthday Gift {For a Girl of Any Age!}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's almost summer. Which means, in our family, it's birthday season. And birthday season means lots of cake. OH OH and also lots of gifts to give!<br />
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One of my sisters is somewhat hard to get gifts for, so you know what I did? Well, I went straight to <a href="http://www.thinkingcloset.com/ebook/" target="_blank">Thinking Outside the Giftbox</a> by Lauren Lanker, and when I was done, I had several ideas to pick from! I decided to use two, and put them together to make a cute gift in a jar. Or a glass. Or whatever you call this cool looking thing that came from a building in our woods. <i>What do you call it? (Ooh, and it even has this cool glass top with four points that look like the points of a compass! Coooool.)</i><br />
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The two gifts I ideas I chose were a "10 Things I Love About You" booklet, and a plain ol' letter, because everyone loves letters! The "10 Things I Love About You" booklet was not originally Lauren's idea; she borrowed it from Ashley at <a href="http://thecreativeplace.blogspot.com/2010/05/diy-tuesday-mothers-day-gift-idea.html" target="_blank">The Creative Place</a>. It's such a simple idea, and yet so special!<br />
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Instead of using the printable, I decided to just make my own from scratch. So I painted on watercolor paper, and used that as my "canvas."<br />
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I didn't do 10 things actually. I did 9, only because, with the size of the paper I was using, it worked perfectly to cut it into 9 sections. There are certainly more than 9 things I love about my sister!<br />
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I hole punched and fancily numbered each one.<br />
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Now this is the fun part - writing out what you love about your person! <i>(JK, all of it is the "fun part.") </i>Lauren said in her book that the ones she and her husband made for their moms were so specific that they couldn't be said of the other. That's what I tried to shoot for. The more specific, the more specialific!<br />
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This is the tag I made to attach on the front. It's just white cardstock and black sharpie.<br />
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You could tie it like this, with a long tail....<br />
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...Or you could tie it with a pretty bow like this, which is how I ended up doing it.<br />
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I wanted the letter to be fun and colorful too, so I wrote it on this cool, wrinkled, old looking paper I had, with all different colors of sharpie.<br />
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Since I write long letters, and since I couldn't write on both sides of the paper because the sharpie bled through, the letter ended up being two pieces of paper long. Which I like.<br />
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Now the construction of each of the gifts is completed, and all we have to do is package them up! That's one of my favorite parts.<br />
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I wrapped a ribbon around the letter so it's all nice and compact, and it fits in the jar.<br />
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Now, just because the making of the gifts is done, that doesn't mean the <i>making</i> is done! Time to make confetti! (That's part of packaging up, right?) I have these cool fringe scissors that are perfect for this. I used hot pink, light pink, and light blue tissue paper, and just cut it into about inch-long strips.<br />
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Now, just because the confetti making is done, doesn't mean the making is done! Oh no! We still have a tag to make for the jar! Actually though, this tag was pre-made when I put this gift together. Yes, it was pre-made by me, but still, pre-made. So all I had to do was punch a hole and write on it.<br />
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Out of the same jar of ribbon as I fetched the teal ribbon from, I pulled this pretty green ribbon. It happens to be the same ribbon I used for <a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-little-green-bow.html" target="_blank">The Little Green Bow</a>, if anyone remembers that!<br />
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Alright, <i>now</i> the making is finally done, and we can put the gift together!<br />
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First I put in the confetti. Then the booklet and letter went in together, and on top of that, the top!<br />
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Don't you just love how old and antique-y this jar looks?<br />
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And the top is so cool.<br />
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As I said in the title of this post, you could do this for a girl of any age, and she'll love it! I'm sure you could easily tweak this also to be a good guy's gift. But...probably only if he's your sweetie or your brother. Or your dad.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who, in your life, could you make something like this for?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">{P.S. Linking up <a href="http://www.posedperfection.com/2016/07/creative-ways-link-party-113-and.html" target="_blank">here</a>!}</span>Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-55425324266558447792016-05-28T23:30:00.000-04:002016-07-07T13:03:51.148-04:00Line It With a Letter! (And Decorate It With...Paint.)Line <i>what</i>, you ask? Why, an envelope, of course!<br />
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Y'all probably remember that for the whole month of April (yes, I do know that that was a month ago), I was doing a letter writing challenge that my friend Jennie was hosting (<a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2016/04/read-my-guest-post.html" target="_blank">I even wrote a guest post for her</a>!), and you can actually still do the challenge at your own pace, if you like!<br />
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I was at first using Jennie's printable stationary and not-made-by-me cards that I already had, but for the last week I wanted to do something different. I think it was on Pinterest that I saw the idea to write a letter right inside the envelope (not that I hadn't thought of it before), so that, combined with <a href="http://www.littlegirldesigns.com/five-fun-ways-decorate-envelopes/" target="_blank">Jennie's post on decorating envelopes</a>, gave me the idea for what this post is about! I <i>had</i> planned to go easy on myself for the <i>whole</i> challenge, but whatevs. I suppose I can't be trusted.<br />
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White cardstock<br />
Pencil + eraser<br />
Ruler<br />
Scissors<br />
Acrylic paint (I neglected to include that in the picture. Whoops.)<br />
Washi tape (optional)<br />
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Each envelope I made is different. I used a different paint for each, and even the sizes are not all the same, because I didn't go on a template or anything. <br />
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Hopefully you can see the pencil lines in this picture to get an idea of what I did, but basically I positioned an envelope I already had (you could use any rectangular shape - it doesn't have to be an envelope) in the middle of the paper, and traced around it, and then used my ruler to figure out where the center line of the envelope was, and continued that line all the way from one end of the paper to the other. That way, I knew where to position my ruler so that the would-be envelope flap wasn't all wrong and mismeasured. From there, I drew a straight line from the corners of the rectangle to the point at the end of the paper where my middle line ended. I did that on all four corners. Then I drew a another line about 1/4 inch outside of those four lines, and cut on those lines, so that when I folded the flaps, they would overlap. I also cut in those grooves where the corners of the rectangle were, as shown below. I thought it would work much better to fold the flaps after painting, so that's what I did!<br />
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I only told you roughly how I did it so you would have an idea, but really it doesn't matter how you make your envelope! You could even use an already made envelope to write your letter inside! What matters is the heart you put into decorating it, but more importantly, the letter itself.<br />
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Phew! Now that <i>that</i> is over, we can get on to the fun stuff! Painting the envelopes! I was of course making five envelopes for the five people I was writing for the challenge. For the first, I just did a simple polka-dot pattern with dark purple acrylic paint (I used one acrylic paint for each), using my index finger as my painting device (which I did for every one). Woot for finger painting!<br />
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The second envelope I made featured this really pretty blue acrylic paint we have, and I just did random doodling all over.<br />
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For the third envelope, I chose a dark green paint, and to go along with that color, I finger painted trees along the front, and on the top flap, and then stripes on the other areas.<br />
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By this point, it was time for a pop of warm color! I grabbed the red paint, and began playing around with triangles.<br />
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Now the last day was a bit different. I had gone to bed late the previous night because I was completing that day's letter (I was <i>not</i> going to miss one day!), and the same was true for this day. Er, night. I was just too tired by this time to go to the trouble of tracing, measuring, cutting, an envelope. I just wanted to write my letter and go to bed.<br />
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So...I did not go to the trouble of tracing, measuring, cutting, an envelope. I just wrote my letter and went to bed.<br />
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Oh wait, did I say I "just wrote my letter and went to bed"? Welllll, that may not be the exact truth. You see, I can't go four other days doing something cool for my recipients, and then just leave the last one with a boring old letter that I was too tired to make fancy.<br />
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I did, in actuality, write my letter and go to bed, but I had to write it all crazy-fun-like, so it wasn't boring.<br />
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I didn't leave it at that. Oh no. I got fancy with the outside in the morning (this is how I remember it, anyhow. It was so long ago...).<br />
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What I did was, first, I decorated one side of a piece of cardstock with light purple acrylic paint.<br />
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Then I let that dry, and, since it wasn't an envelope like the rest, I folded it fancily.<br />
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It ended up being kind of thick, and hard to fasten securely. But I got it done.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Just a quick note: does anyone else find it hard to comprehend that the address side of an envelope is suppose to be the front, and the open up side is the back? That has never made sense to me. I mean, do YOU walk into your house through the back door? Do YOU drink your water out of the bottom of the glass? Do YOU stick your head out through the bottom of your shirt? Didn't think so.</span><br />
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Now, we're done with decorating the envelope, but we can't forget the most important part - writing the letter! It's so fun to write right inside the envelope, don't you think? And you don't have to write anything long either! I, for some reason, don't know <i>how</i> to write a short letter, so I used up every inch of space I could, but <strike>that's totally weird</strike> you don't need to write more than you're comfortable with. Also, I wrote my letters <i>before</i> folding, so I didn't have to wrote over the creases.<br />
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Yes, I went fancy with the envelopes, and yes, I wrote long letters in each, but no, I didn't think that was enough, apparently. So I made a little watercolor bookmark to put in each letter, sort of as a thank you gift for...being my recipient? :)<br />
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I sealed each envelope with washi tape of some sort.<br />
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Don't you just <i>love</i> it when you have supplies that all coordinate <i>so perfectly</i>? It makes my heart soar.<br />
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To make it easier to write each day of the challenge, I taped up the calendar where I could see it easily, and under it, all of my recipients' addresses, along with their day of the week.<br />
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This was such a fun challenge to do, and right up my alley! Jennie really thinks the same way I do, and I am so happy to be her friend!<br />
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P.S.! Man, have I missed blogging! Things have been a little crazy lately, with my not being good at using my time well, and traveling, and such. Maybe I will get back on track during the summer, but we will see. Tomorrow I'm off to Tennessee, and BWSC starts on Monday! Stay weird!<br />
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{P. P. S. Linking up <a href="http://www.posedperfection.com/2016/07/creative-ways-link-party-113-and.html" target="_blank">here</a>!}Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-52208554015922116472016-04-20T20:46:00.001-04:002016-04-20T21:38:26.568-04:00The Doodle Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow, it's been a while since I did a card tutorial here, hasn't it? (We're not counting <a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2016/04/read-my-guest-post.html" target="_blank">that guest post</a> I did, since it wasn't for my own blog.) I whipped up one of these cards Sunday before last when I needed to make a birthday card for someone in a short amount of time, and I didn't want to go to the trouble of thinking up a fancy card.<br />
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I like this card because it is so easy, and can take five minutes to complete, depending on how detailed you get!<br />
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Three blank cards (<a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Georgia-Pacific-Cardstock-8.5-x-11-110-lb.-150-Sheets/15904276" target="_blank">this is the paper I use</a>)<br />
Three card panels the same size as the cards<br />
Black sharpie pen<br />
Glue<br />
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<b><u>Directions</u></b><br />
Doodle on card panel. Glue to card.*<br />
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*The reason I say to do this on a separate piece of paper instead of right onto the card is simply that the sharpie bleeds through the paper. If you have thicker paper (the weight of mine is 110), you certainly don't need a separate card panel to doodle on.<br />
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Sometimes a blank surface can be daunting, but just go ahead and make a mark! The point is to <i>doodle</i>.<br />
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Since it can be intimidating to start on a blank surface, I'm all prepared with tips and ideas to get you started! If you can't think of what to doodle, here are some ideas.<br />
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<b>Circles</b><br />
I like to draw circles inside circles, but you could also just draw empty circles. You could try going from small to big, or completely random!<br />
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I also like to draw stripes inside my circles' circles..<br />
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<b>Dots</b><br />
I did dots in a swirly design, which I think looks nice. You could also do lines with dots, or just random dots. I think it looks good to have them in some sort of pattern.<br />
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<b>Squares</b><br />
For the original card (pictured up yonder^), I loosely drew rows of squares of varying sizes, like in the picture below. I like to do a biggish area full of squares.<br />
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<b>Triangles</b><br />
This is something I did on only one of the cards, and don't like the look of as much as squares. It is still nice though, and maybe your style involves more triangular things, and that is okay!<br />
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<b>Lines</b><br />
Lines! Possibly the easiest pattern to do, and so pretty if you do it right! HA. What does "right" even mean? Maggie knows not. You can also criss-cross them and make a checkered pattern or plaid.<br />
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<b>Sentiment</b><br />
This is of course optional. Not every card needs words, but if you need/want words, go for it! Since these cards are a little wonky, I recommend writing it in wonky handwriting!<br />
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And there are some ideas for you to implement on your own cards! There are so many more possibilities than what I listed. Go where your mind takes you! Or, as I put it in the first picture, let out the creative kid inside you! I'm all about being a kid.<br />
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I gave you ideas for what to doodle, and now I'll give you tips as to how to doodle too.<br />
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<b>Balance your lights and darks.</b><br />
If your pattern at one end of the card is light, try to maintain that light throughout. If you start out dark, keep it dark. In the first card (pictured below), I had more darks on the bottom half of the card, so I added in stripes to a row of squares at the top to even it out a little bit.<br />
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<b>Repeat patterns.</b><br />
For instance, take my squares. I had squares in the top of the design and then again down at the bottom in the first card, and throughout on the last. For the second card, I drew triangles on the bottom and top, as well as down the left and right edges.<br />
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<b>Try not to get <i>too</i> busy.</b><br />
It's my humble opinion that I got a little too busy on the second card. You may think differently on what's busy and what's pleasing to the eye. Of the three, I think the first is my favorite because I like the swirly-ness, and the last is almost too open for me.<br />
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<b>Play around.</b><br />
This is about doodling, right? Play with patterns. Trace your hand (now that's a good idea!) Draw circles or lines over and over again, if that's all you can think of. Just don't overthink it.<br />
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Lately I've started calling people Honey Bun, in addition to Honey, Hun, Darlin', and the like. So that's the explanation for the "What's up, Honey-bun?" card. :)<br />
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I love that these can be all occasion cards, and could totally be for a girl <i>or</i> a boy, depending on the patterns you employ!<br />
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There SO many possibilities with this card. It'd be fun to play around with a bunch and see how many different designs you can come up with.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Will you give it a try? What is your favorite pattern to doodle? Do you even like doodling?</span> I think it's great fun.Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-51092236244118923272016-04-11T18:37:00.001-04:002016-04-11T18:37:24.101-04:00I Have a New Desk Cup! (And This is How I Made it)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Many years ago, I was all into masking tape. Meaning, I made things with it. I made all sorts of things. Wallets, animal sculptures, a hand (that was pretty neat), and I even made a desk cup for myself once! It's been sitting now on my desk for all these years, filled with pencils, scissors, and other long things that go in a desk cup.</div>
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It <i>is</i> made of masking tape, so over time, it's gradually slumped over, or rather, backwards, so that it can't even stand up on it's own anymore. It's been leaning against a picture I have on my desk, half covering my friend's face. <i>(Sorry Rachel!)</i><br />
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When my mom got rid of her big 4-cup measuring glass recently because the measuring indicators on the side were nearly all rubbed off, I rescued the big ol' thing out of the trash, sure that I could make something of it. I had the idea to make it my new desk cup soon after I took it, but I didn't just want to dispense of the old cup and use the new one without decorating it in some way! (And let's be honest; I wanted to blog about how I would decorate it. ;)) So this is how I did it!</div>
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You've probably noticed by now that the title of this post is half false, as I did not actually make my new desk cup, I simply...reupholstered it, so to speak? And what did I "reupholster" it with? That, my friend, calls for <i>STORY TIIIME!</i><br />
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Once upon a time, when I was about ten probably, I got two new pairs of PJ pants, of the same silky, lovable fabric. One was brown with different colored stars, and other was off-white with different colored hearts. You wanna see what they look like?<br />
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I loved one pair (the brown) more than the other, but I loved them both. I told myself (and I think my oldest sister too) that I would wear those pants until I <i>could</i> no longer wear those pants!<br />
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One day, when I was probably 13, I was wearing the hearty pants. Well, I forgot to pull up the pants before I squatted, and the next thing I heard was <i>r-i-i-i-p</i>. I knew where they had ripped: right in the rump. But! I could still wear them! Oh yes, I <i>could</i>. I continued to wear those pants until a sibling or someone said I should stop, and I finally laid those pants down to rest...in my bottom drawer, where I keep fabric and other art supplies. <i>(Hey, <a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2015/11/quick-christmas-craft-fabric-covered.html" target="_blank">I showed you a picture of my bottom drawer in this post!</a>)</i><br />
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The next summer, I had a friend stay with me for about a week (the same friend, in fact, who's picture was half covered by the masking tape cup!), and I told her the story of how the pants broke, and she thought it was very funny. Because it was very funny.<br />
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But me thinks I should get on with this tutorial, perhaps? Ooh, and this might be a good time to mention that this was <i>not</i> my idea, so don't go spreadin' this around like I'm a genius for thinking this up. 'Cause it ain't the truf! (I mean, you can definitely go spread it around, but don't give me full credit.) I <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/158189005639905563/" target="_blank">saw it on Pinterest</a>, and I'm sure it's been done by more people than I know of.<br />
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(In a booming voice)...<i>GET YOUR SUPPLIES READY! </i>Ahem.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Supplees</span><br />
Old fabric (that you'd better not mind cutting)<br />
A clear glass vessel to adhere your fabric to<br />
Liquid glue<br />
Water<br />
Spoon (or finger)<br />
Bowl<br />
Scissors<br />
Newspaper (to work on)<br />
Almonds (to snack on while you work)<br />
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I already discussed where I got <i>my</i> fabric from. Now you just have to get your own. My fabric is silky, but I don't think the material really matters.<br />
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Cut your fabric into strips of about an inch wide, and however long they need to be to extend from the bottom of your vessel to the top edge. Mine were about...seven-ish inches? That's after cutting them like two or three inches shorter because I realized they were <i>way</i> too long. <br />
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Now mix together your glue and water, which you will be coating the fabric strips in. At first I just unscrewed the top on the glue bottle and tried to squeeze it out, but, even though it made cool patterns in the water, it was not fast enough for me, so I just took off the whole top, and poured it in. Mix it all up with a spoon (or your finger).<br />
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Dip a strip in the glue mixture and submerge until completely covered, and then pull out and sort of wipe off the glue with your fingers.<br />
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Then, making sure that the "right side" of the fabric is facing outwards, sort of lay the strip in the glass, with the top of the strip aligned with the top of the glass. If you have a glass that is not completely straight all the way around (like this one), you'll have to trim the strips around that area accordingly. Make sure to overlay the strips slightly.<br />
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Mind the fact that there may be bubbles, which you will want to remove before the glue dries. It may take a few tries to get all the bubbles out, but it's worth it. Especially if you're prone to act OCD about things...<br />
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When you're finished laying in all the strips you need, all you have to do is wait for the glue to dry! I actually was able to pour out some of the glue that had collected in the bottom, and that sped up the drying time, or, lessened what it would have been otherwise.<br />
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Now, take a little break to snack on your almonds. THEY'RE <i>HEALTHY!</i> (I had been snacking on them this whole time, actually. Ha, treachery!) (Yes, there are also pretzels mixed in there with the almonds. Ha, more treachery.)<br />
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Okay, your break's over! BACK TO WORK! I didn't realize until I finished the inside that I also wanted to do the handle. My former self needed a reality check. Because that handle needed doing! So cut a strip that's short enough to go on the underside of the handle, and that won't curve at the top. Dip it in the glue just like before, and then slap it on! Nope, JK. Don't slap it on. It won't work very well.<br />
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The glue will drip probably, so...don't go showing off your work until it's all dry and dripless. Isn't this heart at the bottom of the handle cute-puhtoot?<br />
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Here it is in action!<br />
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I must stress again that this idea does not come from my creative little brain, <i>but</i>, I have not seen any tutorial as detailed as mine (not like I looked for one...!), so I've got that at least. Maybe you don't even care for all the details, but you got a story too! Woot woot for bonus material!<br />
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P.S. In case you were wondering...I still wear the brown pants. Not sayin' they fit though.<br />
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P.P.S. I haven't yet taken the time to figure out how to add the pin it button to my peektors, but I pin all my posts, so if you want them, go ahead and <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/maggiegroover/" target="_blank">follow me on Pinterest</a>!</div>
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Hey! You know what I am super excited about today? (Other than the fact that I'm publishing a post for the first time in over a month...) See that card up there? ^ Well, I wrote a guest post for my friend Jennie over at <a href="http://www.littlegirldesigns.com/" target="_blank">Little Girl Designs</a>, where I made <i>that card! </i>And it's getting published TODAY! Since I care about all of y'all so much, I really don't want y'all to miss out.<br />
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Here's an excerpt from my gust post, just to wet your appetite.<br />
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"I didn't purposely plan to do a card involving watercolors just because I know Jennie loves them as much as I do, but you know, I think it's fitting! The first time I "ran into" Jennie, I knew I loved her style, and it has become more and more evident as we get to know each other that we have so much in common! From our love of letter writing, to our love of watercolors - two things I'm combining today. I don't know about y'all, but that gets me <i>really</i> excited! (Not to mention the fact that Jennie is having me guest post on her blog. How cool is that?)"<br />
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Curious to see more? (I hope you are!) <a href="http://www.littlegirldesigns.com/hello-watercolor-card/" target="_blank">Click here to read the full post</a>!<br />
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P.S. For the month of April (which is letter-writing month - how fun!), Jennie is doing a snail mail challenge. I'm taking part in it, because letter writing for me is irresistible, especially when I get to use cute stationary that Jennie made! (Doesn't mean I don't get behind on my letter writing. Like, for instance, now.) I think YOU should take part in the challenge also, and together, we'll send lots and lots of love out into the world! (I know, it sounds cheesy. But seriously, who doesn't love snail mail?) In case you would like to take part, <a href="http://www.littlegirldesigns.com/30daymailboxlove-challenge/" target="_blank">here's the link to sign up!</a> It's for the month of April, but you can join in any time.Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-24269987556199895472016-02-29T16:35:00.002-05:002016-02-29T16:35:22.584-05:00Linking Up At SILVER MESS: Boxed In<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrD9ht5soaJeNgZvnRwvV5j2aF2Rw61BGuhYjZYLAulkI-aqUeBviTp0snosBNWZmb7pxpbxWEKI_Qn9jXQOP1zasLEjNCYLWn1vW7qjcbkjQkA5qqT6wcl93fQ-CE1CG6VzIZoD_0xk9C/s1600/Linking+Up+At+SILVER+MESS+-+Boxed+In.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrD9ht5soaJeNgZvnRwvV5j2aF2Rw61BGuhYjZYLAulkI-aqUeBviTp0snosBNWZmb7pxpbxWEKI_Qn9jXQOP1zasLEjNCYLWn1vW7qjcbkjQkA5qqT6wcl93fQ-CE1CG6VzIZoD_0xk9C/s640/Linking+Up+At+SILVER+MESS+-+Boxed+In.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<i>Today, I am linking up at <a href="http://www.silvermess.com/" target="_blank">SILVER MESS</a>. Rachel's prompt (is that what you call it?)(and by the way <a href="http://www.silvermess.com/2016/02/a-piece-of-my-heart-february-linkup.html" target="_blank">it's here</a>) is "boxed in." I was trying to come up with something along those lines, but was having a fair bit of trouble. WHEN - it hit me! I am boxed in by clutter!</i><br />
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That's how this post was going to begin, but now Rachel is not doing the link-up because she has other things to attend to, and that is completely understandable! However, I had this post almost all ready to publish, so I'm not just going to delete it, or even change it to a non-link-up post, because then you wouldn't have the opportunity to check out Rachel's blog! That would be a shame, wouldn't it? So I'm just going to proceed as if she is still doing a link-up. Go!<br />
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My desk is cluttered. Beside my bed is cluttered. My inbox is cluttered. My brain is cluttered.<br />
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So today* I'm going to make a card inspired by clutter, or rather, the absence of clutter, since I can't in good conscience make a card inspired by clutter. The idea sort of makes my brain hurt. And of course, since the prompt is "boxed in," I have to include a cute little box in the design.<br />
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Because this card is inspired by the <i>absence</i> of clutter, I definitely wanted to make sure this card stayed super simple and had a lot of white space.<br />
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I knew I wanted to include a box, so I got out my nice brown paper, and lightly sketched an open box.<br />
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When I got it the way I liked, I outlined it with black sharpie. I used a brand new sharpie (meaning, this is the first time I've used it, even though I got it months ago), which is why the lines are so thick.<br />
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After I outlined the box, I cut it out.<br />
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Observe: these are two different types of pens here. The toppest is a black sharpie pen, which I used to outline the box, and the other, a really nice pen that I love which came from my neighbor's car (no, I did not steal it. He let me have it). It writes really nicely, and the stroke is nice and thin - the way I like it! It does not have any indication anywhere on it though, that tells what the brand is or <i>anything</i>, so I guess I need to keep it extra safe so I can keep it foreveeer.<br />
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I have a few graph paper scraps on my desk, so I practiced writing the sentiment on one of those before finally getting it right. Fun fact: I didn't <i>know</i> I was only practicing when I tried the first two times. <i>I</i> thought I was going to get it perfect the first time, but no. I didn't. Oh well. It happens.<br />
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The last time, when I at last became victorious, I decided to use the thin-stroke pen for the bottom part of he sentiment, and I'm happy to say it worked splendidly! Before, I had used my sharpie for the top and bottom, but didn't like the thick lines that the sharpie made. So I switched it out for the other, and this is what happened!<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOKOkwqCAoHf9pe5GBLBXrovkKndTjkuujDAq_NrsU9ka0mnGAJPB32kLtvPHSYbgerde36TK4XI-oB6CE-j4wC7WJY0BJgGyzstVMunFLJVC-ISNNcIi16pUEyPkhegkICjyV0IAApQ0/s1600/Boxed+In+-+The+Sentiment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOKOkwqCAoHf9pe5GBLBXrovkKndTjkuujDAq_NrsU9ka0mnGAJPB32kLtvPHSYbgerde36TK4XI-oB6CE-j4wC7WJY0BJgGyzstVMunFLJVC-ISNNcIi16pUEyPkhegkICjyV0IAApQ0/s640/Boxed+In+-+The+Sentiment.jpg" width="640" /></a>Now, for this last easy peasy step, gluing the sentiment and box to the card, I used my sticker maker instead of liquid glue, because liquid glue would make the paper warp, which I did <i>not</i> want. It worked well for the graph paper, but for some reason the sticky stuff didn't adhere to the brown paper as well, though it wasn't too bad (I did end up using a teeny bit of glue on the section that the sticky stuff came off of). Just something to keep in mind if you try it.<br />
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This is actually sort of a strange card...like, why would I send this to someone? But I will, and I shall explain!<br />
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Do you find it ironic that perhaps boxed in <i>is</i> my style? No, I certainly hope it's not. It shouldn't be! Creativity is about breaking those barriers, and that is what I aim to do!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How are YOU boxed in? What do you do to break out of that box? Do you think my card depicts well what it's like to break out of the box?</span><br />
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P.S. Don't forget to stop by <a href="http://www.silvermess.com/" target="_blank">Rachel's duper cool blog</a> and leave her a nice comment!Maggie Grooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057601539840643872noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423324938726041574.post-87987798282628135102016-02-18T22:01:00.000-05:002016-02-19T14:49:11.524-05:00 I Did Get Officially Tagged! -- Infinity Dreams Award<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I feel so <i>special! </i>My very first tag! By name, that is. <a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-song-tag-im-doing-tag-post.html" target="_blank">I've done one tag before</a>, but that was only because I really wanted to do it, not because the tagger actually tagged me specifically. I think it's a whole lot more specialer when you're tagged by name. It's true, that <a href="http://createdbythecreated.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lydia</a> <a href="http://createdbythecreated.blogspot.com/2016/02/infinity-dreams-award.html" target="_blank">tagged</a> me <i>after</i> she published her post because she forgot me the first time, but it still counts. She just forgot the first time around, and that is okay!<br />
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One of the rules of the tag is that you have to thank the person who tagged you, but I would thank Lydia even if it wasn't one of the rules, because tag posts seem so fun. So thank you for tagging me Lydia!<br />
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<b>The rules are...</b><br />
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<li>Use the Infinity Dreams Award picture</li>
<li>Thank the blogger who tagged you</li>
<li>Tell us 11 facts abut yourself</li>
<li>Answer the 11 questions</li>
<li>Tag 11 bloggers</li>
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<b>Oh boy, 11 facts...</b><br />
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<li>When I was a baby, I had a random tooth in the roof of my mouth that had to be pulled. And now I have braces because of one tooth that would have gone horribly awry without braces.</li>
<li>I have never moved once. Right before I was born, my family moved to this house, and this is the place I'll always call home, even after I move out. I mean other than my true home, heaven.</li>
<li>I own three bathrobes. All of them are special, and I still use each one. (I wear the biggest most of the time, the middle one goes under my pillow, or, when it's cold enough, under my biggest bathrobe, and the smallest is wrapped over my pillow.)</li>
<li>I used to want to be a ballerina, many, many years ago.</li>
<li>Once I got so sunburnt that I got a bad fever, and had to take an oatmeal bath.</li>
<li>Apparently I'm allergic to sesame seeds? (Pfft, yeah right.)</li>
<li>I get my lefts and rights mixed up very easily.</li>
<li>I like to address envelopes with a color that's on the card. So <a href="http://maggiesbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/p/contact.html" target="_blank">if you ever receive a letter from me</a>, chances are, if the address and return address are written in color, that color is on the card somehow.</li>
<li>I have this pair of pants with huge-mongous pockets, and I LOVE THOSE PANTS MAN. They are the most comfiest. I am wearing them now, in fact! <i>I love them.</i></li>
<li>I received my Bible on my 7th birthday, and once it got rained on profusely, and now it looks like a wrinkly old man, minus the man part.</li>
<li>I've never changed the color of my hair in any way, unless you count chalk pastels dying. (I don't.)</li>
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<b>Those questions I was asked...</b><br />
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Card making of course! I hope it's not <i>only</i> a hobby though. I hope it turns into a business!<br />
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That...is very hard. I either have very many, or not many at all. I choose very many, which makes it hard to narrow it down. Okay, I'm going to go the overly cliche route, and say Jesus. Because if I could only pick one, that truly would be my answer. He influences every single area of my life. It's through Him I learn how to live my life. How can He possibly not be my inspiration? Me knows not how. There are lots of other people who are my inspiration also. Like for art stuff, my sister <a href="http://betweenthelanelines.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Katie Beth</a> is a big one.<br />
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3. <i>What is your favorite piece of music (can be either classical or modern)?</i><br />
I don't have to think about that one! I Wish You'd Stay by Brad Paisley! It's <i>beatifuuul </i>and <i>I love it</i>.<br />
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4. <i>What is something you wish you knew more about?</i><br />
Haha, uh, blogging? Maybe photography too.<br />
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5. <i>What is your favorite quote?</i><br />
I don't have a favorite quote, I don't think. But, here is one that I love. (Let's use the picture from <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/maggiegroover/lovely-quotes/" target="_blank">my pinterest board</a>.)<br />
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I like to think that quote describes me. Dr. Seuss is great, isn't he?<br />
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6. <i>What is something you look forward to doing each day?</i><br />
Creating something at my desk! There are seriously a <i>bunch</i> of things I look forward to each day, but this is a big one.<br />
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7. <i>What is your favorite way to get exercise?</i><br />
Probably...pull-ups and chin-ups. We have a bar in our hall right outside my room, so I get lots of practice. Currently I can do 3 to 7 of each, going all the way down each time. I also like to run, but that's harder to keep up with.<br />
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8. <i>Describe yourself in three sentences.</i><br />
I am a daughter of the Creator, and thus, I am a very creative individual, just like every other person, whether they realize it or not. I take particular joy in creating, laughing, and playing with kids. I have bright red hair and green eyes. (How'd I do?)<br />
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9. <i>What has been your biggest life achievement so far?</i><br />
I. Have. No. Idea. I guess...the only thing my brain is going to is last year when <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI5tBQZYkLk" target="_blank">I sang in front of an audience for the first time</a>. That was pretty dang exciting. I wasn't even nervous somehow, but a few years ago, I wouldn't have believed I could do it. So I guess you can call it an achievement.<br />
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10. <i>What is something you learned recently?</i><br />
Recently? Weell, I've been learning more and more recently that God is good. Just, <i>God is good.</i> That simple truth has been very meaningful to me lately. His plans are good, and I have no need to fret about a single thing. Ever. (Not saying it doesn't happen.) So, I don't know if that answer really counts, since I have known it for many years, but I have been noticing it a lot more recently.<br />
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11. <i>Where is the most interesting place you have ever gone?</i><br />
Ergh, that's a hard one too. I had to ask my sisters for help! Hum, I'm going to go with a suggestion from my seester <a href="http://shirleyesque.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rebecca</a>, which is: there's this really artsy place called The Scrap Exchange over an hour from where we live, that Katie Beth took me to once for my birthday. That was very interesting, first in a weird artsy sort of way, but by the end, in a very good I-need-to-come-back-to-this-place sort of way.<br />
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<b>Yay, now I get to ask questions!</b><br />
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1. Everyone is an artist in some way. How are you an artist?<br />
2. Come up with a creative answer to why you don't own a hippo (or why you do!)<br />
3. What is your favorite type of shoe?<br />
4. Describe your favorite pair of pants.<br />
5. Do you prefer to write letters on lined paper or in cards? (I won't judge if you say lined paper!)<br />
6. If you had to go a whole day without either sharpies or scissors, which would you choose?<br />
7. Would you rather maintain a garden for a year, or be the only one to clean the kitchen for a year?<br />
8. If you had to change your hair color, what would you change it to?<br />
9. Do you like the New Testament or the Old Testament better, and why?<br />
10. How many stuffed animals do you own, or did you own as a kid?<br />
11. What would you say to me if I urgently entreated you to rescue my pet kumquat named Pluey before it got kidnapped by a walrus? Would you think I was crazy?<br />
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<b>And I tag...</b><br />
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1. Alyssa at <a href="http://mywoodbetweentwoworlds.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Woods Between the Worlds</a><br />
2. Anna at <a href="http://demigodsandunicorns.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Demigods and Unicorns</a><br />
3. Anna at <a href="http://girlwiththebinder.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Girl With the Binder</a><br />
4. Emily at <a href="https://leisurelydilettante.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Leisurely Dilettante</a><br />
5. Faith at <a href="http://princessfaithm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Princess Faith</a><br />
6. Grace at <a href="http://experiencinghisjoy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Experiencing His Joy</a><br />
7. Meaghan at <a href="http://lotsandlotofdiystuff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">LotsAndLotsOfDIYStuff</a><br />
8. Moira at <a href="http://originalmetoo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Original Me</a><br />
9. Olivia at <a href="http://summerof1999.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Summer of 1999</a><br />
10. Robin at <a href="http://asparrowforjesus.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Sparrow For Jesus</a><br />
11. Tane at <a href="http://tangerinetane.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fifth Out of Ten</a><br />
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I know a bunch of y'all don't post very often, and that is exactly the reason I'm tagging you! You have to do it, because I said so and also because I want to know what your favorite pair of pants is like. Oh and my sister Anna, you especially have to do it because you didn't do the other tag I tagged you for! And because you are my little sister, so you automatically have to obey whatever I command you, and I command you to do this. :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Go! Do your bidding!</span></div>
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