tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29644993186699821422024-03-13T15:23:16.967-07:00HeartartzArt from the Heart ~ Art for the Heartheartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-67465527741739840452013-09-19T14:40:00.000-07:002013-09-19T14:40:56.892-07:00People come into your life for a reason<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bLltt5cPDOc" width="459"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When you figure out which one it is,</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">you will know what to do for that person.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When someone is in your life for a REASON,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They have come to assist you through a difficulty;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">to provide you with guidance and support;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They may seem like a godsend, and they are.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They are there for the reason you need them to be.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some people come into your life for a SEASON,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They may teach you something you have never done.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Believe it. It is real. But only for a season.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.</span></span><br />
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heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-30487955904410790922012-03-06T17:00:00.011-08:002012-03-06T17:12:09.563-08:00Motivation<span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Motivation</span><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span>If you've never failed...you've never lived</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center; "><span><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_tjYoKCBYag" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span><a href="http://youtu.be/_tjYoKCBYag">http://youtu.be/_tjYoKCBYag </a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(235, 235, 235); "><i>Best motivation video - www.KyaniHawaii.com</i></span> </div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-41157234655373163092011-12-24T09:13:00.000-08:002011-12-24T09:27:55.585-08:00Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdUeNor39Vq7zpRm4BrKXu8qcLpU0LGgy5bGMHWojMfdNNv5XQdpQ11OMc2-KoQ9rfLc9vqfZhJvDGZGwpb9-mhZpULmTxErNpUA7XxMJSkyIe7wF3CMmdZEFFx-uWkd-Vg7zkDN2H8dR/s1600/IMG_0162.JPG"><span ><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 385px; height: 385px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdUeNor39Vq7zpRm4BrKXu8qcLpU0LGgy5bGMHWojMfdNNv5XQdpQ11OMc2-KoQ9rfLc9vqfZhJvDGZGwpb9-mhZpULmTxErNpUA7XxMJSkyIe7wF3CMmdZEFFx-uWkd-Vg7zkDN2H8dR/s400/IMG_0162.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689744967127996818" /></span></a><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none"><span ><span><span><span>“A Christmas Heart”</span><span>, </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; "><i><span>Digitally altered photo of, </span></i><i><span>Copper enameled,</span></i><i><span>formed metal heart made at </span></i><i><span>Artfest 2011</span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span ><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; ">May you have </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; ">the spirit of Christmas which is peace,</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; "><span >the gladness of Christmas which is hope <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span ><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; "><span>and the heart of Christmas which is love. </span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-US" > <o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none"><i style="font-size: x-small; "><span ><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none"><i style="font-size: x-small; "><span ><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none"><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "><br /></span></i></p>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-6891530375515025702011-10-11T19:18:00.000-07:002011-10-11T19:25:29.647-07:00Steve Jobs RIP<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-UapXfyY6RoQFgUQUWEQwQSp39pGVFqwU4Bq0esfSLoHDLHkXg3Vvmmj2sNqIKJRB1Z33KhEJJm9jvRth-XU9RBGNapgO9qC6hL3nu8K-RMRsHG71YJn7aai9KHLWL_Z3ZQrA_9qN32T/s1600/ripstevejobs-600.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-UapXfyY6RoQFgUQUWEQwQSp39pGVFqwU4Bq0esfSLoHDLHkXg3Vvmmj2sNqIKJRB1Z33KhEJJm9jvRth-XU9RBGNapgO9qC6hL3nu8K-RMRsHG71YJn7aai9KHLWL_Z3ZQrA_9qN32T/s400/ripstevejobs-600.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662425647152168386" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; " >from <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/steve_jobs_in_his_own/thing?id=43623121">http://www.polyvore.com/steve_jobs_in_his_own/thing?id=43623121</a></span></div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-52394474201575993132011-09-17T17:19:00.000-07:002011-10-11T19:26:40.436-07:00Create Something Together<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; ">I went to see the Blue Man Group perform recentl</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em; ">y.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em; ">The opening screen before the show starts displays </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; ">the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em; "> following quote......</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span></p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1gftY0OIZDVpcBemZH33ZqkqqM8v2JfIpdN2OQMD2OlzQjGeuR2Qasr07-_i35s1lvlxd8nQLq30DaGQOuGWXaNgFYt0H83NBuh6wKJ7SU8dV3UxbaAaX6eHXN8l_w6vl9sBoAcweybf/s400/blue+man+group+open+screen+crop.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653490202596129858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 362px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><i>“When you first meet people from a foreign culture, a great way to break the ice is to offer a few gifts as a gesture of friendship. It’s always good to choose items that reflect your personal interests, and it’s even better if it’s something you have created yourself. You also need to show a genuine curiosity in their interests and their culture. But ultimately, the very best way to forge a lasting friendship is to create something together: Whether it’s a meal, an art project or just a spontaneous dance party, when you create something with others, you build a connection that lasts a lifetime.”</i> </p><p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">~ <b>International Diplomacy for Dummies</b></p></span></span></div></div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-73218255438337133402011-04-18T11:54:00.000-07:002011-04-18T12:15:39.928-07:00The Power of Words<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >A friend sent me this today.<br /></span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">It is so beautiful...</span><br /></span><br /></span><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: center;" id=":1y4" class="ii gt"><span style="font-size:100%;"><object style="height: 195px; width: 320px;"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hzgzim5m7oU?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hzgzim5m7oU?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="320" height="195"></embed></object></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" ><a id="yui_3_2_0_3_1303148130584124" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgzim5m7oU&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=Hzgzim5m7oU&feature=player_<wbr>embedded</a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Change your words.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Change your world.</span></span><br /></div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-40805114281383621932011-04-05T13:54:00.000-07:002011-04-14T10:26:20.206-07:00ArtFest 2011<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >It seems time flies by and </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >it has been one year since I last posted on my blog</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >The 12th anniversary </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >ArtFest is about to happen</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" > April 6 to 10 at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA. and I am going!!!<br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" ><br />The theme this year is "Nourishing Creative Growth"</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9q-BLdnbWBaGGOfqzD7Pupn3wTCM9u9SR0sJKGCB5LGb_abcILte-rCo14yw7Jlc-pENyHuM6k1uXTvFl9pd2ZJNCwtSQsJcCswgm7c31MVuue6bSeNQShXb1b5Dog6U3DnRjYZIOWkT/s1600/artfest_11_logo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9q-BLdnbWBaGGOfqzD7Pupn3wTCM9u9SR0sJKGCB5LGb_abcILte-rCo14yw7Jlc-pENyHuM6k1uXTvFl9pd2ZJNCwtSQsJcCswgm7c31MVuue6bSeNQShXb1b5Dog6U3DnRjYZIOWkT/s400/artfest_11_logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594804987818479970" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >I have made my trades...</span> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:arial;">24 glass bird & egg charms on a ball chain for my dorm mates & special friends,</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bgyNt-8cUWdXY9pbUFuFrXV2lOCeJ4Kc2O8HIaYpAMiecihfIUXXUhqC2N5sgJeaXInbOe_FX-gX2DPp5FuTJcnO_RjW2y1KNQ_v6tMaycweg_q1qRmBziQruboiKpAWGouYp7jGTHS8/s1600/dorm+trade.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bgyNt-8cUWdXY9pbUFuFrXV2lOCeJ4Kc2O8HIaYpAMiecihfIUXXUhqC2N5sgJeaXInbOe_FX-gX2DPp5FuTJcnO_RjW2y1KNQ_v6tMaycweg_q1qRmBziQruboiKpAWGouYp7jGTHS8/s400/dorm+trade.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594809514811349522" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">70 glass egg charms and square business cards for everyone else<span style="text-decoration: underline;">,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5Dwdsm0XFkMBgJpNOiGLmfbYHotVwjVuNcvZA5R5kI-10_FYVIvshYF9MJR4MVbVGtoq3Om28bcyykyjK2ZB_QH4V54M6dYw1bBv7LMBMHVWo0aYrdSMiU3l6y4ziQp3WTRPRmC-Ymve/s1600/egg+charm+on+card.jpg"><span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuv_u4VyX6ZLkdRMzomPBHJR-aNnTbCsJWJB5tvi11X4YaQGhEswt9FL-mLnMp7Of_v_LPoAqb5IT_jF6KoG-R-pqHHNOgyr6K7W1karr1P_dq3-k0oAQX4uRiky9VDQcwS0QYxi9eNYO/s1600/egg+charm+on+card+no+name.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuv_u4VyX6ZLkdRMzomPBHJR-aNnTbCsJWJB5tvi11X4YaQGhEswt9FL-mLnMp7Of_v_LPoAqb5IT_jF6KoG-R-pqHHNOgyr6K7W1karr1P_dq3-k0oAQX4uRiky9VDQcwS0QYxi9eNYO/s400/egg+charm+on+card+no+name.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595491746783499554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5Dwdsm0XFkMBgJpNOiGLmfbYHotVwjVuNcvZA5R5kI-10_FYVIvshYF9MJR4MVbVGtoq3Om28bcyykyjK2ZB_QH4V54M6dYw1bBv7LMBMHVWo0aYrdSMiU3l6y4ziQp3WTRPRmC-Ymve/s1600/egg+charm+on+card.jpg"><br /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >and some bird & egg charms for my trade charm necklace<br />(where I will display the charm trades I receive)</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bgyNt-8cUWdXY9pbUFuFrXV2lOCeJ4Kc2O8HIaYpAMiecihfIUXXUhqC2N5sgJeaXInbOe_FX-gX2DPp5FuTJcnO_RjW2y1KNQ_v6tMaycweg_q1qRmBziQruboiKpAWGouYp7jGTHS8/s1600/dorm+trade.JPG"><br /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Awf1HkMrpCoL57GlUKdfCYYhk9eytT06P65HlPuvHDuUnB0WFKsytaIr-rJCZ_nYSN-pbwa85jC9qbp_6NBdXE_JUMpbwEdSEh_EbaglTIzk-C0MAsOix58eEJ2NkZosOKKxxSzntNRG/s1600/bird+egg+charm+trade+necklace.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 334px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Awf1HkMrpCoL57GlUKdfCYYhk9eytT06P65HlPuvHDuUnB0WFKsytaIr-rJCZ_nYSN-pbwa85jC9qbp_6NBdXE_JUMpbwEdSEh_EbaglTIzk-C0MAsOix58eEJ2NkZosOKKxxSzntNRG/s400/bird+egg+charm+trade+necklace.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594820637231407970" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span> </div> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >So now....</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >my bags are packed ... I'm ready to go ... I'm leaving on a jet plane ...</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > bound for ArtFest!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >The heart of creativity is an experience of the mystical union; the heart of the mystical union is an experience of creativity. ~ </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Julia Cameron<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. ~ <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Maya Angelou</span></span></div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-39195828672384641762010-04-20T23:22:00.000-07:002011-04-12T15:48:27.299-07:00Mah Jongg Jewelry at NMA<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" >I have been making Mah Jongg jewelry since 2005 when friends Jeannie & Jackie asked me to find a Mah Jongg jewelry supplier for their store ClayNichols. I said "I can do this". And thus I created the Hand From Heaven ~ Mah Jongg jewelry line.</span> <div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" ><br />Hand From Heaven~ Mah Jongg Jewelry was enthusiastically received, sold well and was sold exclusively at ClayNichols until they closed in 2008. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" >I thought my days of making Mah Jongg jewelry were over. </span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" > </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHgqpLkWtB0p8QAeO4m2ysoV5GhuChc2Zydo3wPhtMSjCS7S2yQfRa1Mz5gQqKWkK58WNVVuAcXG4qlZTIdNSmcbOJAXI66N8kIgkYdcjbnDcyyOeV3ULmGiP_fd6MJgbUVR1pd6ZG4gq/s1600/DSC00757.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHgqpLkWtB0p8QAeO4m2ysoV5GhuChc2Zydo3wPhtMSjCS7S2yQfRa1Mz5gQqKWkK58WNVVuAcXG4qlZTIdNSmcbOJAXI66N8kIgkYdcjbnDcyyOeV3ULmGiP_fd6MJgbUVR1pd6ZG4gq/s400/DSC00757.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456909839720274850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" >2005 Heart from Heaven ~ mah jongg jewelry, Trunk show at ClayNichols</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" >Then last year, Jackie, now a gift store manager asked me to supply Hand from Heaven ~ Mah Jongg jewelry to the Nevada Museum of Art, museum gift store. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" >Hand from Heaven ~ Mah Jongg jewelry </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" >is sold exclusively at NMA.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvrKpElqf5jODXlpGzeHa4FftHU-qxSFuo9zqTGbrEuAkaKnyKFb7TrHLfukhEXEKr_wNsPeJmUf73EG3UoVn7UdGVO133uWI14_TEEBzfp60YszDLs7ZHTZGFrTbvOtj6Suc7HSZYGB_/s1600/composite.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvrKpElqf5jODXlpGzeHa4FftHU-qxSFuo9zqTGbrEuAkaKnyKFb7TrHLfukhEXEKr_wNsPeJmUf73EG3UoVn7UdGVO133uWI14_TEEBzfp60YszDLs7ZHTZGFrTbvOtj6Suc7HSZYGB_/s400/composite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456908982902664194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Hand from Heaven ~ Mah Jongg jewelry selections, sold exclusively at the Nevada Museum of Art</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span></span></div> </div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-91886616538179502202010-04-05T22:41:00.000-07:002010-04-05T23:49:11.698-07:00ArtFest 2010 part 2 ~ the happenings<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/artfest/info.html">ArtFest 2010</a> was GREAT!!!!</span><br /></div> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >ArtFest at <a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/fortworden/">Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA</a> is a very unique event in a very special place.</span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJnhNAQ5gxwojpnYV-EQe1ClT4S6XM2ZX3w2pqU6nIt3wqo_SGO7ZyEM1GDa1_96uViejZUQNL9Kmdw9-X4ZZHJZmSFKPXtvG03Bh5A38ac8iBE3ReP8JeMwpvv1BtV6NcIiZ9Y5BKg6j/s1600/Collages.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJnhNAQ5gxwojpnYV-EQe1ClT4S6XM2ZX3w2pqU6nIt3wqo_SGO7ZyEM1GDa1_96uViejZUQNL9Kmdw9-X4ZZHJZmSFKPXtvG03Bh5A38ac8iBE3ReP8JeMwpvv1BtV6NcIiZ9Y5BKg6j/s400/Collages.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456835842050289666" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" > - collage<br /></span></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />I stayed in an old dorm with a very tiny room. But I would not change the experience for anything.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1c2JHIHssWE30meoUSuONf6t1_ovO8flyWfqHc9JPG9g2IVvvCqj3UdB9hLE7QflYtIcTfsnVCL5-Ze8ZAzUufTJHvHJia1167_IxJb4OIQ4SYZzwYgL3kUpxJlcIF7l6H0t51rdx02Q/s1600/me+in+dorm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1c2JHIHssWE30meoUSuONf6t1_ovO8flyWfqHc9JPG9g2IVvvCqj3UdB9hLE7QflYtIcTfsnVCL5-Ze8ZAzUufTJHvHJia1167_IxJb4OIQ4SYZzwYgL3kUpxJlcIF7l6H0t51rdx02Q/s400/me+in+dorm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456853115482858690" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >My tiny dorm </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;">room</span><br /><br />Everyone arrived on Wednesday, registered and got settled in dorms, then</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > we went to dinner, began reacquainting and frantically trading!</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span> <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://heartartz.blogspot.com/2010/03/artfest-2010-trades.html">see previous post.</a></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ></span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5E_9nWvZ56rz1Dk-eo7veyCB5QnuBZBOU-285F_Dy3d3qqA4IBE6IV3y4_Y7PoVUGjFO2Lln5fF-zjWc9yMGkNVqcMU1gbbs74ngJo4He-JDcs7ngca_FQOzgdrsbLdDqMmNcA9bIrrxD/s400/IMG_1284.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456853825495012322" border="0" /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Dorm mates ~ Jill, me & Jacque<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >After dinner on Wednesday, we were welcomed to ArtFest 2010 Opening Ceremonies by a concert from <a href="http://www.surrealized.net/">Surrealized</a>, </span><span style="visibility: visible; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" id="main" ><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">a Seattle based techno, electronic and rock band featuring a multimedia showcase</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span>Their CD is available on iTunes.<br /></div></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ></span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF05XbCNPp0"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Artfest 2010 Opening Surrealized</span></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbqNR68h3vKE5KMkUoEeliRIiuK3EgITA5FWClqeoCu2VPXC5OCOjB4l2yRP0GXaVATDTardsLqhsqeYQoBdHZ3Spq9wS92URk6LJsp3Pz3v8-n_NMGzNgbFnxorBNVmXaw2FuY4pl_5_/s1600/surealized+at+Artfest+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbqNR68h3vKE5KMkUoEeliRIiuK3EgITA5FWClqeoCu2VPXC5OCOjB4l2yRP0GXaVATDTardsLqhsqeYQoBdHZ3Spq9wS92URk6LJsp3Pz3v8-n_NMGzNgbFnxorBNVmXaw2FuY4pl_5_/s400/surealized+at+Artfest+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456747534792155346" border="0" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >Photo from Surrealized <a href="http://www.surrealized.net/">site</a></span><br /><br /></span></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >All day art classes were Thursday, Friday and Saturday.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />On Thursday, I had <a href="http://www.ornamental.typepad.com/">Nina Bagley</a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > - vintage necklace keeper class. While it was not a dynamic or new techniques filled class, it was perfect for my </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">jet-lagged</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > mind.<br />Nina Bagley is a lovely giving person, whom I so admire.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Nana and her Vintage Jewelry Keeper.<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgro3lWA2g8VEG_A6oTViKuOEJD7Ou15rLI4uoCaFiTTnrF2hUjpcQU5yAg-LfbeVGrtjG0Pl99hAvzbL2sSsVrbD2O18FZAYPqvgIZoKxFaBf_hdebYqC900SyfgjJu0oP0m9fWv2ZFeef/s1600/IMG_1239.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgro3lWA2g8VEG_A6oTViKuOEJD7Ou15rLI4uoCaFiTTnrF2hUjpcQU5yAg-LfbeVGrtjG0Pl99hAvzbL2sSsVrbD2O18FZAYPqvgIZoKxFaBf_hdebYqC900SyfgjJu0oP0m9fWv2ZFeef/s400/IMG_1239.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456750339194826866" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >My vintage jewelry keeper</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" > is for the Mah Jongg jewelry that I make for Nevada Museum of Art (future post to follow)</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">.</span> <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VetJNzyoxl8knwZ7RuQsu2AhEP-h1l8XuTH4TdWQQQZcQm96AC5Ij-wuASXOGPq71RqlqtGLjm5vVsK9nnkoqbx3LjcwEaKTqjteqakByTr91iqsY3TDhbXk880Ys-s9MlybWix5a_MK/s1600/IMG_1398.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VetJNzyoxl8knwZ7RuQsu2AhEP-h1l8XuTH4TdWQQQZcQm96AC5Ij-wuASXOGPq71RqlqtGLjm5vVsK9nnkoqbx3LjcwEaKTqjteqakByTr91iqsY3TDhbXk880Ys-s9MlybWix5a_MK/s400/IMG_1398.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456836547831046626" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />On Friday and Saturday, I had <a href="http://www.susanlenartkazmer.net/">Susan Lenart Kazmer</a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >. Susan is dynamic, full of energy, enthusiasm and talent.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > I was so glad these classes were Friday and Saturday!<br />Friday's class was <a href="http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/artfest/susankazmer/ttj/class.html">Transparent Text Jewelry</a>. In the morning we worked with Ice Resin to make resin papers and fill bezels.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > later that afternoon, we made a copper hinged booklet for resin papers.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeOcacWCSJOcXhv5BzsHd5j3l97tKPBhj_CzlkVM-bnj7koE-W4stTMtRWAjiDW0HCsHueIoxt1-Xh3QA7iMroiG3rKLnxD0nTqRDDfndEBEPns2DVxJucZlG282SzfNgseWMnvTmN6th/s1600/IMG_1409.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeOcacWCSJOcXhv5BzsHd5j3l97tKPBhj_CzlkVM-bnj7koE-W4stTMtRWAjiDW0HCsHueIoxt1-Xh3QA7iMroiG3rKLnxD0nTqRDDfndEBEPns2DVxJucZlG282SzfNgseWMnvTmN6th/s400/IMG_1409.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456838422658677938" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Saturday's class with Susan Lenart Kazmer was <a href="http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/artfest/susankazmer/as/class.html">Altered Surface Charms</a>. We learned all about patinas, cutting and metal working copper and cold connection joining....to make charms for a necklace. I made 6 charms and now want a disc cuter and dapper set!</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span> <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPccrQoD0oL6tcxEpydTgQynRXyN81t6Pv5vvEPnZyvbACyFrxMPtq5JCV9HmzU5tw9X_IOAqbK4wwmKLLJcrDuI0AYSNiV-38AHZKGXABfbOj6xiXhllTJSuIXgjHqooWTo8IqHNNLF11/s1600/IMG_1401.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPccrQoD0oL6tcxEpydTgQynRXyN81t6Pv5vvEPnZyvbACyFrxMPtq5JCV9HmzU5tw9X_IOAqbK4wwmKLLJcrDuI0AYSNiV-38AHZKGXABfbOj6xiXhllTJSuIXgjHqooWTo8IqHNNLF11/s400/IMG_1401.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456837948418729090" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I am happy to say I finished all three projects on evenings, lunchtime and after classes.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >The other nights evening activities included:<br />Thursday, an Iron (Chef) Artist Challenge between all of the teachers. Each teacher was given a kit (either 2D or 3D depending on type of artist) and had to create something in 30 minutes using all of the pieces..some used all..some did their own thing. It was great to see each artist's style emerge in their creation.<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEYDwXUfcp1IDso57IVd3lLzgNv4j4eGTiKheHqWn34cyv4ZQjh-5XJKj9bsgcBpZ09yBrp3ouyZa_a6XqynvY0WGsE0OC0zIhUujj57xugotvQXRyvDXTxsl9Nbwj3vrZtkSJthhyfgu/s1600/artfest+2010+pics.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEYDwXUfcp1IDso57IVd3lLzgNv4j4eGTiKheHqWn34cyv4ZQjh-5XJKj9bsgcBpZ09yBrp3ouyZa_a6XqynvY0WGsE0OC0zIhUujj57xugotvQXRyvDXTxsl9Nbwj3vrZtkSJthhyfgu/s400/artfest+2010+pics.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456756767884756034" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />Friday Vendor Marketplace where over 20 teachers sold their art works. It was crowded with so many people and beautiful creations.<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3hG3Nl38wlbs3z5Xp9eZBCoONghZxp2-wgAa_izO4zNi-hyM28dUZigwgq8PZKgk2Zz68WRtnEwGnT1iR_sqwOZBHZ5k7A41I7DJo-mEs3Ija6aO1YciRPMDVNqf1d7oKIjbcZVAwFxb/s1600/vendor+night+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 72px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3hG3Nl38wlbs3z5Xp9eZBCoONghZxp2-wgAa_izO4zNi-hyM28dUZigwgq8PZKgk2Zz68WRtnEwGnT1iR_sqwOZBHZ5k7A41I7DJo-mEs3Ija6aO1YciRPMDVNqf1d7oKIjbcZVAwFxb/s400/vendor+night+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456892146988482930" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />Saturday evening culminated in the Students Show-n-Tell Gallery Show.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-72GOki2_kTxc9Qhd3u4O9zaVshlvSOky7tW5743KHhQgUC1s41uQN4SeioxrdLeTiErcxGst9b3Ruzj1InYQi9EKSIqgYjgXiU7vFUQXbIxRtrtZOnoL-lVsxrFQuaTNI6XQTDN9Vi9o/s1600/show+n+tell+glaaery+collage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-72GOki2_kTxc9Qhd3u4O9zaVshlvSOky7tW5743KHhQgUC1s41uQN4SeioxrdLeTiErcxGst9b3Ruzj1InYQi9EKSIqgYjgXiU7vFUQXbIxRtrtZOnoL-lVsxrFQuaTNI6XQTDN9Vi9o/s400/show+n+tell+glaaery+collage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456905419178348162" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I finished my class projects and was able to show them on Saturday evening at the Students Show-n-Tell Gallery Show, below are</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> my creations.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ></span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNKmef_O-rx5_JeDd7pFgPFAYeQXTinOIj3f3by03ple5LQJ_MtltqrKcbrB7fpEY1kg2Y9fIxi24FquMKlLOruityl3cxk0NltiTbHe3bv4PSMuj0wv02tIOcFFt0wXYTQ3uCR19p2fn/s1600/my+art+in+show.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNKmef_O-rx5_JeDd7pFgPFAYeQXTinOIj3f3by03ple5LQJ_MtltqrKcbrB7fpEY1kg2Y9fIxi24FquMKlLOruityl3cxk0NltiTbHe3bv4PSMuj0wv02tIOcFFt0wXYTQ3uCR19p2fn/s400/my+art+in+show.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456765259916380450" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">L to R ~ altered surface charm necklace (Susan Lenart Kazmer, Teacher), resin paper in copper locket booklet necklace (Susan Lenart Kazmer, Teacher), and vintage jewelry keeper (Nina Bagley teacher)</span></span> </div> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />Sunday morning, a few of us awoke early to get the shuttle back to </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">SEATAC</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > airport and fly home. It was with sadness that we said good bye to our dorm mates (new friends) and each other. But each attendee vowed to return next year...It was like saying farewell to classmates at the end of the school year and heading off for summer. We all shared email addresses and blog sites and will reunite on the world wide web. We are all off for another year to try our wings and hone our skills till </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">ArtFest</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > 2011.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />I know I have been blessed with a gift for art. At </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">ArtFest</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > 2010 that gift was further developed and expressed </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">thru</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > hard work.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >ArtFest 2010 was all truly a magical fairie tale ....<br />a Once Upon a Time adventure.</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><b>Art Quote</b></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. ~ Emile Zola</span> </div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-39268176325856218162010-04-05T12:00:00.000-07:002010-04-05T14:43:50.319-07:00Artfest 2010 trades<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >WOW again.</span> <div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >It has been a week since</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > I returned home last Sunday (3/28) from ArtFest 2010.
<br />I had a fabulous time. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">ArtFest is a time </span>to rest, reconnect with friends from last year and make new friends this year, learn, be inspired and CREATE!</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" >
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<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >So as I promised to show you my trades ... here they are</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" >.
<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >The theme this year was "Once Upon a Time".</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" > M</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >y trade was a mini story book. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" >I made 72 booklets...28 short of my goal of 100. So as I said I'd do ... I made 30+ business cards embellished with the heart & key charms.
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<br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOUd0XBKX-wmmKC5QywyUNMUtd9tMhy7terOOtwmO2AM6U3lt6lEUi0WCtOS1Pt0QS84kAchKu5UJtgSvI4orI5ZSo54tCTDqxIXsNhpZIEILoapbD63F6P7mdmNUy-HrA87evo9goB9Q/s1600/composite.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOUd0XBKX-wmmKC5QywyUNMUtd9tMhy7terOOtwmO2AM6U3lt6lEUi0WCtOS1Pt0QS84kAchKu5UJtgSvI4orI5ZSo54tCTDqxIXsNhpZIEILoapbD63F6P7mdmNUy-HrA87evo9goB9Q/s400/composite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455971283709155474" border="0" /></a></p> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >The booklet covers are made of Tyvek paper that was painted with acrylic paint.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >To print the text on the cover & back I coated the painted paper with Golden Digital Ground Medium, let dry then print text and logo on ink jet printer. Inside text was printed on linen paper, cut and folded accordion style, glued to cover and embellished with jump ring, floss and heart and key bronze charms.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >The mini story boo<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">k contained a tiny bedtime fairy tale guaranteed to put you to sleep!</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I also made Artfest 2010 mini Banners (16) for my dorm mates. These were made of Tyvek paper, same process as covers above<span style="font-family:verdana;">.</span> Dorm mates hung the banners around their window or between bunk-bed posts to brighten up the dull dorm space!</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" >
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I gave out all the booklets, some of the cards and all of the mini banners. Although I must admit I did not get as many trades as I gave away. It seemed I came across a lot of people who were either new and did not have a trade or just were not trading. Oh well, I was happy to give my booklets to them and I love the trades I did receive.
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<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Unlike last year's trades that are still sitting in a zip lock baggie, I put t</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >he cards and tags in card protector sheets and was I able to use some of the trade material, paper and stuff in creating my class project.
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<br />O</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >n Friday evening of ArtFest, I was able to make a trade charm necklace.
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">All the trades</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I received...thank you everyone!</span> </div><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBv0vCoYxrNX680MzZ8ECK1aSi1xxAEb5C5eaIvTcHqYvMsMamaGDdwbu6gqNu2JE8koZSvCyQ_ca0eiS2LwjOJB6PmFKHkIxyPJkvayru5ja8YSg7FPQhuqEezZAZ6YerCpnf-p2f-Uj/s1600/trades+all.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBv0vCoYxrNX680MzZ8ECK1aSi1xxAEb5C5eaIvTcHqYvMsMamaGDdwbu6gqNu2JE8koZSvCyQ_ca0eiS2LwjOJB6PmFKHkIxyPJkvayru5ja8YSg7FPQhuqEezZAZ6YerCpnf-p2f-Uj/s400/trades+all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456736415047797618" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Trades are FUNN!!!!!</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.
<br />~ Konstantin Stanislavsky</span>
<br /></div></div><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ></span> </div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-57016080880707161632010-03-20T12:19:00.000-07:002010-03-20T13:14:51.337-07:00ArtFest 2010<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">WHOA!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">I just logged into my blog and realized I have not posted for a year.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />How time flies!<br /><br />It is time for Artfest 2010 in Port Townsned, WA.<br />A time when 550+ artists descend upon the tiny town to learn, create, mingle & have FUN.<br /><br />This years them is "Once Upon a Time"<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqOB0rPvefuIh6etiZUDGbKskUANoKPSB2dQWzf99mkZZCuoouckUblSrQxj5PFUG166BF7qAtD1zJfBjMpRPWgKSOb9SIgh5cu7MmX4QULjl-Ao-jVCF3Kfda1L59YozT4VjiFJAa8nS/s1600-h/artfest+2010+logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqOB0rPvefuIh6etiZUDGbKskUANoKPSB2dQWzf99mkZZCuoouckUblSrQxj5PFUG166BF7qAtD1zJfBjMpRPWgKSOb9SIgh5cu7MmX4QULjl-Ao-jVCF3Kfda1L59YozT4VjiFJAa8nS/s400/artfest+2010+logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450800340444242034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I am taking classes from the wonderful Nina Bagley and the amazing Susan Lenart Kazmer.<br /><br />Artists at Artfest make trades...mini artworks, charms, cards, ephemera, fabric, and/or embellishments that they then trade with each other. I am frantically making my trades.<br />72 down 28 to go! Yes, some of us overachievers strive for 100. but if you didn't or are a FV, don't fret when I get tired and am done...I stop and just use my business cards ... embellished of course!<br /><br />You are asking ..."So what is your trade?"<br />You will just have to wait till ArtFest to see them and get one. Or check back after, if you are not attending :(<br />But as a teaser I will show you the 3 images I used in my creation.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHw7vxHun74qS1WBGz6Wt4cJECMdaYWqZxLhgb8UVvSRd7ZAxgMK_mUlWnakYaddV9NmOSemTwgUEUpOLr65botfYs0Dn1_YP-Cj_Vgym4VOGFhhs_s-MCbnqX5i1aLMRRSwfJBjNcIBLx/s1600-h/smiths_sleeping_beauty.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHw7vxHun74qS1WBGz6Wt4cJECMdaYWqZxLhgb8UVvSRd7ZAxgMK_mUlWnakYaddV9NmOSemTwgUEUpOLr65botfYs0Dn1_YP-Cj_Vgym4VOGFhhs_s-MCbnqX5i1aLMRRSwfJBjNcIBLx/s400/smiths_sleeping_beauty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450803071841630706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxo-JTcZ3UkryEYNGVeY08E9YIH0FMQZ5C7zfpJ3MUhjb1Rvm7PSMbd1Ao7jsJe4mgAc93YFcLzsKJWqn6hLpirDUYwowEic4_enVQIdbkA8CARGsNdVzfd7bIQnS8UwPD1JaHIcAcBXQI/s1600-h/alice_lg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxo-JTcZ3UkryEYNGVeY08E9YIH0FMQZ5C7zfpJ3MUhjb1Rvm7PSMbd1Ao7jsJe4mgAc93YFcLzsKJWqn6hLpirDUYwowEic4_enVQIdbkA8CARGsNdVzfd7bIQnS8UwPD1JaHIcAcBXQI/s400/alice_lg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450802433007940850" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpNeJq_zRkumtOrV9Awe7yHIpmbyjffspAGw-SrjY45AWjGNoWTjslZCgmUVXaWztprw4wOE1tigTGX-CNP3PXQ4bXxUeQQ6JnTVYPG0fMHQ-Q5YaZhyphenhyphenbPRd4WiJNsev0Ljb46O9SEDJX/s1600-h/little-red-riding-hood.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpNeJq_zRkumtOrV9Awe7yHIpmbyjffspAGw-SrjY45AWjGNoWTjslZCgmUVXaWztprw4wOE1tigTGX-CNP3PXQ4bXxUeQQ6JnTVYPG0fMHQ-Q5YaZhyphenhyphenbPRd4WiJNsev0Ljb46O9SEDJX/s400/little-red-riding-hood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450802539563497394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">I am so excited to join in the fun</span>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">CREATE</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">FUN ... FUN ... FUN </span><br /></div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-34446461621599032022009-04-08T04:40:00.000-07:002009-04-09T12:19:22.648-07:00I'm going to Artfest 2009<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">March 31, 2009</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihX08R4N_y1e8X6ZGi84xNuPkkqIUeIQiLmjSOpuioQNzC3bNtOsi6hc7sAlhTfLDyZ68sPNg36plZtIb_PZuVg_oZVvybfC2XwRT6US4rdoqU3BD-Go7ftSPQ1dFR_ZrgzhFi1cVk68Qx/s1600-h/af09_logo+b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihX08R4N_y1e8X6ZGi84xNuPkkqIUeIQiLmjSOpuioQNzC3bNtOsi6hc7sAlhTfLDyZ68sPNg36plZtIb_PZuVg_oZVvybfC2XwRT6US4rdoqU3BD-Go7ftSPQ1dFR_ZrgzhFi1cVk68Qx/s400/af09_logo+b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322292897508435026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm going to </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/af2009/info.html">Artfest 2009</a><span style="font-family:arial;">!!! </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This will be my 1st ArtFest and </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I am so excited to be going. They call 1st timers Festal Virgins.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ArtFest is April 1-5 2009</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> and is held yearly at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA. ArtFest is organized by </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/1/temp.html">Teesha Moore</a><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.teeshascircus.blogspot.com/">blog</a><span style="font-family:arial;">) and her husband </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.zettiology.com/">Tracy Moore</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> . </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The theme this year is "Playing with Sea Monsters".</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Artfest, billed as "A Creativity Retreat among Friends" is a gathering of almost 40 teachers and 500+ artist attendees who take 3 days of full day classes. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">I am taking 3 classes Thursday </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.rsalley.com/">Richard Salley</a><span style="font-family:arial;">'s </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/af2009/richardsalley/tl/tl.html">Turning Leaves</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.ninabagley.com/info/nina.asp">Nina Bagley</a><span style="font-family:arial;">'s (</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://ornamental.typepad.com//">blog</a><span style="font-family:arial;">) </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/af2009/ninabagley/t/t.html">Destination: Journey - Touch</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://queenofarts.blogspot.com/">Ty & Marcia Schultz</a><span style="font-family:arial;">'s </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/af2009/tymarcia/hm/hm.html">Heavy Metal</a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Most attendees make a item to "trade" with other artists, as a way to get to know and remember each other. I have made a octopus charm on a bracelet designed to allow attendees to collect other charms.<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFguu_dR5jl9xfFZjQZ7mLV5n77N3DZL9H24x4VF5eB9qx3SbpVgXxuVlPjJhQ_K8Bp-0n0-MNR95TeeLm5o_oC6Pl7YeFNU8wF-QLTbf0J3MKbaDoYzfS_b6Nw_43UlaLDZYJxdqPi0f/s1600-h/bracelet+and+charm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFguu_dR5jl9xfFZjQZ7mLV5n77N3DZL9H24x4VF5eB9qx3SbpVgXxuVlPjJhQ_K8Bp-0n0-MNR95TeeLm5o_oC6Pl7YeFNU8wF-QLTbf0J3MKbaDoYzfS_b6Nw_43UlaLDZYJxdqPi0f/s400/bracelet+and+charm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322772740424900674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The bracelet is made up of copper, goldtone and silvertone thin bangles. the charm is a wooden bead painted with </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.modernmastersinc.com/products.aspx?pl=ME">Metal Effects copper paint</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, patina-d with </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.modernmastersinc.com/product_details.aspx?prod=04&pl=ME">blue and then black aging solutions</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and coated with matte varnish. Artfest 2009 is written on back. Dangling from the middle of the bead</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> are silvertone chains that make up the octopus tentacles</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">. Finally a funny face was drawn on the bead to make it a comic octopus.<br /><br />I added a heart shaped business card charm to each.<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwU2ekQI4JIjyn4x5qLvhr2fk4G0ZQUJL3i1UGsZUGjKDBu6aMwpW-um16Qg9muFu9IEK5YEYQhLNusSZ4Pdt1CaokilOSmOocTfYSGB3BmCsF0gefRPV45VaH4PzzTfzJLJjdPVZ4A8E0/s1600-h/heart+busness+card+tag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwU2ekQI4JIjyn4x5qLvhr2fk4G0ZQUJL3i1UGsZUGjKDBu6aMwpW-um16Qg9muFu9IEK5YEYQhLNusSZ4Pdt1CaokilOSmOocTfYSGB3BmCsF0gefRPV45VaH4PzzTfzJLJjdPVZ4A8E0/s400/heart+busness+card+tag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322755929920725074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I had originally planned to make 100 of these but time would not allow it and I only made 50.<br />So on 50 of my business cards I printed a digital ATC on the back. The photos is a digitally manipulated image of a composite of many photos I took at the Monterrey Aquarium jelly fish exhibit.<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAVJt48Mxp1kcefIWhmcqLyT6SJKqkTE7YQVsQtMivNv8GLwge-KwUNp6gjtoAxfNpOfbJmO3rbgtz6qEemJd5os9GVfYTRMPUlUTTFPBf6vwAi8pXSlJ7-YW5G2uEjD6scMt-uyAZR84/s1600-h/back+busness+card+artfest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAVJt48Mxp1kcefIWhmcqLyT6SJKqkTE7YQVsQtMivNv8GLwge-KwUNp6gjtoAxfNpOfbJmO3rbgtz6qEemJd5os9GVfYTRMPUlUTTFPBf6vwAi8pXSlJ7-YW5G2uEjD6scMt-uyAZR84/s400/back+busness+card+artfest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322756910384287634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.~ <strong style="font-weight: normal;">Miles Davis</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~ Pablo Picasso</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span>True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist. ~ </span><span>Albert Einstein</span><span><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span>Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.</span> ~ <span>Thomas Merton</span></span></p><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-61408200378464555312008-07-13T23:36:00.000-07:002008-12-10T00:53:54.531-08:00Art<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4uCEjrcySs7g_55oRjo87QW1-DK6z97awec1nDOpNRfhAGG3HmtO6qTICrNcpdcDrBK4YYOjNKIBsReO_jfsqoxa5QFPVktpnZdyVUTrneQru_MjNGhQpFrhtyciWnflrH6hqdt1U5vu/s1600-h/mar08+rose+flower+fairie.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4uCEjrcySs7g_55oRjo87QW1-DK6z97awec1nDOpNRfhAGG3HmtO6qTICrNcpdcDrBK4YYOjNKIBsReO_jfsqoxa5QFPVktpnZdyVUTrneQru_MjNGhQpFrhtyciWnflrH6hqdt1U5vu/s400/mar08+rose+flower+fairie.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222755254259493682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >"</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Rose Flower</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > Fairie" ATC for swap</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:9;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;color:black;" >Decopaged book text pages under procien dyed paper towel , stitched on vintage Fairie image,and silk mini rose ribbon</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:8;color:black;" ></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:8;color:black;" > </span> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Thursday, March 27, 2008...WOW I have been away from this blog far too long.</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />So much has happened in the last few months and then again... time has flown and it seems like yesterday was March 27. </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Life... it gets in the way of having fun.<br /><br />This year I made the resolution to change and that change involved doing more art.<br />I have been doing more art but I have not shared that art with you. I will attempt to post more again. Starting today!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time" ~ unknown<br /><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" id="yiv628849874"><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:100%;">"Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake" </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >~ unknown</span></div> </div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-31366729612818588012008-03-27T11:12:00.000-07:002008-12-10T00:53:54.994-08:00Hearts ~ I LOVE Heartz!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbVF0wO0oa5nhCWK40_KlYSRKCcvXqfjxXUEX7Bi6fvTzYtvswW9kNym1pl2DF0477PCeJVGXrtfh58577gVTizae2jz2a5iRXd7GDN1WQ4IUJElEMBXMZfS2DPpeSZtwoGRZHoC1tITz/s1600-h/heart+page+detail.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbVF0wO0oa5nhCWK40_KlYSRKCcvXqfjxXUEX7Bi6fvTzYtvswW9kNym1pl2DF0477PCeJVGXrtfh58577gVTizae2jz2a5iRXd7GDN1WQ4IUJElEMBXMZfS2DPpeSZtwoGRZHoC1tITz/s400/heart+page+detail.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182488195949554722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The second February journal prompt is "Hearts"</span>!<span style="font-family:arial;"><br />How lucky for me.... I love hearts.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />This was so easy to do. I simply looked over by <a href="http://heartartz.blogspot.com/2008/02/happy-valentines-day.html">Valentine's (Heartz) Day post</a> for inspiration.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">On one side I reprinted all the quotes form the Valentine's post.<br />Then for the actual journal page </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I gathered up a bunch of heart images I had been collecting and collaged away. finishing it off with a mylar overlay "Heartz"..</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Fun ... fun ... fun!</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7LYkg6BtFYUXshJNwOKat1K3zUH34xD514yV7zBwNRdGxW2DQQUPW3dGmOWn0ZSjo8Mqh8lQ1e0fXbk9dkUra1cGF3WGjDIWkJA9FytYY5bEnWtmmAmRD6Yg8dNqfd_ciuCkdVfrFKWd/s1600-h/heart+page+spread.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7LYkg6BtFYUXshJNwOKat1K3zUH34xD514yV7zBwNRdGxW2DQQUPW3dGmOWn0ZSjo8Mqh8lQ1e0fXbk9dkUra1cGF3WGjDIWkJA9FytYY5bEnWtmmAmRD6Yg8dNqfd_ciuCkdVfrFKWd/s400/heart+page+spread.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182488638331186226" border="0" /></a>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-2173749979791587192008-03-24T14:57:00.000-07:002008-12-10T00:53:55.158-08:00Fear of failure ~ Fear of success<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0PvIBZh1ED7Pu4wpEBxGpwMSfb33kK5_9k_KNQjpFDqKoKv7sgWowv9TdKfuhjYcMCIghvAZHyE3roMWuv9KzDcKpeWwTPxp0oWzFug4lXFyiT84TjPjnwls9X8-IQP9wTxcRnhSarVh/s1600-h/fear.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0PvIBZh1ED7Pu4wpEBxGpwMSfb33kK5_9k_KNQjpFDqKoKv7sgWowv9TdKfuhjYcMCIghvAZHyE3roMWuv9KzDcKpeWwTPxp0oWzFug4lXFyiT84TjPjnwls9X8-IQP9wTxcRnhSarVh/s400/fear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181440103670246402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >The February/March journal prompt is FEAR. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I can think of lots of things to fear. Right now, doing this page is the BIGGEST one of them. Instead of focusing on day-to-day life fears, I am going to focus on fear as it relates to doing art. Or more precisely ... why my fear of making art prevents me from making art. </span><br /><br />Several years ago, I picked up the book </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Fear-David-Bayles/dp/0961454733/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204998285&sr=1-5">“Art and Fear” [Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking] by David Bayles and Ted Orland.</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-family:arial;">This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Not art not made by Monet, Picasso, or Rembrandt. Most art is made by ordinary people, ordinary artists. Our ordinary art can still be quite extraordinary, yet, we artists, sometimes fear our ordinary art will not be extraordinary. The book looks at the way art is made, the reasons art isn’t made and the difficulties that cause artists to give up along the way. Making art can be a lonely, daunting tedious task. If the book gets you to your art sooner and bolder, great. There is a mention that the book is a safety net. That reading the book can become a substitute for the process of making art. It makes you feel better but does not get you "working”. So instead of painting today? You reply, “No. I read parts of Art & Fear”</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hence, I find myself. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have so many books on art and art processes that I’ve run out of room on my bookshelVES. I read about art. I do “do art”. However, mostly to the assignments and swaps I commit myself to do. But I rarely just do ART. Why?<br /><br />Because ... I fear, I will fail.<br />I say... Humm ... I don’t know what to do.<br />Humm ... I need to learn how.<br />Oh now...I need a better technique.<br />Oops now ... I need a specific material.<br />Oh shoots ... I have no time.<br />Oh no ... Not now ... after this assignment.<br /><br />They are all excuses not to do it.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre." ~ Chet Atkins </span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.” ~ Sven Goran Eriksson </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Last year I resolved to “Create one thing each day” ... and I did. Only I let that creativity extend to all creative aspects of life and then any aspect of life from cooking to cleaning ... baby steps.<br /><br />This year my word is CHANGE, so to change.....<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">“The key to change... is to let go of fear.” ~ Rosanne Cash</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Nevertheless, saying I will change and let go of fear and actually doing it are 2 big and different things. Again baby steps.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">It is easier if you just realize ... FEAR is just another four-letter word ~ Anon<br /><br />AND</span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">“</span><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">FEAR is an acronym in the English language for "False Evidence Appearing Real"</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> ~ Neale Donald Walsch</span><o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">In his song, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V75ybmmoGMs">F.E.A.R. Ian Brown</a> he gives several meanings to the acronym FEAR in the<a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan.stuart/music/lyrics/fear.html"> lyrics</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="">Fantastic expectations Amazing revelations<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Final execution and resurrection<br />Free expression as revolution<br />Finding everything and realizing<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">For everything a reason</span><i style=""><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Once we overcome a fear, we are courageous, successful, aware, and free. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="">Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.<span class="title"> ~ Dorothy Thompson</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">You don't face your fears, you stand up to them. ~ Anon</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >So, just do art.<br />Any kind of art ... Ordinary art ... Experiment ... Work in a new medium.<br />And keep in mind ....not every “work” will be a masterpiece. Some will be disasters, but learn from the “process”.<br />If you c</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >reate one thing today ... It just might be extraordinary.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" > </span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >“Inaction breeds doubt and fear.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Action breeds confidence and courage.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Go out and get busy.” ~ Dale Carnegie </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience<br />in which you really stop to look fear in the face. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt</span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><span class="title"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-53366318191858878122008-03-23T14:01:00.000-07:002008-12-10T00:53:55.385-08:00Words are powerful tools<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiclbFFi4XoHiAuuR4g4TZ8GOuQfQ5wvq7tBfTbW1M9Q5JIeTLvl3mJb1zs7phMPCqVh5bmrkf-sev_U_s-3nojDfcYKXTlp2T9HgjPERVje2MJvmUnOaWtSBhrIJkvBTgZVaMqwxZOWqkP/s1600-h/words+page.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiclbFFi4XoHiAuuR4g4TZ8GOuQfQ5wvq7tBfTbW1M9Q5JIeTLvl3mJb1zs7phMPCqVh5bmrkf-sev_U_s-3nojDfcYKXTlp2T9HgjPERVje2MJvmUnOaWtSBhrIJkvBTgZVaMqwxZOWqkP/s400/words+page.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181065835925105634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">My blog </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">postings are so far behind, but sometimes life gets in the way of blogging!!!<br /><br />The second January prompt is “Words”.<br />When given the prompt “Words” the first thing that came to mind was the song:<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Words by the Bee Gees<br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Smile an everlasting smile,<br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">A smile can bring you near to me.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Don’t ever let me find you down,<br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Cause that would bring a tear to me.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This world has lost its glory,<br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Let’s start a brand</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"> New story now, my love.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Right now, there’ll be no other time<br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">And I can show you how, my love.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Talk in everlasting words,<br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">And dedicate them all to me.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />And I will give you all my life,</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />I’m here if you should call to me.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />You think that I don’t even mean a single word I say.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Its only words, and words are all I have,<br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">To take your heart away </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />How appropriate the prompt “Words” is for me, since words are usually the basis for my inspirations. When given most assignments I have to look up everything about the topic. So given a prompt I Google “(the prompt word) quotes”.<br /><br />I also look thru my database of favorite "Word" quotes.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">“Tears are words the heart can't express” ` Unknown </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />“Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.” ~ Unknown <br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Watch your words, for they become actions.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Watch your actions, for they become habits.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Watch your habits, for they become character.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” ~ Unknown </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Words are powerful tools.<br />They convey emotions, thoughts, ideas. Words can comfort, sooth and entertain.<br />But words can also be deadly weapons. Words used maliciously to hurt someone. Words used unknowingly and carelessly can also be weapons that hurt someone. Like all of us, I have too much experience with the last experience.<br />Often we do not hear or see how the word or tone we use for word said to a child can devastate him/her. Or how words to or from a friend can wound. Often the comments, stories, or phrases we make are never meant to hurt but they do. There are also times our words lie.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">"You mustn't always believe what I say.<br />Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer." </span><span style="font-family:arial;">- Pablo Picasso </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />And then there are those times when you are down and feel no one values your opinion or your words. And you ask “why bother?” (to say anything). These times also hurt.<br /><br />In the book </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Four-Agreements-Practical-Personal-Freedom/dp/1878424505/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204214756&sr=1-1">The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.</a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> The first agreement he talks about is </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.miguelruiz.com/fouragreements.html">“Be Impeccable With Your Word”.</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Speak wit</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">h integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.<br /><br />Hard to do 24-7, but oh so worthwhile at bedtime, when you sit and reflect on your day. <br /><br />To do my journal page I used recycled paper towels used to blot procein dye for dying fabric for another project. I “matte media" adhered the paper towels to gesso primed pages. then overlayed one side with my "Words" song and quotes printed on Mylar. On the other side I wrote "<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Words</span>" then 2 columns</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> for words</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> I <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Like</span> and <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Not Like</span>. I wrote the words in white paint pen, outlined by a permanent black marker and highlighted with chalk pens. Glad to say the "Like" words list was much longer!<br /><br />Looking over these pages I am often reminded that the words that often haunts me most when I spend time in evening reflection are...<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:9;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-2269552392105310522008-03-07T13:25:00.000-08:002008-03-07T13:29:30.901-08:00The Art Quote of the Day for Friday March 7, 2008<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Art Quote of the Day for Friday March 7, 2008, on my blog sidebar is:</span><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> There are no original ideas.<br />There are only original people. ~ </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Barbara Grizzuti Harrison</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i>from <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/">Famous Quotes</a></i></span></div></div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-59368150038726193472008-02-28T01:02:00.000-08:002008-12-10T00:53:55.795-08:00Balance ...It's like riding a bicycle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HGGC5Fg8mnKO2S9fDo6SvIvH4oTKn8zc87CvThhnF3NpQ2PheyUZAOOHblz98Q_6M5Mt1kHrCsz59zvg25uY_O-xhrdHAgWuwPS7VTdg4RmZRXxc7SU2DjGIxiRszaF3f-x5Ntq4nDBl/s1600-h/balance+pages.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HGGC5Fg8mnKO2S9fDo6SvIvH4oTKn8zc87CvThhnF3NpQ2PheyUZAOOHblz98Q_6M5Mt1kHrCsz59zvg25uY_O-xhrdHAgWuwPS7VTdg4RmZRXxc7SU2DjGIxiRszaF3f-x5Ntq4nDBl/s400/balance+pages.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171964221201501122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I am in an art group for journaling. Each month and we are given an assignment of 2 prompts and 2 pages to put in our journal</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">One of the prompts for the month of January is - Balance.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />The Balance page on the left is all the quotes I have collected on balance printed on rice paper, adhered with matte medium to background sheet, colored with linen ink and red pattern stamping. Then a mylar sheet overlay with a balance image printed on it. A few of the most inspiring of the balance quotes are:<br /><br /></span> </span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:12;" >“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, c</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:12;" >onn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:12;" >set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:12;" > problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.” ~ Robert Heinlein</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:12;" ><br />“In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:12;" > may you proceed with balance and stealth.” ~ Patti Smith<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:12;" >"Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:12;" > think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some." ~</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:12;" > Robert Fulghum</span> </span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The right hand page is an overlay of the same balance image printed on vellum.<br />Lift the vellum sheet to reveal the background balance sheet.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> Ta da ...</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPUBq9lP5f2WvG83lV5E9G79lSTc-RMvpFdMd7DaZNBLMGU59WQWgTZiey4O7x0XhM8pnYclmzQ2AyXfJmYYT0V3wh8cyz1ZY9o_nnTmtS3SOrBXkdpKhXmh0yCHwSsWlX1b3WchX5bzw/s1600-h/balance+revealed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPUBq9lP5f2WvG83lV5E9G79lSTc-RMvpFdMd7DaZNBLMGU59WQWgTZiey4O7x0XhM8pnYclmzQ2AyXfJmYYT0V3wh8cyz1ZY9o_nnTmtS3SOrBXkdpKhXmh0yCHwSsWlX1b3WchX5bzw/s400/balance+revealed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171960025018452914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Acrylic paint was used to paint the yin yang symbol and clipart images were matte medium adhered in a balancing act!<br /><br /></span> </span><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">"Life is like riding a bicycle. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />To keep your balance you must keep moving." </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />~ Albert Einstein </span><br /></span> </div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-14420385906588749082008-02-27T15:43:00.000-08:002008-12-10T00:53:56.467-08:00Change page for Change journal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbirWWFBALR8tR_8zLitWsRc0KcEjEYf0d7JX-Imzoj_JMaQZvxosURwHD28tx7R6Be9sgQoyD3jSGOzi3ePoE2_Qh__xHjJjHuyutvxvFMLCQ6TkCH_wxo-QaLHlkIjhpmJ7E59d38pb/s1600-h/change+page.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbirWWFBALR8tR_8zLitWsRc0KcEjEYf0d7JX-Imzoj_JMaQZvxosURwHD28tx7R6Be9sgQoyD3jSGOzi3ePoE2_Qh__xHjJjHuyutvxvFMLCQ6TkCH_wxo-QaLHlkIjhpmJ7E59d38pb/s400/change+page.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171851877741939602" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >My <a href="http://heartartz.blogspot.com/2008/01/change-in-this-new-year.html">January 17th post, "Change in the New Year"</a> were some change quotes which provided the inspiration springboard for a Change page in my Change journal.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />I put all those quotes on the inside cover of the journal and then did a change page. This just might be the format for future pages.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxV2bhfHvN1XCC-ARC-Pyo7zP2bOvd5pJnBEcFLEuO4f1vkRbA43D4QKWD7UVUSlX-3q8vn8K0FaCblPVWLjjayKwOdkQaFgp7GlcQOMdJfxlUMIe0vdpoSfNELTfA-Z9e_8lBFbjScESG/s1600-h/change+page+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxV2bhfHvN1XCC-ARC-Pyo7zP2bOvd5pJnBEcFLEuO4f1vkRbA43D4QKWD7UVUSlX-3q8vn8K0FaCblPVWLjjayKwOdkQaFgp7GlcQOMdJfxlUMIe0vdpoSfNELTfA-Z9e_8lBFbjScESG/s400/change+page+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171851650108672898" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Printed on the Mylar sheet over the next page are the words:<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Change</span><br />Cannot change<br />Can change<br />Want to change<br />Be the change<br />The change<br />Change of life<br />Change your life</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Life change<br />Dramatic change<br />Inter change<br />Things change<br />Time change<br />Change time<br />Time to change</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Change color<br />Change of plans<br />Change horses<br />Change for the better<br />Change for the worse<br />Change of heart<br />Change of fortune<br />Change of luck</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Loose change<br />Got change?<br />Change over<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Change...don’t ya just hate it!</span></span></div></div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >The background sheet is painted with Metal Effects copper metal paint and green patina. Then decopaged on the words to a song printed on rice paper, and aged with walnut oil.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1AWigqyZavVfIgz_Q7tbqla1Sx2B1t-ZydgvBiNXMBUr-_Xlqj3nqIfolufHSRPM-EF3A-y8cZncO8FOxpuV40ONXIcmgfPfxmxJbJPdZmBLqb1DqIt07X9dVLm0mjgseuiMo7Ry0uUb/s1600-h/change+page+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1AWigqyZavVfIgz_Q7tbqla1Sx2B1t-ZydgvBiNXMBUr-_Xlqj3nqIfolufHSRPM-EF3A-y8cZncO8FOxpuV40ONXIcmgfPfxmxJbJPdZmBLqb1DqIt07X9dVLm0mjgseuiMo7Ry0uUb/s400/change+page+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171850353028549490" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >The background sheet has the words to the song </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSTfaQytLEU&feature=related">"Changes" by David Bowie</a>, originally released on the album Hunky Dory in December 1971 and as a single in January 1972.<span style=""> </span>(Live, France 1999)<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">“Changes” by David Bowie</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">I still don't know what I was waiting for</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">And my time was running wild</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />A million dead-end streets</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Every time I thought I'd got it made</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />It seemed the taste was not so sweet</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />So I turned myself to face me</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />But I've never caught a glimpse</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Of how the others must see the faker</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />I'm much too fast to take that test</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain)</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Ch-ch-Changes<br />Don't want to be a richer man</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain)</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Ch-ch-Changes</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Just gonna have to be a different man</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Time may change me</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />But I can't trace time</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />I watch the ripples change their size</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />But never leave the stream</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Of warm impermanence and</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />So the days float through my eyes</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />But still the days seem the same</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />And these children that you spit on</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />As they try to change their worlds</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Are immune to your consultations</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />They're quite aware of what they're going through</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain)</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Ch-ch-Changes<br />Don't tell t hem to grow up and out of it </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Ch-ch-Changes </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Where's your shame </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />You've left us up to our necks in it </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Time may change me </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />But you can't trace time </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Strange fascination, fascinating me </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Changes are taking the pace </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm going through<br /><br />Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Ch-ch-Changes </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Oh, look out you rock 'n rollers </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Ch-ch-Changes </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Pretty soon you're gonna get a little older </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Time may change me </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"> But I can't trace time </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />I said that time may change me </span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />But I can't trace time</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"></span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">still need a bit more inspiration, view this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tBHOuHolYw&feature=related">impessionistic montage of Chachacha Changes.</a><br /><br /></span> </span><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">“Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.”<br />~ Unknown</span></span></div><h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-31784183685348658402008-02-24T12:14:00.000-08:002008-12-10T00:53:56.659-08:00A new day ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaZ8w2W1Y-T45O6uIaac5ZrO9e6SA-jlD_ovLuisekkkwPXnYFNG_Uc5mzE4sgRonS3_-_cXTPvC_wL1TdDhOno9ORH1CgpEjAYyszQyuWY39X3XzhAwcqeaQrkEVc1F7Uo33GMLdZK3_/s1600-h/green+cottage+door.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 493px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaZ8w2W1Y-T45O6uIaac5ZrO9e6SA-jlD_ovLuisekkkwPXnYFNG_Uc5mzE4sgRonS3_-_cXTPvC_wL1TdDhOno9ORH1CgpEjAYyszQyuWY39X3XzhAwcqeaQrkEVc1F7Uo33GMLdZK3_/s400/green+cottage+door.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170982271418551106" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >A new day ... your past, your present, your future ... all become your legacy.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >"This is the beginning of a new day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >You have been given this day to use as you will.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >You can waste it or use it for good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >What you do today is important because <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >you are exchanging a day of your life for it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever;<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >In it's place is something that you have left behind . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">let it be something good." ~ Anon*</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >You ask "Who was Anon?"<br />A Google search led me to find he was a <a href="http://www.lhup.edu/%7Edsimanek/anon.htm">Greek Scholar</a>.<a href="http://www.lhup.edu/%7Edsimanek/anon.htm" target="_blank"></a><br />But Wikipedia sent me to the meanings - anonymity and anonymous.<br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" > Either way those are words to live by.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >In the final scene of Back to the Future III, Doc Emmett Brown says: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >"Your future hasn't been written yet.<br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >No one's has.<br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Your future is whatever you make it.<br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">So make it a good one."</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-17111068042338270192008-02-15T07:46:00.000-08:002008-12-10T00:53:56.950-08:00Become Like Wildfire<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdccUQh-yhkkgJ4dj6k37G9EudH-mJjywHF0rankS4Vr9RHuzFF6C-aFf0UdkuSup44iUgiRRmfz5ibuzMGXsQ7gqCFjE9Z_k3kRk1gaBFD83V_Hxl1LEYenbT97YiNaQcYP4OMLGdZUv/s1600-h/Red+red+montage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdccUQh-yhkkgJ4dj6k37G9EudH-mJjywHF0rankS4Vr9RHuzFF6C-aFf0UdkuSup44iUgiRRmfz5ibuzMGXsQ7gqCFjE9Z_k3kRk1gaBFD83V_Hxl1LEYenbT97YiNaQcYP4OMLGdZUv/s400/Red+red+montage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167251121659366194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >I am sure most of you have seen the movie "Pay it Forward"</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In the movie the boy Trevor is given an assignment by his teacher. The assignment is to think of something to change the world and put it into action. Trevor decides to pay a favor not back, but forward. He repays good deeds not with payback, but with new good deeds to thre</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >e new people. Trevor's efforts bring about change not only in his live but in the lives of his mother and his teacher. His actions also affect the lives of an ever-widening circle of people completely unknown to him.<br /><br />Also on TV the </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >Liberty Mutual ads <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBKJ28QZTWE">part 1</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw97CfZtyGw&feature=related">part 2</a> </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >illustrate the </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Pay It Forward</span> </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >phenomenon.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />The </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >beautiful song </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >played in the background is </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >entitled, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GbOVQnx1JA&feature=related">"The Part Where You Let Go"</a> from the group, <a href="http://www.hemmusic.com/">Hem</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br />"The Part Where You Let Go" by Hem</span> </span></span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#003333;" ><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Univers,Arial;">When the rain breaks the road<br />Are you holding on<br />Are you holding on<br />To your last good day<br /><br />When the stone breaks the wheel<br />Are you holding on<br />Are you holding on<br />Til the stone rolls away<br /><br />And I don't know<br />Is this the part where you let go<br />And tumbling out of a window<br />Is this the part where you find out<br />I'm there for you<br /><br />When the sun leaves the field<br />Are you holding on<br />Are you holding on<br />To the last sweet light<br /><br />When the flame leaves your eyes<br />I still see you there<br />I still see you there<br />On your darkest night<br /><br />And I don't know<br />Is this the part where you let go<br />And sinking under a shadow<br />Is this the part where you find out<br />I'm there for you now<br /><br />As your hand's breaking free<br />I am holding on<br />I am holding on<br />As you've held on to me<br /><br />And I don't know<br />Is this the part where we let go<br />Tumbling out of a window<br />Is this the part you're there for me<br /><br />And I don't know<br />Is this the part where you let go<br />And sinking under a shadow<br />Is this the part where you find out<br />I'm there for you<br />You find out I'm there for you<br />You find out I'm there for you</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span> <br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple days ago I wrote about "one little thing...making a differen</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ce".</span><br />If you still haven't found one little thing maybe you can pay it forward.<br /><br /></span> </span><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like wildfire.-- Whoopi Goldberg</span></span></div> <span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></i></span>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-71999828105949934532008-02-12T19:27:00.001-08:002008-12-10T00:53:57.100-08:00Happy Valentine’s Day!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vOyEsGIMBm-lnzDqLBixC9fSEUptVh2lc9N3udCaPKxKOYbR7HaiaYXG6vPrHdBRq85r2NmJSZuQqjFQg7XnWHsch_P7RdL0MfK5mv6kkCV9c0VHkjhQ-q0FvDr2JbWKu0DjSLSpMfWo/s1600-h/valentine+atc+text.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vOyEsGIMBm-lnzDqLBixC9fSEUptVh2lc9N3udCaPKxKOYbR7HaiaYXG6vPrHdBRq85r2NmJSZuQqjFQg7XnWHsch_P7RdL0MfK5mv6kkCV9c0VHkjhQ-q0FvDr2JbWKu0DjSLSpMfWo/s400/valentine+atc+text.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166309566043835154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Valentine’s Day is one of my MOST favorite holidays. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />So why do I love Valentine's Day? Heart Day? </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Well....Duh.... Heartz!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">I Love HEARTz!!! Always have. Always will.<br /></span> <span style="font-family:arial;">I Love LOVE too! </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />I Love CHOCOLATE, yum! </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />HEARTz ... LOVE ... CHOCOLATE ... Ahh bliss! <br /></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />What could be better?</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Humm... maybe art.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Ahhhh ...Heartartz!</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Above is a Valentine ATC, a bit of Heartartz, from me to you.<br /><br /> </span> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy Valentine’s Day!</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Happy ♥ Heartz ♥ Day!<br /><br /></span></span> </div><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-family:arial;">Below are some Heart - Love - Valentine quotes for you to enjoy.<br /><br /></span> </span><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon. ~ Unknown </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.” ~ Charles M. Schulz</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />“Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart.” ~ Unknown </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.” ~ James Earl Jones </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />“I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that cannot love” ~ Robert Tizon </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />“Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.” ~ Lao Tzu </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />"The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.” ~ Jacques Benigne Bossuel<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">“You change your life by changing your heart.” ~ Unknown </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />“Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much.” ~ Unknown </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />"A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.” ~ Unknown </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.” ~ Paulo Coelho </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." ~ Antoine De Saint-Exupery </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />"Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” ~ Confucius</span></span></div><h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;"></span></i></span><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:10;" ><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:10;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-30739595861629897142008-02-12T08:24:00.000-08:002008-12-10T00:53:57.261-08:00One small thing...making a difference<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilucNt17siqSW4HxGylTzHR6-n7g4RZkuZpsw4OlNqML2UTlLReJW4JYxrnCIIFm_kLE_t8p-JgVG9yIRMCfl-jaIjGJXrP2PI_yOsWs5DYQfK5K-tHGEy0TPPCGKLR_GZBVdIiGoNCGtw/s1600-h/limu+wreath.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilucNt17siqSW4HxGylTzHR6-n7g4RZkuZpsw4OlNqML2UTlLReJW4JYxrnCIIFm_kLE_t8p-JgVG9yIRMCfl-jaIjGJXrP2PI_yOsWs5DYQfK5K-tHGEy0TPPCGKLR_GZBVdIiGoNCGtw/s400/limu+wreath.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166138901223361266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Like most of you, I have kind friends who share with me jokes, wit and wisdom from time to time.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> Sometimes I read and delete. Other times I pass the better ones on to my friends.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Today I am going to share this with all who read my blog.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />You don't have to actually answer the questions. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.<br /></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />How did you do?</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />These are NOT second-rate achievers. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />They are the best in their fields. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />But the applause dies .... the awards tarnish ... the accolades and certificates are buried with their owners ... the achievements are forgotten. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Here's another quiz. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />See how you do on this one:</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Easier?</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />The lesson:<br />The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />They are the ones who care.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />They are those people who have made a difference in your life.<br /><br />So pass it on and make a difference for someone else.<br /></span> </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >"<i>I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do."<br />~Edward Everett Hale</i></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span> </div> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" >"W<span style="font-family:arial;">e can do no great things, only small things with great love."<br />~Mother Teresa</span></span></i> </span> </div> <span style=";font-family:georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And if you worry that you don't have enough time today to do one thing....</span> </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" >"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today .... it's already tomorrow in Australia." ~ Charles Schultz</span></i></span> </div>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-56508384670302245682008-02-10T10:02:00.000-08:002008-12-10T00:53:57.772-08:00Silk Paper<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESMstdTUjwz6DsixCrpZGtfjVM3LZvRxTmYJiKQ563uDFOHVzrce1PFfSCulO8AMlkWEfft4jDSJU-TR7_3gddMFiDiMDp_u_1Q0V2XSXI6Z0yZkY4T8r-EKReoVQaWimxJJ4TvWxY455/s1600-h/fused+fabric.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 598px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESMstdTUjwz6DsixCrpZGtfjVM3LZvRxTmYJiKQ563uDFOHVzrce1PFfSCulO8AMlkWEfft4jDSJU-TR7_3gddMFiDiMDp_u_1Q0V2XSXI6Z0yZkY4T8r-EKReoVQaWimxJJ4TvWxY455/s400/fused+fabric.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165433920996428498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Making silk paper is fun and so inspiring.<br />The resulting "paper is so beautiful by itself and brimming with possibilities for future works. Using the silk paper in another work is the real joy!</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><a href="http://meinketoy.com/silk_paper_inst.htm"><b>Silk Paper Making</b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > is a web site with clear instructions and ides for using silk paper.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >There are also two books with great instructions for making your silk paper and ideas for using the silk paper.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > <b><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Creations-Fibre-Artist-Milner/dp/1863513361/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201550978&sr=1-3">Silk 'Paper' Creations for the Fibre Artist</a> </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >by Judith Pinnell </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > <b><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Handmade-Silk-Paper-Kath-Russon/dp/0855328932/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201550910&sr=1-2">Handmade Silk Paper</a> </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >by Kath Russon </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><a href="http://www.quiltingarts.com/shop/fiberstrimsimages1.html">Silk hankies (rovings) </a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >used as the basis for silk apaper are available at </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.quiltingarts.com/">Quilting Arts</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > store</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >You can buy pre-dyed colorful hankies or white silk hankie and dye as desired.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >for my silk hankie. I used white and dyed with some </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/2238-AA.shtml?lnav=dyes.html" name="117c6dedca3c1857_117c211a1c66c85e_title">Procion </a><a href="http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/2238-AA.shtml?lnav=dyes.html">dye</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > and others with </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/3796-AA.shtml?lnav=dyes.html"> Fiber Reactive Procion Dyes.</a><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">MATERIALS:</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Silk hankies<br />Fabric scraps, threads, yarns</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">A) For silk paper alone or future paper works </span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Textile or matte medium<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >lightweight netting or screen<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >paint bushes, wide & stiff or a spray bottle</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">B) For future felting or needle felting work </span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Liquid or spray starch</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Parchment paper </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">INSTRUCTIONS:<br />A) </span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">For silk paper alone or future paper works</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Lay netting or screen in a tray or on plastic sheeting.<br />Separate a single silk hankie form group.<br />Stretch out silk fiber by pulling from the top to bottom or side to side to desired finished size.<br />Lay hankie on netting or screen.<br />Add randomly or in a pattern </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >fabric scraps, threads, yarns, wool or silk rovings.</span><br />Place another<span style="font-size:100%;"> stretched silk hankie over trapped goodies.<br />Cover with another piece of netting </span><span style="font-size:100%;">or screen</span><span style="font-size:100%;">.<br />Mix a tiny amount of detergent with a cup of water, paint over the silk layers completely soaking throughout. Blot lightly.<br />Paint or spray textile or matte medium (diluted 1:1 with water) over the silk layers. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Blot dry. Let air dry.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">When completely dry, carefully peel off netting or screen</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >.<br />Iron silk paper </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >on medium setting</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >, protecting with parchment paper or pressing cloth.</span> </p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">B) For future felting or needle felting work </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Lay out plastic sheeting or parchment paper.<br />Separate a single silk hankie form group.<br />Stretch out silk fiber by pulling from the top to bottom or side to side to desired finished size.<br />Lay hankie on </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >plastic sheeting or parchment paper</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >.<br />Add randomly or in a pattern </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >fabric scraps, threads, yarns (wool or silk rovings.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" > <span style="font-family:arial;"> Place another</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > stretched silk hankie over trapped goodies.<br />Cover with another piece of </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >plastic sheeting or parchment paper</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >.<br />Spray liquid starch or spray starch over the silk layers. Soaking thoroughly by pressing down with hands on silk to aide in saturation<br />Let air dry.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" > <span style="font-family:arial;"> When completely dry, carefully peel off </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >plastic sheeting or parchment paper</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >.<br />Iron silk paper </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >on medium setting</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >, protecting with parchment paper or pressing cloth.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You can felt the silk paper to wool rovings or pin felt onto pre-felted hankies, using traditional felting methods. </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You can frame the silk paper or adhere silk paper to another paper background using spay adhesive or a fusible medium.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Attaching silk paper to wool</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />I wanted to </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >felt my silk paper to pre-felted hankies, using traditional felting methods. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Unfortunately, I had none and could not wait for an order to arrive. I did however have some wool fabric that felted itself in the wash. traditional felting did not work so I decided to fuse the silk paper to the "wool felt" and also onto a separate piece of cotton batting I used Misty Fuse and an iron . <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVia3m577PumpxqVTmfHEfoLJ7fqzqIXMs5DYn33sgay9pYbnNpmNCvPm4joNtv278kaf-gqYfYopLOXwkISfyiTvS0XIdPD3IckyjdOm5iBUVP1K3JlxKc1tTkpuUppd81YzcLp7w1tlv/s1600-h/DSC02809.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVia3m577PumpxqVTmfHEfoLJ7fqzqIXMs5DYn33sgay9pYbnNpmNCvPm4joNtv278kaf-gqYfYopLOXwkISfyiTvS0XIdPD3IckyjdOm5iBUVP1K3JlxKc1tTkpuUppd81YzcLp7w1tlv/s400/DSC02809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165419257978079906" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Iron on silk setting with parchment paper to protect iron from sticking to Misty Fuse. Let cool.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you used fabric or matte medium to bind the silk paper, you now have a fused felted piece to use as desired!</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you used starch to bind the silk paper, wash away the starch with hot water and dish detergent and rinsed again with hot water. Let the piece air dry. Iron again protecting the piece with parchment paper.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You can leave edges raw, cut edges even and/or edge with decorative stitching.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Voila! You have a new fused felted piece to use as the creative muse leads you!</span></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanRO2hdp7A9V-kg-N-KcYRInIwGuvAivdE6fI9nO-jaqnF_n_z3d_Z12vs_zVpBR5RCJ8DoAKjAqwHv76VRyGsUgHfXIa45cVC3MXWlIasqlUQ-epQiYFvQ0onfn2yP93uaND-wEj4VbZ/s1600-h/DSC02810.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanRO2hdp7A9V-kg-N-KcYRInIwGuvAivdE6fI9nO-jaqnF_n_z3d_Z12vs_zVpBR5RCJ8DoAKjAqwHv76VRyGsUgHfXIa45cVC3MXWlIasqlUQ-epQiYFvQ0onfn2yP93uaND-wEj4VbZ/s400/DSC02810.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165419442661673650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4z1HJklOHo7LyykiY0sB8yKofBHXplVqEJi1-oUTHARIlnAsxNgfQXPDVlKJoeHYD-g7TjstTpSlB0vCQpFUJ2bY2uMfci0M_bkTfA2PHpoDpbcYFxnjpZFMQS3T14fonPgIW_jRmLtE/s1600-h/DSC02812.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4z1HJklOHo7LyykiY0sB8yKofBHXplVqEJi1-oUTHARIlnAsxNgfQXPDVlKJoeHYD-g7TjstTpSlB0vCQpFUJ2bY2uMfci0M_bkTfA2PHpoDpbcYFxnjpZFMQS3T14fonPgIW_jRmLtE/s400/DSC02812.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165419648820103874" border="0" /></a></span></p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2964499318669982142.post-90187439052837942772008-02-09T08:20:00.000-08:002008-12-10T00:53:57.991-08:00Saying .... I Love you<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2PbLbcAxoJ6Xlq3fVGgbar_wvtJNCZ0Jr27oFfiUtAC-DcMZofSYG9XXYc3ickkdmfRc6KYvn9-KvBKPJCyTXFijFSxHQ-ello-KRk0zxk0yodRd4FWskPIofVsejC433537K9N8pXLGX/s1600-h/DSC02861.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2PbLbcAxoJ6Xlq3fVGgbar_wvtJNCZ0Jr27oFfiUtAC-DcMZofSYG9XXYc3ickkdmfRc6KYvn9-KvBKPJCyTXFijFSxHQ-ello-KRk0zxk0yodRd4FWskPIofVsejC433537K9N8pXLGX/s400/DSC02861.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165024554778544754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Are you in need a different way to "wrap"..ah present (preezent) a Valentine gift?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">How about making a cute gift cone?</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">I made one for a Yahoo group swap and it could not be easier.<br /><br /></span><u style="font-family: arial;"><b>Gift Cone Tutorial</b></u><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">There are several sources for instructions for making a gift cone.</span><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.quiltingarts.com/qamag/online_extra/QAGifts_photos.html">Ruth Rae's fabulous fabric gift cone</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> is in </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.quiltingarts.com/shop/sale.html">Quilting Arts Gifts</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, with instructions for creating a fabric or paper gift cone.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Basicallly, all you need is a 9" square of fabric or paper (2, 9" squares, if you want to line it) and embellishments!!!</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />SUPPLIES</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">• 9" square fabric or paper</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">• 9" square contrasting fabric or paper (optional)</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />• 1/2 yd of 3/8" ribbon, cording or yarn for hanging</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />• 1/4 yd trim, for seam (optional)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">• 1/2 yd trim for top edge (optional)</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />• Tassel, beads or crystal (optional)</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />• Various embellishments: fabric, appliquets, beads, sequins, eyelets rivets etc (also optional)</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />DIRECTIONS:</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />1. Assemble all supplies and embellishments.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2. Stitch (glue for paper) 2 pieces of fabric/paper together right sides out.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />3. Decorate outside fabric/paper.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />4. Position trim down side of cone for seam to form cone later. (optional)</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />5. Place piping or trim along top point of cone. Stitch/glue in place.(optional)</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />6. Roll cone and hand stitch or glue along seam edge.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />7. Stitch or glue ribbon handle to sides of cone.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />8. Stitch tassel beads, or crystal to bottom point of cone. (optional)</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />9. Embellish more if needed.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> (optional)</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />10. Add gifts and present to loved one!!!<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYI3cxWJ2laK21SBQVwfaYFJVivyF0icjmw1cp2N3s0ex4Rh5znfsVFb-HXwLf0HE8mtVy_RoGWqKVvO_jV8mtf_uDIt8zwCkhFCsbMQZR8_EWb0jZnpzuwSxtuOzCHVD7wFtJuv3tOWs/s1600-h/cone+back+side+detail.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 401px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYI3cxWJ2laK21SBQVwfaYFJVivyF0icjmw1cp2N3s0ex4Rh5znfsVFb-HXwLf0HE8mtVy_RoGWqKVvO_jV8mtf_uDIt8zwCkhFCsbMQZR8_EWb0jZnpzuwSxtuOzCHVD7wFtJuv3tOWs/s400/cone+back+side+detail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165025873333504658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Cone back, side and front detail close-up.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">My cone was made using silk paper fused to wool fabric and cotton batting.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Next post: Silk Paper</span> </span><span style="color:#888888;"><br /></span><a href="http://heartartz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"></a>heartartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924954437168460930noreply@blogger.com2