tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22328466516505414502024-03-25T09:57:46.570-04:00Vitamin C... A Daily Dose of CreativityEveryone is born with creativity. But those people who appear to be super creative have a secret. They know that creativity has to be developed and exercised to come easily. I am on a quest to immerse myself in creativity of all kinds. I hope you will join me!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-83223025048584426052014-03-01T18:00:00.000-05:002014-03-01T18:00:00.430-05:00My Second First: Trash or Treasure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last night, I went to a Trash or Treasure party. Each guest brought 10 items she wanted to get rid of. Upon arrival, we put them into categories on tables, like kitchen, holidays, jewelry, home dec, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had time to look around at all of the offerings. So, we secretly picked out the items we wanted to take home. Some things were brand new, some were really used.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our hostess announced round 1. We each selected the thing we wanted most. She gave us 10 minutes to make a good decision. Then she rang a bell and announced round 2. We chose again. And so on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had a mental list of 5 things, and would you believe it? Every one of those things went in round 1. Bummer! They were good....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I tried to think creatively and ended up happy with the stuff I selected to take home. My first pic was the dictionary. I plan to use it to cut up for mixed media projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also got a hard back cook book. I am going to paint the pages and make myself a cookbook with new recipes that I try and like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are cookie decorating thing a ma jigs, I don't know what they are really called. They could be used for that or to press into clay, or for painting backgrounds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had a great time, met some fabulous women, got rid of some stuff I didn't want, and got a few new things that did not cost me a cent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Who doesn't love a party with a purpose?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Earlier this week, the Human Pinball sent me a link to a blog written by a woman who made a pact to do something she has never done every single day for a year. She <a href="http://luanncahn.com/firsts/">blogged</a> about it and turned it into a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dare-Me-Rebooted-Recharged-Something-ebook/dp/B00BC21SA6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=">book</a>. While there is no way I am going to follow her idea and do something new every day, I think I might be able to do something new now and then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, this week, I had my first first. I got selected to be on the jury for a federal criminal case. Of course, I can't really talk about it yet, but I will say that I am fascinated in many ways. The jury selection process was so interesting. There were about 50 people called that day, and they went through about 40 of us to pick 14. After awhile, I could predict who they would excuse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So far, we have heard opening statements and seen 3 cute police officer witnesses. The judge, who is darling, says we should have just a couple more days. My fellow jurors are very interesting, including a woman who performed on Broadway for 10 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The only thing that I find annoying, is that while the judicial process is steeped in tradition, it is also ridiculously redundant in many ways that make a trial last too long and cost a lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My favorite story that I can share: during the jury selection, we were all asked if there was anything in our beliefs that would stop us from making a fair judgement. One young man, 26 years old, gave a big speech about hating big government and not trusting lawyers so he felt he could not make an unbiased decision. It was obvious he was just trying to get excused from the jury. The judge did excuse him, but told him he would be attending every day until the case was finished so he could see how the judicial system works. And the first day of court, there he was sitting in the courtroom, even wearing a suit and tie. I applauded the judge and then wanted to be one if I could boss people around like that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I will admit that this is way out of my normal scope of life and I am enjoying it as well as seeing the importance of taking it seriously.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However..... I don't think the use of Vitamin C is probably a good idea in the court room.</span><br />
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<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-62273845676438832462014-02-26T18:26:00.002-05:002014-02-26T18:26:31.722-05:00Paper Mayhem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tonight while I was wasting time on Facebook, I came across this 4 year old dress designer and her Mom. I love everything about this story and am inspired to try construction paper as a building material. Check her out: </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/26/4-year-old-paper-dresses-fashion-by-mayhem_n_4855545.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false">Paper Dresses by Mayhem</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I cannot remember being this cognizant of anything at that age. Well, maybe reading. I loved reading. Would all kids show this kind of creativity if encouraged? And where would we be if that was the case?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Give your 4 year olds some Vitamin C!</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-68555085585108046642014-01-20T07:56:00.002-05:002014-01-20T07:59:50.036-05:00Creative Combination<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Being an ex-dancer and a would-be artist, <a href="http://distractify.com/culture/she-sits-on-the-ground-and-begins-to-move-when-shes-done-she-finds-herself-seated-upon-a-hypnotizing-masterpiece/">I found this fascinating</a>. Even if it does not resonate with you in the same way, maybe it will spur you to think about combining two things you love into something new. Something that was made for you and by you. Very creative!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Use your Vitamin C!</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-42305622003254151082014-01-19T21:38:00.000-05:002014-02-11T20:30:33.914-05:00Pink and Black Necklace Re-Do<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I made this necklace many years ago. The construction is embarrassingly simple. The base is some twisted black cords held together by endcaps. The beads and charms are attached by tieing them on with black embroidery floss. Simple. No tools required (well, scissors), and it has held up for years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But when I wear it, it bugs me. It never looks right to me on any neckline. The beads don't flow up the necklace far enough to suite me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, I made some more beads and tied them on. I like it so much better looking fuller!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a good technique to spruce up an old necklace or one you purchased that you are tired of. Just add a few more beads.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Use your Vitamin C!</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-57684228104503937932014-01-18T15:50:00.001-05:002014-01-18T15:51:51.121-05:00Some Color for a White World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love winter, but it is so white. Working on this colorful project this week was fun, love the colors!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Amazing Helen at <a href="https://www.buttonlovers.com/">Blumenthal Lansing </a>sent me some new embellishment packs. I made this fabric cuff bracelet for Jo-Ann fabrics. The package had buttons in three sizes and four colors, beads, and embroidery floss. All I needed to make this bracelet was a yard of grosgrain ribbon and a needle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stay tuned for more info on product and package when they hit the store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Use your Vitamin C!</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-59301168566339095792013-12-12T20:49:00.000-05:002013-12-12T20:49:02.266-05:00A Short Memory Pays Off<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The best part about writing a bead making column is that once I mail off my pieces, I forget they exist. Then, when the magazine mails them back after photography, and I open the box, it's like getting presents! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today, I got two presents in the mail. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Merry Christmas and Happy Vitamin C!</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-38775595799058148092013-12-05T13:36:00.003-05:002014-01-18T15:52:32.586-05:00Color of the Year 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today is the day we have all been waiting for. Hahahhahaha! Well some of us. The Pantone Color of the Year was just announced! Introducing <a href="http://pantone.com/pages/index.aspx?pg=21129">Radiant Orchid</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sometimes I see it coming a mile away and sometimes it takes me by surprise. This is a surprise year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you are interested, <a href="http://www.pantoneview.com/pantone-color-of-the-year-2014">go watch this video</a>. The Executive Director of Pantone tells us all about the color. Mid way through the video, she says that purple is a color that makes us feel creative. Why do I not wear purple more often????</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Get some purple and wear it to enhance Vitamin C!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love how other people's brains work. I would probably never look at a three foot wide alley and say, <a href="http://twentytwowords.com/2012/11/05/3-foot-wide-house-squeezed-into-a-tiny-polish-alleyway-between-buildings/">"This is the perfect place for a house!"</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Definitely some Vitamin C happening there!</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-75552454597630045552013-11-01T22:23:00.000-04:002013-11-01T22:23:18.094-04:00We might have to take it away if you can't share<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love<a href="http://busymockingbird.com/2013/08/27/collaborating-with-a-4-year-old/"> this blog post</a> from The Busy Mockingbird. I read it three times. Now you..... <a href="http://busymockingbird.com/2013/08/27/collaborating-with-a-4-year-old/">Click here.</a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-10536439661888627102013-10-26T14:10:00.000-04:002013-10-26T14:10:54.659-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> A couple weeks ago, I took a mini vacation and put myself in a hotel room on the Detroit River. My plan was to do some painting. Without distraction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The view and the weather were fabulous (Belle Isle was out my window, freighters cruised by, the sunrise was awesome), the hotel was a little strange. It was in a very old building that used to be drug labs for Parke Davis. The big problem was the room was a cave. A really dark cave, that made it hard to paint.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I signed up for a self paced painting class online. I chose this artist/teacher because I really like her work, and I didn't really care that it wasn't deep, I just wanted to paint. The teacher was darling, but she taught almost completely without words. She taped herself doing a painting from beginning to end, added background music, and sped it up for us to watch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In a way, it was good, but I wanted her to tell me why she chose some materials and a little bit about what she was doing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, above you see step 1, scrubbing some black on my canvas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Step 2 was scribbling over the black with water soluble crayons. I was creating a background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Third layer...a thin coat of paint. You can see the depth of the black underneath, but I totally lost all of the crayon doodles. I wonder if it was because I used a different kind of paint or what!?! She did not explain!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some lighter paint over the dark colors adding more depth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When that was dry, I drew my basic design in with a white water soluble crayon. Great idea. Usually, if I do this step, I use pencil. But the crayon can be wiped off if I choose. I don't have to worry about covering up lines, the crayon is absorbed into the paint.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I started this, I thought I would do a riverscape with my hotel in it. Then I was not sure I wanted to keep a memory of that weird hotel for posterity. I decided on a painting of <a href="http://takeyourvitaminc.blogspot.com/2013/08/introducing-10-year-plan.html">my 10 year plan for retirement</a>. You can see my small cottage by a lake and a tree, my cool wind turbine, and my garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am thinking about putting this in my tiny work cubicle as inspiration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maybe some day, you will come visit me in my small cottage by a lake and a tree and we will paint, sing some oldies, and tell stories about the good old days!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, let's use our Vitamin C!</span><br />
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<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-65713868164571171242013-10-18T09:15:00.001-04:002013-10-18T09:15:43.109-04:00Left or Right?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/C_CDLBTJD4M" width="560"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Right before I watched this, I took a quickie test to determine if I am right brained or left brained. Not sure if a facebook test concludes anything really, but it affirmed what I know about myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Immediately following that was this video. It is pretty awesome. I watched a couple times to figure out how it was constructed and noted how many details had to come together to make it work. Then I read the comments and laughed right out loud. There is every conceivable reaction to this video, and then some. Some of those people need a nap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, your thoughts? Was a right brain or a left brain responsible for this?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Someone took his Vitamin C!!!</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-37208180531096693212013-10-14T17:32:00.000-04:002013-10-14T17:32:07.465-04:00Slinky Pencil Holder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> This is the easiest project ever. You might even have thought about it or made one already. But, I like it so much, I am sharing it. For me, what makes it, is the new color Slinky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is how you make it: cut a couple short pieces of thin wire. Wrap them around both ends of the Slinky, holding it in a circle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poof-slinky.com/">Slinkys come in colors, junior size, giant size, plastic, and light up.</a> Oh yeah, maybe I need a light up pencil holder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What else can you make with a Slinky?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Use your Vitamin C!</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-38613115922747076632013-09-15T21:28:00.002-04:002013-09-15T21:28:43.514-04:00Singing Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had some fun this afternoon making some musical paper flowers for Wonder Woman's birthday. She likes a quiet, understated birthday, and I thought these might fit the bill. She loves music!</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">a round, scalloped paper punch</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First, I sat and punched a pile of round shapes. For each flower, I made 2 off white cardstock, and 7 hymnal punch outs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Leave the cardstock punch outs flat. Fold the paper circles in half and then as you see above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Put a pea sized dot of glue in the center of a cardstock circle. Place 4 folded papers on it, points in the center. Place another dot of glue in the center. Place three folded pieces as a second layer, points to the center. Glue a button in the center.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I filled a jar with beans and tucked the flower stems down in. Use any vase. If you have one with a smaller neck, it won't need beans.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take your Vitamin C!</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-2709381797380966132013-09-09T19:44:00.000-04:002013-09-09T19:44:00.663-04:00A legacy?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Are you at the point in your life yet, where you have begun to think about what kind of legacy you will leave behind? I think about it sometimes. I don't have children, and that is the legacy that most people leave. I don't have a pile of money, so I can't leave behind the International <a href="http://divinedesign2011.blogspot.com/">Divine Design</a> foundation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Two things happened this week that made me think about it. My neighbor died. She was very old, with a bad heart. She still lived alone. She had no family, her only daughter died some years ago. It was a weird feeling watching another neighbor haul all of her belongings out onto the driveway and sell them in a yard sale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It made me think about all of the stuff I like to surround me, to save in case I need it, to make my life easier. Is there really a point to having so much stuff?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And today, I was surfing and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/07/grandparents-day-2013_n_3887074.html">read this obituary.</a> It is impressive to me, and I realized that what people think of me now, is how I will be remembered. Am I good with that? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It sure gives me food for thought, not seasoned with Vitamin C.......</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-26569363344293001002013-09-08T15:22:00.000-04:002013-09-08T15:22:40.372-04:00Pink Necklace Re-Design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This necklace was destined to be re-made. It is something I do. I highly recommend it. Sometimes I don't like what I did. Sometimes I get tired of a piece. Sometimes I don't really like some of the beads in the piece as much as I thought I would. This necklace won the trifecta. All of the above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I remember making it, it has been quite a few years. I was sitting in <a href="http://www.michaels.com/videos/2013-08-13-JunkinJo,default,pg.html?fdid=videos-junkinwithjo">my friend Joann's </a>kitchen. The necklace got worn once and it has been hanging on a hook since then. Look how tarnished the silver is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, it got a re-do today. I cut it all apart and put away the beads I didn't like anymore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The bali silver needed a clean up, and I could not find s sunshine cloth. So, I took them to the bathroom sink and rubbed them down with toothpaste. There is just enough abrasive in toothpaste to remove the tarnish. Just put some in your hand and rub. And they smell minty fresh!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Here is the re-design. It is a little longer, a length that I wear better than a choker length. I kept the asymmetry without the busyness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All of the discs give it a slight Jetson-ish feel. I think I will wear the re-designed version. And if not, I will take it apart and try it again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seeing this ad for the first time yesterday, made me laugh out loud. The designers who work for me often hear that kind of description from me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"It should be not a light enough teal-ish color so it looks aqua or girlie, and not deep enough to feel like you are in the woods, something kind of in between, a little bolder than that color that is trendy right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Weirdly, that makes sense to them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Guessing the writer of these TV Commercials (there are a bunch of these on You Tube), spent a day in the design department, and came up with these "design-speak" commercials. That's where the magic happens, hahahaaha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I had to be at the mall today. It's no secret that I would rather be most anyplace than the mall. Especially on a Saturday. So, to improve my attitude, I stopped to see what Betsey is up to. I have followed Betsey's design career since high school. She started as a clothing designer, and now designs accessories too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maybe I am drawn to Betsey's work because she and I have something in common. We both performed in many dance recitals while growing up. We both have a soft spot for costume. In fact, I have always wondered if I should have been a costume designer for Country Western singers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, while I am not going to wear a googly eyed pink lobster, I do like keeping up with Betsey now and then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Her stuff is definitely not for everyone. But it's fun to check it out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One more thing about Betsey...she does a cartwheel on the runway at the end of every one of her fashion shows. She is 71 years old!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tap into some Betsey kind of creativity this week!</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-44893596977814323362013-08-16T19:44:00.000-04:002013-08-16T19:47:25.641-04:00My Ebenezer is not about Scrooge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="text 1Sam-7-12">When Joshua led the Israelites across the Jordan into the promised land, God stopped the water flow so they could walk across the river bed. From that river bed, they collected 12 stones. They carried them out and placed them where they stopped for the day.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><span class="text Josh-4-20" id="en-NASB-5931">Those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.</span><span class="text Josh-4-21" id="en-NASB-5932"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>He said to the sons of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’</span><span class="text Josh-4-22" id="en-NASB-5933"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>then you shall inform your children, saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.’</span><span class="text Josh-4-23" id="en-NASB-5934"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>For the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> your God had done to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed;</span> <span class="text Josh-4-24" id="en-NASB-5935"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>that all the peoples of the earth may know that the<b> </b>hand of the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> is mighty, so that you may fear the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> your God </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><span class="text Josh-4-24">forever.”</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="text 1Sam-7-12">I think Samuel must have been a visual person, like me, and having something he could see jolted his memory. It works like that for me too and so I make some sort of Ebenezer when I want to remember or keep it fresh.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These are two of my latest journal pages. I did them with watercolor pencils and Sharpies. It takes less room than stacking up rocks, and it works for me!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Made a bracelet using them. You can see them in the December issue of Bead Design Studio. With instructions!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had to brush off my Vitamin C a little....</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232846651650541450.post-81055318403877047902013-08-10T18:00:00.000-04:002013-08-10T18:00:01.611-04:00Introducing the 10 Year Plan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I totally believe that I will still need to work past retirement age. I will have had my fill of corporate America in 10 years...not that anyone will want a 65 year old woman working for them...and I really do not want to be the greeter at Wal-Mart. Do you need a cart today? So, I need a plan. I do not mind working, but I will need something I can do at home, setting my own schedule.</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">when I am ready to retire, I am going to sell this house and buy a small cottage by a lake and a tree, and make it stinking cottagey cute. It is going to have screen doors that will swing shut and a fireplace for the winter, and I am going to track sand inside and work whatever hours I want, and say no to all toxic people.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I am going to plant a vegetable garden.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I am going to have a sleek little wind turbine for electricity.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I am going to build patio furniture out of palettes, or whatever crazy thing people are doing on Pinterest in 2023.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">And I am going to support myself doing design work and writing, and maybe selling some jewelry at the local tourist boutique. The thought of sitting and working by a sunny window (or the fireplace) in my lake cottage makes me very happy. I think about it every day now.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I will drive my stinking cute canned ham trailer, with my Jeep, down to see The Human Pin Ball in the winters.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">And I am going to praise Jesus for taking care of me and blessing me for a life of working my heinie off</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is actually more like the 10th year plan, isn't it? Now I need plans to work on for the first nine years that will get me to that place. Stay tuned.......</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyone else planning for retirement? Or in it already? Do you have anything to share?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Going to need my Vitamin C for the 10 year plan!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Consistently, one of my most popular posts is <a href="http://takeyourvitaminc.blogspot.com/2011/07/bleach-doodles.html">Bleach Doodles</a>. In that post I said that if you leave the bleach on the shirt until it is dry, the lines will be nice and white.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, many washings later, I find that the places I left the bleach on to dry, the bleach has eaten through the fabric.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holes, yes, but, doesn't this have possibilities? You could do delicate cut out designs. It warrants trying. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use your Vitamin C!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh how I wish I had taken a before picture of this mailbox.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some years ago, my brother in law volunteered to put up my new mailbox. We discussed how to attach it to the post and cement the post into the ground. And I left on a business trip. When I got home, he had nailed it to the side of the porch railing. Yeah. Classy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Worse, I left it there until it was falling off, all bent out of shape. and rusting. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deciding to finally fix it, I pulled it off, straightened out the wonk, sanded off the rust, and sprayed it with with a primer. After that I sprayed it green. I used a big Spouncer (flat round sponge on a stick) and printed white dots all over it. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had considered buying a new mailbox, but I really didn't have to. It looks great, for only the cost of a can of green paint, since I had all of the rest of the stuff I needed.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The city is two years into the project to redo my street. Last summer, the north end got a facelift, and this summer it has been our turn down here on the south end. The plan gives us new sewers, curbs, and street. I admit I was not looking forward to this, afraid of the mess, noise and dirt.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Turns out, it was not only painless, but there was a surprise blessing I had not thought about. Traffic has not been able to drive down the street for two months. It has been delightfully quiet, and I am now wishing for them to take a little longer to finish up. There has been a bit of noise, not much...and dirt has filtered in the windows all summer, and this has been the view out my side window the whole time, but sleeping at night without the crazy high school kids squealing tires and blaring music has been like a vacation.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loving my Vitamin Ahhhhhhhh!</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420995428640757697noreply@blogger.com0