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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Welcome Claire Saxby!

Claire Saxby is talking about her new picture book, Sheep, Goat and the Creaking Gate. The first question I asked her reflects the problems with googling titles... I happened upon a site that miss-punctuated the title!

Welcome, Claire!
1. The Sheep Goat and the Creaking Gate is a fascinating title. It asks questions immediately; what is a sheep goat? Or is there a comma missing? And is the creaking gate literal, or does it imply something that needs help (oil)? Are any of these questions intentional, or are they serendipitous?

A. There is a comma! The creaking gate was an image that stuck in my head.
Every now and then I wrestle with what I actually meant psychologically, but it eludes me. Certainly nothing intentional. So I'll settle's a device to help draw in the audience. They 'creak' for me every time I mention the word. On the surface level, which is where most children will access the story, it's a sheep who's ignoring what she has for what she wants, and a goat who is temporarily led astray. I toyed with using names for each character (not the gate) but liked the generic names better.

2. Goats and sheep don't star in as many stories as one would expect, given their intelligence and humour (goats) and their iconic Aussie status (sheep). Do you have any idea why this is?

A. No idea at all! I think sheep and goats deserve their place in our literature along with the cuter, cuddlier animals. I do have a fondness for sheep, despite having worked closely with them on a farm. They are funny to watch, generally fairly content with their lot, and I have to say, quite cuddly! (lambs and sheep, not rams...they're not cuddly at all). I have written about sheep before (sort of) in my book 'Runaround Rowdy' although the focus there was on the sheep dogs they worked with. I did want to stay away from stereotypical images of either animal, despite the lighthearted nature of the story, and Judith's cartoon-y illustrations help to keep the story light and funny.

3. Did you have any resistance from editors who wanted you to make this about a more "popular" (fictionally speaking) animal?

A. Not at all. This story has had three lives. One in School Magazine, one online and now here in picture book form. Perhaps the editors all belong to the sheep and goat appreciation society and were secretly cheering the opportunity to give both animals their turn in the sun (and moon and stars).

4. Do you read your texts aloud to "test" them or do you have sufficient "ear" in your mind?

A. Yes, I do read my texts aloud, but also listen to them in my mind (is that possible?). I also test them with a couple of readers. I ask them to point out bits that don't make sense but also to read them aloud. Then I can see how the text operates in the hands/voice of a first-time reader.

5. Is the story based on fact in any degree?

A. I have seen sheep poke their head through a fence to reach something that obviously takes their fancy. This even when they have their own food supply. I've help disentangle them from said fence.Goats are more known for finding things of interest beyond their own fences. I've been slowed down on a few country roads and had to report runaway goats. And I've certainly met my share of creaking gates. But this sheep, this goat and this gate? Never met them before. Pure products of imagination.

Here's a complete list of Claire's stops on her blog tour.

Here is a complete list of the dates so you can join Claire on her blog tour:Monday 17August 2009 Dee White: 18 August 2009 Rebecca Newman: 19 August 2009 Mabel Kaplan: 20 August 2009 Sandy Fussell: 21 August 2009 Dale Harcombe: 22 August 2009Sally Murphy: 23 August 2009 Robyn Opie: 24 August 2009Sally Odgers:

Monday, August 3, 2009

Welcome Sandy Fussell!

Today I'm delighted to welcome Sandy Fussell to Spinning Pearls. I've known Sandy for years, so it was fun to find out how she goes about researching her Samurai Kids series. To follow the rest of Sandy's tour, check out the venues at the end of her post.

The Hour of the Rat – Researching Samurai Kids

Time to confess. I’ve never been to China where Monkey Fist (Book 4) and Shaolin Tiger (Book 3) are set. Nor have I been to Japan where White Crane (Book 1) and Owl Ninja (Book 2) take place. I’ve never studied a martial art or touched a samurai sword. But I desperately want to do all of those things one day and a good friend even suggested I started writing, just so I could.

Where does the world of Monkey Fist and the Samurai Kids come from? It’s inside my head, imaginings drawn from hundreds of hours of careful, detailed research and even more hours of playing around with all things samurai, ninja and Zen. My imagination is the ultimate time travel machine. It can take me across the ocean as easily as it takes me back four hundred years to feudal Japan and imperial China.

In my mind, I always go to Japan first. When I get there it’s the mid 17th century and Japan has a historical relationship with China (always shaky) and Korea (even shakier after the Japanese invade). So I go to these places too. In Monkey Fist I journey to the Forbidden City, deep in the heart of Beijing, accompanied by the mysterious Chinese ninja.

I spent hours poring over maps and diagrams. Looking at photographs of artefacts. Sometimes I sat in my cotton kimono, listening to shakuhachi flute music. I was fortunate to interview the Australian Shakuhachi flute master Riley Lee (the interview is on the Samurai Kids website).

Just like Sensei, I have a gong I’ve been known to bang in the middle of the night, to find just the right onomatopoeia for its sound. I discovered Sensei’s wisdoms in the many Zen, Tao and Confucian texts I read. Some I found in my own sense of humour. (“Sensei sounds just like you,” my eldest son said, accusingly.) I went to sword fighting classes. I learned how swords are made, how to imagine the moves and choreograph a sword fight. I also learned I should never be allowed anywhere near a real sword. Luckily I wouldn’t do too much damage with my wooden bokken.

The best research tip I ever received came from Felicity Pulman, author of the wonderful Janna Mysteries. “Never overlook the value of pictures in non-fiction books meant for children,” she told a roomful of aspiring historical fiction writers, including me. It’s wonderful advice. Adult non-fiction often assumes we can work it out from the words. But children’s books often contain wonderful artistic impressions that kick-start the imagination. Japanese castle layouts. Battle scenes. Samurai heroes and ninja villains.

My constant companion for the writing of Samurai Kids still is Miyamoto Musashi’s The Book of Five Rings. The legendary samurai swordsman wrote it after he grew weary of fighting and retired to live the last years of his life alone in a cave. Every time I read it, and I read it over and over again, a fuse is lit in my imagination. I am transported into the world of samurai honour and swordsmanship principles. I am on 17th century north-east Asia time. When I finish writing for the night, it’s not one am. It’s the Hour of the Rat drawing to a close….
Follow the tour:

Sat Aug 1 Dee White
Sun Aug 2 Dale Harcombe
Mon Aug 3 here!
Tues Aug 4 Sally Odgers
Wed Aug 5 Mabel Kaplan
Thurs Aug 6 Sally Murphy
Fri Aug 7 Robyn Opie
Sat Aug 8 Rebecca Newman
Sun Aug 9 Susan Stephenson
Mon Aug 10 Jefferey E Doherty


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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Batts by Em!

My daughter, Em (AKA Spinningin360 on Ravelry) has been trying her hand at the dyepot and carder with gorgeous results...

Tequila Sunrise

Go see these--more coming soon--now listed in my shop.

I'm also working on a new spinning kit that'll be listed tomorrow.

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Holly Bee said...

Looking good Em!!!

I might have to break ways with my cash money...again.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Handcrafted. Honestly.

There's been much talk around the innertubes (, among others) of whether an Etsy shop's items (ahem) are actually handmade--as in, by the shop's owner. I pretty much tell you in each spindle's description how it was made. How I--with my own hands and power tools and paints or stains--make them. Now, I want to share a bit more of my process with you.

The pic on the right is the actual sketch of this design. I started with a yin-yang, then began adding some vines that I originally saw as thicker and more ropey. I actually drew them in a bit thicker. Then I wandered off to get a cold drink and when I returned, the hearts bloomed. I sketched the design on the whorl and began painting. The hearts were more of a coral. The vines were all bright citrus green. I was going to add some striping in funky colors to the shaft. But I saw red and black. Not coral and green. Just to be sure, I added some red and black to the original sketch. Just to be sure. And I was. I carefully scraped all of the green vines off and repainted red and black. Black and white striping for the shaft? No. No white on this one. More curly vines on the shaft, with touches of red. But it still needed stripes, I could see them. Ahhh, there they are, on the edge of the whorl.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Classes and Symposium talk

I'm pleased to report that this spring I'll be teaching my comics for educators course once again, at Teachers College, Columbia U. This will be the fourth time we've offered this course, and each one has been a rewarding experience and I'm eager to connect with the next group of students. We talk theory, explore a range of titles, authors, and genres, all while doing a lot of hands-on making. Ultimately my students create plans for what they'll do using comics (and visual thinking more broadly) with their students in their own classrooms and other educational contexts. I find it rather amazing to have begun my own post-highschool education at a time when doing comics was definitely not something one did in school, and to now be working with teachers to integrate comics into their classrooms (and then there's the matter of dissertation as well). It's a sea change and exciting times! For more info about the class, please see the wiki I maintain, which is full of resources around comics and education. While it was made to serve the class, I've made the resources available for anyone out there interested in similarly incorporating comics into education. Check it out!

At the same time, I'll be once again teaching the Reading Graphic Novels course at Parsons. I had a wonderful crew of students for my first time there last spring, and thrilled to be back again. As the title indicates, this class is more focused on getting to know a lot of texts - but at the same time, I've had them make creative responses to each of the works we've read (many of which we've then shared with the authors themselves - including Ellen Forney, David Small, and Art Spiegelman). For their finals, they went in all sorts of directions that connected comics to their personal work interests - and produced some terrific projects, which I plan to share here in the near future. (This is potentially my last time teaching at these particular institutions, due to that little thing called graduating - and being encouraged to leave the nest, or find another home. But, I look forward to bringing this work to a new home in the coming year.)

Also, next monday, November 25, I'll be presenting on my dissertation at the 68th meeting of the NY Comics and Picture-Stories Symposium. This weekly meet up was set in motion by legendary New York cartoonist Ben Katchor, and i was fortunate to attend the first session and ended up presenting the next meeting. As a comics-maker in academia - I end up talking comics to a lot of folks for whom comics are a new thing, so attending this symposium frequently over the last year and a half has been a wonderful opportunity to expand my cohort and get to know and learn from a wide range of established and emerging cartoonists/artists/scholars. Brooklyn cartoonist Brendan Leach will be speaking the first hour about his new book "Iron Bound" from Secret Acres press (which includes a super-cool flexi-disk audio soundtrack to accompany his gritty tale of Jersey street gangs in the early 60s). I'll be sharing images and talking ideas on comics and perception as a way of thinking from my dissertation. For a little overview of some of this, I recently made a poster for a conference out of clips from the dissertation accompanied by additional narration. Please note, this poster is not my dissertation - it's simply a poster! If you want to see the comics pages from the dissertation itself - please click the "dissertation" tab/label at the upper right.

NY Comics Symposium meets Monday, November 25th at 7pm at Parsons, the New School. Hope to see some of you there! - Nick

Friday, November 15, 2013

Ch4 Finished

Chapter Four is finished!! After Chapter Three dealt heavily with the distinction between visual and verbal modes, and some theorizing on the capacities of the comics form, this chapter dealt with perception, how drawing works, the creative process in general (and mine more particularly), and sought to expand the notion of what thinking is. I've only shared little excerpts from it here and here, and going forward in my sprint to the finish - that'll likely continue to be the case. You can get a little overview of the whole project in the poster I made for the Oxford Illustration conference (also shared again below).

The first excerpt here, takes on some of the specifics of my conception of my creative process. This was somewhat discussed earlier in regards to the genesis of the Spin/Weave/Cut logo, and I delve a bit deeper into it colliding ideas about DJ process, weaving, and DNA. I was stuck (for a couple weeks) finishing a page about how the creative process takes on a life of its own, until reflecting on the ultrasound I'd seen of our expectant arrival, I made a sketch from that that just made all the other pieces come together. And demonstrated what I was trying to force all that time. Thus, at T- 5 months, my unborn daughter has already made an appearance in the dissertation - and made an essential contribution to the work! And hence, the race to finish by February! (The next chapter delves into the imagination - excited to play in this material.) Onward! - Nick

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Oxford Squared Science and Arts

So this week, I'm excited to be (sort of) in two places and specifically two Oxfords at once!

Physically, I'll be traveling to the annual gathering of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS) - taking place this year at the University of Miami, in Oxford, Ohio. At the same time, a small excerpt from my dissertation and a poster about the work, will be my proxies at the 4th International Illustration Symposium at Oxford University in the UK. (Btw, for folks in the UK, I did an interview with Varoom magazine over there recently.)

Both gatherings are around similar themes - and both hew very close to what I'm doing in my work. AIS is focusing on "Integrating Arts and Sciences" and features a keynote by, among others, science writer Carl Zimmer, whose writing I've greatly enjoyed. (He also wrote about comics theorist Neil Cohn and the "Charlie Brown effect" for Discover Magazine.) The Illustration Symposium's theme is "Science, Imagination, and the Illustration of Knowledge." The program features a strong list of speakers sharing work that crosses borders between art and science.

My poster offers an overview of the terrain the dissertation explores and what I'll be speaking on, and includes some elements from Chapter Four, on perception and drawing which have not appeared on my site. Additionally, I thought I would repost some links to past pages that thematically tie into these two gatherings. While pretty much all of my work is interdisciplinary in nature, I have done a few specifics pieces dealing with the concept of interdisciplinarity as a process. First for the AIS newsletter, two small pieces, "the importance of seeing double", and then again for a later issue on "New Maps." Both of these were later reworked and rewoven as part of Chapter Two of the dissertation and can be seen here.

Also, sharing some of my more science-focused pages, also from Chapter Two - which in its entirety deals with thinking about interdisciplinary processes. I ground my idea on unflattening around parallax and Eratosthenes's means of calculated the circumference of the earth over 2000 years ago. The change that Copernicus brought by removing the earth from the center of the earth is a pivotal page to the dissertation as well. Finally, from Chapter Three, a page specifically about how comics weave together sequential and simultaneous modes of awareness, as suggested by the work of Iain McGilchrist. Oh, and since I always like to share the page about my dog, from Chapter two about sense of smell as another means of perception.

All for now. Thanks - Nick


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The Cabinet approve merger of Plan and Non-plan in the budget: Dr Mukul

Shillong February 28:  The Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma said that the Cabinet today has approved the proposal for the merger of plan and non-plan in the budget, in line with the union budget passed in the last budget session. This exercise [...]

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A Symposium on “The Beginning of Written Khasi Language and Literature” wah held at NEHU

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PHILADELPHIA — When word came out Friday that Jordan Matthews had been traded to the Buffalo Bills, five of his teammates — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz, tight ends Zach Ertz and Trey Burton, linebacker Jordan Hicks and safety Chris Maragos — quickly arranged for a dinner at the Navy Yard near the team’s training complex in South Philly to give him an appropriate sendoff.

“It was emotional — obviously, we all were,” Ertz said. “We lost a brother.”

The “down” mood, as safety Malcolm Jenkins described it, carried over into Saturday’s proceedings at the NovaCare Complex. Part of the somber vibe, he said, could be attributed to the fact that the Eagles were less than 48 hours removed from a preseason game and were put through a nearly three-hour, fully padded, live-hitting practice by coach Doug Pederson. But there is no question that Matthews’ departure was weighing on the minds of many as well.

Wentz in particular seemed to be taking it hard.

“On the personal side, it’s tough” an emotional Wentz said as he was coming off the practice field. “This is my first time experiencing this with someone that’s one of my best friends. Seeing him yesterday, it’s tough on him, too. It’s kind of out of the blue.”

There had been speculation about a possible Matthews trade for weeks now, but the timing “blindsided” Matthews, according to one of his teammates. The thought was that the window for a potential trade had passed. Matthews was finally feeling healthy and hitting his stride and expected to play out the final year of his rookie contract with the team that drafted him.

The Eagles weren’t giving the impression that Matthews was in their long-term plans, however. Feeling good about the young receivers in the pipeline and in serious need of an upgrade at corner, executive vice president of football operations Howie Roseman pulled the trigger on a deal that sent Matthews and a 2018 third-round pick to Buffalo for talented defensive back Ronald Darby. The 23-year-old Darby was at practice Saturday but could not participate because Matthews had yet to pass his physical with the Bills.

Eagles players expressed optimism about what Darby can bring to the team and, to a man, said they understood the business side of it. For many, though, there was a sense of personal loss.

“The only way I can really relate it is like when you’re in elementary school or middle school and your best friend growing up, you’re going to the same school and then one day his parents move to a different city and he’s gone,” Burton said. “And you’re like, ‘OK, what the heck do I do?'”

Matthews was part of a tight faith-based group within the team that attended the same church and regularly got together outside of work, as many did Friday for dinner. He evolved into a leader in the wide receiver room and for the team overall, earning a reputation as a teammate who would bend over backward to assist as many people as he could.

“From a personal standpoint, basically every time I do one-on-ones it’s against Jordan Matthews,” Jenkins explained. “If I stay after to do releases with a receiver, it’s going to be Jordan Matthews. So for me, even in my daily preparation, I now have got to find a new Jordan Matthews. And I know he’s kind of been that guy in a bunch of guys’ lives, whether it be Carson Wentz or Trey Burton, Zach Ertz — he’s had a big role in a lot of guys’ lives, not only just what he does on the field.”

Showing just how tight they had become, Wentz was the one who drove Matthews to the airport. He said Roseman did not ask for his input before making the trade and notified him just before it went public.

“And he told me it was already done, so that’s just kind of how that went,” Wentz said. “I just said, ‘That’s part of the business.’ Obviously he knew how I felt with Jordan being one of my best friends. On the personal side it’s tough, and he knew that. He was prepared for that and I told him that, but keeping business business, that’s part of this.”

Wentz said the Eagles have quality options on the roster to help account for Matthews’ production. And when it comes to shaping this team, he said he puts his trust in the front office.

“Ultimately they’re the ones that make those decisions, and what they think is best for the team I’m going to be in support of 100 percent,” he said. “They haven’t let me down or haven’t let this team down yet.”

“But on the personal side,” he added, “it’s tough.”

According to a source, the higher-ups were concerned about how a Matthews trade would affect the locker room. Chemistry is a fragile thing, and there’s no telling how the dynamics will shift when a key component — not to mention a best friend of the star quarterback — is removed. Ultimately they decided to roll the dice in the name of adding balance to the roster. Most players understood the decision, but the football side took a backseat Saturday.

“For sure, yeah.” said Burton, when asked if this was something that would take a while to bounce back from. “Might not.”

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Michael Scandolera

July 12, 2017

Badminton player

Gippsland’s loss was certainly Shepparton’s gain when a young badminton player from Drouin named Michael Scandolera came to live in Congupna when his parents purchased a dairy farm.

He had been playing Badminton since the age of five and by the time he was eight he had won his first Victorian title.

Scandolera represented Australia at junior and senior championships, won the Australian men’s singles and doubles titles, represented Australia in the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, and led Australia to its first ever badminton gold medal in the mixed doubles at the Brisbane Commonwealth Games.

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Belarusian Literary Fund Appeals Its Liquidation by Supreme Court

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According to Narodnaya Volia

The review complaints against liquidation of the NGO have been filed to the Supreme Court and Prosecutor General Piatro Miklashevich.

In addition to the review complaint Belarusian Literary Fund sent to the prosecutor a special appeal in connection with liquidation of the organization, which the NGO members consider illegal. ‘The Supreme Court grossly violated the norms of material and process legislation and the constitutional rights of our association and all its members’, reads the statement.

According to the council of Belarusian Literary Fund, the Supreme Court did not give the organization enough time to prepare for the trial (the summons for it was presented to the NGO the day before it). “We are still ready to appeal all remarks of the Ministry of Justice because of which the court issued the liquidation verdict.

According to the Supreme Court, the reasons for liquidation of Belarusian Literary Fund, among the members of which there are about 250 well-known Belarusian writers, are:

1) litter on the territory of the sanatorium-preventorium of writers Islach;

2) alleged violation of the charter of the NGO which is ostensibly confirmed by ‘a letter addressed to the Ministry of Justice on Belarus by 149 members of the organization’

The history of the ‘letter of 149’ is quite scandalous. ‘We consider the mentioned letter of former members of the public association Belarusian Literary Fund as libel and deception of the state institutions. In this letter 28 persons complain on behalf of 149 members of the association that they were not invited to the General Assembly of the organization in 2005. All members of Belarusian Literary Fund were invited to the assembly. Moreover, among the 28 signers of the letter there are a number of persons who put their signatures in the registration list of the assembly,’ write to the prosecutor Eduard Akulin, Ales Danilchyk, Anatol Kudravets, Ales Pashkevich, Barys Sachanka, Mikhas Skobla, Kastus Tsvirka, Vasil Yakavenka, Ernst Yaluhin and Yazep Yanushkevich.

The liquidation of Belarusian Literary Fund was made on delation of the ‘offended’. The council of the organization informs Piatro Miklashevich that it will inform the Belarusian confederation of creative unions and the International Literary Fund (Moscow) about the catastrophic situation. ‘The Supreme Court of Belarus can not violate the international legislation and ignore the interests of the International Literary Fund (the legal successor of the USSR Literary Fund co-founded by the public association Belarusian Literary Fund) which includes more than 15 writers’ literary funds of the former USSR and European countries,’ reads the appeal.

The council of the Belarusian Literary Fund insistently asks the prosecutor to demand from the Supreme Court the case on its liquidation, issue a protest against the verdict and return the case for re-consideration.


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Saturday, 31 May 2014

Free Papers

Good morning all, hope you are having a sunny Saturday.  After the most awful week of wet (my shoes are still drying out after their drenching on Tuesday), today we have wall to wall light and warmth.  Lovely job.

Now then, I bet many of you will have bought Simply Cards & Papercraft this month because of the free gift - the LOTV/Nitwits papers and birthday stamp - yep I bought them as well, in fact I bought two copies as I love those Bonnets & Bowties papers, and I was thrilled to discover some of the new "solids" papers in there too, which promptly lead me to buy the proper pad from LOTV, and the other two pads as well while I was there of course.  I think I need to learn the meaning of restraint!

Anyway, here is what I did with my free papers:

Stamped image is Whimy/Wee (Sylvia Zet) "Emily"
Coloured in Distress Inks (ReInkers) with Polychromos pencils for her hair
I patiently measured and cut 21 rectangles (with scissors I must add)
I found my Nestie oval die was the wrong shape for Emily so I used my old but faithful
WS Template oval, which again was hand cut (so a bit of a wobble)
And of course the sentiment is the free one that came with the papers

Have yourselves a super weekend, whatever you are up to

Hugs to all
Squirrel xx

Friday, 30 May 2014

Look!! No Inks!

After yesterday's admission that I had posted a card off without taking a photo of it, imagine my delight when I actually discovered a pic on my phone!  OK it's not the best pic in the world, and it needed a little help with Auto-Fix, but at least I have one.
You might want to sit down for this.
Not a Distress Ink in sight!
This cute Woodware owl has been entirely paper pieced
LOTV/Nitwits Always & Forever papers
Ditto for the matting layer
Hero Arts sentiment
And I am pleased to report that it was very well received by a pink loving owl fan!
Hugs to all
Squirrel xx

Thursday, 29 May 2014

Going Out

Evening all, here I am with a late production for today but I wanted to enter the challenge of Spots n Stripes over at Little Claire Designs

I fell in love with this Little Claire "Going Out" stamp a while ago but it's the first time I have
been brave enough to use it
Part paper pieced and part Polychromos pencils - I added blue shading to the coat to give it more depth and make it more puffa jacket
Papers are Dovecraft Back to Basics
Those wee little houses are Memory Box Tiny Village dies
Sentiment is from Hobby Arts

Thanks everyone for your continued visits and support, your comments always cheer me up and I appreciate each and every single one.

Hugs to all
Squirrel xx

Sugarpuffs and Cheesecakes

This isn't the card I was going to blog today.  Oh no siree, little ol' numpty squirrel here has just discovered that the one she wanted to post was sent on it's merry way without me taking a photo of it first.  Aaargh.  And it was a little cracker too.  Oh sugarpuffs and cheesecakes!!

Oh well, not to worry, as I have another little cracker for you here.

This is Crafter's Companion - Angelica With Flowers
Painted with Distress \Inks (ReInkers)
Background stamp is a wooden one but I can't remember who by, stamped in a pink Distress Ink onto plain pink paper
Wild Rose Studio Corner Florish die
And a Die-namics With Love border die

One of my work-mates saw this and liked it so much that she ordered one "exactly" like it.  I don't do exact!

Hugs to all
Squirrel xx

Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Elephants come in brown too ......

Good morning folks, and welcome to Wednesday - and yes, that means it is my DT day for The Stamp Basket blog.  For those of you developing an allergy to ellies, best you take an anti-histamine now, because here is another one, but a bit different!

The ingredients used for this card, which are available at The Stamp Basket store are:
Wild Rose Studio stamp -  Bella With Daisy
Wild Rose Studio papers - Antique Library
Painted with Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Inks (ReInkers) and edges "aged" with Pads
Sentiment is Wild Rose Studio Birthday Greetings

And from my own stash Memento Espresso Truffle inkpad (halfway between black and brown)

That's me done, so I hope you like Bella today, and I shall see you next week.  My super-talented teamies, Debs and Annette, and of course Janet, will be here between times with loads more beautiful inspiration to share.

Hugs to all
Squirrel xx

Monday, 26 May 2014

Practice Does Not Always Make Perfect

A rare statement from me today - Happy Monday!!  Yep, it is a UK Bank Holiday so the majority of UK residents have a bonus day away from work.  Sorry to those who are being forced to go in to work today, I hope it's not too awful for you.

Now then, practice makes perfect.  Apparently.  You see, my problem is I gaze longingly at blogs of very talented crafters and am inspired by many of them.  Today's card was a stamp purchased because of one of those drooling sessions (thanks Coops) - the moment I saw it I just knew I had to have it.  And that's where the trouble starts you see.

Despite spending hours looking at what these inspiring bloggers create, and trust me, there are some truly gifted colourists out there, and I do mean gifted, I practice and practice and practice like a good little squirrel, and somehow, I just don't seem to ever be able to get the end result to look how I want it to.  Is it the perfectionist in me?  (it's a very small part, believe me)  Who knows.  Here is the end result of several hours with the pencils.

The stamp is Sugar Nellie - Dress Up Games
Painstakingly coloured with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils
Papers are LOTV/Nitwits Shabbyshack
Memory Box Bamboo die
Unbranded tiny butterfly punch

We're popping out now to try and find some bedding plants.  Toad put together one of those temporary small greenhouse arrangements - a plastic tent over a metal framework - so we at least have somewhere to protect the baby plants from torrential rain and inquisitive starlings, and hopefully hungry slugs.

Hope you are having a super duper day folks

Hugs, Squirrel xx

Saturday, 24 May 2014

By The Tips Of My Whiskers

Hello again!  I don't know how you do it, but when I am blog browsing during the week, I keep a little notebook beside me and jot down the challenges that I think I might like to enter - and it is always the theme that interests me, rarely the prize.  So when I was going back through my notes this morning I had a little panic when I realised that the current challenge at Tiddly Inks Challenge is about to end.  I do hate leaving things until the last minute, but I was determined to enter.

And I guess it was because I was all flustered, but it took three attempts to make this one small and simple card!

I have used the Tiddly Inks Hello Sunshine clear stamp set
Tiddly image coloured with Polychromos pencils and fussy cut - so glad her ankles aren't any thinner!
Clouds done by making Post-It Note masks with Joy Crafts cloud dies
Sky done with Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks and an ink duster brush
Beach simply water coloured in various shades of Distress Ink oranges and browns
Matting layers are from leftovers box
5x5 card base

This is my second post today - if you fancy a peek at my earlier Lucky Pants
then you can find that one right here

Hugs to all
Squirrel xx

Lucky Pants

Morning all, happy Bank Holiday Weekend to all my lovely UK Followers - three days, whooooooo!  And this is traditionally the weekend for the F1 Monaco grand prix, bear with me, there is a link between probably the most famous motor race in the world and today's card.

A long time ago, I remember seeing an interview with David Coulthard when he was just starting out on his career as a racing driver and someone embarrassed him intensely by asking him about the day he'd had an accident and had to be cut out of his race suit, only to display the "lucky pants" he was wearing.  Unfortunately, they weren't so lucky that day as not only had he crashed heavily, but those lucky pants were very old and, erm, holey, in places where pants don't need to have holes.

So when I saw this fabulous image, that lucky pants story came to mind - and it just so happened that I needed to make a good luck card for a gentleman who is starting a new job soon.  So here it is:

Isn't he just brilliant?!  This is CC Designs/A Random Fan (Sherry T Designs) Underwear Hero (rubber stamp version)
Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)
The alphabet stamps are an old set of wooden Hero Arts
Memory Box Lucky Charms clover leaf dies
Forever Friends Best of British papers

When this posts I shall be on my way for a tail trim and retouch on the colour - this old red squirrel is definitely heading towards the grey these days.  Then it will be back home for a crafty play before the Monaco qualifying.
Come on Jenson - we need a good weekend mate

Hugs to all, whatever you are up to
Squirrel xx

Thursday, 22 May 2014

Elliephase Part IV

Now then, you only have yourselves to blame for this, as you have said that you aren't bored with the elephants yet - so here's another one!

My virtual partner-in-crime had a birthday last week and this is the card I made for her, with lots of purple:

Yes, it is sweet Bella With Presents from Wild Rose Studio
If I were forced to choose just one Bella stamp then I think this would be it
Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and Pebbles Chalks for the sky
Papers are from the Wild Rose Studio Bluebell collection
Tiny flower and vines are Tapestry Stamps (don't ask which set, they are all in one box)
And the birthday sentiment circle is from Little Claire Stamps

I think this may be the last elliephase card for a little while, unless of course I make another one at the weekend.  It must be about time that my James Bear stamps made a reappearance instead!

Hugs to all
Squirrel xx

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Bluebell Does Christmas

Morning everyone!  And a Happy Wednesday to you.  It's my day to DT for The Stamp Basket and I have something a little bit festive for you.

Ingredients which are available from The Stamp Basket store
Other ingredients used: White base card and Polychromos pencils
Have a great day, whatever you are up to.
Hugs, Squirrel xx

Monday, 19 May 2014

Hello Petal

I don't know where I picked up the habit, but a long time ago I started to call people "petal" or "flower".  It's frowned on a bit here in Suffolk, to use terms like that, but I have never shaken it off, and probably never will now.
So when I saw one of the new fairy stamps was called Petal, well, she had to come home with me.

So this is LOTV Petal stamp
Painted in Distress Inks (ReInkers)
Papers are all freebies from Making Cards magazine
Sentiment is Personal Impressions
It is set to be another scorcher here today, and my office faces the sun, so I shall be a tad wilted later.
But not as wilted as the poor devils who are trying to get to London by rail today on the Greater Anglia line.  Apparently the "meticulously planned" engineering works have overrun and they are this morning advising people not to travel "unless it's essential".  Toad is out there somewhere, trying to get to work, and knowing him, he will try every option, no matter how ridiculous, before he surrenders and has to come home.

Saturday, 17 May 2014

Elliephase Part III

I did warn you about these elephants ...... Morning everyone, hope this finds you all well.  After yesterday's wall-to-wall sunshine, it's a bit overcast here but still very warm, so I have hope of the sun popping out later, once he is washed and dressed, and not flumping about in his dressing gown.

I made this one as a thank you card for a very dear and special friend who recently overwhelmed me with her kindness.  As the little tab on the side says, "a thank you isn't enough".

This Wild Rose Studio stamp is Bella With Daisy
Painted in Distress Inks (ReInkers)
Papers are Nitwits/LOTV Promises
Sentiment is Hero Arts
Side sentiment I did on the computer
Papermania sparkling gems, and silver borders from stash
Martha Stewart border punch for the top

Hoping you have a super day, whatever you are up to

Hugs to you
Squirrel xx

Friday, 16 May 2014

Petal Fresh Cobweb

Want to know a secret?  You have to promise not to tell anyone else .......

My new batch of rubber arrived from LOTV on Wednesday and last night I managed to sneak in a little play with this cutie (and no, that's not the secret)

This is Cobweb from LOTV - awwwwh!
Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)
Papers are LOTV/Nitwit Petal Fresh
and a scrap of dark pink from my leftovers
Woodware daisy punch
Wild Rose Studio Corner Flourish die
Personal Impressions sentiment
Clouds done with chalks and a handmade stencil

And actually, there are two secrets to share ......

It's my crazy mate Jayne's birthday (Tea Cake & Crafting) so why not pop over and sing Happy Birthday to her,  HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE!

and the big secret is..........

But, shush, you promised not to tell.

Hugs to all
Squirrel xx

Thursday, 15 May 2014

Time For A Reminder

Morning everyone, how are we all on this fabulous Thursday?  Well, I am saying it's fabulous but it's early yet so I am being hopeful.

I have a midway reminder for you today for two challenges and I am cheating by using the same card:

Both challenges are monthly, so you have until the end of May to enter

So we have Penny Black Lazy Daisies
Stamped onto Papermania Kraft Card and coloured with Polychromos
Papers are a mix from the leftovers box
Martha Stewart flower border punch
And lots of white card for matting layers

It looks squint but IRL it isn't - I seem to be having a wonky camera angle issue!

Hugs all
Squirrel xx

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Elliephase Part II

I'm here today to share one of my most favourite Bella stamps with you.  You could use this little cutie for any occasion that involves gifts - she could be coloured for birthday or Christmas, but for this one I have gone for a candy coloured girlie birthday

Isn't she sweet?

All of the above ingredients are available from The Stamp Basket store

I thought I would be clever with the circles and make a false aperture but I might as well have just layered there up in the end!
I fussy cut Bella to lay over the circles as I didn't want a lot of white around her.
Greeting is a Whimsy from my stash of sentiment stamps

Hugs all
Squirrel xx

Sunday, 11 May 2014

Friendship Ties

Afternoon all.  Just finished watching the Spanish Grand Prix and realised how late in the afternoon it is now.  Mind you, anyone would think it was October instead of May, it was dark so early yesterday.

So today I have another pencil piece for you.  I am trying to practice with these at least once a week but they can be quite time consuming - I started this one yesterday.

I adore this Sylvia Zet for SCACD stamp called Friendship Ties
Just look at the blissed out expression on the ladybug!
Faber Castell Polychromos pencils
LOTV sentiment
and Modern Miss papers from BoBunny

Hope your Sunday is a happy one, despite the gloomy weather!

Hugs to all
Squirrel xx

Saturday, 10 May 2014

Afternoon all.  I seem to be having a bit of a phase with elephants at the moment - on cards you understand, nothing untoward.  I mean, what could you do with an elephant?  I can't see me being able to take one to work with me on the bus, f'instance.

Anyhoo, one of the cutest elephants around is little Bella, and this morning I spent an hour or so making a mess of a step card with her:

This is Wild Rose Studio's Bella Carrying A Pile of Presents
Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)
Papers are Dovecraft Back to Basics
Card base cut from an A4 sheet of pearlised blue card
Stepper die purchased from Sarah at Craft All Day
Woodware small retro flowers and Hobby House pearls
Paper Smooches sentiment
The twine bow and string is from a Lucy Cromwell stamp set

Hope your Saturday is a fun one.  Sunshine and showers here.

Hugs, Squirrel xx

Thursday, 8 May 2014

Just A Note

Are you missing the weekly dose of the Fairy challenge?  Don't forget we have gone monthly at Crafty Little Fairies and the current challenge is In The Garden and, as it only started last week, you still have tons of time left to enter.
It felt really stange not having to make a DT card for today as I seem to have been posting on Thursdays forever, so here, just to keep the tradition going, is this little sweetie:

I have stamped the LOTV image Just A Note
Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) just for Annette
Top border punch is Martha Stewart
Papers are Papermania Capsule Collection and a squeak of Nitwits
Sentiment is Hero Arts
I thought I would enter this into the As You Like It - Feathers or Fur challenge
And for me, it has to be fur, there is nothing I love more than the warm soft and silky feel of Vince's fur when he is laying on my lap, draped over my arm, it's so comforting and reassuring.
 Hope your Thursday is a happy one!

Hugs, Squirrel xx

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Hang in there ....

Here we are at Wednesday again, my how the weeks are flying past, and it is time for another Stamp Basket DT card from me

The frame around teddy I cut from one of the Curiosity Corner papers
All of the above ingredients are available at The Stamp Basket store - the links should take you to the right pages

Sorry to photo is so dark - I think I need to get Toad up a ladder to wash the conservatory roof!

Hugs to all
Squirrel xx

Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Flower Power

Evening all.  Just thought I would pop by with a little card that I made for the Tiddly Inks Challenge - Flower Power

I seem to have a fair bit of colour distortion on this from the camera as the card I punched the flowers on, to the naked eye, more or less matched the colour I used for the image
The girl stamp and the separate flower stamp are both from the clear set Celebrate Joyfully
Sentiment is Hero Arts
Nestabilities lacy square die
On a 5x5 scalloped edge card base
Coloured with Polychromos pencils
Woodware retro flower punch and Card Candi to finish

Hugs all
Squirrel xx

Monday, 5 May 2014

Without Words (DT) MAY: Colour Theme

Our new challenge at Without Words starts today and as we haven't done it for a while, our theme is a colour challenge.

Pink and/or Purple with Green

Stamp is Whimsy/Wee - Shelley
Faber Castell Polychromos pencils
Papers are: Pink from a Papermania Capsule Collection and
green from my leftovers box
Sentiment is Hero Arts
Small Woodware retro flower punch

Poor turtle is looking a little seasick - he wasn't intended to be quite so "green" and I have tried to tone him down.  What I should have done is start again but I had spent rather a lot of time on the rest of her.  So you have a pea-soup turtle!

Hugs to all
Squirrel xx

Sunday, 4 May 2014

Mary (ReMix) & Candy Winner

Mary had a little lamb
It's fleece was black as jet
He went out after dark
And she hasn't found him yet

Afternoon everyone, hope the sun is shining for you as much as it is here on this gorgeous May Sunday.  I have been playing with the pencils again today and one of my new Wee stamps.

This is Whimsy/Wee "Mary" by Sylvia Zet
Isn't she an absolute doll?
Polychromos pencils
Tim Holtz Simple Sentiments
Matting layer is white card coloured with the same pencil as her apron

A long way from perfect, but the practice is slowly starting to pay off I think.

Hugs to all
Squirrel xx

And the winner of the £20 Bunny Zoe's voucher is

Congratulations Sarah, please email me to claim your prize
And thank you to everyone who took part

Saturday, 3 May 2014

One of Many

Hello everyone, hope this finds you well.  I am just popping by with a card I made this morning.  The May theme at Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Your Favourite Penny Black Stamp.  Well, that is impossible to choose as there are many I could not do without, so this is just one of them.

This little cutie is Rosy from Penny Black
Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)
Papers are all from the same Papermania roses pad
Sentiment is Tim Holtz

Not much else you can say about it really

Hugs, Squirrel xx

My candy offer closes at 6.00 tonight (UK time) so you still have two hours left if you are a Follower and would like £20 to spend on stash of your choice from Bunny Zoe's

Friday, 2 May 2014

Dodgy Diagnosis

Back again, second card today - you can tell I'm not at work and am ignoring the housework, lol.

Two challenges for this one as well:

And it really is simple as it's a one layer card
High Hopes stamp - Cat-Ching Rays
Hobby Arts sentiment
Polychromos pencils
Ultramarine Marvy le Plume pen for stitches

My crafty pal Jackie at Craft Designs made a comment the other day about me having "hundreds" of stamps.  I love how she has given me the benefit of the doubt.  Given how long it took to track this one down, I even scared myself.  I did a rough calculation - how many years crafting x stamps per month = eeeeeek.  Do you think our council would grant me planning permission for a change of use to stamp store?  Strange thing is, I still struggle to find the right one for the right occasion and just have to invest in another piece of rubber!  My excuse and I am sticking to it.

Squirrel xx

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  • Title: The Electronic Tapes
  • Artist: Ahmed Malek & Flako
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Monday, August 31, 2015

The Franklin Expedition

Sir John Frankin led an expedition into the Arctic in 1845 in an attempt to discover the northwest passage. The expedition used two ships: HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. The ships became ice bound and 130 members of the expedition died while trekking south towards civilization (or anything, really) over land and ice. The final location of the ships was a mystery until 2014 which the wreck of the Erebus was discovered by Parks Canada.

To commemorate the discovery, Canada Post issued a pair of domestic rates stamps (Erebus lost) and an international rate stamp (Erebus found) on 7 August 2015. The embossing on the domestic rates stamps is quite heavy, giving the HMS Erebus stamp a nice 3D appearance: the waves appear in the foreground surrounding the ship. Of course, once stuck on an envelope, most of that 3D look will flatten out.

The souvenir sheet bares the international letter rate. On this stamp is a sonar image of the wreck lying in ocean off the coast of the Adelaide Peninsula. and on the right side of the stamp is an illustration of the deck of the HMS Erebus.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Eureka, Nunavut

From the most northern post office in Canada. Eureka is a research station on Ellesmere island in the Canadian Arctic.

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Yangzhou, China

Google translate is a powerful tool. I like to figure out exactly where my mail comes from. Right down to the post office. On this cover from China it's right there in the postmark, but in Chinese. Fortunately Google translate lets you draw characters for it to translate. As you draw the characters, it provides a set of possible matches. Select the closest match and Google will translate it for you.

In this case, the four characters on the top of the postmark, 江苏 扬州, are Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou (Jiāngsū yángzhōu). The bottom characters, 邗城, translates as Han City (Hánchéng). If I then search for "邗城 post office", Google finds a post office in Yangzhou on Hanjiang Road. That must be the post office this was mailed from.

Nieuwegein, Netherlands

Nieuwegein is a relatively new planned municipality built to house the overflow the city of Utrecht to the north. The stamps are from a 2013 sheet commemorating "traditional costumes" from Northwest Veluwe, specifically "knipmuts" which are a traditional Dutch headdress.

Friday, August 21, 2015

Cândido Rondon

Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon (1865 to 1958) was a Brazilian explorer and supporter of Brazil's indigenous peoples. The state of Rondônia is named after him. As an army engineer he was tasked with constructing telegraph lines across remote regions of the country. In total he was responsible for establishing some 4000 km of telegraph lines throughout the Brazilian jungle. As a result, he became quite an explorer, discovering new rivers and previously undiscovered tribes. He cared deeply for the fate of the indigenous people and was named the first director of Brazil's Indian Protection Bureau. He achieved the highest military rank. A true Brazilian hero.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Budapest, Hungary

Postmarked at the Auchan supermarket in Soroksár : a south-eastern district of Budapest. The stamp commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Emmerich Kálmán operetta "The Gypsy Princess"


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Hi everyone!  Happy Wednesday!

It’s time for a new Color Throwdown Challenge, and this week, I am the hostess!  I’ve chosen a gorgeous (well, I think it is!) combination of Black, Blue and Mustard Yellow!!!  Come and play along with us!!

I had SO much fun creating this card!  I started by cutting a panel of Smooth White Card Stock using Blueprints 1 Die-namics, and I added a mat of patterned paper cut from the Tiny Check Brights Paper Pack using Blueprints 2 Die-namics.  I stamped the panel of Smooth White Card Stock using the Bold Blooms set with Blue Yonder Premium Dye Ink, Pineapple Premium Dye Ink and Black Licorice Premium Dye Ink.

I’ve used the GLORIOUS new Well-Connected Alphabet set (swoon) to spell out “thank you” using Black Licorice Premium Dye Ink.  I then added a trio of enamel dots to finish off the card.  I simply LOVE how you can spell out ANYTHING you want using the Well-Connected Alphabet.  This set is not leaving my stamp desk anytime soon!!

Check out what the Color Throwdown Team has created today!

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Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Amy Rysavy

Amy Rohl

Leigh Penner, this month’s AMAZING Guest Designer!

Kim Heggings, this week’s FAB Guest Star Stamper!

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

The End of October Already???

Hello all! I know I've been MIA for a bit again...just thought I'd share a few reasons why!

Marching Band...Brandon! The pride of CFHS!
Soccer...Kelsie and Mackenzie,

A trip to OBX...just me and my sweetie! It was really windy!

A field trip to Cows and Corn with Jackson!

A birthday party at Chuck-E-Cheese...painful!

And some seriously crazy kids!

Okay, so there are my excuses! Here is the Scrapbook Club layout for September...and we are almost to October's meeting! We used the Cool Kids Simply Scrappin' Kit last month! So cute! I just love these fast and easy to use!

By the way, have you checked out my countdown to New Moon??? Already have my tickets in you have yours?

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Sunday, October 23, 2016

Pictures of Nauru

International Baptist Church ~ Nauru
Central Pacific

         Almost ready to start morning service.

          Baby Dedication.

 Maiko and Cody.

 Evelina and B-Beak.

 'Faithful' the 2016 theme for International Baptist Church.

 Eideran, Carmen and Cathy.

 Naomi (Taraetoa) with Mabel and baby Mayvergal.

 After the rain.

 One of the island cemeteries.
 'Location' part of one of the neighborhoods on the island.

 Home for some of the islands children.

 Here piggy, piggy!

 Saw this box sitting in the post office - many muslim refugees on the island.

 A box from home.

 Fresh picked coconuts.

 Some of the teen girls.

Eidea holding baby Etieta.

 Missionaries dog with pups.

 Transportation for some.

 Zordoff, little boy next door.

 Playing in the mud poodle is SO much fun.

Chicken Tenderloin ~ $54.44 no we did not buy it.

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The Best Gift EVER!

Last night while watching some tv, I randomly decided to check my work email. This is what was awaiting me in my inbox...

Hi , Mrs.Beal

I just wanted to write to you and tell you how much I like you and how much stuff I love to do with you just make the fun games and activity and it is nice to be in grade three with and to be in you class your just so much fun you rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mrs.Beal

(Student Name)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas to me! That is what I have to say about this little note! Life is full of such delicious sweetness. And yes, it made me cry.

joanne said...

wow... this is what makes every moment and every bit of effort and every part of your heart you give worth it all... the best Christmas presents come in the most surprising packages, don't they?

Lyn said...

A little Christmas miracle for you. Someone telling you what you mean to them and how ou impact their life. It doesn't get any better -- it is indeed, the BEST gift ever! : ) See how the Christmas magic is winding it's way into your season? Merry, merry!

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You are a winner Smarts!

Words like your student's are the finest sort of present, don't you think?


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Memorable Moments and Special Guests

Always remember to incorporate your family into your wedding to create touching, memorable moments. When we sit down to plan the wedding, we work with you to see if there are any special dances or memorials we can include.

For example, your grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary is next week, and the MC invites them to the floor to dance to their own first dance song. It's the perfect moment to celebrate both your love and theirs. One groom asked us if he could plan a dance with his grandmother since his grandfather had just passed away. They danced to "I Left my Heart in San Francisco," the grandparents' wedding song. Not a dry eye in the place.

Lighting and Effects

Dance Floor Lighting

No real party is complete without dance floor lighting. It provides a great club atmosphere for your dancers, and it helps to segregate the dance floor from the rest of the room. Your guests have a choice - come out here and dance, or mingle around the rest of the room comfortably.

But be cautious with the lighting! It can run your bill up, with some DJs tacking on an extra price in the thousands. We offer great dance lighting for only $150 - see the photo and video galleries. An extra note of caution: go easy on strobe or flashing lights. It may be dangerous to some older guests, light-sensitive guests or those with epilepsy.

Uplighting can be very effective in turning a ho-hum venue into a dream theater - you're painting the walls with color. But beware, they can be costly. Some DJs charge around $30 per light (making it $300-$500 for the package) while these are simply LED lights with a color programmer. You might save money by buying your own Par 38 LED lights online (approx. 15) to plug in at the wedding. Or, if your DJ charges more than $20 per light, find someone else or try to talk the price down!

Another common issue lies in the venue not turning down their main lights enough for your uplighting to be effective. This is especially common in the areas away from the dance floor, where your guests are eating. Make sure the venue turns down the overhead lights sufficiently, or ask your DJ to speak with them. If properly used and fairly priced, uplighting can completely change the ambience of your wedding. See our examples of uplighting here!

HD Projection & Multi-Media

There is nothing quite like an HD projector to set the atmosphere. The possibilities are endless! In one wedding we played, the groom was a huge Elvis fan, so each time we played an Elvis song we projected the video across the back wall. The crowd, especially the groom, loved it. This can add so much to the party atmosphere, even if you just project psychadelic imagery over your dance floor.

Projectors can also be used off the dance floor. You can plan a short photo montage or play memorable video clips large enough for each guest to be blown away by. We can plan all this and more for your wedding, and we charge only $100 for the HD projector all night.

Fun and Games

The Napkin Game. Read how we'll get your guests laughing, interacting, and involved! This short and fun game played during cocktail hour can be a great ice breaker. Read More

The Shoe Game. A fantastic question-and-answer game centered around the bride and groom and involving the crowd, good for a lot of laughs! See how much the bride and groom really agree on. Read More

Dance Games and Special Dances


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H.F. Marigand was an Imperial Intelligence officer who worked in service to the Galactic Empire in the time shortly after it's formation in 19 BBY. Marigand held the position of Section Controller J506 within the intelligence organization, during which time the officer submitted a classified report to the Director of Imperial Intelligence, Armand Isard, detailing a number of threats to the security of the Empire that still existed following the end of the Clone Wars, along with his recommendations as to how best to deal with them. Among the threats outlined in the report, Marigand named the clone deserters of the Galactic Republic's Grand Army—specifically the six Null-class ARC troopers, Alpha-class ARC troopers Alpha-26 and Alpha-30, and several clone commando squads—along with the Mandalorian Cuy'val Dar sergeants responsible for training the commandos and who had continued to work with the Republic's Special Operations Brigade throughout the war. Marigand also noted the former Jedi Knight Bardan Jusik as a potential threat, due to his departure from the Jedi Order to become a Mandalorian, and the former Separatist scientist Ovolot Qail Uthan,[1] who had disappeared from Republic custody during General Grievous' attack on Coruscant.[2]

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Officer H.F. Marigand respected the prowess of the Null and Alpha-class ARC troopers, regarding them as high-level dangers to the young Empire and remarking upon the Alpha ARCs' reputation as "one-man armies" in a report to Armand Isard, the Director of Imperial Intelligence. Marigand was also concerned by the prospect of a Force-using Mandalorian, a threat embodied by the former Jedi, Bardan Jusik, though Marigand believed Jusik had become a mercenary when in fact he had not. Marigand also advocated a strike at the planet Gibad, both as a warning to other planetary governments who wished to dissent in the face of the new Empire, and a deterrent against aiding Gibadan native Ovolot Qail Uthan in her research into the FG36 nanovirus bioweapon.[1]

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Thursday, October 09, 2008

Here we go again

Off to London again today for more meetings. Here's a couple od exciting pics from Cardiff Central Station. One shows the Millenium Stadium peeking from behInd the buildings and the other a "crane" skyline showing the extent of the massive retail re-development in the centre of Cardiff.

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Improved item stacking

This mod improves item stacking. (Don't expect 100 items in one stack)
Mostly multiplicated by 3. Something is edited to be more believable.

Weapons are not improved BUT broken weapons and broken gear like helmet are improved to 3 a stack.

If you have any issues with installing this mod :
- Try if it works in new game. If issues still persist :
1. Delete other mods you have installed.
2. Install this mod into your vanilla game.
3. Go to Modding Centre in-game, if the mod is not enabled, do it.
4. Make sure that mod works :
End Day 1 and go scavenging - Wood can be stacked up to 8, components up to 16.
5. If the mod doesn't work, try reinstalling your game.
6. You can try to get back your previous mods. But make sure that THIS MODE have the HIGHEST PRIORITY!
(Thanks to Amaranthen for the idea)

I'm not entierly sure if you need to start a new game to get this mod working. Try it on your own.
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Romf Mar 11 @ 11:34am
In doubt delete it and reinstall it
olbition Mar 8 @ 10:37am
doesnt work
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337497193 Feb 23 @ 8:19am
I also have tried every way but the mod does not work? Pls help me
Nyks Feb 22 @ 1:08am
I have tried every way but the mod does not work? Pls help me.
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Why stacking components does not work? So far it was the only one that did not work.
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Doesnt work..
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This game is now available on Steam!

Thanks for your help in getting this game selected for distribution via Steam. More information including a link to the Steam store page can be found below.

Greenlight is being retired. For more information on how to submit games to steam, refer to this blog post.
December 4, 2013 - Nekki

The wait is finally over: Climb, vault, run and slide through the future Megapolis while Big Brother is hunting you!
Play the full version (now 30% off) or give our demo a try: Link

December 2, 2013 - Nekki

Fellow free running fans - the time has finally come! Vector for Steam is going to be released on 3rd/4th of december depending on your time zone. Be ready to vault, climb, slide and jump through a futuristic HD megapolis!

October 21, 2013 - Nekki

Thanks to your awesome support Vector got greenlit earlier in 2013. Now Nekki is proud to announce that your wait is over: The arcade-style platform game will be released this November. Get ready to run, vault, climb and slide in order to escape Big Brother on Steam!

April 5, 2013 - Sertun

Almost simultaneously to the OUYA, the PlayJam Gamestick will enter the console market this year, too. We are happy to announce that Vector will be a launch title for both new android mini consoles!

The following video shows one of our developers playing an early version of Vector for OUYA. It also gives you a good impression how Vector would look on a SteamBox or Big Picture on your TV!

Please support our application for Greenlight! Vector has already reached rank #31 a day ago, and with your help Vector has a realistic chance to get selected for the next roundup!

February 25, 2013 - Nekki

Read an interview with Vector's game designer at!

And remember: you can always ask your questions to us in the Discussions!

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This game is now available on Steam!

Thanks for your help in getting this game selected for distribution via Steam. More information including a link to the Steam store page can be found below.

Greenlight is being retired. For more information on how to submit games to steam, refer to this blog post.
How much would you expect to pay for InFlux?
February 25, 2013 - Joewa

Hey folks,

We have a question: at time of writing, 18,146 of you have said you'd pay for InFlux, but we haven't specified a price (because one hasn't been decided). So - when you clicked that "Yes, I'd buy this" button, what kind of price tag did you have in mind? Any thoughts on pricing in general?

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10$$$ :D
_nefarious Mar 9, 2013 @ 9:38am
f2p of course
JERRY SEINFELD Mar 9, 2013 @ 7:38am
$10 for me as well.
Kabobawsome Mar 7, 2013 @ 3:41pm
Blanchedwhale Mar 5, 2013 @ 6:18pm
I agree with most people here, $10 is a perfect price for what I've seen of the game so far.
Gingersnaps Mar 3, 2013 @ 11:35pm
I wouldn't pay more then $20 for an Indie, I agree with the others, saying $10
JamesGecko Mar 3, 2013 @ 9:21pm
I would wait for a 50-75% off sale and get it for ~$5ish.
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ste Feb 28, 2013 @ 3:54pm
Like most other people are saying, i think 10$ is the perfect price!


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Tax Day!

"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax" -Albert Einstein.

TODAY IS TAX DAY!!! DEADLINE IS HERE!!! UH OH!! Man, let me tell you I do not look forward to this time of year, and Mister Einstein said it right!! Taxes are soo overwhelming and intimidating, I don't care how organized I am when it comes to tax season, I never look forward to it. I sit on the edge of my seat as I turn all my paperwork into my accountant wondering if I'm going to have a refund or am I going to owe. I just cant take it!!

I submitted my taxes the other night but with today being the deadline, and some of yall filing extensions I thought I would share some resources that I found helpful so when next year comes around you and I are on top of our game.

Tax season is the only thing that keeps me on my game when it comes to collecting receipts and such, even if I dont use them for filing its always interesting to see how much I've spent on a single project. I'm still in a trial and error mode searching for a tracking system that is easy for me. Right now I have a simple excel spreadsheet that I'm checking into constantly and recording expenses. Its month 3 though, so Im praying that this is something I will keep consistent with, but so far so good. Let me tell you I will abandon a system in a second if its not working for me. Systems for record keeping really should be as easy as possible because otherwise you simply will not do it Its also smart to know how much money you are spending and what your spending it on. Personal Finance 101 right?!

So keeping along with this whole taxes thing, I simply wanted to share 2 podcasts about taxes I recently listened to. These podcasts are my one of my favorite podcasts on personal finance from Money Girl.

Hopefully you find these helpful, and cheers to a new year of consistent proper recordkeeping

If you have any tax tips or resources  I would love to hear about them in the comments

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The $100 PhotoShoot

Hey! Hey! Hey! Happy Valentines Day!! I've been keeping pretty busy at Miss Graham Studio and I have so much to catch you up on! I had to let you know thought because I am so in love with photography and in love with people that I decided for a limited amount of time to offer photoshoots for only $100 dollars!! My friends at ASMP and APA might not approve of this but listen I'm doing what I want to do. So if you or someone you know are in need of photography please let me know

Details about this photoshoot:
On Location
Natural Light
90 minutes sessions
5 final images

This shoot is perfect for a family portraits, head shots, EPK things like that to throw a few new pics into your own image library.

Let me know! XOXOXO

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Illustration Friday: "Adrift"

It's a bit rushed, but here is my entry for this week. This little otter is "adrift" in the ocean, happily playing with his little starfish. He's a little reminiscent of a small otter plush I saw at the Monterey Bay Aquarium the last time I went. I think I'll pick that plush up the next time I go since it was so cute. : )

Done in Photoshop. Hope you enjoy and have a great weekend! : )

  1. I like it! Nice job on the fur. Do you have a special brush for that?

  2. Oh this is adorable! I agree, nice job on the fur! Especially on his face. So soft and sweet :)


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A Miracle Cure for a Tired Mind

…is sometimes, believe it or not, rest.

Yes, it’s that simple. Rest works wonders.

It rejuvenates.

It renews.

It refreshes.

It reenergizes.

Sometimes when we are edgy and depleted, when we feel that we have no more to give, all we need is rest. Perhaps we need the rest of sleep. Perhaps we need the rest of a mental diversion.

I’m beginning to see that to not rest is a form of pride. Fatigue—mental or physical—makes us edgy and overwhelmed. It reveals a mindset that thinks the world depends on us, that if we step out of the current, everything will stop.

Proper rest, however, is a form of humility. It is a way of acknowledging our finite limits and our need of God’s cycles of renewal.

How do I know? Let’s just say I recently took a day of needed rest. And it proved both points!

Why I Doubled My File Space

Tonight I tackled the project I’ve been putting off for weeks: “file all papers in box.”

It’s not that I don’t know how to file. I’ve known how to do it since my mother taught me  alphabetical sorting when I was six.

It’s not that I haven’t had time to file. I’ve made time for other things.

It’s just that my file box was already full, and I knew I had to sort through it and toss papers. I didn’t want to make that many decisions, so I put it off.

But tonight, with a determined mind and focused purpose, I pulled out my file box and set the tottering “to file” pile next to it. Be ruthless, I told myself. There’s no use keeping junk. Continue reading


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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Random Acts of Art

There is a movement gaining followers to spread gifts of art, free, to enrich the world.  These are paintings, carvings, crafts creations, and other items. Some even establish art that the passerby's can add to and become part of the creative process.  A note usually is attached stating : This is an Act of Art: Free to Anyone!
They are being left for the homeless populations, in city parks, along hiking trails and just about anyplace anyone can think of...  So far there have been no stories of cities cracking down on these small enriching and beautifying graces.
What is the purpose of art?  Why do people create?  A small group of artisans in these acts rebel against the premise that for art to be art it must be sold, a price tag must be attached, and worth based on how much someone is willing to pay to validate their work.
Isn't lovely how this type of action is also spiritually rich?  Like the hidden moments when we, in the middle of the hurry suddenly come upon a lovely flower or a sunset that takes the breath from the body it is so impressive. Small gifts; the flowers springing up in color and daring from the cracks in a neglected sea of concrete as if to proclaim the things that matter survive and, despite the negative surroundings, they can even thrive!

Isn't that the vision artists want to share? That despite the bad things in life, despite the struggles, the pains, and the hurts of life - there is beauty to be found.  Beauty becomes the fountain of refreshing water in a desert of soul destroying civilization.

It is free as well: a message that shoves back at the shadows with gifts of grace and hope, "An Act of Art; Free to Anyone!"

--M.A. Hudson, 2015

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Friday, April 29, 2016

Mothers Day gift-DCWV

Welcome DCWV fans! It’s Jenifer from the DCWV Social Media Design Team!  Mothers Day is coming up quickly so I thought I would put together a quick gift for one of my special friends that will be celebrating her first Mothers Day this year.

Using the DIY rolled Flowers stack I created this large rose.  I love how big and beautiful it is.  Using a stylus I rounded out the petals to give it a little more dimension and I filled the center with some pearls and some tulle.  DCWV also has these beautiful sturdy boxes and I love the contrast with the black and gold and the big pink flower.

The box is a little big for the necklace but it just keeps the gift a mystery.

Have you seen these beautiful new necklaces from Blue Moon Beads?  They are called Tiny Worlds and there are several options that you can do fill up these small little containers.  I LOVE THEM and they make perfect little gifts for teachers and friends.

I just wanted to say Happy Mothers Day!!

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Petunia peacock with TOW and Jen Jangles

I would like to introduce you to Petunia Peacock, Isn't she lovely.  Jen Jangles new fabric line along with the beautiful colors of the foil helped bring this beautiful bird to life.
Petunia peacock made by Jenifer Cowles
Pattern and fabrics by Jen Jangles
Magenta and gold deco foils
hot melt adhesive
Heat NBond lite

Tip:  be careful of al the layers of foil and interfacing.  Take your time and start at the bottom and work your way to the top most layer being careful to not iron over the foil that has already been placed.

Here is a close up of this beauty.  I am going to use her as a pin cushion for my special decorative pins.
Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my project today.

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Lovely Thank You Card with Wow

Hi there for my very last post on the WoW team I thought I would do a beautiful Thank You card to Thank the wonderful team and leaders for Wow Embossing powders.  I have been on this team for several years and have learned a lot of new things and I will forever be grateful to have had this opportunity.

I used the Chrysanthemum stamp on some watercolor paper using the Coconut Ice embossing glitter.  After heat setting my image I colored them in using some watercolors.  After the water colors dried I cut them out and layered them on my card.

Using the Pick&Mix stamp I stamped directly on to my card base and my card is complete:)
Thank you so much for following me along on my embossing journeys and just remember this isn't good bye I will be back with more embossed projects in the future :)

Friday, April 15, 2016

Spring Jar-May Arts

Welcome Ribbon Fans!!  This is Jenifer here with you today to share a fun flowery project with you today.  I can't wait for spring and since there is still a little bit of snow on the ground and I just know that beautiful flowers are just around the corner, I thought that I would create a little bit of spring to set on my desk.  I haven't decided what to put in the jar yet maybe change or even quotes.  What would you use the jar for?

Lay a paper doily as your first layer and then just build from there.

Lately on of my favorite things is the 524-38-09 Pearls.  I love to tuck them in here and there to give dimension and texture to my projects.

Add a couple little butterflies here and there to give it a little bit more whimsy.

May Arts Ribbons used:
SK-94 Silk Robin's Egg Blue- 24"
462-27 Yellow Pom Pom-3"
462-05 Purple Pom Pom-3"
524-38-09 Pearls-12"
DD17 Polka Dot-12"
448-66 Jumbo Leaves-6"
365-2-17 Pink Stripe-12"
338-27 Yellow Scallop Edge-12"
RG-5-46 Grosgrain Stripe-12"
361-58-26 Crochet Lace-24"
368-15-18 Faux Linen-8"
331-22 Grosgrain with Oval-12"

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Thank you so much for looking at my project today!!

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Silk Ribbon Pillow-May Arts

Welcome May Arts fans this is Jenifer here with you today to share a fun way to add a little color to your decor.  Pillows are an easy way to quickly change out a look in a room, you could do it annually or seasonally.  With some basic sewing skills you could do this any time you felt the need.

Here is my finished pillow and I LOVE it.  I love the fun bright cheerful colors and the beautiful pops of color.  With all of the beautiful colors of Silk Ribbons that May Arts has to offer the possibilities really are endless.

The pillow form that I used was 14"x 14".  I cut my silk ribbons in 16" lengths and sewed them together along the long edge.  Take your time when sewing the silk it is a bit slippery and moves around a bit on you.  When they are all sewn together give them a nice press with your iron and trim down to 15" to give you a nice straight edge to work with.

I wanted to keep the back simple since I had so much beautiful color on the front.  I made a simple overlapping  enclosure for the back so that I can take the pillow form out and change it up when the mood hits.

May Arts Ribbons used:
SK01- White 1 yard
SK16-Olive 1 yard
SK98-Mint 1 yard
SK94-Robbins Egg Blue 1 yard
SK47-Violet 1 yard
SK31-Silver 1 yard
SK22-Fuchsia 1 yard
SK17-Pink 1 yard
SK05-Lavender 1 yard

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Social Justice Committee Meeting

Mon., March 19, 2018 6:45pm ·

Join us as we pray and work together to live out the call of the Gospel to service for others at the meeting of the Social Justice Committee on Monday, March 19 at 6:45pm in the East Conference room (accessible via the parking garage next to the Cathedral).