tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022746740840992802024-03-13T15:45:11.196-05:00blackflipflopsVirginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404430003989994919noreply@blogger.comBlogger911125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502274674084099280.post-78844430108647380152015-04-06T14:44:00.003-05:002015-04-06T14:44:39.900-05:00Oceans & Watery Landscapes Part 1 & 2<br />
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After talking about some of the artists that liked to do ocean paintings from our Usborne Art Book</div>
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(Caspar David Friedrich and <a href="http://www.artforsmallhands.com/2011/09/in-style-of-winslow-homer.html#more">Winslow Homer</a> are two artists we talked about,, along with just looking at some of <a href="http://kids-finelines.blogspot.com/2011/08/pacific-coast-regatta.html">these paintings</a>. We loved looking at the different colors and textures Winslow Homer used in his sea pictures, and tried to guess what the weather and mood were like in<a href="http://www.artforsmallhands.com/2011/09/in-style-of-winslow-homer.html#more"> his paintings</a>.) </div>
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Our project for the day was <a href="http://kids-finelines.blogspot.com/2011/08/pacific-coast-regatta.html">this one</a>.</div>
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We started by using several shades of acrylic craft paint & glitter paint that we saw in the paintings, and painted a thick piece of white cardstock with them. We used stamps, sponges, bubble wrap, thick brushes, and dye spray... anything that would give dimension. It's important that we cover all the paper with color! </div>
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We used watercolor paper and blue water colors for the sky. Again, covering the whole paper was important. For the sand, sponges and a couple of shades of cream, yellow, and brown on a piece of cardstock made the sand. </div>
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We let those pieces dry... and the next time we had art lessons, it was time for part two of our project! </div>
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First we tore our ocean pieces into strips. You have to show the kiddos how to do one long strip, otherwise they'll try to tear small pieces. Once you get them started, they can do it! It's cool to show them how tearing one way doesn't have a white edge, but tearing the other way does. </div>
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We glued down our ocean pieces onto our blue sky watercolor paper with mod podge, then repeated the process with the sand pieces. I helped them trim off any overlap off the sides of the watercolor paper. Next came gluing down the pieces to the little sail boat (I cut them out for them)... then the fun part! </div>
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We took our art work outside, and I brought out a small cup with water and white acrylic paint mixed together and a large paintbrush. I showed them how to fling the paint (watch out- it gets messy) to add "water spray" to their pages. It was so fun and I think we'll have to do another modern art piece with only splatters some time soon! </div>
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This was such a rewarding piece of work. So cute how it turned out! </div>
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Georgia O'Keefe and Flowers<br />
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Will update this with the info!Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404430003989994919noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502274674084099280.post-30339649011322570912015-03-09T11:42:00.001-05:002015-03-09T11:42:44.706-05:00Pocket Letters- this is not project life! <br />
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So... I found a new thing. </div>
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Adding a planner, and a documented faith moleskin, and a journaling Bible were apparently not enough additional creative endeavors for me in 2015, so now I am adding this. </div>
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<a href="http://janettelane.blogspot.com/search/label/Pocket%20Letter%20Pals">Pocket Letters</a></div>
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This is NOT Project Life, although it looks similar. </div>
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It is a letter. In pocket form. </div>
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I have friends that live all over... England, Scotland, Ireland, Bundibugyo, Alaska... the list goes on. I'm often at the post office, sending off a little letter or small package here or there. </div>
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And then I stumbled across the idea of Pocket Letters on Instagram and just HAD to do it for my friends! </div>
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It's in a baseball card protector, that can be folded into thirds and slid into a long envelope. What do you put into the pockets? Well, all sorts of things! </div>
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The design team is using this color board this week as inspiration for our projects, so I decided to do my first Pocket Letter using it as well. </div>
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I am using the <span style="font-size: 15.4000005722046px; line-height: 19.5999984741211px;"><a href="http://www.noelmignon.com/collections/noel-mignon-featured-items/products/shine-bright-classic-kit">Shine Bright Kit</a> since it goes with this color board so perfectly (almost like we... planned that... hehe). </span></div>
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I tucked in behind the cards some old notes between my friend and I... a mini book mark...</div>
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Some tea, some cute odds & ends, and a full letter. </div>
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Isn't this SO fun??! I'm obsessed. Come join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/noelmignonmembers/">FB group </a>and share with us your color board creations this week! </div>
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We have had the most nasty last couple of weeks here in Alabama... lots of just cold, rainy, gray grey days. And the next week looks like more rain is coming! I normally love a rainy day but for some reason, this year, it has really affected me. </div>
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I have some adorable sunshiney pictures of my baby girl and combined with the<a href="http://www.noelmignon.com/collections/noel-mignon-featured-items/products/shine-bright-classic-kit"> Shine Bright kit </a>(a couple still available!), it has perked me right up. Colors make me happy!</div>
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I'm glad I got more of those <a href="http://www.noelmignon.com/collections/newstuff/products/freckled-fawn-resin-flowers">resin flowers</a> from Noel's shop... I used THREE on this layout!</div>
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(This is an ongoing series of casual art exploration I am going through with a few preschoolers. </div>
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You can see my <a href="http://blackflipflops.blogspot.com/2015/02/preschool-art-lessons.html">first post here.</a>)</div>
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This week we continued to use the <a href="https://c4177.myubam.com/p/294/childrens-book-of-art-il">Usborne Children's Book of Art</a> and do a little learning about Bruegel.</div>
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Because, understandably, as soon as they arrive, my little students want to begin getting messy, I reserve some of our "history" until later in the lesson. We started out by watching this little video about warm and cool colors (which they giggled about!).</div>
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I pulled out the liquid watercolors and we began painting our color wheel. I used some printables from an art lesson on "Hot Dogs and Cool Cats" from TPT that <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Art-Lesson-Hot-Dogs-and-Cool-Cats-A-Lesson-about-Warm-and-Cool-Colors-983788">you can find here</a>.</div>
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Then we colored our dogs with whatever choice of warm color they wanted, and our cats with whatever cool color they chose. The lesson has some other activities that could extend this activity, but today we just kept it to these. We may re-visit some of them other activities later. </div>
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We began working on <a href="http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2011/10/18/hundertwasser-art-lesson-for-kids/">this project </a>from Deep Space Sparkle, using warm and cool colors. The girls all colored/painted two sheets of paper: one with nothing but warm colors, the other with nothing but cool colors. </div>
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Next week, we'll finish up their warm & cool piece and begin on our next topic (Rembrandt, Veneer, and Everyday Scenes)! </div>
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I really liked<a href="https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=3CD991FAFE5572F6!137&ithint=file%2c.pptx&app=PowerPoint&authkey=!ABrr6VQvy-1nMAs"> this power point and simple instructions on atmospheric perspective</a> with Bruegel, and I had planned on us doing it too, but we just ran out of time. We will probably use it when we study Caspar Friedrich and oceans/mountains. </div>
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In the fall, a homeschooling friend of mine began talking about doing a mini-art lesson each week with her 4 year old daughter, so we began doing just a little crafty/art time together with Ariana. </div>
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It's evolved a little this semester, and we added another little student. I love helping little ones begin learning about simple art basics, and I thought I'd share my plans here for anyone else who'd like to play along at home! </div>
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Last semester, we experimented a lot with color theory and mediums. We also did a lot of seasonal play! </div>
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I got <a href="http://c4177.myubam.com/p/294/childrens-book-of-art-il">this book </a>before Christmas and decided that during the spring semester, I would loosely follow it and we would do some veryyyyyy simple studies of the Masters. </div>
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Last week (our first week), we talked about the colors in the rainbow and experimented with the different ways different media looks: watercolor, different tipped markers, liquid water color, acrylic paint, neocolors, and oil pastels. </div>
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The girls made a banner that they took home, a different color & medium represented on each piece of the banner. It was cute! </div>
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This week, we talked about the Renaissance and specifically, Leonardo Da Vinci! Before we got into all of that, though, we looked in the mirror and tried to draw our different expressions (especially paying attention to how our eyes, eyebrows, and mouth looked during each one). </div>
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Then we watched <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XseK4US_0VU">this little video </a>about Leonardo Da Vinci. </div>
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After hearing about the Mona Lisa, we had to try our hands at adding hair and clothing! (This activity would be really fun to see how they did at different ages.) </div>
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Then we worked on self portraits, <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/184436547216323706/">using this printable.</a> </div>
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Because little ones often tend to rush through an activity like this, I had them only do what I instructed them for each step instead of just free styling it. They first had to go look in the mirror and I prompted them with questions like "What shape are your eyes? Are they football shaped or circles? What color are they?" and then they would come back and just draw their eyes... and so on and so forth, so that they really took the time to look at their faces and try to draw details. I loved their results! </div>
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Good morning friends! I'm here to show my little workstation area for my crafting! It's been so fun to get a peek into everyone's spaces this week on the <a href="http://noelmignonlayouts.blogspot.com/">NoelMignon blog</a>.</div>
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My workspace has evolved over the years. It changes size and location fairly often. Right now, what's working for me is to have a corner in the dining room. It keeps my family near by and is easy to hop over to in order to grab a few minutes here and there. It's really important to me that my kids are nurtured creatively, and that comes with seeing me working and coming alongside fairly often. So for now- even though it's probably messy, I'm loving the casualness of having it in the corning of our dining room. </div>
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I do not keep all of my scrapbooking supplies in the dining room. I have a shelf in another room that stores the bulk of my stuff, old kits, papers, embellishments, albums, etc. However, I've learned over the years that keeping too much stuff around overwhelms me, so I try to purge often and only keep my favorites. I also keep two or three recent NM kits here at my workstation, but after a few months, I retire them to my big shelf. </div>
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It's really important to me to have ALL my artsy supplies handy, and when I found this old random drawer at the thrift store, I knew it would be perfect for corralling all of my jars! It just makes me happy to see this out, and my kids like it too. ;) </div>
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I keep a small basket with the latest kits' small embellishments right in front of me on the desk so I can see it easily. These little strawberry baskets are perfect for them. </div>
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My kit papers goes in this organizer to the left, along with sketch books and watercolor paper. You can see the papers peeking out! </div>
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Right above where my papers go is this frame. I love to hang all of the embellishments from the kit on here that I can, because it keeps them in mind for me and is an adorable themed decoration for the month, too! </div>
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To the left of my chair is this cart with stamps, tools, and leftover embellishments from previous kits. I try to keep this rotated and cleared out every few months to restock with new items. </div>
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Before I dive into the scrumptious NoelMignon "Love Life Kit" (<a href="http://www.noelmignon.com/collections/newstuff/products/love-life-daily-diary-kit">there's a few left!</a>) , I wanted to use a few leftovers from the Hey Girl kit. Since my girl turned seven last month, I wanted to be certain to use these bright, vibrant colors to celebrate & document her! </div>
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I loved that the thickers had a few other little designs mixed into them, including these hearts. I just matted it on some patterned paper as a little accent.</div>
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As I mentioned in my video, I wanted to try spraying the felt bows with a little mist to see how it would look. I love the results! I didn't completely saturate them because I liked bits of white peeking through, but you could definitely completely change the color if you'd like! </div>
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<br />Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404430003989994919noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502274674084099280.post-67747630305986523122015-01-28T08:38:00.003-06:002015-01-28T08:38:52.116-06:00NoelMignon Love Life Reveal Video <br />
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Hi guys! Can I just say- Wednesdays are crazy for us? I almost dread Wednesdays more than Mondays. Anyone else feel that way? It's definitely "hump day" for us!</div>
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I have a video for you guys this morning of the new Love Life kit! I hope you enjoy my cheesy self! </div>
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If you haven't picked up the NoelMignon Love Life kit yet, come <a href="http://www.noelmignon.com/collections/kits/products/love-life-daily-diary-kit">over to the site</a> and check it out! </div>
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Wanna see Britt's cute video of the Daily Diary version of this kit?<a href="http://noelmignonlayouts.blogspot.com/2015/01/honestly-i-love-you.html"> Click here! </a></div>
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<br />Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404430003989994919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502274674084099280.post-79335475829999886552015-01-25T15:19:00.000-06:002015-01-25T15:19:09.702-06:00Make Stuff - a women's craft night at our church<div style="text-align: center;">
For three years or so, I've had a dream to have a place for women to come together at our church and find some solace in other crafty ladies. In past experiences for myself, going to scrapbooking crops and retreat weekends, there have been deep relationships formed over the bits of paper and sticky glue. There is something to be found when women come together to create something with their hands, and find that their hearts bind together.<br />
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For three years, the timing has not been right for me for various reasons, and then all of a sudden, God opened the door and things aligned and instead of me pushing for something I wanted, I got swept into what I believe is a small part of God's plan for the hunger of the women in our church and community for deeper relationships. (Yes. That's a super long run on sentence. Sorry about that!)</div>
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For now, it is just once a month. I already saw small glimpses of how God can help us to walk alongside each other with the raw bits and pieces of artwork, mending, paint splatters, twines of yarn, hopes, and stories forming in our hands and hearts. </div>
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It is so lovely and refreshing to share this time with likeminded women. I can't wait until next month! We do have plans for some of the evenings to be more structured (we have some projects in mind to work on together as a large group), but we will have them mixed in sporadically with the more open ended nights too. It was good for my heart, not because I was crafting and not because I was with other women, but because in that simple setting, the Gospel was whispered to me. </div>
<br />Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404430003989994919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502274674084099280.post-71320768705877892002015-01-22T20:59:00.000-06:002015-01-22T21:02:37.967-06:00Beginning again. It's been nearly a whole year since I wrote in my blog, and I'd nearly given it up for a goner. Instagram and facebook has taken it's place, and since I mostly use this place to share my creative endeavors, I have resorted to using those more photo oriented sharing places.<br />
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However, as time has gone on, I realized there were things about this little space I'd carved out that I missed: a place where I could write about being a mother, share ideas on ways we'd found worked in our marriage, tell everyone about an awesome new book or recipe I'd discovered, and record truths I wanted to be able to go back and remind myself of.<br />
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So... I'm back. I'm not sure how frequently I will post, but I will. It's time. And I'm ready.<br />
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<br />Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404430003989994919noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502274674084099280.post-63414857623352436072014-04-21T08:30:00.000-05:002014-04-21T08:30:18.240-05:00Some scrappy updates<br />
It's been far too long since I've updated my blog! I kind of wonder if people read it anymore? I know my own blog reading has dropped off a lot in the last year or so. I miss it!<br />
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I have several layouts to share on here... even if no one is reading this, I love having a place where my life is stored. :) I love to go look at old blog posts and watch my babies grow up.<br />
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All these layouts have been made with the<a href="http://www.noelmignon.com/"> NoelMignon kits</a>- who I still design for! I've been so grateful to be a part of the team for so long. It continues to humble me that Noel keeps me around. :) If you haven't stopped by the <a href="http://www.noelmignon.com/">website</a> lately, we revealed a completely new look to it last week. It looks amazing!<br />
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<br />Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404430003989994919noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502274674084099280.post-46576203973478499942014-03-14T08:59:00.003-05:002014-03-14T08:59:43.208-05:00The Art of Mothering<br />
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I fully feel that as each day passes, mothering seems to get harder. My friends closest to me reach out for prayers for struggling as mother. I hear them try to hold the fear at bay as they fight against the overwhelming tide of being unable to "do this" as a mom. I weep during a work meeting with my sweet co-workers (who are also like sisters to me) over feeling so helpless and out of control in my role and drink in their prayers for each other. I walk around, slumped and nearly physically feeling the burden on my shoulders of all my failures. </div>
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I have been at the feet of Jesus, at a loss. I don't know how to do this well and it's so scary. I'm a chronic overthinker and my thoughts plague me with all the ways I fail. I've often said my only true gift is "beauty"- I am always searching for beauty around me, driven to help reveal beauty by simple ways. Last night I prayed, "Jesus... I can't make this beautiful. I don't know how to make my mothering an art. I need You to reveal the beautiful in this mess." </div>
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As I began my morning today, my heart heavy, the thought popped into my head that my counselor has <a href="http://www.daymarkcounseling.com/audio">audio downloads</a> for several common themes on his website. I go to scroll through them and "The Art of Mothering" jumps out at me. </div>
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Gordon says, "You are vessels to help your children to become more beautiful, so that those in the world as they interact with them taste and feel and are impacted by their beauty. Your children are God's workmanship. You and your husband are artist-makers. When we parent out of fear or duty or obligation or anything else, we become more rigid in our parenting and it turns away from artistry... If you are trying to find favor with God to be the mother you ought to be, or to obligate your children to love you the rest of your life because of your mothering, you won't live freely. If your mothering is about your effort, to some degree, you have been cut off from Christ and grace." </div>
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Yes. YES. I have completely lost the grace in my mothering. For myself, and for my children. </div>
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Pray for me friends. I'm at a place of humility and also some shame. I want to mother my children artfully, not out of duty and not out of the law. I want to parent out of love and freedom, not duty and obligation and trying to "get it right." </div>
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I thought I would share this today... in case anyone else feels this way and needs to know they are not alone, and to encourage you to <a href="http://www.daymarkcounseling.com/audio">download this audio</a>... it's $1.99; cheaper than a drink at Starbucks and a whole lot more filling. </div>
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<br />Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404430003989994919noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502274674084099280.post-13752853395095307632014-02-24T08:12:00.001-06:002014-02-24T08:12:52.764-06:00Scraplifting for a boost of creativity....<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white;">This week, the design team at NoelMignon is celebrating all the inspiration from our facebook group members by sharing their creations with you and scraplifting them. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/noelmignonmembers/" style="color: grey; text-decoration: none;">You should come play along! </a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I chose the talented Sara Andrews to scraplift. What inspired me was her fun use of color and lots of layering! I've been gravitating to softer, muted colors lately, so I chose her because I thought it would move me out of my comfort zone. Her layouts just shout "FUN" to me! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I picked this sweet layout <a href="http://sarawandrews.com/2014/01/26/today-was/" style="color: grey; text-decoration: none;">from her blog:</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">And dove into the Wishing Well kit (<a href="http://noelmignon.webvanta.com/kit-single/2098413-wishing-well-kit" style="color: grey; text-decoration: none;">now available!)</a> with my scraplift. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">To mimic her design, I gathered a bright, bold patterned paper for my background and several square mats from patterned paper for my oversized photo. I also layered a handful of brads and small embellishments around the two corners. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Thanks, Sara, for the inspiration! I've learned several new ways to look at my own creativity by watching yours! :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Hi friends! I have a quick little layout to share with y'all today... I'm surprising myself because for the first time in a long time, I've almost used up everything in a kit! Whoop whoop! I've been working with the Fresh Start kit and only have a little bit left to try to knock out before the next kit (the "Wishing Well" kit for March- make sure to check out the sneak peeks on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/NoelMignoncom/166005068931" style="color: grey; text-decoration: none;">NoelMignon facebook page!</a>). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">We've had a record amount/number of snows here in Alabama lately, so of course my camera has been busy documenting it. I love having pretty snow pictures to work with! I made a very simple page using some recent mpix prints I ordered and a large title cut with my Silhouette machine. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">To add a little something "extra" to the title, I mixed some mod podge, a little water, and a dab of liquid watercolors for a light colored wash. I sprinkled glitter on top of it while it was wet. This is a technique I was inpsired by Kim from <a href="http://happylikeyellow.typepad.com/" style="color: grey; text-decoration: none;">Happy Like Yellow</a> with... and I can see that I'll be having lots more fun with it! </span></div>
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Want a fun Valentine's free printable of some of my favorite quotes? </div>
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<br />Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404430003989994919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502274674084099280.post-78919150439450514592014-01-27T10:23:00.004-06:002014-01-27T10:23:35.787-06:00Sabby- Fresh Start Kit<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white;">As part of my intention this year to live more creatively, I took my girls out last week to do a little photo shoot with them. I struck scrapbooker's gold with the results, and the photos have been so fun to play with! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I was inspired by this image found on pinterest, and it was the jumping off point for my color scheme.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfG43tnX43YM3IGuSWSR6hZEYJ7bwIvVpawMCh0m5Awnch2QOJdzVUuceKL-XIopq4aBCXeACijpM5YjsIKId2WscXMbnMrsWjz3wbWsCizq356LQnqiDO53r8sqwtVfM0vEb5AjB4L8/s1600/d0a8af58754bb8547f20d26adc1eee55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: grey; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfG43tnX43YM3IGuSWSR6hZEYJ7bwIvVpawMCh0m5Awnch2QOJdzVUuceKL-XIopq4aBCXeACijpM5YjsIKId2WscXMbnMrsWjz3wbWsCizq356LQnqiDO53r8sqwtVfM0vEb5AjB4L8/s1600/d0a8af58754bb8547f20d26adc1eee55.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 4px;" width="253" /></a></span></div>
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<i style="background-color: white;">(credit: <a href="http://creaturecomfortsblog.com/home/2011/8/5/inspiration-daily-happy.html" style="color: grey; text-decoration: none;">creature comforts blog</a>)</i></h4>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The lovely colors of the <a href="http://noelmignon.webvanta.com/kit-single/2009365-fresh-start-kit" style="color: grey; text-decoration: none;">Fresh Start kit </a>(sorry, sold out!) also just happened to fit this, so I pulled out the kit and starting laying down papers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I love the look of layers peeking through each other, and played that up with this feather cut with my Silhouette machine and layered stickers behind it.</span></div>
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<br />Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404430003989994919noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502274674084099280.post-12331578769049098052014-01-06T17:24:00.006-06:002014-01-06T17:24:52.569-06:00Happy New Year! <span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white;">We started our new year off with a bang... with a dear family friend's wedding!!! Not only did I take the photos for the wedding, but my littlest was a flower girl! It was quite the busy weekend. Hee! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Not only did she get to be a flower girl, but her BFF was one with her as well! To say they were cute together is an understatement. :) I couldn't wait to scrap these pics of them with the NoelMignon <a href="http://noelmignon.webvanta.com/kit-single/2009365-fresh-start-kit" style="color: grey; text-decoration: none;">Fresh Start kit! </a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I needed one more element down on this left corner, so I cut a flower with my Silhouette machine and then inked the edges with the tiny ink pad from the kit. I like the depth it adds to the flower. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I wanted to tuck in some of the baby's breath from the wedding... the little envelopes was the perfect spot. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I absolutely treasure our December memory albums that we have. So do my kids. I keep them put away with all our Christmas story books and fill a big basket with them every December 1. We all love flipping through them. So, as I have realized, a December Daily album is not easy for me to keep up with, a simple December memories album is completely achievable. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">This year, I used the <a href="http://noelmignon.webvanta.com/rubon-single/1968233-ribbon-candy-kit" style="color: grey; text-decoration: none;">Ribbon Candy kit </a> and the <a href="http://noelmignon.webvanta.com/rubon-single/1943783-heidi-swapp-believe-memory-files-kit" style="color: grey; text-decoration: none;">Heidi Swapp File Kit</a> to create the album. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I simply selected a few of my favorite photos and memories from this month to highlight. For the cover, I used a printable from the children's Bible we read our Advent stories from, the Jesus Storybook Bible. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Inside the first spread is a picture of my oldest after we got out from seeing "Frozen" at the beginning of this month. The picture reminded me of one of my favorite lines from the Christmas hymn "O Come O Come Emmanuel." It's so beautiful and haunting and hopeful.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">A little tip I read on faking a calligraphy style handwriting is to draw a second, thicker line on every "downstroke" your pen makes. I think it looks so pretty. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In keeping with the Christmas carol them, I added two titles here that coordinate with the photos.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I have quite the little note writer in my family, so the perfect place to save them would be inside one of the folders! One of the notes is her Christmas wish list, so I put it along with our photo of St. Nick and one of the lines from "The Night Before Christmas." I have such sweet memories of my dad reading that to us every Christmas eve... and my dad totally embodied the spirit of St. Nick. I can't read it without thinking of him. </span></div>
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<br />Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404430003989994919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502274674084099280.post-48243772961918558122013-12-03T08:07:00.002-06:002013-12-03T08:07:32.450-06:00Countdown to Christmas- Chalkboard Clipboard <span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Merry Christmas, friends! I'm so in the holiday spirit... I just love this time of year! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">It's kind of freaking me out, though, that the season is so short this year. EEK! I definitely have to be on the ball with all the holiday activities I'd like to do before Christmas. I made us a countdown calendar in order to keep up with the days.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">First, I got a mini clipboard from Office Depot. I love the smaller size of these. They are just cute! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Then I painted it with chalkboard paint and seasoned it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I painted with white paint the "Days 'til Christmas", and then decorated with the NoelMignon <a href="http://noelmignon.webvanta.com/rubon-single/1968233-ribbon-candy-kit" style="color: grey; text-decoration: none;">Ribbon Candy kit. </a> The little white frame made a perfect spot for my chalk numbers to go, and the epoxy dots added just enough "pop" for it. I also loved how the Jolly rhinestone fit perfectly on the clip! A gathering of ribbons, sparkly Dollar Tree filler, and tulle cover the logo on the clip, and the little reindeer sticker adds a perfect final touch.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">A friend of mine inspired me the other day with some little goodies she'd left on her bed for her kiddos to surprise them when they got home from school. Most days, I get home at the same time as my kids, so I don't get to do little surprises like that... but this week, I am off for Thanksgiving and was excited to make these little "thankful" prizes for my kids. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">They are very simple, really... just some little strawberry baskets I purchased on etsy filled with baggies of our favorite chocolate drizzled popcorn for an afternoon snack. I added tags made with the NoelMignon Gather Together and Union Square kits. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Just like any other mom, I find myself getting into a rut with fussing and reminding and nagging and everything else with my kids... and I want to be more mindful of telling them of the good they are bringing to our home. That is the point of these little tags... so that they know, regardless of them leaving their shoes and backpacks on the middle of the dining room floor for the bazillionth time, that I am THANKFUL they are in our family... thankful that they are ours. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I hope they love them... and that they feel that they are loved! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I've been in the mood- and really have needed- to just play. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">My husband made me these cool wooden canvasses a while back, and this teeny tiny one has been sitting on my desk, waiting for inspiration. My bedroom mantel needed a spot of something fun, so I went with a little owl... because I just love them and they make me happy. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I decided to free-hand cut her. I could have used a Silhouette file but I really just wanted to play with the gorgeous papers myself. Plus, I like it when things are a little imperfect looking. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I used all sorts of fun things from the <a href="http://noelmignon.webvanta.com/kit-single/1927257-gather-together-kit" style="color: grey; text-decoration: none;">Gather Together kit</a>, including the polka dot stamp strip on the background. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I think she's so cute, and she definitely brings a bright spot right where I wanted it! </span></div>
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