tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35891117495503835972024-02-19T03:26:00.427-06:00~Pieceful Art~Always be a better you! :DDesireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-63247358186501083572018-09-18T12:11:00.002-05:002018-09-18T12:11:11.365-05:00Re-VampHappy Tuesday! I am working hard to muster positive energy as recently got a lot going on financially and it is stressful. As most of you know my dad passed in July and had nothing to help with his end of life needs, so it wiped out my savings a long with I had to get a loan to pay part of the cremation. Now my car needs major work (<span style="color: #6aa84f;">$1100.00 worth</span>), and it is hard when so much stuff hits you at once. I cannot really complain though as it could be a lot worse and I am blessed with a good job and will make it, I know. But it sucks regardless on how life can be so expensive sometimes, and let me not get on a soap box about costs going up, but wages not.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">SO we shall change over to better things. </span><br />
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I am really trying to push through my energy to hit PUBLISH on my new website, there are so many things that I want it to be, that it is not yet. But I need to get it out there and make it work. Especially since I have been paying for hosting for almost a year now and it is hiding from everyone.<br />
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I also need to revamp my FB page (not my personal one), not sure I will keep it or not honestly, but it needs an update and some love if I do plan to keep it.<br />
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It is a lot to maintain when you have a demanding corporate 9-5'er, and I have definitely not been doing well on that end. I commend those who are able to make that work for them right now. It takes a lot of work, plus your YT videos and Patreon pages if you have them. Another avenues I have been thinking on, but how when I cannot even upkeep other stuff. I do not plan to keep Etsy going since they have upped their fees and my website will have a store option, that is way better for me, all in once place.<br />
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Anyway, quick update, happy Tuesday!<br />
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Have a blessed week, if you stopped by please say hi! :)Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-44270398290990325152018-08-27T15:49:00.001-05:002018-08-27T15:49:52.273-05:00Quote for the day Just wanted to pop on and say hello and share a quote for the day.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7;">"Intuition is your direct pipeline to a form of intelligence
that is completely beyond your conscious brain. Successful, effective, happy
people are those who have gotten onto the beam of their own intuitive senses
and who rely continuously on their inner guidance — and they seldom make
mistakes." </span></i>- Brian Tracy<br />
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Have a Blessed Week!Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-39259343992574437882018-07-13T07:53:00.000-05:002018-07-13T07:53:38.781-05:00Friday - sharing tough stuff PLEASE BE AWARE: this could be a triggering read for some, I do discuss feelings and share feelings as I am bereaving.<br />
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Good morning all! It is super early (703AM), at least for me on a Friday that is a day off. Normally I would sleep in since I am such a night owl. I have had about 3 hours of sleep, and could not get back to sleep so I got up to try and get my creative juices going. As well as handle an overwhelming amount of adult responsibilities.<br />
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This has by far been an overwhelming month, my husband was laid off 3 weeks ago (he is back to work at a new job now), I took PTO for the July 4th holiday which I never do and was so excited about it and I got bit by a tick and injured my back seriously bad (could be tick related or a pinched nerve yes it still hurts, this was last Monday), and my father passed on Sunday. So pretty much the worse stay cation I have had thus far.<br />
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NOW, yes that is overload, but I am doing well, other than the anger I have from the disrespectful and nasty relatives who deflect their own issues onto you to create conflict and guilt. It is hard enough to deal with a death of a person you love, a parent and not add in if that relationship had forms of toxicity itself. Now I have moved past that as I have grown as a person. I loved my father, accepted him for who he was and know he loved me, even if sometimes it was unhealthy and manipulative. With all that being sad, it is still so hard when you have individuals who deflect their guilt and anger onto you and you are an empathetic healer who seeps up other energies too easily. And if not well protected, grounded, it is hard to not let them leech onto me, and in a time when you are vulnerable because you have lost a loved one and have an overwhelming amount of sadness, and also knowing that you are now the one who has to take care of everything as the responsible one, is difficult. Add in those who are childish and ignorant, and also have taken advantage of your father, abused them, it is heartbreaking and angering. And it angers me more so that I let myself get to a point where I was angry and responded to some of it. That however is at a end, I will no longer let them try and make me feel guilty when I was stable in my relationship with my father and know the truth of myself. Their issues and how they must move forward are for them to deal with. Now knowing all that and being a mature stable individual is not always enough, but I know that somewhere in all this, there is another lesson for me to learn to make me a better person.<br />
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As a wise friend reminded me, you cannot rationalize with the irrational. And I have to continue to remind myself of this as I move forward. And it will help, but there is is still anger and some fear, as I deal with unstable addicts.<br />
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Today, I move forward to make this day a productive creative day where I work on healing, letting go of the anger. As well as more than likely taking a nap I hope!<br />
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Please know I have an amazing support system of friends and work family, plus my mother, husband and brother. Just sharing those feelings, that sadly I know too many of us have shared in similar circumstances.<br />
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<br />Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-38715630131160834132018-06-26T16:53:00.000-05:002018-06-26T16:53:45.964-05:00Tuesday Tirednesshello all!<br />
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I am super tired for a Tuesday, makes me dread how the rest of the week may go. Sad updates my husband was laid off from his job last Friday, so it is draining, the stress of it all. Hopefully he will be back on his feet with a new job soon. Especially before he drives me too batty always being home.<br />
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Other than that poop, all is well. I am still working on my two baby quilts, getting those quilted and finished, one is almost there and I need to start the other one. I hope to finish those up this weekend and then can post some pics, even though man that quilting is rough. But practice is good for me and I will get better. :)<br />
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In the meantime here are some furry pictures of love!<br />
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<br />Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-75147238715922964722018-05-22T16:51:00.005-05:002018-05-22T16:51:57.289-05:00May - and some Quilts I wanted to really be productive this month so I sent off for two quilt kits from <a href="http://www.quiltsforkids.org/" target="_blank">Quilts for Kids</a>. I really enjoy doing quilts for them, it is great to not only get the kits but you can send quilts you have made as well. I wanted to do some more practicing for free motion quilting, and charity quilts are really a great way to do that. SO I do have two of those to finish in the next 4 weeks, sew and quilt them and bind them. I asked for it. :S I will post those when done! They will be super cute.<br />
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ALSO - <span style="color: purple;">HOW THE HECK</span> is it already almost the end of May?<br />
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I really have been busy, so that is good, just not been busy blogging or making YouTube videos. Which I am again learning is OK. Just because it worked for me before, and I was able to do it more often before, does not mean it will be that way always. And I really have to work on letting go of the guilt with it. Sounds silly to have guilt about it, but I think since I really want to be out there sharing and I am not, that is where it comes form. It really is OK where I am right now. :) And where ever I end up will also be OK.<br />
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So for the beauty that has been in process and if you follow me over on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cheerbear7/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> you have seen. But it can never be too many places. :) The lighting a bit off, but that is OK. I am absolutely in love with how this is looking. I just have to trim her up and add my borders and then figure out how to quilt her! My first y seams! Not too bad and my triangles line up so well!! I cannot wait to get to working on another one in some different colors, not sure what yet though. These fabrics have been in my stash for well over 10 years, I bought them for something, but could not remember what, so put them together in this.<br />
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Be Blessed!!!!<br />
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<br />Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-50593271304477707182018-04-09T17:17:00.000-05:002018-04-09T17:17:57.487-05:00Mom's Quilt and how it is already April 9???In January I remember writing all those grand plans and being so focused. What the hell has happened? How are we already to April 9th, and of course I overall feel I have not done much. <span style="color: #351c75;">HOWEVER</span>, that is not true really. But I definitely could have gotten more done in the last 3 months and week...<div>
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I can say I am doing really great on my number of books to read this year that <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2506765-desiree-moffett" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> thankfully keeps track for me! I have read 8 of 27 books so far! One book ahead of schedule. maybe this year I will not only read 27, but beat it! I also overestimate at the beginning of the year and then waiver on towards the end. But i have found that audio books really work for me! I am able to listen while sewing, painting and even while at work sometimes. </div>
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So here I am with ma cute face and the quilt all quilted. </div>
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And what I felt that day was the only decent quilted spot on it. Now that I have it back home and even finished the binding last night, I do feel it looks better than I originally thought. it has been so long since I free motioned quilted, and never on a long arm, a learning curve of course. And again finished is better than perfect, thanks Angela Walters! </div>
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I had hoped to also have a video up on YT since I took a short stay-cation, 3 days off work. But I spent a majority of the time sewing, and it was fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by! More creative projects to come! :)<br />
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Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-60751261436576719812018-03-20T17:09:00.001-05:002018-03-20T17:12:20.632-05:00Welcome Spring - Greetings Ostara! Today, that first day of Spring..it is rainy and cold here in TN and will more than likely snow in the next 48 hours. Not heavy snow, but nonetheless, TN weather gives me anxiety!<br />
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I hope you are all fairing well and will warm up soon, but not too hot. Before you know it is will be summer and I will be mad it is is hot. :)<br />
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But I will not wish my days to go by faster to get there, embrace the day and what comes.<br />
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<br />Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-3249278445362653492018-02-28T17:52:00.002-06:002018-02-28T17:52:31.820-06:00YouTube videos - will they ever happen again?I have been trying to find my way back to making more YouTube videos. I so enjoyed them once and do miss it. But it seems I am still struggling to gain the energy and balance of my time outside of work to make it more. I am really struggling to believe if anything I say really matters, but I know that is fear speaking and not the truth.<br />
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I also did make a video last weekend and was so excited and went to edit it, and half of it had no sound, sigh. So no idea what happened with that. And I have not decided whether I will do a voice over or just move on or re do it. I was feeling weird when I made it and felt so disorganized. It is very possible all my videos are like that, lol.<br />
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So here we are still no more videos for February. On to March though, tomorrow I am embracing that full moon energy and working on some manifestations that will see me through the rest of the year.<br />
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Today they are all home alone....hoping the house is still there when I get home and she has not chewed it all up. While in the shower she had managed to find one of Jes' socks and a bag of cough drops I had on the nightstand by the bed. PUPPY LIFE!<br />
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Be Blessed everyone!Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-85840675297940969732018-01-11T17:05:00.000-06:002018-01-11T17:15:12.825-06:00January Check InI just wanted to do a quick blog and check in on everyone! Yesterday was my birthday, the big 40...but it is all good. Although it feels like I got here too fast. I have lots more to do though, so looking forward to another 40 years!<br />
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How is everyone's January shaping up so far? We are pending some sketchy weather ourselves tomorrow, and well Tennessee is messed up with seasons, we have them all in one day often. The state shuts down I tell you!<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Keep on plowing through you guys, HEAD UP, SHOULDERS BACK and YOUR EYES ON YOUR DREAMS! </b></span>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-87110583344397000032018-01-04T18:00:00.000-06:002018-01-04T18:00:04.592-06:00Welcome 2018!Sending everyone many blessings in 2018!!<br />
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I know many people had a rough 2017, I had some tough times too. We all hope 2018 brings better stuff than 2017 did. However, let us remember our focus, intentions, choices and reactions have a <span style="color: #741b47;"><b>HUGE </b></span>impact on what happens to us as well!<br />
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This year I am really trying to focus my intention in the AM to really get my day out to a loving start. I am <b>ALWAYS</b> up about 10 minutes past the time I should have gotten up, so rushed and late for work. Which honestly, I have accepted, mostly. I really am a night owl, it is the way it is and not a person who loves to be woken up. I woke nights and overnights for years, I love it and am so alive at night. But now I am a 9am-6pmer, which is OK I can sleep in super late, but does it really work?<br />
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So <b>HOW</b> do you manage to have a focused intention building morning when you are that person?! I have tried many things, but my will power for it just sucks you guys. I may revisit the Miracle Morning process, but shoot I can write it all down and say I will do it and give myself all these speeches. But then the AM comes and I am like <span style="color: #741b47;">NOPE NOT TODAY</span>.<br />
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Any friendly advice welcome, and in the end, maybe I just have not figured out the right motivator for me, or I just am not getting enough sleep at night.<br />
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I mean I used to work 530 am until way too many hours into the night, and it burnt me out. But I don't do that anymore, so I cannot use that as an excuse and if I can get up and be at this job for someone else at 530 and work until 7 at night 5 days a week, IF I DID THAT, why the hell can I not do it for my self????<br />
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<br />Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-6380976797054816872017-11-30T00:00:00.000-06:002017-11-30T00:00:21.156-06:00Blog Thoughts Got some thoughts brewing, really motivated to get off my creative arse! Thinking do I keep pushing through using this blog, which I do love, it needs some improvements no doubt, and it would help if I was more consistent. But should I re work a whole lot or just focus on what I got, new address new blog or just refocus and keep going. I love the history here, but I do get bored with the lay out, the colors and just need some jazz. But maybe that jazz is just decent content, what a thought! Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-91423432713426621242017-11-29T15:11:00.000-06:002017-11-29T15:11:01.087-06:00Creamy Chicken ChiliI thought I would share my recipe for the chili I made back in October, since it was apparently good people said. I also must admit, I liked it! And I am a pretty picky eater. ENJOY and please let me know what you think if you make it!<br />
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Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-68346780675114201522017-10-20T13:16:00.000-05:002017-10-20T13:17:20.055-05:00November - National Novel Writing Month - nanowrimoNot sure what I was thinking, but I signed up for national writing month, November. Check out the <a href="https://nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank">link</a> if you are interested in seeing what it is about. Has anyone else signed up for November?Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-27440149386723358492017-08-17T19:30:00.001-05:002017-08-17T19:30:56.599-05:00Sunday Night - Tarot pre-read - update - no edit magick!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ORkpBLmgiTk" width="480"></iframe>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-33961170646078254872017-07-19T17:09:00.002-05:002017-07-19T17:09:51.682-05:00Monday-WednesdayMan you guys, <b>it has been forever since I blogged!</b> I really miss it, but my job had really kept me so tired and stressed I could not make it work for me. I was working 50-60 hours a week from October to April. Finally I moved into a new job position which as left me not working so much and more time to devote to what I love. <b>CREATING!</b><br />
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I have been slowly able to re-group my energy levels to get back to sewing, journal making, painting and digital art work. There is still farther to go though, as with all things.<br />
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I took some time this week to update my blog look, as you can see, still not 100 percent happy with it,but I do love galaxies! I have been working on my website and really want it to mesh with my website more, color wise etc, so at this point I am not sure if I want to spend more time redoing my website or not. I need to just get it live, because now it sees no traffic, which is not good for my overall goals. not sure it really matters if a blog looks like a website, but cohesiveness does help.<br />
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I am working on many upcoming projects that are exciting and I cannot wait to share with you! A giveaway, some new YouTube videos coming soon, the new website and more!<br />
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I would also love to hear about what you would like to see, or have missed seeing?<br />
Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-74961081528265640012016-06-17T13:59:00.002-05:002016-06-17T13:59:41.387-05:00Hot Potato! It has been a <strong>hot</strong>, <strong>hot</strong> month so far you guys, but I am pretty pasty and allergic to the sun and well love air conditioning! BUT still it has been hot, I guess really more humid. Here in Tennessee, the humidity is horrible! I have also had a super busy few months. June was a wedding and worked a bit extra month. And May was pretty much work and I also had this horrible stomach bug that lasted for 36-ish hours, man I have not been that sick for like 12 years. Then I did not eat for 5 days, which is insane, but I could not. <br />
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So enough with all that. But it is still early June, so not all the way through yet. But I work all this weekend and then next week I have a three day weekend but then it goes right into the next weekend which is July 4th weekend and I work all that plus July 4th. <br />
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I wanted to stop by though and say HI! As I never do enough! Hope you guys are all staying cool! And I will have some new project shares in July. And I am going to start working on a e-course for journal making, let me know what else you guys might want to see either in e-course or on some YouTube tutorials. Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-88269719272654809322016-04-12T14:12:00.002-05:002016-04-12T14:16:13.959-05:00Art Card - back - perfectly me <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I created an <b>art card </b>for an art deck project recently and thought I would share the <b>back</b> of it for you guys to see. Finished size is 3.5 x 3.5. I used a <b>gelli print</b> I had and then just wrote my information on the back with some gel pens, a few simple inspiring words, added a bit of shine around the edge with Inka Gold and voila, I love it. Nothing fancy, but perfect.<br />
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Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-78618858639899265212016-01-07T13:14:00.000-06:002016-01-07T13:14:24.140-06:00What to do when you do not know what to do?Just seeking some solice from my current mind, the decisions that sometimes have to be made that are so tough and life changing, scary they can be. How do you guys weigh things and figure out how to make major decisions? Pros and Cons, or other ways, talking about them etc?Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-5152794612393619632015-12-27T13:14:00.001-06:002015-12-27T13:15:04.093-06:00Repurposed Frame - InklingFor 2016 I purchased an Inkwell Press planner. If you wish for more information on that please visit their website at <a href="http://www.inkwellpress.com/" target="_blank">Inkwell Press</a> or do a search on YouTube and you will find lots of reviews and videos. The planner world is huge and full of options that I will not get into on this post. :)<br />
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<b>So what is this post about??? </b>When you receive your planner you also get an <span style="color: #20124d;"><b>inkling</b></span>, which is a quote for you. Packed randomly, yet they always seem to get to who they need to. Mine is "<span style="color: #20124d;"><b>follow your arrow</b></span>". Below is a picture of how I currently am keeping it. Framed in a frame I got from the reuse place for under $2.00. Not 100 percent happy with it as I think the word dreams distracts from it, but happy enough with it until I find a different frame.<br />
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Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-48927786892384981602015-11-25T19:29:00.002-06:002015-11-25T20:19:28.237-06:00Game Dice Embroidered Bag <a href="http://www.urbanthreads.com/Sale.aspx" target="_blank">Urban Threads</a> designs online is a great resource for creative, modern, funky, vintage...pretty much all kinds of <span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>embroidery designs</b></span></span>, I love them. Not only do they have great designs and tutorials and <span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;"><b>freebies</b></span>, they have awesome customer service! I recently ordered a set of cute small designs, 4x4 inch designs, here is a <a href="http://www.urbanthreads.com/products.aspx?productid=UTP1419" target="_blank">link </a>to the designs I got.<br />
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I decided to make a dice bag as I did need one and they had a <a href="http://www.urbanthreads.com/tutorials.aspx?t=Dice+Bag" target="_blank">tutorial</a> that I figured I would try. A few things I discovered as I went along.<span style="color: #351c75;"><b> I suck at cutting circles and I should always measure for my liking even if it is different from what they are saying in the tutorial. </b></span>The tutorial is well laid out and fairly easy to follow. I have experience sewing though so for those who are beginners, make sure you read all the
way through it once or twice before you start. The end product is OK, but
I do plan to make another as there really is not enough room at the top
for the cord and then to leave a nice looking top scrunched up. You
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be, but I continued to follow the measurements in the tutorial. You
could also place the design lower to make up for that but next time I
will just add to the top, that way there is more room for error with the
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Where it has been forever that I have made a video. I say "ya'll", which saddens me lol and I realize that I need to brush up greatly on video editing. Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-74155702584101678092015-07-03T21:59:00.000-05:002015-07-03T22:04:10.832-05:00Smile Sunshine!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just a quick share of a watercolor page I created recently. This is a off balanced scan of it. I am also not entirely sure a good representation of the colors. I used my <span style="color: purple;">Koi watercolor set</span> on this one and there were not too many yellow choices. BUT I got some new watercolors this week and It has more yellows and oranges and all kinds of <span style="color: purple;"><b>yummy colors</b></span> I look forward to using this weekend. I love seeing all the <i><span style="color: #351c75;">galaxy paintings</span></i> and I really want to give that a try and see how they come out. I will also be making more of the ones above for some friends to remind them to smile more! :D Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589111749550383597.post-39071686801568088132015-05-25T22:15:00.001-05:002015-05-25T22:15:30.643-05:00MayOh May is already almost over and I am not even sure where it has went! I am sure many of us feel this way more often than not. What can we do about that? Record what we do however we can, pictures, journals, art, make memories! I have not been as diligent as I want to be in journaling daily, not that I feel I have to but sometimes when I sit in that moment of quietness I finally get in life I can't for the heck of it remember what I did all week besides work! I do not wantto remember just work, I want to remember laughs and heck even cries! I just want to be able to recall those small laughs, silly moments or serious moments and not struggle to figure out what was the highlight of my week! So I know I must be more diligent to be aware and here in the now and record thoughts in the moment or daily. I hope you do as well! It helps capture your life and all of our life's are worth so much! <div><br></div><div><br></div><div>All that and I will share a few pictures. I've spent some time in the sewing room, not enough but some! Here are some embroidery designs stiched up that I hope to use as journal covers.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtMbDyWz-uAh8sbgNSSgWCG_DaBeEy184kiQH2zPt35L5v51h3hyphenhyphenYHi5Lg3tVyrneBdUgnmtRYchV0XOeHu9M_vaDmIFRVG9HDd1njMdByZG-cG_oblL27pUwe2ZXHYCXXaPQZTAwcLo/s640/blogger-image-1353032698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtMbDyWz-uAh8sbgNSSgWCG_DaBeEy184kiQH2zPt35L5v51h3hyphenhyphenYHi5Lg3tVyrneBdUgnmtRYchV0XOeHu9M_vaDmIFRVG9HDd1njMdByZG-cG_oblL27pUwe2ZXHYCXXaPQZTAwcLo/s640/blogger-image-1353032698.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvFk8Mr4Q2i0AlHrSufQPjnIqwDYbN0iDSCGIBDY2ilwQS_uxywccVJnIKS9_9KjIMIg9ZrEpg5TXVD4wSLh4iJLMczOXd7YuJ2f7KDSJTBY4FaFRNZ2gTIDHo8rVi1SwtdamXbLxsVU/s640/blogger-image-139759097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvFk8Mr4Q2i0AlHrSufQPjnIqwDYbN0iDSCGIBDY2ilwQS_uxywccVJnIKS9_9KjIMIg9ZrEpg5TXVD4wSLh4iJLMczOXd7YuJ2f7KDSJTBY4FaFRNZ2gTIDHo8rVi1SwtdamXbLxsVU/s640/blogger-image-139759097.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div> </div><div>I still got to cut the threads off the last one and I am not sure about the color combo but I pretty much like it a lot! </div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608169845866942393noreply@blogger.com2