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Blissmade Designs: October 2012
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Saturday, October 13, 2012. Thank You Gift Bags. Make your thank you gifts extra special by making thank you gift bags! These thank you gift bags started out as inexpensive bright colored gift bags. They were decorated with thank you word papers that I designed and printed. Then fun paper, foam, metal, and fabric flowers decorate them. Read on to see how each of these gift bags were made. This last bag is my favorite because of the colors. This "Many Thanks" paper was created starting out with a word...
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sYda's siftings: February 2012
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Rare and random flutterings from the motley turtle. Top o' the Journal. Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Take some time today to experience PURE JOY. THIS is PURE joy. Syda The Motley Turtle. Monday, February 27, 2012. Here we are, approaching the end of February, the month of love. For quite some time I have been meandering through the garden of self-love and recently began reading When You Think You’re Not Enough by Daphne Rose Kingma. Ididn’t.know.crap.about.relationships. Fast forward to years later after...
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Blissmade Designs: Make a Creative Quote Scrapbook
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Monday, March 30, 2015. Make a Creative Quote Scrapbook. Paper and quote by Lisa Bearnson, circle punch by EK Success, others: markers, Spritzer Airbrush tool, embroidery floss, thread, fibers and spiral. If you are a scrapbooker and love quotes. Too, why not combine them into a quote scrapbook! Other options to make a quote scrapbook:. Use a Smash book or an artist sketchbook (like an art journal). Use tiny mini albums or make your own with chipboard. Others: brown marker, chalk. I added the plaid line ...
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sYda's siftings: June 2014
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Rare and random flutterings from the motley turtle. Top o' the Journal. Saturday, June 28, 2014. Sifting Through Expressions of Love. The other day I came across an old letter I'd received a couple years ago. THE STORY BEHIND THE LETTER:. Even today, as I reread the letter, it upsets me. In the end it read, "I'm sorry I don't know how to express how much I love and appreciate you." Other statements in the letter led me to believe that they aren't even willing to try to learn. A phone call just to chat.
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sYda's siftings: November 2013
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Rare and random flutterings from the motley turtle. Top o' the Journal. Sunday, November 17, 2013. Be Careful What You Ask For. Once upon a time, I had friends. Well, I still have friends. It's just that over time these friendships have changed and are no longer blessed with long lunches or chats over lattes. These friendships are no longer local and are maintained over long distances and social media. Being an at-home mom has made it challenging to create new friendships. We chatted back and forth onlin...
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sYda's siftings: Sunday Morning Ritual Returned
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Rare and random flutterings from the motley turtle. Top o' the Journal. Sunday, June 14, 2015. Sunday Morning Ritual Returned. I awoke before the weekend alarm on my phone went off. having a new puppy will do that. so will a body that is getting a little older and your once cast iron bladder is more of a wrought iron. heh. Praise and a training treat for doing his business outside. this potty business is a work in progress. What is it about white space that we equate to emptiness. It was really weighing ...
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Kreative Notions: Have You Been to the New House?
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Is now Motley Turtle Arts. Home to Motley Turtle Arts. Monday, January 19, 2015. Have You Been to the New House? I'm still in the process of managing all of the nuts and bolts that go along with this transition to Motley Turtle Arts. I've had some glitches pop up: the cable box my husband uses went out, I dropped my iPhone 6 Plus and it died (fortunately that turned out to be a hardware issue), the coffee pot brewed its last pot of coffee.nothing earth shattering but distracting and time consuming. Decem...
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Kreative Notions: Change is the Only Constant
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Is now Motley Turtle Arts. Home to Motley Turtle Arts. Monday, December 29, 2014. Change is the Only Constant. I'm not what one would call a great blogger. By that I mean consistent. When I blog it's on a whim. I don't plan. Perhaps I should. Perhaps I should use a pencil? I came up with Kreative Notions sometime back. 2008? Changes are a coming. You want to know what it is? First let me share that I have an affinity for turtles. When I was a growing up I had a friend whose father called me "Myrtle t...
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Blissmade Designs: Mixed Media "Live Laugh Love" Flower Block
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Mixed Media "Live Laugh Love" Flower Block. Today I have a such a cute project. It's a mixed media "Live Laugh Love" flower block. And it's actually made from a 2x4 board! They are inexpensive and rustic boards, perfect for distressed sitter blocks. The leopard print flower is from Michaels in the floral/vase section. I used green ric rac ribbon for the stem and the leaves were hand drawn and cut from paper. I hand wrote the words onto the leaves. Tips for this project:. Cloquet,...
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