tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72892857430632662282024-03-05T02:30:28.537-05:00Catching Cody KCody Dollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235356773272688628noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7289285743063266228.post-50895570857833621462015-07-07T08:30:00.000-04:002016-02-13T04:54:23.926-05:00Rebranding<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "droid sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.9999942779541px;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "droid sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.9999942779541px;">I have not blogged here in about four months. In February, it was just Holiday burn out. Then March came and I started thinking about my blog until April happened. April was one of those months that plow right through. June passed right on by and now it's July. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "droid sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.9999942779541px;">However, during all that time off I have been thinking. I read several articles online about our social media impact. About what we post online and the affects it has. Those articles really has me thinking. I might not care today what I post but in tens years, things might change. I don't want too much of myself to be online yet I don't want to give up blogging. So where is the balance? Where do I know to draw the line? More importantly, then what do I blog about? </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "droid sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.9999942779541px;">I thought over these questions during my unexpected time off.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "droid sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.9999942779541px;">To me, a blog is very public, anyone can stumble upon and read. It's a great resource, if use correctly. Blogging can build relationships, give great help articles and be an outsource. However, I've seen one one too many blog fall into the negative. I've see them share WAY to many details about their home life and I can see it tare away their personal relationships. I can see the great holes where a nasty person can weasel themselves in. Blogging that way doesn't look good and what's worse, blogging that way is not hard. In fact,many pins on pinterest help follow that path.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "droid sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.9999942779541px;">I will not be one. I will not let my blog be a place to whine, complain or be negative. Sure, it's life and it's hard. But that doesn't mean you should write, or spit, out as the tough times rolls. Blog afterwards, when you can turn negative into positive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "droid sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.9999942779541px;">With that written, I will be withdrawing all my post written about my life. The people in my life deserve privately, even if they said okay. I don't need to tell their story, it is their and theirs alone. Another thing, I would never want something I wrote to bite me later, even if it seems harmless. The internet is an unforgiving place. Even small mundane stories or photos can be turned and twisted, I have been there and seen it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "droid sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.9999942779541px;">That doesn't mean I can't have a blog. Nor doesn't mean goodbye. Just that I will no longer blogging here on this blog anymore. Follow my artist journey: </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "droid sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.9999942779541px;"><a href="https://codydollstudio.wordpress.com/">https://codydollstudio.wordpress.com/</a></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7289285743063266228.post-25375867377427970672015-01-19T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-19T08:00:03.234-05:00Take Me Deeper Study // Week Two<br />
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Thanks to one of my favorite blogger, <a href="http://mewithmyheadintheclouds.blogspot.com/">Mary Brack</a>, I found <a href="http://his-kingdom-come.com/groups/take-me-deeper/faqs">Take Me Deeper Study</a>. This isn't really an art group but a weekly devotional that gives you ideas (prompts) to help build your relationship with God through the year. Most of us have decided to respond through art, but it's not required.</div>
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The study has a monthly theme that the devotions center around. January's month is all about Transforming. Week One's devotion was about <a href="http://catchingcodyk.blogspot.com/2015/01/take-me-deeper-study-week-one.html">Transforming Willingly</a>. Week Two's devotion was about Transforming Vulnerably. Below is my art take on the devotion and a bit about my creation.<br />
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I was reading the study last week, I realized how related the two devotions are (and probably all will be). I decided that since we were still taking about Transforming from the inside that I would continue with the heart from last week. From there I thought about what God was speaking to me.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCBRhnqWp0tyITgSDghoAgtQsM3YiTtpL90cCsbuxAFjepbiNp_2nER48BLJPpyuaBHlw-nQNR3Bdvln4hWxXBF3gCg8NqnCl2DpiLQVl74h5mAsDh2TIOWh-eVg4Yze27IvVEo8TcdO_/s1600/Transform-Vulnerably-Quote600.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCBRhnqWp0tyITgSDghoAgtQsM3YiTtpL90cCsbuxAFjepbiNp_2nER48BLJPpyuaBHlw-nQNR3Bdvln4hWxXBF3gCg8NqnCl2DpiLQVl74h5mAsDh2TIOWh-eVg4Yze27IvVEo8TcdO_/s1600/Transform-Vulnerably-Quote600.png" /></a></div>
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"Sometimes we have to <b>move </b>past <b>Barriers </b>to <b>open </b>up to <b>God</b> + others" </div>
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Although the study was about being vulnerable, I heard God whispering about barriers and how those barriers can block us or hurt us. That is why I painted a rose bush. Our barriers sometimes hurt us, and others, more then protect. If we learn what the barriers are then we can remove them. Once the barriers are removed, then can we open our vulnerable hearts up to God and to others (like I did last week). </div>
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So far I have been really enjoying this study and creating art for God. It's not the most complicated art but it works it's purpose. I hope that you were able to get something out of my blog or if not at least enjoyed the art. </div>
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Thanks to one of my favorite blogger, <a href="http://mewithmyheadintheclouds.blogspot.com/">Mary Brack</a>, I found <a href="http://his-kingdom-come.com/groups/take-me-deeper/faqs">Take Me Deeper Study</a>. This isn't really an art group but a weekly devotional that gives you ideas (prompts) to help build your relationship with God through the year. Most of us have decided to respond through art, but it's not required.<br />
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Just like <a href="http://catchingcodyk.blogspot.com/2015/01/documented-life-project-2015-week-1.html">my journey with Documented Life</a>, this group also has a monthly theme that the devotions center around. January's month is all about Transforming. <b>Week One</b>'s devotion was about Transforming <b>Willingly</b>. Below is my art take on the devotion and a bit about my creation. <br />
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I struggled with this for a week. I couldn't understand why I had a hard time. Usually I can think of something to do for anything. I read the devotion multiple times, still I struggled. So I reached out to the group, through the forums, and asked for some help. It wasn't til another lady asked a few questions that I realized what my problem was, and it wasn't fear of the blank page...<br />
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No my problem was that I having a heart problem with this devotion. It was totally me. I was having a hard time not with the devotion but what God was speaking to me. He was saying that it's all about giving away, to let go, to loose control. Ouch. That wasn't what I was expecting from Him. So I painted it out.<br />
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"Sometimes, we forget our hearts aren't <b>perfect</b> so why wouldn't we hand them [to a] <b>God</b> who is?"<br />
This is what God was speaking to me. God doesn't break our hearts, we do. We place dreams, goals, ideas above Him and think all we want will happen but if it's not in His plan, all will fail. God NEVER fails us. Why do we forget that?<br />
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This devotion taught me alot about myself, our hearts as humans, and our wonderful God. I can't wait to share with you guys week two. If you are interested, please join in! It's never to late to start with God, or art. haha.<br />
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I hope that you were able to gain something or that you least enjoyed my art.<br />
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The new <a href="http://www.arttothe5th.com/">Documented Life Project</a> has started. Last year I found out about this amazing art group a little late. I still tried to <a href="http://catchingcodyk.blogspot.com/2014/09/Documented-Life-Project-Aug.html">keep up with the weekly prompts </a>but I felt weird starting so late. Eventually I just stopped. This year though, I am going to try to finish - something I am not very good at. </div>
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Each new month DLP has a theme that their weekly prompts are based around. January's theme is Facing the Blank Page, which I find perfect for the start of a new year. So many beginnger are scared to do anything on that white page so these prompts are to help get over that fear. Within the weekly theme they give an art prompt, a material to use in your art, and a journaling prompt, an idea to give direction. <b>Week One</b> was released January 1st, giving an extra three days to work. The art prompt was to use "<b>Book Paper</b>", anything from a book/newletter/ect and the journal prompt was "<b>Be your own Goal Keeper". </b>Below is my idea for the challenge. </div>
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The card reads "I will be my own GOAL KEEPER by...allowing myself change,growth and healing; I will explore and take on challenges; I will not set limits, call myself beautiful and most of all LOVE with <u>all</u> I have. -Cody Doll"<br />
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I started this page pulling out one of the book pages I have saved from a not very good book. I then lightly brushed on some black paint so the word would blend in a little. Then I cut into uneven strips. I wanted them uneven to give them a grudge look. I arranged them the way I thought looked best and glued them down with regular glue stick (Elmer's Xtreme). The I just used my felt tip pen (Sharpie) to write my marta/reminder of the year.<br />
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Check out my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/114904946@N07/">Flickr</a> for larger pictures. I plan on updating you guys once a week but we will see how that goes.<br />
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Are you in DLP? Are you doing any art? Share with me. I love fellow artists. If you aren't creating, give it a try. This has no "drawing" in and I've seen lots of doodlers. Good luck to all fellow DLPers.<br />
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A new year and new opportunities. It's a time to think about goals, future and what we would like to do with 365 blank days. I am going to create art. Not sure if I will everyday but I do know that there are alot of art journaling groups out there and I want to be apart of most of them. The downside to all this is that it's hard to track the prompts from each group, if they have a monthly theme or devotionals every week. I had to come up with a way to tracking all of it. What I decided was a double pocket page for each group each month.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I started with<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"> small plain brown paper bags. I picked up a pack from Wal-Mart in the lunch baggie section. They came in a pack of 50 for $1. Then I cut two inches off the top because I wanted them to be 5x7, the size of my album. Leaving the bags flat, I cut and pasted sketchbook paper over top the tall baggie section and what would be the bottom of the bag. Then I used my wonderful washi tape to seal the now front side of the bag. I only used washi on the edge. This is a little hard to explain so bare with me. First I did the top edge of the baggie, folding inside the bag so I could still use the big baggie part and then the bottom edge of the bag. Then I did the edge of the top part of the bottom of the bag. I did not stick the washi to the paper but folded over so I could use the bottom as a pocket. Lastly, I taped the sides, going over the both the bottom and the baggie and folding over on that edge only so I created a pocket. The last bag in the photo is the completed process before I added information. For more help, see other photos for details because pictures probably explain better...</span></span></div>
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Being in five art journaling groups this month and six in February, I had to keep up with the prompts for each week plus the monthly theme. After I made my pocket pages, I titled/headed each page with the group name, in this photo it's Documented Life. Then under that I listed the month. On the small pocket page I wrote the monthly theme out. Not all groups have a monthly theme but some do. This way I can keep up with if there is one or isn't one. </div>
I also cut some of the sketchbook paper into 3x3 squares. On the top of the squares I listed the week in big letters. I also added the abbreviated group name to the side of the week, in this photo that would be DLP. I did this so in case all my squared fell out I would know which group the prompt belonged to. Later on I added the groups color to the squares titles, so purple for DLP. I did this just so I could tell on color and not read but really it doesn't matter.<br />
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For groups that are Faith filled, I did the main verse for the week where the prompt would go. On the back of the card I will write or print out that verse. If there is a devotion for the group, I plan on printing that on 5x7 size and putting into the bigger pocket. </div>
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Here is all the groups that I am in and all the monthly themes. I hope that all makes sense. If you have any questions, please ask. Come back tomorrow, or later this week to see the art I have created for Week One Prompts. </div>
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I have been hearing a lot about December Daily ablums/books since November. At first, I dismissed the idea since I am not a scrap booker or a project lifer. However, as Thanksgiving got closer I realized that I didn’t have to do DD in that way. I could do my own take on it. And since I am a Get Messy Girl and already in the art grove, it seemed like a great idea to try my hand at the mixed media approach to DD. <br />
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That meant that on December 2<sup>nd</sup>, I had to come up with an entire new idea for my December Daily album. I had several ways I thought I could do it. At first I was thinking that I would join the rest and buy myself a Sn@p binder. I was thinking it would be a neat test run for the New Year and if I would really enjoy project life. Nevertheless, there was another idea that had me thinking about something completely different.<br />
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I kept thinking about the stack of long Behr paint samples in Christmas colors I had been hoarding. They were sitting right in front of me just whispering to me all the goodness they could hold. So I picked them up and messed with them. Somehow in the ten minute I had been playing with them, an idea sprung. I could stick them together long ways and leave a pocket area, perfect for 3x5 index cards for journaling or extra pictures from the day. I could than bind them together with binder rings.</div>
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<li>They are already colored. That was a draw back in my journal because I would have to color or cut paper for every single background. This would be very time consuming and I want every sec I can to enjoy this season. </li>
<li>The weight is perfect for mix media. I can gesso over it and go to town with whatever I choose.</li>
<li>The size is great. Granted a little small but during the busy month, small works best because then I am not overwhelmed with having to fill a page.</li>
<li>I can glue them together so I have a pocket. Having a pocket gives me TONS more room to play with. For days that I am out and about taking a lot of photos, I just print them out and slip them into the pocket. Or if I have a lot to write about that day I can write back and front of a cheap index card. Plus slipping my journaling into the pocket makes it kinda private.</li>
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The reason you don’t see them already hole-punched and on binder rings is because I don’t have one of those fancy small hole-punches. I only have the regular binder one so I will be going out soon to buy one. However, I am not sure how well this will work so next week I might have something completely different. Haha.<br />
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This month prompt was to pick a word that describes you right now. When I heard the that only one word entered my head: FIRE. I don't know how to put into words all the reasons I choose word. I think the second page I did best describes how I used to feel and why I choose my word. </div>
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Requiescat by Oscar Wilde</div>
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"Read lightly, she is near</div>
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Under the snow,</div>
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All her bright golden hair</div>
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Lily-like, white as snow,</div>
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Sweetly she grew.</div>
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Coffin-board, heavy stone,</div>
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I vex my heart alone,</div>
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Peace, peace, she cannot hear</div>
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All my life's buried here,</div>
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After journaling out my feeling last week in my art journal, I came to a realization. I can use my art journal for more then just art. Yes, I get that many others have done this. I've seen hundreds like this but for some reason in my head, my art journal was more for art then anything. After last week, it was like the flood gates opened. I started to look at my art journal as my brain, an entintion of myself. A place where I can be <i>free.</i> Now, I am even more excited about creating art and I can't wait til the new year because I am going to start fresh with a new art journal. </div>
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Last week was Halloween and the end of October. I can't believe how fast it flew. I was soo busy. Yet I couldn't help feeling sad. I didn't get to do any of what I really wanted. But that is the good thing about art journaling. I can take my emotions and create with them. I can even journal with my art. That's what I did here. After I created my page, I realized that although I didn't get to do what <i>I</i> wanted I got do to do alot of other things. I hung out with my family, cleaned and organized. My month was great in those terms. I just needed to art journal to see that. </div>
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What did you do for Halloween? How was your month of October?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To see larger images <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/114904946@N07/">go to my Flickr.</a> These images were <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=460974&u=842408&m=46133&urllink=&afftrack=">edited using PicMonkey</a>. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Affiliated link provided. </span></span><br />
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<span class="pibfi_pinterest " style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Get Messy : An Art Journal Challenge | 02 // Caylee Grey" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2780" src="http://cayleegrey.com/wp-content/uploads/GetMessy2.jpg" height="178" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="600" /></span></span><span class="pibfi_pinterest " style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">"Get Messy is an art journal challenge where a gang of crafty vixens are sharing art journal pages we have created to practise our skills and push past our creative </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">limits with hopes to inspire. We share our pages without restraint every week, and once a month we create around a <a href="http://www.lauren-likes.com/tag/gm-prompts/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">prompt</a>. Go <a href="http://cayleegrey.com/get-messy" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">check out</a> these crazy talented ladies </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">who are creating pages </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">who each have a unique perspective and style</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">. We will be sharing our work around social media so follow the </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">hashtag</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"> #</span><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;"><a href="http://iconosquare.com/tag/getmessyartjournal/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">getmessyartjourna<wbr style="box-sizing: border-box;"></wbr>l</a>."</span></span></span></div>
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I knew that October was going to be a busy month for me and my family. I had my grandmother fly down, James was working alot and I knew the cold weather would be upon us. I didn't know how much of my Halloween wish list would get marked off so when I read <a href="http://cgswaps.blogspot.com/">Chaotic Goddess Swap</a> was doing an swap for Halloween I was all excited. It was the perfect way to celebrate, even if I missed everything else (which I did).<br />
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I was parnted with Cheltee from <a href="http://www.littlebittychanges.blogspot.com/">Little Bitty Changes</a>. She was an amazing swap partner. I loved getting to know her through emails. I am very excited about continuing our friendship. Above is what she sent me for our swap. I love everything. Look at that adorable Oogie Boogie Man mug she made me in the top corner! Everything was great. =]<br />
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I can't wait to stay friends with Cheltee. I also will be joining this swap again for next year. Did you have any Halloween plans? Did you join in a swap? Let me know below!<br />
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When I heard this prompt, I knew how easy it would be choose
many things to be grateful for. Yet, I was thinking about a post from another
Get Messy Girl, where she writes about being happy or sad. What she is really
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I have been thinking over that and asking myself questions: <i>What am I thankful for? What am I truly happy
about? Or sad about? Where does happiness come from? What is better happiness
or being content?</i> That is when I realize one sentence could sum up all of
that. <b>If you can’t be happy about the
basics of survival</b> (food, water, shelter—no matter the condition), <b>then nothing will make you happy</b>
because you don’t appreciate the basics. Everything else in life beside food,
shelter and water is extra. You don’t need the extra to get by, really—they just add
to life. Those have been my thoughts for the past month and I plan on sharing a
full post on all these thoughts next week. </div>
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P.S. It's my 10th week! Yay. =]<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To see larger images <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/114904946@N07/">go to my Flickr.</a> These images were <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=460974&u=842408&m=46133&urllink=&afftrack=">edited using PicMonkey</a>. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Affiliated link provided. </span></span><br />
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<span class="pibfi_pinterest " style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Get Messy : An Art Journal Challenge | 02 // Caylee Grey" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2780" src="http://cayleegrey.com/wp-content/uploads/GetMessy2.jpg" height="178" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="600" /></span></span><span class="pibfi_pinterest " style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">Get Messy is an art journal challenge where a gang of crafty vixens are sharing art journal pages we have created to practise our skills and push past our creative </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">limits with hopes to inspire. We share our pages without restraint every week, and once a month we create around a <a href="http://www.lauren-likes.com/tag/gm-prompts/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">prompt</a>. Go <a href="http://cayleegrey.com/get-messy" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">check out</a> these crazy talented ladies </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">who are creating pages </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">who each have a unique perspective and style</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">. We will be sharing our work around social media so follow the </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">hashtag</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"> #</span><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;"><a href="http://iconosquare.com/tag/getmessyartjournal/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">getmessyartjourna<wbr style="box-sizing: border-box;"></wbr>l</a>.</span></span></span></div>
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With Halloween three weeks away, I can't help but think about it. I am soo excited. I made Halloween hair bows with some fabric I bought at a thrift store. In one of the patterns wizard hats kinda like the ones I painted. I was so inspired by it. Then when one of other Get Mess Girl posted a page with the lyrics of "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ateQQc-AgEM">Kiss Like a Rose</a>" and I knew I had to combine the two. I always think of magic when I hear that song. I am so happy with how it turned out. </div>
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<span class="pibfi_pinterest " style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Get Messy : An Art Journal Challenge | 02 // Caylee Grey" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2780" src="http://cayleegrey.com/wp-content/uploads/GetMessy2.jpg" height="178" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="600" /></span></span><span class="pibfi_pinterest " style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">Get Messy is an art journal challenge where a gang of crafty vixens are sharing art journal pages we have created to practise our skills and push past our creative </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">limits with hopes to inspire. We share our pages without restraint every week, and once a month we create around a <a href="http://www.lauren-likes.com/tag/gm-prompts/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">prompt</a>. Go <a href="http://cayleegrey.com/get-messy" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">check out</a> these crazy talented ladies </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">who are creating pages </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">who each have a unique perspective and style</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">. We will be sharing our work around social media so follow the </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">hashtag</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"> #</span><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;"><a href="http://iconosquare.com/tag/getmessyartjournal/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">getmessyartjourna<wbr style="box-sizing: border-box;"></wbr>l</a>.</span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7289285743063266228.post-32162806632559556732014-10-14T08:00:00.000-04:002014-10-14T08:00:08.986-04:00Art Journal // God Gave Me<br />
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I have been thinking of all the wonderful things I am thankful lately. It's a long list but it's so tiny things. Like being out of bed or getting mac-n-cheese. These little things make up one whole day for me. It's what pushes to the next. One day I was on the internet and saw a question of "what is you and your husbands song". I looked at the comments curious to see what people put. Someone on there had wrote "God gave me you". I had that song stuck in my head for a few days, thinking over the lyrics. It's so true that God gave me James but more then that, God gave me my hands. He didn't have to; I could have easily been born without them but was.<br />
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With my hands I can do so much. I can hug, I can paint, I can type and I can hold His Holy book in my hands. It's the small things I witness with God that put everything back in place.<br />
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Today I am thankful for my hands in which I can create and share with you. What are you thankful for today?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I usually don’t post tiny happening on this tiny blog
because I feel that this blog is a place for me to post ideas and inspire but
sometimes it’s nice to share the little things. To me, it’s the little things
that matter most. That’s why I want to share with you guys a different kind of
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have my grandmas visiting this Wednesday. I will be going
to my mother’s and staying for awhile; which means that my posting here might be light for the next few weeks. At the same time my partner will
be working a part time job. So it’s going to be a very busy and full week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Over last week I had a mile long to do list and do you know
what I did? I tossed it out. Yup. I did what I had to and that was it. I wanted
to soak in what little time I had left before the stress set in. I wanted to
enjoy while I could. And I did just that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On Friday, while James and I were out running errands
together, we decided to take time to enjoy too. We made an impromptu picnic and
decided that it was really was the little things that matter. We had decided
that it was time to for us to be committed a day to go out on date, even a
simple walk at the park. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s not like we don’t hang out. We are usually glued to
each other but we are also doing about a million things; school, homework, job,
blog, art, ect. So although we do those activities together, we aren’t enjoying
that time. We are just pushing through the day. Committing ourselves to a date
would mean that would let the worries, stress and daily to dos all slip away.
We would just be two people enjoying, exactly like a date should be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I plan on sharing more about how I am going to make that </span>commitment<span style="font-family: inherit;"> become as easy as possible but for now I just wanted to share the idea. To let be known as to why my blogging will be </span>sparse for the next few weeks. </div>
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These pages came to me over an internal battle. Another Get Messian happen to post a serious and thought compelled post last week. I want to write a post talking all about it but it's hard to put these feeling into true words. I have a dozen different directions I could go in. Do I post in general or do I get specific? Do I risk hurting others? Do I speak with freedom? These are the thoughts, plus a million more that went into creating these pages. <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To see larger images <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/114904946@N07/">go to my Flickr.</a> These images were <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=460974&u=842408&m=46133&urllink=&afftrack=">edited using PicMonkey</a>. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Affiliated link provided. </span></span><br />
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<span class="pibfi_pinterest " style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Get Messy : An Art Journal Challenge | 02 // Caylee Grey" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2780" src="http://cayleegrey.com/wp-content/uploads/GetMessy2.jpg" height="178" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="600" /></span></span><span class="pibfi_pinterest " style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">Get Messy is an art journal challenge where a gang of crafty vixens are sharing art journal pages we have created to practise our skills and push past our creative </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">limits with hopes to inspire. We share our pages without restraint every week, and once a month we create around a <a href="http://www.lauren-likes.com/tag/gm-prompts/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">prompt</a>. Go <a href="http://cayleegrey.com/get-messy" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">check out</a> these crazy talented ladies </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">who are creating pages </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">who each have a unique perspective and style</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">. We will be sharing our work around social media so follow the </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">hashtag</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"> #</span><span style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;"><a href="http://iconosquare.com/tag/getmessyartjournal/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">getmessyartjourna<wbr style="box-sizing: border-box;"></wbr>l</a>.</span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7289285743063266228.post-5383627188922167022014-10-08T12:00:00.000-04:002014-10-08T12:00:01.766-04:00#DLVoxBox // First Impressions <br />
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I made the Dean's List from Influenster and I have a received a free voxbox full of goodies to review. This is only my second time but I think the program is really neat. Especially since they launched their new site that gives a much more accurate account of what you social media reach is. The higher your reach, the better chance you have of getting a box. Yet, the downside is you only have so many days to post your review in. Since I have family coming I wanted to get this up as soon as possible. I have decided to split this into two posts, first impressions and an update. Today you are getting the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL3EUOSSqAw">first impression, included with a video!</a><br />
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I loved the shape! So cute and different. I also love that the top is clear so you can see exactly how much you have left. The flavor I have is blueberry-pomegranate, perfect for me. The only so far "bad" is that smell is a tiny strong so I was coughing a little more when wearing. I think this is so worth the prices and the coughing. I will be using this alot.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">2. Airhead Bites: $0.87-$1.29</span></b><br />
"Any candy is a welcome sign to a college student" Which is very true. I loved getting these little bites of sweet. They have just the perfect flavors for sharing so that everyone will have one they like. My favorite is the Lemon and least favorite is the Blue Raspberry (never a fan of this). Now I know what to buy if I need a serious sugar rush.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3. KISS Looks so Natural Lashes: $3.99</span></b><br />
If you didn't watch the video, then you will know that I don't think I'll wear these. My lashes are just as long so it would only add volume to mine. Plus, I am a girl who believes in being natural. I think that these will be giveaway as a Random Act of Kindness (keep an eye out-no pun intended).<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">4. Playtex Sport Fresh Balance: $3.99</span></b><br />
Another product I will not be able to use. I think that it's neat but the smell is what concerns me. They are scent, kinda alot,as in had-to-be-removed-from-room-alot. These will also be giveaway as a RAK. Sorry, I just can't do scent or things down in my womanhood.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">5. Pilot FriXion Clicker: $5.75 for a 2-pack</span></b><br />
Pilot is my favorite maker of pens, period. I love how tiny I can write with them. Great for bibles. Yet, these are even better because they are erasable and gel penned! I already have been loving using them. They don't erase that well but how I use them, it works. I'll will have a more detailed post about these guys to come.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">6. CoverGirl Ready, Set Gorgeous Liquid Foundation: $6.99+</span></b><br />
As I stated above, I am a more natural girl. Yet, I do have days where I wish I could hide my face. I usually turn to a BB cream for help (these are usually days when I need to do a video/post and my face doesn't like me. We all have those right?) This is a product I will be using to truly see how I like it. I was surprised how well the color matched me based off an online survey. I put it on that day and was surprised to see how light it felt on me. Only set back, my face isn't to sure about it. I broke out a little more then usual the day after. Expect a full and more detailed review of this to come.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">7. SinfulColors No Text Red: $1.99</span></b><br />
I loved this color right out the box. At first I thought the "No text red" meant no red in your papers cause your smokin' at college. Pretty cute, right? However, it's much more meaningful then that. SinfulColors is advocating No Texting And Driving with this polish. The idea is that you paint your thumb red to remind yourself not to text and drive. How awesome! (not that anyone should need a reminder). I thought it was pretty cool so I did happen to do my nails. First impressions: went on smooth, no second <i>needed</i> but took a little longer to dry then my other polish. Over all I am thrilled to have this nail polish in my collection. Expect a full and more detailed review to come.<br />
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There is my first impressions to all the wonderful products that Influenster sent to me for review. As stated many times, I will be posting an updated version of this post/product in November. Also make sure to check out my Instagram to see how I am using these items everyday. </div>
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I wanted to share with you guys my mistake page. It doesn't look it because I stopped before I was ahead, kinda of. The page with grey on is glued down to the page before. Why? Because I wanted to try a new technique. I wanted to try painting paper towels. So I glue my paper towel down and started painting. However, the paper towel wasn't acting like normal paper so I had to use more water then paint. That's where my trouble started. Water is not paper friendly. Not as much as I was using. I started to see that this page wasn't going to turn out. Especially when I saw the other side and was shocked to see I could ruin on of my favorite pages. So I took out the paper towel (water and glue don't mix either) and then sopped the water and paint. I also put had to try the other side. I let the whole thing dry over night. In the morning, I didn't know what to do. The page had become really thin. I was scared about my painting so I glued it to the next. That way it gave my page strength and I didn't have to look at the mess.<br />
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To be honest, this could have turned out soooo much worse. I realized how great a lesson this is. We have to make mistakes, in art and in life. But that doesn't mean it has to turn ugly. I don't have to throw an grown up tantrums because it didn't turn out. I can be mature and level headed. I can see what I did wrong, fix what I can and move on. It's all any of us can. If we learn something is what makes the difference.<br />
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I made this spread at the same time as my <a href="http://catchingcodyk.blogspot.com/2014/09/hello-fall-2014.html">Hello Fall</a> spread. I was thinking about all the wonderful colors of fall; orange, yellow, sage green, brown and RED. I thought about how funny it was that red was a color of fall and I am redhead. Then I got to thinking about how red is also in Christmas. So I went through the holidays (I would list them but I think you get the idea) and it seems about 95% of all Holidays has red in them. If anything all the Holidays I know have a red<i>head</i> in them. hehe.<br />
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In case you were wondering, I made this page using acrylic paints, gold sharpie and a cut out from a free magazine in the mail. Magazines are great places to pick up inspiration and wonderful photos. Yet if you don't have alot of money google free catalogs and there is a HUGE lists of ones you can get. Mostly clothing ones but still, it's something.<br />
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Hope you enjoyed and are as ready for this wonderful autumn season as I am! Tell me what you have planned?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To see larger images <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/114904946@N07/">go to my Flickr.</a> These images were <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=460974&u=842408&m=46133&urllink=&afftrack=">edited using PicMonkey</a>. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Affiliated link provided. </span></span><br />
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I had another post in mind today but it's Florida and the weather wasn't agreeing with me. The photos for the posts were also suppose to go up last week but life happened so here we are. haha. Anyways, I love being able to share my art with others. I think the currently list is a great way to spark inspiration. </div>
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<li><b>Starting... </b>a new planner (again)</li>
<li><b>Dreaming... </b>of a midori</li>
<li><b>Listening... </b> to the rainfall (for 6 days now)</li>
<li><b>Eating... </b>Mac-N-Cheese (I could cry!)</li>
<li><b>Trying...</b> out Google Keep app. (so far, it's love)</li>
<li><b>Weather...</b> 80 F. sweaters? </li>
<li><b>Hoping... </b>to make more YouTube videos.</li>
<li><b>Reading...</b> Peony In Love by Lisa See. </li>
<li><b>Enjoying... </b>Everything Autumn.</li>
<li><b>Pinning...</b> Project life ideas...... </li>
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<span style="color: #382110; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18053786-the-storybook-of-legends?ac=1" style="font-size: 22px;">The Story Book of Legends</a><span style="font-size: small;"> b</span></span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.1;">y:</span><span style="font-size: 22px; line-height: 24.2000007629395px;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 24.2000007629395px;">Shannon Hale</span></span></h1>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Goodreads synopsis-</i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">At Ever After High, an enchanting boarding school, the children of fairytale legends prepare themselves to fulfill their destinies as the next generation of Snow Whites, Prince Charmings and Evil Queens...whether they want to or not. Each year on Legacy Day, students sign the Storybook of Legends to seal their scripted fates. For generations, the Village of Book End has whispered that refusing to sign means The End-both for a story and for a life. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">What if </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">the daughter of the Evil Queen, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Raven, doesn't sign the Storybook of Legends? It could mean a happily </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">never </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">after for them both. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">My Review- </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">This was a really cute idea and great for middle schools. However, there were some story issues but for a quick light read I enjoyed it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #382110; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.1;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6990472-if-i-stay" style="font-size: 22px;">If I Stay</a><span style="font-size: small;"> b</span></span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.1;">y:</span><span style="font-size: 22px; line-height: 24.2000007629395px;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 24.2000007629395px;">Gayle Forman </span></span></h1>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Goodreads synopsis-</i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">On a day that started like any other,</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> Mia had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, admiring boyfriend, and a bright future full of music and full of choices. In an instant, almost all of that is taken from her. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an unknowable future, Mia spends one critical day contemplating the only decision she has left. It is the most important decision she'll ever make. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Simultaneously tragic and hopeful, this is a romantic, riveting, and ultimately uplifting story about memory, music, living, dying, loving.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> </span></span><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">My Review- </i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I went in reading this book totally not understand the </span></span><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">description</span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">. Pretty much the girl get into a coma and is thinking about a decision. I will warn you if you don't like gory stuff then skip the first chapter. It was pretty yucky. Other then that I thought the book was unique in doing something a little different but in the end it was a typical young adult book. Although I was impressed with how the Author wrote the ending, expected but with a twist. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Goodreads synopsis-</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, “old same,” in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself by sending Lily a silk fan on which she’s painted a poem in nu shu, a unique language that Chinese women created in order to communicate in secret, away from the influence of men. As the years pass, Lily and Snow Flower send messages on fans, compose stories on handkerchiefs, reaching out of isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. Together, they endure the agony of foot-binding, and reflect upon their arranged marriages, shared loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their deep friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart.</span></span></span><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">My Review- </i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Bittersweet and sad is this book but I love it </span></span><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">anyways</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">. The author writes wonderfully. I can feel all the experiences the </span></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">characters</span></span><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> do. I think this shows the </span></span><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">ancient</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> china beautiful and sad. It shows all the seasons of friendships. The only thing I "bad" was I was waiting for that terrible moment to happen (TINY PLOT SPOIL) <span style="font-size: x-small;">it took the whole book to get to it. </span>Still lovely though.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Goodreads synopsis-</i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Steeped in traditions and ritual, this story brings to life another time and place–even the intricate realm of the afterworld, with its protocols, pathways, and stages of existence, a vividly imagined place where one’s soul is divided into three, ancestors offer guidance, misdeeds are punished, and hungry ghosts wander the earth. Immersed in the richness and magic of the Chinese vision of the afterlife, transcending even death,</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Peony in Love</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> explores, beautifully, the many manifestations of love. Ultimately, Lisa See’s new novel addresses universal themes: the bonds of friendship, the power of words, and the age-old desire of women to be heard.</span></span><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">My Review- </i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I was really </span></span><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">surprised</span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> by this book because I couldn't believe what happened so soon! I felt like I was betrayed but the author brought all the plot back together and wove an even deeper story. The author told this tale in such a beautiful way. The whole thing was beautiful and makes me want to learn so much more about that time. </span></span></span><br />
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This month's <a href="http://www.lauren-likes.com/get-messy-20-september-link/">Get Messy's Prompt</a> was about living adventurously. I decided to paint something that I always have wanted to and would make as my dying wish: to visit Alaska and see the Northern Lights. I think my love for them started when I watched Balto when I was little. I also really want to see a dog sledding race and do all things Alaskan.<br />
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We were challenged this month to doing something different that we hadn't done before. This turned out to be the hard part of the challenge. How was I to paint something in a different way or with different materials and still be able to convey what I the picture was about? It wasn't til I recieved an artful email that I realized there is something I haven't done before; so, I decided that I would try finger painting the picture. It was alot harder then I expect it to be and I don't think it turned out as well as I had in my head but that' okay. I painted it and that's more then enough for me.<br />
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In case Google didn't tell you, today is the <b>First Day of Fall! </b>Here in Florida, it's finally starting to feel like it. It's been raining everyday so the temperature has been on the cooler side. It feel so nice to be outside and I think that my body had been enjoying the change because I finally feel like I can get up and do something.<br />
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I also happen to love fall, like every girl. It's my second favorite season, right after Summer. I decided to commemorate the change with these two pages. The first page is just a little hello. Like a reminder that finally it's cooler. The second page was a reminder to me, why I love Autumn so much. I wrote the foliage (leaves, pumpkins and acorns) , crisp weather (cooler and softer), warm colors (it seems like fall is all about orange, yellow and browns. Yum), the fashion (because who doesn't love sweathers and scarfs) and last of all HOLIDAYs. I have more Holidays than most in Autumn because of the fact that there are two birthdays, brother's and partners, my dating Anniversary, and the normal Halloween and Thanksgiving. Amazing isn't it?<br />
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My fall is going to packed to be brim this year and I can't wait to share it all with you. Do you guys have a fall bucket lists? What do you love about this season? Or are there things you don't like about this season (like germs Ech)? Let me know below!<br />
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If you didn't read yesterday, let me tell you something, INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY IS TOMORROW!! I am soo excited so I thought I would sit down this week with my art journal and do some pirate related pages. Little did I know that my pages would reveal how I have been feeling this last month. It's be a rough beginning, I got sick and battling tooth pains. So these pages are telling me that it's okay to have difficult times, I just need to breathe and remember who I am.<br />
Amazing how creating art can bring out your feelings.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To see larger images <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/114904946@N07/">go to my Flickr.</a> These images were <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=460974&u=842408&m=46133&urllink=&afftrack=">edited using PicMonkey</a>. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Affiliated link provided. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I live in a house and have a body that makes planning hard. Everyday
something new is going to happen. And no I don’t have kids, although it sounds
like it. Not being able to plan anything makes Holiday’s a lot harder around
here. I am not sure if I will enough energy for activities or if something will
suddenly come up. That is why I love the blogging community. There are so many
ways that I can feel like I am still celebrating the Holidays, even if in
reality I am not. That is why when I heard about <a href="http://cgswaps.blogspot.com/">Chaotic Goddess Swap</a>’s
<a href="http://cgswaps.blogspot.com/2014/09/swapoween-signups.html">Swapoween</a>, I was ready to jump. It’s basically a swap (or exchanging of gifts)
that all Halloween themed. The cool thing is, I don’t have to worry about decorating
or hosting or anything except picking up goodies when I am already out, or I
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My point to all this? Well I am joining in an awesome swap
and <a href="http://cgswaps.blogspot.com/2014/09/swapoween-signups.html">you should too</a>. Halloween is my second favorite Holiday anyways, (right
after 4<sup>th</sup> of July). So go over and check them out because they have all the rules and fun details over there.</span></div>
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