tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131187730294196732024-02-23T19:02:19.958-07:00cul*ti*vatechrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124089685443171218noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313118773029419673.post-81066379565302064162012-11-15T16:49:00.000-07:002012-11-15T16:49:41.182-07:00The 12 Artsy Ornaments of Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Oh my goodness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">please tell me it hasn't been since march that i last posted here? that's crazy! what in the world have i been doing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">well one thing i've been doing lately is working on another season of the "12 artsy ornaments of christmas" with my sweetest friend <a href="http://christytomlinson.typepad.com/christytomlinson/2012/11/2012-artsy-ornament-workshop-finally-here.html">christy tomlinson</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">this was so much fun to participate in last year and this year christy has such a wonderful line-up of artists, many of whom i consider my dear friends...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Margie Romney-Aslett</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Junelle Jacobson</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Alisa Burke</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Debbie Murray</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Shea Fragoso</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Juliette Crane</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Mindy Lacefield</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Jeanne Oliver</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Jamie Soucy </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Christy Tomlinson</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This workshop starts December 4th and is $24.95</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">but if you register before November 28th, you can sign up for $19.95! So get in on the early bird registration!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">go <a href="http://christytomlinson.typepad.com/christytomlinson/2012/11/2012-artsy-ornament-workshop-finally-here.html">HERE</a> to sign up </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">and tell christy i sent you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">here's just a peek at what we'll be making together...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.timssally.com/">mindy lacefield's ornament</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://jeanneoliverdesigns.com/blog/">jeanne oliver's project</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">jamie soucy's coffee filter wreaths</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">can't wait to see who is going to join us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">i've missed all my blog-land friends so drop me a comment and let me know what you've been cultivating lately...</span></div>
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chrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124089685443171218noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313118773029419673.post-30166953576119440042012-03-04T11:32:00.000-07:002012-03-04T11:32:02.975-07:00march forth on march fourth with almond cake...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">so it is.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">february is over.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i hope it was full of love for one and all.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and so we march forth on march fourth.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i have a little treat you must try if you are at all like me and love the flavor of almond.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i am a huge fan of almond flavoring.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i adore the stuff. if a recipe calls for a teaspoon of almond extract...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i always pour two. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">there are no wimpy 1 oz. bottles of almond extract </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">that it's imitation either. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">last sunday i made one of the best cakes ever.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">{it may even rival my famed coconut cake}</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i posted it on instagram </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and several people asked for the recipe </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">so i thought i would share it here.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">but i'm warning you...it's addicting!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><u>ALMOND CAKE WITH ALMOND FROSTING</u></span><br />
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<br />chrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124089685443171218noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313118773029419673.post-8200169764747183952012-02-14T16:31:00.001-07:002012-02-14T16:31:45.599-07:00HEART and seek....day 14<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!</div>
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here is a little valentine i painted up for all my friends...</div>
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"i mustache you a question...will you be my valentine?"</div>
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well...we are at the end of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> and seek...3rd edition</div>
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my sweet dad made me a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> birdhouse for valentines.</div>
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he is really handy at everything, but especially awesome at wood working.</div>
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he left it unfinished so me and my girls can get all artsy on it.</div>
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he also gave me a hilarious card </div>
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and a box of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> chocolates from V chocolates.</div>
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a yummy local chocolatier in utah.</div>
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thanks daddy!! i will totally be your valentine!!</div>
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thanks to all who played or followed along this year.</div>
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if nothing else..i hope i opened your eyes to be on the lookout for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEARTS</span></div>
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for, behind every <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> is love and it can be in the most unexpected places...</div>
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like a flower pedal...</div>
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or in your scrambled eggs...</div>
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when you are sewing...</div>
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or hiking in the desert...</div>
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love can be found in the mundane things...like vacuuming.</div>
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or cleaning up after a pizza party...</div>
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don't forget to look up often...</div>
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or pay attention the next time you visit the cemetary....</div>
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even the curb at target can offer some affection if you're open to it...</div>
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and don't cry over spilt milk...</div>
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day 13...</div>
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today's edition has a WARNING...</div>
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"IF YOU ARE AT ALL SQUEEMISH ABOUT BLOODY THINGS...</div>
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DO NOT READ TO THE BOTTOM.."</div>
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i have a really cool and interesting <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> photo to share,</div>
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but it's graphic so just be aware...</div>
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i left it for the last.<br />
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PINTEREST is huge right now and i found the next five images<br />
from there under a search for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span>s. I tried to follow where each<br />
photo originated from but each one took me on a wild goose chase<br />
and ended at a dead end. so i feel bad not giving credit where credit<br />
is due but i really did try.<br />
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this was listed as being in portugal. i<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> HEART</span> this so much.<br />
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again, this was listed as being in portugal.<br />
someone is very creative!!<br />
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im not even a cat lover, (i'm allergic)<br />
but this is awesome.<br />
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again...someone so clever that i would love to thank.<br />
if you know the artists behind the photos, i would love to know.<br />
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HERE IS WHERE YOU MIGHT WANT TO EXIT...<br />
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my husband is in the cardiac care business. this is actually an x-ray<br />
of two leads that are going into a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> from a cardiac device.<br />
to keep the persons <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART </span>beating and alive. <br />
it was ironic that the contrast dye used in the x-ray created a little<br />
space that looks just like the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> we draw.<br />
cool huh!<br />
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this is my husbands contribution to my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> and seek game.</div>
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it is a REAL <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span>!!! not a person's, a pigs.</div>
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and before you get all "peta" on me. pig <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> are very similar to human</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> and therefore are used a lot to help us learn how to better take care of human <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span>. they are studied and examined and are a huge contribution to the development of improved cardiac care. </div>
(my hubby would be so proud of my description)<br />
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it's the day of love tomorrow...<br />
see you then!</div>chrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124089685443171218noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313118773029419673.post-16318119502587090382012-02-12T10:47:00.001-07:002012-02-12T10:47:30.280-07:00heart and seek...day 12<div style="text-align: center;">
day 12...</div>
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well, we are on our final stretch of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART </span>and seek.</div>
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my daughter texted me this photo from school recently.</div>
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that is her sweetest friend, zoe, behind that chip bag</div>
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and this is her awesome school lunch <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> find.</div>
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thank you lay's potato chips </div>
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and thank you girls for playing along with me!</div>
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i love this one. it came about in such a cute way.</div>
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kelly from <a href="http://www.chasinghugo.com/">chasing hugo</a> shared this with me.</div>
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her son had taken his soap and broke it all to pieces...</div>
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what emerged from the wreckage was a squeaky clean reminder of love.</div>
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soap he<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">ART!!!</span></div>
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wonderful!</div>
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i have a pretty amazing group of friends that i met at "unearth"</div>
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i've mentioned several of them in these posts.</div>
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one AMAZING artist that you really should check out </div>
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and follow, if you aren't already is <a href="http://kellybarton.com/blog/">kelly barton</a>.</div>
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she shared this awesome <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> with me last year (or the year before)</div>
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her art always makes me smile.</div>
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love you kelly!</div>
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a favorite blog i visit when i want some fresh inspiration is <a href="http://dottieangel.blogspot.com/">dottie angel</a>.</div>
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do any of you follow her?</div>
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i loved this idea of cascading <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEARTS </span>from book pages </div>
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that she shared years back. i've made so many for myself and others since then.</div>
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aren't they just the best!!<br />
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here's a photo of some i made for a special group of women in sedona</div>
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this one brings me joy because it's straight from the inspiration board</div>
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of my cute daughter tess. she's 16.</div>
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i love how her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> reminds her each day to be happy!</div>
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i want to be like her when i grow up!</div>
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hope you all find a happy <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> today too!</div>
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some of my most favorite <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> finds are the ones we may</div>
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have missed if we weren't keeping our eyes open to love.</div>
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this is a sea foam <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> from the beautiful <a href="http://www.tendingtomynest.com/">patrice longmire</a></div>
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i love that she spotted this before she stepped on it or it was washed away.</div>
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i have a cute friend that i met at "an artful journey". </div>
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she is amazingly talented in so many ways.</div>
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her name is <a href="http://stellasingleton.com/blog/">stella singleton</a>.</div>
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she shared this with me the other day...</div>
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"Dunkin Doughnuts" is offering <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> shaped doughnuts this month.</div>
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who knew! they are just as cute as i'm sure they are tasty.</div>
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thanks stella!</div>
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catherine reeves from <a href="http://www.anangelinthegarden.blogspot.com/">an angel in the garden</a> shared another goodie with me.</div>
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her friend picked this <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> love right from the tree for her.</div>
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i love it when <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEARTS</span> occur so sweetly like this.</div>
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another goodie from <a href="http://nomadicnotebook-patty.blogspot.com/">patty waite</a> (thank goodness for patty waite)</div>
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she always comes through for me at this game.</div>
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day 10...</div>
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last year on a cool winters day...we spied this sweet <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> leaf </div>
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in a garden fountain in my dad's front yard...</div>
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that night mr. frost came and enshrined that sweet<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> HEART</span> in ice...</div>
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so cool to see.</div>
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last spring i spent an amazing weekend with some incredibly artsy friends</div>
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in the beautiful red canyons of sedona, arizona. you can read about it <a href="http://chrissygardner.blogspot.com/2011/05/safe-place-all-can-embarkspace.html">HERE</a></div>
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it was so appropriate that my first lunch there came with bread </div>
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in the shape of a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span>, because the whole trip was an abundance of love.</div>
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isn't this cool? you can literally see the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> of this tree.</div>
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and count all the years that it's been sharing it's love.</div>
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christine from <a href="http://www.silverlinings4me.blogspot.com/">silver linings for me</a> shared this goodness with me.</div>
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thanks christine!!!</div>
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i found it awhile back on "pinterest" everyone's new obsession.</div>
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guess what...? you can make these too.</div>
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<a href="http://www.annathered.com/2010/09/29/how-to-make-a-heart-shaped-egg/">HERE's</a> the link to the directions!</div>
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the first year i started <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> and seek, this was one</div>
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of my very first and very favorite <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> surprises.</div>
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i was making cookies and cracked the egg and voila...</div>
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along with the egg whites...into the bowl fell this wonderful piece of heaven.</div>
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it is so tiny in real life..there is NO way i could have made</div>
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this any more perfect than nature did on it's own.</div>
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we are winding down our game of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> and seek.</div>
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only 4 days left. i hope you are all able to find some <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART</span> goodness</div>
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<br /></div>chrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124089685443171218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313118773029419673.post-15338675334305200732012-02-09T18:29:00.002-07:002012-02-09T18:29:35.309-07:00heart and seek...day 9 and an apology<div style="text-align: center;">
day 9...</div>
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i remember when i first started this blog, i had no idea what blogs even were.</div>
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i really had to learn by trial and error. </div>
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i started following the blogs of some of my favorite artists first.</div>
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i remember there was often talk of "blog etiquette" and the do's and don'ts.</div>
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one of the big no no's was posting others work and not giving them credit...</div>
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or even worse, posting their work and taking credit for it yourself.</div>
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"who in the world would ever do that?" i thought to myself. how awful!</div>
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well, guess what? </div>
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years later...I DID JUST THAT!!!</div>
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and here i am on my blog admitting that </div>
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I TOOK CREDIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK!!</div>
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i can't believe i did this...but i did!</div>
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so, forgive me but i HAVE to tell the story.</div>
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if you scroll down to <a href="http:/Users/nednchrissy/Pictures/iPhoto%20Library/Originals/2011/December%202011/DSC_1454.JPG">day 3...</a></div>
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you'll notice a really neat photo of raining blown glass <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS...</span></div>
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that i "THOUGHT" i had taken a few years back at the scottsdale arts festival.</div>
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well...actually "these" are the neat blow glass <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> that i discovered...</div>
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pretty awesome right? love the wings!</div>
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THESE beauties..are actually blown glass <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> taken by </div>
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a very sweet <u><b>AND FORGIVING</b></u> friend and artist...<a href="http://studiok8andme.blogspot.com/">kate daniel</a></div>
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i had remembered these really neat <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> when i posted that 3rd day and i skimmed through my many many photos of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> that day and just quickly posted the first glass <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> that i found. the problem is that </div>
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and i took credit for it. needless to say, kate was a bit surprised </div>
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when she came to visit and see all the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> love going on here.</div>
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gently she wrote to me of my mishap and how grateful i am that she did.</div>
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i was, of course, mortified!</div>
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kate is an amazing photographer and is about to open her etsy store soon.</div>
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"her" raining <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> are one of the pieces that she will be selling</div>
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and she didn't want folks out there to think she "stole" my photo.</div>
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ironic...right! i'm the silly one who does that!</div>
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and even though i hijacked her beautiful photo...kate was still so generous in </div>
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sharing her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> and seek finds with me..so here we go</div>
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isn't this beautiful? </div>
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she left her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> in san francisco...(sorry i couldn't resist.)</div>
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love this one too! look at the golden gate bridge in the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART!</span></div>
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the next two are photos of natural hot springs..</div>
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both of these hot springs were found in the shape of...</div>
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you guessed it...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span>!!!</div>
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isn't nature amazing.</div>
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a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> tree stump...how could you not take a picture on this chunk of love?</div>
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and finally to go along with our cup of love shots yesterday...</div>
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kate's latte love!</div>
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thank you sweet kate for being so understanding.</div>
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i am so sorry for breaking blog etiquette with your beautiful photo.</div>
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please visit kate at her blog <a href="http://studiok8andme.blogspot.com/">HERE</a></div>
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or her facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/k8danielART">HERE</a>...</div>
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tell her the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> thief sent you!!!</div>
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<br /></div>chrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124089685443171218noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313118773029419673.post-66080351349875823572012-02-08T22:12:00.001-07:002012-02-08T22:12:57.636-07:00heart and seek...day 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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the very first art retreat i ever went on brought me so many dear sweet friends.</div>
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all of them are incredibly talented and in a way that has been so "rare" from </div>
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any of the other retreats i have attended...ALL of us have stayed close.</div>
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<a href="http://retinalperspectives.typepad.com/">elizabeth halt</a> is one of these sisters of mine.</div>
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she is a master behind the lens and gratefully shared this </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> discovery with me the other day...</div>
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i think the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> gods knew i was getting a bit discouraged with </div>
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the "lack" of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> discoveries this year...</div>
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so last night one landed on my dinner plate.</div>
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"thank you!!!!"</div>
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i love this next discovery!</div>
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one of my dearest friends in the world <a href="http://allididwaslisten.blogspot.com/">rachel awes</a> </div>
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shared this with me. guess what it is?</div>
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it's the shell of her hubby ben's, african leopard tortoise.</div>
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see the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> HEART</span> right there? soooo wonderful!!!</div>
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this one may be just me, REALLY wanting to find some <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> out there.</div>
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i was reading the blog of one of my favorite artists...<a href="http://tangledskystudio.blogspot.com/2012/01/quick-comfort.html">beth billups</a></div>
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she was sharing a recipe for tortilla soup and i could have sworn i saw a celery in the top left hand side of the bowl that was screaming...</div>
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"here i am! a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> discovery"</div>
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i shared it with beth and she let me know that it was not celery but avocado.</div>
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even better...avocado love!!!!</div>
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at any rate...if you don't agree with me on the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span></div>
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i KNOW you'll agree that beth is an amazing artist</div>
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and her soup probably rocks too!</div>
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i love when yummy drinks not only warm our bodies and our souls</div>
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but also warm our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS.</span></div>
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this cup of love was shared with me by the sweet <a href="http://anangelinthegarden.blogspot.co.nz/">catherine reeves</a></div>
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...here are some more yummy<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> HEARTS </span></div>
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that have come my way in a mug of goodness....</div>
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shared by another "unearth" sister of mine last year...<a href="http://studiok8andme.blogspot.com/">kate daniels</a></div>
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another by <a href="http://allididwaslisten.blogspot.com/">rachel awes</a></div>
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this<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> HEART</span> was my own discovery last year as i was reading the new </div>
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somerset magazine which featured my sweet friend</div>
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<a href="http://www.timssally.com/">mindy lacefield</a></div>
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stay warm and search before you sip...</div>
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you never know where a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> may be hiding...</div>
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day 7...</div>
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so. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEARTS</span> must really be hiding out there this year because not only have </div>
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i, myself, had a hard time tracking them down, but i have barely heard from any of you on your discoveries either...darn those little symbols of love...</div>
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where are they hiding..?</div>
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this jumped off my daughter, tess's plate at dinner last night.</div>
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she didn't exactly love the whole wheat bun i had for hamburgers</div>
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and so she was dissecting hers and a little wheat <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> was the result.</div>
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my friend <a href="http://www.nomadicnotebook.com/">patty waite</a></div>
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is an amazing photographer.</div>
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these are two different views of the sweet love she discovered </div>
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at a wonderful home they rented in southern arizona.</div>
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patty is always good for some sharing of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> love!!!</div>
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i have the most amazing, talented friends.</div>
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<a href="http://www.tendingtomynest.com/">patrice longmire</a> is one of those gals. she can knit or sew or whip up</div>
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any kind of fabric wonderment you can imagine.</div>
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i want a whole bucket of these<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> HEARTS</span> for my home.</div>
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love it!</div>
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i obviously stole this one from instagram.</div>
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actually from my sweet friend <a href="http://creatingfreespirit.blogspot.com/">gloria king</a></div>
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she is another one of those "can do ANYTHING" type girls,</div>
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but the thing i love most about G is her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART!</span>!</div>
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it's the BIGGEST i have ever known.</div>
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here she holds "our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> in her hand!"</div>
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sweet girl!!!</div>
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better luck the 2nd half in our game of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> and SEEK </div>
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my friends.....keep your eyes peeled!!!</div>
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day 6...</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> are everywhere in art. </div>
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i almost always have one peeking out somewhere or other in my pieces.</div>
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this "she loved <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span>..every one's"</div>
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is from artist (and sweetest lady ever...) <a href="http://passionsofanoddchick.blogspot.com/">peggy krantz</a>.</div>
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what's better than turquoise (my fav) and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS? </span></div>
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probably nothing.</div>
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another <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> that snuck into one of my pieces.</div>
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going<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> HEART</span> crazy on my daughters wall.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HEART </span>doodles from the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> HEART</span> of my sweet friend...<a href="http://sunflowers131.blogspot.com/">jennifer beltoff</a></div>
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what <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> have you found winding up in your creations lately?</div>chrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124089685443171218noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313118773029419673.post-59867767913375319212012-02-05T08:58:00.000-07:002012-02-05T08:58:02.665-07:00heart and seek....day 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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because today is the super bowl and i happen to love football </div>
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i thought i'd dig up some <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS </span>to show my love and support.</div>
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where was this when i needed a cute football mom shirt?</div>
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clever...a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> painted onto the yard marker line on the field.</div>
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don't plan on seeing that today between the patriots and the giants.</div>
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ummmm...i say yes to love on the football field!</div>
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ok..enough football.</div>
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this is martha stewarts <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> rock collection.</div>
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seriously? is there nothing the woman doesn't collect.</div>
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i actually have a pretty extensive <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> rock collection myself...</div>
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i might have to steel her display idea.</div>
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this sweet token of love was left behind last year</div>
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from a furry woodland creature as he was hopping through the snow...</div>
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and the sweetest ever, <a href="http://www.allididwaslisten.blogspot.com/">rachel awes</a> was the lucky one to receive it.</div>
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i love how mother nature so often manifests her love in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS...</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2vHRMr6jHtxrXchzrE32r3qhvkOYOB1EulLjMfIxc_MYb6yOSwHgC5oajzKwlhake-sC-GUZt227_KgeJUVYXit9Rb5zJiNqoCwWSQ1b0Ffu0X3KbHBktw_8jSA6vMSLkBVARE7FBqA/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2vHRMr6jHtxrXchzrE32r3qhvkOYOB1EulLjMfIxc_MYb6yOSwHgC5oajzKwlhake-sC-GUZt227_KgeJUVYXit9Rb5zJiNqoCwWSQ1b0Ffu0X3KbHBktw_8jSA6vMSLkBVARE7FBqA/s640/photo.JPG" width="494" /></a></div>
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ok, so obviously she didn't send this rock out, all painted and beautiful.</div>
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my love (and trust) rocks were painted by one of my </div>
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dearest, bestest friends in the whole world..<a href="http://heartwingsisters.blogspot.com/">kolleen harrison</a></div>
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this was a very green piece of utah love we discovered right after our move here.</div>
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i have yet to walk a beach and NOT find a little<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> HEART</span> gift.</div>
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next time you are on the beach...open your eyes..</div>
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i promise, love will be waiting there for you.</div>
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i walked right on top of this sweet <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> find...</div>
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it wasn't until one of my kids yelled...</div>
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...a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART </span>rock!!!"</div>
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so grateful my children are learning to keep their eyes open to love as well.</div>
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what kind of love has mother nature gifted you lately?</div>
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this is not a photo i took myself..i was digging around the internet for a painting of a camera for my daughters room and i came across this </div>
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and LOVED it!!! </div>
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you can buy your own print <a href="http://society6.com/product/I-heart-classic-cameras_Print">HERE</a>.</div>
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this was a super cool peace <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> wind chime i found just this morning at a local art and vintage hardware store.</div>
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this metal <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> was also hanging at the same store...</div>
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i loved the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> shadows it cast on all the brick walls behind it.</div>
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and from the archives comes these raining blown glass <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span></div>
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that i found at an arts festival in scottsdale arizona.</div>
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hope you are keeping your eyes peeled for these tokens of love all around us.</div>
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enjoy the weekend.</div>
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xoxo</div>
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{my measuring spoons)</div>
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but you CAN eat it...</div>
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what's better than one <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART </span>bean showing up in your </div>
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yummy cafe rio pork barbacoa salad?</div>
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two <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART </span>beans showing up in your cafe rio pork barbacoa salad!!!!</div>
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it's looking like we probably eat more <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS </span>in our food than we realize...<br />
chicken, especially loves to surprise us in the shape of a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART.</span><br />
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orange chicken <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span>!<br />
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spinach chicken salad <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span>!<br />
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costco chicken nugget <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span>!<br />
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wendy's chicken nugget <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span>!<br />
{we eat a lot of chicken apparently}<br />
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and to get your mind off chicken<br />
and because it snowed in utah today...<br />
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i love this photo of a snowy <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART </span>from last year i believe.<br />
shared by the sweet <a href="http://kristindudish.blogspot.com/">kristin dudish</a>.<br />
{she has a great blog as well so go say hi!}<br />
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it's been fun to catch up with several of you through comments and emails sharing your <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> love...i am in love with the fact that you are playing along again this year and keeping your <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART </span>open to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS </span>everywhere...</div>chrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124089685443171218noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313118773029419673.post-59574018674886642182012-02-01T19:03:00.000-07:002012-02-01T19:03:46.725-07:00Heart and Seek.... 3rd edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thirty days hath september, </div>
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April,June,and November.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">FEBRUARY </span>has twenty eight alone,</div>
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All the rest have thirty one. </div>
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Except leap year; that's the time </div>
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When <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">FEBRUARY</span>'s days are twenty nine. </div>
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(Or something like that)</div>
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It's here!
The month of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">LOVE</span>! the month of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span>!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> and SEEK!!!<br />
The past two years have brought some amazing <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> finds and so this year I am going to change the rules a bit and share these discoveries alongside the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> that have popped up more recently...
Let's get started shall we?<br />
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i always love the tree <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span>!<br />
this one comes from a wonderful photographer and friend, <a href="http://nomadicnotebook-patty.blogspot.com/">Patty Waite</a><br />
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and this is the first of "many" heart surprises<br />
we have all found sneaking into our mouths. <br />
this potato chip landed on my dear friend, <a href="http://allididwaslisten.blogspot.com/">rachel awes</a> plate.<br />
(no wonder she is so sweet...she's always eating lots of love!)<br />
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i love this one from the archives. a painted <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> from above.<br />
from a beautiful soul, friend and artist...<a href="http://passionsofanoddchick.blogspot.com/">peggy krantz</a><br />
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another woman stitched into my own <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART,</span> </div>
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made this awesome ball of love last year...</div>
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my wise, amazing, talented, sweet friend, <a href="http://www.tendingtomynest.com/">patrice longmire</a></div>
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i hope these little <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> treasures have inspired you to be on the lookout for love and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> all around you. they are slow in the discovery for me this year, but i KNOW they are out there and i am determined to seek them out!!!</div>
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(again, if you have a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> to share with us</div>
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please email me <a href="mailto:chrissycultivates@gmail.com">HERE</a>...)</div>
<br /></div>chrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124089685443171218noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313118773029419673.post-69177283923584452952012-01-25T21:23:00.000-07:002012-01-25T21:23:54.749-07:00the 3rd annual HEART and SEEK...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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so if you have followed my blog for at least a year or so, </div>
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you may know that i<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> LOVE HEARTS!!!</span></div>
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for the past two years i have had a little tradition </div>
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that i have really enjoyed doing </div>
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and i want to continue it again this year.</div>
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i am happy to bring you... </div>
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"the 3rd annual <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART </span>and SEEK"</div>
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starting on february 1st, 2012</div>
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what is this you say?</div>
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well you can read about last years adventure <a href="http://chrissygardner.blogspot.com/2011/01/calling-all-hearts.html">HERE</a> </div>
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or the very first "heart and seek" <a href="http://chrissygardner.blogspot.com/b/post-preview?token=vG_mGTUBAAA.ygLdLthfePFRseIqOXXf-A.9u1DmxajQZiIwhcDBmFBxQ&postId=4035328394758138872&type=POST">HERE</a></div>
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in the beginning...i proposed that there were WAY more <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> hiding out there in our everyday lives that we don't realize or take the time to notice and i thought it would be fun to have a 14 day <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART </span>scavenger hunt. what i found was that all my friends out in blog land found the most AMAZING <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> ever. i mean some of these <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> surprises were astounding!!!</div>
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my friend lisa towery </div>
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had to snap this <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART </span>quickly before it faded away.</div>
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how awesome is this!!!</div>
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or like this cool<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> HEART</span> discovery</div>
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nestled in a rock, captured by my friend <a href="http://nomadicnotebook-patty.blogspot.com/">patti waite</a>!!!</div>
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it might be as easy as being more aware of those orange peels </div>
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lying on your table at lunch.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEARTS</span> hide everywhere...you just need to open your eyes </div>
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and your mind to them.</div>
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i'll share my discoveries with you each day right here.</div>
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and if you would like to play along...i'd LOVE you to do so.</div>
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just include a comment with a link to your photo</div>
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or email me <a href="mailto:chrissycultivates@gmail.com">HERE</a>.</div>
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HAPPY <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">HEART</span> HUNTING!!!</div>
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{see you on feb. 1st}</div>
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<br /></div>chrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124089685443171218noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313118773029419673.post-64701017941141124872012-01-16T19:49:00.000-07:002012-01-16T19:49:41.283-07:00love. love. love.<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">hello lovlies...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">if you've followed my blog for any amount of time, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">you know that i love me some margie romney-aslett.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">she is just one of the most creative friends i have.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i've shared with you her <a href="http://www.sparktheevent.com/">"SPARK THE EVENT"</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">which she puts on every fall.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and i shared <a href="http://www.chrissygardner.blogspot.com/2011/12/spark-your-christmas-2011.html">HERE</a> about her "SPARK YOUR CHRISTMAS"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">well, miss margie is at it again with some really fun</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ideas for valentines. valentines is the one holiday that i hardly have any decorations for and so i am thrilled that margie is going to share with us how to SPARK up our homes for this holiday of LOVE!!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">seriously? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">look at that backdrop of book paper she made for her set? to die for!!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">this new online class is called</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">love love love</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and i have no doubt we are going to LOVE it!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">class started today but never fear,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">we can still sign up and watch her tutorials</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">for the next six months!!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and the best part is that it's only $19.99</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">for 3 videos. that's such a steal!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">so visit margie <a href="http://margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/im_just_a_girl/2012/01/mondaylovelovelove.html">HERE</a> to read about the goodness</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and sign yourselves up girlfriends!!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i shouldn't have waited so long to share this good news with you because today is the last day to sign up for the course, so RUN to <a href="http://www.jeanneoliverdesigns.com/item_142/Creatively-Made-E-Course.htm">JEANNE'S SITE AND REGISTER HERE</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">through mixed media, journal making, journal techniques, collage, leather, metal stamping, charcoal drawing, image transfers and so much more, jeanne is going to help us </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">* see how our perspective changes everything</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">* grow and "cultivate" our gifts</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">everything jeanne touches is golden and i mean "everything" so i have NO doubt this is going to be an amazing course that you won't want to miss!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">wow! what a year 2011 was for me!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i can safely say that i am happy to see it behind me and look forward to a fresh new start in 2012.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i am still working on my word of the year.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">last year's word was </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i have worked with christy on several adventures and </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">this collection will be unveiled at CHA (the craft and hobby trade show) in a few weeks with <a href="http://www.mymindseye.com/FYH/FYH.asp">MY MINDS EYE...</a></span></div>
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last weekend was a tad bit busy.</div>
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on saturday night i realized that i had about an hour to get ready for a party and prepare an appetizer...YIKES!</div>
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i always do this. </div>
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i never leave myself enough time to make something worthy of sharing.</div>
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.....until now!!!</div>
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meet the simplest appetizer i have ever made.</div>
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cherry tomatoes (or any small tomato) - cut in half</div>
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fresh mozzarella cheese pearls - cut in half</div>
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pour the balsamic reduction over the skewers.</div>
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hi friends...</div>
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this is my beautiful girlfriend...MARGIE ROMNEY-ASLETT</div>
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she is golden. and everything she touches SPARKles!</div>
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BIG TIME!!!</div>
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tomorrow, december 5th, my margie girl is launching an online workshop called</div>
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that you will NOT want to miss. </div>
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It comes on the heals of margie's creative event called...</div>
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(i have an entire other blog post to share with you about this amazing event, </div>
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but just let it be said that every single one of you girls should be there next year!!!)</div>
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One of the things that is just so amazing about SPARK is that every single one of the decorations is "handmade"...that's right...EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.</div>
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Margie has the most amazing knack for using as little cashola as she can and as much creativity as she can muster...(which is a WHOLE lot..) and creating crazy, over the top, beautiful decor.</div>
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"SPARK YOUR CHRISTMAS" is an online class filled with SPARK inspired projects from gift ideas to decorations to garlands and more...for your christmas pleasure!!!</div>
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follow <a href="http://margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/im_just_a_girl/2011/11/spark-your-christmas.html">THIS LINK....</a></div>
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don't forget that tomorrow, december 5th starts the </div>
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12 ARTSY ORNAMENT OF CHRISTMAS</div>
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In 7 days from today the 12 ARTSY ORNAMENTS OF CHRISTMAS</div>
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online workshop will begin. It is going to be so much fun. The artists participating in this workshop are so awesome! Here is a little sneak peak of what my portion of the workshop will be...</div>
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I am going to be teaching you how to make a cute christmas cottage out of vintage book paper. This was so much fun to make and there are SO many great things you can do with this little house.</div>
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I made mine into a garland with lots of little houses and strips of burlap (LOOVE burlap) and old linen strips, stamped with jolly christmas words.</div>
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But I also show how you can bling it up and make your vintage house into an ornament or a package topper or even a cute little table top village.</div>
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Here are some sneak peeks of some of the other wonderful ornaments and christmas decor that we'll be learning...</div>
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<a href="http://donnadowney.com/index.php/donna-downey-studios">Donna Downey</a> makes the sweetest burlap, linen & twin christmas balls</div>
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<a href="http://www.margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/">My dear talented friend, Margie Romney-Aslett</a> puts together this most awesome vintage bird ornament, sitting in his nest, sportin a classy christmas party hat.</div>
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<a href="http://www.margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/">Jeanne Oliver</a>, whom you all know i adore...creates this vintage burlap wreath to add to your decor this year...(Jeanne has a new line launching this friday, you won't want to miss it, her stuff is simply beautiful and sells out quickly!)</div>
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<br /></div>chrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124089685443171218noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313118773029419673.post-88552485070941375012011-11-21T22:27:00.001-07:002011-11-22T06:40:27.222-07:00STAY TRUE!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
so we had a new </div>
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i should've known better than to go to the mall with my girls on the very same day that it opened. dang my planning skills. IT WAS CRAZY! luckily the girls wanted to eat at the cheesecake factory more than they wanted to stand in line for an hour....just to <u>enter </u>the store.</div>
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so i let the mayhem die down a bit and dropped in today.</div>
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surprisingly i didn't find anything i HAD to have.</div>
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but they did have the cutest t-shirt that i simply had to share with you guys...</div>
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STAY TRUE to their uniqueness.</div>
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STAY TRUE to their beliefs.</div>
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STAY TRUE to the values we strive to teach them in our home.</div>
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STAY TRUE. STAY TRUE. STAY TRUE.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.mycraftchannel.com/">www.mycraftchannel.com</a> yet?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">two of my sweet friends, <a href="http://www.christytomlinson.typepad.com/">christy tomlinson</a> and <a href="http://www.secondsisterdesigns.com/index.html">april meeker</a>, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so awhile back christy asked me to come be a guest on her show and i was so thrilled to be able to do this with her. it was an especially awesome day because 3 of my dear friends, <a href="http://margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/im_just_a_girl/">margie romney-aslett</a>, <a href="http://danielledonaldson.com/">danielle donaldson</a> and <a href="http://jeanneoliverdesigns.com/blog/">jeanne oliver</a>, all came in town to film with christy.</span><br />
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danielle, jeanne and christy brainstorming</div>
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christy and jeanne getting ready to shoot<br />
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christy and margie on the studio computer</div>
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me, margie, christy, jeanne and danielle<br />
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christy has become such a dear friend to me. she has really wise counsel to share with me and is always so willing to go out of her way to make me feel so good about myself. i tell ya, i can be having thee worst day and just a text or a phone call from christy can turn that frown...upside down! it is such a blessing to know that there is someone in your corner who still jumps up and down and shakes those pom poms for you...especially when you can't even seem to squeeze into that cheerleader skirt for yourself! christy is over-the-moon talented and if you haven't taken the time to sign up for one of her <a href="http://christytomlinson.typepad.com/christytomlinson/workshops.html">WORKSHOPS</a> you are missing out. they are so affordable, which i LOVE and christy has the best personnality to teach. SHE IS HILARIOUS! </div>
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so do yourself a favor and breath in some christy for yourself.</div>
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among other places...you can find her </div>
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<a href="http://christytomlinson.typepad.com/">HERE ON HER BLOG</a></div>
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<a href="http://christytomlinson.typepad.com/christytomlinson/workshops.html">HERE FOR HER WORKSHOPS</a></div>
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(including the 12 artsy ornaments of christmas)</div>
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and </div>
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<a href="http://www.mycraftchannel.com/Shows/Art-Redefined/">HERE ON MY CRAFT CHANNEL </a></div>
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and i'm nervous and scared and yet happy to announce that my episode with christy aired today and you can watch that <a href="http://www.mycraftchannel.com/Shows/Art-Redefined/?omedia_id=488">HERE</a></div>
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xo</div>
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