tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89255150477137726232024-03-06T01:37:57.532-05:00Doodlebugheartunfurl your lifeDoodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-49539241759967889982013-04-17T09:56:00.000-04:002013-04-17T09:56:14.111-04:00Taking a breakThanks for stopping by and checking out our blog!<br />
Deborah and Emily are taking a lil' break... moving, kids, schools, health, and jobs are front and center right now.<br />
We hope you'll take a minute to browse around, say hello, and stop back again soon.<br />
Take care of you and keep unfurling your life!<br />
xoxoDoodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-45170253012444155962013-02-11T13:08:00.002-05:002013-02-11T13:18:49.166-05:00Positively Inspiring!<div>
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Recently, NPR shared a story about a middle school principal in Far Rockaway Queens that is making a difference. He came there as principal there last year when the school had an "F" rating, as in it was <i>failing</i>. Badly. No one wanted to go to school: 50- 60 students were absent every day, 22 teachers had quit, the entire front office left, and hundreds of children had been suspended. Hundreds.<div>
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The Principal, Mr. Shawn Rux, started an incentive system. Come to school and you get tickets. The tickets add up to win prizes. He started a currency system called "Rux Bux" with which students could win things like school supplies, special lunches, an XBox, even a personal shopping spree with Mr. Rux.</div>
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It's working: attendance is up -- over 90% -- and the school has climbed from an "F" to a "C" already -- even though they were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy: some of the children's homes were destroyed. Mr. Rux was personally effected -- his car was ruined, the first floor of his home flooded.</div>
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Doodlebugheart wanted to help, so we decided to send a little care package: last week we sent 10 Basic 'Bug Craft Boxes. We are inspired by Mr. Rux and the positive, <i>constructive</i> effect he is having on those children's lives, on the entire community -- especially in this time when lockdowns, firearms, and violence are so tragically prevalent in our schools. We're wondering what we can do as a community. If more of us could send encouragement and support to Mr. Rux, the staff, and students, what would it look like? What would you send?</div>
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Far Rockaway, NY 11691</div>
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(By the way, you can hear David Kestenbaum's full story by going to <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/12/14/167194092/how-a-middle-school-principal-convinced-students-to-come-to-school">http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/12/14/167194092/how-a-middle-school-principal-convinced-students-to-come-to-school</a> and click on "Listen to the Story".)</div>
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<i><b style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">Join us in Larchmont ~ Saturday, March 2, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. for our<a href="http://www.doodlebugheart.com/what-we-offer/-gather-and-giggle" style="color: #cc0066; display: block; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">monthly crafting date.</a></span></b></i><i style="line-height: 1.4em;"><b style="font-size: 11px;"><i style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4em;"><b style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">We can make & fill travel journals, experiment with a Gelli plate, and as always, if you have your own craft, bring it. </span></b></i></b></i></h3>
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-52409954377249524332013-02-07T18:35:00.002-05:002013-02-07T19:13:49.285-05:00Aromatherapyby Deborah<br />
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My <a href="http://doodlebugheart.blogspot.com/2012/07/just-really-bad-idea.html" target="_blank">puppy</a> is now 8 months old and we absolutely adore her. She couldn't be sweeter, just an affectionate, charismatic bundle of energetic puppy. I have a bed for her in my office and she loves it when I get on the computer and she can curl up beside me, snug in her plush brown bed. It is just as picturesque as one could ask: me hard at work, tapping away the keyboard; my faithful companion lying contentedly at my feet.</div>
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A nearly silent little poof of air escapes from her vicinity and within seconds my office is filled with an invisible but potentially lethal noxious gas. My eyes water, I gasp for air, I wave my hand frantically in front of my face to dispel the odor.</div>
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It is the quiet, toxic type that just ekes out, no loud raucous warnings to accompany it. Just a little puff of air and then it's like being in a chemical warfare zone. The smell is offensive enough, but her innocent attitude is even more grating, the slightly offended look of "What?!?" she gives me after each little sneak attack.</div>
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So now we have a War of the "Pfffts". I sit armed with my super-sized can of heavy-duty Glade air-freshener at the ready, she lays beside me armed with her bazooka of a butt. She "Pfffts" and I grab my can and "Pfffffffft" right back, trying to meet her noxious cloud with my own "<a href="http://www.glade.com/en-US/Products/Pages/PremiumGladeSprays.aspx?showproduct=premium_room_sprays_clear_springs_tough_odor_solutions" target="_blank">odor-fighter technology</a>."</div>
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She "Pffffts" and I "Pffft". And again...and again...and again.</div>
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The result? It smells like a slightly sour, rotting Clear Spring in my office. But it's tolerable.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I will not be gassed out of my own domain. I <em>will win</em> this War of the "Pfffts"! (<em>Shouted triumphantly, with can of airfresher raised, on my rearing warhorse</em>.)</span> But I am pretty sure I will have post-traumatic smell syndrome after all this, so if I suddenly spray you in the face with air freshener every time you utter the letter "F", please understand. I don't mean to. It's the curse of being a veteran of the Fart (PFFFFT!) Wars.</div>
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-91812023828594512212013-02-04T10:44:00.003-05:002013-02-04T10:44:43.639-05:00Reboot, please...by Tracey Clem <br />
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Today is one of those days when I very desperately need to go back to
bed and start the day over. I usually feel like that when my Boys and I
have had a particularly contentious morning. But today it is all me.
Like if I can't get this day on track I might hurt myself. Not "hurt
myself" like cause myself some kind of intentional bodily harm. More
"hurt myself" like falling down the stairs. Or getting my arm caught in
the washing machine. Or inadvertently chopping a finger off with a
butter knife while making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Just like
my brain is completely out to lunch and disconnected from my body.
Chances are that is not going to end well. <br />
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supposed to write this article over the weekend, which sadly didn't get
done...you know how life can get out of hand sometimes. No problem...the
boys are in school this morning for a whopping 2.5 hours - I can crank
it out while they're gone. So I sit down at my desk this morning to work
on some art to include in the riveting article I was going to write
about my new (*awesome*) Gelli plate.<br />
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But absolutely nothing worked.<br />
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paint would dry on the plate before I could get paper down. The prints
would come up all splotchy. The colors I mixed would be muddy. Not
"good-grungy-muddy-with-hints-of-brilliant" muddy. More
"I-dropped-this-paper-in-the-mud-then-used-it-to-wipe-my-shoes-on"
muddy. Just ugly. Sometimes I would get paint on the plate and then put
paper on it without having done anything to the paint - which means
nothing happens. I could have just painted on the paper and saved a
step. Once I printed a layer on a piece of paper, and then when I went
to put the next layer on it, I printed it on the wrong side of the
paper. So I stood up from my desk and decided a change of perspective
would help. I gave myself a good mental shake, squeezed paint on the
Gelli plate, started spreading it around...and promptly whisked the
entire paint covered plate off of my desk and onto the floor and my
favorite jeans.<br />
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Really?!?<br />
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So I just
stopped. I cleaned up the mess, put the (*cursed*) Gelli plate away,
threw my jeans in the wash, and sat down to write before I "hurt
myself".<br />
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Most of the time, crafting, gluing, painting,
playing is my happy place. The time where I breathe, pray, play and get
my day settled and on track. And then every once in awhile it veers
completely off-track and I need to just stop - and for the sake of
personal safety and my favorite jeans - pour myself another cup of
coffee, and go read a magazine or something. Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-17300779633456257492013-01-28T15:45:00.001-05:002013-01-28T15:45:27.695-05:00Chalk Paint? "Like"! ~Emily Cline<br />
Creatively inspired, tutu-strutting friend <a href="http://hipchickdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carrie Clayton Campbell</a>, has a shop in northern California called <a href="http://www.hipchickdesignsca.com/" target="_blank">Hip Chick Designs</a>. We communicate a lot on Facebook, so I see all her postings about shopping trips she takes for her <i>adorable</i> store, photographs from workshops she holds there, and class announcements. <a href="http://www.anniesloanunfolded.com/" target="_blank">Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint</a> is all over the place.<br />
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So I googled it, did some research, and started falling into serious "like". I had to experience it for myself. I have a desk I bought on Craig'sList that needed some help -- perfect!<br />
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So I searched for <a href="http://www.anniesloanunfolded.com/retailers" target="_blank">retailers</a> (random) and found one in nearby Greenwich, Connecticut at <a href="http://www.giftedhandsdesigns.com/" target="_blank">Gifted Hands</a>, an artists cooperative. I'd read that a small test jar (about $15) is enough to cover one piece of furniture -- it was.<br />
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There are a couple of really great things about Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint:<br />
*It's powdery and dry with a matte finish<br />
*You can water it down -- I did as I painted, spraying water onto my brush!<br />
*No need to sand or prime beforehand.<br />
*It adheres right to any surface: floors, wood, metal, anything.<br />
*It dries really fast.<br />
*It's not toxic so you can paint in your home without worrying about fumes.<br />
*Once the paint is dry, rub clear wax on it. As you rub, some of the paint rubs off, so you end up with a beautiful antique look. You control it: rub a little, rub a lot, or be super gentle and just keep the paint on.<br />
*H<a href="http://www.anniesloanunfolded.com/products/chalk-paint" target="_blank">er colors</a> are gorgeous! (My desk is in Old Ochre. I'm thinking my dresser in Arles and our antique red-and-black streaked secretary in Paris Grey.)<br />
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Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint? Serious "like"!<br />
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<i>(*One note: Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint is not the chalkboard paint that turns surfaces into a chalk board. That's different can of fun.)</i>Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-31901260787217829992013-01-25T19:01:00.000-05:002013-01-25T19:01:05.576-05:00Still Haven't Found My Cameraby Deborah<br />
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Overlapping the time Emily was off making art and beautiful memories in London, I got to go to Puerto Rico with my husband for a very quick trip. He was there at a medical conference, and I tagged along for a few days.<br />
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We got in after midnight Friday, and I left early Monday morning, but that left a glorious Saturday and Sunday to enjoy the exotic isle, mostly on my own since he was in seminars all day.<br />
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So I slept. I slept late in the morning, had some lunch, took a nap, had dinner with my husband, and went to bed early.<br />
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I slept late the next morning, got a facial, had some lunch, hung out by the pool (and napped), then rested in the hotel room (and napped), went out to dinner, and then went to bed early.<br />
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Man, I was tired. Sleep is a beautiful thing. Even more beautiful than Puerto Rico, which is oh so lovely.<br />
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Despite the Herculean efforts required for me to go away (childcare and laundry and packing lunches and emergency numbers and pre-paid stuff and groceries and boarding the dog......), despite how tiring and annoying travel is these days, it was completely and totally worth it. Mostly because I am a much much much nicer person when I am not tired. Just ask my kids.<br />
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Best vacation ever.Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-3026712344171469072013-01-21T13:43:00.000-05:002013-01-21T14:36:08.671-05:00Our Journey is not Complete ~by Emily Cline<br />
The message our Commander in Chief brings today is close to my heart. In support of him, as he is sworn in today, I'm sharing an excerpt. (You can read the full speech<a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/feature?section=news/politics&id=8962029" target="_blank"> here</a>.)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">"It is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as w</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">ell. Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote. Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity; until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our country. Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm. " - Barack Obama during 2013 Inaugural address</span>Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-35735269733905833822013-01-17T13:49:00.000-05:002013-01-17T13:49:08.583-05:00Word for the Yearby Deborah<br />
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Last year, I <a href="http://doodlebugheart.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-word.html" target="_blank">chose a word</a> that I hoped would act as a guide for my thoughts and actions for the year. I chose the word<em> receive</em>. It's a good word. For me, it is a reminder to encourage openness. To let things in, to feel, and appreciate, and allow. <br />
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And I have received much over the last 12 months. I received love, a new home, healthy children, a loving husband, new friends, new adventures. The only problem is that I realized that I wasn't all that specific about what I <em>wanted</em> to receive. So, although I received an abundance of good things, I also received a healthy dose of hard things. Sometimes the hard thing and the good thing were the same thing. And you can't really prevent some hard things coming into your life, and it's better to receive them from a place of openness than to be clenched and closed. So I would say it was a good word.<br />
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But I realized that what was lacking for me was focus. I didn't zero in on what I wanted and work toward that. While it is beneficial to be open to all the general things life brings, it is so important to have clarity on what you want and to laser toward that, to invite that specificity into your life.<br />
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So that is my word for this year. <em>Focus.</em><br />
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I want to focus. Which means listening to myself, figuring out what I want, and then having focus. Which means discipline. I hope I can bring some discipline, order, focus, clarity to my life this year. Those aren't always characteristics we associate with the desire to live a creative life, but they are actually essential. I can be as messy within my creative space as I wish, as disorganized and crazy as I can possibly be, but that should be contained within a structure of discipline. I should write a short amount every day, or craft every Thursday, or go to dance class once a month, or whatever I feel like really matters, but there has to be consistency and discipline for the benefit to accumulate.<br />
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So, for example, I used to always start my posts with a picture of the <a href="http://doodlebugheart.blogspot.com/2011/08/blocks.html" target="_blank">blocks</a> Emily gave me. I loved doing that. Haven't done that for a long time because of the move. I would like to start doing that again. Only hold up? Can't find my camera.</div>
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So that's the first thing I'm going to focus on. Where the heck is my camera?<br />
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And maybe organize a few other things while I'm at it. (Craft room, I'm looking at you.)<br />
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<em>Focus</em>.<br />
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What do you want to focus on this year?Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-34641491335013330592013-01-14T05:39:00.004-05:002013-01-14T05:39:38.082-05:00Dreams Do Come True ~By Emily Cline<br />
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Hello, Doodlebughearts!<br />
I'm writing from London, on my full last day, just before I head out to explore Covent Garden. I have limited internet connection and no photo connectors. So I'm simply saying this:<br />
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What do you dream?<br />
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-36628283051188484012013-01-11T14:32:00.000-05:002013-01-11T14:32:05.047-05:00Happy with Pantsby Deborah<br />
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-22211686184297623722013-01-08T09:23:00.000-05:002013-01-08T09:23:23.722-05:00All Aboard for London! by Emily Cline<br />
I get to go to London in two days.<br />
I get to study with Erin Faith Allen again. She is ahhhh-mazing. She does work like this.<br />
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I get to do her incredible workshop: <a href="http://www.callofthewildsoul.com/london/" target="_blank">Soul Portrait Workshop</a>.<br />
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I get to walk around Portobello Road.<br />
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I'm not sure how I'll ever get to sleep again.<br />
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-30392582658526779052013-01-02T13:24:00.001-05:002013-01-02T13:24:12.200-05:00Present for 2013I am digging myself out of the 2012 <b>I-Completely-Overdid-It</b> zone. If there was a job, committee, event, task, show -- anything that could be done, I did it. In a totally frantic, needy, often ungrounded kinda way. I know part of my frenzy is to make up my guilt for not having a full-time office job; the other part is to make up my feeling stuck as a primary parent and housekeeper. Regardless.<br />
It's time to get myself more organized, less frantic. I go to my fail-safe, <a href="http://www.lisasonora.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Sonora Beam</a>'s <a href="http://creativeentrepreneur.biz/landing/training_registration/" target="_blank">Creative Entrepreneur</a> workshop principles:<br />
(1) name my life's primary focuses<br />
(2) break them down individually: What it means to me, Hopes and Desires, Frustrations, Successes, Objectives, Measures, Strategies and Tactics<br />
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I cleared my Bulletin Board of Creative Happiness area. This is where I'll post my pages (below) once they're filled out.<br />
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I divvied up my life into 6 categories (because it's that easy to divvy up your life).<br />
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And went back to my <a href="http://creativeentrepreneur.biz/landing/training_registration/" target="_blank">Creative Entrepreneur</a> cheat sheet.<br />
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I threw in a little feng shui bagua help from <a href="http://arichproduction.com/" target="_blank">Andea Rich</a> just so everything's in the right place.<br />
Now it's time to turn off the computer, listen to myself, and get present. That's my word for the year: PRESENT. It's a gift; it has a lot to do with slowing down, not being frantic, and loving what I'm doing. I'll hang the sheets on the wall where my Bulletin Board of Creative Happiness was, giving myself clarity and focus in the new year.<br />
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*If you want a little help getting started, I'll give you you a peek what my categories were for 2010 and an example of how I started breaking one category down. For further, much better explanations and rockin' tutorials, contact <a href="http://www.lisasonora.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Sonora</a>.<br />
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<u><b>For 2010:</b></u><br />
<b>1. Work</b> (Lifeline) - Doodlebugheart, modeling, <a href="http://www.chrisbohjalian.com/the-buffalo-soldier" target="_blank">Buffalo Soldier</a> (a book by Chris Bojalian I was producing into film), helping at <a href="http://www.happylosangeles.com/" target="_blank">Happy</a><br />
2. Family - husband, son, parents, siblings & families, girlfriends<br />
3. Spirit - church, quiet time, art time, play, travel<br />
4. Health - hormones, therapy<br />
5. Wealth - money in<br />
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1. Work<br />
-What it means to me: "Something for me" -- SERVICE, my contribution to society as a useful, worthwhile participant.<br />
-Hopes & Desires: Getting Doodlebugheart started! website, logo, advertising, marketing, pan and hold first workshop. Start modeling again -- or possibly doing commercial work after moving back to NY. Continue Buffalo Soldier. Help Heather start classes at <a href="http://www.happylosangeles.com/" target="_blank">Happy</a>.<br />
-Frustrations: Waiting until Deb and I are in close proximity, mothering obligations. Not having my own cash. Not really wanting to act in Buffalo Soldier any more, or put more money/energy into acting business and husband won't let go. Leaving LA in May.<br />
-Successes: A whole year at Art Center with a 4.0! Great creative connections, list of contacts and support (Lisa Sonora, art teachers, Heather Arndt, etc.) Released my commercial and legit acting agency. Signed with modeling agency. Working at Happy as a class coordinator and demonstrator. Doodlebugheart's conception! Showed art at Happy! Sold my first piece at Happy! Started a blog/site. Got a kick-ass script written for Buffalo Soldier.<br />
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A little side note to the above: my categories have changed for <b>2013</b> as has my focus:<br />
1. Self/ health -- exercise, therapy, food, spirit, travel, sleep, journaling<br />
2. Ruby Shea -- my art, my teaching, Etsy, shows, workshops, Pinterest + Instagram<br />
3. Home -- husband, son, home, support people, PTA<br />
4. (secondary) Family -- parents, in-laws, siblings<br />
5. Work -- modeling, commericials, Doodlebugheart, What Did You Make Today?<br />
6. My Tribes -- my girlfriends here and farDoodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-48548256751324510692012-12-20T15:30:00.000-05:002012-12-20T15:30:11.730-05:00Christmas Magic!by Deborah<br />
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My four year old daughter is very bright. She asks me questions every day to which I do not know the answer. Our conversations go something like this....<br />
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<em>"Mommy, red ants bite, right? But black ants don't, right?" </em><br />
<em>"Right," I reassure her.</em><br />
<em>"Then how do black ants protect themselves?"</em><br />
<em>"Umm.........."</em><br />
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<em>"Mommy, what do moths eat?"</em><br />
<em>"Ummmm......</em><br />
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<em>"Mommy, what makes the wind?"</em><br />
<em>"Ummmmmmm....."</em><br />
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Thank goodness, she is young enough to still think I am, as mother, all-knowing and omnipotent, and I am trying my best to keep that bluff in as long as I can. Most of the time I answer something like, "That's a great question, let's talk about it later." Then I google the crap out of it, and bring it up later, long after she's lost interest.<br />
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Inevitably, Christmas brings a lot of questions about Santa, and how he knows what to bring, and how he can tell if she's naughty or nice, and how he gets stuff to all the kids in the world, and if a child is poor and doesn't get a gift, does that mean they are naughty? I don't find it any easier to answer these questions about made-up mythical stuff than I do scientific stuff, but it also isn't as easy to google an answer.<br />
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So, in the time-worn tradition of tired mothers everywhere, I tend to answer most Santa questions with the one word answer, "Magic!" No matter what she asks, I just answer "Magic!" The exclamation point is an important part of this answer. If I convey sufficient enthusiasm, it seems to quell any further inquiry, even if she is just studying me to see if I'm actually crazy or not.<br />
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<em>"Mommy, how does Santa know what toys I want?"</em><br />
<em>"Magic!"</em><br />
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<em>"Mommy, how does Santa get all the toys to everyone in the world in one night?"</em><br />
<em>"Magic!"</em><br />
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<em>"Mommy, how do the reindeer fly?"</em><br />
<em>"Magic!"</em><br />
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<em>"Mommy, why don't some children get to have Christmas gifts?"</em><br />
<em>"Magic!"</em><br />
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Granted, it's not a logical response to every question, but it does stop the train of thought and it definitely seems to give her something to think about.<br />
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It works so well, that I think I am going to make it my go-to response for anything I don't want to answer the rest of the year.<br />
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<em>"Mom, can I stay up and watch a movie?"</em><br />
<em>"Magic!"</em><br />
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<em>"Mommy, can I have another cookie?"</em><br />
<em>"Magic!"</em><br />
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<em>"Mommy, can you come wipe me?"</em><br />
<em>"Magic!"</em><br />
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The best part is there really is no good response to the "Magic!" It is hard to argue against, and somehow you know it is futile to keep asking the same question. I think I may be onto something here.<br />
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It is a magical time of year. Merry Christmas!<br />
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"Magic!"<br />
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-78049136953420287352012-12-13T16:03:00.000-05:002012-12-13T16:03:54.548-05:00Crazy Satelliteby Deborah<br />
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Every now and then my dog, who up until that moment has been acting fairly normal, just suddenly goes berserk. Just becomes a crazed, possessed, demondog who <em>must</em> <em>immediately </em>race around the house at <em>full</em> <em>speed</em>, grabbing <em>wildly</em> at toys and shoes and furniture and children as she <em>zooms</em> by. She goes so fast that her back end apparently gets going just a tad faster than her front end, so her back is all hunched up, like she just can't quite keep up with all that rear locomotion. She does this maniacal behavior for about 15 minutes, and no amount of shouting, punishing, pleading, or redirection will dissuade her. If you put her outside, she just continues this crazed top-speed running in circles around the yard, and adds in some barking to boot, and maybe grabs at low-hanging tree branches as she careens by.<br />
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Then, as suddenly as it began, it stops. Just....over. No more running, no crazy mischief grabbing, no barking. Just done.<br />
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It is mystifying.<br />
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I have a theory, however. I am pretty sure it is the Crazy Satellite.<br />
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See, I think there is a satellite up in space that periodically passes over our house and beams down a signal that says, "Everyone and everything should now go completely apesh*t."<br />
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And everyone and everything does. For a brief period, until the satellite goes out of range, and then the signal fades and everything returns to normal.<br />
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Pets seem particularly susceptible to this signal, but children and people and inanimate objects are not immune, either.<br />
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Take for example, this 15 minute period from our lives not long ago. Our day was hopping along swimmingly, and my husband and I decided to take our kids with us to the gym, where they could play in childcare while we worked out. So we all get bundled up and are heading unsuspectingly out to the car, when all of a sudden, I now see in retrospect, the Crazy Satellite beamed down it's signal.<br />
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Within a 15 minute period, between the space of our back door and our car door, here is what happened:<br />
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<li>a dog, fat and collared, trotted up into our driveway, clearly someone's lost pet</li>
<li>the girls, excited at the appearance of this strange dog, begin running around deliriously, and bang right into each other</li>
<li>both girls begin crying</li>
<li>it is a holiday weekend, many people are out of town, so I know we must capture this dog, keep him somewhere safe, and locate his owner</li>
<li>as my husband is attempting to catch this dog, my cell phone rings, and it is my husband's boss, asking if he can speak with my husband because he has a semi-urgent request</li>
<li>I strap the crying girls into their carseats, promising ice and bandaids, hand my cell phone to my husband, take the dog from his arms, muscle the stray dog inside, forcing my overexcited dog aside as I do</li>
<li>chaos with the two dogs, until I finally get them into separate rooms</li>
<li>I call the number on the dog's collar, trying to hear over the frantic yelps coming from my dog in the next room, and nervously making sure the new dog doesn't pee on anything; sure enough, the owners are out of town</li>
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One moment, we are walking to the car, happy and collected. The next moment, as the Crazy Satellite passes over, we have a stray dog, two crying kids, a phone call, a work priority, and utter chaos. <strong>THAT</strong> is the Crazy Satellite.<br />
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It all worked out fine. Within a few minutes, the girls were calm, we had talked to the dog's owner and arranged pickup, the work stuff was sorted out and to be taken care of later, and we were able to be on our way to the gym.<br />
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But beware. It's up there, circling overhead, ready to beam down its evil signal at any moment. Be ready. It's coming for you.<br />
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-76049905844649530072012-12-10T13:36:00.000-05:002012-12-10T13:36:04.740-05:00Creative and Sick and MadI've had my (stomping mad and partly sick) 6 year old son home for 4 days now. (He just slammed his bedroom door on me after I told him "No guns" for the 100th time. I've <i>always</i> had a no gun policy in my house.) It's been a looooong weekend.<br />
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But even in his sickness (his fever is only 99.3), he's been creative. An inventor, actually, even with his madness.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A "love shooter". Really.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(I'm ignoring the fact that he says this is a bomb detonator.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bullhorn -- I'm sure it's for shouting love.</td></tr>
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He just threw a stuffed animal down the stairs. "There's no way to flip it!", he shouted. "Flip what?" asked my man. "My madness!" he shouted back.<div>
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Maybe he's one of those tortured creative types.<br /><div>
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-31712671583914796862012-12-03T10:37:00.002-05:002012-12-03T10:37:41.052-05:00Kelly Kilmer's Crafter's Crack<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evidence of an addict.</td></tr>
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<a href="http://kellykilmer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Kilmer</a>'s Grab Bags are like Crafter's Crack. I can't get enough of them. I'm totally addicted. For $50 (plus shipping), last week I got the best grab bag ever. I want to make them for my friends, but I'm sure they won't be nearly as good as hers. Besides, I hoard my stuff and I can't let anything go. <div>
But just so you know what crack in a plastic bag looks like, here's what I'm holding:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She stuffs it all in, I'm sure without weighing-- sticking extra washi tape on the outside!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jammed full of uniquely colored and textured papers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And these clear pages -- where does she find them!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I thought pens were just pens and stamps were just stamps. These are soooo gooooood.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some stickers and doodads thrown in for good measure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My worst addiction: stencils. I'm a goner.</td></tr>
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All that's bad enough, but this Wednesday, December 5 at 7:00 p.m. PST, she's selling <a href="http://kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2012/12/journals-for-sale-this-wednesday.html" target="_blank">HANDMADE</a> journals. (*cue Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" song...)<br />
Don't miss out. They're gonna go fast!<br />
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-20013696847486434322012-11-29T19:28:00.000-05:002012-11-29T19:28:20.518-05:00Productive Procrastinationby Deborah<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time looks drunk.</td></tr>
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When Emily and I started this company, we divided up the responsibilities rather naturally, without a great deal of discussion. She did this, I did that. One of the tasks I took on was filing our quarterly taxes. Not something I relished, but a necessary business chore, and even if I found the tax labyrinth somewhat confusing at times, it overall was not all that terribly difficult if I could just sit down for an hour and focus.<br />
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Well, then I moved. And the tax deadline came and went. And it never once crossed my mind. Not even a little bit. Turns out, the tax people tend to not find that very endearing, so they sent a little reminder to Emily. Which she then sent to me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oops.<br />
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I slapped myself in the forehead a few times and promised her I would get it done on Thursday, before we would be hit with any penalties.<br />
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Today is Thursday. Here are some things I have done today:<br />
<ul>
<li>taken the dog to the dog park</li>
<li>taken the dog to the vet</li>
<li>called to try to change my address with an organization </li>
<li>written a thank you note</li>
<li>cut apart wallet sized pictures of my kids' school photos</li>
<li>written a note to my oldest daughter's preschool teacher from last year</li>
<li>talked to my mom</li>
<li>shopped for and bought 7 Christmas presents</li>
<li>went to a consultation about laser hair removal</li>
<li>checked the mail</li>
<li>filed all my receipts</li>
<li>called to make a doctor's appointment</li>
<li>cleaned out my address book</li>
<li>washed, dried, folded one load of my laundry</li>
<li>washed, dried, folded one load of the kids' laundry</li>
<li>went out to lunch</li>
<li>wrapped 3 Christmas presents</li>
<li>written this blog post</li>
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Things I have <strong>not</strong> done today:<br />
<ul>
<li>taxes</li>
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I have at last discovered the key to my own productivity: taxes. More specifically, procrasinating on my taxes. Some of those things above have been on my to-do list for months. So, apparently the best motivation for tackling an ornery to-do list is have an even more ornery task that I want to avoid.<br />
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Not to worry, I will still get those taxes done -- although it will have to be after the girls are in bed tonight. But I <em>will</em> get them done. Just as soon as I make dinner and wash the dishes and.........<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sigh.</td></tr>
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-24588912788689910682012-11-26T14:40:00.002-05:002012-11-26T14:40:41.801-05:00Do you know her? Heather Arndt is Happy! ~By Emily Cline<br />
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I have a friend named <a href="http://www.heatherarndt.com/" target="_blank">Heather Arndt</a>. Do you know her? She lives in Los Angeles; used to manage and own this modern, eco-friendly, adorable home/gift/jewelry store called <a href="http://www.happylosangeles.com/" target="_blank">Happy</a> in Los Feliz. Heather is a painter, crafter, ceramicist, yogi, wife, mom, and all-around-the-world *great* friend. She's always creating: right now she's starting <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/288650581250763/" target="_blank">What Did You Make Today?</a> on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. She's invited me to play too, and has deputized me to do the same for you. Join <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/288650581250763/" target="_blank">What Did You Make Today?</a> and share what you make today and every day!<br />
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And while you're getting ready to share your makings, let me introduce you to Heather, by taking a little tour of the visual goodness around her Los Feliz home...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everything Heather -- and her daughter does -- is creative!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Odds and ends, objects d'art, vintage brass.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spirituality plays with whimsy.</td></tr>
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Then we enter her studio...<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Somehow, she creates order in her chaotic creative brain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plus a station for her 6 y.o. daughter, who also loves visual journaling.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Several inspiration boards-- this one clean and simple -- like her ceramics.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shelves and shelves of goodies to drool over!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Odds and ends, arms and branches.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A testing station.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few pieces stashed out of harm's way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The World's Cutest Squirrel demands attention.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you leave, you see ponies in the bathroom window...</td></tr>
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You can nab some of her goodies on Etsy: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/happylosangeles" target="_blank">http://www.etsy.com/shop/happylosangeles</a><br />
Or meet her yourself at Renegade San Fransisco: <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/sanfrancisco-holiday-info" target="_blank">http://www.renegadecraft.com/sanfrancisco-holiday-info</a><br />
And in Los Angeles: <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/losangeles-holiday-info" target="_blank">http://www.renegadecraft.com/losangeles-holiday-info</a><br />
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Tell her I sent you!<br />
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<i><b style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">Join us Tuesday, December 11, from 7:00-10:00 p.m. for our <a href="http://www.doodlebugheart.com/what-we-offer/-gather-and-giggle" target="_blank">monthly crafting date</a>.</span></b></i><i style="line-height: 1.4em;"><b style="font-size: 11px;"><i style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4em;"><b style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">We'll make holiday cards, explore visual journaling, and as always, if you have your own craft or hobby, bring it! There will be festive refreshments, too!</span></b></i></b></i></h3>
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-82154727932785536992012-11-22T21:39:00.001-05:002012-11-22T21:39:28.128-05:00Thanksgivingby Deborah<br />
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-38476750324456601442012-11-19T13:14:00.003-05:002012-11-19T13:14:12.571-05:00oh, Renegade, I love you.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/brooklyn-holiday" target="_blank">Renegade Brooklyn Holiday Craft Fair 2012</a> <i>ROCKED!</i><br />
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Passing through the gates by the Brooklyn waterfront last Saturday, I came upon massive graffiti chalk boards. This one stood with the NYC skyline in the background -- that's the Chrysler Building's tower poking up on the left!</div>
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Eager shoppers and interested crafters crowding the chilly isles.</div>
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My first stop was the Renegade Crew's welcome table, where I quickly snatched up stamps to make holiday cards. </div>
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Then I went straight to the <a href="http://www.yellowowlworkshop.com/" target="_blank">Yellow Owl Workshop</a> table to try my hand at making my own wrapping paper. </div>
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On down the isles full of jewelry, knitting, tee-shirts, art pieces, leather goods, pillows, clocks -- you name it -- all handmade or vintage.</div>
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See more at: <a href="http://papertique.etsy.com/">http://papertique.etsy.com</a></td></tr>
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At the end of the first long white tent were two tables hosting a free DIY for paint that works on glass, fabric, and porcelain.</div>
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The mood at the <a href="http://en.pebeo.com/Pebeo" target="_blank">Pebeo paint</a> (available at <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/pebeo-painting-sets/" target="_blank">Blicks</a>) tables was exactly like our <a href="http://www.doodlebugheart.com/what-we-offer/-gather-and-giggle" target="_blank">Gather and Giggle</a> events: free play! I decided right then that I will not only be showing <a href="http://www.emilyclineart.com/" target="_blank">my art </a>at the next <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/" target="_blank">Renegade </a>Fair, I will also put up tables for Renegaders to experiment with our toys!</div>
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At the end of a long day, my feet hurt and my hands were cold. But I scored! My holiday shopping is half-way done! (*Spoiler alert -- there are some gifts nestled in the coming photos!)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super cute bling bracelet from <a href="http://www.lilydawsondesigns.com/" target="_blank">Lily Dawson Designs</a>!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I swooned for this edgy jewelry from <a href="http://mikinora.supermarkethq.com/" target="_blank">Mikinora</a> -- hint, hint honey!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The black heart chalkboard tee from <a href="http://ChalkboardT-Shirt.com/">ChalkboardT-Shirt.com</a> can be written on and erased as many times as you want! It comes with chalk in a matchbox, which can be stored in the little label on the front. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved the little baggies printed by <a href="http://www.pamelaBarsky.com/" target="_blank">Pamela Barsky</a> and Awesome sticker!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scrabble board letters made big for coasters? Yes, please!<br />
They also make interesting prints and paper goods: <a href="http://www.YardSalePress.com/">www.YardSalePress.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shhh: this vintage heart necklace and monogrammed signet ring are gifts from <a href="http://www.DiamentDesigns.etsy.com/" target="_blank">D'Ament Jewelry</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My son received a similar print from his Grandpa last year. So we'll give this one to his girlfriend this year!<br />By <a href="http://www.Leroysplace.com/" target="_blank">Leroy's Place</a>, New York, NY; or on <a href="http://www.Leroysplace.etsy.com/" target="_blank">his Etsy site</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My stash!</td></tr>
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What holiday shopping is complete with out goodies for yourself? I mentioned the tent was cold: I bought the alpaca warmers on the left so I could feel my fingers again; from <a href="http://www.KnittingPeace.com/" target="_blank">Knitting Peace</a>. Sonia Gallardo's designs are made by incarcerated women in Boliva who are trying to provide for their children. The red with white chevron scarf is from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/littleminnowdesigns" target="_blank">Little Minnow Designs</a>, a Texas designer I've followed on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy</a> for a few years now. Sooo soft!</div>
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I have only mentioned a few of the amazing crafters I met in my day at Renegade. Everyone I met has that Do-Your-Thing-No-Matter-How-Silly-Weird-or-Little-It-May-Seem inspiring way about themselves. They shine a light in my life.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The votive I painted at Renegade Craft Fair, Brooklyn 2012.</td></tr>
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Life, at least <em>my</em> life, doesn't look like those Pottery Barn catalogues that show up in the mail. Though it also isn't quite as awful as the news and magazines and self-help books make it sound. The truth is somewhere in between. It's a lot of work and a lot of mistakes and a lot of irritations and a lot of responsibilities. And dotted in between the drudge and repetition are these sublime little moments that are even shinier and more perfect than the way we thought things were going to be. The trick is to hang on to those little moments, to fondle them carefully in your thoughts like a comforting stone, while you soldier on through the work of living.</div>
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For me the sublime moments are my oldest daughter's face lighting up with happiness when she sees me as she files into the room for the Thanksgiving assembly. It's the quiet cuddle from my youngest at the end of the night, one arm thrown around my neck as she whispers good night. It's holding hands with my husband as we watch a movie together once the kids are in bed. It's a gorgeous pink-streaked sunrise that makes it impossible to be quite as grumpy about being awake so early. It's the tears in my stoic husband's eyes at his grandmother's funeral. It's crafting something for no reason and being surprised and pleased with how it turned out. It's my dog leaning her head against my hand when I reach down to her.</div>
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They are little moments. The best moments are fleeting, ethereal. Perhaps they are more valuable for their rarity. But they are blessings, and I may not be able to hold them tightly in my hand, but I can choose to focus on them instead of the more common and mundane occurrences. This takes discipline, for me. It is easier to focus on all that is irritating and all that I have to do and I can cycle into a mindset of deprivation. So, today, in preparation for Thanksgiving, I am trying to focus more on the little sublime moments and less on my drudgery.</div>
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The way I think things are going to be and the reality are vastly different, usually. The reality is usually worse than the sanitized image I have in my head. But the truth is that the reality is also infinitely better in tiny little sparkling moments. The trick is to be paying attention and to let them in, to grab them and nestle them in the pocket of your heart.</div>
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What are some of your realities, and what are some of your sublimities?</div>
Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-91832063757399147272012-11-12T15:34:00.003-05:002012-11-12T15:37:59.492-05:00Rules of HeArt ~Emily Cline<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Immaculate Heart College Art Department Rules:</span><br />
RULE 1 Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.<br />
RULE 2 General duties of a student: pull everything out of your teacher. Pull everything out of your fellow students.<br />
RULE 3 General duties of a teacher: pull everything out of your students.<br />
RULE 4 Consider everything an experiment.<br />
RULE 5 Be self disciplined. This means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow a good way. To be self disciplined is to follow in a better way.<br />
RULE 6 Nothing is a mistake. There's no win and no fail. There's only make.<br />
RULE 7 The Only Rule is Work. If you work it will lead to something. It's the people who do all of the work all the time who eventually catch onto things.<br />
RULE 8 Don't try to create and analyze at the same time. They're different processes.<br />
RULE 9 Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think.<br />
RULE 10 We're breaking all of the rules. Even our own rules. And how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities. - John Cage<br />
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Do you know these? I didn't, but I love them. Just happened on them from a <a href="http://kellykilmer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Kilmer</a> blog reference to <a href="https://www.corita.org/" target="_blank">Sister Corita Kent</a> and John Cage (hear some of his music <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExUosomc8Uc" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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I'm a newbie to their world, but I find they lived and breathed creativity. Corita urged here students to "keep record of everything that sparked their interest -- words, poems, quotations, lyrics, signs, slogans, music, composers, films, books, images drawn or collected from magazines, photographs, descriptions of things or experiences, tastes and smells, encyclopedia entries, and newspaper headlines" in a special notebook they made called a "Sense Diary".<br />
I've been doing that in my {self}made Travel Journals. They're full of notes, marks, photos, odds and ends that mark the journey of my life; constantly evolving.<br />
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Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-14578649574262763172012-11-08T19:51:00.000-05:002012-11-08T19:51:02.260-05:00Giving Backby Deborah<br />
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I haven't had the best day here. I'm getting over an illness, received some bad news today, and got a speeding ticket. I am feeling pretty sorry for myself.<br />
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Instead of wallowing, I am trying to focus outward, to remember all those who need more than I do, and to remind myself how blessed I am. Here are a few of the charities I am supporting right now. I want to share the links, and if you are looking for a way to give back as the holiday season rolls around, these are organizations doing good things, at local and national levels.<br />
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<strong>Women for Women International</strong><br />
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<em>Since its creation, Women for Women International has given hope to more than 351,000 women survivors of war and conflict. We have helped them move toward economic self-sufficiency with our year-long program of direct aid, rights education, job skills training, and small business development. We have distributed $108 million in direct aid, microcredit loans, and other program services. Since 1993, Women for Women International has mobilized more than 300,000 women and men in 185 countries worldwide to reach out and support women survivors of war – one woman at a time</em><br />
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<em>The American Red Cross exists to provide compassionate care to those in need. Our network of generous donors, volunteers and employees share a mission of preventing and relieving suffering, here at home and around the world, through five key service areas: disaster relief, supporting America's military families, lifesaving blood, health and safety services, and international services.</em><br />
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<strong>Momastery: Holiday Hands</strong><br />
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<em>Because what we’re really doing here is alleviating the poverty of loneliness and disconnection by learning how to give and receive gracefully. We’re responding to God’s invitation… to join the beautiful cycle of loving and being loved. It’s not about the gift. It’s about what the gift represents. It’s about Love.</em><br />
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I hope that you get a little lift in your spirit by giving a little time, blood, or money, to someone else. I hope that if you have a need, it is provided to you quickly and abundantly. I hope that we can be there for each other, take care of each other, and love each other. And I hope I don't get any more speeding tickets.<em></em>Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-49397958653313636062012-11-05T16:08:00.002-05:002012-11-05T18:43:32.356-05:00Your Choice ~Emily Cline<br />
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I've been thinking about this Election Day Eve post for a while now, wondering what to say, how to say it. Of course,I'd like to tell you who to vote for -- <em>"My guy! My issues! My reasons!"</em> -- but that's not fair. We each have our own path.<br />
And that's my biggest thought: We each have our own power, our own voice. So use it. Please VOTE. Use your voice, use your power. We all have it. We are all equal. My vote is not stronger than yours, yours is not better than mine. We are all equal<em> </em>especially in this moment.<br />
I hope you will vote for issues that are important to you, things you feel passionate about. I hope you have been paying attention and know the candiates stand. Sure, life is busy and there is a lot of noise out there: Who is right? Who is wrong? Who is telling the truth? Who is being honest?<br />
Just make sure you VOTE. Use your power. Use your voice. Whatever your choice.<br />
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*If you need help finding your polling place, try this:<br />
<a href="http://upwr.me/VOTEITUP">http://upwr.me/VOTEITUP</a>Doodlebughearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343890514081702740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925515047713772623.post-80111315582415597412012-11-01T23:40:00.000-04:002012-11-01T23:40:45.809-04:00Lying Fallowby Deborah<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><u>fallow</u>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>adj
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications /
Agriculture) (of land) left unseeded after being ploughed and harrowed to regain
fertility for a crop</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2. (of an idea, state of mind, etc.) undeveloped or
inactive, but potentially useful</em></span></div>
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In farming, when a field has been producing for a long time, the soil gets exhausted and depleted of nutrients, and the yield becomes less rich and plentiful over time. So periodically, farmers know to let the field rest. The field is still attended to, perhaps plowed, tilled, fertilized. But mostly, it just left alone. To rest. To replenish. To recover its fertility.</div>
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Letting a field lie fallow is smart agriculture and a necessary part of the cycle of nature's regeneration.</div>
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I think that's where I am right now. I am lying fallow. I am allowing the soil of my soul, my brain, my heart, to replenish itself.</div>
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This is not easy. Because meanwhile, where I am used to production and usefulness, I am empty. I feel barren. I feel unused.</div>
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Don't get me wrong. I am busy. Moving, raising two young children, setting up and running a household, taking care of an energetic puppy, caring for my husband, being room mom, going to the gym, taking care of the shopping, seeking out friendships and sustaining ones I have, organizing, getting ready for the holidays....my days are filled with all sorts of activity.</div>
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But as I have<a href="http://doodlebugheart.blogspot.com/2012/04/goodbyes.html" target="_blank"> talked</a> about before, I left a part of myself and my identity behind and I am in the process of figuring out who I will become and who I am now.</div>
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I am taking some courses online to help me try out some new things, and the <a href="http://doodlebugheart.blogspot.com/2012/10/putting-it-out-there.html" target="_blank">writing course</a> in particular is exciting and difficult and fascinating to me. Perhaps writing will be a part of who I become.</div>
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But for right now I am trying to make peace that this is a period for lying fallow. That I should tend my soil, my basic earth, the place that must be rich and full of nutrients in order to produce a lavish harvest. I must fill up.</div>
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I am used to being judged by my accomplishments and this period of "nothing" is challenging for me. Do you ever feel that way? That if you aren't being productive, you aren't valuable?</div>
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So that's my lesson for now. To allow nothing. To allow replenishment so that I may have future bounty, and to not push my depleted soil/soul to keep producing the same meager, wilting crop.</div>
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I am lying fallow. Not very exciting to watch, I suppose. But a lot is happening underground. Take a look at your life, and maybe you will decide to lie next to me in rest for a little while. We can watch the sky together.</div>
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