If you are already checking in here, you know that I love words, phrases, quotes, and fonts. In addition to collecting these things, I collect creative supplies. Dining room looks like a bomb went off. (sorry - no photo - I am completely unwilling to expose that to the world) We do not eat there because we can't get in there.
When the USE WHAT YOU HAVE group formed in April - I jumped in and had a blast. I pulled out old stuff I had forgotten, mixed it different ways and was completely successful in not purchasing a single craft supply during April.
This is a crazy committment to the blog world but I am jumping in. This will also take me a while but if you are interested, I will make a set of 3 ATC for the first 50 people who leave a comment on my blog. The ATC will be of my own design with one commonality - each will use a word, phrase, or quote - AND I WILL USE ONLY WHAT I HAVE IN MY STASH TODAY MAY 12,2006 FOR THIS PROJECT. The ATC will be mailed to you regular US mail.
If you have inspirational quotes, words, or phrases to share with the blog world, please include them in your comment.
I will respond with emails and once I am working on your set I will send you an update on the project. I will also post regularly here.
I expect nothing in return for this, so even if you are just a friend who checks in with me just "cause, please leave a comment and you will be included.
28 comments:
teresa - you are so kind to consider me. I would love to receive 3 atcs from you. my favorite quote is by einstein : Creativity is more important than knowledge. Good luck in your project!
hi teresa! how I love the ATCs you had sent me in the swap so am super excited to get more from you!! Hmmm, I don't really have any favorite quotes (although I do like that einstein one, I'll have to remember that!) but here is a good one to go with the 'use what you have' theme:
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
-Thoreau
Wow, what a great surprise in my email today. I'd love to receive 3 ATC's from you. Thank you for the offer. :)
Great stuff T,
Here's a quote for you, it's kind of fitting for "using what you have":
"We are but birds of passage and must build our nests out of what materials we can find." ~Lady Wilson 1889
Hope you enjoy it.
Your swap-bot friend
Holly (groovyholly)
Would you consider UK? - I will happily send 3 of my own to you
Current quote that speaks to meis an initial paragraph from Tristine
Rainer's book The New Diary:
"Paul Gauguin, the painter, began his intimate journal with the
phrase, "This is not a book". He repeated the line frequently
throughout the journal to remind himself that writing a diary is not
like writing a book or any other form of literature. Gauguin wanted
to write his diary as he painted his pictures, dabbing a few
experimental colours at first, adding more as his intuition told him,
following his fancy, "following the moon", discovering the pattern
from what had occurred by chance."
I'm going to follow the moon!
I love ATC's Thank you for he e-mail, I really appreciate it.
=) Thank you for e-mail.
My favorite quote is from Forrest Gump, and everyone knows that...but even so, it is always on my mind, because it really makes all the sense...
"life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you gonna get"
[I even named my blog - the personal one, not the crafty - after that quote...lame, hun? lol]
Well, it makes all the sense to me...
=)*
Sign me up! And I like Holly's quote - seems so appropriate since you're using what you have!!!
Hello, Thank you for coming by my blog and introducing me to yours! I am honored at the thought to receive something from you, but as I live in France you might not want to add me, I understand that.
Nevertheless, I look forward to seeing what you create and the updates!!
Good Luck with your generous undertaking!!
Teresa - I got your comment but am stumped as how to get an email addy for you or to provide you with mine without putting it on here. I'm on swap-bot with you if that is any use.....
Thanks for introducing me to your blog... I'm honored to be considered for your ATC project! I've been dabbling with paper crafts for awhile, and I've been really considering jumping into the ATC world myself. Can't wait to hear from you!
lalheg - go to view entire profile - then go to the email link on the left of the screen. sorry i should have that on the front and i will fix that.
a phrase that i have used a lot lately, i stole from one of the girls' teachers...
if you don't like something,
change it
if you can't change it,
change the way you think about it
i am having to do a lot of rethinking these days
Thanks for the invitation. This will be my first ATC experience. Would you kindly explain a bit about it? I am new to the Swap-Bot world. I have certainly encountered a grand adventure. And that's what Life is about.
"Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure; where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness." - Saint Augustine
I look forward to sharing more...
While your here, you're welcome to visit "Life's a Banquet", my blog of life's adventures...
Http://www.blissfulbanquet.blogspot.com
Tootles.
Teresa...I would love to receive atc's. They are so fun to create and receive. I can't think of a favorite quote this sec so you can surprise me :0)
what a lovely idea Teresa...thank you for including me. i would love three more of your ATC's for my collection. there are so many quotes i love...hmmmm...
from Francis of Assisi-
"For it is in giving that we receive."
from a greeting card-
"Dreams are not made to put us to sleep, but to awaken us."
Chinese proverb-
"(S)he who knows patience knows peace."
looking forward to watching your progress :)
Well how cool are you? I'd love to receive some ATCs for you and even swap!
Hmm, fav quotes?
Latest:
"Making the decision to have a child is momentous; it is to decide to have your heart go walking around outside your body" -Elizabeth Stone
Hello-- Thanks for a welccome visit. I'll carve out some time later to take a good look. I'm up for an ATC.
Hey Teresa!
I love your work, and would definitely be interested in receiving an ATC! You've got my info! Email me and I'll come up with quotes! :)
Thanks again dearie!
~shelley
Hi! Great blog - I'd love to sign up for an ATC!
There are so many quotes I love, but my favorite has to be this:
"Use what talent you possess - the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best." -- Henry Van Dyke
Have a great day!
Jen
that's so cool.. i have just decided to commit to using what i have untill i can lessen my stash quite a bit... my words for you are "nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm" -Ralph waldo emerson
You are so awesome! What a fabulous deed of cyber goodness. My words of wisdom to you are from my favorite group (The Beatles) - all you need is love - so simple yet so fabulous.
Wow, i have a great quote that I use on my blog - "It helps the happiness both of body and soul to live among beautiful things" - William Morris.
I assume you're just doing this wonderful ideia to American people, right?
Anyway, it's a lovely ideia!!
And let me share a quote with you... "Careful what you wish you just might get it" it's taken from a Metallica song and I really like it... :)
Have fun with your "funtastic" ideia!!
Still... can you do the atc cards for me too?? I'm from Portugal... but yet... I guess the fantastic ideia is worth a try asking you... :)
This is a huge commitment on your part. I'm an paper ATC maker myself and know how it can take awhile to create so many. I love collecting ATCs and would love some of yours!
Favorite Quotes:
"I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not thinking one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows." -- Emily Carr
"Live in the Present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment." - Henry David Thoreau
I would love to receive handmade ANYTHING from you! I love trading little handmade curiosities and treasures...
My favorite quote, from a movie:
"I would have missed you even if we would have never met"
Very swoony.
-Meg
email: blufairy19@hotmail.com
This indulgence sign up is closed. Don't worry - there will be other things to come. I will compile my list this weekend and post the completion plan on Monday.
Thank you so much for supporting this project and my blog.
Have a beautiful day
Teresa
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