Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Diaries

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary” Pablo Picasso


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Sky Watch is fast becoming my diary, most of the photos are of events this week, places we have travelled or sights seen and good fun to share with the 100s of bloggers from all over who share their own view of the horizon.
Tattered Angels has a survey happening, asking questions about your crafting interests and you could win a big bundle of goodies linked here  and a scrapbooking give away with Gen over here.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Ideals

The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Albert Einstein


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Thought fans of Sky Watch would appreciate this view of a yacht pulling out of the harbor on a changeable weather kind of day.  Click the link to see what 100s of bloggers from all over the world have found to share with us this week. 
Still time to answer a survey to win a subscription to a Australian Scrapbooking magazine linked here.   Posted some fun things on the Tattered Angels blog this month including a tutorial on mist effects that look like vintage glass.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Discoveries

Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream. Kahlil Gibran

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Happy Sky Watch Friday, celebrating the many moods of the sky lots of different time zones with 100s of bloggers from all over.

This week has been full of fun adventures a quick trip up to The Old BoatShed  and shipping out a sweet little petite bead box in a swap with Chenoa.   Tattered Angels are hosting lots of fun tutorials this month to see how to get results like this.

Still time to complete a survey about craft magazines and win a free subscription to Scrapbook Ideas linked here.    And bear with me over the next few days, we are redecorating the blog space with mixed results, suggestions welcomed. 

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Free

"Everything in creation has an appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its appropriate liberator comes to set it free."  Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Thought my Sky Watch friends would like this quote.  Through sky watching we discovered the simple delights of appreciating the show nature puts on for us.  Sky Watch Friday where 100s of bloggers share their own view of the horizon.

Win a free subscription to Scrapbook Ideas Magazine, by completing a survey linked here or particularly lovely give away competition linked here  and then a crafting give away here in Australia.