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Entries from November 2008

hey hey I got somethin to say

November 26th, 2008 · No Comments

….we have a weiner winner of my decluttering giveaway! Jessica of LoveHeyLola said:
Buy a house. I threw lots of stuff away when I bought a house. ( I know, that’s so lame but I just don’t have anything…and I NEED THAT BOOK! lol)
Her answer was chosen randomly by a secret, scientific method known as making [...]

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Tags: giveaway

Clutter, clutter, everywhere… ew.

November 21st, 2008 · 10 Comments

One of the big issues I’ve got in my life is a tendency to clutter. I’m an at least third generation Piler and Stacker, and my husband has the same pedigree. This means that we’re both packrat types that like to amass stacks of magazines, books, papers, ephemera, and what I affectionately like to call [...]

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Tags: giveaway · uncategorized

Delights from across the planet to my mailbox!

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments

stickertapeTTV [19/365]

Originally uploaded by xiane threeravens

One thing [out of many, many things!] that I love about Etsy is how easy it is to find interesting supplies for my crafting – or in this case, for my journaling. Today’s mail brought me some fun and colourful sticker/packing tape from Japan – the shop I purchased from [...]

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less obvious vices and literary devices

November 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve forgotten if I’ve mentioned that I’m participating in a “photo a day for a year” thingie for Twitter-people, and of course I’m too lazy to check previous entries when I really should be going to bed – as I’m supposed to meet Maya tomorrow in Raleigh for a fun day of seeing a [...]

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Tags: i plant the seeds cluster · photos

Life in this arm of the Milky Way

November 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Art is everywhere, from the texture of the restaurant table to the lines in the petal of a flower. All one has to do is open the eyes to see these inspirations all around us.
In that spirit, I’ve started to do a 365 Photo challenge. I’m carrying a camera around with me wherever I [...]

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Tags: self-exploration