tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90212010217102900512024-02-07T16:34:30.884-08:00Triona WalshTríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-12538931768702682342021-08-14T18:38:00.003-07:002021-08-14T18:38:42.773-07:00More IWC Novel Fair...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.conorbredin.com/triona-walsh-interview/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="1385" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLvRoqdBYbaZEzMZ1w_sWoO_1_Y5xRJFNVLev47D2XQmvw7tlE-O4UFXffr-AOW22jCsHHovqjfV-46sR8OMMpm5i7KBtF3eJkr52k1Y5_Sr1EoGyFine4rmvkRcYrzEKROW0cBgbe4M/w566-h99/image.png" width="566" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>The lovely Conor Bredin, host of the Story of a Storyteller podcast, had me on to talk about my writing life, and in particular, being picked twice for the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair (2015 & 2021)</p><p>Here's a <a href="https://www.conorbredin.com/triona-walsh-interview/">link</a> to it</p>Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-3482041351628870102021-08-14T18:30:00.004-07:002021-08-14T18:44:17.229-07:00 Novel Fair, Again...<p> What have I been up to? Quite a bit really... Got picked for the IWC Novel Fair, again - which was nice - and I talk all about it here, in Books Ireland Magazine - </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://booksirelandmagazine.com/triona-walsh-on-being-chosen-for-the-irish-writers-centre-novel-fair-twice/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1200" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiA4bTC7ZjX0SyFlQxM5mZEmkPBJoC6X3xH14gFFnlfCv90WXv8CDPoO0QbHUmGVkammCk82TUoJZoZJsctkZdWVCSL8ujrxYmmnHKAMXRaQ5A9fsaYHTAlDvYKJxyE73hlLJ4E_MUHA/" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 40px; margin: 6px 0px 7px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><a href="https://booksirelandmagazine.com/triona-walsh-on-being-chosen-for-the-irish-writers-centre-novel-fair-twice/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tríona Walsh on being chosen for the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair—twice</span></a></h1><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-85592770609702238272018-02-14T05:47:00.000-08:002018-02-14T06:04:48.412-08:00Every looser wins...or something.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />So... I spent the most of the end of 2017 getting sick, and then recovering, then getting sick again. I gained a distinction in my Higher National Diploma in Illustration and a mostly ruined immune system.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />2017 was a tough year literary wise. While it was fantastic to win the Molly Keane short Story competition, my novel dreams were dashed. The publisher for my IWC Novel Fair winning novel, went to the big bargain bin in the sky. I had to accept that my life long dream of being published, which had been soooooooooooooooooo close - I had been a mere two months from launch day - was dead. I won't lie, there were tears.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />But you've got to 'And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools... and start again at your beginnings, and never breathe a word about your loss', to quote and massacre good old<br />Rudyard Kipling. I'm not quite not breathing a word about my loss, but you get the idea.</span></span></div>
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Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-63493871109034849982017-09-29T04:25:00.002-07:002017-09-29T04:49:49.253-07:00Being Busy and Molly Keane<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Life has been very busy lately. In May I finished up a three year stint back in college. It was a fantastic experience, but exhausting. I remember when I was 18 and my first college experience, I had all the time in the world. This time, there were four kids, a very understanding husband and a book to be written. All at the same time. So, while it's nearly October now, I still haven't quite recovered! But in the middle of all the stress of final projects, there was a lovely treat when I learned that my short story "Perhaps The Flames" had won the Molly Keane Short Story competition. It was a complete honour. And though I had an acute attack of imposter syndrome - really, me? The winner? Never! - the day down in Lismore where I got to read my story and was present with my prize, was a wonderful experience. Many thanks to the lovely people of Lismore and the Waterford County Council Arts Office. </div>
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Here at last, by popular demand, the first three "Emer The Emerging Writer" comic strips, all together, in one place!<br />
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Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-48497453917962252672016-02-15T05:19:00.000-08:002016-02-15T05:26:17.562-08:00Making Time...ha!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's all about making time. That's what they say. If you rally want to write, you've just got to carve out the time. Get up at 6am. Scribble during your lunch break. Etc...etc.<br />
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And my 24 hours are very packed. There's college. And the kids. And a house to keep slightly tidy so social services don't visit and take the kids away (though that would free up a lot of time to write...) There is the husband who inexplicably likes to see me occasionally. I have friends. Well, I <i>had </i>friends...I do hope they'll still be there when life is less mad. And sleep. I do like to get more than 2 hours sleep a night. I'm lazy like that.<br />
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So, when to write? As I may have mentioned before, I have no college on a Monday, and I get to throw a few words on the page then. But not always. Because sometimes you just have to stop and take a rest. Before your body does that for you involuntarily.<br />
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While I may only produce a tiny word count of a handful of words a week, at least they are being produced. And maybe I do need to look again at my 24 hours and find the tiny gaps where words could be squeezed in. Just take a big breath in, suck in the guts, and slip those sentences through.<br />
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Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-74981751794276003512016-02-08T04:03:00.002-08:002016-02-08T04:06:09.861-08:00This is a Tad Rambly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I took full advantage of last Novembers inaugural NaWriSoMo - National Write Something Month. I wrote reams! Well, a few bits'n'pieces. So, why has this blog been tumble-weedy? Well, dodgy wi-fi. Never got to upload them. But, you can trust me, the stuff what I wrote, was magic. Gold.<br />
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So, what does 2016 hold? Lots of good things are in the offing. I can feel it in my bones. I just need to get college finished. Then it's back to full time writing. I'm really missing my writing time. Monday mornings, until about lunchtime is the only space in my week for writing. It's too little. I want to - in fact need to - immerse myself in my fictional worlds. If I don't, well, the writing isn't what it could be. And that just isn't good enough.<br />
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Right, this is a tad rambly. I can't imagine this post is going to inspire anyone in paticular. But it has served two purposes - a) I'm back online and b) It's put off that difficult moment where I have to actually put words on paper of my new novel. It's a bloody mountain. But, I guess as the saying goes, the longest journey starts with the first step. I guess I better set out then...<br />
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Blogging. Does anyone even read blogs anymore? It’s all
Twitter and Facebook and Instagram these days. But I still like the idea of
blog, even if I’m not that diligent with posting. Like, how can you really,
properly pontificate in 140 characters? I don’t want to apply a filter to my
thoughts. And as for Facebook? What if you’re not my ‘friend’, you won’t get to
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So blogging it is then.</div>
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But what to blog about. Well, I’m trying to write again. It’s
hard. There are the kids, and the husband and the full time college course. And
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The wonderful @abitinclined and I have decided we needed a
plan. And brilliant creatures that we are, we have come up with one. We are to
meet, once a week at The Orchard Café, in Celbridge, from about 11am. </div>
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And what shall we write about? This depends. Today, I am just
writing this blog. But I also want to keep plugging away at the preparation of
my totes brilliant new novel. But what about @abitinclined? We had a bit of
discussion. What are our writing goals? I recounted how my novel, ‘The Dead
Ringer’, picked as a finalist for the IWC Novel Fair, had started life as a
piece of flash fiction. (300 words to 75,000!) And, my short story ‘Salt’, runner up in the RTE Guide/Penguin Ireland 2014 competion, also
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I folded up a number of bits of paper with a profession, a
person, an emotion, an incident written on them. And then I wrote another set
with the same criteria. Using these prompts, she is writing a flash piece! I
can’t wait to see how it turns out. And I believe, if she’s happy with it, that
she will post it to her blog <a href="http://abitinclined.blogspot.com./">abitinclined.blogspot.com.</a></div>
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The idea is that the pair of us get writing. Every Monday we
get something down on paper. And maybe it’s a little cheat of me this morning to
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Ps Come join us writing at the Orchard this November – it might
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Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-43203315770545727122015-06-23T15:15:00.000-07:002015-06-23T15:15:08.973-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Been having a bit of fun with a little cartoon strip.<br />
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Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-26246098310376955182015-06-04T14:44:00.002-07:002015-06-04T14:44:17.934-07:00And How Do You Do It?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So it seems I'm in a groove whereby I blog about writerly stuff I've read in the paper. Last post was about the wonderful Sarah Baume, and today it's about this interesting article wot I read in the Irish Times a weekend or so ago<b> -<a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-writing-ritual-from-blank-page-to-booker-contender-1.2219397" target="_blank"><i>"<span style="font-weight: normal;">The writing ritual: from blank page to Booker contender" <b></b></span></i></a><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b> </b>Perhaps this blog should be renamed - Tríona Reacts!</span></b><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></i></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Writing rituals. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal;">I devoured this article... would their routines be like mine? Would they have a secret that I could copy and therefore unlock heretofore unprecedented productivity? It was quite exciting. In the end it was mainly a lot of talk about rewards of tea and toast.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal;">And seeing as I do that already, it wasn't much help.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal;">But I still find the whole subject of how writers write fascinating. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal;">I have a bit of a JK Rowling thing going on. I go to this fabulous cafe that is just down the road from my youngest child's preschool. I drop her off, I go to this cafe, I steal their electricity and I write for three hours until my child has been sufficiently educated for the day. The cafe staff ask me how the book is going and I get to act all writerly and pretentious. I drink far too much coffee. Then I pick </span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;">child </span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">up again and go home to the mess and the chaos and the mess...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal;">I have a problems now though. School is out for summer very soon. No lovely cafe, no three lovely hours of writing. I'm going to have to write at home. With four noisy galoots. And all their noisy friends. Bah. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal;">There was a time when I could write at the kitchen table, with them crawling around at my feet. I was able to block out the sound of Barney the Dinosaur and immerse myself in whatever fiction </span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;">I was creating. Not anymore. </span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b> </b>They're just too big and I'm just too old to </span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;">do it anymore. Now I need (relative) quiet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">So, what's the plan?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Well, it looks like long suffering hubby is going to be a bit more suffery. He's getting kicked out of the study. He's getting a desk in the bedroom (sure he already sleeps there, why not work there too, sounds great...) and I'm taking over the study. The littlest children will be allowed in, cause they're quieter than the big lads, and so I will still get to write (and paint. Don't forget <i>my ART</i>!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">While I won't get to float around my cafe being writerly, at least I won't have to stop writing and we won't go bankrupt from all the lattes I've been buying.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> (Hubby could have turned into a Golum type creature before September comes round again though. But it's a chance I'm willing to take.</span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">)</span></b><br />
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Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-90429737017187453532015-05-25T03:52:00.002-07:002015-05-25T03:52:50.565-07:00Writing is Hard and other Duh Observations...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I noticed something a while ago about all my writer friends. Practically all of them painted too. And the few who claimed no visual artistic ability had an obvious talent with the aesthetic. Their homes are beautiful, their dress sense impeccable. That sort of thing.<br />
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Perhaps it's a coincidence?<br />
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We writers hate coincidences.<br />
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We visual artists are less bothered.<br />
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Maybe it's just the writers I hang out with. <br />
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But, when I spotted <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/sara-baume-i-actually-hate-writing-it-s-really-hard-1.2097330" target="_blank">this interview</a> with Sara Baume a few months ago I was delighted. Before her sudden rise to literary fame, she had studied Fine Art in IADT. A girl after my own heart and another for my writer/painter list.<br />
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I eagerly clicked through to read all about her writing/artistic life.<br />
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What struck me in the end was something else, related but different, that she said... I'll quote her...<i>"After the second book, I’d really like to get a studio again and make art again. I actually hate writing; it’s really hard."</i><br />
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<i>"I actually hate writing; it's really hard."</i><br />
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This just resounded with me. <i></i><br />
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Because I feel that way too. Though hate is probably too strong a word. Where my painting/drawing is a restorative process, I become relaxed and consumed by it. Writing on the other hand is more like a difficult pregnancy. It is long, and exhausting. It drains me of nutrients and energy and it's labour is excruciating. <br />
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But you know, I have four children. And the love I feel for them is immeasurable. I willingly, with open eyes, endured those horrid nine months repeatedly.<br />
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And that is also how I feel about my literary offspring. Washed and new and swaddled, I look at my newly created sentences and paragraphs and am delighted. I can barely believe I had a hand in their creation. It has been so worth it. And though I may mutter, 'never again', I know I will.<br />
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Perhaps this is why so many of my writer friends are artists too? We need that flip side to recharge while still creating. I know, now, as my words daily divide and increase, growing into a potential new book, that the long hard road begins again.<br />
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And it doesn't yet fill me with joy.<br />
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But like all the other times, I'll do it anyway. <br />
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Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-48069774423945790362015-05-11T01:35:00.001-07:002015-05-11T01:39:43.218-07:00Updates and Things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
February is when I last posted.<br />
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I said I'd check in and tell you how the Novel Fair went. Didn't I?<br />
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Well,
yes, dear reader, I appeared to have lied to you. If it makes you feel
any better, I am ashamed. But I have reasons, lots of lovely, plausible,
understandable reasons...<br />
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We'll get to them, in good time.<br />
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So, how <i>did </i>the
Novel Fair go? Hmm. Two answers - the actual day itself was one of the
most memorable, intense, overwhelming, brilliant days of my life. This
brilliant little video from the Irish Writers Centre give you a pretty
good idea of how it all went. I'm the one talking with my hands a lot.<br />
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Second answer - have I
gotten a giant twenty figure book deal yet? No, not quite. The wheels
turn slowly in this business. But I haven't not got a twenty figure book
deal either :) There is possible potential for interesting things to
happen... and I will keep you posted if anything develops from this
possible potential ...<br />
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And now, why have I been so
quiet. One word really. College. Quite annoyingly the slacker student I
was in my youth is long gone. Maybe she's still propping up the student
bar, carousing till the early hours. In her place, a single-minded
phoenix, has emerged. Hardworking and driven. I prefer the former. She
was much more fun. This student version of myself, determined to be the
best in the class. Willing to work into the wee hours. Every. Single.
Night. She's annoying. And hard work. I don't really like her that much.
She's making me very tired! And why? What has she to prove?!!<br />
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But,
we're done now. Finito. And its time to put my writerly the back one.
The little doohicky at the top left of this blog that tracks my word
count. The one that showed me finished with The Dead Ringer? Well, I'm
setting it to zero. And a new one begins. Am I completely mad? Probably.
I'll keep you up to date.<br />
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Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-72542305968674579142015-02-12T11:52:00.000-08:002015-02-12T12:04:07.878-08:00Words and PicturesYou know that thing they say about buses? You wait there for ages and then three come at once. Well. That's my life.<br /><br />Not necessarily in a bussy way you understand. Let me explain...<br /><br />As mentioned in the last post, I have taken the plunge and gone back to college full time for this year. I've sent the D'Oub babies to be brought up by other people and now spend most of my day drawing and painting.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijlBbO3-HjWQSIG8hSqEBuIpe4GYlcjTrUOosE5sGt03ttVxMTkKWfzjGJ3LpHhCctxfloSPuEhY6GVu3mH88yQsNpGmVJXxFcTXoAsqfdG4r9S1hv9QnntAPqfUXbIYlqFPnPjF5biQ/s1600/photo_1(18).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijlBbO3-HjWQSIG8hSqEBuIpe4GYlcjTrUOosE5sGt03ttVxMTkKWfzjGJ3LpHhCctxfloSPuEhY6GVu3mH88yQsNpGmVJXxFcTXoAsqfdG4r9S1hv9QnntAPqfUXbIYlqFPnPjF5biQ/s1600/photo_1(18).JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art on book pages...nearly counts as writing?</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I never realised quite how busy I'd be. Isn't Art meant to be relaxing, gentle, easy? But I have found myself hectic and under pressure practically from day one back in college. Don't misunderstand me, I've been delighted. My brain has been jump-started Frankenstein's monster style by all the deadlines and challenges. But goodness, it's time consuming. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVLCkJHNz283OU7dVYDVUgh0tXu_sE8D4nK8uu5thhyphenhyphenCwUTO5N2xmxer2DTxXUo4SfI_WXpi5O6OhMjUwDhYreIZYv56ajL73YZRmndlCmj1uWXlgQeLTm62AmKQPaemXElXF0whLTNU/s1600/photo_2(18).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVLCkJHNz283OU7dVYDVUgh0tXu_sE8D4nK8uu5thhyphenhyphenCwUTO5N2xmxer2DTxXUo4SfI_WXpi5O6OhMjUwDhYreIZYv56ajL73YZRmndlCmj1uWXlgQeLTm62AmKQPaemXElXF0whLTNU/s1600/photo_2(18).JPG" height="281" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A drawing I did based on a line from a book. Does this nearly count as writing?</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>So what happened to my writing? Well. I've kept at it. But at a slower pace. I've only sent out three pieces of work in the last six months.<br /><br />A poem. <br /><br />A short story.<br /><br />A novel.<br /><br />Russian dolls of writing. <br /><br />But, as luck* would have it all three of them have done well for me.<br /><br />(Warning! Shameless boasting approaching!)<br /><br />My story, 'Salt', was a runner up last autumn in the RTE Guide/ Penguin Ireland Short Story Competition. To be chosen in the top ten out of over a 1000 stories was a real confidence booster. (Maybe I can write after all??)<br /><br />In October my poem 'Storm' (aka 'Us') was shortlisted for the Jonathan Swift Poetry Competition.<br /><br />And about three weeks ago I got a phone call which I still can't quite believe - my novel has been picked for this years <a href="http://irishwriterscentre.ie/pages/novel-fair" target="_blank">Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair!</a><br /><br />I must go pinch myself again.<br /><br />The big day is in about ten days. On Saturday 21st.<br /><br />For those of you unfamiliar with the Novel Fair, it's sorta like literary speed dating. 12 unpublished novels are picked and the authors are locked in a room (well, not <i>actually </i>locked) with a ton of agents and publishers. It's been running for four years and each year has seen a number of the lucky finalist end up with an actual, published, proper book on their hands.<br /><br />That's the dream, isn't it!<br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BR4_TT5oiGBvFtgblomeGJzYLHkkIWwOCeKG54TEvhJV6zc6ClhAW2WrNjT2LDdosIo2u8-uzkVfa62Lhbt_-oyaQD_qq35j_Ooxm6CESDgpaUpnoxqW4sPCvsYGlb5xfG_qVz8EFBo/s1600/photo_4(10).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BR4_TT5oiGBvFtgblomeGJzYLHkkIWwOCeKG54TEvhJV6zc6ClhAW2WrNjT2LDdosIo2u8-uzkVfa62Lhbt_-oyaQD_qq35j_Ooxm6CESDgpaUpnoxqW4sPCvsYGlb5xfG_qVz8EFBo/s1600/photo_4(10).JPG" height="320" width="237" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My husband if he has to hear one more thing about my book!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />I am excited and terrified in equal measure and hopefully on the 21st I'll do my novel justice.<br /><br />I'll keep you posted. But right now, I better go do more prep for the day.<br /><br />I think college will be getting stick figures for the foreseeable future :)<br /><br /><i><br /></i><div class="bq_fq_a"><i>*that old chestnut perhaps? - "The harder I work, the luckier I get.-Samuel Goldwyn" </i></div><div id="quoteContent"><div class="bq_fq bq_fq_lrg qt-fnt bq-smpl-qt"></div></div>Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-34200931848141853972015-01-04T17:32:00.001-08:002017-10-09T16:54:36.659-07:00So, what you been up to since I last saw you...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
2015!<br />
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Hell yeah!<br />
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Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough 2015!<br />
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This used to be a bit of a life/writing blog. I used to really love it. Then the demon baby D'Oub came along and there was no time. None. Demon baby D'oub is now 4. She's still a tough nut. But less time consuming.<br />
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Time to blog again?<br />
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Well.<br />
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I filled that demon void by going back to college.<br />
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I am a proud owner of a full time student card.<br />
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I am doing an art portfolio preparation course. Have literally no idea what I'm going to do once this course is done. Well, maybe some writing? Yes. And then more art study? Perhaps.<br />
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So, in the meantime, what say this becomes a life/writing blog again, with a dash off added art?<br />
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Let's give it a whirl!!<br />
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So, here are my life - i.e. my babies.<br />
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(Note how happy baby/toddler D'Oub looks - that's cause she knows she rules the roost. All roosts.)<br />
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And here is some of the art work I've been doing since September. <br />
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<span class="fwb">We were lucky Divas to be invited to read at the Leonard Cohen Festival held in Dublin this month :)</span></div>
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<span class="fwb">We all debuted special Lenny poems - all written for the occasion. See below for mine :) </span> <span class="fcg"></span></div>
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Mum and Lenny</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri Light",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri Light",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Growing
up my mother so loved Leonard Cohen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri Light",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri Light",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Sheltering
under large a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Horse Chestnut tree</b> as</span></div>
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rained during the soft Irish summer</span></div>
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Lenny would have had a haiku in a moment</span></div>
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us with 17 syllables of beauty, transforming</span></div>
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disappointment into magic.</span></div>
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as a teenager on an unexpected half day</span></div>
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home from school laden with books,</span></div>
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found my mother and Uncle Lenny sitting on the sofa</span></div>
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of tea and digestives, in the middle of the day</span></div>
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Murder She Wrote.</span></div>
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stomped up to my room, but occasionally, called down, unexpectedly.</span></div>
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came in the evening too, for boozy dinners</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri Light",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Beef
wellington, prawns in Marie Rose sauce </span></div>
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Dad laughed at his clever jokes</span></div>
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his eyes never crinkled</span></div>
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held back, tried not to touch Leonards hand across the</span></div>
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table, ‘you’re so clever’, she’d say.</span></div>
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and ‘you too hon,’ to my Dad, patting his knee</span></div>
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not really looking at him.</span></div>
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leave at 1 in the morning, too much wine</span></div>
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board and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dad</b> would mutter
‘hallelujah’ as he </span></div>
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Meditation, </span></div>
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Long Marianne</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri Light",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And how he sends her</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri Light",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">But I know she loves him now</span></div>
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Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-56950964420718290572014-06-03T16:20:00.000-07:002015-02-12T12:21:37.089-08:00Scrap Around The World (again)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>It is the challenges that bring me back to my blog. I wish I had time to post here all the time. To tell you hilarious stories of my riotous family. All the weird and wonderful things I get up to. (Or rather our mundane humdrum life?)<br /><br />But sadly, no. Not time for fun like that. <br /><br />That said, I gave myself a few hours off tonight and decided to participate in this months Scrap Around the World challenge.<br /><br />I normally HATE yellow, but as fate would have it my daughter has just gotten the present of a black and yellow dress and had her photo taken on Saturday in front of a black and yellow garden at this years Bloom in the Phoenix Park. I felt the scrappyverse was trying to tell me something.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, here we are - <a href="http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.ie/2014/06/june-2014-challenge-14-stunning.html" target="_blank">the mood board</a> - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.ie/2014/06/june-2014-challenge-14-stunning.html"><img alt="http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.ie/2014/06/june-2014-challenge-14-stunning.html" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDyR-5sjN4VoH8GwE9_3Mf06sUq3idiHDYusRV1Q4bT6IEimV78aDogmhXV8TB-ALwi167VCQXijYRlQ7IYSN_oGQY0k2x25fPILSjYP5tSi_R1Yg1HVYW75qLnFDHDYzq1t1kDHbjo61/s320/SATW+6+2014+JUNE+2014+SATW.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And my take on it - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-va6jF76-9myuh32xn9HPF0rEaOhkXmCrS-Oju9Jl8yF4iiFHu9xPdB6NlJg8Da5EErFDmcYE1enjQVqtlY7rux32UTKcmN5cOquLUkZGYvG1Bjh545GzJMReEzArue3chYkBhxd4F8/s1600/juneLayout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-va6jF76-9myuh32xn9HPF0rEaOhkXmCrS-Oju9Jl8yF4iiFHu9xPdB6NlJg8Da5EErFDmcYE1enjQVqtlY7rux32UTKcmN5cOquLUkZGYvG1Bjh545GzJMReEzArue3chYkBhxd4F8/s1600/juneLayout.jpg" height="540" width="540" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you like it :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you next month I imagine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-613189550508203402014-04-08T08:28:00.000-07:002015-02-12T12:37:48.126-08:00In The Mood (Board)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1bCkz0Y6V9i3YmAJoxDPAKdIhyjuJw0QjLjZqVAH5BWDpq0wZWrEv2BQSB_zWPbYBESw8UwESdOCg75J27XFK0XaPnDCZa6290Dcslvlju7Ulf9k2DGlsbbTNvEnP2Hr2RsmMm6tjTs/s1600/SATW2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div>This is my first post of 2014. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 8th of April. Hard to believe. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But I haven't been crafting. Not that I didn't want to, but I've been writing a book. It's a bucket list sorta thing. Maybe this book will bring me fame and riches, or maybe it'll sit in a drawer gathering dust forever more, I don't know. But I'm glad I'm doing it. The only downside is not having as much time for my other interests. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I made a decision this week to step back a little from character formations and plot arcs and just do a bit of scrapping. I've been following the <a href="http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.ie/" target="_blank">Scrap Around The World</a> blog on Facebook and each month I've wanted to take part in their challenge. This month, I decide to just do it.</div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.ie/2014/04/april-2014-challenge-12-light-modern.html" target="_blank"><img alt="http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.ie/2014/04/april-2014-challenge-12-light-modern.html" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-n9EOJVDzapTcOgcd6DedHXOKdFXgLMa8HCHRQ6RGDK7yA79pw6WQjPlzhFI9nt5MOjy1EckJm1uK-JYBqF-PFU-i6ka6X4vRI2ufIP0T5N3POAt-1Jp_7iKWw7-QBQT_w6haFXAkHjs/s1600/april2014.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Here is the <a href="http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.ie/2014/04/april-2014-challenge-12-light-modern.html">mood board</a> they created this month from which we challengers are to draw inspiration. And as the blog isn't a specifically colour challenge blog, you can take your inspiration from any part of the board. As it turned out though, the colours happen to be complete faves of mine, so my layout ended up taking that as its inspiration.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I was in a mixed media mood when I sat down to put the layout together. I used to worry about what would happen if the scrapbooking industry declined to such an extent that we couldn't get our lovely patterned papers anymore (I know, over-dramatic much?!?) But for the last 12 months or so, at least half my layouts - like this one - are patterned paper free. I just messed about with my paints and pastes and inks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So, here it is in all its glory :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNMx3s2wdq7sshV-Cp0yxTRQlsusNJeQAqsGRoazM0Ye9u62x0zuANUDhkxRVH_bbGL4FhyrGjv4e-8MPgz0Blm79Sz-t_5x_1aHY1FB895278IJh-wrOrm6oQrbNQDt9N_0JJ9154V0/s1600/SATW2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtoCGuLABo-lDyG8fZTdwrOAMdcncKrwxoJUDeckGdJ8SyvC0YLEYpFPsY3eBbW5Vpaon4S_F7KQAsCvAqSfJoefljVa4um7nB-3x_Lt69qSGoIJx2JbUdsM_YFxIBbW1tw_jnlcEoTHU/s1600/SATW2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtoCGuLABo-lDyG8fZTdwrOAMdcncKrwxoJUDeckGdJ8SyvC0YLEYpFPsY3eBbW5Vpaon4S_F7KQAsCvAqSfJoefljVa4um7nB-3x_Lt69qSGoIJx2JbUdsM_YFxIBbW1tw_jnlcEoTHU/s1600/SATW2.jpg" height="480" width="483" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1bCkz0Y6V9i3YmAJoxDPAKdIhyjuJw0QjLjZqVAH5BWDpq0wZWrEv2BQSB_zWPbYBESw8UwESdOCg75J27XFK0XaPnDCZa6290Dcslvlju7Ulf9k2DGlsbbTNvEnP2Hr2RsmMm6tjTs/s1600/SATW2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jnePfv3skQDVXUhYEP9hFZNmK7wEtC1wOCspIZiwnc16fPIQp63pBi5KXcKCa8wlnPOxIN1SB1wVIoRNUD6-wrK8nFmbmvoUAjv3urZoCoLc1ImznJJeH4eta-qC44Kj_bnsJYiT9s0/s1600/SATW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjij__6qt0WlkuFfayW2cePMu54ogrEoPHHQ1JIZCh2swuaC0BNyujz7tpXBedYJbVBuDXwGQfvFsOSH9fqvOLzRnrmtUkWGWwu4XfPtnR0RZ9jxIp5bGXKcrGcicRLNG44e_KiN6xlRjs/s1600/SATW2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div>There you go. I am very happy with my page and I'm looking forward to next months mood board... or you know, I may even do another from this month's.<br /><br />See you next time :)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5jZmhq0zMTKf0VEFM0CZ50ldRZHHWZRyObk1BlEBM0aLYS3gtaO6KiDljNlyX8DqIrJwlIeex8j-_RfZ2tyPZIJKzR8xcSbcrbdy4gUfPs43VEYpl30UGfriw48P0h933FXhMS_pm58/s1600/01201ed2fc5da9c778ce14696ca0826232f846001f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /></div>Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-36584997576033715682013-12-16T12:21:00.000-08:002015-02-12T12:21:37.082-08:00Gelli Prints and DecoArt Fun :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><br />The universe has been listening. It heard that my gelliplate has become most most favouritest thing in the whole world. <br /><br />In fairness it would have been quite hard for the Universe to have missed this fact. In fact, I suspect the Universe has been banging on it's ceiling with a brush handle, yelling at me to keep it down. <br /><br />But, holding no grudges, she - the Universe is a woman, right? - sent me a wonderful surprise a month or so ago.<br /><br />I got an email from the lovely people at DecoArt paints, asking me to do a little design team work for them with their fab acrylic paints and my beloved Gelli plate. I.Was. Delighted. Delighted :)<br /><br />But I got a little bit of performance anxiety. I didn't want to disappoint. Such lovely, lovely paints and now (after a trip to the Hobbycraft fair in Birmingham) also a new GIANT Gelliplate. It was nearly overwhelming.<br /><br />But, telling myself to cop on, I eventually dived in...<br /><br />Here are the current results. I hope you like them :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSTzLaMYAW4c-hI1eFzR7vMFlr0kZGZcXuwAPKn8FRVuOE1bvYoMi-zvWyAF5sOTViyUA5fCSOGzzzDAuwM-hEUMn-mMSaOeAudLG_2X9Cbbw5zxWsrYpuHHvKXTBGySlJd2lB44_dBE/s640/blogger-image-914647812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSTzLaMYAW4c-hI1eFzR7vMFlr0kZGZcXuwAPKn8FRVuOE1bvYoMi-zvWyAF5sOTViyUA5fCSOGzzzDAuwM-hEUMn-mMSaOeAudLG_2X9Cbbw5zxWsrYpuHHvKXTBGySlJd2lB44_dBE/s400/blogger-image-914647812.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><br />I grabbed a few fallen leaves from the Acer tree in the back garden and this is what I got :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfIFmYOTmDU1O3Ea_zgCfHvimlnP4p2KD66A85XNJJnIz7AKzaVCQiEe1piXf2hWBxsZbOPIKllspDC3nVbLsQEZEVXnrAWg79REw8jSsu6H0PwXu5S6wXiuccNqy28GFlXilI9oBOiM/s640/blogger-image--806827297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfIFmYOTmDU1O3Ea_zgCfHvimlnP4p2KD66A85XNJJnIz7AKzaVCQiEe1piXf2hWBxsZbOPIKllspDC3nVbLsQEZEVXnrAWg79REw8jSsu6H0PwXu5S6wXiuccNqy28GFlXilI9oBOiM/s400/blogger-image--806827297.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Dad saw keyholes and I saw trees. I think he's right though.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8VRZYanD1Rv2WLDNAhKNQppTOfRhV43ZOzzX2kaRCOTFICYIKFupVM3peOLETTGKf8jNibntncOQ-2vS8IE0Bh3GhFKtyRBcXbEn13VNU30eegnWBFSAuCQdqWixwcr8dE9CYqXPIdg/s640/blogger-image--2084373186.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8VRZYanD1Rv2WLDNAhKNQppTOfRhV43ZOzzX2kaRCOTFICYIKFupVM3peOLETTGKf8jNibntncOQ-2vS8IE0Bh3GhFKtyRBcXbEn13VNU30eegnWBFSAuCQdqWixwcr8dE9CYqXPIdg/s400/blogger-image--2084373186.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br />Broke out a few of my old favourite hand-cut stencils for this one. Loving the pink palette.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApRLurkLzmVO_OgCIDYSeaMQEtg5LT1J5r5ef4hxf62Oyy0wdxm2o3ZcM1R96Y58ilUEgdm8pch34NCftkgjOgdu5cNf9ZwVMjUcy9-rivBcSba6L9huPrNKCsuTkHMU50c427xSlvgA/s640/blogger-image--173439662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApRLurkLzmVO_OgCIDYSeaMQEtg5LT1J5r5ef4hxf62Oyy0wdxm2o3ZcM1R96Y58ilUEgdm8pch34NCftkgjOgdu5cNf9ZwVMjUcy9-rivBcSba6L9huPrNKCsuTkHMU50c427xSlvgA/s400/blogger-image--173439662.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><br />The first of two Poppies studies. Love poppies. And the colour teal. This print has it all!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xVIsMa1sOcK7v_IbGbJDNSHUNAR9ew9qTQFLsL0dj27ESX8fuvgnEO5AsBfT1_vWGnyx0ki5Jz95m5xmqhZbeFv-r15y1nNamct0ERKvRIMm1qNl55B6o2UX3sROWebkK2QUg4R3mAM/s640/blogger-image--710485712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xVIsMa1sOcK7v_IbGbJDNSHUNAR9ew9qTQFLsL0dj27ESX8fuvgnEO5AsBfT1_vWGnyx0ki5Jz95m5xmqhZbeFv-r15y1nNamct0ERKvRIMm1qNl55B6o2UX3sROWebkK2QUg4R3mAM/s400/blogger-image--710485712.jpg" width="315" /></a> Those poppies again. But more multicolored. I love colour. Loads of it. I guess I'm just not a subtle person :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So, there you go. I'm hoping to try producing some videos of my process soon. I tried before but my camera kept falling over. Any and all tips on making videos very happily received! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">See you next time :)</div></div>Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-90497936785882801742013-10-31T11:01:00.000-07:002015-02-12T12:21:37.096-08:00Gelli Madness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">So I just dropped off the face of the earth, didn't I?<br /><br />My cyber disappearance coincided with a trip my husband took to Texas.<br /><br />There had been a travel freeze in his company for three years, so he'd been going nowhere. But, back in June, that all changed. And off he went to Austin, Texas. And he didn't just bring a change of clothes with him. He brought a crafty shopping list as long as your arm with him!<br /><br />Oh the things I ordered.<br /><br />From Jo-Ann's!<br /><br />From Michaels!<br /><br />From Hobby Lobby!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdE22x0CPPG8SFY7c1DyY1_89vvrcHNNaUGBujU5MHcrPPrpx6oKe8RfXwqHBXoaiMKDxfzqC-blrQaF9yVSm5yYIzreCRSQGXVobtrktKXLhrR9SLgQ7VNhPJ_QwS1Wl3lBhv8EAozTI/s1600/999272_10151739436933453_1446720491_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdE22x0CPPG8SFY7c1DyY1_89vvrcHNNaUGBujU5MHcrPPrpx6oKe8RfXwqHBXoaiMKDxfzqC-blrQaF9yVSm5yYIzreCRSQGXVobtrktKXLhrR9SLgQ7VNhPJ_QwS1Wl3lBhv8EAozTI/s320/999272_10151739436933453_1446720491_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The haul!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It was glorious! Only next to actually being able to go there myself and browse the shelves myself, it was the best crafty thing to ever happen to me :)<br /><br />Well, that is until he came home. And one of the things I had him buy me, well, it's changed my crafting world!<br /><br />That's a pretty big statement, isn't it?<br /><br />But it's true.<br /><br />So, what was this thing he bought me?<br /><br />A Gelli plate.<br /><br />Maybe that doesn't sound like much - what's so great about a synthetic gelatin monoprinting plate I hear you cry! Well, maybe you just got to try it to understand...<br /><br />Here's a link to the official Gelli Arts website -<br /><br />http://www.gelliarts.com/<br /><br />Watch a few videos. You'll be hook on the idea in no time :)<br /><br />So, basically, that's all I've been doing for the last six months. I'm not actually kidding. My scrapbooking has fallen very far behind :( I still love it so very much, but the whole gelli printing has kinda got out of hand! Y'see, I made so many prints I decided recently to open my very own Etsy Shop. (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/RubilyArt?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">RublilyArt</a>) And boy, that takes time. And I've been doing a few craft fairs too. Busy, busy busy! But I'll be back to my scrapping soon :)<br /><br />Anyway, here are a few of my prints! This is what the fuss is all about :)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-wFvIpVSoegGh4eDzR58pocGZ_1Xi9T9JS2fYxqtp3zH2DJjBq_Wpmu9kQ1Kr9lr_ESuh3cwYXhBR7l8W4IOaorbYnZi2TvoCdsZdVDaemuRpdxNCk8-X2DCfwgLkpRaNoZF_Rxctgc/s1600/balloons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-wFvIpVSoegGh4eDzR58pocGZ_1Xi9T9JS2fYxqtp3zH2DJjBq_Wpmu9kQ1Kr9lr_ESuh3cwYXhBR7l8W4IOaorbYnZi2TvoCdsZdVDaemuRpdxNCk8-X2DCfwgLkpRaNoZF_Rxctgc/s400/balloons.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/160627338/original-acrylic-abstract-artwork-black?ref=shop_home_feat" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.etsy.com/listing/160627338/original-acrylic-abstract-artwork-black?ref=shop_home_feat" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1YO5V5GvXWk-PK1SEBR4x86lMKgK0d2Kh_JSBmgTGZ1PVEtE_OwMjbgsU34Nb3lAdqekwAfadSQDwhtsr9_e57lc64gylanzOHx89pdKn63OFieVoHvq8OqcnxuA_iWjaSeSR_LBWhk/s400/BlackFigure.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/160630170/original-acrylic-abstract-artwork-green?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.etsy.com/listing/160630170/original-acrylic-abstract-artwork-green?ref=shop_home_active" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bPfXR4J3eLQ6xW2omGekHvkeIApSZHOqqTCdCnTBXrCs7E37-neTt9egqFZg5rPvqBTeIWQ1Zz2XdEyWqlQRIxSsDGbQN6EocOVOEUviB7LSyF2VPEch92SlVoQEiMyPhtz0rPdHHHU/s400/greenflower.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/160630392/original-acrylic-abstract-artwork-blue?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.etsy.com/listing/160630392/original-acrylic-abstract-artwork-blue?ref=shop_home_active" border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Cg7j-0IJtGoRh9WX1hpjzG7FF_Enhx73Ve4Q_aT-t2_yjvREkNgSkimGm1Tpdux0aoMGQVt79CNfx09FWI_q1VT0yv11m3xAHRWTaql0xlCZOEZ34KfUDwoOd63q-Dc1Xs44hBdBFCc/s400/LandscapeBoats.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIQdtfiA56dLzr-nD37Qdy2DwqM4s71098No9k7TMa5mLRba2jdC3Br78zKLb8La-7AeQrU18Q7nuVG6fLWYTLFSL1ZJW5JgjRN7x-9jpOc8D6AUmKHouCpX1YQ79PO2wrVRNe_5V1mQ/s1600/Mountains.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIQdtfiA56dLzr-nD37Qdy2DwqM4s71098No9k7TMa5mLRba2jdC3Br78zKLb8La-7AeQrU18Q7nuVG6fLWYTLFSL1ZJW5JgjRN7x-9jpOc8D6AUmKHouCpX1YQ79PO2wrVRNe_5V1mQ/s400/Mountains.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyd4DOQf4yGNE8o3iNObPjrXHcrZU5SIM_5U_Ua-TA4A5VQwIO6NcZlEGQaip2GiWGyzvHdFtDLoLbJfLRD2PVHHYlGYQDaZEDj9rxofMM7dsCV1-R6kUn0TxtayiqJiIx-lwi2sNkJ0/s1600/OrangeAbstractDigiAltered.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyd4DOQf4yGNE8o3iNObPjrXHcrZU5SIM_5U_Ua-TA4A5VQwIO6NcZlEGQaip2GiWGyzvHdFtDLoLbJfLRD2PVHHYlGYQDaZEDj9rxofMM7dsCV1-R6kUn0TxtayiqJiIx-lwi2sNkJ0/s400/OrangeAbstractDigiAltered.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Some of them I painted on top of an initial gelli print, some I used my own hand-drawn and cut stencils. And some had brushwork, stencils and then stamping! And some were just layer after layer of the prints themselves. The possibilities are endless :)<br /><br /><br /><br />I will be posting more scrapping layouts soon. But there's going to be a lot of Gelliprinting too! Brace yourselves!<br /><br /></div>Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-12299045559553674852013-06-01T07:21:00.000-07:002015-02-12T12:21:37.079-08:00Journaling Journey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I haven't been posting much this month as I haven't created many new layouts. This isn't because I've not been crafting, nope - it's because I am in my bi-annual phase of filing layouts, finishing journaling, and all general boring scrapping admin that I usually put off until my scrap room is about to explode.<br><br>And, as usual, as I filed my layouts, I got distracted looking over old pages, reading the journaling and generally tripping down memory lane...<br><br>But I spotted a problem.<br><br>A big problem.<br><br>Obviously I have a goldfish brain. Because, there were multiple layouts where the journaling began - "There's no particular story behind this picture...." Disaster! Once or twice, sure, not the end of the world, but three or four layouts in, not good! It was so prevelant that I was considering creating a new three letter acronym of NPS - 'no particular story' for my pages!<br><br>So, there was only one thing for it - I had to redo the layouts!<br><br>Handily enough this journaling disaster has coincided with another scrapping development. I've taken to listening to the <a href="http://www.paperclipping.com/category/roundtable/" target="_blank">Paperclipping Roundtable podcast</a>. I'm new to this podcast, so I have practically the entire past three years of shows to binge on. And it's wonderful! In a country where there are about three and half scrapbookers (and so therefore so few people you can obsessed about scrapping with) it is bliss to get to listen to an hour show where all they talk about is the minutia of the hobby.<br><br>Anyway one little gem I took away from the show was about journaling. Someone said always journal what you will want to remember in years to come. Now, you know, this might sound obvious to everyone else but me. And it does sound obvious when I look at it here. But, my journaling tends to be a bit ropey. Sure, when there is an obvious story to tell, I'm grand. But if it's subtler, I tend to be a bit lost. I end up sounding like a Hallmark employee. Will I really want to read in twenty years time 'Oh darling you look so cute in this picture!' a few hundred times? I doubt it. Between 'gee, you look cute' and 'no particular story' it was all a bit of a mess. And to think my other interest is writing! And I've been paid for it repeatedly! (shakes head in dismay.)<br><br>So, what I did...<br><br>I redid the layouts. And I looked again at the pictures and thought about what I would really like to read in the future. And suddenly the photos went from cute but storyless to gateways to my thoughts and feelings and a record I will be delighted to have written down in twenty years and a record I will be delighted for my children to read when they are grown.<br><br>Phew!<br><br>So, here are a couple of the layouts I redid. Unforutntely I only thought to do a 'before' and 'after' when I got to the second one. So, with the first layout, imagine it with pointless journaling and lots of different paper that had to be ripped out to get rid of the stoopid platitudes.<br><br><br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzrk_SR2IlVEEpoCj3X7Y78XzVtTfnzTUbxwiBSfbjdkUxe-8AlgIx4BRAxbLxyFqLLH-MOI1xI2zM7XacQ7j6qKbjTs4ftC8ptXuq5X4zjTgVtwkD0_kP8952KCf4eqawEVpYgy2EHE/s1600/Redo3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzrk_SR2IlVEEpoCj3X7Y78XzVtTfnzTUbxwiBSfbjdkUxe-8AlgIx4BRAxbLxyFqLLH-MOI1xI2zM7XacQ7j6qKbjTs4ftC8ptXuq5X4zjTgVtwkD0_kP8952KCf4eqawEVpYgy2EHE/s400/Redo3.JPG" width="377"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the layout without the 'before'.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>I am so happy now with the above layout - the journaling (all about how I was the only girl, and wish I had a sister and how delighted that they have each other) replaced pointless whittering which no-one would have been interesting in reading, even myself.<br><br><br>The second layout....<br><br><br>Before - <br><br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6j1uAMBMZgE_pbWgXTYOVQzwmsm3OwJ-kHviTgMrhoAP2YeDHLx8CaCnsXGAQseIDOW6DxwclHVqJbrbuqOVSOhDFxiu7lYvw4z4Wxmz0jL3io42WQo4zG8qSCJqMuqxgGgj4JaZX9aA/s1600/Redo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6j1uAMBMZgE_pbWgXTYOVQzwmsm3OwJ-kHviTgMrhoAP2YeDHLx8CaCnsXGAQseIDOW6DxwclHVqJbrbuqOVSOhDFxiu7lYvw4z4Wxmz0jL3io42WQo4zG8qSCJqMuqxgGgj4JaZX9aA/s400/Redo.JPG" width="378"></a></div><br><br> After - <br><br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBuwHBt8Jc190wYeo3ErvgKahVN4CNsEjpp-Q5GdHpsPnqw9bp__WJUD_jGurB87h6BZGip7adI5zLLWQtKXe7qapf12aS5OwyURyNdADHLDgD5foxSHBI8vnwF5aOX_e2q4MUwAGut4/s1600/Redo2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBuwHBt8Jc190wYeo3ErvgKahVN4CNsEjpp-Q5GdHpsPnqw9bp__WJUD_jGurB87h6BZGip7adI5zLLWQtKXe7qapf12aS5OwyURyNdADHLDgD5foxSHBI8vnwF5aOX_e2q4MUwAGut4/s400/Redo2.JPG" width="398"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzrk_SR2IlVEEpoCj3X7Y78XzVtTfnzTUbxwiBSfbjdkUxe-8AlgIx4BRAxbLxyFqLLH-MOI1xI2zM7XacQ7j6qKbjTs4ftC8ptXuq5X4zjTgVtwkD0_kP8952KCf4eqawEVpYgy2EHE/s1600/Redo3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br></a></div>The journaling here - which was completely absent before - is now a record of nine things she was doing at nine months. Lots of little annecdotes and memories that I would have otherwise forgotten. Am thrilled.<br><br><br><br>And just before I go - on a totally unrelated note, a link for Terri! (You know who you are :)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-cKLYb89B0" target="_blank">The Poetry Divas </a><br><br>I first speak at the third verse - the one that begins 'My squashy cushions'! Lol!<br><br><br><br>Bye for now!</div>Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-66610576622659932672013-04-12T12:25:00.000-07:002015-02-12T12:21:37.092-08:00Sketchy Details<div style="text-align: center;"><h3> Sketchbook365 challenge</h3></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've been meaning for a while to join in with the fun on the Sketchbook365 challenge blog, but lacking the focus of most normal humans, I've only just got to it now. </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sketchbook365.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/april-sketchbook-challenge.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbg12yzIRAyVJIlnM_F3bMUiH7IQIj1UJfUomN-gSJSEfLnm0W26c1eENYWtQJCUkgzk382kJqx80cLtnNGWt89ncCyeu0hBl4k6LtA2sn5HUdfRBY0-6CdHrXqnEWhzPosqbaOQqMwM/s320/sketchbook365v8.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Usually I love a sketch challenge, but with this one, I found it more difficult to access my creative mojo - it was more like a creative dodo, as in, dead as a... </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h3>The Sketch!</h3></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, here is the sketch the team at Sketckbook365 gave us this month ...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sketchbook365.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/april-sketchbook-challenge.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkP3O3VYoM6kziQpONgxvJRJSJiUu0GQ1dcUnqAVpMzQ3QCJNfX9PYeonxlEUuQ5bquDqeh11oILjwi7ZTHdfiWi0a4R35CHR-2k1XANPTNmQTfEtJ8GCbWPiQez9mjldW214b7A5_X1s/s400/apr.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You agree, tricky. Cause, you don't want to just plonk down a house layout. You want to give it a personal twist. But the house image is so strong, that doing your own thing is challenging! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I guess that's why it's called a challenge then.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, I decided to just mess about with my messy scrappy stuff and see what happen... And here is my finished layout...</div><br /><h3 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The Layout!</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLeTm6vJIPIEnjCptSNmUJ5MsCfEdht-genwLM_zSTgXG7xa9lQlskHwY5Cnx2kqqVN4_uti69PJhcdvCHfJ0Xk5x6P3adwZYQ5kbU8hYuVgKx-zTvjlD-KuE8NXdV_3pWLSHDWW8GT4/s1600/photo(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLeTm6vJIPIEnjCptSNmUJ5MsCfEdht-genwLM_zSTgXG7xa9lQlskHwY5Cnx2kqqVN4_uti69PJhcdvCHfJ0Xk5x6P3adwZYQ5kbU8hYuVgKx-zTvjlD-KuE8NXdV_3pWLSHDWW8GT4/s400/photo(1).JPG" width="398" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MdvBlQRVU-uVoTcB6ruIyFUiPi8RqcSpT-0ccq4qnlxid-nkGtoqO9WE1W3DAKZIuA6VJHZDgMaYObeCJtaD53uKcPTg4MN4tQs4rZZt5ZTwXIc8Cf-MP9hzj_TIwrRKO0dpqmJ8ZR8/s1600/photo.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MdvBlQRVU-uVoTcB6ruIyFUiPi8RqcSpT-0ccq4qnlxid-nkGtoqO9WE1W3DAKZIuA6VJHZDgMaYObeCJtaD53uKcPTg4MN4tQs4rZZt5ZTwXIc8Cf-MP9hzj_TIwrRKO0dpqmJ8ZR8/s400/photo.JPG" width="297" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close Up</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sketchbook365.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/april-sketchbook-challenge.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></div>Below is a pictorial account of how the page came together! (Well, except for a few steps towards the end where my phone ran out of charge and I missed some pictures... but you're creative people, you can imagine those bits :)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sketchbook365.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/april-sketchbook-challenge.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">The Process!</h3><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRzmYKGhR0ylZ0D0_mLIgWElddxKAbrJI7FGbRoxvJDVl0iHEUymskTmp8VB9aOjZQfG97czksIgUo-h6kkqMiX49r7sYNCOk3NWBpYoL_DMfFVx6q93t0bxDCoz8YeDKXpVzLVbufDM/s1600/tut.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRzmYKGhR0ylZ0D0_mLIgWElddxKAbrJI7FGbRoxvJDVl0iHEUymskTmp8VB9aOjZQfG97czksIgUo-h6kkqMiX49r7sYNCOk3NWBpYoL_DMfFVx6q93t0bxDCoz8YeDKXpVzLVbufDM/s400/tut.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcGkuVfkg8O3yv94WeoCtQIQNlv7k-yzUcJ29EiMHCU3E44QHmtCkPzFyGyz8N0en4HTpLMcM0HtZbLxrdvNLb36sg8DNkSveuhn3maM76jGV58SkqT8qPQOP8oGOjaTP_8CwWhefGHs/s1600/tutX.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcGkuVfkg8O3yv94WeoCtQIQNlv7k-yzUcJ29EiMHCU3E44QHmtCkPzFyGyz8N0en4HTpLMcM0HtZbLxrdvNLb36sg8DNkSveuhn3maM76jGV58SkqT8qPQOP8oGOjaTP_8CwWhefGHs/s400/tutX.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkPY3NgKBL_SKmNfZRnIFPtPQfXAOitfHS-XFlJT-9RheLGMWA4UJpYGB3SSPNB4aIlHKiLHo3599Lh6xnnzV4cljQfYBaKtvIT2RmLn2NFCmHULPyylhr7jd7konucdYy6FWVPx-jqU/s1600/tut2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRzmYKGhR0ylZ0D0_mLIgWElddxKAbrJI7FGbRoxvJDVl0iHEUymskTmp8VB9aOjZQfG97czksIgUo-h6kkqMiX49r7sYNCOk3NWBpYoL_DMfFVx6q93t0bxDCoz8YeDKXpVzLVbufDM/s1600/tut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82Rd_5u_6cfyH4kfSNv2ObtKL_TpwcfH9MVizdoBz_wFaBOpKxVmNU2yd-Cg7nJ8LiC4ERn2NrT0jHnjSfhUDNZY1h24kNJUyfhmR2fio7ExtSDVI3nsn1sWQmX7kOoLVekKwPKmio_g/s1600/tut1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82Rd_5u_6cfyH4kfSNv2ObtKL_TpwcfH9MVizdoBz_wFaBOpKxVmNU2yd-Cg7nJ8LiC4ERn2NrT0jHnjSfhUDNZY1h24kNJUyfhmR2fio7ExtSDVI3nsn1sWQmX7kOoLVekKwPKmio_g/s400/tut1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkPY3NgKBL_SKmNfZRnIFPtPQfXAOitfHS-XFlJT-9RheLGMWA4UJpYGB3SSPNB4aIlHKiLHo3599Lh6xnnzV4cljQfYBaKtvIT2RmLn2NFCmHULPyylhr7jd7konucdYy6FWVPx-jqU/s1600/tut2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkPY3NgKBL_SKmNfZRnIFPtPQfXAOitfHS-XFlJT-9RheLGMWA4UJpYGB3SSPNB4aIlHKiLHo3599Lh6xnnzV4cljQfYBaKtvIT2RmLn2NFCmHULPyylhr7jd7konucdYy6FWVPx-jqU/s400/tut2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And ta da! the layout again :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLeTm6vJIPIEnjCptSNmUJ5MsCfEdht-genwLM_zSTgXG7xa9lQlskHwY5Cnx2kqqVN4_uti69PJhcdvCHfJ0Xk5x6P3adwZYQ5kbU8hYuVgKx-zTvjlD-KuE8NXdV_3pWLSHDWW8GT4/s1600/photo(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLeTm6vJIPIEnjCptSNmUJ5MsCfEdht-genwLM_zSTgXG7xa9lQlskHwY5Cnx2kqqVN4_uti69PJhcdvCHfJ0Xk5x6P3adwZYQ5kbU8hYuVgKx-zTvjlD-KuE8NXdV_3pWLSHDWW8GT4/s400/photo(1).JPG" width="397" /></a></div><br />So, there we go, I've popped my sketchbook365 cherry ;) Hoped you liked it!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-5005255003578989642013-04-02T17:10:00.000-07:002015-02-12T12:21:37.086-08:00Happy New Year!! Er...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rJTVNt_CU3i2-uxe_aVH1RmMpn8CKuc4bz6Ux4H3e8rQNcMi8r5s69JLs2u1-svwqIauYiVJgbaZj7OXNyPMm9wHe404w1_DZzRnczf70FokKMHvE8aWrX3dZIDSILtIg0MfVHgjI-I/s1600/photo(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rJTVNt_CU3i2-uxe_aVH1RmMpn8CKuc4bz6Ux4H3e8rQNcMi8r5s69JLs2u1-svwqIauYiVJgbaZj7OXNyPMm9wHe404w1_DZzRnczf70FokKMHvE8aWrX3dZIDSILtIg0MfVHgjI-I/s400/photo(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <br />Isn't it dreadful. This is my first post of the year. And it's April!!<br /><br />So, multiple choice quiz!<br /><br />Question - What will Tríona's excuse be today for why she hasn't been blogging?<br /><br />a) She'd been too busy crafting?<br /><br />b) The weather's been so awful that the light has been so dreadful so no good pictures could be taken?<br /><br />c) She's a busy mammy of four who is also, when she's not crafting, writing two books simultaneously and has an ulcer to nurse?<br /><br />d) The dog ate her homework?<br /><br />e) All of the above?<br /><br /><br />And yes, indeed, it is answer e! <br /><br />Well, except we don't have a dog.<br /><br />But I have managed to find one solution to the problems outlined above, I've fallen madly in love with Instagram. Take a picture, and sure, if the light isn't quite good enough for it to be a great photo, just apply a filter. Hey presto, a rubbish picture is suddenly interesting and arty. So you may notice that a lot of the pictures I'm going to upload today are of a quirky, square Instagram kind.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyoOxWiu6r__X3ATFAEINmroX8_HI24lBkyFoo97YWPSs-4P_1X6wKqxB4GB4uC0mBqwak8hG9IvNM_b5_pUs1SnNFMDR2NO_jlUQH5344fw3CA48bJl7nDUeueX9FOu8aSMUQ8ioOos/s1600/photo(3).JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyoOxWiu6r__X3ATFAEINmroX8_HI24lBkyFoo97YWPSs-4P_1X6wKqxB4GB4uC0mBqwak8hG9IvNM_b5_pUs1SnNFMDR2NO_jlUQH5344fw3CA48bJl7nDUeueX9FOu8aSMUQ8ioOos/s320/photo(3).JPG" width="320" /></a> <br /><b>Canvases</b>. I've become obsessed with creating multimedia canvases. I don't really have anywhere to put them, so perhaps I'll have to give my Etsy shop a proper go and see if anyone else would like them!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHUmOTsx8mwp-eq9o75TgulfnEvH9-ez_v3dtg0zNNv8O8t99_F-rbz5RfJjBhkimaWVDys-X_i8O_eY6PMZu0xJPbbIAMLPHSW3Pl7IT3rFc-SFMYQH_Kpt6am3DJ0A70vxX5d8kyhE/s1600/phoo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHUmOTsx8mwp-eq9o75TgulfnEvH9-ez_v3dtg0zNNv8O8t99_F-rbz5RfJjBhkimaWVDys-X_i8O_eY6PMZu0xJPbbIAMLPHSW3Pl7IT3rFc-SFMYQH_Kpt6am3DJ0A70vxX5d8kyhE/s320/phoo.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />More multimedia fun! <span id=".reactRoot[2].0.{info418915941099867168_8330098}.[0][1].0.[1].[1].[1].0"><span id=".reactRoot[2].0.{info418915941099867168_8330098}.[0][1].0.[1].[1].[1].0.[0]">Dylusions sprays, modelling paste, stencils, pearlescent medium, bleach, acrylic paints. At least this one has a home with me (even if it is in the downstairs loo!)</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoE9CyOFZL-fun3LyBzlIDqnIjgZdHFzLK1XAoovfKGkfDST62B5ZESEbF37kVBkUCgu3UzEzTRklvkdZnKTbYVil5-ZsA1Gs8NJ0xLGaLJmN80EJtOb4egjGm3-K2eSzRKkYULeZSVg/s1600/photo(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoE9CyOFZL-fun3LyBzlIDqnIjgZdHFzLK1XAoovfKGkfDST62B5ZESEbF37kVBkUCgu3UzEzTRklvkdZnKTbYVil5-ZsA1Gs8NJ0xLGaLJmN80EJtOb4egjGm3-K2eSzRKkYULeZSVg/s320/photo(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />More original artwork for the downstairs toilet! A poem by a friend of mine about how men don't change the loo roll. Well, it's a bit more sophisticated than that :) I've had a lot of fun creating the stamped and inked frame around the poem. It got the rare husband seal of approval too.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rJTVNt_CU3i2-uxe_aVH1RmMpn8CKuc4bz6Ux4H3e8rQNcMi8r5s69JLs2u1-svwqIauYiVJgbaZj7OXNyPMm9wHe404w1_DZzRnczf70FokKMHvE8aWrX3dZIDSILtIg0MfVHgjI-I/s1600/photo(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyoOxWiu6r__X3ATFAEINmroX8_HI24lBkyFoo97YWPSs-4P_1X6wKqxB4GB4uC0mBqwak8hG9IvNM_b5_pUs1SnNFMDR2NO_jlUQH5344fw3CA48bJl7nDUeueX9FOu8aSMUQ8ioOos/s1600/photo(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div>And no prize for quessing what colour the downstairs loo is painted...<br /><br />Okie dokie. Well, that wasn't too hard - I've finally kicked off my 2013 blogging. I hope I'll be back soon to tell you all about a giant scrapping project I've been undertaking.<br /><br />Talk soon!Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-73197892283771421502012-12-28T05:59:00.000-08:002015-02-12T12:04:07.881-08:00And there's more...I kept forgetting to bring the poem with me.<br /><br />Wallet?<br /><br />Check.<br /><br />Keys?<br /><br />Check?<br /><br />Poem to leave in a shop to be found by an unsuspecting shopper to brighten their day during the stressful Christmas season?<br /><br />Forgotten :(<br /><br /><br />Thankfully I had the best Christmas present and met up with the lovely Various Cushions - IPYPIASM originator extraordinaire - for a coffee yesterday. And she suggested, why didn't I just transcribe the poem there and then and place it in a shop, immediately!<br /><br />So I did!<br /><br />The evidence -<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfsx3jTGUY0BxCoYCZF6ntYAO9ESLJJO03swlO_34_gDWCv86pNcMz9QnujarmbJleGE2foBDP-wmHKzsMEVskITy7IT2Na1oEKG9k82KnNVc-FPj8holk-qnss0h773R0TIJZxT2lWA/s1600/photo(23).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfsx3jTGUY0BxCoYCZF6ntYAO9ESLJJO03swlO_34_gDWCv86pNcMz9QnujarmbJleGE2foBDP-wmHKzsMEVskITy7IT2Na1oEKG9k82KnNVc-FPj8holk-qnss0h773R0TIJZxT2lWA/s400/photo(23).JPG" width="298" /></a></div><br />It was more of a before Christmas day poem, but hey, better late than never.<br /><br />I hashtagged again - for those unfamiliar with the hashtag, it makes your term searchable on Twitter - I've been tweeting about IPYPIASM - and been directing people back to the blogosphere...sure, maybe the cleaning lady is crumbling up my poem without a second thought, but, hey, I know if I found a poem, the curiosity would kill me :)<br /><br />Anyway, here's the text of the poem - not my finest work, but hey, who cares, it's all part of the IPYPIASM spirit!<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Don't Count</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><br />For now don't count <br />the calories<br />don't tot those pennies spent<br />just dose your liver<br />till it's all a quiver<br />and the last belt notch is rent<br />have that chocolate Kimberly<br />that tin of roses too<br />buy a gift, don't be spendthrift<br />Get yourself a treat this year!<br />And don't forget the booze<br />go buy a crate of beer,<br />a bottle or nine of a conducive wine<br />don't stint, don't stint, don't stint!<br />Cause remember that when it's January<br />we'll be thrust once more t' penury<br />so eat and drink and give<br />2013 is time enough for cold reality.</span></span></span></span><br /><br />Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-54654509932658603032012-12-20T14:14:00.000-08:002015-02-12T12:04:07.873-08:00Multimedia IPYPIASM!Yes, I've IPYPIASMed!<br /><br />Finally.<br /><br />Deposited in the pound (euro?) shop in The Square, Tallaght, this little ditty -<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Dear Santa</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dear Santa,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been a little bit naughty</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been a little bit nice</div><div style="text-align: center;">what say you still get me a pressie</div><div style="text-align: center;">and we'll go halvsies on the price.</div><br /><br />I won't be troubling the Nobel Prize for Literature this year with that offering, but hopefully it brought a smile to someones face.<br /><br />And below is the visual evidence of my guerrilla poetry attack.<br /><br />For, what I suspect, is the first time, we have VIDEO footage of an IPYPIASM incident... In my panic to dump my effort and run, I somehow managed to set my phone to video and not camera. I scrambled madly at it, all the while imagining security guards raising an army, grabbing their mace and batons and being moments away from apprehending me...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-picasa-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvO-QY9PkJ2ED2ZYSSaQ3hU729V1QVH3hCU0LRUNQl17z86Z7o9-yhZXqoPeXzDFxJ9Q2Z0oDMayfKDDP2zI4kHKX4dxBkW_lbLgu9Ya3TVH8QY7wv6xy24De_4QlvaXg6CCA6akYqjo/s1600/IMG_5165.MOV"><param name="movie" value="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fredirector.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3Da88c8e44dd0b6cd5%26itag%3D18%26source%3Dpicasa%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%253Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1358631693%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Csource%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3DB60BE3BC883C654149820EF10BBB656513683769.4E38CFBE7BD713361E6211951BCBDEF920DB5216%26key%3Dlh1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fredirector.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3Da88c8e44dd0b6cd5%26itag%3D18%26source%3Dpicasa%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%253Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1358631693%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Csource%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3DB60BE3BC883C654149820EF10BBB656513683769.4E38CFBE7BD713361E6211951BCBDEF920DB5216%26key%3Dlh1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><br /><br />(Quite the accidental Spielberg, no?)<br /><br />It was fraught! I felt like my poem might explode at any moment. Anway, in the end I escaped unscathed and they probably sold my poem for a euro.<br /><br />On an aside, I was telling my baby brother all about IPYPIASM. After he pretended to think me and my crazeeeee poetry chums were wacky and cool, he suggested adding a hastag to the abandoned poems. Maybe see if any of our messages in a bottle wash up anywhere. So, at the bottom of my print out, where I'd usually just have IPYPIASM, I instead had #IPYPIASM... and I sent a few tweets using it.<br /><br />I thought it was a good idea - but chances are it'll just get me arrested ;)<br /><br />I like living on the edge.<br /><br />Ok. Until tomorrow - TK Maxx, watch out - I'm heading your way and I'm rhyming.<br /><br />Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021201021710290051.post-91767955644325969532012-12-17T17:17:00.000-08:002015-02-12T12:04:07.900-08:00IPYPIASM!!! (Well, nearly)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3pEB0jLYxKcdbDnXHha9o_HDe_UNENvOwY5Rlhu_i_-LHi0JVxJUs0R__zYuhWNOzN8OiFNYIF6NckjzXd3k6d3EoC22wpu2dblp6Xy5kJw7k035ZKHPY1EtPtCzqsStBj7xTodO7P4/s1600/pepticmuse.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div>Yay!!!<br /><br />It's IPYPIASM!!!!<br /><br />I've come to it all a bit late this year (- but you know, I always do...)<br /><br />And really, this post is a tad premature... I haven't, as yet, put a poem in a shop. The main reason I haven't is because I have failed to write a poem. I have tried a good few times. Nowt.<br /><br />I worry that along with killing off the h. pylori bacteria that was causing my stomach ulcer, my cocktail of drugs also killed off my writing mojo!! Who knew I kept it in my tummy! Though, seeing as all the best poetry comes from your gut, so maybe I should have realised...<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3pEB0jLYxKcdbDnXHha9o_HDe_UNENvOwY5Rlhu_i_-LHi0JVxJUs0R__zYuhWNOzN8OiFNYIF6NckjzXd3k6d3EoC22wpu2dblp6Xy5kJw7k035ZKHPY1EtPtCzqsStBj7xTodO7P4/s1600/pepticmuse.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3pEB0jLYxKcdbDnXHha9o_HDe_UNENvOwY5Rlhu_i_-LHi0JVxJUs0R__zYuhWNOzN8OiFNYIF6NckjzXd3k6d3EoC22wpu2dblp6Xy5kJw7k035ZKHPY1EtPtCzqsStBj7xTodO7P4/s1600/pepticmuse.bmp" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />What to do? I suspect I need some l. casei poetritas. Good writing bacteria. <br /><br />I'm off to the library to drink me in some pro-biographies, some Reader bifidus digestivum, replenish my depleted muse.<br /><br />Alright, enough, I go before Martine <span class="st">McCutcheon turns up and starts talking shite...</span>Tríonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110481331201139551noreply@blogger.com3