The Crafty Scribe's Favourite Quotes - 16 and Project of the Day

Dear Scribblers

Are you drowning in a mess of to-do lists? Are you too busy to write to-do lists?

"We need time to dream, time to remember, and time to reach the infinite. Time to be."  Gladys Taber.

Project of the Day - Have a cup of tea, coffee, or your favourite relaxing drink. Go on! Make a drink, have a choc chip cookie and... BREATHE! You deserve it!

Happy Scribing!

iPad Envy!

Dear Scribblers

It's iPad day here in the UK, but unfortunately I'm not one of the luck ones. Sigh! I'm going to have to wait for mine.

How many of you out there have your fingertip pads gliding across the glassy iPad screen? I previously wrote a post called There's An App for That! http://thecraftyscribe.blogspot.com/2009/10/theres-app-for-that_03.html and I wondered what is your favourite app? iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Even those of you with blackberry and android phones, I'm not restrictive!

Is there one crafty app that you just can't do without? Please share it on the comments, as I know I would love to hear all about it, and I'm such the other Scribblers would too.

Have a great day, especially those caressing your new iPads.

Happy Scribing!

The Crafty Scribe's Favourite Quotes - 15 and Project of the Day

Dear Scribblers

Are you the person you want to be? Are you the crafter you want to be?

"Undoubtedly, we become what we envisage."  Claude M Bristol.

Project of the Day - Write a diary entry, art journal or scrap page on the person you would like to become. Have you set goals? Do you have a time line? Does it involve work, home life or everything? Have fun with it, don't limit yourself. You may surprise yourself.

Happy Scribing!

The Crafty Scribe's Favourite Quotes - 14

Dear Scribblers

Here's a popular quote. It always makes me smile when I read it. Does it inspire you?

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you will land among the stars." Les Brown.

Happy Scribing!

Celebrity Chic and Project of the Day

Dear Scribblers


My friend is a journalist, and is presently working in Afghanistan. His claim to fame today is that he spent the day with David Beckham, and then interviewed him for television news.


This made me think...


Project of the Day - What or Who is YOUR Claim to Fame?


Have you met a famous person? Are you related to a celebrity? Are you famous in your own right?


How about journalling or scrapping about the time you met someone famous. Add a photo, if you have one, or any memorabilia you have of that time. Explain who the person is, why they are famous, why you were surprised or pleased to meet them, and how you felt about the meeting.


One of My Claims to Fame? I was 14, and went to the UK concerts of 'Kids from Fame'. At the end of the show, I ran to the front, and as I was quite small the security guard lifted me onto his shoulders so I could see. I called out "Carlo" (as in Carlo Imperato, who was the character Danny) and he can running over and kissed me on my hand! I was so overwhelmed, that when I got home, I washed my hand and bottled the water! I kept it for years, before I finally threw it away. Even though I have no photos, I could use pictures from the internet, and make the story the main focus of the page. 


Blush! I can't believe I shared that with you. LOL! 


What's your story?


Happy Scribing!

A Nature Question - Please Help! And a Project of the Day

Dear Scribblers


I know that you are an intelligent bunch out there, and I'm hoping some of you know a bit about nature. Here's a question - We have lots of little fluffy cotton-like wispy 'snow' drifting in the air. Does anyone know what it is?

I'm baffled, we've lived in the same house for 11 years, and this is the first time we've seen this. As I wrote in my poem on My Year as A Poet, it's like fairy snow - all soft and floaty, if you can catch a few and rub them together they look like cotton wool. My husband thinks that it is coming from a big tree we have near us, but it's never done this before. I just think the stuff is getting caught on the tree, and then blowing off it again on the next breeze.

Can anyone help me?

Project of the Day - Taking Time to Wonder at Nature and the Weather.

Here in the UK the seasons are turning. We are having a beautiful summer's day today. What is the weather like where you are? Take a snapshot to illustrate today, and add it to your journal or scrap-page. 

For a longer project, how about making a rule to take a photo of the same view on the same day every month or 3 months, (e.g. every 1st of the month, or the 15th of Jan, April, July and Oct?) and record the turning of the seasons. As soon as you have a full year make up a page/mini-book/art journal layout showing your world around you.

Happy Scribing!

The Crafty Scribe's Favourite Quotes - 13 and Project of the Day

Dear Scribblers

Today's quote is a beautiful, but simple one:

"Visions are road maps for the mind. They are the mark, the target towards which everything travels." Twyla Dell.

Project of the Day: Allow yourself to dream. What visions come into your mind? Journal, draw or scrap about it.

Happy Scribbing!