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actually got from the gel inserts i added after getting the first 2 21 31 the number of days i blogged which may well be a personal record i seem to have a lot to say at the moment 4 the number of books read all of which i pinned to my pinterest board of books read this year 4 definitely seems to be my steady monthly average and finally 6 the number of items from the summertime scavenger hunt list i blogged however i actually found more than that which i ll be sharing in the weeks to come in fact there s only 1 photo left for me to take and i ll have found all 21 which is just as well because my friends have persuaded me to join in their 52 week photo project now but those are numbers for another month so that was how my month added up now here s how you can join in if you ve never joined in before there s a lot more information on the month in numbers page including a how to guide to inspire you you don t need to follow any guidelines other than those i m about to set out below everything else i ll leave up to your own creative interpretation please note i can only pin a post to the board if it contains at least one image photo otherwise i can only leave a comment and smile at you from a distance so if you want to share a link to your month in numbers post photo layout etc for me to then visit comment on and pin to the communal month in numbers pinterest board then leave a link to your numbers in a comment on this blog post but when you swing by my blog to drop it off please leave a comment for me while you re there not because i m needy but because it s nicer if you don t just throw your link on my table and leave without saying hello please remember to link to my blog in your post as much as i d like to think that everyone who reads your blog already knows what my month in numbers is hey it s nice to be popular right the truth is they don t so unless you explain to your readers where the idea comes from and how they can join in too they ll never know and finally please try to take time at some point in the coming month to visit and comment on a few of the other posts too it really does help build a community both around my month in numbers but also around your own blog space if after reading through all the info on the month in numbers page of my blog you still have any questions just get in touch my email s in my right sidebar as are the links to my facebook page and twitter i ll look forward to reading your numbers and the stories the numbers unlock and you can drop back tomorrow to collect your questions for august s communal count julie posted by julie kirk at 07 30 23 comments labels my month in numbers statistics summary online journal life lists memory keeping redcar beacon lincoln lincoln cathedral pedometer holiday email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 29 july 2013 snippets of words have strong wings hi hi in the previous snippets of words post i mentioned some of the benefits of using foreign language papers and for today s example while i didn t use it for my sentiment snippet i did use it as my background paper now call me shallow but the page may be all about russian nuclear physics true story but isn t it pretty i love the way it s aged and has that gorgeous yellowing around the edges you can get your hands on your own from the existing packs in my shop or as always you can arrange a custom order no problem as for the sentiment snippet itself this one came from a 1960s illustrated children s encyclopaedia entry on birds but again as i also mentioned in my earlier post these kinds of phrases can take on their own alternative meaning when you free them from their original context and suddenly a simple fact about some prehistoric bird can become a positive life affirming message to the recipient of this card the remainder of the card was just an experiment with combining the lovely soft ice cream pink with jade green and in a nutshell that s how i roll playing with colour mixing vintage book pages and patterned papers and snipping out something the will hopefully mean something to someone have you found a perfectly pithy phrase lately i swear this is true i was tidying my craft room while thinking about accountants as one does when i picked up a snippet of an old book page from the floor and what should the snippet say when i turned it over profit and loss spooky no right then i ll be leaving you to sift through your pages or to visit my shop for a wide range of book pages o ld but new to you to inspire your next project julie p s my month in numbers will be here on the 31st as usual on the last day of the month see you there posted by julie kirk at 07 30 7 comments labels snippets of words paper crafting card making cards old book pages wings bees russian foreign language text papers email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 27 july 2013 summertime photography scavenger hunt 2013 the windmill do over hello not only have i already captured a windmill photo for rinda s summertime photography scavenger hunt i even shared it here on my blog last month and i never intended to go seeking out another but then two things happened my good friend kirsty windmill freak tomato hater creator of the soon to be published craft book hoop la 100 things to do with embroidery hoops neale yes that kirsty neale expressed her deep disappointment that the windmill i found wasn t a real one and on our drive in to lincoln the other week we spotted a real windmill high up the hill seemingly very close to town and it s a sight we ve seen many times before off in the distance but which we d never ever seen any closer up so we decided to make this the year we tracked it down which was easier said than done once you land in the city centre you really can t see it anywhere which is very strange considering the size of the thing then we came across a tourist leaflet for it in our hotel in which we learnt it was real after all yay built in 1798 ellis mill it was still in working order yay it s open to the public yay you can buy souvenir flour there yay it s only open on weekends 2 5pm oh it was around 6pm on a sunday when we learned that it s going to be an entire year before we get to go again and look inside the thing i couldn t believe we came so close to the full mill experience and missed out by a matter of hours anyway to make the best of things the next morning we decided to go and have a look anyway checked out a street map and set off for a for a walk after a while we found this rather promising road name so we followed it around and around past tightly packed old red brick terraced housing where we soon realised that we were looping back on ourselves and heading back towards the main road we d just turned off the road was one long curve and we were almost back were we began but then we passed by a house calling itself windmill view and once again our hopes were raised but where was the view how could there be a windmill tucked in here between these narrow roads and small houses a few steps further and i had my answer and there she was in all her glory her arms open wide in welcome and for the second time i got to tick off my list no 16 a windmill and a beautiful one at that for those interested here are a few more details and if you want to play along with the summertime photography scavenger hunt there s still plenty of time it doesn t finish until sept 21st 2013 then make sure to visit rinda over at gallo organico for all the details thanks for spending time here today julie posted by julie kirk at 07 30 21 comments labels rinda ontiveros gallo organico summertime photography scavenger hunt list second windmill ellis mill lincoln stories email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 26 july 2013 it s a sign can we clarify the phrase enjoying yourself please hi hi hi i spotted this sign in the communal lounge area of the hotel we always stay in when we visit lincoln the image it conjures in my mind is a little too x rated for this blog so i m going to just rely on you spotting the same risqué double entendre that i read into it i m just not sure how anyone enjoying themselves quietly or otherwise would show respect towards the remainder of the guests but i guess every establishment has its own customs o i think i ve said enough already i ll see you later julie posted by julie kirk at 07 30 4 comments labels it s a sign signs comedy funny hotel guests enjoy yourself email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 24 july 2013 snippets of words questions questions questions hi hi in my previous posts i ve been heavily promoting twisting your arm forcing you to consider how the most random found phrases make brilliant sentiments for your card making and that s true they are brilliant would i lie to you however if that s not really your thing how about finding a snippet which poses a question instead like this the great thing about asking a direct question on the front of a card or indeed on any paper craft projects is that it gives you an automatic link with the person reading it we just can t help answering it even if it s just in our heads so if you like the idea of snipping out some ready made questions then here are a few tips where to find a good source of interesting questions to add to your projects old school books and textbooks just think back to when you were in school and were given a book to work through when the teacher wanted to keep everyone quiet for an hour school books comprehension books textbooks q a books they re all filled with questions for you to browse through and find something suitable for your project an old library assignments book from the 60s has become a firm favourite of mine and has featured in many many projects over the last few years you can often find this kind of book in the childrens book section of old book shops or you could always commission a custom pack of question pages from my shop and ll do my best to find a mix for you from my collection another bountiful source of questions is foreign language phrase books because phrase books are set up to help you make sense of things in a new country they re full of questions granted the usefulness of the questions you can find in these can vary i mean you can go from the ever practical where is the beach to the well less immediately useful such as these i ve found in my collection have you fruit salts ought i to dress would you close the porthole is your cycle in order much fun can be had by deliberately snipping phrases out of their original context wouldn t the following genuinely taken from my old phrase book hoard make great existential questions on a project what are you doing here who are you waiting for will you come with me must i change if you ve been inspired to go question hunting then you can find old phrase books in the usual book shops charity shops car boot sales etc or there are pages from phrase books in my foreign language text packs please note they also contain a mix of pages from dictionaries too so they re not all phrasebook question type pages but if you d like a purely phrase book pack again i can put together a custom order for you just get in touch and before we go here s a quick look inside the card itself paper scraps sticker sheet surrounds patterned tape all the usual suspects here if you want to catch up on the other posts in this series there s the snippets of words pinterest board where i m keeping all my posts plus inspiration form other people too i ll share another snippet card next monday maybe you ll have some snippety projects of your own to share by then if you fancy it just let me know and i ll drop by for a look or link me up via my facebook page but i ll be back before then with something else to try to drag a grin from you you know me will perform for smiles julie posted by julie kirk at 07 30 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 22 july 2013 snippets of words challenge and encourage you hello hello let me start a new week by getting a little bit organised i ve now made a pinterest board to house all the things i ll be blogging as part of the snippets of words series you don t need to have a pinterest account to see all the posts in one place though you can just follow this link i m also collecting together and pinning works by other people that fit the theme too so if you re looking for inspiration on how to use any old book pages you have in your stash then that board s going to be a good place to start now for today s example and after the two very small cards i ve shared so far i think we re starting to grow in size well ever so slightly just another from the scrap bag card but this time my base was a patterned cardstock that s not something you see that often is it textured card definitely but not with a printed design on it i ve had them a while now and i can t remember which brand they came from i accepted them in fun payment by stash transaction once but it made a great quick backdrop for the rest of the scraps note the punched out circles i ve had a newly renewed fondness for my circle punches and corner rounder this year not sure why although clearly it s a round thing and one tip if you re just staring at a pile of random scraps wondering where to begin start by pulling out all the scraps in similar shades as i did here selecting blues and greens because if all else fails you can always turn to the most basic colour coordinating to inspire something to emerge from a mass of bits as for the wording itself it doesn t mean anything at all except whatever the recipient made of it it certainly wasn t selected for any particular reason but i think actually i know because she told me that the recipient made her own interpretation of it it s one of the most interesting aspects of using these found phrases rather than always turning to tried and tested dare i say cliché ready made sentiments oddities like these leave lots of room around them for people to fill in the blanks for themselves to receive the message they want to hear which may be far more deep and meaningful than anything you originally intended there ll be another example featuring snippets of words along later in the week until then don t forget to visit or follow the inspiration board and then go sharpen those scissors julie posted by julie kirk at 07 00 3 comments labels snippets of words papercrafting cardmaking small cards old book pages birdcage challenge encourage you email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday 21 july 2013 simply a moment july the clash of the seasons hey you goodness it seems that after my self imposed blogging break in june i now can t turn around without bumping into yet another post i really want to share with you what with my snippets of words series and my scavenger hunt 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