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hank you page includes the blank templates for both of these boxes in 300 ppi png format and in pdf format i have mixed feelings about graffiti a lot of it is defacing and damaging property companies have to pay to clean it up and those costs get passed on to their customers that said it can also be a vibrant and meaningful form of art this heart made my daughter and smile it was just there like a valentine for everyone to enjoy no words or explanation around it just a heart in the middle of the sidewalk this piece written in marker on a wall above a dumpster inspired my son to stop cold so he could write it in the notebook he carries photo taken in june 2007 that piece has since been cleaned off you have to make up your own mind about if you want to print this box depending on your viewpoints about graffiti i liked it and i hope it s not cleaned any time soon because i think it will make other people smile and i appreciate unexpected art that makes people smile or think i m a fan of occasional temporary graffiti and i used to carry a sharpie and a post it pad to post very temporary messages quotes that i liked or little cartoon y pictures by shala kerrigan posted on monday august 22 2011 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tags favor box gift box graffiti heart street art book review manga guide to the universe i told you i was going to review this as soon as i read it i love this series so much for it s simple clarity and because the stories introduce the material in such a way that it s easier to visualize and understand in this one 3 students need to put on a play to avoid losing their drama club they decide to do the tale of the bamboo cutter an ancient story about a bamboo cutter who finds a child in bamboo the child is from the moon talking about it they realize that they need to know a lot more about space so they can update the story and make it their own the brother of one of the students is a university student studying astrophysics with his help and the help of his teacher they learn a lot more about the universe the authors use things like soccer to demonstrate some of the current theories and discuss the history of astrophysics from the time when people thought the earth was the center of a very small universe to realizing we weren t even the center of our solar system and on to realizing just how vast the universe is they explain the measurements used and a little bit about how our current data is being accumulated they discuss theories as well as what is known and explain how tests and math are validating the theories that scientists currently have about the universe it s origins it s possible eventual end and how it all works even talking about the possibility of extra terrestrial life it s a fantastic introduction into basic astrophysics not just for kids but also for adults who would like more understanding i m not a scientist just an occasional dabbler i watch nova and read some of the more popular books on the subject where these books absolutely shine is how easy it is to apply the material to things you know so that you can learn it in the stories the further detail in the text sections is then building on what you ve learned so you can have a deeper understanding because it s engagingly written these books have a strong appeal both to teens and adults you can get this book directly from the publisher no starch press and with the purchase of one print book you get a free e book i d also really recommend snip burn solder shred seriously geeky stuff to make with your kids you can read my review of that book here you can get more information about my review policy here by shala kerrigan posted on monday august 22 2011 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tags book review manga universe friday august 19 2011 i don t believe in boredom on facebook one of the people on my newsfeed just complained that she was unbelievably bored i replied that boredom is a choice she said not always and now i m feeling ranty not fun usually i m a very happy person is boredom always a choice no i have a friend who was in an immobilization rack sort of thing in the hospital for a couple months after a car accident at that point unless someone was there to turn the pages he couldn t read a book couldn t write it was before computers that did almost everything and i know that some days he was very very bored if you re in reasonably good health and it s a nice day outside you can fly a kite walk until you find a garage sale go to a park and pretend your a spy write cover stories for the people you see refer to them by letters garden if you don t have a garden but have a yard overrun with weeds see if you can find out which ones are edible pretend your a tourist in your hometown always so much fun to do those things nobody does if the weather is lousy and you have internet you can go to project gutenberg and learn a new old skill also on project gutenberg re read or read for the first time classics google books has scads of old issues of popular science i recommend the early 20th century issues try a new crochet pattern or learn to crochet finger knit or toe knit my daughter sometimes uses her toes as a knitting loom that s 10 stitches wide a scarf make yourself a pair of knitting needles learn to whittle learn to do almost anything seriously play with online graphic applications write a kindle cookbook using old family recipes writing for kindle in html you can try figuring out a way to fold a newspaper origami case for your phone you can fold origami cranes from old magazines practice simple quilled shapes using junk mail check out ann martin s all things paper for lots of great ideas it doesn t have to cost much to craft to learn to do and there are so many things out there to learn and do so yes boredom is a choice if you choose to spend your time waiting for the universe to entertain you it s saying to you hey i m the universe there are lots of entertaining things going on all the time with me when my kids were little they complained about being bored once they wound up scrubbing out my shower if they really can t find something to do i will then they will be annoyed not bored since then if my daughter says she s bored she quickly follows it with but i choose to be and i m enjoying it which is okay too sometimes you don t want to do anything and it s okay to just do nothing just enjoy it enjoy the moment another boredom buster my friend rebecca suggested once was working on something in one stitch in one color she suggested for beads but it works for all sorts of things you stitch after you do enough of that you ll find ideas coming to you because in effect it s a blank canvas and you start to realize all the things you can do with it that s life this great big beautiful canvas that s just waiting for us to put down our reactions our experiences what we ve learned what we ve done being bored is a time waster and time is precious once it s spent it s gone whatever we have done to that part of the canvas is done with no undos or erasers to re draw re create that part so we should be creating it as we go so that maybe we might have regrets and mistakes but at least we have something in that spot which is much better than nothing in the end it will all make up one life that will be yours by shala kerrigan posted on friday august 19 2011 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest deer coloring page click on the image for the larger version you can use this for embroidery coloring pyrography or leather tooling i have lots of coloring pages that can be used for all sorts of crafty purposes but i was a little shy about uploading this deer animals are out of my comfort zone and i never ever feel like they are quite good enough to post my daughter encouraged me to post this one and got a good chuckle out of my example version if you get the joke get off the computer go outside and play if you don t tl dr is used on a lot of forums and also as comments on fanfic when someone posts something very long either a viewpoint explanation or story it stands for too long didn t read but if you try to say tl dr it sounds like teal deer since i m on a teal purple apple green kick i couldn t resist coloring my deer teal instead of tan brown by shala kerrigan posted on friday august 19 2011 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tags coloring page deer kids love stars teal wednesday august 17 2011 new mandala coloring page for all the people who have said such nice things about my mandalas i hope you enjoy this one click on the image for a larger version if you d like more mandalas to color check out my mandala coloring pages by shala kerrigan posted on wednesday august 17 2011 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tags coloring page mandalas rainbows tuesday august 16 2011 jelly recipe page spoonflower is getting ready to have their annual free swatch day on august 18th every year they do this to help raise money for heifer org they will mail you a swatch of fabric but if you d like to make a donation the money goes the charity the swatch i m getting this year is t his design and after i get the swatch and approve it the fabric will be for sale at spoonflower since i decided i really liked the layout i made a printable recipe page using it i hope you enjoy this click on the image for the larger version the dots are spaced approximately 1 3 of an inch apart for the lines lots more printable jelly things and recipes pages on don t eat the paste jelly and jam printable labels printable recipe pages by shala kerrigan posted on tuesday august 16 2011 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tags fruit jelly recipe pages rhubarb spoonflower strawberry ready player one i ll do a real entry later but i wanted to point out the brand new book ready player one this morning the author ernest cline is a favorite in my household for his poetry it s intelligent funny and full of pop culture references that make it very accessible even for my poetry hating husband i bought his cd years ago and it s a favorite you can find samples of it on his website click the second link under the game cartridge so when i saw ready player one listed on good reads a few months ago i left this comment really looking forward to this one so is my husband so very envious of the people who got to read it first ernest cline saw my comment and wrote me offering me a arc advanced reading copy of the book i read it in one sitting then gave it to my husband to read i loved it if you grew up in the 80s or have 80s nostalgia love and like science fiction you ll probably love it too michael laughed out loud at several points and found the story just as satisfying as i did the future is grim and escape is a virtual world that s very 80s retro this is what i wrote on goodreads i m just thrilled if you ve read or listened to ernest cline s poetry you come to expect a certain kind of intelligent humor and hopeful cynicism his first novel has that a future world that s believable and based in current events and rich with pop culture references to the 80s wade is clumsy flawed and easy to identify with if you ve always felt like a misfit the future he lives in isn t a utopia it s a natural extension of what s happening now the poor people are poorer there is very little in the way of fossil fuels left and people are escaping into an online world that was designed by someone with a deep love for that decade it s about friendship and good versus evil with a bit of a love story thrown in it s a lot of fun and a book that i really recommend to anyone who was a teenager in the 80s or who has a nostalgic love for that time if you like science fiction and ever used an amiga tried to get to the hidden level on pacman and know who stringfellow hawk is you ll love this book the future is grim and escapism is 1980s popular culture i don t want to spoil the book all that information is included in the blurb i do want to recommend it though it s already a best seller with movie talks happening and just out today amazon com affiliate links provide income to me personally which i spend on my book addiction by shala kerrigan posted on tuesday august 16 2011 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tags book review ready player one thursday august 11 2011 raspberry jelly labels i like using avery sticker project paper amazon com affiliate link for labels because i can do custom layouts for people who prefer other methods you can download the labels individually and use them in your word processing or graphics software to make your own label sets click on the images for the larger versions other cute label designs in this series rhubarb strawberry a friend of mine who is also very into canning has been really wishing i d make raspberry labels so i started them this morning but getting the face just right for the amount of cute i want was challenging while i was posting in progress designs on facebook lillian asked if i could make dark purple ones i said sure color changes are easy peasy then jennifer who originally asked for labels made a joke about them then said giggles sorry that was probably uncalled for wasn t it which made me think of a bratty kid bratty kid there was the answer to making the face cute enough a raspberry giving a raspberry perfect so that s what i drew then recolored it to make dark purple blackberry type raspberries for lillian while we were canning jelly the other day have i mentioned how much i love the discover canning small batch kit you can read my review here we couldn t find a ruler now you have to understand i have rulers lots of rulers metal plastic great big t rulers and little 6 inch school supply kit rulers but at that moment we couldn t find any of them turnip girl brought over the model i printed of the printable ruler to make sure it was exact well a paper ruler won t work to measure head space in jars so i had her grab her marshmallow stick and we measured on that and made a small notch at 1 4 inch it worked very well the marshmallow sticks are our family s answer to the fact i won t let them roast marshmallows on coat hangers because of the coatings on them we got a 3 8 inch oak dowel and sawed it in half then the kids sharpened them in a pencil sharpener and sanded them smooth their marshmallow sticks are their responsibility not to loose and to clean after roasting marshmallows every so often we saw off the ends put the rest back our craft supplies for other projects and start all over with a new dowel the non marshmallow end can be decorated with various things if you have kids who want to decorate them nothing loose or that dangles but wrapping craft wire around one end with beads or col...