Happy Birthday Give-Away Winner!

Today was the final day for the Birthday Give-Away. Congratulations to only a movie  for winning my favourite things surprise package. Enjoy Movie!

I wanted to thank everyone who entered the contest.

Mix 'N Match Craft Challenge

I am participating in a craft challenge/contest over at The Perfect Pear. For the first challenge our three items we had to use were: Yarn, Paperclip, Glitter.

I made a Pom Pom Bookmark

 Head on over to The Perfect Pear to check out all the other creative entries. 

Ps. Don't forget to enter the  
Birthday Give-Away. 

Winner will be picked on Friday November 26, 2010.

Happy Birthday Give-Away! (Winner picked)

Birthday Weekend is upon us in my house. Myself and my two daughters are celebrating birthdays this weekend so in honour of our birthdays, I am hosting a give-away. I will be giving away a surprise package of a few of my favourite things to one lucky winner.  If you would like to enter, the rules are simple...

To enter the birthday giveaway:

1. Leave me a comment on this post / one entry
2. Follow my blog / another entry
3. Post about my giveaway on your blog / another entry

I will pick the winner using the random generator on Friday November 26, 2010.
Good luck to all of you!

No global restriction apply.  Please read the small print.

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* Please make sure your blog profile has your email address enabled or leave your email (like ghettojack [at] gmail [dot] com) or blogs address in the comments or you can send me your email addie if you would prefer not to have it published.

* You must be 18 or older to enter.

* No global restrictions apply. If you have a mailing address you are eligible to enter.

* Winner will be contacted via email to get their address.

* Entering the contest grants permission to post your blog address, State/Provence/Territory of where you are from. If you don't have a blog, your first name and your State/Provence/Territory of where you are from will be posted.

* Winner will have 48 hours from the date the winner is announced on this blog (I will send the winner notification via email) to claim your prize by emailing me with your mailing address or I will have to choose another winner.

* Winners are randomly chosen from using random.org.

* I am not responsible for any lost or misdirected mail.

* By entering this contests you are agreeing to all of the above.

Peacefulness is in simplicity (Video clip)

{Wordless Wednesday}

Sound clip:  Odette by Matthew Good
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The Perfect Pear

Lauren over at The Perfect Pear is hosting a craft challenge/contest on her blog. Head on over to her place and check out the details.

While Waiting for the Sandman

It's the early hour of the morning in this part of the world and yet I'm still awake. No doubt, Mr. Sandman skipped over me this night. Actually, it's been a few nights since his last visit...

Pretty soon the skies will be on fire as the sun starts to rise above the horizon, painted a kaleidoscope of colors outside my bedroom window; tinted with crimson, with gold, vermillion, with amber.  Soon it will be time for me to get on with the day ahead.

What are your plans for today?

I love to buy crayons

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Things I miss from my youth: { tuesday ten}

Becoming in contact with an old pal I haven't heard from since high school has put me in a nostalgic mood today.

Are there things from your past that bring back wonderful memories for you? Here are 10 things I miss from my youth:

1.  Kissing Potion
2. Loves Baby Soft perfume
3. Macrame purses
4. Roller skates
5. The Pop Shop
6. Penny candy
7. The Muppet Show
8. Platform clogs
9. Record stores
10. Transistor radios

Mondays... UGH! random thought

 

"Do you ever look at your watch and immediately forget the time, so you look again? And still it doesn't register, so you have to look a third time. And then someone asks you what time it is, and you actually have to look at your watch for the fourth time in three minutes? Don't you feel stupid?"

George Carlin, Napalm & Silly Putty (2001)

Fall 'Roid Week 2010

This week I participated in a photo project on Flickr.  Photos where taken with my Polaroid SX 70 instant camera for 'Roid Week Fall 2010 Flickr Pool.  I had a ton of fun learning new tips on shooting with a Polaroid and loved looking at all the magnificent photographs taken by the many talented Polaroid photographers belonging to the 'Roid Week Flickr Pool.

I just ordered a bunch of new film for my new Polaroid addiction.

1. It starts with one. And then another., 

2. all the small moments,
3. sometimes I let my expectations get the better of me,
4. etched against grey flannel, 

5. boiling sea, howling winds, driving rain,
6. Bonus 'Roid

Film used:  PX 70 FF Color Shade from The Impossible Project

sometimes I let my expectations get the better of me

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'Roid Week Favourites {tuesday ten}

 

'Roid Week -- Autumn 2010

{November 1-5}

1. Choco Wonders - Roid Week Fall 2010 Day 1, 

2. Triple. , 

3. Untitled, 

4. Untitled, 

5. route 66, 

6. 100825 Parijs 01, 1 month after, 

7. Royal Sky , 

8. Trees Light, 

9. Spring in Hamburg, 

10. Untitled

You had me at Caramel!

Scent Recall

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a light breeze 

came in through my bedroom window

a scent

an aroma

of wood smoke 

and wet leaves

took me back to when I was in my youth-- 8-12 years old. Me, my sister and our friends in a clearing in the forest near the pond where we would play for hours on end. Building tree forts, catching frogs, or just lazing about listening to our transistor radio, eating a picnic lunch on a wool blanket.

But this particular scent memory was of late afternoon, mid October. The sun was just starting to set and rays were streaming through the fall foliage lighting the leaves up like jewels -- red, gold, rust... It was my favorite time of the day. We were up in our tree camp, ignoring my parents' shouts to come home, recounting summer gone and making serious plans for winter that was just around the corner. Lounging with our legs dangling over the side of the platform, inhaling the deep aroma of wood-burning stoves and dampening piles of leaves.

It is amazing how a scent can trigger memories so powerfully vivid from decades gone by.

Have you had a recent scent recall? I'd like to hear about it sometime!

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Hope you all have a wonderful Halloween weekend ♥

Holga Love

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October Sky

{Wordless #71}

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(screen shot taken from Nova Scotia Webcams)

Tuesday Ten Etsy Picks

{Click on each image to view seller's store}

This weeks "Tuesday 10" is inspired by Andrea from Third Street Handcrafters, who wrote the nicest things about me and Slightly Off-Center and who also featured an ETSY page --"Gifts for the photographer", which kept me busy surfing ETSY all weekend.
Thank you Andrea ♥

PS: Andrea and Sonia's Etsy listing is posted above in my list. Don't forget to stop by the shop and their blog; their dolls are truly the sweetest creations.

Spirits of the night

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Created with Photoshop

I haven't done one of these in a while.

This week the challenge was the little girl.

Want to join in on the fun?

 Go to Art Creation Friday challenge blog to view more entries.

On this perfect October day

Hubby and I decided we needed to grab a coffee before we headed out to my parents for Thanksgiving dinner. We just had enough time to take the scenic route home which turns the regular 5 minute drive into a 30 minute drive. The weather today was beautiful, we rolled the sunroof back, opened the car windows wide, pulled out of the Tims parking lot with Frankie Valli's "Oh What A Night" cranked way up on the stereo, then we hit the road. The wind blew our hair wildly about as we sang our hearts out (we may have gotten a strange look or two from people on the street). What? They don't drive around blasting Frankie Valli???

I don't think people understand what music is about anymore. I think most youngsters are hyper stimulated when it comes to music; it doesn't touch their heart and soul like it did to my generation. But I digress...(another post, for another time)

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal with the family. I'm so thankful to have my husband and children with me on this wonderful day. I'm also thankful for loving family and friends and for this life I cherish. Oh, and music. I am thankful for music and a voice to sing out as loud as I want.

Happy Thanksgiving, Columbus Day, Indigenous People's Day, Día de la Raza, Farmer's Day.  Heck... Happy Monday to everyone!

{Some weekend photos}

1. Turtle Cheesecake, 2. White Chocolate Lemon Tartlets, 3. Thanksgiving desserts, 

4. Bluejay, 5. Autumn Colours, 6. Thanksgiving Twilight

Psyched About {Tuesday Ten}

:film for the Polaroid
:trying out new recipes(pumpkin cheesecake) for Thanks Giving dinner
:upcoming long weekend
:quietly dreaming
:warm banana bread
:wool sweaters
:spending cozy evenings with my family
:evening walks with hubby
:helping the boy pick out his first new car
:being back here at Slightly Off-Center blogging

What are some things you are psyched about this week?