Shattered

Shattered

Bang!
The shot gun sounds,
That turns my life upside-down.
Crash!
There goes the mirror,
That used to show those I held dear.
Sob.
Here beats my heart,
In pieces as it is torn apart.

Sigh.
The splinters cut and tear,
As I gather them from everywhere.
Shattered.
The mirror will always be,
As time tries to heal the wounds in me.
Thud.
To my knees I fall,
To cry to Him who hears it all.
                            -Natalie R.

Interesting Reads

I've been on a reading kick lately.  Here are some of the books I would recommend.  Clicking the link will take you to descriptions of the book on Amazon.

Flicker by Kaye Thornbrugh
Genre: Urban Fantasy

Likable characters, deep friendships, harsh lessons, court intrigue, colorful magic, and an abundance of perseverance make for a fascinating tale. Kaye Thornbrugh weaves a vivid world dancing just beyond normal sight. Flicker is a great read. I look forward to reading future works by this author.  This is Kaye's first novel and I think she did fantastic!

The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Genre: Science Fiction

I had been told by several people that this would be a good set of books to read and I am glad that I listened.  Katniss' story was artfully and often gruesomely described.  The tale highlighted both the highest and lowest points of humanity.  Courage, hope, despair, love, heartache, and revenge are all evoked within the pages of this tale.

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I have many more things to say about these books, but I will save them for other posts as I fear they will need spoiler tags as warning.

More Roxas Blanket Progress

To View All Progress On The Blanket

I finished the head in time to give it to Bevan for Valentine's day.  It's huge!  I was hoping to have the entire thing done, but it is taking longer to connect all the squares than I thought it would.  Still, I'm excited to see it coming together!

"Be careful. He messes with your head..." - Cloud [Kingdom Hearts II]

Inspirational Quotes

My new quote board.

I love a good quote and am always collecting them with the intention of eventually displaying them some how.  I've got a few files on my computer for inspirational quotes and I finally decided to do something with some of them.  Enter pinterest and a growing collection of ideas of things I want to do... eventually.  I've pinned a lot of dry erase picture frame ideas.  Today, it donned on me that while I don't have a use for another dry erase calendar in my house, I do have a use for a pretty board that I can write quotes on and that can grace my bathroom wall.  When I find a new quote I like - it's as simple as erasing one of the current ones and writing it in.

The best thing about it.  I made it all with stuff I already had in the house: empty matted picture frame, scrapbook paper, tape (so the paper doesn't slide), quotes, and a dry erase marker.  I like it.  What do you think?  What is your favorite quote?

Inspector Kaylee.

Checking to make sure I spelled everything correctly.

She takes her job as inspector seriously.

Sorry about the glare.

Hanging on the wall.

For My Scrapbooking Friends

Cami is one of the many crafty bloggers that I follow.  She has found, what looks to be a pretty awesome scrapbooking software called Creative Memories and is currently hosting a giveaway that ends on Jan. 26th.  If you like to scrapbook, check it out.  Don't forget to browse Cami's blog for awesome craft ideas while you are there.

You Seriously Made That - Creative Memories Giveaway

Roxas Blanket Progress

1/18/2012


Here are some progress shots.  I even arranged the squares for the head to take a picture.  Progress is being made.

Can you see the hair and face?  So excited!

The box holds squares with tucked tails.  The popcorn tin is full of squares I still need to tuck in.

The squares draped over the edge are already connected.

Kaylee, my cute little craft inspector, at work.

Roxas head.

 "Only you could have made it this far in one piece, Roxas." - Saix {He's not in one piece yet, but he is getting there.}

"That's really getting old." - Sora

Of Dolls and Princesses

So my little sister turned 6 earlier this month.  Her gift from me was a doll that looks like her and wears her favorite color - pink.  The week before her party I was telling my Mom about the doll and she asked if I could make K Rapunzel hair.  We sized a hat for her head and I took it home to use as a template for a winter hat that I then added long strands of yarn hair to, two strands at a time.  It was very time consuming, but my little sister loved the end result and it is a favorite for dress-up right now. Before the party was over she asked for it to be un-braided so that she could twirl around and have it fly around her.  It was cute.

Princess K in her Rapunzel outfit.

I made the hair.  It took 4 skeins of yarn looped through a yellow winter hat that I also made.

Her first comment after I put it on.  "It's too heavy!"

She had fun decorating it with flowers like the girls in Tangled decorated Rapunzel's hair.

My sister as Rapunzel.

She had so much fun wearing it.

Such a pretty princess.

This is a doll I made to look like my sister.

I think she turned out pretty cute.

The headband is one my sister can also use in her hair.

And my sister has named her Kendra.

The finished hair before braiding.

Front view.

Back view.

Kaylee inspects everything I make.

Front view on the table.

Back view on the table.

Side view.