tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009907902397229832024-03-09T19:46:30.157-07:00Holly May BUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger326125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200990790239722983.post-1198335892382394912019-11-24T17:05:00.000-07:002019-11-24T17:06:26.268-07:002020 Calendars are here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am so excited to share my <a href="https://roomtoflourish.bigcartel.com/products" target="_blank">2020 calendars</a> with you!<br />
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There are available to purchase here and you can choose to order them without a stand (the clear CD case) - a great idea for those who need them shipped outside of the US. You can put them in a photo stand, or use a bulldog clip and a thumb tack to hang them on a wall.<br />
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I have also started a new blog, <a href="https://www.roomtoflourish.co/" target="_blank">Room to Flourish</a>, which I'm hoping to get running very soon - there is already ONE post! And, you can find a tab that has a whole lot of photos of <a href="https://www.roomtoflourish.co/p/custom-samples.html" target="_blank">custom work I have completed</a>.<br />
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I want to thank you for being here and following along on my journey. I mentioned in my last post that I would host a giveaway in this post. All you need to do to enter is comment below before November 30th, 2019, for your chance to win this 8x10 print pictured below.<br />
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I'll draw a winner at the end of the month, November 30th, 2019. International entries are welcome!<br />
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I have a NEW blog: What to expect:<br />
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Firstly, you'll need to subscribe to my new blog to get every post sent to your inbox. If you're not sure how, reply to this email, or send me an email, and I can set that up for you. You can subscribe yourself by going to the <a href="https://www.roomtoflourish.co/" target="_blank">home page</a> and entering your email address in the 'follow by email' section.<br />
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Second, I will be sharing mostly about my Christian faith and what the Lord has had on my heart. I am going to offer a brand new subscription service very soon - where subscribers can purchase a 3, 6, 9 or 12 month subscription and receive a few lovely things in the mail each month... including an 8x10 or 9x12 print of an encouraging scripture in my own brush lettering and art, with a card, postcard and or other cute things to keep or gift.<br />
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I am so excited to invite you to follow along my new journey at <a href="https://www.roomtoflourish.co/" target="_blank">Room to Flourish</a>!<br />
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The Lord has some wonderful things in store for us all.<br />
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Don't forget to comment at the bottom of this post to enter the giveaway!<br />
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In my post last week, I was showing off my latest quilty make. I had used my own printed-on-fabric label design and I had hand-written a personal message using a Pigma Micron Fineliner pen.</div>
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These pens are waterproof after drying for 24hours, and I found them specifically in the quilting section of my local craft shop (after searching high and low in the art department that I'm usually more than familiar with).</div>
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SO, in theory, I bought the marker from the store as a fabric-marking pen, although I do use them very frequently in my art.</div>
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The big question is, though, how well do they stick to the fabric after a good clean through the regular washer and dryer?</div>
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Here are my results.</div>
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This first photo was taken before the quilt was washed. It's a close-up of a photo in my previous post.</div>
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There are a couple of things to note: The diagonal edge was not folded over. Because it's cut on the bias, I knew that it was not going to fray like a straight cut along the grain of fabric. I decided not to fold it over. I love that I get to show you the 'after-washing' photo of this.</div>
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I left the quilt a few days before putting it through the wash, so it was definitely past the 24hr-curing time of the marker pen.</div>
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This what the label looked like after a wash. I used a regular cycle on my washer and a medium heat in the dryer.</div>
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You can see the diagonal line has frayed ever so slightly, it's not going to look much more frayed than this. The hand-written message has bled a little, which I was a bit disappointed about. But, it's still readable and I'm ok with that.</div>
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Other ways to write the message on: hand-embroidery, use a pen that is designed specifically for marking on fabric, or email me asking for a price to have me write your message, then have it professionally printed on fabric and sent to you. ;)</div>
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I'm hosting a giveaway in my next post. I promise! All you'll need to do, to be in the draw is comment on the NEXT post. It'll be open worldwide.</div>
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This is finished at 70 x 85 inches (177 x 215 cm). The back is a thrifted cotton sheet. All the squares are cut from fat quarters from Joann - the only theme being the colors are all batiks. The background fabric is a Country Classics solid.<div>
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Half hand quilted and half freehand machine quilted by myself on my trusty Heavy Duty Singer 4452. I love my machine, it's a trusty work horse!<br />
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I love to change up the machine quilting, there are slightly different designs in each section.<br />
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The colored arrows were machine quilted with orange cotton machine quilting thread. The negative space was hand hand quilted with white perle no12 thread.<br />
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Each of the 22 small arrows were quilted all over, because they're small. While all but one of the 10 larger arrows were quilted in the middle of them, in an area the same size at the smaller arrows.<br />
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I switched up the machine quilting designs from flowers and curvy shapes to geometric/dot to dot quilting styles.<br />
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It fits the single bed perfectly - at 70 inches wide by 85 inches long. Using a flat sheet for the back was a great idea, if I may say so.<br />
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I made straight binding (instead of bias binding) and I think it made the corners sharper. I'm usually "always bias binding no matter what" so, this is an eye opener for me and I'm pleased I tried it out.<br />
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The binding is also made with left-over fabric from the whole quilt. I love how it turned out with all the different colors, framing it just nicely.<br />
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When you finish a quilt, isn't it so nice to put a hand-written message on it? I designed this quilt label and had it printed on fabric (I have these and a few other styles for sale if you'd like to purchase, just send me a message if they're not listed in my <a href="https://roomtoflourish.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Room to Flourish shop link</a>). I hand-wrote the message between the lines with a waterproof micron pen, the rest is the fabric print.<br />
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Approved by my youngest, who has decided he wants a white quilt. I have just the perfect idea for his one.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How cool is that? Whether we've met in person or not, I want to say thank you for being here! I hope I can encourage you in one way or another. I hope that I can always keep this place bright, friendly and encouraging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">An update from the last post, which was all the way back in November...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We moved to Tennessee, with no hiccups. Well, maybe there were actual hiccups at some point, but we arrived safe and sound. Hallelujah! We have found a wonderful church! It's where we feel at home, we are connected, plugged in and at home. My awesome husband is already a part of the band, the church is so welcoming and warm, we have new friends, missing our Arizona friends (not to mention friends and family in New Zealand - we have not forgotten you!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Things are going well - all praises to the Lord!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have been busy with crocheting earrings (<a href="https://roomtoflourish.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">check out the cutest earrings right here</a>), designing a wedding invitation suite for a fun client - oh how I've missed this kind of "designy" fun, I've been painting up a bunch of fun things - yet to come to the online shop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">AND, this weekend, I am hoping to be able to go to QuiltCon. Oh, people, it's all about quilts and quilting and quilty shenanigans; it might be completely boring to many of you. I don't think I have anyone to go with, yet, so I'll be Nigel-No-Mates thus far. Haha! I'm very excited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And, if you've read this far... hold on to this little gem: next month is my birthday, and because I love giving gifts, wrapping gifts, making them all pretty and such, I'm going to run a little giveaway here on the blog! Yay, free stuff! It'll be a pair of earrings or a journal with a painted cover, or maybe both...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">he is my God, and I trust him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Newsflash: We're moving to Tennessee! Right before Thanksgiving, our anniversary of arriving in the United States.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">A little bit of a back-story, we have held a special place in our hearts for C3 (our church in New Zealand) for a long time. We miss our church family so much! But, we know something special about all C3s, it's the same friendly family no matter which C3 church you're at.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">In light of that, we put our love for Tennessee together with our love for C3 and decided that we'd pray and see if our God would open doors for us to move there. He did! Roy (my husband) was there for only a few days, he visited the C3 Pastor, he door-knocked for work, he drove around the countryside. We prayed that it would be clear to us and easy to find work IF we were meant to move to Tennessee.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">Sure enough, a job offer, a great reception, the first steps had begun.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">There was one big thing that happened a few weeks ago, though. We got notification that C3 was going to close down. The following Sunday was to be their last. No more C3 family. Not wanting to cause grief or ask the wrong questions, we didn't pry. We weren't exactly official members of the church there, yet. We also only had contact with the Pastor and only knew 'of' a couple of people who went to C3 Nashville.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">Roy was scheduled to be back in Nashville the next week, the Pastor was out of town so he couldn't meet up with him.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">We're still going to Tennessee. We just don't know exactly what is in store for us with a church, how we'll serve, who we'll make friends with, what we're going to do. I'll still do my art, there might be more of an open door for markets and fun like that.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">It's a weird feeling. We were so looking forward to the instant 'family' that is C3. We arrive a few days before Thanksgiving, and I was looking forward to maybe spending it with new people. But, it looks like it'll just be us this year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">So, it's with excitement that we move, but with a little sadness, too. I will be missing my friends and our extended family in Arizona so much. There will be something else in store for us, I'm just not sure what it'll be.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">Pray for us, that our move won't be stressful; that we travel safely across the country; that everything will fall into place, like it does, like He makes it; that we find some people who are looking for us, too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">If I'm not back here before, I hope you have a </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Happy Thanksgiving for my US friends, and a happy November for everyone else.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200990790239722983.post-88531733877163437152018-10-01T15:01:00.000-07:002018-10-01T15:01:33.618-07:00October 2018<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">October's free wallpaper for your desktop, tablet, ipad, phone, anything else that requires a jpg background.... </span><br />
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This month's desktop wallpaper is a close-up of a 3x5 inch oil painting I did in August. If you've been following for any amount of time, you'll know I love clouds.<br />
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One day I hope to have a big canvas painted like this, in oils, on my wall. And, if I'm so blessed, more paintings by me on other people's walls, too.<br />
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I'd love to know if <span style="font-family: inherit;">you have any troubles getting the high resolution image downloaded for your personal use. If it's something I might be able to fix, I'll try my best.</span><br />
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This small painting is available to purchase, please email me direct or simply use the message section to the right when viewed in full screen.<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To download the original image, click on the image to open it (if you're reading this from your email, open this post in your browser while using your computer or tablet, not your phone); make sure the pic is at full size, right-mouse click and save this image as the desktop background on your computer, OR click 'save image as...' then, once you have it saved on your computer, you can then set it up as a desktop background.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Strictly for personal use only - not for sale or re-sale, do share it with your friends if you'd like.</span></span><br />
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Cue, "Oh, Babe, we're meeting up with the Aunt and Uncle tomorrow for lunch and we're bringing the guac."</div>
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Yep - when it was planned weeks ago and I forgot to mention it to my husband.</div>
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School appointments, church appointments, life appointments, hang-outs with friends. I could try to go on, but I'll forget something.</div>
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I've been trying to use a weekly planner, a *pretty* one, made by me, in a big book, and it's working! It's amazing what pen to paper really does for me. The only problem with my planner is, I have to rule out the lines every week. I know, I know, it's only once a week's worth of effort. But I do get bored easily.</div>
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So... I made a printable weekly planner which includes some of my brush lettering which makes it super cute. And, because it has helped me so much, I'm sharing it with you, too. It's made to my specifications, it works for me. It's free.</div>
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A real pic of my hand-ruled, weekly planner. Along the left I write in the time, along the bottom of each column I write the date, along the top I circle the month and date. Then, the rest is easy, fill in the gaps.</div>
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The weekly planner I have designed is a two page pdf, in US letter - which will still work for A4 if you choose 'fit to page' when printing. It looks a lot similar to the pages above, without all my writing. I haven't printed it yet because I made it about 20 minutes ago and we're out of ink. So, off to the print shop I go (tomorrow, I hope I don't forget), I'll see if I can choose some nice colored paper for it. There is also a wider margin for binding, if you choose to do so. PLEASE show me, or tell me if you use this! It would be so fun to know about.</div>
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If you're on social media, tag me @roomtoflourish and use #hollymaybplanner if you're sharing any photos. How FUN!</div>
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Don't forget to have an awesome week! Link to the pdf below.</div>
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August is here. What a huge month July was for us, and today my oldest has started 2nd grade. So, I suspect, this month might be a big one, too. We'll be found somewhere in the AC breeze, finding out about life with routines again.<br />
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I have launched a whole pile of new pieces of artwork in my <a href="https://roomtoflourish.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Room to Flourish Big Cartel online store</a>. Please check it out, I would be so honored!<br />
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I hope you're well, please don't hesitate to send me a message or comment on this blog post. I would love to hear what kind of computer background you'd like to see in the future.<br />
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This month, it's an oil painting by myself. In 'real life' it's only 5x5 inches and currently drying.<br />
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How to use this on your computer:<br />
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Take care and God Bless!<br />
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During the last several months, I have painted a large collection of miniature pieces of art. Some are oil paintings, some are acrylic paintings. The smallest ones are 1 7/8 inches square!<br />
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Finally, the oil paintings are dry - a medium I have dabbled and fallen in love with.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abstract Seascape by Holly May B</td></tr>
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I have tried a few different styles, textures, impasto, brush and pallet knife techniques.<br />
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Clouds, flowers, cacti and sunsets.<br />
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Tomorrow morning, 8am MST they will finally be available - 67 new pieces! They will make lovely gifts and sweet desk top decor.<br />
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I have been so excited to share this large, but miniature, collection with you, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.<br />
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They will be listed online here <a href="https://roomtoflourish.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Holly May B Online Shop</a> but not until 8am MST, Saturday July 21st, 2018.<br />
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<span style="font-family: arimo;">Last, but not least, if you have checked out my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/roomtoflourish/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> account, you'll see some verses and florals in watercolor. These will be next year's wall (or desk) calendar, which I'm currently putting together. I can't wait to share it with you.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200990790239722983.post-32257068671175627742018-06-10T12:47:00.000-07:002018-06-10T12:47:30.956-07:00June 2018Oh dear, I lost track of time. We're full-swing in the Summer holidays right now, so everything is not as 'per usual', I'm afraid.<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arimo"; font-size: 13.2px;">I have also updated my <a href="https://roomtoflourish.bigcartel.com/products" target="_blank">online shop Room to Flourish</a> - go have a look.</span></div>
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April 2018 calendar attached for your computer wallpaper. This one is a mini painting - it's full size in real life is 2.75x2.75 inches, painted today and currently on the shelf to dry for the next few weeks - as it's oil paint.<br />
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This painting is currently unsold - go get it quick before someone else does. <a href="http://roomtoflourish.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Room to Flourish shop here</a>. The original painting does not have the month of February on it.<br />
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I hope 2018 brings you all that you hope for, and more. I am planning on being more present in the world of blogging. No surprises there. But, I thought I should start of with a pretty picture that you can use as a desktop background on your computer. Cool, right? I think so.<br />
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SO, all you need to do is click on the image below to open the pic; right-mouse click and save it as the desktop background on your computer, or click 'save image as...' then, once you have it saved on your computer, you can then set it up as a desktop background.<br />
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Moving right along! Check out my 2018 calendar babies, below! Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me about these and bought some, or are looking to purchase in the future, or are cheering me on from a distance. You're helping me create more pretty things to look at and I couldn't be happier.<br />
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I had so much awesome feedback about these calendars, but there was a big request for the same kind of calendar - without scripture. As these are often given as gifts, Christmas, birthday, teacher's gifts etc, I decided I needed to make a 'wreath only' calendar.<br />
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I am about to send to print another calendar, US letter size, that will hang on the wall and it'll have enough room to write a few little notes - which is just as exciting for me!<br />
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If you love these, you can find them available to purchase in my online shop <a href="http://roomtoflourish.bigcartel.com/">roomtoflourish.bigcartel.com</a> Remember, there are two kinds, one is called 'scripture' and the other is called 'wreath'.<br />
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Thank you so much. I'll keep you up to date when the wall-hanging calendar is ready for purchasing. I'm around a little more often on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/roomtoflourish/" target="_blank">Room to Flourish Facebook page</a> and I'm around a LOT more often on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/roomtoflourish/" target="_blank">Instagram @roomtoflourish </a>.<br />
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I did a 100 day project! And I finished it! One hundred days of Psalm verse 1. That means, day one was Ps 1:1, day two Ps 2:1, day three Ps 3:1 and so on. Please let me know if you'd like to see them all here? You can look up <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/100daysofpsalmv1/" target="_blank">#100daysofpsalmv1</a> to see them all on Instagram.</div>
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I have had the amazing opportunity to put my art in our church bookstore. What a privilege! So, the above pic is an 11x14" panel canvas, it's either still sitting in the shop, or it's already on someone's wall, encouraging, reminding. "You are mine." There are a few things in my online shop <a href="http://www.roomtoflourish.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Room to Flourish</a>, and I'm still doing crochet earrings. I'm currently working on a couple of custom commissions. How awesome is that? Praise the Lord. </div>
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I was having a bit of fun with this cheeky kid, playing on the floor. I snapped a few blurry photos and this one was my favorite. He is almost 16 months old, and sprouted four molars while we were on holiday. Yay, for being able to chew food properly. Not really yay for getting them all while on vacation!</div>
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Day one of our holiday, I finished the 100 day project. Hello, beautiful Tennessee!</div>
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We travelled a lot, motel to motel, a lot of driving. There were two or three nights we didn't have a port-a-cot (pack n play/baby bed) and it was quite, almost, torture. We bought one for the final three nights. Seriously, if you plan on travelling with a crib-sleeper, do your sanity a favor and buy a port-a-cot. Motels 'might' provide you with one... sometimes. It was awesome when baby was in the provided port-a-cot, we all slept, he didn't take forever to fall asleep, we weren't worried he would roll off the bed, it was lovely.</div>
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Carrying on that 150 day project in the passenger seat. I loved the randomness of these, they turned out a little messy from being in a moving vehicle.</div>
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Apparently front-loader washing machines are so interesting. My husband brought the boys out to where I was at the motel laundry and the first thing this kid does is put his head in the door-dent. I couldn't help but giggle.</div>
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Finally, we got home and were welcomed with beautiful, beautiful rain. It was magical.</div>
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Watching the weather in Arizona, all the way from Tennessee, we knew we were missing out on a whole lot of monsoon storms. So, we were very pleased to catch some of that refreshing goodness.</div>
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I took our last two packets of Nescafe Singles (Vanilla Latte if anyone is interested) with us on vacation, but I didn't use them until we got home. So yummy.</div>
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Who knew that a week and a half away from the craft store meant that I couldn't help but go and buy some new yarn? Dish cloths. Very pretty dish cloths.</div>
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I liked this pic, on our dining table. I also always wonder if people notice the syringe that is often in my painting pics? It looks so bad, doesn't it? I use it for dropping small amounts of water into my paint tray as I go. It's a great painting tool, I promise! It was bought as a medicine measuring syringe for baby's Tylenol (Pamol), but we have a few of those so I claimed it.</div>
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I was in the art store the other day and saw a piece of birch ply. Needless to say, it is now in four pieces and will hopefully become loved bookmarks. They will be finished with scripture and a coat of clear acrylic.<br />
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If you made it this far, I want to tell you that I am tired. School starts up next week, I have a 1st grader (Year 2 in NZ) and he's pretty excited. I am also pretty sure that the little one is not going to be excited about his favorite person in the whole world not being at home for him to torment.<br />
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I hope you are well! Tell me, would you like to see my 100 day project pics here? And, what do you do when you have cabin fever? As in, can't go outside because it's way too hot, not way too cold or raining.<br />
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In the last post, I had a little giveaway which, to get a couple of extra entries, I asked a couple of questions. Here they are with the answers I was looking for:<br />
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Q1. What is the distinct difference in block 21 when compared to all the others?<br />
A1. It is quilted with yellow matching thread. The rest of the quilt is quilted with only coral thread.<br />
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Q2. Which four blocks were in the photo in the last post, showing the reverse side of the quilt?<br />
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The winner of the giveaway was Jess, who has already been contacted. Congratulations! Her prize is a hand-made mug rug in her chosen color. I'll share photos of her mug rug after she has received it. I'm excited! If you're confused, I searched <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=mug%20rug&rs=typed&term_meta[]=mug%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=rug%7Ctyped" target="_blank">'Mug Rug' in Pinterest</a> for you. Aren't they cute?<br />
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I think I might add some to my shop... there were some really pretty batik fat quarters in the store that I couldn't leave on the shelf.<br />
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Thank you so much, everyone, for staying with me as I showed off my quilt. It shows that you can have fun and learn a lot when you're a beginner and you jump right in with a big project. No matter how wobbly at the start, you'll get better.<br />
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If you know me well (well enough), you'll know I like to draw or paint flowers and wreaths. So, it was only fitting that I quilted one, too.</div>
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I drew a basic circle in there somewhere, with chalk, then I free-hand machine quilted with flowers and foliage. There is at least one feather in there, maybe more.</div>
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I have a dream to make a whole-cloth quilt one day, or maybe many of them. A whole-cloth quilt is basically one whole piece of solid fabric for the top and one for the bottom. It includes no piecing, and is quilted in a thread that matches the fabric color. I don't know about you, but I think they are absolutely beautiful!</div>
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I want to thank everyone who has hung around and watched my quilt reveal over the last several weeks! My biggest hope is that you are left inspired, that one day you will try your hand at free hand machine quilting, however large or small the project might be.</div>
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I was so excited to finally share the last block, that I wanted to give something away! SO, one lucky winner will receive a super mini quilt, 5x7 inches, in their favorite quilting style (choose any one of the the 25 blocks) and in their favorite color (coral, turquoise, yellow, grey, or white).</div>
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All you need to do is comment below (on the website, on this post at <a href="http://www.hollymayb.com/">www.hollymayb.com</a> ) and tell me which <i>quilting style I have used</i> is your favorite AND tell me <i>which color you like best</i>... coral, turquoise, yellow, grey or white.</div>
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Remember to NOT comment as anonymous as I will not have any way to contact you if you are the winner, forcing me to choose another winner.<br />
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EDIT: Some comments aren't coming through, if you haven't had a response from me within a few hours after you comment, please try again with a computer instead if a phone or comment your answers on the giveaway post on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/roomtoflourish/" target="_blank">facebook page</a>, as I will count those as entries, too. I'm so sorry for this inconvenience!</div>
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Giveaway is open worldwide as long as you have a postal address. Giveaway will be closed and a winner drawn on Monday, May 29, 2017 at 12:00 noon, MST. Winner will be picked at random. If the winner has not made contact with me within 48 hours (two days) of being notified, I will choose a different winner.</div>
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Flowers! I was so excited to begin quilting the *next* block (block 21, revealed tomorrow) that I rushed this one. It is beautiful, but I can see a lot of room for improvement. These blocks are 17x17 inches. I chose this size because it allowed me to cut the biggest (even) square possible from the fat quarters I used for this.<br />
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Fat quarters, in general, are 18x22 inches. Sometimes they aren't cut straight or they might have a wide selvedge (also selvage), so 17.5 x 17.5 inches was safe, seam allowance included.<br />
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Tips for next time: slow down, make the flowers smaller, make more echo lines around the edges of the petals. I marked these out with chalk and barely stayed on track as I raced to get it done... probably during my youngest's nap time.<br />
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This would be a great pattern to use on a whole quilt, or for filling in large areas.<br />
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Tomorrow, I'll show you my most favorite block! It was the last one I did in chronological order, too, so I think it shows exactly how far I have come.<br />
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I started with <a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/05/block-1325-my-queen-size-quilt.html" target="_blank">block 13</a>, right in the center. And I finished with block 21. I apologize if I made anyone confused by sharing the last five blocks in reverse order (see pic below).<br />
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In tomorrow's reveal, I will also tell you all the information about a giveaway that will run over the weekend. You'll probably want to 'like' my facebook page early... <a href="https://www.facebook.com/roomtoflourish/" target="_blank">Room to Flourish by Hollymayb</a> and, if you're on instagram, follow me there, too: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/roomtoflourish/" target="_blank">Room to Flourish on Instagram</a>.<br />
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My instagram account right now is mostly about my #the100dayproject where I am doing #100daysofpsalmv1. Basically that means, each day I am lettering, painting, drawing or sketching out Psalm 'x' verse 1. Eg; day 1 was <i>Psalm 1 verse 1</i>; day 2 was <i>Psalm 2 verse 1</i>; day 3 was <i>Psalm 3 verse 1</i>, and so on. As of today, I'm just over half way through.<br />
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Thanks for sticking around!<br />
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I'll hopefully see you tomorrow, here, on Facebook or on Instagram<br />
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I'm so excited!<br />
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<a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/04/block-525-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 5</a><span style="color: black;"><br /><a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/04/block-625-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 6</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/05/block-1625-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 16</a></div>
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<a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/05/block-1825-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 18</a><br /><a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/05/block-1925-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 19</a><br /><a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/05/block-2025-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 20</a></div>
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"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. So now faith, hope and love abide, but the greatest is love."<br />
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This is a very shortened, paraphrased version of 1 Corinthians, chapter 13, verse 1 and verse 13. Shortened to fit on the block.<br />
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My only regret with this one is... that my camera would take better photo of it! There are still visible chalk lines (blue) but they will wash out. Honestly, these coral blocks are so pretty while also the most un-photogenic.<br />
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But: imagine a WHOLE QUILT quilted like this? With encouraging words, details, scriptures, poems... Endless possibilities! So much love!<br />
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Stay tuned for the rules of the giveaway, I'll give all the details on the last post (block 21). This week I've been sharing the last five blocks in reverse order (25, 24, 23, 22, 21) so I can show you my most favorite block last (block 21). It has been very tricky to photograph, too, but I've done my best and I hope you'll love it as much as I do.<br />
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See other blocks here:<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/04/block-425-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 4</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/04/block-525-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 5</a><span style="color: black;"><br /><a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/04/block-625-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 6</a> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/04/block-725-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 7</a> </span></div>
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<a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/04/block-825-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 8</a><span style="color: black;"><br /><a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/04/block-925-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 9</a><br /><a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/04/block-1025-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 10</a><br /><a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/05/block-1125-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 11</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/05/block-1625-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 16</a></div>
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<a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/05/block-1825-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 18</a><br /><a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/05/block-1925-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 19</a><br /><a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/05/block-2025-my-queen-size-quilt.html" style="color: #e06666; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">My Queen Size Quilt Block Number 20</a></div>
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Thank you!<br />
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I used the same pattern here as I did in <a href="http://hollymayb.blogspot.com/2017/04/block-525-my-queen-size-quilt.html" target="_blank">block 5</a>. Every section was marked with chalk: vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines. Slow and steady wins the race. I love this quilting style, it also feels nice to run my hand over. It's just nice!<br />
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Block number 23 tomorrow, it's handwriting quilting! Curiouser and curiouser!<br />
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Thank you!<br />
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