“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket—safe, dark, motionless, airless—it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.” - CS LewisTumblr (3.0; @joyous)http://joyous.tumblr.com/<a href="http://pinchmysalt.com/2008/09/29/pumpkin-spice-cream-cheese-spread-recipe/">Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Spread Recipe</a>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/53293971http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/53293971Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:01:30 -0500<a href="http://sycamorestirrings.blogspot.com/2008/10/christmas-cuties.html">Christmas Cuties</a>: <p>I’d like to do something like this.</p>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/52745970http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/52745970Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:14:31 -0500<a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/24/how-to-peel-hard-boiled-eggs-without-peeling.aspx?source=nl">How to 'Peel' Hard-Boiled Eggs Without Peeling </a>: <p>I’m going to try this soon.</p>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/52597194http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/52597194Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:10:58 -0500<a href="http://www.greenkitchen.com/blog/2006/02/recycled-sweater-kid-pants.html">Sweater pants for babies</a>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/52429958http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/52429958Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:42:20 -0500<a href="http://www.43folders.com/2008/09/25/wire-arc">The Wire: Writing Into Your Arc</a>: <p>Great article.</p>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/51746004http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/51746004Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:19:34 -0500<a href="http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=19-10-019-f">Enchanting Children</a>: <p>GREAT article.</p>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/51397472http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/51397472Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:35:37 -0500<a href="http://belladia.typepad.com/crafty_crow/2008/09/storybook-puzzl.html">Storybook Puzzle Blocks</a>: <p>I could see this making a great gift if you got two copies of a book.</p>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/50535872http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/50535872Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:22:24 -0500<a href="http://blog.zakka-zakka.com/make-your-own-five-stones-a-traditional-game.html">Make your own Five Stones</a>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/49252787http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/49252787Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:23:41 -0500<a href="http://www.daciaray.com/?p=391">Linen Pear Sachet Tutorial</a>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/49169716http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/49169716Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:08:18 -0500<a href="http://dozidesign.blogspot.com/2008/05/paper-flower-tutorial.html">Paper flower tutorial</a>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/48722624http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/48722624Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:10:02 -0500<a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/08/31/daydream_achiever/?page=full">Important work can be done while daydreaming</a>: <p>Daydreaming can be very valuable.</p>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/48620347http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/48620347Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:39:54 -0500<p><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/5966369">Color Mastery: 10 Principles for Creating Stunning Quilts by Maria Peagler | LibraryThing</a></p> <p>Holding and reading this book is a sensual experience, as each slick page abounds with pleasing color.  I was afraid that a volume with such visual appeal would be light on content, but that is not at all the case.  Instead, <i>Color Mastery</i> does a fantastic job of providing substance behind the style, in the form of solid color theory, and ample practical exercises to teach the reader to apply said theory.</p> <p>Peagler lays out ten principles of color mastery, then devotes a chapter each to the main principles, weaving the other principles throughout all the chapters.  For those with formal art education, the principles may be too elementary.  But for the vast majority of readers, the principles of hue, value, intensity, and the various color harmonies will be new and helpful.</p> <p>The author strongly suggests keeping a color journal, and shows the reader exactly how to do that.  Personally, the idea and application of a color journal is the most exciting part of this book, and from that practice I can definitely anticipate how my crafting projects will improve in their use of color.</p> <p><i>Color Mastery</i> also provides nine quilting projects that allow you to practice the principles just learned, using the fabric already in your stash.  My primary focus as an artist/crafter is on mixed medium projects, not specifically quilting, and I still got a tremendous amount of information from this book &#8212; a quilter will find this a definite treasure trove.</p> <p>Below, you can see the first two pages in my new color journal, based on the exercises in <i>Color Mastery.</i></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poushes/2820268490/" title="Color Mastery exercise by mpoush, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/2820268490_c911533b80.jpg" alt="Color Mastery exercise" width="500" border="0" height="352"/></a></p>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/48294492http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/48294492Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:13:00 -0500<a href="http://www.fitnessfixation.com/?p=816">The Diary of a Mad Somethin-Somethin</a>: <p>She definitely nails the description of what it’s like to try to resist food I want to eat obsessively.  And she describes it hilariously!</p> <p>But, caution, she does use vulgar language.</p>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/47807128http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/47807128Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:39:37 -0500<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" width="400" height="316"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.paltalk.com/marketing/media/vanksen/main.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="firstname=Misty&lastname=Poush&urlfin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thelopezfamilyonline.com%2Faol4pres.php" /><param name="BGCOLOR" value="#000000" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.paltalk.com/marketing/media/vanksen/main.swf" quality="high" width="400" height="316" align="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="firstname=Misty&lastname=Poush&urlfin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thelopezfamilyonline.com%2Faol4pres.php" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" bgcolor="#000000" allowscriptaccess="ALWAYS"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Poush for president!</p>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/47493851http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/47493851Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:51:33 -0500<a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Invisible-Book-Shelf/">Invisible Book Shelf</a>: <p>I want to do this!</p>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/47089470http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/47089470Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:11:53 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/DhPIwgdPGcvmk5ipZjb5Siyj_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9459/obitcy5.png">img120.imageshack.us</a></p> <p>OUCH</p>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/46702803http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/46702803Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:08:50 -0500<a href="http://reformedandbaptist.blogspot.com/2008/08/7-reasons-to-say-god-willing.html">7 Reasons to Say 'God Willing...'</a>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/46702418http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/46702418Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:05:50 -0500<a href="http://jennwa.blogspot.com/2008/07/no-sew-pool-or-sport-cushion.html">No Sew Pool or Sport Cushion</a>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/45942544http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/45942544Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:30:48 -0500<a href="http://tutusandturtles.blogspot.com/2008/08/color-fun.html">Dye-ing pasta</a>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/45808225http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/45808225Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:49:10 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NxPrULE6dUU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Time for Liberty (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/BobBarr2008">BobBarr2008</a>)</p> <p>Inspiring!</p>http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/45713240http://joyous.tumblr.com/post/45713240Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:10:03 -0500