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Shatter Me- Lindsey Stirling

Shatter Me- Lindsey Stirling 

Colorimetry: The Circus of Me by SM Bjarnson - a Guest Post! Re...

Colorimetry: The Circus of Me by SM Bjarnson - a Guest Post! Re...: Please welcome SM Bjarnson to Colorimetry!!  Interested in reviewing The Circus in Me?  Leave your email in the comments or contact SM Bj...

WHAT DOES A GREAT LIFE LOOK LIKE? -S.M. Bjarnson

I have this book! Right there! In this book holds key components of motivation, technical lessons of life we all should remember! So today for the Wednesday Wisdom I am going to share with you a very important message this book explains or rather elaborates in all ways possible to each and every individual in a particular way! :) enjoy!

WHAT DOES  A GREAT LIFE LOOK LIKE?

"Ask a hundred people what a great life looks like and you'll probably get a hundred different answers-but certain answers will always make everyone's list. Most people would agree, for example, that a great life includes something worth living for, maybe even worth dying for. A portion of a great life would be devoted to something bigger, greater, grander, than yourself. Something that inspires you, energizes you, pulls you forward. Something that responds to your unique talent or touch and, ultimately, makes a difference in the world around you. A great life, of course, is not something we experience, it's something we create. That's what this book is all about." - A section from above book!

So what makes a life worth living? Is it the satisfaction of a job well done, money, laughter? Everyday we are experienced with challenges and trials that try very hard to bring down that goal of having a great life. How do we persevere? What makes us push through all the negative all the bad and betrayals for that light at the end of the tunnel? Is it the glory at the end that inspires you to be determined and monitor what negativity you allow to dwell on your homestead? Can you be a gladiator and motivate yourself beyond words and exercise them into actions? Find it in yourself to look upon a brighter day, ask yourself what do you think a great life looks like? :) To me all things are possible and I realize when the lessons are learned you move quickly along to the next chapter or reward. -S.M. Bjarnson

 http://www.amazon.com/Many-People-Does-Take-Difference/dp/1932319727/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399501887&sr=8-1&keywords=one+dan+zadra

Raindrop Drizzled, S.M. Bjarnson

Raindrop Drizzle 

Dark skies transformed over my happy persona cast down visions of a better world. I watched as the storm stomped over the rocky mountain range. Damages only done in secrecy.  Seagulls seeking shelter underneath abandoned beach lounge chairs. Catapulting bullets coming down trying to misshape the Pacific Ocean waves only in momentary dips.Change was in the air, more than the season of winter melted away to the warmth of Spring. It was different like a n accident waiting to happen. There in my gut I knew. The pulse I promised to believe was real, living inside me. Birds chirp at the worms blossoming from beneath the crust of Mother Earth. Upper bosom positioned over the metal guard railing. The  boardwalk nearly empty, stragglers search for cover ups and surfers try to find it in them to call it quits for the rambunctious day. 

S.M. Bjarnson

Projects & Scheduling, S.M. Bjarnson

Warm wishes to on the 5th of May! Cinco de Mayo!Projects & Scheduling We’ve all heard the banter and rants on how important it is to force on the aptitude of scheduling and making appropriate time frames for those said projects at hand! Well there is clarity in those remarks, and let us dive in and share some insight to those who plan and produce. PASSION PERMEATES EVERYTHING Since I’ve begun writing my novellas I try to write with passion as much as my weary mind will let me. I try to form schedules, but there is one response that I always hear; Creativity is not based in-between clock hours that you can write off as your 8:00-5:00 workday. It doesn’t work like that because as artists and dreamers we have the potential to deviate from the desired goal as much as our distractions and daily life take priority over those words to be written. Scheduling, actually puts your projects into the calendar. Giving dates for objectives. I am lucky enough to be a stay at home mother. Which frees up a lot of extra time for me, in-between naps and feedings. I can concentrate on the present story at hand. Giving it my all with all the tiny moments I have alone to spread it across the vast pages. Here I have found tips to knuckling down to get your creative passion to work on your side when you see fit to use it. My projects are the means and measurements for accomplishing my dreams and making them a reality. So what perception, what angle do we try and cautiously assess the damage for putting our dreams and goals ahead of prior engagements? List a few for good and positive writing potential. ·         Find a time to be alone for 1 hour and just write on command. (This helps progress yourself to form a better schedule in bringing the spontaneity of a story to present and taming it’s wild behavior.)·         Have a notebook with you at all times, to jot down ideas or sentences referring to creative works in progress. (You never want to sit and wonder what that amazing storyline was if you can’t remember it.)·         Read Continuously (This increases beautiful ideas all around your creative mind. Keep reading.)·         Write until your fingers bleed. ( The truth is when you are bitten with the writing bug you should always take full advantage of that, because if you wait it out it will take someone else to be a host. I finished The Circus in Me, by staying up and typing until 4-5 a.m. Why? Because if I want my dreams to manifest I have to do the work to receive them.) ·         Believe in Yourself. (Self-explanatory)
S.M. Bjarnson
 (ALL Bold, Underlined, Green Sentences are in reference from the book Making Your Dreams Come True, by Marcia Weider)

Crafts: The Beaded Chandelier Dollar Store Crafts

http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2010/05/make-a-beaded-chandelier/


Project Materials:Hanging wire basket, $16 packages of Mardi Gras-style metallic beads (about 48 necklaces), $6Light gauge wire (floral wire will work), $1Spray paint, $1Wire cutters, on hand or $1Hot glue gun & sticks, on handAdditional embellishments, as desiredTotal: $9 and up

To Make:

To prepare the beads: paint with white spray paint. Allow to dry, and add another coat of paint if necessary. You will be able to touch them up after the whole project is assembled.Prepare the wire basket: spray paint the wire basket and chains. Again, you'll be able to touch up the whole thing again after everything is assembled.Production note: I didn't spray paint before I assembled, but I think it's a good idea to do so. You won't be able to get the beads uniformly painted if you don't paint before you assemble.Work area: I hung the basket above my work surface so I could work on it while it was hanging like it would be when displayed. If you can finagle a way to do this, I recommend it.Wire: cut many pieces of light gauge wire at a length of about 2" or so. You'll need a couple hundred, but you can just cut 10 or so at a time, as needed. Beads: Find the spot where the two beads are fused together and break them apart. You can just pop them apart with your fingers.Attaching the bead necklaces together: As you wire your chandelier, you will hot glue one end of the necklace to the end of the next necklace. I recommend doing this as you go to keep everything nice and neat (and untangled). Remember to be careful when handling the hot glue!Wiring the bottom of the chandelier:Take your first necklace, and a piece of wire. Wrap the wire securely around the thread between the first two beads and twist around once or twice to make sure the wire won't come apart from the necklace. Then wire the necklace to the top of the wire basket form. Wrap the wire around the basket securely, and twist at least twice to make sure it's secure. Leave the end of the wire long for now.Hold the necklace up to the bottom of the basket to see where you'll need to add the next wire. At that spot on the necklace, add the wire as instructed above, and wire to the lower frame of the wire basket.Continue until you reach the end of the necklace, and hot glue the next necklace to the end and continue. Continue this process until the bottom of the basket is filled with beading. I wired about four sections of beads to each segment of the wire basket, and used two packages of beads to cover the whole wire basket.At this point, you can trim the wires in the bottom hole of the basket. Make sure each one is twisted securely, then clip near the twisted area to make it look neater. Leave the tails on the top part of the basket - you will use them in the next section of the project.Wiring the top of the chandelier:Production notes: Again, it is easiest if your basket is hanging while you are assembling. It takes about twice as many necklaces to bead the top of the chandelier.Start with a new necklace (or hot glue a new necklace to any extra beading left at the end of the bottom section), and wire it to an existing wire. Pull it up to the top of the hanging basket, where the chains meet. Take a longer piece of wire (about 4 to 6" long), and wire the beads to the top link in one of the chains. Pull the bead back down to the basket and wire to an existing section of beading (using the tails that you left in the first part of the project). Bring the beads back up to the top and wire to the long piece of wire. Continue wiring as instructed, attaching necklaces when needed. After about three or four segments of beads, I brought the wire tail back to the top link to secure the beads to the top.Once you're done wiring the whole thing, you can take it outside and touch up the spray paint in any area that got rubbed off. (I ran out of spray paint before the whole thing was as white as I wanted it to be, but I was too impatient to hold this tutorial any longer, so I went ahead and photographed!)Add additional embellishments like ribbon, butterflies, bows, etc., according to your own taste and decor.You can also turn the basket upside-down to use as the base for a chandelier, but if you decide to bead it the same way, you'll need to add a couple of long wires at key points across the basket to keep the beading laying the right way.Of course, these baskets are great bases for any kind of chandelier you can imagine! You might have a little trouble finding them at your dollar store now (they sell out quickly), but you can get them for about $5 at your local big-box store. I know that's not as great a price as $1, but it's still pretty cheap for a great chandelier base. The dollar store also has wire baskets that will work decently for chandelier bases. Try those and let me know how they work out for you!Lighting: I didn't add any lighting to this chandelier. I think it looks pretty cool as-is, but if I added any light, it would be with either twinkle lights inside, or a pendant light kit from a home improvement store ($10 for the kit). I'd use a halogen compact fluorescent bulb because it's low-heat.

Sneak Peek: The Tangled Tears 2nd Edition S.M. Bjarnson

Voices lingering around town. The school halted scheduled hours. Everyone in disarray, no one safe from being taken. If Winter was the first, who would be the next? If bad things came in threes, shouldn't I have been the first to make the sequence complete?She was classical. I was more modern pop. I replayed the lyrics to my favorite song expiration for the beauty. Honest to only wanting to follow her spirit into the absence of light. Picking through dresses as many as I collected shorts. Her make up in perfect order, obtuse to the chaos lived inside my room.
My father figure gave disgrace on my absolute questions on morality and chances of survival. He looked not down upon me, but beyond. Through the vanishing wisdom I so eagerly earned. For everyday was a chance to teach and learn about the alphabet of the livelihood, she escaped from.
S.M. Bjarnson

Keeley Reads Review of The Circus in Me, S.M. Bjarnson

http://keeleyreads.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/review-circus-in-me-by-sm-bjarnson.html

"Sprouts" - Brian Oldham

http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Photography-Sprouts-Limited-Edition/605295/1755173/view

Brian Oldham is an up and coming photographer with a beautiful spin on the world of nature and self-portrait.

WEEK ROUNDUP!

I have made a fantastic schedule for the month of May postings! Yes, they will be inspiring yes they will be creative, and yes they all will be a true awakening.
Here is a play by play for weekly days & topics!Monday: MotivateIn retrospect, I will be writing an article or two about getting the writers or readers inspired.Tuesday: A Tale or twoToday is a day for storytelling. Either from you or one of my close acquaintancesWednesday: Wisdom of the WorldA hope you will achieve. A wish you can't deceive. Wednesday is the day for enlightenment.Thursday: Free DayGive ME a Break. :)Friday: For EverybodyPromote your dope! I feature a music video of an artist I admire, a poem or a short story from fellow colleagues.Saturday: Sneak PeeksSneak Peeks of my new upcoming novels. The cover reveal or insert I allow to flow through my writer's hands.Sunday: Let's Have Fun Today!A recipe or a craft I love to share!I <3 pinterest!Follow http://www.pinterest.com/crazii09bjarns/
If you would like to post with me on the days I post new things about other creative artists in the world.Thank you to all who view and enjoy the articles I post, I am very excited to contribute to your livelihoods!
Email me and we will have loads of fun collaborating! :) Hooray!