Noontime Quote of the Day
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“Summer set lip to earth’s bosom bare,
And left the flushed print in a poppy there.”
~Francis Thompson
Noontime Quote of the Day
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“All green and fair the summer lies,
Just budded from the bud of spring,
With tender blue of wistful skies,
And winds that softly sing.”
~Susan Coolidge
Noontime Quote of the Day
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“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time?
~John Lubbock
Noontime Quote of the Day
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I believe humans get a lot done, not because we’re smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee.
~Flash Rosenberg
Contest Time! Summer Journaling
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The Summer solstice is almost here. (Scr)apropos is celebrating the oncoming warmer days with a journaling contest.
Entry is simple…. Post your written journal entry about your “Favorite Summer Memories” between today and Sunday (June 24, 2007) at 10pm Pacific time as a comment to this post. You must post a working email address in the “email” field when posting for your entry to be valid. Don’t worry, nobody will see your email address but me. Also make sure your name is unique since entries will be referred to by the poster’s name for voting. I suggest using your first name and last initial, kind of like in elementary school when there were two kids in the class with the same first name. Go to the Summer Journaling Contest page anytime for the details.
I will put together a poll after the entry window closes with all of the valid entrants listed. Visitor’s to (Scr)apropos will be able to read the entries and vote on their favorite for one week, until Sunday (July 1, 2007). On Monday, Jul 2, 2007, I will post the winner.
Your entry: This is all about creativity so it is up to you. Entry must be an original writing for this contest. Extreme profanity and spam posts will not be allowed, beyond that use your imagination!
The PRIZE: The winner will receive a surprise goodie bag full of Summer themed scrapbooking embellishments. (picture of the prize coming soon).
Noontime Quote of the Day
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fa·ther /ˈfɑ
ðər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fah-ther] /ˈfɑðər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronun
–noun
| 1. | a male parent. |
| 2. | a father-in-law, stepfather, or adoptive father. |
| 3. | any male ancestor, esp. the founder of a race, family, or line; progenitor. |
| 4. | a man who exercises paternal care over other persons; paternal protector or provider: a father to the poor. |
| 5. | a person who has originated or established something: the father of modern psychology; the founding fathers. |
| 6. | a precursor, prototype, or early form: The horseless carriage was the father of the modern automobile. |
| 7. | one of the leading men in a city, town, etc.: a scandal involving several of the city fathers. |
| 8. | Chiefly British. the oldest member of a society, profession, etc. Compare dean1 (def. 3). |
| 9. | a priest. |
| 10. | (initial capital letter) Theology. the Supreme Being and Creator; God. |
| 11. | a title of respect for an elderly man. |
| 12. | the Father, Theology. the first person of the Trinity. |
| 13. | Also called church father. Church History. any of the chief early Christian writers, whose works are the main sources for the history, doctrines, and observances of the church in the early ages. |
| 14. | Ecclesiastical.
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| 15. | fathers, Roman History. conscript fathers. |
–verb (used with object)
| 16. | to beget. |
| 17. | to be the creator, founder, or author of; originate. |
| 18. | to act as a father toward. |
| 19. | to acknowledge oneself the father of. |
| 20. | to assume as one’s own; take the responsibility of. |
| 21. | to charge with the begetting of. |
–verb (used without object)
| 22. | to perform the tasks or duties of a male parent; act paternally: Somehow he was able to write a book while fathering. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME fader, OE fæder; c. G Vater, L pater, Gk pat
r, Skt pitar, OIr athir, Armenian hayr]
Source: Dictionary.com
American Psychological Association (APA):
Father. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved June 11, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Father
Chicago Manual Style (CMS):
Father. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Father (accessed: June 11, 2007).
Modern Language Association (MLA):
“Father.” Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 11 Jun. 2007. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Father>.
Noontime Quote of the Day
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“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.”
~ Charles Wadsworth
Noontime Quote of the Day
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“Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice.”
~Unkown
Noontime Quote of the Day
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“Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young, Who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, And joined in thy innocent glee.”
~ Margaret Courtney
Easy DIY lightbox to improve you photos
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I love the idea of taking photographs of all those special little projects that our kids make that we know we cannot really keep around forever. A photo is so much easier to store than a potato, carrot, pasta, and toothpick transforming robot (you laugh, but I do not make these things up. If my 5yo can figure out how, he will build a transformer out of anything). Making a scrapbook page for the project shows the kids how special you think their creations are even if they end up in the compost bin when they start to smell funny (the project, not the kids). The big questions I always see on any hobby forum where people take pictures, and seriously in our digital social networking world it seams like everyone is visually recording everything, is how to improve their pictures and what to use for a light box.
This article at Digital Scrapbooking magazine gives some great advice on making an inexpensive light box using those wire frame cube storage systems.
To add to their advice I suggest trying some of the screw in fluorescent daylight bulbs for lighting that are readily available now. You can get a 3-pack for about $10 and they last for years. Not only are they more environmentally sound, but you are far less likely to give yourself a nasty burn when you reach in to move the subject of your photography around. I would also suggest using the cable ties to hook the wire grids together. The cable ties make for a much tighter fit and give you more versatility in how you configure the pieces.
scrapbook, scrapbooking, photography, lightbox, kids, family, parenting, memories, diy
Noontime Quote of the Day
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Every weekday, and some weekend days, a new quote will be posted for you to use in your scrapbooking projects or just for inspiration. When possible the quotes will relate to relevant events and seasons. Quotes will be posted around noon pacific time.
Here is your first Noontime Quote of the Day:
“It is a wise father who knows his own.”
~William Shakespeare
Hello (Scr)apropos!
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I am Teresa the new writer here at (Scr)apropos. For the nitty gritty about me check the link at the right to see my biography, a couple of family pictures, a sampling of my art and photography…and…yes…even a picture of me.
There are lots of plans in the works for this site. To whet your appetite here is a peak at the new site description:
(Scr)apropos is an energetic scrapbooking-centric website bringing a wide variety of topics and tips for scrapbookers who like to keep up with what is new and fresh in the scrapbooking world. Weekly you will find tutorials and project how-tos, tons of layout ideas with pictures, and daily inspirational quotes to spur your creativity or to use in your scrapping projects. Interspersed with the regular features you will find product review, sites to see, scrapbooking news, and more surprises. Scrapbooking is a growing and vibrant hobby. Come join us at (Scr)apropos to celebrate our creativity and preserve our heirloom memories.
All of that is fun and informative, but without your comments I am just talking with myself (nothing wrong with that, by the way, but two-way conversations are usually more entertaining). Use the comments section to tell me what you want to see hear. What techniques do you want to learn about? What new products have tickled your fancy? What topics inspire you? Which scrapbooking artists would you like to learn more about? Don’t be shy (I’m not)! Post comments an have a say in what you will see at (Scr)apropos.
George Washington Letter Found in 1826 Scrapbook
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Do you think your scrapbooks will ever amount to much? Be seen by people other than immediate family? Those photos, letters, stories and memorabilia might be of great interest to historians even centuries from today. Take this story of a really old, but historically important, scrapbook.
A letter written by George Washington in May 1787 was found in a brown leather scrapbook made by a 10-year-old litte girl. The letter was addressed to Jacob Morris, the grandfather of Julia Kean, the scrapbook’s owner. Julia started the scrapbook in 1826. You can read the story at the New York Times.
There are several points of interest about the letter and the scrapbook that caught my attention:
More Events for National Scrapbooking Day
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National Scrapbooking Day is this weekend. There are loads of things going on online and off. Like these!
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A Cherry on Top will host its 2nd Annual MSD Crop Around the Clock event, with 52 hours of cropping, challenges, games, make’n'takes, bingo, and classes. The crop starts at 3 p.m EST Friday, May 4th and ends at 7 p.m. EST on Sunday, May 6th. Check their message board for more info.
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AllyScraps kicks off their celebration at 1 p.m. EST on Saturday, May 5, with challenges, a trivia contest, hourly prizes and games.
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ScrapFabulous is holding a weeklong celebration of National Scrapbook Day! From April 30 to May 4, there will be challenges, games, giveaways and of course, cool prizes.
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Treasured Scrapbooking will have an online crop this weekend starting on Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m. EST until Saturday, May 5 at 11 p.m. (EST).
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What’s Scrappening! is holding a Meet and Greet in Tulsa, Oklahoma, plus an online crop on May 5. There will be giveaways and prizes so check them out.
Don’t forget to ask your local store if they have events planned. My LSS is having a special 12-hour crop, double-punches, and a sale!
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