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Original gifts, made with loveAedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922753888151323430.post-52628383526770377412011-11-08T12:01:00.000-08:002011-11-08T12:01:56.002-08:00<b><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: #990000;">Crafters work so hard, it's a constant struggle to stay on the ball. Create something unique that captures the imagination of people. They work hard, and for most of them they work hard for very little. But they do it with love, care and loads of creativity.</span></b><br />
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<span></span>Aedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922753888151323430.post-15643559193922193712011-10-03T20:00:00.000-07:002011-10-03T20:01:31.888-07:00Birthday<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >15% OFF everything, from OCTOBER 3rd til OCTOBER 10th. I'm feeling generous during the last week in my 20's. Enjoy this gift from me to you!</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >USE COUPON CODE: "MYBDAY"</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" > http://www.etsy.com/shop/AedanSeppe?ref=si_shop</span></b></div>Aedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922753888151323430.post-69826417701616926742011-06-22T13:24:00.000-07:002011-06-22T13:47:52.386-07:00Summer treat! Homemade Smoothies<b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Another heat inspired creation! Fat free, filled with tons of vitamins, liquid (cos we need it even more this season!) and oh so yummy!!<br /><br />I recently started making smoothies, wanting to drink something different and refreshing. They are now a hit at our house and I make em pretty much daily.<br />The options for flavors are endless! It's whatever fruit you love or whatever fruit you happen to have in the house.<br /><br />I've never been a fan of frozen fruit, I guess I never knew what to do with em. BUT! Now I have to have it in the house all the time for smoothies.<br /><br />You'll need a blender<br /><br /></span></b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Ingredients:</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Fruit (preferably frozen but other will work too)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Yogurt (I use fat free)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Juice (any kind really, it's up to your taste buds) </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >if your fruit is NOT frozen you will also need a handful of ice cubes </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Here's what i used!</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Frozen Strawberries and blueberries<br /><br /></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eVk4bE8cnu4/TgJR2C6CDxI/AAAAAAAAAF8/gYFLBNRyqc0/s1600/Photo0652.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eVk4bE8cnu4/TgJR2C6CDxI/AAAAAAAAAF8/gYFLBNRyqc0/s1600/Photo0652.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eVk4bE8cnu4/TgJR2C6CDxI/AAAAAAAAAF8/gYFLBNRyqc0/s400/Photo0652.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621145273846861586" /></a><br /><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Fat free vanilla yogurt and Strawberry banana juice </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iCnLghkKg04/TgJSME37WFI/AAAAAAAAAGE/J_em4UQlG2Q/s1600/Photo0651.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iCnLghkKg04/TgJSME37WFI/AAAAAAAAAGE/J_em4UQlG2Q/s1600/Photo0651.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iCnLghkKg04/TgJSME37WFI/AAAAAAAAAGE/J_em4UQlG2Q/s400/Photo0651.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621145652332025938" /></a><br /><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Toss in your blender, your fruit, add a dollop of yogurt and finish off with a good splash of juice. The more juice the more liquid it becomes.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Blend blend BLEND!! This is the part my toddler hates, NOISE! lol </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >for NON FROZEN FRUIT: toss your ice cubes in now :) </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iME--pzPrvc/TgJSe6PEnmI/AAAAAAAAAGM/PG8BZb9z7c4/s1600/Photo0654.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iME--pzPrvc/TgJSe6PEnmI/AAAAAAAAAGM/PG8BZb9z7c4/s400/Photo0654.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621145975893827170" /></a><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >I was feeling fancy and poured it in a wine glass and finished off with a fresh (non frozen) strawberry<br /><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4x36bliuNxQ/TgJSw9DQSQI/AAAAAAAAAGU/7x8IyEa_d9s/s1600/Photo0655.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4x36bliuNxQ/TgJSw9DQSQI/AAAAAAAAAGU/7x8IyEa_d9s/s400/Photo0655.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621146285887211778" /></a><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >I find this the perfect drink after a workout. I work out in the evening and will come home feeling tired and hungry. Not wanting to pig out because it's later in the evening this is the perfect snack/drink. It fills me up, gives me energy and fixes any cravings </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Enjoy! </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Evi<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></b><br /></div>Aedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922753888151323430.post-41468521682207755502011-06-10T13:26:00.001-07:002011-06-10T13:58:02.553-07:00Homemade Pizza pocketsNow I don't know how you feel about cooking in the summer, but me personally...I'm not a fan. The kitchen gets hot and I get cranky. On top, I'd rather be doing other things like play with my toddler and enjoy the outdoors.<div>So here's a little something I do do to have some food for a few days and a snack/small meal in the freezer.</div><div><br /></div><div>First I make a HUGE pot of spaghetti sauce. I put lots of fresh veggies, like carrots, celery, bell peppers,.... sometimes mushrooms in mine :)</div><div>Let it cool.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now for the pizza pockets. First, dinner rolls! I buy em frozen, prepare them according to the directions (this may include 4-5 hours of the dough rising before baking) </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6-jJnBqIJkI/TfJ_mVwHgmI/AAAAAAAAAEs/ygwMA9BEQYk/s1600/Photo0634.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6-jJnBqIJkI/TfJ_mVwHgmI/AAAAAAAAAEs/ygwMA9BEQYk/s400/Photo0634.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616691981935149666" /></a><br /><br />While these are cooling off, let's work on the filling for the pizza pockets<br />First your ingredients. This can be pretty much anything you like. <br />For these I chose<br /><br />The spaghetti sauce I made beforehand<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gVocTdHhZM8/TfKAR2xqKUI/AAAAAAAAAE0/EBCBa8daxto/s1600/Photo0637.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gVocTdHhZM8/TfKAR2xqKUI/AAAAAAAAAE0/EBCBa8daxto/s400/Photo0637.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616692729534359874" /></a><br /><br /><br />Peperoni<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uFWSPd4ZmGw/TfKApCeupJI/AAAAAAAAAE8/N_J5-chRxRA/s1600/Photo0635.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uFWSPd4ZmGw/TfKApCeupJI/AAAAAAAAAE8/N_J5-chRxRA/s400/Photo0635.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616693127813178514" /></a><br /><br /><br />And grated cheese <br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AhxnduUyfDk/TfKA6J-FtSI/AAAAAAAAAFE/i8l5S7Wj0jc/s1600/Photo0636.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AhxnduUyfDk/TfKA6J-FtSI/AAAAAAAAAFE/i8l5S7Wj0jc/s400/Photo0636.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616693421881537826" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Take a mixing bowl, add a few big scoops of your sauce.<br />Then take your pepperoni, slice it in thin strips and toss it in the sauce<br />Lastly, grab a handful of cheese and add it to the mix.<br />Stir everything together til it looks like this <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9_RubE4Qww4/TfKBv1CpAZI/AAAAAAAAAFM/iVF4OBUOqRE/s1600/Photo0638.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9_RubE4Qww4/TfKBv1CpAZI/AAAAAAAAAFM/iVF4OBUOqRE/s400/Photo0638.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616694343976419730" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Now for the fun part. Take your rolls, that have cooled off by now. Cut a slit in it at the top. Only at the top, be careful not to cut and open the sides or bottom. We just want a hole on top to fill it :)<br />It will look like this when you push it open <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uN9JN7dBeSo/TfKChLO1yYI/AAAAAAAAAFU/uIprPJIAkSU/s1600/Photo0639.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uN9JN7dBeSo/TfKChLO1yYI/AAAAAAAAAFU/uIprPJIAkSU/s400/Photo0639.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616695191746759042" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I have found out the a desert spoon is the perfect size to fill them up and not rip the roll. You can use it, to gently open up the roll a bit more before stuffing.<br />like this <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4rFX63j1nrs/TfKDCzk1GGI/AAAAAAAAAFc/4GQH1OkSzx0/s1600/Photo0642.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4rFX63j1nrs/TfKDCzk1GGI/AAAAAAAAAFc/4GQH1OkSzx0/s400/Photo0642.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616695769512089698" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Stuff them til they're full. Don't try to cram in too much, they'll rip. <br />When filled they'll look something like this :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-31RmcELBLK4/TfKDvAxfGnI/AAAAAAAAAFs/L-6Ye-NhQPg/s1600/Photo0645.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-31RmcELBLK4/TfKDvAxfGnI/AAAAAAAAAFs/L-6Ye-NhQPg/s400/Photo0645.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616696528969079410" /></a><br /><br /><br />And lastly, put them in a freezer bag, I put them with the openings facing each other. It keeps everything nice and clean. <br />Make sure to put a date on the bag, and pop em in the freezer!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A_Mlybj01mE/TfKESQ7iJ5I/AAAAAAAAAF0/Kc32S-y0eqk/s1600/Photo0647.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A_Mlybj01mE/TfKESQ7iJ5I/AAAAAAAAAF0/Kc32S-y0eqk/s400/Photo0647.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616697134601611154" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Now all you have to do when you get them out of the freezer is put them in the microwave for about a minute per pizza pocket. <br />You'll have a quick late night snack. Your kids will love them.<br />Heck you can even use them as appetizers for your next party :)<br /><br /><br /><br />As what I did with the rest of the spaghetti sauce? We had spaghetti that night for dinner and the day after I made a home made lasagna with what was left!<br /><br />YUM YUM YUM!!! Hope you liked it <br /><br /><br />EviAedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922753888151323430.post-37528320670369858752011-05-21T11:46:00.000-07:002011-05-21T12:03:00.607-07:00Fitted Sheet tutorial<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: large; "><b>My mom taught me how to fold fitted sheets, so I wasn't aware these can be a nightmare for some. It's really not hard once you know the trick to it :)</b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>First: clean but messy King size sheet!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8IUfg-z3HT0/TdgKojk8zII/AAAAAAAAAEg/ZlF3GvWiRgU/s1600/GEDC2607.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8IUfg-z3HT0/TdgKojk8zII/AAAAAAAAAEg/ZlF3GvWiRgU/s400/GEDC2607.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609245027751218306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Next fold it in half </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jNZPlxa8IkM/TdgKoR6eEjI/AAAAAAAAAEY/-Wl6SHUm6yk/s1600/GEDC2608.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jNZPlxa8IkM/TdgKoR6eEjI/AAAAAAAAAEY/-Wl6SHUm6yk/s400/GEDC2608.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609245023009641010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>and make sure to tuck the corners in </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sNom86jr2cw/TdgKoTraU7I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/18CXv3wyFtw/s1600/GEDC2610.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sNom86jr2cw/TdgKoTraU7I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/18CXv3wyFtw/s400/GEDC2610.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609245023483351986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>After you did that fold it in half, this time again tuck the corners in. all 4 corners will now be tucked in together</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tuaymsNjAQI/TdgKZ-ag9wI/AAAAAAAAAEI/oLUImfuL_qg/s1600/GEDC2611.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tuaymsNjAQI/TdgKZ-ag9wI/AAAAAAAAAEI/oLUImfuL_qg/s400/GEDC2611.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609244777257170690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Smooth out your sheets :)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TC1Q3-OWq50/TdgKZnOgFUI/AAAAAAAAAEA/a1AEOHu02tM/s1600/GEDC2612.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TC1Q3-OWq50/TdgKZnOgFUI/AAAAAAAAAEA/a1AEOHu02tM/s400/GEDC2612.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609244771032765762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>I fold my sheets in 3, this depends on the size of your sheet or however it is you want to fold em. in my case, folded it up once </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ME2cAptiJX0/TdgKZKG6ctI/AAAAAAAAAD4/NMwgQlU9QMg/s1600/GEDC2613.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ME2cAptiJX0/TdgKZKG6ctI/AAAAAAAAAD4/NMwgQlU9QMg/s400/GEDC2613.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609244763216310994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Folded it up again :)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T2KUng8fjgQ/TdgKYveYRqI/AAAAAAAAADw/Q7pTpmoTLsc/s1600/GEDC2614.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T2KUng8fjgQ/TdgKYveYRqI/AAAAAAAAADw/Q7pTpmoTLsc/s400/GEDC2614.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609244756066977442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>And a final fold! All clean. Quick and easy!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FA5UuWtbAYo/TdgKYI-d4-I/AAAAAAAAADo/eQUpJdp_bHA/s1600/GEDC2615.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FA5UuWtbAYo/TdgKYI-d4-I/AAAAAAAAADo/eQUpJdp_bHA/s400/GEDC2615.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609244745732580322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Hopefully this tutorial made sense to you and not only in my head LOL </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Happy folding!!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Evi</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Aedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922753888151323430.post-24308564341015829712010-12-09T12:05:00.001-08:002010-12-09T12:09:12.737-08:00Photographing your items<span style="font-weight:bold;">Now I'm not perfect at it either, I have a fairly cheap digital camera but i try to make it work.<br /><br />The things I've learned so far.<br /><br />* NATURAL LIGHT! take it outside but avoid being in direct super bright sunlight<br /><br />* photoshop your items to make them look like they REALLY look. A little bit of saturation and brightness. It will make ALL the difference<br /><br />* when sizing your photo's I always re-size em to 800x600. It's what seems to work best for me. <br /><br />* be creative in your angles, don't be afraid to try something different. These days with digital cameras it's so easy to just delete what you don't like. you have nothing to lose only awesome pictures to gain. <br /><br />* backdrops, really depends on your items but a big general rule would be. Your backdrop should't take away from your item. Sometimes the backdrop is so busy and gorgeous you stop looking at what you're supposed to look at... your awesome listing! So be creative but don't go over the top. <br /><br />* also when it comes to your pictures, try to make all your listings look like they "go together" somewhat. A similar backdrop is great for that, could be anything from a wall, branch, book, color, ... <br />For example, my shop is really eclectic in items and colors. But I try to make it consistent by using the same few back drops. In the beginning my shop looked chaotic when I didn't do this. It's a lot more crisp and dare i say professional looking.<br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AedanSeppe?section_id=6835783"></a><br /><br />These are the things I think of at the top of my head.<br />I hope you find it helpful <br /><br />What are your tips? <br /><br />Evi</span>Aedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922753888151323430.post-70322924283443518232010-06-03T20:10:00.000-07:002010-06-03T20:21:38.965-07:00Time for an update on life!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">It has been a while since I sat down and wrote a blog....OH IRONY! My hubby </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">just </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">showed up behind me saying I stole the </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">pc</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"> from him. </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">Dangit</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"> I wanna blog </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">nowwwwwwwwww</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"> *pouts*.</span></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">*hunches over a little and decides to ignore her husband* </span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">Today has been a really good day! First off, I </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">received</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"> my sons birth certificate in the mail (he's gonna be 1year old on June 16, about time huh </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">LOL</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">) But this means I can enroll us both together in the Belgian embassy in NY . Sounds so fancy! My paperwork will be going to the coolest, I can only dream of </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">haha</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"> *sobs loudly*. I can also now go get him a </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">passport</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"> so he can travel. </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">YAY</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">! I've been wanting to go see my family and friends for so long, if he can travel it'll finally happen ^_^</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">
<br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">I also managed to finish a gift for somebody today. I will be able to show it as soon as I've given the gift. But I can tell you it WAY CUTE! </span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">Thennnnnnnnnnn</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"> the lovely Stephanie from </span></b></span><a href="http://twolittlebluebirds.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">http://twolittlebluebirds.blogspot.com/</span></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"> told me she was awesome enough to nominate me for "</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">The Sunshine Award' I still have to figure out what it is but that's besides the point. It sounds happy and it also says award so it's going on my resume lol. </span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">On top of that I'm so close to finishing a custom order of cards and have already a new custom order lined up! *rocks her bootay*</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">
<br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">Nice day uh! If you haven't seen my latest painting in my shop go check it out cos Pumpkin is about as cute as an owl can get <3></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">I need to move over for hubby now.... </span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">
<br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">Thanks to everybody who made my day great...including me. Yay me! ^_^</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">
<br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">MWAH!</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">Evi</span></b></span></span></div>Aedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922753888151323430.post-50931884960695234302010-04-17T13:25:00.000-07:002010-04-17T13:45:43.215-07:00Blog bloggerdy blogblog<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">*thinks of something to say* I'm drawing a lot of blanks today. It's been raining the last 2 days so I haven't gone out anywhere. So there's no post office or crappy drivers to rant about! </span></b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">Aedan is taking a nap, it's been hard getting him down for any kind of sleep the last several days. Makes him cranky, plus it's tiring on me. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">My computer's been acting up so I've been trying so hard to get an order done but I need my pc, and it's just not doing what it needs to do! Blech! This could be an awesome rant, but I don't feel like ranting either... so...yup yup yup ...yup</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">Not having a good hair day at all...don't feel like ranting about that either. *has CRAZAY HAIR! sticking out in all directions*</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">I've been trying to lose wait ugh.... can't even rant about that either.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">Maybe I'm too undernourished to rant! *has an epiphany* (wonders if epihany is the right word to use). Maybe I need to eat something really delicious so I can rant again? hmmmm delicious anything.... </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">I've always been a girl with some junk in the trunk, before I had my son I actually managed to lose a bunch of weight and almost be a skinny girl =-O like fo real yo! But now baby weight is haunting me (YES it is babyweight! not delicious food/candy/snack/....*drools* weight)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">I've discovered that no matter what weight I'm at I'm always gonna be a fat girl in my head. Food is just hmmmmmmmmm *daydreams* a mayor distraction to me! I love food, any kind! I get hungry watching commercials, and I don't know how to stop it! </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">During the day I can sort of manage my eating habbits, but once dinner has come and gone and it's night I want to snack on everything and anything. It's like the day between dinner and bed is just too long. Please tell me I'm not alone. Otherwise I'm looking like a total "fatty fat fat fat". LOL</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">And yeah yeah I know all about eating healthy, that's how I lost the weight before but let's be honest. Who wants the freakin' salad?? It's not worth chewing. I do love fruits and vegetables, and make meals myself every day. I'm conscious of what I eat. A lot of low fat and fresh ingredients, chicken,..... I do well during the day, but like I said, once night time comes along I probably undo everything I did during the day and then some. But even then I try to not make it too horrible in my choices, but still. If I could control my hunger and cravings at night I'd be so much better off.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">I'm gonna stop now cos I'm hungry *runs to the kitchen*</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663333;">... </span></b></div><div><br /></div>Aedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922753888151323430.post-90849821534445927032010-04-11T10:44:00.000-07:002010-04-11T10:57:58.456-07:00A great hair day and no place to go<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Darn the weekends that my hubby has to work just don't feel like weekends at all....on top of that, my hair is looking </span></span></span><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">extraordinarily fantabulously gorgeous today. My hair never looks </span></span></span><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">extraordinarily fantabulously gorgeous! I could stare at it all day wondering where the hell it came from and why I was blessed with this hair today. </span></span></span></em></em><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">I'm home alone, my soon to be 10 month old son couldn't care less what my hair looks like! "Is it yankable?" is his only concern.</span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">And you just know by the time hubby comes home it's gonna look all drab again!</span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><br /></span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">This is my biggest concern today.... oh my... just realized what it feels like to be rich and privileged!! My hair going wrong is my concern of the day. *tosses hair* I could get used to this.</span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Now all I need more, is a truck load of money, a huge house, legs to die for, an ass that won't quit. Perfect boobies and a stomach of a young Britney Spears. So close... at least I got the hair. For now *checks mirror* ahhhhh yes ^_^ </span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><br /></span></span></span></em></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Today is a good day, and I can always go to walmart or lowe's to show it off...such is the life of an <b>almost</b> rich and privileged girl with </span></span></span><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">a huge house, legs to die for, an ass that won't quit. Perfect boobies and a stomach of a young Britney Spears and amazing hair</span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">...</span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><br /></span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">well at least the hair</span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><br /></span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Happy Sunday everybody!</span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">May your hair flow just right and bump into lot's of admirers at Walmart or Lowe's</span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><br /></span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">Evi</span></span></span></em></em></div><div><em style="font-style: normal; "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><br /></span></span></span></em></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><em style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><em style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AedanSeppe"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">http://www.etsy.com/shop/AedanSeppe</span></a></em></span></em></span></b></span></div>Aedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922753888151323430.post-69551760994000397542010-04-09T22:34:00.001-07:002010-04-09T22:43:35.170-07:00The Buried Life<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><b>Something to think about....My favorite part is in bold</b></p><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br /></p><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Light flows our war of mocking words, and yet,<br />Behold, with tears mine eyes are wet!<br />I feel a nameless sadness o'er me roll.<br />Yes, yes, we know that we can jest,<br />We know, we know that we can smile!<br />But there's a something in this breast,<br />To which thy light words bring no rest,<br />And thy gay smiles no anodyne.<br />Give me thy hand, and hush awhile,<br />And turn those limpid eyes on mine,<br />And let me read there, love! thy inmost soul.<br /><br />Alas! is even love too weak<br />To unlock the heart, and let it speak?<br />Are even lovers powerless to reveal<br />To one another what indeed they feel?<br />I knew the mass of men conceal'd<br />Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal'd<br />They would by other men be met<br />With blank indifference, or with blame reproved;<br />I knew they lived and moved<br />Trick'd in disguises, alien to the rest<br />Of men, and alien to themselves--and yet<br />The same heart beats in every human breast!<br /><br />But we, my love!--doth a like spell benumb<br />Our hearts, our voices?--must we too be dumb?<br /><br />Ah! well for us, if even we,<br />Even for a moment, can get free<br />Our heart, and have our lips unchain'd;<br />For that which seals them hath been deep-ordain'd!<br /><br />Fate, which foresaw<br />How frivolous a baby man would be--<br />By what distractions he would be possess'd,<br />How he would pour himself in every strife,<br />And well-nigh change his own identity--<br />That it might keep from his capricious play<br />His genuine self, and force him to obey<br />Even in his own despite his being's law,<br />Bade through the deep recesses of our breast<br />The unregarded river of our life<br />Pursue with indiscernible flow its way;<br />And that we should not see<br />The buried stream, and seem to be<br />Eddying at large in blind uncertainty,<br />Though driving on with it eternally.<br /><br /><b>But often, in the world's most crowded streets,<br />But often, in the din of strife,<br />There rises an unspeakable desire<br />After the knowledge of our buried life;<br />A thirst to spend our fire and restless force<br />In tracking out our true, original course;<br />A longing to inquire<br />Into the mystery of this heart which beats<br />So wild, so deep in us--to know<br />Whence our lives come and where they go. </b><br />And many a man in his own breast then delves,<br />But deep enough, alas! none ever mines.<br />And we have been on many thousand lines,<br />And we have shown, on each, spirit and power;<br />But hardly have we, for one little hour,<br />Been on our own line, have we been ourselves--<br />Hardly had skill to utter one of all<br />The nameless feelings that course through our breast,<br />But they course on for ever unexpress'd.<br />And long we try in vain to speak and act<br />Our hidden self, and what we say and do<br />Is eloquent, is well--but 't#is not true!<br />And then we will no more be rack'd<br />With inward striving, and demand<br />Of all the thousand nothings of the hour<br />Their stupefying power;<br />Ah yes, and they benumb us at our call!<br />Yet still, from time to time, vague and forlorn,<br />From the soul's subterranean depth upborne<br />As from an infinitely distant land,<br />Come airs, and floating echoes, and convey<br />A melancholy into all our day.<br />Only--but this is rare--<br />When a belov{'e}d hand is laid in ours,<br />When, jaded with the rush and glare<br />Of the interminable hours,<br />Our eyes can in another's eyes read clear,<br />When our world-deafen'd ear<br />Is by the tones of a loved voice caress'd--<br />A bolt is shot back somewhere in our breast,<br />And a lost pulse of feeling stirs again.<br />The eye sinks inward, and the heart lies plain,<br />And what we mean, we say, and what we would, we know.<br />A man becomes aware of his life's flow,<br />And hears its winding murmur; and he sees<br />The meadows where it glides, the sun, the breeze.<br /><br />And there arrives a lull in the hot race<br />Wherein he doth for ever chase<br />That flying and elusive shadow, rest.<br />An air of coolness plays upon his face,<br />And an unwonted calm pervades his breast.<br />And then he thinks he knows<br />The hills where his life rose,<br />And the sea where it goes.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><b>Matthew Arnold</b></p><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><b><br /></b></p></span></div>Aedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922753888151323430.post-82698418322517329932010-04-09T09:09:00.000-07:002010-04-09T09:20:29.182-07:00New To Blogging<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Ok, </span></b></i><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">So this whole blogging thing is new to me, not sure what to type about or how to do any of this. hehe</span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">I should come up with something really clever/funny/amazing to catch and keep your attention...right?</span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Unfortunately I have none of this right now. But I'm usually extremely clever/funny and all round amazing so stick around and gimme a chance to shine =D</span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">At this point I don't think I have any followers yet so I can just ramble on and on and on and on and on and on on and on and on and on and on and on... Fascinated yet?</span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Yesterday was an awesome day, I reached more than a 1.000 fans on Facebook and 500 on Twitter! To me that's A LOT. Never even crossed my mind that that could happen. </span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">I'm currently working on a surprise for a customer's daughter. I've been saying this for days now on FB. And I have been but I'm such a perfectionist. I've started 3 projects now and I'm just not feeling them ya know. </span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">This morning as I went to get my son out of bed and opened his curtains inspiration did strike me. Our tree in the backyard looks gorgeous right now with pink blossoms all over it. </span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">As soon as I get out of my pj's I have to go out there and take pictures of it. At times like this I wish my photographing skills and camera were so much better. </span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">It'd be easier to point my webcam on it and let you guys see it that way lol.</span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Gotta get started on the day and put some pants on =D</span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Enid-OK/AedanSeppeetsycom/324794229744?ref=ts"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Enid-OK/AedanSeppeetsycom/324794229744?ref=ts</span></b></i></a></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div><a href="http://twitter.com/EvisWorldOnEtsy"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://twitter.com/EvisWorldOnEtsy</span></b></i></a></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Talk to you soon!</span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Evi</span></b></i></div>Aedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922753888151323430.post-43745647276350710702010-04-08T21:20:00.000-07:002010-04-08T21:22:52.507-07:00First blog post ever!!!!!!!OMG! I have a blog now too.<div><br /></div><div>My first post will be to say hi to the lovely Monica from Gia's Bowtique.</div><div>She is having an awesome contest for all to enter</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;">Gia Bowtique is doing an awesome giveaway to celebrate her lovely fans! Check it out!!</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;"><a href="http://giabowtique.blogspot.com/2010/04/300-fan-giveaway.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; ">http://giabowtique.blogspot.com/2010/04/</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;"><a href="http://giabowtique.blogspot.com/2010/04/300-fan-giveaway.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; "><wbr></a></span></span><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;"><a href="http://giabowtique.blogspot.com/2010/04/300-fan-giveaway.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; ">300-fan-giveaway.html</a></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></h3><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hopefully I'm doing this right lol</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">=D</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Evi</span></div></span></div>Aedanseppe.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271299287922951007noreply@blogger.com2