Pretty Things - Quotes

Judging

2012-02-11T10:11:00.000-05:00

Friends and Enemies

2012-01-29T13:28:00.001-05:00

Keep it real.

Lori Anderson creates jewelry for her web site, Lori Anderson Designs, and wrote the blog An Artist's Year Off. She is the creator of the Bead Soup Blog Party.

Grow

2012-01-19T17:58:00.001-05:00

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This is so very true, but so very hard to remember.

Keep pushing forward!

Lori Anderson creates jewelry for her web site, Lori Anderson Designs, and wrote the blog An Artist's Year Off. She is the creator of the Bead Soup Blog Party.

Be Kind to Your Fellow Man (and Animal)

2012-01-09T10:59:00.000-05:00

I know this is a very sad photo.

But I hope it will give people pause

and help them realize

not to ignore those around us.

Lori Anderson creates jewelry for her web site, Lori Anderson Designs, and wrote the blog An Artist's Year Off. She is the creator of the Bead Soup Blog Party.

There's Always a Plan B

2011-12-27T13:33:00.000-05:00

Lori Anderson creates jewelry for her web site, Lori Anderson Designs, and wrote the blog An Artist's Year Off. She is the creator of the Bead Soup Blog Party.

Holiday Shopping Flowchart

2011-12-23T16:47:00.000-05:00

This is hilarious.

So how did you do?

Lori Anderson creates jewelry for her web site, Lori Anderson Designs, and wrote the blog An Artist's Year Off. She is the creator of the Bead Soup Blog Party.

Snow (and Cats)

2011-12-19T11:45:00.000-05:00

Advice is like snow -

the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon,

and the deeper in sinks into the mind.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Let's Go Elsewhere

2011-12-15T13:54:00.000-05:00

Don't you feel like this sometimes?

It's been like that for me for a couple of weeks.

I'm not ashamed of it, either -- Elsewhere can be a wonderful place!

Lori Anderson creates jewelry for her web site, Lori Anderson Designs, and wrote the blog An Artist's Year Off. She is the creator of the Bead Soup Blog Party.

I Am.

2011-12-07T12:53:00.000-05:00

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Just be.

Don't Look Back

2011-11-03T09:13:00.000-04:00

Lori Anderson creates jewelry for her web site, Lori Anderson Designs, and wrote the blog An Artist's Year Off. She's also a contributor to Art Bead Scene and is the creator of the Bead Soup Blog Party.

Changed, but NOT Reduced

2011-10-24T13:51:00.000-04:00

"Is it raining in here?"

2011-09-30T16:34:00.000-04:00

Fear Comes to Tea

2011-09-26T11:54:00.000-04:00

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Never Judge...

2011-09-19T12:55:00.001-04:00

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If the book came first,

I rarely see the movie.

What about you?

Are you too busy?

2011-09-15T07:51:00.000-04:00

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Would you be proud?

2011-09-14T14:28:00.000-04:00

(photo by me)

Coffffffeeeee

2011-09-05T11:04:00.000-04:00

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Genius

2011-09-02T19:04:00.001-04:00

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Under Pressure

2011-08-13T19:47:00.001-04:00

When things go wrong...

2011-07-30T12:12:00.000-04:00

Ha ha - oh, wait.

2011-07-29T09:45:00.000-04:00

All right.

This message can be ha ha funny,

or ha ha -- ohhh. Poo. Not funny.

Yet it's funny it you make it that way!

I look in the mirror and I see a certain person.

I get "caught" in the camera, and oh hey, there's Picnik!

But all kidding aside,

notice the ellipsis marks at the end of the quote....

that's because it's not finished.

How will you finish it?

How about

"And *my* idea of who I look like is what really matters!"

Post your finishing line below!

Dream a New Dream

2011-07-20T13:01:00.000-04:00

Ice Cream

2011-07-18T14:49:00.000-04:00

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What's your dream?

Mine's writing a novel.

After I turn in my beading book manuscript December 6th,

I pick up my ice cream

and give it a lick.

Lori Anderson creates jewelry for her web site, Lori Anderson Designs, and wrote the blog An Artist's Year Off. She's also a contributor to Art Bead Scene. She is also the creator of the Bead Soup Blog Party.

STOP!

2011-07-14T16:03:00.000-04:00

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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

2011-07-11T15:00:00.000-04:00

Yippee!

2011-07-09T13:38:00.001-04:00

Silence and the Fool

2011-07-04T12:31:00.000-04:00

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Laugh.....

2011-07-02T16:06:00.001-04:00

Laugh, giggle, guffaw....

Remember to say thank you for the good things

2011-07-01T12:53:00.000-04:00

Hey!

Let's remember to say thank you

and remember people

when they do the nice things.

And be more forgiving

of the bad things.

Feed Your Faith

2011-06-30T13:52:00.000-04:00

Get Rid of That Bitter Taste in Your Mouth

2011-06-29T08:02:00.000-04:00

Bitterness is a horrible thing to feel.

Yet we all feel it at some point in our lives.

If you think about it in this way,

maybe the bitterness will fade.

Live with peace in your heart.

You're worth it.

Perfection isn't all it's cracked up to be.

2011-06-28T17:43:00.000-04:00

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Be This

2011-06-24T09:55:00.000-04:00

About Growing Up

2011-06-22T13:09:00.000-04:00

Ice Cream Truck!!!!

2011-06-20T13:02:00.001-04:00

Did You Slip?

2011-06-19T13:21:00.000-04:00

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Money money MONEY

2011-06-18T14:11:00.000-04:00

Even If Nobody Cares

2011-06-16T13:59:00.000-04:00

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Two Things

2011-06-15T11:18:00.000-04:00

Pick Your Battles

2011-06-14T13:36:00.001-04:00

This Is You.

2011-06-09T11:03:00.000-04:00

Please, Think of the Fish.

2011-06-08T13:05:00.001-04:00

I have no idea where this came from.

But, please. If you won't think of your own health...

Think of the fish.

I Skipped the Mascara Today

2011-06-07T07:53:00.000-04:00

To Do List

2011-06-05T09:55:00.000-04:00

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I Need an Instruction Manual Sometimes

2011-06-03T08:02:00.000-04:00

Do YOU Go to Bed Alone?

2011-06-02T20:27:00.000-04:00

So Says Queen Elizabeth

2011-06-01T15:48:00.001-04:00

Smile -- It's Understood

2011-05-30T11:07:00.000-04:00

Have Tea With Fear

2011-05-29T15:34:00.000-04:00

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What is Beauty?

2011-05-28T15:09:00.000-04:00

And beautiful has many fun, delightful definitions.

What's your definition of beautiful?

Passionate, or Silly?

2011-05-27T12:13:00.001-04:00

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I Don't Want to Grow Up...

2011-05-26T08:38:00.000-04:00

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Note to Self...

2011-05-25T07:30:00.000-04:00

Do You Live, or Exist?

2011-05-24T07:28:00.000-04:00

Time to take a deep breath and move forward.

2011-05-23T07:59:00.001-04:00

How will YOUR story end?

2011-05-22T10:10:00.000-04:00

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2011-05-21T17:15:00.000-04:00

By Soraya Nulliah on Etsy

I chose this first piece of art as the very first quote for the launch of this new blog community because I believe we're all creative souls in flight. I wanted to create a place where people from all walks of life, all areas of the globe, and all sorts of crafters, could fly in, light upon a page, and find something interesting to read or do.

I'll do my best to have something good for you on this page every day -- I've already been attempting that on my Facebook page. I think it's a great way to start the day, end the day, or have something to enjoy during a coffee break in the middle of the day.

Fly free and be creative, my friends.

Lori Anderson