sunshine, originally uploaded by {life through the lens}.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Giveaway Thursday with the Whippoorwill!
Hi-dee-ho, Lovelies! This week we're giving away this super pretty necklace from The Whippoorwill! I love the nest, it's so charming, don't you think?
Connect with Justin: Etsy : The Whippoorwill
How to Enter:
Leave a comment saying your favorite item in Justin's shop & your e-mail address! To make this a little easier for everyone you can copy, paste & fill-in-the-blanks:
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Your e-mail address :
Contest ends Wednesday Oct. 6 at 8pm EST -- the winner will be chosen randomly & announced on Thursday, Oct. 7.
Bonus Entries:
If you do any of the following let us know by leaving a separate comment for each one you do. If you do any of the following already, let us know in an extra comment. Please make a separate comment for each of the bonus things that you do or your comment won't count. The separate comments help us to stay organized & makes choosing a winner so much easier...& it also ups your chances of winning! If you have any questions please e-mail us!
1. Follow our blog & you get ONE extra comment.
2. Follow Kind Over Matter on Twitter & Tweet about this giveaway & you get ONE extra comment.
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Peace to you, in all you do. ♥
YOU WON! Who me? Yes YOU!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Five Kind Etsy Finds : When You Wish Upon a Star...
:: 1. Stargrabber by Green Girl Canvas :: 2. Star bangle by Aubrey May Be :: 3. To the Moon necklace by Susan K Jewelry :: 4. Lucy in The Sky Cotton Star Print Knickers by Love Baby Grand :: 5. The Great Bear constellation by Zoe Chen ::
this is something we all have inside of us
idea one // take two, originally uploaded by elise.blaha.
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All the jewelry is handmade by me, Cyd. I have been an artist since I was a young child and am mostly self taught. So far my mediums have been watercolor painting, glass and tile mosaics, floral design and my current passion, designing jewelry.
My studio is located in a lovely green forested area of Portland, Oregon, where I derive inspiration from the hundreds of lush flowers, plants and trees and of course the many species of beautiful birds. I hope that you will stop by and peruse my little store and maybe even find that special piece just for you.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Question : What future are you dreaming of?
constructing/dreaming, originally uploaded by the notebook doodles.
A Nice Thing To Do : Share Some Positivity in Pictures
, originally uploaded by imprism.
The above photo inspired me to buy a disposable camera & take a few photos some of the positive art that lives with me.
Just like the photo, I wrote on masking tape with a sharpie: You have 20 Kodak Moments, don't waste them : having subtracted the photos that I had taken. I slipped the camera into a Ziploc bag & left it on a park bench for someone to find, with the intention to spark someone's creativity & to make their heart skip a beat or two when they got their photos developed to find 7 beautiful messages that they could keep & hang as reminders.
Now, it's your turn!
How are you Pouring Kind Over Matter?
Use some of our freebies to assist you if you wish!
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Leave your name & link below, be it to a blog post, a photo, twitter or facebook update -- & be sure to check out what everyone else is doing too! Most importantly, HAVE FUN!
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YOU: creative thinker. Artistically inclined, even if it's "just" in ideas. Someone who won't rest until you're living a life you love. Willing to live in the questions in order to find the "right" answers, even if you might not believe them at first. You're looking for the unconventional, the inspirational, the passion filled — but only if it pulls you closer to discovering what it means to be you: truly, fully, honestly you.
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one step at a time
, originally uploaded by kimsmithhappy.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
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Peter A. Cohen
Monday, September 27, 2010
Kind Kindred : Jen Lee
Well hello there! I hope your day is going well so far & that you've got a smile nestled inside your heart. If you don't, I think Jen Lee's post will put one there! Here's the thing about Jen -- she's got The Gift. She's an amazing photographer, a poet that touches your heart, a storyteller that draws you in without you even noticing. That's what she's sharing with us today -- a story. Peace to you, every single step of the way. - Jenn
In the Company of Each Other
It was a couple autumns ago, when the cold and dark was creeping in and dragging winter close behind, and I was in my studio overlooking a sleepy street. There was a story in me that I hadn't been able to reach for months. I knew it was going to be a gift to my dear friend, Hula, and I knew it had something to do with the love of a mother, which made it hard for me to reach. Every time I tried, my complicated year with my own mother was there, my own inability to see my way through.
But on this morning, someone I know online posted a link to this Stars video, which I hadn't seen before or heard. I can't explain why or how, but something shook loose deep inside when I heard this song. I cranked my headphones up, closed my eyes, and without looking I let the story come out of my fingers while tears came down my face. There was just Hula and my mother and everything that I needed to know to find my way through, all to the beckoning of that beat. That piece, "Nothing But Love", would appear in Fortunes many months later as it again found its way out into the world.
When you stop and think about it, no one HAS to tell her story. No one has to sing her song. I am sure that all of us have more hidden lives that woo us, that beckon us to stay quiet, to stay small or to mind our own business. Lives that look easy, paths that tempt us when fear turns up the heat.
And yet, I walk my days in the company of artists. I hold stories that can't find their way out until I hear just the right song or story to dislodge them from my psyche and pull them out. I read words and see films that show me who I am, before I even know myself. Every lyric and melody, each chapter and scene and verse is an extraordinary kindness that urges me to keep stumbling in the dark of my own creative work, or lights the next small step before me.
So consider, the next time you're thinking of staying quiet or minding your own business, that your voice, your story, your painting or your song could be the spark of inspiration that breaks someone else through into her own self-expression. Every time you share yourself, with one person or with the world, it is a grand act of kindness, ensuring that we can always walk our days in the company of each other.
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Jen Lee is a Brooklyn-based writer and a regular performer in NYC's storytelling scene, including The Moth Mainstage. Jen is also the author of Solstice: Stories of Light in the Dark, Fortunes, and Take Me With You: A Journal for the Journey. Jen offers workshops and classes on storytelling, writing and the creative life. Her upcoming retreat, Integrate in the Rockies, is a three-day journey to excavate the parts of yourself and your voice that have been eluding you and pull all your parts into a strong unison. You can follow her on Twitter, read more of her work or contact her at jenlee.net. |
the secret of getting things done is to act
June 29, 2010, originally uploaded by Parker Fitzgerald.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Friday, September 24, 2010
Friday's Lovelies!
Want to get the inside super secret scoop? Want to stay on top of things here Behind the Scenes? Help us make decisions? You will receive emails with News, Questions, occasional FREE Goodies & of course, our Secret Plan to take Kind Over Matter to the next level. Help us Help YOU by signing up below! Benign Objects is such an awesome blog, I found the next 3 lovelies from there, thanks Rachel (check out her Etsy Shop too - LOVE IT!) The So You Need a Typeface Poster is awesome. For all the Type Lovers out there: Right below "So You Need a Typeface" choose INVITATION, handwritten? No. Fancy? No. Follow it. You can buy your very own copy here! I am smitten with this Feather Printing Tutorial. Handwrite your emails Have a neat wedding project to share? Ruffled is holding DIY Contest & first place will receive $500! Do ONE thing, ONCE a day for 100 days to make you a better person... Holly has been finding the good & writing it down for 100 days in a row - she is thinking her next 100 days project will be one Random Act of Kindness a day! So excited about Andrea's new interview series about Stepping Out of Your Day Job & into Your Creative Dream - she'd got some doozies lined up! Can't wait!
Magic- A Belly Grows from The Panic Room Videos on Vimeo.
This photo series that Ryan and Cole did was so lovely, really beautiful, but the above video that Ryan made? Rockin'. 10 Rules for Brilliant Women. This blog is full of all sorts of tips & tricks for promoting your blog, Etsy shop, business. LOVE. Whoa momma! This! This! What a group of amazing women talking about some of my favorite things. I've been loving hard on this series, fact. Yes.
Kind Over Matter Mixtape #8 - Workout Edition : Sweatin' to KOM!
Hello all you lovely ladies & gents!
I'm sure you've seen it by now -- the
the shoulder pads, the big teased hair, the florescent colors. The '80s....
they're back, they're back with a vengeance I'd hope to never see!
To try & soothe our forlorn hearts & to make the best of the situation,
Amanda & I give to you... Sweatin' to KOM!!
download:
Printable Workout CD Sleeve - PDF
The above sleeve was totally inspired by this lovely mini zine called,
Gettin' Sweaty by Ryan Fortney that you must check out!
Sweatin' to KOM Mixtape!
(link to zip file)
Side A:
1. Sigur Rós -- Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
2. Clinic -- Sunlight Bathes Our Home
3. Radiohead -- Nude (The 9000 mix)
4. I Never Dance -- I Never Dance
5. The Prodigy -- Firestarter
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Heads Will Roll (Remix)
7. Lady Gaga -- Telephone
8. The Knife -- Silent Shout
9. Underworld -- Rez/Cowgirl
10. Thunderheist -- Jerk It
Side B:
11. LL Cool J -- Mama Said Knock You Out
12. Black Sheep -- The Choice is Yours
13. Milli Vanilli -- Girl You Know It's True
14. Kris Kross -- Jump (Extended mix)
15. Vanilla Ice -- Ice Ice Baby
16. Boyz II Men -- Motown Philly
17. House of Pain -- Jump Around
18. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock -- It Takes Two
19. C&C Music Factory -- Gonna Make You Sweat
20. Luke -- I Wanna Rock
build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts
, originally uploaded by Angie♥Nan.
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Og Mandino
Thursday, September 23, 2010
because the moment is all we have
make peace illustration - lace, originally uploaded by 31experiment.
Download & print this lovely illustration here!
Giveaway Thursday with C. Johanesen Leather!
This week's Giveaway is from
C. Johanesen Leather!
You have a chance to win
ANYTHING YOU CHOOSE!
Connect here:
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How to Enter:
Visit C. Johanesen Leather & comment on this blog post with which item you'd like if you won! Don't forget your email address!
To make this a little easier for everyone you can copy, paste & fill-in-the-blanks:
Favorite Item:
Your Email address, so we can reach you if you win:
Contest ends Wednesday, September 29th at 9pm EST - winner will be chosen randomly & will be announced on Thursday, September 30th.
Bonus Entries:
If you do any of the following let us know by leaving a separate comment for each one you do. If you do any of the following already, let us know in an extra comment. Please, please make a separate comment for each of the bonus things that you do or your comment won't count. The separate comments help us to stay organized & makes choosing a winner so much easier...& it also ups your chances of winning! If you have any questions please e-mail us!
1. Follow our blog & you get ONE extra comment.
2. Follow Kind Over Matter on Twitter & Tweet about this giveaway & you get ONE extra comment.
3. Join our Flickr Pool & you get ONE extra comment.
4. Like us on Facebook & you get ONE extra comment.
5. Subscribe by email & you get ONE extra comment.
6. Subscribe to our Newsletter & get ONE extra comment
6. Share a photo of a card drop that you've done & make TWO extra comments.
7. Buy something from C. Johanesen Leather & get THREE extra comments!
Thank you soooo much Jessica!
Good Luck everyone!!
STOP. winner time!
Congratulations, Holly!
Big huge thanks go out to the lovely Laura George, thank you soooo much for letting us feature your work! And thank you to each & every one of you that entered this week's giveaway, you are, quite simply, rock stars.
Peace, every step of the way.
Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.
366:63 - Enjoy, originally uploaded by Zcott.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family.
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Earl Nightingale
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Sharing Our Stories : Gratitude
Dear Lovelies,
In the spirit of Amanda's post yesterday about Good List Daily, I wanted to share with you some things & people & places that I'm grateful for, that have impacted me in a large or small way.
I hope you enjoy it.
Peace, peace, peace.
Jenn
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perfection is overrated
I'm Done With Trying To Be Perfect, originally uploaded by Rosie Geissler.
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Alchemy is a doorway into a magical world where practical tips and craft lessons ignite your imagination and help you to bloom as a writer. We'll look at how to combine techniques and inspiration to deepen and w i d e n your writing.
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all you had to do was peel away the layers
WTJ: Internal Monologue., originally uploaded by AmyFlorence.
You were always a better person inside. All you had to do was peel away the layers.
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Duane Alan Hahn
