A little over 3 years ago, Kind Over Matter was born. You can click over here to read the first post!
It all began with the idea of leaving thoughtful & make-you-smile printables in random public places for strangers to find. My soul sister Jenn & I dove right in, we called them 'card drops', you can check out some of our photos here & here's a mashup video we made that cracks me up every time I watch it:
Since then, KOM has blossomed into this crazy/beautiful place for kindred souls to connect. It's a place where myself & others can share their stories, their dreams, their lessons & their creations... I adore it so, so much but I have been missing the bedrock of this online space.
The getting out there & shining little bits of love & light on strangers, inviting them here to meet you & me.
So, my mama & I were talking last week about leaving gifts for strangers & that's when I realized how much I missed doing that. With both boys being so young, it was hard to do that... but I'm super-stoked to start again!
For those of you that have been following KOM for awhile & remember ze card drops, think of these KOM Bombs like 'card drops' on steroids! (minus the moodiness of course!)
I plan on bombing often & sharing photos here. I am also going to have a place inside each bombing post for you to share links to your blog posts or photos of your Kind Bombs!
I get quite a few emails every month, or folks tag me on Instagram or Twitter, sharing photos of the printables that they leave out & about -- they make me smile soooooo big! Like seriously, giddy to the supreme-extreme, I love it!
I wanted to create a space to host those links & photos (SEE BELOW!)
They don't have to be KOM Bombs specifically, they can just be gifts left with a sweet note, you can craft your own note or use KOM's freebies in the bombs or just use the printables by themselves, or the tab posters, anything goes!
I did however create a PDF for you, in case you wanted to use them in your bombs! This is the image I used to make a set of Moo MiniCards to leave with my bombs! Along with stickers with the little KOM heart bombs on them! Eeeeee!
To download, right click, save as:
KOM Bomb Tags - PDF
This week I made the gifts inside the bombs, but I've purchased a bunch of sweet gifts from Etsy to stuff future bombs with! AND all the graphics I create to share here & on Facebook... I made those into magnets! So. FUN! I'll be posting a link to those once I receive them - I must make sure the quality of the magnets are acceptable first. :)
I made wooden heart brooches last week & I plan on sharing the DIY tutorial the week I get back from my summer break! (If you subscribe to ze newsletter, I will be sending you a little love note about said break today!)
Sneak peek at the DIY!
So, I bombed a local park, a sidewalk garbage can & a drugstore!
Go out, leave some awesome around town & report back with a blog post link including your photos &/or story, a Flickr or Instagram link, a URL to any photo on the web (just as long as it's yours!) will work! For this first post, oldposts/photos are welcome!
This widget will stay open to submissions until the next Kind Over Matter Bomb post goes up! (Pssst... if you randomly found this post, click here or check out the sidebar, find the little KOM Bomb, click it to get to the latest post!)
Let the bombing begin!
It all began with the idea of leaving thoughtful & make-you-smile printables in random public places for strangers to find. My soul sister Jenn & I dove right in, we called them 'card drops', you can check out some of our photos here & here's a mashup video we made that cracks me up every time I watch it:
Since then, KOM has blossomed into this crazy/beautiful place for kindred souls to connect. It's a place where myself & others can share their stories, their dreams, their lessons & their creations... I adore it so, so much but I have been missing the bedrock of this online space.
The getting out there & shining little bits of love & light on strangers, inviting them here to meet you & me.
So, my mama & I were talking last week about leaving gifts for strangers & that's when I realized how much I missed doing that. With both boys being so young, it was hard to do that... but I'm super-stoked to start again!
For those of you that have been following KOM for awhile & remember ze card drops, think of these KOM Bombs like 'card drops' on steroids! (minus the moodiness of course!)
I plan on bombing often & sharing photos here. I am also going to have a place inside each bombing post for you to share links to your blog posts or photos of your Kind Bombs!
I get quite a few emails every month, or folks tag me on Instagram or Twitter, sharing photos of the printables that they leave out & about -- they make me smile soooooo big! Like seriously, giddy to the supreme-extreme, I love it!
I wanted to create a space to host those links & photos (SEE BELOW!)
They don't have to be KOM Bombs specifically, they can just be gifts left with a sweet note, you can craft your own note or use KOM's freebies in the bombs or just use the printables by themselves, or the tab posters, anything goes!
I did however create a PDF for you, in case you wanted to use them in your bombs! This is the image I used to make a set of Moo MiniCards to leave with my bombs! Along with stickers with the little KOM heart bombs on them! Eeeeee!
To download, right click, save as:
KOM Bomb Tags - PDF
This week I made the gifts inside the bombs, but I've purchased a bunch of sweet gifts from Etsy to stuff future bombs with! AND all the graphics I create to share here & on Facebook... I made those into magnets! So. FUN! I'll be posting a link to those once I receive them - I must make sure the quality of the magnets are acceptable first. :)
I made wooden heart brooches last week & I plan on sharing the DIY tutorial the week I get back from my summer break! (If you subscribe to ze newsletter, I will be sending you a little love note about said break today!)
So, I bombed a local park, a sidewalk garbage can & a drugstore!
Go out, leave some awesome around town & report back with a blog post link including your photos &/or story, a Flickr or Instagram link, a URL to any photo on the web (just as long as it's yours!) will work! For this first post, oldposts/photos are welcome!
This widget will stay open to submissions until the next Kind Over Matter Bomb post goes up! (Pssst... if you randomly found this post, click here or check out the sidebar, find the little KOM Bomb, click it to get to the latest post!)
Let the bombing begin!
Love, skies & skies full,
PS I'm heading down to North Beach, MD over my vacation, I plan on droppin' some bombs there, woooo!
PPS You can use the hashtag #KOMbomb on Instagram but I'd love for you to also post the photo link in the magical Linkz Widget up there tooooo!
PPPS I LOVE YOU!
9 comments:
Oh, sweet synchronicity! I began doing this with painted rocks on Valentine's day. Had so much fun I gave it a name, Random Acts of Art and blogged about it regularly. A month or so ago I created a facebook group that at last count was 260-something big heARTed people who share photos of little arty creations left all over the world. Come on over and check it out. If you like what you see, join us in changing the world one arty feel good token at a time! https://www.facebook.com/groups/354070667988166/
Beautiful idea & video Amanda & Jenn! I totally resonate with leaving KOM Bombs even though I use different names for them. I rarely take photos of the hand-drawn love notes I leave around the world, and now I feel inspired to do so! That link-leaving plugin is awesome. Must take photos and try it out. Thanks for spreading the love! <3
I LOOOOVE THIS! I can't wait to make some goodness and put it out into the world. I've used lots of your little cards and pull tabs, but I love that this just kicks it up a notch! You're brilliant, Amanda!
Have a great vacation
I so love this! I've been painting rocks and leaving them when we hike or take walks. So fun when you go back and they are taken. I absolutely adore what you are doing. Spread the kindness!
What a beautiful idea! I love this, thank you . Hope you have a wonderful break with your family and friends, thanks for doing all this for us
Your posts every single day are full of inspiration and enlightenment...thank you for being you...thank you for all your sharing!
For the past few years I've participated with The Toy Society, a worldwide group that makes and leaves toys. It's so much fun! For more info about this group: http://thetoysociety.blogspot.com/
hmmm, here I am blog-hopping and came across your wonderful blog, via Kelly Rae. The funny thing is I had just received a pretty little card (found on my car after shopping). I was feeling a bit down, a bit old and unpretty that day, and arrived at my car to the little card which said 'You are beautiful' and it made my day. It made me happy that there was someone out there that day intending to cheer someone up, and I was the recepient ;)) It worked, and I will be passing on the love!
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