Monthly Archives: March 2014

Tabletop Day

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

“Tabletop” is the YouTube show on the Geek & Sundry channel is responsible for a lot! Originally I watched it cos it was Wil Wheaton, and I’ve had a lifelong thing for Wil Wheaton.  But then it spawned a new … Continue reading →

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Spirograph

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

Remember these old things? I don’t have one of those, but I did find this in the 99p Store a while ago: And this morning I’ve been messing around with it:

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Random Observations

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

– is it wrong to give up on a comic on page 3 because they misused “your”? – how about if on page five they misuse “where”? – it was an interesting story, so I forgave the comic mistakes 3, … Continue reading →

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Word Jar

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

A year or so ago I found a writing prompt that suggested filling a jar with words clipped out of magazines and such, then selecting a few words completely randomly and writing from them. I, being me, spent a good … Continue reading →

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A Study in Antidots

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

One of my favourite tangles at the moment is Antidots.  Designed by Anita Roby-Lavery, these are the instructions (as collected from Tanglepatterns.com). I’ve been including it in quite a few of my pieces, but I’ve also been looking at other … Continue reading →

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Zentangle Challenges

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

Challenge 53 is another Bentangle – this time a beautiful heart mandala Challenge 54 is to use type of paper you wouldn’t normally use, so I tangled on this piece of wrapping paper. Challenges 55, 56 and 57 are three … Continue reading →

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6 Word Story Series

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

Next up is “romance”.  Not so easy, considering the extreme romance drought in my life at the moment.  But I had a go. My heart.  It’s yours.  Vacuum packed. Love lingers, no matter who dies. I’ll die for you.  Or … Continue reading →

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A Stationary First!

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a bit of a stationary fiend.  I can’t resist buying cute notebooks.  I have a whole shelf of unused notebooks that are just so pretty and will one day find their use.  And … Continue reading →

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Evacuate Earth – Episode 2

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

So, remember that show I semi-live-blogged?  The one about evacuating earth?  It turns out the rest of series is not about evacuating the planet, but about general huge disasters. The second episode was about nanotechnology.  It suggested that with the … Continue reading →

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Random Observations

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Colette Horsburgh

– On Saturday night my sister mentioned to me that she had set up her new George Foreman grill and was now settling down to watch The Originals with a glass of decaf pepsi and was therefore a party animal.  … Continue reading →

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