tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47537888268183931012024-03-05T09:35:11.509-06:00SplatterKokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-88549920305824606782022-01-23T12:55:00.002-06:002022-01-23T12:55:12.447-06:00Garden Dreaming<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5JtNfsASeQRu-LGV517sDTEPVY4W3pEyn5VHlMz1sUXpebFEbdmoNgAzkEG-zcOjSFKdghwpBq9BBTe4l3kLQ5SdthYV78BLyceByGxleFTeRqK8NLRY5H_Kh2osBRF3w4kbHJi6CzTNKvXmcngUD4MU2WZhzRZWW1aQX3OCdu_CCecseUngGg8dt=s2208" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2208" data-original-width="1206" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5JtNfsASeQRu-LGV517sDTEPVY4W3pEyn5VHlMz1sUXpebFEbdmoNgAzkEG-zcOjSFKdghwpBq9BBTe4l3kLQ5SdthYV78BLyceByGxleFTeRqK8NLRY5H_Kh2osBRF3w4kbHJi6CzTNKvXmcngUD4MU2WZhzRZWW1aQX3OCdu_CCecseUngGg8dt=s320" width="175" /></a></div><p>This morning I spend about an hour and a half requesting seed catalogs and starting to dream of greener times. We got quite a bit of snow here last night and after shoveling a bit this morning dreaming of summer was just what I needed.</p><p>This past November my boyfriend and I moved into a nice house with a beautiful back yard, and I'm ready to start a garden. I drool over the fresh veggies I dream of harvesting and processing this fall, but the sparkle this morning comes from all the colors and flowers I'm imagining in my backyard!</p><p>I do have some priorities though:</p><p>1. Crocuses. These are already in. I planted them in late November. It was almost too late, but I did it anyway. These come up as the snow melts and if you plant them directly into the lawn, they can be the best little bits of joy before you can really spend the entire day outside without getting a chill. Don't worry, by the time the grass is high enough to mow, they should be done blooming. Mom and I planted bulbs on a hill to one side of my driveway which seems fitting as I helped her plant a bunch in her yard earlier in the fall. I'm looking forward to this bit of color come spring and adding more next fall. Someday I hope my yard will look like my grandmother's. Full bloom at the first sign of spring with grass to follow only after these small hardy flowers have had their say.</p><p>2. Asparagus. This is the best spring vegetable. It is crisp and wild and tastes of green promises when plucked in the early spring when everything else is still just emerging. Asparagus also takes something like five years to propagate in a garden setting. I want to get it in now. The truest form of setting roots and settling down as I have to trust the plant to take its time, and I have to trust myself to be here when it's finally ready to eat.</p><p>3. Rhubarb. I'm a true Wisconsinite and I feel it is necessary to have a clump of rhubarb for at least one pie or crisp in the spring. I would also love to start making a shrub to enjoy all year round (I fell for <a href="https://sirenshrubs.com/collections/all/products/rhubarb-sparkling" target="_blank">Siren Shrub's short release rhubarb flavor</a>). This is a nod to my youth, in which I was the one to insist on making a crisp each year because this flavor is unlike anything else and handling the stem and leaf was just too much fun.</p><p>4. Zinnias. These are my favorite flower. They bloom around my birthday and just keep blooming with all sorts of beautiful colors. They grow well in containers, and they are something I have planted from seed even when living in apartments, but I can't wait to expand my planning this year. You can never have too much color or too many zinnias.</p><p>The rest will come. I'm sure there will be tomatoes and zucchini. I've already ordered sweet pea flowers and I'd love to try my hand at dahlias and ranunculus and so much more! The four above though are my promises. The pinky-swears I made to myself back in college when I didn't even have the space for a container of vegetables. These four plants in my garden mean I have found myself a home.</p>Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-61035678040170357772018-05-22T19:51:00.002-05:002018-05-22T19:51:29.098-05:00Obsession<br />
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Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-5808572682415056772016-03-21T17:19:00.005-05:002016-03-21T17:19:57.249-05:00Whatever May ComeSomedays the words jump<br />
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One Place<br />
then<br />
Another.<br />
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They need to be<br />
walked<br />
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more often.<br />
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Let the energy-<br />
The words<br />
form half-realized revelations.<br />
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Other times the words sludge.<br />
They creep around corners<br />
or<br />
stay back in shadows.<br />
They play a game of catch<br />
or tag<br />
without predetermined boundaries<br />
or fair play rules.<br />
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I should have practiced more.<br />
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Today they come slow.<br />
<strike>Wrong.</strike><br />
Misfitting.<br />
Scribbles as one becomes another.<br />
Both wrong.<br />
Not what I wanted.<br />
Not welcome.<br />
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Yesterday they didn't come at all.<br />
I sat calling into the great white etherial space<br />
without response<br />
not even an<br />
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to remind me I was there.<br />
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I should have waited.<br />
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Somedays it's easy.<br />
Somedays it's hard.<br />
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I try to be the constant.<br />
I sit here.<br />
Everyday.<br />
Pen at the ready.<br />
Date at the top.<br />
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Ready for the strike.<br />
The lumbering trod.<br />
Ready for the edge of precaution to catch<br />
the wind of inspiration.<br />
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Ready.<br />
Persistently Ready.Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-85306841793035031692016-02-28T20:37:00.000-06:002016-02-28T20:37:04.511-06:00TattooIt peeked out from behind her ear from time to time. More often in the summer when the the wet air would encourage even the most modest or cold blooded to throw cultural expectations to the wind.<br />
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Some asked. Others stared. Few really knew or understood.<br />
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It was the best of her - lost. She had felt the pain in her soul and needed an outward sign. A physical manifestation.<br />
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There were days she forgot. It has been a long time after all, but a love like that never really leaves you.<br />
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It pierces your soul with the ink of unspoken words.Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-26957962382387198172016-02-07T16:44:00.001-06:002016-02-07T16:49:24.562-06:00My Collection.You come to me at the end of your journey.<br />
Your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.<br />
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Barcoded<br />
Folded over<br />
Worn<br />
Written on<br />
Stamped in<br />
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You'll fit right in,</div>
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I promise to turn your welcoming pages.</div>
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Learn your secrets.</div>
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Smooth your wrinkles.</div>
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Hear your story.</div>
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You come to me well traveled.</div>
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Be assured.</div>
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I'll read your verses-<br />
In time.</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-68096858657577054252016-01-18T17:56:00.000-06:002016-01-18T17:56:42.945-06:00Because Love Withstands<div style="text-align: center;">
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Is there a calculation for the time in a person's life when most of the culture they consume (books, music, movies, etc.) is made by people younger than they are? For that is when you have truly aged.</div>
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Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-80834590767267338322015-12-01T21:09:00.000-06:002015-12-01T21:09:02.342-06:00Looking for a Friend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I sat in a room, coming near a year to date, when David asked, "What are you most excited for in your classroom when you have your very own?"</div>
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I've taught in five classrooms hence and none (including the one I currently occupy) has felt as <i>the</i> <i>one</i> ought to.</div>
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I sit here now, putting pen to paper (for I did write this all down before I typed it-the importance of drafting is not lost on me!) for the first real time in far too long to record my new ideal. The thing I never cherished while having it. I was a <i>friend</i>. A partner in crime. A Nick to meet me with an unabashed and unassuming smile. A Matt to bid me and a gaggle of students, "Good Day!" Someone to call me the ever-enduring "Larson" when we find ourselves far too excited about the changers we are about to make in our teaching, classroom, and selves.</div>
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The finish to an over-enthusiastic train of thought.</div>
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The perfectly placed real-life emoji.</div>
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The next Best idea.</div>
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I <strike>desire,</strike> no, <i>need</i> someone to feed my passions (no matter how random, ridiculous, or ridiculously random), <i><b>partner</b></i> with me in projects, and simply not judge my thoughts as they come. (After they come is fine, just not in the moment.)</div>
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When I started this job I described it to those who asked (and those who didn't) as, "Someone I could grab a beer with after work." I have that now. Yet I am unsatisfied. Empty in some way. I vital piece is still missing for me.</div>
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I genuinely love my job and the ever changing nature of education, the English language, and my students. I still, however, long for someone - student or teacher - to grab hold of. To help me not simply float, but swim toward the betterment of the educational community I happen to be a part of at the moment. </div>
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I'm trying to get back into the swing of things.</div>
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While that happens the blog has taken a back seat, and I'm sorry.</div>
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Scraps is really special this week; it comes with some pretty neat news!</div>
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Way back in 2012 Fred and I took a trip the the Door.</div>
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We walked around both Peninsula and White Fish during my spring break.</div>
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I marveled at the rock formations and, as always, the water.</div>
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It's all so beautiful up there!</div>
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I really like how this two page spread turned out!</div>
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I was able to use a bunch of photos without compromising the feel of the design.</div>
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This layout also allowed me to keep things minimal, but still journal what I needed to.</div>
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Fred and I will be making another visit there this weekend.</div>
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Fred now works at White Fish Dunes State Park.</div>
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Enjoy your adventure.</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-16100598595093773252014-01-27T09:00:00.000-06:002014-01-27T09:00:01.275-06:00Monday Morning Card #63<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I've got flowers for you on this Monday.</div>
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Stop and smell.</div>
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Enjoy.</div>
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Have a great rest of your day.</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-85616150912586526852014-01-20T09:00:00.000-06:002014-01-20T09:00:00.494-06:00Monday Morning Card #62<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I completely fell in love with this teal color when I first used it.</div>
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Whimsical moss.</div>
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I'll make it up-like I always do!</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-68603485338808110562014-01-13T09:00:00.000-06:002014-01-13T09:00:01.168-06:00Monday Morning Card #61<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This owl is still my favorite.</div>
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He's so cute with his little nose.</div>
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It's what everyone looks like now with the cold weather.</div>
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It's one of my favorite parts.</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-67867776011277590932014-01-10T07:55:00.000-06:002014-01-10T07:58:12.139-06:00Scraps [13]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I went to <a href="http://www.co.eau-claire.wi.us/parks_and_forest/big_falls_county_park.htm">Big Falls</a> in my freshman year of college for a geological field trip.</div>
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After we went the first time I always wanted to come back on my own time.</div>
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The rapids, falls, rocks, and surrounding forest were breathe taking.</div>
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I was so glad I could take Fred with me.</div>
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After our adventures in Door County it was fun to be the know-it-all on this adventure.</div>
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If you ever get up to Eau Claire in the warmer months check out this park.</div>
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It's a real treat.<br />
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(See the original post <a href="http://kokielarson.blogspot.com/2012/09/almost-wordless-wednesday.html">here</a>.)</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-14692089236252567182014-01-06T19:31:00.000-06:002014-01-06T19:31:00.259-06:00Monday Morning Card #60<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Thanks for a new year.</div>
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New inspiration.</div>
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New beginnings.</div>
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New starts.</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-15896191084298943822014-01-03T08:00:00.000-06:002014-01-03T20:47:34.821-06:00Scraps [12]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
You know the song from <i>White Christmas</i> "Sisters?"</div>
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Sometimes Claire and I are that song.</div>
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Really, we're more like the song when they guys sing it though.</div>
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Barely rehearsed with a lot of glaring looks.</div>
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I love it!</div>
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Claire wasn't always my friend, but I'm so glad we are now.</div>
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We get together every week to talk about life and the people in it.</div>
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It's my favorite day of the week.</div>
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I wouldn't be who I am today without my sister.</div>
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I love her.</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-90021091478813695232013-12-30T09:00:00.000-06:002013-12-31T10:16:05.270-06:00Monday Morning Card #59<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This card reminds me of catching butterflies as a child.</div>
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The whimsical afternoons spent in the company of a sister and the insects of the yard.</div>
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It reminds me that simple things are worth noticing.</div>
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Noticing and thanking people for.</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-88448794014136781082013-12-16T10:32:00.002-06:002013-12-16T10:32:53.637-06:00Monday Morning Card #58<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I'm back, with an unconventional Christmas card.</div>
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The stars are hung and the white on green says "cherish."</div>
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It's been a busy few months, but now it's time to drink tea and relax.</div>
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Enjoy your week.</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-43483469400770381592013-12-02T00:21:00.002-06:002013-12-02T00:21:52.380-06:00Taking a Break<div style="text-align: center;">
I hate to say this but I'm putting a hold on Monday Morning cards and Scraps until this semester is over. I have a lot of homework to get done and I haven't had time to put a single Christmas card together, much less take a picture of it.</div>
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I'm sorry about the break, but I need it. My grades need it.</div>
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I'll see you in 17 days-when it's all over.</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-15985096693010499842013-11-29T09:24:00.001-06:002013-12-19T07:24:38.976-06:00Scraps [11]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is a <a href="http://kokielarson.blogspot.com/2012/01/ive-been-around.html">double</a> <a href="http://kokielarson.blogspot.com/2012/01/end-of-florida-and-promise.html">page</a> layout for my trip to Florida.</div>
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I made the trip two winters ago.</div>
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Now you know how far behind I am on my scrapbook!</div>
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I took a bunch of pictures, but when I laid them all out the photos felt random, and I didn't know what to do with them.</div>
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I used the layout, paper, and add-ons to bring in together and I really love how it turned out.</div>
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I also think that the pictures really told the whole story, so I didn't journal much on these pages.</div>
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This was a layout that I wasn't convinced would work as I was making it.</div>
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When I finished I was definitely, pleasantly surprised.</div>
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This was definitely the first cluster layout I did, all those you see from here on out (or before for some reason) all stemmed from this first idea.</div>
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I kinda love it!</div>
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Have a great Friday!</div>
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Eat leftovers and enjoy family.</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-35079509147210456192013-11-25T09:00:00.000-06:002013-11-25T09:00:01.651-06:00Monday Morning Card #57<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Sometimes a simple flower says it all.</div>
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Other times you need a few words to go with it.</div>
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This card offers both!</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-20047797871511760882013-11-22T10:00:00.000-06:002013-11-22T10:00:01.203-06:00Scraps [10]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Sometimes I have only one picture to remember an event.</div>
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It's this, the forgetful camera women, that makes me love to scrap.</div>
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I can collect a picture, artifacts, and a blurb about what went down.</div>
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That way I can remember the event forever.</div>
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I guess what I'm really saying is that, no matter how much I love sharing my pages with others,</div>
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the memories will always be mine.</div>
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I'm the reason I make scrapbooks.</div>
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Is that selfish or what!</div>
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Anyway.</div>
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Maybe my memories will spark a memory of your own.</div>
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Have a great weekend.</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-73481828564764251722013-11-18T09:00:00.000-06:002013-11-18T09:00:01.062-06:00Monday Morning Card #56<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Thanks for rainbows and unicorns.</div>
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For bright days and flowers.</div>
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And thanks for the cold days and snow to remind us how lucky we are.</div>
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Last summer, that's 2012 I'm talking about, mom made a great drink.</div>
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I've now come to believe that ever summer has it's drink.</div>
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It doesn't have to be the one I drank the most of (gin and tonics every time!).</div>
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Instead it's the one that we tried that one time, and it's got a great story to go with it!</div>
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This gin martini was that drink in 2012.</div>
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So much so it got its own scrapbook page.</div>
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(2013 was the peach margarita we bought a case of peaches for.)</div>
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Have a great weekend.</div>
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Maybe even enjoy your summer drink again-just for fun!</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-63825236890045224732013-11-11T09:00:00.000-06:002013-11-11T09:00:00.735-06:00Monday Morning Card #55<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I recently had a lot of Thank You's to make so prepare yourself for some great and colorful cards!</div>
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This one is fun.</div>
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Classic and elegant with a dash of vintage in the paint speckled button.</div>
Kokie Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146761615198213675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753788826818393101.post-28882464170229936762013-11-08T10:11:00.000-06:002013-11-08T10:11:00.102-06:00Scraps [8]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Some birthdays need to be documented.</div>
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21 is one of the, but how do you talk about it?</div>
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I decided you don't.</div>
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Just let the pictures tell the story.</div>
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I like to think that when people look through the scrapbook I'll be there to tell the stories!</div>
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Let's start November with some love.</div>
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Some heart.</div>
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Breathe in.</div>
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Breathe out.</div>
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Feel your heart, how strong it is.</div>
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Beating.</div>
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Steadily.</div>
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Time moves, hearts beat, life goes on.</div>
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All will work out in the end.</div>
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