Announcement #1:
Next week is the week to post your monthly poems for Pensieve’s Poetic License. Instructions w
ill be given on Monday (you can get a head start by peeking at the FAQs page) and you have until Thursday to post your poems. That’s when you will have opportunity to add your
permalinks to Mr. Linky.
Please consider joining this month’s carnival–it’s an unexpectedly fun exercise in creativity! With only two months under our belt, I’ve been surprised and delighted 1) by the level of participation, and 2) the quality of poetry (thank y’all!). I think the sheer fun has surprised more than a few of us :).
This month’s form is new to me, but I think it’s time for a bit of a challenge, yes?
Announcement #2:
I had SOOooo much fun with my Mystery Box post–both with the number of correct guesses and the insanity of the incorrect guesses–I decided to do it again…and again…and then again, again. Hence, the impetus behind…
…Pensieve’s Picture Puzzler!
Abbreviated p3 because I’ll tire quickly of writing it out, Pensieve’s Picture Puzzler will occur monthly, and the best part?
Prizes will be awarded! Admittedly, not Ree-size prizes but you gotta start somewhere, right?
The first official p3 kicks off next week; when I have all the details actually written finalized, I’ll post it in my left sidebar. I hope you’ll check back and then play along :).
You might recall I had a little contest a while back, which was really a thinly veiled cry for help from those who have mad photoshopping skill (of
which I have none). Several readers felt sorry for me offered their time and talent at a VERY busy time of
year, and although I sent them a little surcie, it was only right and
decent to publicly thank them here. Just look at what they came up with! A million "thanks" don’t begin to express my gratitude to them, but it’s a start…
Nekkid Lizards ~ These guys responded in record time, confirming to me that asking readers for help was a BRILLIANT idea. I met them through Swampy (Anecdotes, Antidotes & Anodes) (they’re her cousins) and if you check out their blog, you’ll see Kim has a graphic design business. I’ve seen her work other places and I sure do like her style.
Karmyn ~ My friend and writer who blogs at Dreaming What Ifs is NOT a professional designer, but she crafted something similar to what I was imagining when I asked for help. It’s obvious if she put her mind to it, she COULD make money at this stuff. I’m afraid being a mom to Jammin and Buttercup…and soon a Baby Dreamer will keep that career at bay a while longer.
Next, another professional designer and blogfriend of mine, Revka, came up with not one, but TWO entries, bless her heart:
Ai yi yi–I LOVE ‘EM! It’s like Revka climbed into my brain, wandered around a bit, and with ease, spit out what she saw in my mind’s eye. Of course the fact she’s helped fine-tune my template in the past gave her insight into how my "design eye" sees.
And last, but not least, Steve. Oh, my ever-lovin’ word, in classic over-achiever style, he sent more than a few my way. This should come as no surprise, really…he, with the aid of a trusty sidekick, sent my comments into oblivion for a few posts a while back. Min must’ve been sick, or I’m sure with HER photoshop prowess, she woulda sent half a dozen my way, too.
Because it was a contest, I’m required to choose a winner, and I’ve gotta give it to Steve– 1) Pure p3 proliferation, 2) He had the foresight to add my URL which tipped the scale (and I didn’t have the heart to ask anyone else to spend more time on it :/), 3) He, like Revka, painted pictures my mind only imagined because I’m pixelly-digitally impaired.
3) Announcement #3 – comes with PRIZES, too!
But, because:
a) This post is entirely too long already
b) I’ve been at the orthodontist office all morning :/
c) I’ve been waiting on "a few things" to finish this post
d) All of the above
I’m gonna write it as a separate post. I promise…it is NOT to jerk you around or drive traffic…I just know a few of you are (she says REEAAAL humbly) wondering what my "news" is, and I wanted to assure you I AM NOT PREGNANT! Gosh, I hope this isn’t the hugest letdown EVAH!
Stay tuned, I’m workin’ on the post while you read…. 🙂
Hey, Robin,
What fun this was! Thanks for letting me participate. I really enjoyed looking at everyone’s designs, and I think you definitely made the right choice. Why didn’t I think to add your URL?! 🙂
Thanks for the linkylove, too.
Good grief! You are busy, busy, busy. Looking forward to ‘reading all about it’.
These are clever designs and I guess it would be easy to add your url to any of them. I must go and check out Steve’s talents!
oh, robin, you are such a teeeeeze!!!
but the buttons are awesome. you hang with talented folk.
looking forward to announcement 3…
Oh, I agree, Steve’s rock. The last one with the frame is really cool.
I heard you were pregnant. False gossip travels fast.
Those buttons are fantastic. It must have been so hard to choose. I am hopeless at things like that I wouldn’t even know where to begin!
Steve works a little magic with everything he touches.
The other entries are fab too and I’m sure any will be prepared to step up and fulfill the duties of the winner if it cannot live up to its responsibilities.
Of course I would have entered…but I’m still working off borrowed computers.
Awesome choice! I like what Steve did! (and I’m with Revka – why didn’t I think to add the URL?)
Revka, THANK YOU, my dear. You’ve definitely got the magic touch :).
Sandy, by “busy” do you mean certifiable? I thought so ;).
Chris, Steve’s a writer/editor, but clearly, he has a graphic thumb, too. I mean that in the nicest of ways, lol.
Janet, I tell ya, I’m THANKFUL for the uber-cool and talented bloggers I’ve come to know. It’s nice to know if I can’t do something, I can find someone who can :).
Nikki, I thought that one was coloriffic!
Well, I was, Jenny…but that was about 11 years ago. That’s fast gossip???
Alix, well…yeah…I DO have this thing about making decisions…:/. Glad Steve added the URL without me having to go back and ask someone to do so…that was his ace up the sleeve :).
Min, Hmmmm, interesting comment about Steve…have y’all been sharing Cakesters or somethin’?
I’m hyperventilating by the time I got to the end of this.
I’ll be linking a poem … I’m sure I’ll work on it tomorrow or friday
Gosh, thanks Robin (et al) for the nice words. I loved the other buttons, so I feel lucky to have been gifted with a “win” in this little contest. I’m not sure my obsessive overachieving-osity is something to celebrate so much as an early indicator of an impending psychological disorder…but, hey…I’ll let my therapist sort that out.
And thanks for the extra-kind “…little magic…” comment, Min. I am wondering, though, if this is true…why is the preponderance of my writing about heartache and loneliness? Hmm…I’ll need to think about that…
Oh my gosh. I’m so glad I found myself too swamped to enter because my photoshop skilz would feel sooper dumb next to all those photoshop skilz. They would have to cart their sorry little butts to “special class” for photoshop skilz.
Pamela, I’d better have mine ready by Thursday…I was so late last time, hardly anyone read ’em!
Steve, when you’re good, you’re good, even if you ARE a little “touched” ;).
Nan, you ain’t kiddin’ nobody, sugah…I’ve seen YOUR little magic fingers!