#Paislee has dreams

[everlasting-rainfall]

Just reread your ocs and I missed them 🥺

Hope we see more of them , Im actually curious have you made any new ocs ? You mentioned something about Kid 🤔

ooh have you got any art on Saffron maybe even Willow?

I wonder how did she get pregnant by Maria , did Maria ask Ivankov to change her into a man or is Maria secretly a futa?

For Willow I find her very interesting , I wonder though what’s gonna happen to her when Roger gets Executed , Rouge died at childbirth ( will Willow be Ace second mother 👀)

Does Willow get a bad ending like Roger did or will she be sailing the seas with shanks or buggy maybe she be staying with Rayleigh and shakky ?

last thing to say is that I hope your doing ok 💗

🌺Anon

Aww, that’s so kind of you to say, flower friend! It makes me happy to hear that you missed my OC’s, it makes me feel like they’re really good characters!

Anywho, yes I do actually have other OC’s! Multiple actually! I have a lot of fan-kids but I never intend to post about them on this blog as I don’t think that those characters should be present on a blog like this, it would make me feel weird personally

But as for my adults, I have 20+ of them! There’s quite a few of them and I mentioned in another post who they are but just in case you didn’t see that or haven’t seen it at the time of this post then lemme repost who they are alongside their S/O

Sleepyhead Estelle and Caesar Clown

The Snow Woman Talvi and Dalton

Infiltrator Thalassa and Magellan, Sadi-Chan, Domino

Investigative Reporter Honey and Big News Morgans

Time Traveller Paislee and Joyboy

IRL Girl Vanessa and Baccarat, Whitey Bay, Wanda, Hina

Clothing Designer Morticia and Law, X-Drake, Hawkins, Sanji

NSFW Star Nova and Oven

Travelling Selkie Lorna and Laskey

Community Leader Esther and Garling (DON’T LOOK HIM UP IF YOU DONT WANT MANGA SPOILERS)

Glass Artist Soleil and Cobra, Pell, Chaka

IRL Artist Ariel and Kalgara, Herb, Noland, Acorn (Noland’s Wife)

Something Something Water Ember and Sabo, Ace

Morticia’s Model Unnamed Goth Bunny and Penguin, Shachi

I know that I have mentioned Kid but his S/O is one that I’d rather not talk about so unfortunately you’ll never get to see them so my sincerest of apologies but anywho… Let’s get into it!

I don’t actually have any art on them that isn’t made in Gacha but I do however have aesthetic boards that I’ll post at the bottom of this post! I hope that you enjoy them!

!-MINORS DO NOT INTERACT FOR ANY REASON-!

!-POTENTIAL TRIGGER WARNINGS-!

Futa, Strap-On’s, Impregnation, Abuse, Isolation, Death Mention, Dream Crushing, Hallucinations, Dark Fairycore Imagery

!-POTENTIAL TRIGGER WARNINGS-!

!-MINORS DO NOT INTERACT FOR ANY REASON-!

So when it comes to a lot of female characters that I ship with my OC’s, I like to imagine what kind of children they would have together and also I have an easier time writing and imagining sex with someone who has a dick and someone who has a pussy versus two people who have pussies

As a result, Black Maria getting Saffron pregnant is usually explained via Devil Fruit shenanigans or just isn’t explained at all, Black Maria isn’t the only one either as Ulti is also capable of getting Saffron pregnant and each of Saffron’s S/O’s want to be able to make her have their babies

But yeah basically, that’s why so it’s safe to assume that if I’m writing fictional women having intercourse with my OC’s then it’s either strap on or just that they have a dick so that’s the explanation

I guess in unexplained scenarios, those two scenarios of Ivankov changing the female into a male or them secretly being a futa could work but typically I try not to think too hard about it beyond weird side effect of Devil Fruit or something as then I think too much about it and the smut idea that I had winds up going nowhere

I think the furthest that I’ve ever thought about it is that after sex, the dick just kinda goes away and now there’s just two women but anyways that’s enough of that sort of talk now

Willow is by no means then strongest member of the Roger Pirates like she’s pretty tough, don’t get me wrong but she’s nothing compared to the people on Roger’s crew and considering the bounty on all of them it caused some pretty strong people to be after them

So considering that it’s very likely that she has a bounty on her head, it’s likely that Willow could get a bad ending where she’s captured by an enemy and locked up but considering Rayleigh is also her husband, I doubt that she would be locked up for long

I have mentally played around with the idea of Willow returning to the island where they found her after Roger’s execution only to find her father gone so she lives out the rest of her days in solitude but absolutely none of her S/O’s would allow that so her only bad ending winds up being beaten to death by her father after she didn’t meet Roger and them

As a result, she’s likely alive and in scenarios where Rayleigh and Shakky raised Ace then I can see her acting as another mother to Ace like if Rouge is 1st Mom and Shakky is 2nd Mom then Willow is 3rd Mom plus honestly I can see her telling the best bedtime stories about witches flying through the night and using magic

In scenarios where Ace was raised by Dadan then I can imagine that Willow might be Rayleigh and Shakky but she might also be with Gaban, I can’t really see her as being with Shanks and Buggy like I can see her remaining in contact with them but probably not going with them as despite having a love for running through the woods at night and wanting to be a witch, Willow actually does value calm times

Speaking of Witch by the way, I forgot to really expand upon her so I’ll give a quick explanation as to who she is and why she matters when it comes to Willow and her character

Basically when Willow was young, Willow wanted to be a witch so badly when she grew up to the point where she would pretend cast spells and run around with a broom but her Dad crushed her dreams and forced her to give up on that in favor of being a farmer who takes care of all their needs

These years of isolation and living with only a shit father to keep her company caused Willow’s mental state to take a hit so this prompted the creation of what is kind of like a hallucination and it’s an entity known simply as Witch who embodies everything that Willow wanted to be when she grew up but couldn’t

Witch is her entirely own separate being as she appears to be able to react to things that Willow can’t actively see but despite that, she comes from Willow and refuses to elaborate beyond that on what she is and where she came from

However luckily Witch is incapable of interacting with anything, she can’t even touch Willow and is basically a ghost as she can’t touch anything or be seen by anyone as even Rayleigh doesn’t know when Witch is around however he is aware of her existence

No one but Willow can see Witch but the Roger Pirates are aware of Witch’s existence due to Willow telling them, Witch also encourages her to be a version of her that she wants to see like if Willow happens to disobey someone or take that extra minute on a break from her duties then Witch encourages it

But she’s also a bit of a little shit as she enjoys scaring Willow and just popping out of the weirdest places, Witch has gotten a lot calmer though ever since Rouge chewed her out and trust me as being chewed out by a beautiful lady who can’t see you but is clearly pissed at you is terrifying

And that’s it! Here are the Aesthetic Boards that I promised you as well!

[ahqgg]

Good evening. As we know the bonfire is long past and everyone is just dying to know everything that went on, so let’s get on with it, shall we? I’m in the mood to be viciously blunt and you’re going to be in the mood to hear what I have to say.

So let’s go.

It looks like our dearest Rapunzel is finally moving on. That’s good, since Kit Charming was absent for most of the party to celebrate his engagement to Marie Bonfamille. He couldn’t have picked a more damaged woman, congrats! It’s nice to see what happens when people listen for once, hmm? But back to blondie. She was seen getting extra close and extra intimate with none other than Charlie Cheshire. Cat certainly has her tongue in this situation; I wonder what else he had that night? Our favorite kitty was busy pouncing on whoever he could, so it doesn’t shock me to see him finally have his way with her. 

Our “former local slut” is apparently still just as slutty. That’s right, our favorite mention Blaise Lumiere is at it again. It comes to no one’s surprise that he was seen drinking and grinding against every person he came into contact with. A few stolen kisses and a few quickies in the bathrooms, which by the way are not large at all, says all we need to say for us. Sluttiness comes in pairs though. While he was bumping and grinding, so was his best friend Claude. I guess we can officially say the stick is finally out of his ass. 

Our favorite fear monger Harold is finally out of hiding. He managed to scare his little ward Paislee away and piss of everyone around him in the same night. For him, I’m sure that was a success. I’m eager to see who he is going to take prisoner next. Meg is fun and all, but she has been rather boring these days, don’t you think? She is stuffing her mouth with baguettes a plenty but remember Meg...bread makes you fat. And we would hate to see you fall for the exact same set-up that got you where you are now. Then again....maybe we wouldn’t. 

What a few of you all missed was Hans and Alex getting into a fight over their precious manic pixie dream girl. If I was Anna I would be putting my man in a much needed time-out until he remembered who he was engaged to. Then again, if I was the one engaged to Hans he wouldn’t be so loudly disloyal to my face. I’m sure she is going to go to her local sad boy Jim for some affection and cuddles, but Anna, he isn’t who he seems either. He’s got a web woven of beautiful girls who are far more interesting and far more scandalous. I guess what I’m saying is...start keeping your future hubby’s interest, because there is no Plan B. Pun intended. 

In our happy little lesbian world, Samantha Manson and Wendy Corduroy were seen getting fairly hot and heavy. Has anyone told Sam yet about their track record? I’m giving it a month before they move on to the next hot brooding person on their never-ending list of conquests. Lil and Riley were surprisingly absent in the affection category. Trouble in paradise? I’m sure there are a few lucky ladies out there that would hope so! I’m not even sure which one of them is sought after the most, but I know both of them have a fair share of women at the ready to make them feel special.

Peyton Pascal seems to be in love. It didn’t take long, it didn’t take a lot, but here we have it. He seems to be taking a few notes from Rapunzel’s book here. I wonder if Bentley is ready for a spring wedding yet? Counter wise, we have a new bachelor in paradise! His name is Shaggy Rogers, there is so much left to be desired, and yet he has people falling over him like he is the hottest thing since sliced bread! He’s hot, I’ll give you all that....but again, there is just so much left to be desired. I’m sure if he takes a page from his little gang’s book he will be fumbling his title in no time! Or he could always seek out Victor Van Dort. He seems to have women at his feet and he doesn’t do a damn thing to earn it. Will Victor ever make a choice? Or will he become as vicious as our Blaisie and become the new slut in town?

As you can see, so much scandal, so little time. I’m sure there’s more, but the people of Animania are starting to bore me a little. 

Until next time

xoxo

gossip girl

[spidergwenistrans]

So I used to experience sexual to anyone I also experienced romantic attraction to, but lately (starting around like 5 months into HRT) I find I’m less and less interested in anything especially sexual? I’m still very much into cuddling, and kissing, at least in theory, but I don’t find I really want anything more than that?

I’m also finding that I’m romantically attracted wayyyy more than I ever was before? I feel like I have a crush on sooo many people. I still have a crush on my friend in Toronto, though that feels like, less...urgent? I expressed my feelings to her, and I don’t think she’s interested, so I’m not bringing it up again. I also apparently still have a crush on one of my classmates, who I thought I had kinda put out of my mind, since I’m 99% sure she’s straight. I had a dream about her on Friday, which was really weird, but also really nice, because we held hands and cuddled and kissed, and then I woke up and was sad it wasn’t (and probably can’t be) real. There was also a really pretty person at the march yesterday, who was rocking a very futch look and I apparently I have a crush on her now too. I also definitely kinda fell for my ex again while I was hanging out with her in Alberta and then BC, which might be partly because I kinda re-experienced our breakup, since I was still bottling everything up when we broke up. And there’s also the girl from Tinder, who idk what exactly I’m feeling there, but she’s so nice, and so pretty, and does so much important work.

I just, what a mess I am right now emotionally.

[cptaincarswell]

Modern au oc asks 5. 6. 13. 14. 15. 16.

Did this get away from me? Yes. Do I care? No. But since it got away from me and I got too excited, this is super long and I'll be kind and put it under a cut off when I get home 5. which oc insists on having the aux cord?Hmmm. I feel like Aiden and everyone let's him bc he has a good taste in music. But if Grayson is having one of his days then he'll fight with Aiden over ownership just to pick a fight with him. 6. which oc calls shotgun?Myles. All the time but he never gets it because Grayson always ends up getting it. "Come on Grayson just this once?!" "No" "what about on the way --" "no." 13. which oc makes the worst puns?MYLES! OH MY GOSH MYLES! And everyone hates them and hates him bc he'll throw them around at the worst moments. Grayson will make a pun every once in a while. The first time Myles grew with pride. ( "Grayson 'hello darkness my old friend' Connor, has a sense of humor!! This day will go down in history!" )14. which oc gets high test grades without studying?Probably Myles again. He's so smart but never has ambition to actually try. I'm sure he would have flunked out of school if it weren't for his test scores.15. which ocs get the most sleep?Probs Myles bc he's the kind who'll sleep ANYWHERE. While all the others are sleep deprived and plagued by there traumas, Myles just lays down and sleeps. Next would have to be Aiden, bc Aiden can only sleep when he's sleeping beside Myles and as I stated, Myles sleeps anywhere and every where. Then comes Koraline bc the girl slept in horrible situations/places so she's taken nicely to a comfortable bed and warm blankets not thinking to take advantage of that. Grayson and Akaillia are normal sleepers I suppose. Grayson tosses and turns and throws pillows and puts on blankets - takes them off - brings the pillow back, tosses left and right - tries his stomach and feels strangled - tries his side and just feels uncomfortable under the springs and the overly fluffy pillow - throws the pillow off again and lays in the most uncomfortable looking position and finally dozes off but since his sleep isn't solid and he's on high alert even when sleeping, Akaillia gets more than him. She puts her head on the pillow and makes no movement but it takes forever for her to fall asleep - when she does it's solid. Malia and Hunter are tied for last place though I suppose in reality Malia is last and Hunter is just super super closer. Hunter has night terrors and will wake up at random hours with a sweaty face and quickened heart rate, sometimes he doesn't remember the dreams and sometimes he does - when he does he can't fall back asleep and when he doesn't his sleep is thin and he'll wake up all throughout the night. Malia literally doesn't sleep. Maybe she'll get in an hour or two but her mind is constantly running and she always feels the need to busy herself, so instead of sleeping she'll make herself busy while also trying to be discreet (she doesn't want to wake up Grayson) most times she ends up going for jogs or quietly cleaning the house. Grayson always wakes so she eventually just lays in bed reading or something bc her poor babe deserves sleep even if she can't get any. 16. describe the phone cases and phone wallpapers of each oc.Akaillia has one of those phone cases with the glitter in it that moves around when you move it. Myles is always playing with it. Her lock screen is a sunrise with Koraline's silhouette - a picture she took while on a morning hike with her and Hunter and she just loved it and found it aesthetically pleasing. Her home screen is a selfie of her and Hunter with the dog filter (!!)Malia's not a fan of phone cases. She doesn't like holding them or the look of phones in them so her screen obviously has some cracks and scratches. Grayson continuously nags her to put one on but she always ends up taking them off. Her lock screen is a big picture of all of them sitting on the couch laughing -- all of them entangled onto one couch. Her home screen is a picture of Grayson hugging her and kissing her cheek bc why not.Myles' phone case is one of those big squishy ones of a food like a pineapple or something random like that. His home screen is a picture of him and Malia -- Malia laughing at something he said and him looking proud at the fact he made her laugh (friend goals). His lock screen is a picture of Aiden with a dog -- the dogs hair as fluffy and curly as Aiden'sKoraline has a black on black otter box case and her lock screen is a picture of snowy mountains. Her home screen is a picture of her and her little sister when they were younger. Aiden's phone case is a black and white marble one and he has the little grip thing on the back so he can hold it more easily. His lock screen is a picture of him and Myles, Myles laughing while he looks at him with 😍 eyes. his home screen is a picture of him and Akaillia hugging -- both smiling. Grayson's phone case is a dark blue on black otter-box and he's got the screen protector on it just in case. His lock screen is a picture of him, Myles and Malia doing the hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil thing. His home screen is a picture of Malia in like his shirt or something and it's obviously late at night and she's sitting on their bed feeding their cat a spoonful of ice cream Idek I have a lot of feeling for these two. Cage's phone case is a just black with a grey moon on it. His lockscreen is a picture of his mom and his sisters (Paislee and Malia) before their mother died, his home screen is just a galaxy background. Hunters phone case is a clear one with some plants on it. His lock screen is a bible verse and his home screen is a picture of him and Akaillia on the couch, his head on her lap looking up at her while she has one hand in his hair.

[kansascityhappenings]

‘Because you can do it all’: Photo shoot inspires girls across the world

MOULTON, Ala. — So when of little girls, you normally think pink or princess everything, but one local photographer is trying to change that.

You may or may not have seen the photos already; they have been shared over 180,000 times around the world, WHNT reports.

A small-town photographer, Heather Mitchell, went big-time overnight when her photos of girls wearing princess dresses and athletic gear went viral.

The photos were simply captioned, “Because you can do it all.”

A small-town photographer, Heather Mitchell, went big-time overnight when her photos of girls wearing princess dresses and athletic gear went viral. Seen is a photo shoot with WHNT’s Christine Mitchell. (Photo courtesy HMP Couture Imagery)

I did meet the photographer and we did talk about her viral photos. But while I was there, she was holding another special photo shoot session with an even more important message than her viral one.

The photos were inspired by a conversation Mitchell had at her 8-year-old daughter’s softball practice.

“I said ‘I just hope that Paislee learns to love the game this year. This is her first year, I feel like she’s athletic,'” Mitchell said.

It was another mother’s response that left her feeling unsettled. “Ahhh, she’s not athletic, she’s a girly girl!”

That night, Mitchell held on to that comment, and then it clicked. “Why does she have to choose? Why can’t she be both?” Mitchell said.

The next day, she had an impromptu photo shoot with her daughter. When people saw those pictures, they wanted more. Mitchell posted the collection of photos on her HMP Couture Imagery Facebook page, and they went viral.

“I was just overwhelmed,” Mitchell said. “That we have this voice to say ‘You, little girl, can do it. Nobody can tell you, you can’t do it.'”

Now, with a platform to stand on, Mitchell wanted to share more.

“We had a lot of feedback on our first post that we didn’t have diversity,” she said. “But it was paid sessions, it wasn’t models that we chose. So today, we get to choose.”

In a follow-up photo shoot, girls of all kinds came together to show everyone they were just as tough as they wanted to be. Mitchell photographed several of her daughter’s friends, one being adopted out of the foster system, one who was born with a partial arm, and one who is fighting cancer.

All girls from Lawrence County. All beautiful. And all athletes.

Mitchell never expected her photos to go viral, but she’s glad she can share this message with whoever needs to hear it.

“Whatever life has thrown at you — if you dream it and believe it, there’s no limits,” she said.

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports https://fox4kc.com/2019/04/18/because-you-can-do-it-all-photo-shoot-inspires-girls-across-the-world/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2019/04/19/because-you-can-do-it-all-photo-shoot-inspires-girls-across-the-world/

[themomsandthecity]

This Mom Took Photos of Her Athletic Daughter to Prove That Girls Can "Do It All"

Heather Mitchell, a photographer at HMP Couture Imagery from Moulton, AL, wanted to capture girl power the best way she knew how: in pictures. And after hearing an off-putting comment at her 8-year-old daughter's softball practice, she was motivated to do something about it. Rather than taking the words in passing, Heather staged a "because you can do it all" photo shoot that sports parents are going crazy over. "My youngest daughter Paislee is 8 and she is trying softball this year for the first time," Heather told POPSUGAR. "We were at practice a few weeks ago and I was talking with the other moms. I was saying that I hoped Paislee learned to love the game because she was athletic. One of the moms told me that she was not athletic, that she was a girly girl. I couldn't sleep that night. All I could think was, 'Why does she have to choose?'" "One of the moms told me that she was not athletic, that she was a girly girl. I couldn't sleep that night." For Heather - who showed up to play in games wearing lipstick as a kid - communicating that girls can be more than a tomboy or more than a girly girl is important. "The next day we went to the studio and created Paislee's shot," she said. "I seriously only spent about three minutes shooting because I knew exactly what I wanted. I posted them to my personal Facebook and had tons of requests so we added two days to our schedule and they sold out in one hour." After roping in some of Paislee's friends, Heather has a collection of empowering pictures that are meant to inspire. But while the shoot was incredibly fun, the mom hopes her daughter realizes that she doesn't have to limit herself because of her sex. "I hope she learned that she does not have to choose," explained Heather. "My parents taught me that I could be anything I wanted growing up. I didn't realize till I was much older that everyone is not that blessed. I hope that every little girl that sees this series can see that there is no box, whatever their dreams are they can achieve!" Related: These Photos Perfectly Capture What Raising Girls Actually Looks Like http://bit.ly/2XiU6fC

[craftsguide]

American Crafts Designer Visit 2019

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American Crafts Designer Visit 2019

Scrapbook.com was privileged to host some of your absolute favorite American Crafts designers for a few days of fun, filming, and festivities for Creativation 2019. We showed them a good time in our beautiful home state of Arizona, and they showed off their amazing new collections!

Join us for an exciting recap of their special visit to Scrapbook.com and get a sneak peek at some of their upcoming collections from Creativation 2019!

American Crafts designers were greeted by Scrapbook.com’s amazing, bright sign upon arriving.

Everyone on the Scrapbook.com team was buzzing with excitement to host some of the most brilliant, creative minds in the crafting industry. Our halls were filled with Vicki Boutin’s laughter, Heidi Swapp’s heartfelt stories, and more smiles than we could count. We were truly humbled to be in the presence of so many wonderful, inspiring women!

A Night on the Town

Because our friends at American Crafts don’t do enough artsy activities in their daily lives, we decided to take them out for a paint night escapade!

The instructor at The Art House in Downtown Gilbert was a good sport when Vicki Boutin inquired why they weren’t using Vicki Boutin brushes from her All the Good Things Collection. Guess it’s BYOB (bring your own brushes – literally!) or use what they give you, Vicki!

Vicki Boutin was taking the paint project very seriously at The Art House!  

Some of our Scrapbook.com team members were up to the challenge of creating artwork side by side with some seriously crafty designers.

Speaking of serious, Jen Hadfield was in the zone concentrating on her brush strokes!

The stakes were high in a project that involved an artful Arizona landscape. Where some people painted pretty and prickly cacti against a gorgeous sunset, others painted what they called “dancing pickles”. 

There were a few grumbles when Kelly and the rest of the designers had to settle for signing their works of art with a Sharpie as opposed to a signature Kelly Creates pen or marker. We don’t blame them – we love Kelly’s pens! 

A Heidi Swapp masterpiece with a wonderful, inspirational message.

This activity definitely demonstrated the versatility and points of view while creating a work of art. There was no right way to create, as our American Crafts friends often say. Each representation and vision was different, but created an amazing finished product! We think each and every painting came out uniquely beautiful!

The verdict is…American Crafts designers and Scrapbook.com team members are all extremely talented!

Let’s meet some of the lovely ladies from American Crafts that joined us at Scrapbook.com for a little bit of fun and a lot of creativity.

Shimelle Laine

Who is Shimelle? She’s a blogger, crafter, teacher, scrapbooker, and has been designing super creative collections for American Crafts since 2014. Shimelle bases her collections on a special moment, story or memory from her own adventures, which makes them even more entrancing!

Shimelle puts the ‘sparkle’ and the ‘city’ in Sparkle City at this year’s Creativation!

After her wildly successful Glitter Girl Collection and her recent release of Head in the Clouds, Shimelle dives back into a fanciful and fun fictitious world for her new line called Sparkle City! Shimelle gave us the inside scoop on this adventurous collection. “Sparkle City is inspired by how everyone can truly be a super hero in their everyday lives.” This wonderful and bright collection lets you dazzle, shimmer, and shine not only in your finished projects, but in your exploration of this unbelievable line. 

We were starstruck by the rainbow shimmer in Shimelle’s Sparkle City Thickers.

There’s just enough sparkle and pizzazz in the stickers, accents, and papers in her new collection. Keep a close eye on our Coming Soon section for Shimelle’s Sparkle City, which should be coming our way soon!

A few words of wisdom from Shimelle herself, just in case you thought you had an obsession with scrapbook paper:

“My self-imposed limit on paper is that if it is all stacked in one tidy 12 x 12 pile, (no scraps) it can’t be taller than I am in shoes…it may be the only reason I have heels in my wardrobe!” 

We are absolutely loving this rule of thumb when it comes to measuring how much paper is too much. Wait here while we go buy some massively high shoes…or find taller friends.

Kelly Klapstein

Kelly is a brilliant teacher, writer, and designer behind the gorgeous Kelly Creates line of products for American Crafts! What started as a love of scrapbooks, teaching, and sharing handmade projects developed into a fascination with brush lettering and teaching others about this wonderful art form. 

Kelly reminds us to breathe, write, and relax at Creativation! 

Kelly’s writing utensils, workbooks, stamps and more are now breathing new life into modern calligraphy and brush lettering! Kelly told us the two items she could not live without in her craft space were her pens and paper. Then it’s no coincidence that this year she’s offering new pens, paper, and a whole lot more for you to learn, master, and incorporate beautiful brush lettering in your life! Coming your way soon!

Kelly Creates is expanding her collection of popular Dream Pens and adding some amazing paper & Washi Tape!

“I’ve been really trying to get organized so my newest collection has products for planning – Washi tape, stamps, paper & more pens!”

If you haven’t already heard the wonderful story about how Scrapbook.com played a role in the Kelly Creates name, check out our free class, Brush Lettering 101 with Kelly Creates!

Fun Fact: Kelly has such a soothing, calm, relaxed demeanor that it’s not uncommon to find someone lulled to sleep while she’s teaching her brush lettering classes!

Paige Evans

She’s a teacher, designer, scrapbooker, wife and mother, who has spent many years traveling the globe. Fresh off her super bright and colorful Whimsical Collection for Pink Paislee, designer Paige Evans is unveiling another vibrant, remarkable adventure and travel-themed collection called Horizon! 

Paige is so bright and cheerful that she looks perfect in our video studio!

This collection (her 7th one!) is a rainbow of colorful images and patterns, with a few adorable touches thrown in for good measure. Paige’s new collection is filled with colorful 12 x 12 papers that would make any scrapbook layout pop with a bright burst of beauty. There are little touches of whimsy like blooming florals and gorgeous birds, plus tons of different types of stickers. There’s even a pack of 2 x 2 paper pads that are too adorable to resist! Keep an eye on the Coming Soon section because this wonderful collection is on the horizon! 

Paige proudly posing in front of her new Horizon collection for Pink Paislee!

Fun Fact: While filming a series of videos at Scrapbook.com, Paige told us that one of the elements on a layout she created took her 10 hours to complete! Instead of frustrated, Paige was totally relaxed and in the zone with creativity. She often listens to music or streams movies or TV shows to pass the time.

Amy Tan

From fashion designer to craft designer, Amy Tan, or Amy Tangerine as she’s fondly known, has traveled all over the world to teach about the joys of creating. Author of Craft a Life You Love (we are in love with the title!), she teaches you how to focus creative energy and make small but meaningful changes in your life for positive results.

Amy was all smiles in between filming in our video studio at Scrapbook.com!

Amy’s favorite quote: The secret to life is knowing how to make the bad times good and the good times unforgettable.

Amy’s newest collection for American Crafts, Stay Sweet, is filled with all the good things we love (not just yummy foods!). Hedgehogs, avocados, delicious popsicles and more accompany inspiring phrases to lift you up and inspire you every single day.

We loved Amy’s super sweet fruit stand at Creativation!

A project made by Amy Tan that shows us some serious love!

Fun Fact: Amy has been known to document on-the-go in her traveler’s notebook, but life happens and plans change. It’s totally normal to have cross-outs and rewrites in your journal or notebook since there’s no such thing as perfect!

Heidi Swapp

Heidi Swapp is a memory keeper, storyteller, and maker of pretty things. She wholeheartedly believes that every moment can be a memory and those moments must be captured in a special way or they could be forgotten.

Heidi strikes a pose after telling us all about her amazing new collections!

In partnership with American Crafts, Heidi debuted not one but two amazing collections during her visit with us. Her first set of new products, the Color Fresh Collection, was inspired by her line of planners by the same name. “I loved the colors – the fun colors – and I just wanted more!” The collection itself is as fresh and colorful as the name implies with rad patterns, energetic stickers, and tons of planner accessories.

We think Heidi’s fresh new collection has all the right colors!

In contrast, Heidi’s Wolf Pack Collection is a darker, neutral-toned collection with a real earthy vibe. It speaks to courage and resiliency and being true to one’s pack. It’s an unbelievably unique collection that has stolen our hearts with its deep, inspiring message.

Heidi’s Wolf Pack Collection is a heartfelt reminder to create special moments with your family.

“The Wolf Pack Collection is inspired by our family’s journey to honor our son & brother, Cory, and be a reminder to us about connection, experience, and telling our story.”

Words of Wisdom: Don’t put off doing things that will make you happy. Heidi detailed a wonderful day trip of hiking with her children and how touched she was to experience the beauty of nature and family. Make time for the things that matter most, take photos, print the photos, and document the memories!

To learn more about family, parenting, loss, grief, strength and more, check out Heidi’s podcast, Light the Fight.

Vicki Boutin

Talented designer and mixed media magician, Vicki Boutin, was back at Scrapbook.com to inspire us and you with her new collection. From a background in graphic design (and dentistry!), Vicki began taking pictures that developed into a hobby of scrapbooking to a career in crafting. We’re so lucky to have Vicki’s talent in the industry, and in our opinion, there’s far more rainbows and butterflies in papercrafts than dentistry!

Vicki is showing us the magic of her new collection in the Scrapbook.com studio.

Vicki Boutin’s collections and products have always been full of fun, sassy color, and her newest collection for American Crafts, Color Kaleidoscope, is definitely no exception! We couldn’t contain our excitement looking through the bouncy phrases on her Thickers, or flipping through the rainbow of eye-popping patterns in her paper pads inspired by “vibrant, rich, intense color!” She’s also bringing you some amazing new mixed media tools to make your projects better than you’ve ever imagined!

So much fun color – it’s a kaleidoscope of magic!

Maggie Holmes

Maggie Holmes is a self-proclaimed “girly-girl” who turned a childhood of collecting stickers, erasers, and stationary into a career of collecting (and organizing!) stickers, papers, pens and more! Today she’s a photographer, designer, teacher, mom, wife, and scrapbooker that has designed some amazing collections for Crate Paper and American Crafts. Maggie joined us at Scrapbook.com to tell us about her heritage of scrapbooking and how it has made a true impact on who she is as a person and a crafter.

If you all loved Maggie’s Flourish Collection, you’re sure to love Sunny Days!

The sun seems to follow Maggie in her excitement and light, and this year she’s unveiling a new collection called Sunny Days. Filled with flowers, fruits, and fun in the sun, this super sunny collection is all about enjoying the warm seasons and living the sweet life. With foil-accented papers, acrylic paints, flirty and fun Washi tapes, shiny gems and accent flowers, this collection has Maggie written all over it!

A sneak peek at Maggie’s Sunny Days Collection from Creativation.

Jen Hadfield

The wonderfully creative Jen Hadfield stopped by Scrapbook.com to enjoy the festivities and to tell us a little bit about her new collection! Jen, a blogger, designer, and creative mind behind some of your favorite Pebbles and American Crafts collections is all about seeing the endless possibilities in the things around us.

Jen joined the Scrapbook.com team for dinner and told us all about her collection inspiration.

Jen’s new collection, Chasing Adventure, is about enjoying the sights, sounds, and experiences on every road trip, vacation, or getaway. Filled with inspiring messages and women decked out in their traveling gear, this collection makes us want to get out and explore all the possibilities! Alongside these ladies are tropical foliage, suitcases, and cityscapes in 12 x 12 scrapbook paper, stickers, ephemera, boxed cards and so much more! Adventure awaits!

These traveling ladies from Jen’s Chasing Adventures line make us want to pack our bags and explore! 

Fun Fact: Jen has a blended family and one of their biggest joys is traveling and experiencing things together. Chasing Adventures represents all the fun they have in their escapades together as one big happy family.

Each of the talented designers left a mark on our hearts and our kraft paper wall.

Elizabeth Kartchner

She’s a mom, a teacher, a designer, and a collector of vintage cameras. Elizabeth, or Dear Lizzy, as she’s affectionately known, is a wonderful collaborator with American Crafts. Even though she was unable to attend our event (and we really missed her!), we couldn’t sing the praises of some of our favorite American Crafts designers without mentioning our dear friend, Dear Lizzy!

Sunshine follows Dear Lizzy and her bright, cheerful collections!

We’re still crushing on her New Day Collection, and now we have even more to be excited about! At this year’s Creativation, Dear Lizzy was showing off her newest collection, It’s All Good. A super colorful collection with a touch of Southern charm, full of sun, fruits, and so much fun! Watch the Coming Soon section for Dear Lizzy’s bright new collection for American Crafts!

This collection is truly pretty as a peach!

We want to thank all the wonderfully kind and talented designers with American Crafts for spending some time with Scrapbook.com and hope to see them all again very soon!

What new American Crafts collection are you most excited about? Tell us in the comments below! And don’t forget to show your favorite designers some love on their social media channels!

Source

https://www.scrapbook.com/articles/american-crafts-visit-2019

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18, 19, 29

18) Is your character more likely to admire wisdom, or ambition in others?

Ambition. Mary doesn’t care much for peoples minds, per say, what they know or don’t know is of no relevance. Intelligence is admirable, certainly, but not one of the most important things to look for. Ambition is another story. The determination to do something and the willingness to put in hard work to get what you want is something that she admires in others because she thinks that takes genuine effort.

19) What is your character’s biggest relationship flaw? Has this flaw destroyed relationships for them before?

If you were to ask Mary, she would simply say “myself” and I think that nicely sums it up. Mary’s self-esteem has been all but destroyed, something that she laughs off or tries to hide whenever that fact rears its ugly head. She doesn’t believe herself worthy of most things, especially personal relationships. She doesn’t indulge in such fantasies, doesn’t bother dating, doesn’t think it’s in the cards for her. On a platonic level, she’s still amazed that she has people like Lily, Marlene, Paislee, Emmeline, the marauders - all these amazing individuals - in her life. She doesn’t quite understand that, but in some aspects it works out well for her. Due to her disbelief, she is determined to hold on to them. She doesn’t think she deserves them, but she cherishes the hell out of them and never hesitates to let them know how important they are to her.

29) What did your character dream of being or doing as a child? Did that dream come true?

Mary dreamed of being many things. An astronaut, to fly out to the moon and land amongst the stars. To touch one and bring it home with her. A teacher, to follow in her parents footsteps and be able to shape others lives as they shaped so many. A superhero, to adorn a goofy costume and make the world a better place. A waitress, because nothings made her happier than when someone brought her food and she wanted to make someone else’s face light up the way hers does. As of right now, her future is up in the air. She genuinely has no idea what she wants to do after Hogwarts.

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We welcome you, again, to PARADIGM, Paislee! Patroclus is an amazing character in his own right, and the fact that he’s an insomniac because of the vivid dreams he has of his past life every time he lays down to sleep is nothing short of brilliant. You approached his character uniquely and beautifully, and we couldn’t be happier. We also love how you turned him into an artist, the complete opposite of a warrior. He will make a wonderful addition to Paradigm. We can already tell. Now don’t forget to send in your account, enable your ask box function, check out the list of tags to track, and make sure to follow everyone else listed on the follow list. We’re happy to welcome you into the fold.  ╍●‿●╍

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This is gonna be a little ramble-y and disjointed, it’s just a bunch of things that have happened over the last week or so.

I matched with my first girlfriend’s ex on Tinder

some backstory: we both thought we were straight, plot twist one: she’s gay, plot twist two: so am I, but not the way everyone in highschool thought I was.

also, idk why I still use Tinder, at this point I’m not sure what I’m looking for there, I don’t think it’s a relationship, maybe just more queer girl friends? I should probably put that in my bio...

I’ve been mostly identifying as lesbian in conversations with friends, but I think I might not exactly be? I’ve never looked at a (real) cishet guy and felt any sort of attraction, but like, I think it might just be cishet guys? Like, I’ve seen a lot of nonbinary folks on Tinder who are REALLY attractive to me, and like, I’ve always felt some attraction to androgyny, I might just be specifically turned off by cishet guys, because they’re Like That so much. Idk though, everything is weird right now because I don’t really have any sexual attraction at all right now? I just want cuddles and romance??? but like, I want them so much MORE than I ever wanted them or sex before?? And it’s not like I don’t still kinda want sex, just like, it’s WAY lower priority now.

I can’t remember exactly how we got onto the topic, but I was talking with my best friend about stuff, and at one point she said something about how dumb it is the way we socialise boys to only ever be emotionally vulnerable or intimate with their girlfriends, and that those are not sharing feelings in any other case (especially straight boys, I have yet to get any opinions on this from my gay guy friends, because they’re all shit at texting back, so please, if you have thoughts, weigh in). Anyways, so she said that, and it was like early in the day on a Friday, so I wasn’t ready to get Into All That right there, but I said I have some Very Specific and Heavy Emotions about that.

So fast forward to that night, and I’m explaining how it’s kinda dawned on me that I’ve never had an emotionally vulnerable or intimate relationship and not pretty much immediately started to have a huge crush on the person. My best friend in highschool (god bless my better judgement to squash those feelings, I’m so glad I still have her as a friend and that’s all I ever really wanted), one of the girls who was in Venturers with me (that’s scouts but older kids, for those who don’t know), she had a way of always turning the conversation to deep shit, and like gotdam if my brain didn’t immediately decide to fall in love, then there’s my last girlfriend, we were just friends as far as I knew (though it turned out she was very much trying to gt us to be more for a While) and like, she was the only person I talked to about anything even remotely deep, or emotional, or vulnerable for the whole almost 4 years.

Last spring, I went camping with another friend, and since we’re both disasters, we managed to forget most of the sleeping stuff you’d want to have at camp (sleeping bags, therma-rests, blankets....) so the first night, we suffered, the second night, while still sober, we decided, “fuck that, we’re gonna at least share body heat,” then we finished all the beer we’d brought with us.

It’s worth noting here, that this was barely even a week after I realised I wasn’t a cis dude, I’m in a super weird place, and desperately trying to figure out how to say what I’m thinking to one of my longest and closest friends, so I am goddam STRESSED. My heart rate was probably triple its normal the whole weekend.

So now, all you fanfic readers and writers out there, have some vindication, bed sharing does appear to inevitably lead to that...at least for me.

Now we skip ahead a little to later int he summer after my friend who went camping with me and I have decided, “you know what, no actually, let’s stay friends huh?”

And we’re hanging out at her house doing facemasks and watching Hasan Minhaj on Netflix, and I’m texting my best friend about something, and friend I’m with is like, “oooh do you have a crush on ____?” Now, to be clear, this was probably mostly shit-disturbing, because that’s who this friend is, she likes to tease me about this stuff, especially since she had to/got to hear all about my utter confusion leading up to dating my last girlfriend.

As it turns out (I’m not at all surprised), I’m incredibly suggestible, so now that thought is planted.

My best friend lives in Toronto, so like, there’s only a few times a year we get to see each other. Before this we’d hung out for a couple days between my being in BC and coming back to Ottawa. Next time we hang out is like June or July, we only had time to go for drinks, but as usual, we talked for literally hours. Then we don’t see each other again until new year’s. She came over and we watched Rogue One, asked me questions about the backstory (she hasn’t seen all of the star wars movies yet), and then we ended up talking until 8am the next day. Because that’s a long freaking night, she ended up kinda leaning on me/lying across me. Then we went skating later on in the holidays.

At this point my brain isn’t like freaking out or anything though.

Then she’s back in Ottawa over easter. We hung out one of the days, and watched Empire strikes back and talked a lot again, and kinda ended up cuddling on the couch, but not like all wrapped around each other, just like, lying next to each other really close, and she occasionally put her head on my shoulder or chest. Somewhere in this multi-hour quasi-snuggle something in my brain was like, “yes? YES” but not super loud yet.

Now we get into exams, we ended up talking on the phone for several hours one day after something happened at her work, and I’m starting to get more comfortable with the whole emotional vulnerability more regularly thing. So we’re talking more about the shit we’re going through when it’s rough, and also about being kinda touch starved in general. 

sidenote: I didn’t really understand what it felt like to be touch starved until like the start of this month, idk if it was because I was kinda numbing myself to everything, or because hormones have changed the way I feel/experience the same emotions. Point being, I’ve never felt this upset about being touch-starved before in my life.

At this point my brain is starting to scream at full volume at me, “WE LOVE HER SOOO MUCH” which like I do? and always have? just like, I thought it was all platonic? Also like, the brain yelling gets worse whenever we talk on the phone, it so desperately wants me to do something, but like, phone is not compatible.

We’ve never had a clear delineation in terms of platonic/romatic though. Back in highschool, when we met, she and my first girlfriend were besties, and we also hung out at bit at school things like concerts (we were all band nerds) and we were accused of flirting?? (that’s a whole other thing though) and like, she’s been informing me a lot on stuff I didn’t get taught about being a girl, like makeup stuff, how to treat your boobs nice, and the art of removing a bra from under a shirt, some of which have included video tutorials?

And like, we’ve joked in the past about how different our lives might be now if we’d dated instead of the way things did go. And like, we’ve always been close, just like, I don’t think I ever thought she might actually want more than just friendship, and I’m not sure she does now?

So I explained all of this to her, except for the parts that she already knew, for that it was just about sharing the feelings I experienced. But like, the reason the comment about the way we socialise boys set me off like this is because I’m so frustrated by the fact that I can’t tell if this is like “genuine” (don’t like that, but it’s the best word I can come up with) or like, just because of being emotionally vulnerable and only knowing how to do that with romantic partners? Then like a day or two later, I had this dream where we were hanging out, and she was telling me about some boy, and how she has feelings for this boy, and holy shit the pang of jealousy I felt (and honestly had no right to feel) was goddam painful.

I also told my friend who went camping about all this, and she told me I was being silly and probably just overthinking it, like I usually do.

Last night, we were gonna talk on the phone again, because some shit happened at her work, but I had forgotten that my sister wanted us to see Detective Pikachu (great movie btw, I laughed so hard, and I probably would have cried a lot if I hadn’t kinda cried myself out a bit already this week), so we didn’t end up talking at all after the movie, which like, I felt/still feel pretty sad about, I was really looking forward to that phone call while I was at work. And like, we probably didn’t talk because she has lots of other friends to talk to too, and was just busy.

So right now I think the place I’m at with this is, like, maybe this is mostly because I still haven’t unlearned all the boy socialisation bullshit, but I don’t think that makes my feelings any less valid does it? But what am I gonna do about it if I accept the feelings? like, she lives in Toronto, I’m stuck in Ottawa for at least another school year, yeah I can go visit, sometimes, but like, would that be good or better for either of us? And all that is assuming she actually returns any of these feelings at all, which I’m really not sure about. And like, will it make it weird? like, I’d rather keep things as they are and have the good times we do when we hang out than throw it all away just because I have a crush.

I don’t want it to be weird for us to be physically close, just because my brain is screaming, because I’m literally just starting to be comfortable being physically close with friends (work through your shit people I have found baggage I didn’t know I had). Like, when she met me at the airport last spring, she started to go for a hug, but apparently I stiffened like I didn’t want it (I did, I still do) which was some kind of holdover from the weird aversion to hugs I developed in high school.