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Father's Day Artisan Crafts Feature

Sun Jun 16, 2013, 8:32 PM

Most countries celebrate Father's Day today or close to this date. Back in May I made a similar feature about Mother's Day, so it's only fitting that I make a new one to celebrate all father's

Congratulations to all fathers, all honorary fathers, all fathers at heart, and all fathers of angels .

Father's Day Monkey Amigurumi by ~cuteamigurumi

Father's Day Can be Draconic by ~Skylanth

I've had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started.- Bartrand Hubbard

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I lost my hat

Journal Entry: Thu Jun 13, 2013, 9:48 PM

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I think I dropped it somewhere but I can't find it...

So today was my last day as a CV XD I was actually sadder than I would like to admit. I really don't like endings, I'm aware this is not really an ending since I'm RIGHT HERE and not much has changed, but you can't argue with a sad heart v.v and yes I will remain the same, I love DA and I love the Artisan Crafts community, you won't see much change except that I won't be featuring DDs anymore

(I hope people won't forget about me now that I'm less cool without the fancy hat).

This last year was absolutely fantastic and intoxicating. Some nights I fed on your enthusiasm and creative juices alone. I had several goals but the most rewarding one ended up being meeting as many of you as I could. I realized that in order to represent and serve the Artisan Crafts community I had to know the Artisan Crafts community, so I made it my goal to meet, talk, know, and learn as much as I could from you. This was the single most time consuming thing I did, I spent as much time as I could answering comments and questions, looking for new artists, giving feedback, looking for things to feature, thinking of new ideas and contests, browsing your galleries to know what you were doing, and so on. I'm proud to announce that of all the things I did, this is the one in which I was most successful and I noticed a big difference in how involved all of you were overtime. Just a few months ago we received a lot of suggestions and feedback for the Gallery Makeover Project, and while overwhelming it was EXACTLY what we wanted. I believe that it's because you all felt closer to us and more involved in the decision making (please tell me if I'm right).

I made a lot lot lot lot lot new friends, I hope you consider me your friend as well

In this year I was lucky to share my term first with `UnicornReality and `FrockTarts, which were incredibly patient with poor newbie me. Later I was alone for a month (OMG it was awful). I was really happy when ^maytel joined me and later ^cakecrumbs, I hope that you'll continue to support them and send them millions of DD suggestions (I will, I'm sure they're trembling). In this year we had two #projecteducate weeks, one month at #ArtHistoryProject, the creation of #CRArtisanCrafts, awesome monthly challenges, lots of contests (don't forget that you have until the 20th to join the Get Crafty Contest), the gallery description project, the gallery makeover project, lots of news articles, lots of features, tips, and more. I loved it all and I hope you did too!

For my last DD I decided to feature one of the most promising new polymer clay artists in DA, to me it makes perfect sense given that polymer clay food is what brought me to DA in the first place

She's really new and extremely talented, she definitely deserves more attention.

Re-Ment Showcase with my own creations by ~LittlestSweetShop

How can you not love that! I thought about doing a recap of my favorite DDs but I gave up, I like them all

You can find them all here: [link]

This is not a goodbye, I'm going to apply again as soon as I can and every time there's an opening until they take me back! Scared?

Everything will be all right in the end. If it's not all right, then it's not the end.

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So Cute, it Rots your Teeth #22

Journal Entry: Tue Jun 11, 2013, 9:34 PM

Every week we will bring you our favorite submissions at #semi-sweeties for that week. Please notice that the favorites are just our opinion but not an absolute ranking. We haven't made these for a while so I think it's the right moment to bring them back!

Please enjoy this week's collection and don't forget to

anything you find interesting!

Pink Rose Wedding Cake by *SmallCreationsByMel

Miniature Croissant with Strawberry Jam and Butter by ~cutecrochet

Polymer Clay Snow Cone Pendant by *CharmStop

Polymer Clay Coconut Charms by ~p0lymerqueen

#semi-sweeties is a group dedicated to the art and appreciation of all kinds of clay food. If you love clay food, make it or if you're looking for help please join us!

the team at #semi-sweeties

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Nail Art Contest Winners!

Sun Jun 9, 2013, 10:38 PM

This contest was part of Performance Art's month on #ArtHistoryProject, sorry the winners are announced so late but we got a lot of mind blowing entries and it was extremely difficult to pick a winner. We got a fabulous mix of professional and first time entries, thank you everyone for entering!

Entries:

_{(if you don't see your entry here it's likely that you didn't fulfill all the entry requirements, including mentioning that it was made for this contest)}

Third Place

Red and Gold Nail art by *toxic-muffins

1 month subscription and 300 points.

Second Place

Nail Art: Blue Flowerby `ginkgografix

3 months subscription and 500 points.

First Place

Spacey-Wacey Nailey-Shmailey by *alexskyline

6 months subscription and 1000 points.

A special shout out to =MayEbony for entering 8 times and painting one different bug on each of her granddaughter's nail!

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No more DD suggestions please

Journal Entry: Sun Jun 9, 2013, 9:49 PM

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Just a quick post to tell everyone to please stop sending me DD suggestions. My term is about to end and I can't set any more DD suggestions, please send them to ^maytel and ^cakecrumbs, they love your suggestions just as much as I do

I want to take a moment to thank all the people that sent me suggestions, it was extremely joyful to receive and read your suggestions. I really appreciate everyone's work, passion and love for Artisan Crafts. It was a fabulous and addicting experience for me, and it was my honor to bring some extra attention to so many amazing artworks. My goal was to bring light and attention to all the crafts that I could, specially those that are under-appreciated and unknown. I hope I made justice to the wonderful diversity that we have going on, and brought more attention to the Artisan Crafts gallery as a whole.

Thank you to all the people that sent me self-suggestions, I loved reading what made you so proud about your work. I know that sometimes it's scary to put your work out there, but for me it was extremely exciting to see you guys muster the courage to do it. Very inspiring.
Thank you to all the people that sent me lots of suggestions every week, I appreciate all the time that you spent looking for interesting things to send me and even made the effort to learn what I liked or looked for.
Thank you to all the people that sent me only a few suggestions, many of you don't have the habit of suggesting DDs or even sent me your very first suggestion, I appreciate that you trusted me with such an important honor
All of you helped me find amazing things that I could have never found by myself, taught me new crafts and techniques I didn't even know before, and were extremely patient with me when suggestions piled up.

It's often said that Artisan Crafts is a small part or a small gallery of deviantART. This last year I discovered that that's a huge LIE. The Artisan Crafts community is very big and vibrant, but we usually keep to ourselves and don't make much noise. My dear crafters, don't be afraid to be loud and yell to the world that we're here I will keep yelling as hard as I can, even if I'm no longer your CV I will keep doing everything that I can for this lovely community that I love.

I'm really going to miss everything

Everything will be all right in the end. If it's not all right, then it's not the end.

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Giveaway winners!

Journal Entry: Wed Jun 5, 2013, 9:00 PM

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Hey guys I just posted the video announcing the winners of my giveaway, it was suggested that it would be more convenient if I announced them all in one place so that you guys don't have to go from one site to the other to figure out if you won XD

So congratulations xINVISIGOTHx, ~neszer and Guilia Jay Drenaggi! Contact me to claim your prizes

The coupon code will work until June 10th, so if still want any of the cakes you can still get them with 10% discount on my Etsy and Storenvy. It was a fantastic giveaway, thank you so much everyone for entering!

Everything will be all right in the end. If it's not all right, then it's not the end.

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May Artisan Crafts DD Roundup

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 11:02 AM

These are the DD's I featured for April 2013, you can find ^maytel's features right here and ^cakecrumbs' here. I always strive to keep a balance between all the crafts there is and represent as many as possible, so if you think that any craft is not getting enough love, let me know! Send me suggestions! I love to receive feedback 

This month we welcomed ^cakecrumbs, our new Artisan Crafts Community Volunteer. If you haven't yet please give her a warm welcome 

Also please don't forget to check out the Artisan Craft Monthly Challenge and the Get Crafty Contest, both are really fun events and they include prizes! Don't forget to join #CRArtisanCrafts too.


Features by ^Talty

Gate 7 Inspired: Tachibana Kimono Top by =Khallandra

DD Suggestion Guidelines

I only take Artisan Craft suggestions, I cannot feature anything else 
(like scraps).
Make sure that the deviant hasn't already received a Daily Deviation within the past 6 months. FAQ #313: How can I find out if someone already has a Daily Deviation?
I accept and encourage self-suggestions, be proud of your work! 
Detailed DD guidelines here: [link]
Send your suggestions to only ONE Community Volunteer!
If you disagree, you have questions or if there's a problem with one of the DD I picked please contact me asap.

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Monthly Food Challenge - Cakes

Journal Entry: Sat Jun 1, 2013, 11:58 AM

Monthly Food Challenge

A three month premium membership will be randomly drawn from the members that participate in the challenge.

Theme of the month: Cakes

We know we're all going to love this one: cakes! Make any kind, flavor or kind of clay cake to enter, go crazy! Notice that we're only looking for cakes, no cupcakes, brownies, tarts, etc. CAKES. However, creative cakes like ice-cream cake are accepted

Rules

**If any of these rules are ignored, you will be disqualified from winning the prize**

Participants have to be members of #semi-sweeties
Submissions must be entirely made by you (no bought canes or molds).
Only new work is accepted
Items must be primarily made of clay
Unlimited submissions as long as it fits the theme
You must write somewhere in the artist comment box that this is an entry for #semi-sweeties' monthly challenge+ add a link to this journal.
Submit entries into the "Monthly Food Challenge" folder.

Inspiration

Helpful Tutorials

Here is a list of tutorials that might help you to achieve this project.

Polymer Clay Cake Tutorial: [link]
Rainbow Cake Tutorial: [link]
Cake Charm Tutorial: [link]
Cake Tutorial: [link]
Red Velvet Cake Tutorial: [link]

Deadline
The challenge closes on June 30th 2013 and the 3 month sub winner will be drawn randomly from the members that have participated in the challenge.

_{*This prize is supplied by :devMoonbeam13}:

the team at #semi-sweeties

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Monthly Food Challenge - Drinks + WINNER ANNOUNCED

Journal Entry: Sat Jun 1, 2013, 11:16 AM

Thank you so much everyone for entering! It was a difficult topic, few people make drinks but it was great to see your entries

so now the winner:

Entries

Monthly Food Challenge

A three month premium membership will be randomly drawn from the members that participate in the challenge.

Theme of the month: Drinks

This month you can prepare whatever drink you want; tea, coffee, milkshake, water, milk, juice, pop etc! Your cup, glass, bottle or container needs to be handmade by you as well.

Rules

**If any of these rules are ignored, you will be disqualified from winning the prize**

Participants have to be members of #semi-sweeties
Submissions must be entirely made by you
Only new work is accepted
Items must be primarily made of clay
Unlimited submissions as long as it fits the theme
You must write somewhere in the artist comment box that this is an entry for #semi-sweeties' monthly challenge�+ add a link to this journal.
Submit entries into the "Monthly Food Challenge" folder.

Inspiration

Helpful Tutorials

Here is a list of tutorials that might help you to achieve this project.

Starbucks strawberry frappe tutorial: [link]
Milkshake tutorial: [link]
Coffee cup tutorial: [link]

Deadline
The challenge closes on May 31st 2013 and the 3 month sub winner will be drawn randomly from the members that have participated in the challenge.

_{*This prize is supplied by $Moonbeam13</a>}

the team at #semi-sweeties

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World No Tobacco Day Crafts

Fri May 31, 2013, 9:28 AM

May 31st is International World No Tobacco Day as celebrated by the World Health Organization (WHO). Each year it's estimated that 6 million people die from smoking, and 600 000 from second hand smoke (source). I found lots of interesting and thoughtful crafts related to the evils of smoking, so I wanted to share them with you. Also, please don't forget to check out The Make Ugly Contest, the aim mis revealing the ugliest truths about tobacco, and the amazing prizes can't hurt

yes it accepts crafts!

Please share your story with smoke in the comments below. What you do with your body is your own business, but if you must smoke please consider second hand smokers; In no way I'm attacking smokers but rather inviting them to quit, and telling everyone else to get away from it as far as possible XD

Lungs - Healthy and Smokers by ~TipsyMcBoozerton

Smoking - Skull Earrings by *Tattooed-Gumball

Too Much Information Ash Tray by ~Wolfvixyn

Lungs...Little Heart - cutout by ~scrufidog

Death Sticks-R.I.P. Cigarettes by ~snooperj

THE INSIDER - Cigarette Movie Pack by ~edgarascensao

Smoking Kills Plushie by ~Opheliac-In-Me

Quotes shared by =Erladino

“Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.”
― Brooke Shields

“There was a young lady named Mae Who smoked without stopping all day; As pack followed pack, Her lungs first turned black, And eventually rotted away.”
― Edward Gorey, Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey & Peter F. Neumeyer

Mark Twain
“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.”
― Mark Twain

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So Cute, it Rots your Teeth #21

Journal Entry: Mon May 27, 2013, 9:29 PM

Every week we will bring you our favorite submissions at #semi-sweeties for that week. Please notice that the favorites are just our opinion but not an absolute ranking.

Please enjoy this week's collection and don't forget to

anything you find interesting!

6th scale Sweet Shop by ~LittlestSweetShop

#semi-sweeties is a group dedicated to the art and appreciation of all kinds of clay food. If you love clay food, make it or if you're looking for help please join us!

the team at #semi-sweeties

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Artisan Craft Features #25

Sun May 26, 2013, 11:54 PM

Don't forget to let me know if you want me to advertise anything for you! These announcements are for you guys

If you make artisan craft features, contests, articles, news, anything, let me know!

This time I want to ask everyone to give a huge warm welcome to our brand new Artisan Crafts Community Volunteer, ^cakecrumbs!

Please don't forget to join our awesome group #CRArtisanCrafts for more crafty goodness!

I love deviantART!

News

Check out the Mar/Apr Artisan Crafts Newsletter for a summary of everything that happened in the previous months.
~Back-2-Life is making an origami givieaway!
So Cute it Rots your Teeth #20 is out.
Features: Wishing Star, Cosplay Tutorials, Faux Food, Electroids and Modular Origami.
#ArtisanCraft's latest newsletter is out.
The latest Pimps and Whoas is out.

Contests & Challenges

The Get Crafty Contests brings together the Stock & Resources and Artisan Crafts galleries, you have until June 20th to submit your crafts! [All crafts]
This month's Artisan Craft Challenge is "Green" and "Superheroes". The deadline is May 31st. [All crafts]
#semi-sweeties' monthly challenge is about drinks. The deadline is May 31st. [Clay]
#Knitting-and-Crochet's Monthly Challenge is Adventures in Wonderland. The deadline is May 31st. [Knit & Crochet]
#Knitting-and-Crochet's Monthly Challenge is Neon. The deadline is May 31st. [Knit & Crochet]
#ArtisanCraft' Creative Craft Challenge is Pop Up Book! The deadline is May 31st. [Paperwork]
The Make Ugly Contest accepts crafts! Lots of awesome prizes are available, sadly it's only for the US the deadline is June 23rd. [All crafts]
Get it done in 2013 is a project by #stitchingpirates for cross stitchers to work together on their own projects and give monthly updates in the group. [Cross stitch]

I love deviantART!

Features

Here's some of the things I've found in the Artisan Crafts Gallery lately that caught my attention or that were suggested to me. Please anything you like and let this artists know how awesome they are! Don't forget that I love DD suggestions, this week I'm looking for clothing and tapestry! You can also send your artisan crafts suggestions to ^maytel and ^cakecrumbs

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Giveaway and great news!

Journal Entry: Mon May 20, 2013, 9:03 AM

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GIVEAWAY CLOSED, WINNERS TOMORROW

Guess what guys! I'm reopening my stores (Etsy and Storenvy) and commissions, I can finally announce that I'm getting married and I need to save as much as possible for the big day, July 27th. And just before anyone asks, the wedding is not improvised we've been planning it for a long time

but there's still a lot of things to buy and consider, I could use some more money to save

So buy my stuff

to celebrate the reopening I'm also doing a giveaway! Actually it's three giveaways running simultaneously on deviantART, Facebook and YouTube, you can join any of them or the three of them to have more chances to win.

To join DA's giveaway you have to do two simple steps:
1. Watch me! (if you're already watching me you don't need to watch me again).
2. Fave this journal.*
^{* I know some people hate this kind of giveaway because it's often abused, but it's very convenient to decide a winner. I'm sorry people, I don't have the time or willpower to filter and count comments}

I will choose one winner at random from each site, each winner will get to choose one of the following cakes and I will send it to you completely free! I can also make it into a keychain, pendant, strap or anything else you want to wear and show.

And as a little bonus, I'm also offering a 10% off coupon in my Etsy and Storenvy stores! Use the coupon HAPPYREOPENING and get 10% off any purchase until June 10th

if you want to buy anything from my gallery but it's not listed on any store, ask me to list it. Sorry guys, custom commissions take too much time and effort so they're not included in the coupon code.

RULES
- Entries will be counted from this moment and until June 3rd 2013 at midnight.
- You can enter all three giveaways, but you can only win once.
- The winners will be chosen using random.org (using livestream or similar if I can figure out how to use it).
- The giveaway is international.
- If you're underage make sure your parents or tutors give you permission to receive a package from me (from Mexico).
- The winner of each giveaway will get to choose one of these cakes, I will customize it by request into a keychain, pendant, ring, etc. But no earrings, they're too big for earrings.
- No purchase is required, the coupon code is just to thank my customers and for fun.

Thank you everyone for your support so far

Everything will be all right in the end. If it's not all right, then it's not the end.

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So Cute, it Rots your Teeth #20

Journal Entry: Mon May 20, 2013, 8:17 AM

anything you find interesting!

Stack of pancakes necklace by ~Luxurychoccie

#semi-sweeties is a group dedicated to the art and appreciation of all kinds of clay food. If you love clay food, make it or if you're looking for help please join us!

the team at #semi-sweeties

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Cosplay Tutorials Collection

Wed May 15, 2013, 11:59 PM

Cosplay tutorials are among the most fascinating I've found in DA, full of inspiration and secrets that make you want to try them, even if you've never cosplayed before. I took a good look around and tried to put together the best collection that I could, so please feel free to browse all of these and try them! Let these artist know how awesome and generous they are for their hard work

This article was written for #ArtHistoryProject, please don't forget to visit the project and also join the nail art contest we put together.

Outfits

Props

Shoes

Wigs

Make up

Assorted techniques

There's still a lot more to see!

find more here.

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Artisan Craft Features #24

Mon May 13, 2013, 1:08 PM

Don't forget to let me know if you want me to advertise anything for you! These announcements are for you guys

If you make artisan craft features, contests, articles, news, anything, let me know!

Please don't forget to join our awesome group #CRArtisanCrafts for more crafty goodness!

News

Check out the Mar/Apr Artisan Crafts Newsletter for a summary of everything that happened in the previous months.
^cakecrumbs and =Brookette interviewed your Artisan Crafts Community Volunteers so that you can get to know them a bit better (we love you!). You can read the interviews here: Talty's and Maytel's.
~cutekick is giving away some of her handmade flower magnets!
Knice Knitts vol.002 is out.
So Cute it Rots your Teeth #19 is out.
=Magical525 made an amazing Birdhouses feature.
I made a Mother's Day Artisan Crafts feature.
Cosplay features (part of Performance Arts month at #ArtHistoryProject): Studio Ghibli and Doctor Who.
#ArtisanCraft's latest newsletter is out.
Our own ~kayanah is close to opening her store and she invites you to visit her Facebook page, Kayanah Miniature.
The latest Pimps and Whoas is out.
This month in #ArtHistoryProject: Performance Arts.
This week in #projecteducate: Photography. Next week: Anthro gallery and Anthropomorphic art.

Contests & Challenges

The Get Crafty Contests brings together the Stock & Resources and Artisan Crafts galleries, you have until May 20th to submit your tutorials! [All crafts]
#Amigurumi-Challenge's Contest is about Giant Amigurumi! The deadline is May 21st. [Amigurumi]
This month's Artisan Craft Challenge is "Green" and "Superheroes". The deadline is May 31st. [All crafts]
#semi-sweeties' monthly challenge is about drinks. The deadline is May 31st. [Clay]
#Knitting-and-Crochet's Monthly Challenge is Adventures in Wonderland . The deadline is May 31st. [Knit & Crochet]
#Knitting-and-Crochet's Monthly Challenge is Neon. The deadline is May 31st. [Knit & Crochet]
#ArtisanCraft' Creative Craft Challenge is Pop Up Book! The deadline is May 31st. [Paperwork]
Get it done in 2013 is a project by #stitchingpirates for cross stitchers to work together on their own projects and give monthly updates in the group. [Cross stitch]

Features

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Mother's Day Artisan Crafts Feature

Sat May 11, 2013, 8:29 PM

Mother's Day is celebrated one day of May in most countries (either the 10th, 15th, 26th, 27th the first, second or last Sunday) and I just couldn't let it pass without an artisan crafts feature. There's a great variety of crafts celebrating motherhood, full of emotions and love.

Congratulations to all mothers, all honorary mothers, all mothers at heart, and all mothers of angels

Mothers Day Beanie Pair by ~loveandasandwich

Black and Silver 1920s maternity dress by ~numberjumble

Doll Repaint - My dearest Mom Carmen Cruz by *noeling

Blue Mama and Baby Dragons by *DragonsAndBeasties

3D Flower Mother's Day Card 1 by ~pinktoque

But of them all my favorites are the ones made by *x-xSpitFirex-x, her work is so full of emotions and love that I cried when I saw them and read the story. I'm sure you'll enjoy them as much as I did.

In Mummy and Daddy's heart forever by *x-xSpitFirex-x

And one last one that really made me laugh...

"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." -Washington Irving.

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It's the end of times!

Journal Entry: Wed May 8, 2013, 10:01 PM

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Well.. kind of... we've been under attack by our local volcano since yesterday. We're all okay, just ashy and annoyed. It began pouring volcanic ash all over us last night, and it's still going after 26 hours. The worst of it was last night, the visibility went down to almost zero and everything was covered by a thick layer of ashes in a few minutes. There's some really spectacular photos going around.

Source.

We woke up this morning under a layer of ashes that almost looked like snow. It kept falling through the whole day in smaller batches, and it was constantly lifted by every breeze so it's been on the air all day. The visibility was reduced to only a block or two, the sky was a yellowish gray all day and the light was the same color, it almost looked dirty. Volcanic ash is abrasive (it scratches surfaces), irritant to the eyes and nose, and slippery. The annoying thing got inside the house despite my best efforts to close the windows and seal the cracks. I've been sneezing all day, the air feels thick and weird, I have a scratchy feeling on the back of my throat and I've been constantly thirsty. My head is annoying me a bit and I'm just tired of it XD

Photo I took of the plants outside.

At least the ashes is the only thing it's been doing. The lava and rocks are not thrown very far, so they didn't affect anyone. The Popocatépetl actually does this every once in a while, but it hasn't been this active since 1994. It's usually just a small amount of ashes a few times each year, usually around December, so this took us all by surprise ._. I ran around like crazy making sure all my cats were safely inside the house, dusting them, and making sure they were okay. We've kept them inside all day and they HATE IT with passion, but I can't let them get dusty and then lick the ashes... ashes form a thick paste with water that is later hardened, kinda like concrete. Naturally I don't want them to ingest that. My cats are strictly house cats, but they love the garden and the front yard. We just don't let them out on the street or the other houses.

Photo of our skylight.

I'm already tired of it, I hope it stops pouring tomorrow! I actually find it quite interesting and I've been following the news closely. I'm specially interested in the way people react to it, I'm amazed by how little some people took care of themselves... surgical masks are a must in these situations, but some people breathed the ashes all day without even caring. Their throats must be killing them by now, mine is itchy and I took all the precautions I could. I don't even want to imagine what it can do to their lungs. Some people panicked and there were a few extra car accidents. Our local shelter did a great job telling people what to do with their pets and how to take care of them too, it was amazing. Lots of interesting things to study, humans

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I also did a video because I found it interesting, and I hope someone else will find it interesting too. Also, I'm trying to make a habit of uploading videos to practice English. I guess this is something you really can't imagine unless you live close to a volcano. It's a short one, so check it out

My brain is still killing me and I couldn't get anything done today x.x I hope some sleep cures that. I didn't get to answer notes or messages today, sorry

I will catch up tomorrow!

Everything will be all right in the end. If it's not all right, then it's not the end.

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Looking for Volunteers for Interviews

Mon May 6, 2013, 11:46 AM

Hello everyone! How is life treating you this Monday? I hope everyone will have a great week

The #communityrelations team started a new project called The Artist Toolbox, if you haven't seen it yet please read it here. The article is about Photography Studios and it's also relevant to photographing crafts! It's a great read.

The goal of that series of articles is talking a bit about the tools involved in each kind of art... and well, we crafters usually have LOTS of tools and treasure them dearly. I would really love to do some articles about our tools and I really want to get everyone involved, so if you want to take part of it let me know!

I'm looking for all or some of the following:

All kind of tools used in crafts (hooks, needles, fabrics, sculpture tools, clays, glass, blowtorches, metals, oven, kiln, mixing bowls, everything!).
Any tool and any craft is interesting, no matter how mundane it may seem to you.
I will need you to photograph your tools (all of them or only your favorites, your choice) and talk a bit about them.
A photo of your work area or studio could be helpful too!
I may conduct it as an interview and ask you to answer a couple of questions for me.
If I get more than one volunteer from the same craft I may put you together as a single article.
Everything will be credited to you of course! I may use photos of your work as example too

If you're interested in joining this project please send a note to #CRArtisanCrafts telling us what kind of craft you do and which tools you would like to photograph and describe

I really hope you'll be able to join, I'm excited about the project! I can't be the only one proud of her tools and always eager to show them

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So Cute, it Rots your Teeth #19

Journal Entry: Sun May 5, 2013, 10:28 PM

anything you find interesting!

Mint chocolate chip ice cream! by ~Qatarinahh

#semi-sweeties is a group dedicated to the art and appreciation of all kinds of clay food. If you love clay food, make it or if you're looking for help please join us!

the team at #semi-sweeties

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