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Words.

Previously, I had several pages where you could go and view my favorite words/quotes. But I have decided that it would make more sense to use a different approach.

I have created a public Evernote notebook, where I will keep most of the quotes. You can view that using the link below and even join the notebook, to see it across all your devices!

My Evernote Quote Notebook



Also, I keep all my image-based words on a board on Pinterest. Follow me while you're there!

My Words Board on Pinterest


I love words, that's why I named my blog Words in a Jar. Also, it's the name for the shop where I sell awesome computer wallpapers emblazoned with my favorite words!

My Storenvy Shop

Post your favorite quote in the comments below! Also, if you have a quote board on Pinterest, I'd love to follow it! Post a link and I'll check it out.

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." -Albert Einstein
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John Lennon Quote Mural Project Update: Phase Three…Done!

So here it is! My John Lennon Quote Mural Project is done! I was so excited to finish this project and see the quote painted in it's entirety. It fit in the space just perfectly and I think it makes good use of that awkward foot and a half between the shelf and the love seat.

Just in case you missed it, you can find Phase One of the project here and Phase Two here.

Below are some pictures, enjoy!







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John Lennon Quote Project Update/Phase Two

So Phase Two of the John Lennon quote project is finished! (For Phase One, go here.)

Phase Two includes the first side of the mural, with this part of the quote: "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me happiness was the key to life.

So excited that I got this much done…stay tuned for the next phases!





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Rag Rug: Project 2012

So a few days ago I stumbled upon this beautiful rag rug on Flickr:

crocheted rag rug

and I happen to have this empty space in my room that could use a rug:



so, naturally, this happened:


I need more rags though!!
Stay tuned for pictures of the progress!

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John Lennon Quote Project, Phase One

So my most recent project is a mural of a John Lennon quote that I LOVE.

Here it is: "When I was 5 years old, my mother told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, I told them they didn't understand life."

So because this quote is really long, the only space I had left for it (more on that in another post) was in my reading nook.

I decided to wrap it around the three walls underneath my bookshelves.

I downloaded a font of John Lennon's handwriting, which I think is really cool, because now it's like he wrote it on my wall.

I printed out the letters to the size I needed and then traced them onto Bristol Board, a really stiff artist's paper.

I had one for every letter in the quote and so then all I had to do was trace the letters onto the wall.

So that's phase one! Everything's all traced out and all that's left is to paint it! I can't wait, there's pictures below, stay tuned for phase two. :)


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John Lennon Quote Project Phase One


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My recent foray into the poem world with the book, Because I Am Furniture, inspired me to share a poem I had written recently while I had time to kill on campus. It was a beautiful day, uncommon for November, and I was watching the leaves fall from the trees...

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My Etsy Wishlist

So I'm sure you all know by now that I love Etsy.com. The unique items you can find there make it a great place to go for inspiration and just for some really cool stuff. 

I find myself mostly purchasing/viewing jewelry, but they have everything and I've also purchased curtain pullbacks and plan on purchasing some new drawer pulls for my vanity in the near future. 

I love purchasing items I know were handmade. The satisfaction I get from buying from an artist directly is a great feeling. 

Below I've posted a few pictures (with links) of some of my most recent Etsy favorites/finds. These are only a few!! I could spend days on this site, finding tons of things I like, but I thought I would just show you a few here.

Enjoy!








p.s.- If you know me personally and happen to be looking for a Christmas gift….*cough* look no further :P
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Buddha Quote Bracelet on Etsy

"Do not dwell in the past, Do not dream of the future, Concentrate the mind on the present Moment." ~Buddha

Words to live by.

If this bracelet wasn't $119, I would totally be getting it.
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America's Got Talent, That's For Sure...

I watch America's Got Talent every week. There are lots of really talented people and performers on the show, but the ones I find most entertaining are the ones who use their imagination.

These two videos show the group Silhouettes performing two different routines. The first one is their audition in Minneapolis and the second is last week's performance.

I love these routines because of their innovation. The dancing is flawless, the concept is ingenious. In the second video, they actually form the silhouettes of American monuments and buildings, which are then superimposed over the kids' shadows, which (if you watch) shows how spot-on they are/have to be with their positions.

All in all I just think they're a really great act and they deserve to go far in the competition.



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Quote/Mural in My Room:

go make a life, not a living...

I painted this quote on my wall above my closet. It's from Jason Mraz's "That'll Do" (Also know by several other names…) The font is FG Petra, used on some of Jason Mraz's cds and whatnot.

My bed faces it, so I wake up every morning to this amazing piece of advice, one that I plan to live by.


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Peace Iced Tea: Tea with a Mission

So I originally picked this tea up because it had an awesome bottle. I don't often drink iced tea, and I actually just bought it to put on my shelf as art. Then I became curious and I picked up two of their razzleberry flavor (one to drink and one to look at).

I went online to look them up and see if they had any other flavors. They actually have seven different flavors, of which, my local Rite Aid only carries two :'(

On their about us page they have this blurb: 

“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.” -Marvin Gaye

On February 21, 1958, a designer and artist named Gerald Holtom rendered the Peace Symbol to support the 4 April march organized in London by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War. The Peace Symbol has, universally, come to symbolize peace. The Peace Symbol is not something to be messed with, to be exploited or to be trivialized. The Peace Symbol is the very inspiration behind the creation of Peace Tea. Yes, Peace Tea is a product meant to be bought and enjoyed. However, that is not the point. Peace Tea was not brought to life to commercialize or rip off or capitalize on the Peace Symbol. There are fashion brands, bands, record labels and countless other examples of products which utilize the Peace Symbol.

Peace Tea was born out a yearning for a higher calling. It is all about one single and perfect and fundamental truth: To evoke an emotion, or perhaps even more importantly, an action.

Peace Tea is whatever you want it to be.

Peace Tea is based in the true meaning of Peace. Peace is a balance of a deep understanding in yourself and between others where a mutual respect results by accepting differences, displaying tolerance, erasing tensions and allowing each and every person to have a voice, an opinion, a right to be who and what they want to.

While Peace Tea is a product, it is a product that stands for social obligation, social awareness, benevolence, compassion and soul. It can, in the form of a mere liquid, be your own form of poetry, art, music, philosophy, belief system. But more than anything, Peace Tea strives to be a product that makes a difference. Even the most minimal difference.

If even one person reaches for a can of Peace Tea and thinks into what Peace is all about and is motivated to act, then Peace Tea has fulfilled its reason for being. Perhaps that very person sees their reflection and is moved enough to do something in their day that benefits someone or something. Peace, compassion and generosity can come in the smallest acts. It can be buying a meal for a person living on the streets; helping a blind person get across a busy boulevard; helping an elderly person off an airplane; taking the time to lift the spirits of a friend who is down and struggling; helping a lost dog find its owner. It can be anything. Like the bumper sticker says, it can be about “practicing random and senseless acts of generosity and kindness.”

Peace Tea is a product with a purpose. A product to believe in. Peace Tea is Peace, Love and Understanding.

Peace Tea is love over gold.

Peace Tea Beverage Company"


Peace Tea is iced tea with a mission. And I like that.

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I'm pretty sure it's no surprise by now that I love So You Think You Can Dance….
being a dancer myself, I love to watch dance finally get it's own TV show, where amazing choreographers, dancers, and other people in the business can be seen and recognized as the amazing artists they are.

There are two videos I'd like to share with you, but embedding for these videos was disabled, so you have to travel to YouTube to view them.

The first is a hip-hop routine by Tabitha and Napoleon danced by Alex Wong (who, shortly after this routine pulled his achilles and was unable to dance the rest of the season) and Twitch, who I've also posted about, here.

But before you watch it, you need a little background on Alex Wong….he's a ballet dancer. He's amazing. And he successfully (well actually more than successfully) does what every ballet dancer fears most…he's makes hip-hop look like his first style.

Check it out.

The second video is Ellen Degeneres doing Alex's part in the hip-hop dance as a tribute to Alex in the finale, after he got injured and couldn't dance.

I don't know whether I should say that it's good or funny. It's kind of both. Ellen does an awesome job considering she's not a dancer. (Although she does do a lot of dancing on her show…)

Check it out here.

Let me know what you think!
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So You Think You Can Dance Season 8 Is HOT!



Melanie has been my favorite this season every since I saw her solo audition:



She appears to dance in water…it's amazing.

Lil' C says, "Zeus himself would invite you to dance on Olympus…"


Marko is my favorite boy in the top 20, he was shot and the bullet is still lodged in his shoulder!



They're both amazingly graceful and acrobatic, without being gymnastic…to watch them dance together just made me want to get up off the couch and dance myself.

Not to mention Travis Wall's choreography of their statue piece was ridiculously beautiful and a piece I could watch on repeat forever…

Enjoy!
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Brea's Art

                                 

Brea is a good friend of mine. Here is a slideshow of her art. You can also find her art here.
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