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A Happy Talent

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“It’s a happy talent to know how to play” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

A wise man! And knowing how to play — playing at least a little bit, all the time just for the fun of it — is what we’re about here at 2create! 

Even when you have an evening of playing that includes disasters and “Hmmm, not quite right” feelings! 

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But this isn’t a do-over, get it perfect kind of place. Nope. You see us how we are, what we really do, somedays humble and not so creative, some days a peek at something new, some days dreaming of being creative, and some days we can hardly contain ourselves for the thrill of what we’ve accomplished! 

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So when my DINNER was so rude as to SPLASH ONTO my black and white doodle, I had a moment of panic… and when my attempts to wash/blot that dot of kung pao sauce off of the watercolor paper made my waterproof ink RUN I got frustrated… and then when I made an inadvertent pen mark in the middle of some white space I said to myself, “Thank goodness for Photoshop!” LOL I mean really, could it have gotten any worse?

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But it’s all good, actually. This little booklet of watercolor paper is just for me — a free-to-goof-off set of blank pages from a friend! One day the very-Stacy decorated folder showed up in my mail all stitched closed. The outside has a saying, “Don’t give up your day dream” so I perforated it at the stitches and started daydreaming and doodling! Thanks for my Happy Mail, Stacy! Yes, one day I may get messier than just using pens in it! 

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This all started with the vision of a Zentangle border after surfing around tanglepatterns.com Once I drew the border, I dashed off the word Play and played with it. Then I went looking for a quote. When I found the “happy talent” quote I fell in love with it. It was exactly what I was looking for :)

Happy playing! 

Gail

  • Stacy - Yay, I’m so glad you love it enough to mention me!!! EEEP!04.08.2014 – 12:00pmReplyCancel

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