tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67115982373964003022024-02-20T08:25:34.695-06:00Sacred ArtsCori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.comBlogger295125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-70130813994031934392012-05-17T10:22:00.000-05:002012-05-17T10:23:34.429-05:00Seeking<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7HU_Ozptp6oOXC-sUim7ggyaXK9FRe5QfgDvUC6-E6p6bKJmoqak4fehliqZAVk0luIb1ZfTjtO6op7xmpcQdWOx_rDJJHAiZ3rmZpDE26L-t73Jh7rR80iyJ6lsCP-dpLUTBebh_qg/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7HU_Ozptp6oOXC-sUim7ggyaXK9FRe5QfgDvUC6-E6p6bKJmoqak4fehliqZAVk0luIb1ZfTjtO6op7xmpcQdWOx_rDJJHAiZ3rmZpDE26L-t73Jh7rR80iyJ6lsCP-dpLUTBebh_qg/s640/005.JPG" width="424" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div align="center">
<em>I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God,</em></div>
<div align="center">
<em>but God who had been seeking me.</em></div>
<div align="center">
<em>I had made myself the center of my own existence </em></div>
<div align="center">
<em>and had my back turned to God.</em></div>
<div align="center">
~Bede Griffiths</div>
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<div align="justify">
The two little birds in this piece are symbolic of how we find the answers to which we are seeking. At times we must look down, underneath rubble, get in uncomfortable positions in order to find that which we could not see before. At other times, we only need to sit still and let the truth come to us.</div>
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<div align="center">
This 36" x 24" original acrylic painting on gallery wrapped canvas is currently on display that the Gallery at Midtown in Dallas, TX. It is available for purchase for $575.</div>
<div align="center">
</div>
</div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-36795554318073942512012-04-17T13:29:00.002-05:002012-04-17T13:29:44.983-05:00Know Thy Wings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIHZl4ABizHAEnNxDtiHqkRpc9QJGcogrPsGNXOoEJiw9XRpHnlYVQCaijsRgHCgL2NH4f6sf0PY3E3IeiwNWrp-MX5ZkIm17WCjYBn0BQyG_Cjb5nJFHynFGW6Y3stMq8QZgoKIt0tE/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIHZl4ABizHAEnNxDtiHqkRpc9QJGcogrPsGNXOoEJiw9XRpHnlYVQCaijsRgHCgL2NH4f6sf0PY3E3IeiwNWrp-MX5ZkIm17WCjYBn0BQyG_Cjb5nJFHynFGW6Y3stMq8QZgoKIt0tE/s320/004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;">
<span class="huge"><br /></span></div>
<div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;">
<span class="huge"><i>Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too
slight, </i></span></div>
<div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="huge"><i>feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath
wings.</i></span> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="huge"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
~ Victor Hugo</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
This original 24" x 36" acrylic painting on gallery canvas is available for $400 plus shipping. Please email cori-lynn@msn.com for purchase interest. Mention that you are a blog reader for 20% off the purchase price.</div>
</div>
</div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-48460127474521387642012-04-05T08:10:00.000-05:002012-04-05T08:10:56.496-05:00Pride<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWcDKahxI4NOGB0BD0YOklZNend-hy1a1cPje3AmIkcxMOUW5BdHLj5KgBWRGCR0pLXTHVwvINC1p3o18PlznqHooYAzxainf4yAy-c_CgxMsubbVBlA8hfgIN4gcQXF8Bdhc8i0MiX0/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWcDKahxI4NOGB0BD0YOklZNend-hy1a1cPje3AmIkcxMOUW5BdHLj5KgBWRGCR0pLXTHVwvINC1p3o18PlznqHooYAzxainf4yAy-c_CgxMsubbVBlA8hfgIN4gcQXF8Bdhc8i0MiX0/s400/001.JPG" width="321" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
~ William Blake</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
This 24" x 36" original acrylic painting has sold. Commissions are available. Please email cori-lynn@msn.com for commission interest.</div>
</div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-28461193409424081752012-04-04T07:13:00.003-05:002012-04-04T07:13:36.385-05:00Faith at Dawn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhxIFw5PBuT1zSrwxhqOawfLGzi1mhXOmBMNqfafDx1Ru2x57ngU_qa4m_YDkbH_aDVLBlwc3nCD4qJfSiewAIqcb8N4c7PLA651BW-VOg9t5fYzSv6XpIYn6lu3zaqeBF7HBTFQlPKuQ/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhxIFw5PBuT1zSrwxhqOawfLGzi1mhXOmBMNqfafDx1Ru2x57ngU_qa4m_YDkbH_aDVLBlwc3nCD4qJfSiewAIqcb8N4c7PLA651BW-VOg9t5fYzSv6XpIYn6lu3zaqeBF7HBTFQlPKuQ/s400/008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><br /></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
~ Rabindranath Tagore</div>
<br />
<br />
Terrible devastation in the Dallas area where I live today. A day of numerous tornadoes yesterday has ruined many, many homes. We are blessed that people worked together, followed advisories, and only a dozen people in the whole metroplex were hurt, with no one dying. I spent a few hours shut in my apartment bathroom with my dear old cat and am thankful for online friends who kept me company through some scary moments! And, of course, it's always nice to know you're loved.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;">
This 16" x 20" original acrylic on canvas has sold. Commissions available. Please email cori-lynn@msn.com for commission interest.</div>
</div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-84106176587686608322012-04-02T01:36:00.000-05:002012-04-02T01:36:31.622-05:00Mercy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfdmIx4V-ItM3F7VolXaacWiHFA2YHdiInfDQwT2FyBBueiAk4jYblpv8Sk4mTa09HPX8j1QtmDs36aGNCQmvpFpEgu5CvfCFBHcUQJ4K8GG9XnkSW7vtKRd5TlhfLZ62w8YpBv7IKHQ/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfdmIx4V-ItM3F7VolXaacWiHFA2YHdiInfDQwT2FyBBueiAk4jYblpv8Sk4mTa09HPX8j1QtmDs36aGNCQmvpFpEgu5CvfCFBHcUQJ4K8GG9XnkSW7vtKRd5TlhfLZ62w8YpBv7IKHQ/s400/003.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Hate shuts her soul when dove-eyed mercy pleads.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> ~ Charles Sprague</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">This piece is one in a series where I explored deconstructing identifiable attributes of particular birds and merging them together on a canvas, collage style, through paint. I was excited to be invited to be a part of the first art exhibit at the American Airlines Center here in Dallas through CityArtCal. This piece is 24" x 24" acrylic on 1.5" gallery wrapped canvas and sells for $300 plus shipping. Mention that you are a blog reader and I'll give you 20% off purchase price. Email purchase interest to cori-lynn @msn.com.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This piece is my entry in the <a href="http://takeaword.blogspot.com/2012/04/take-word-challenge-eggs.html">Take a Word: Eggs Challenge</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-78620212719769842362012-04-01T10:30:00.000-05:002012-04-01T10:30:02.071-05:00The Future Holds You Dear<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeel7ClpWcIxNLLw0quc9dj84aWnIEf1s_DzpA0wawyY4d1uAkDP487KB8iRsabIlxpxpWW12tzanWj3VMWVE0dGiYGRMlfj338wdf33Vu0zlmAS0A12cNJ5Gmks5XUr22-_vDsGjYZI/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeel7ClpWcIxNLLw0quc9dj84aWnIEf1s_DzpA0wawyY4d1uAkDP487KB8iRsabIlxpxpWW12tzanWj3VMWVE0dGiYGRMlfj338wdf33Vu0zlmAS0A12cNJ5Gmks5XUr22-_vDsGjYZI/s320/003.JPG" width="252px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>He had been persecuted and despised for his ugliness, and now he heard them say he was the most beautiful of all the birds. Even the elder-tree bent down its bows into the water before him, and the sun shone warm and bright. Then he rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck, and cried joyfully, from the depths of his heart, “I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly duckling.”</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~ Hans Christian Anderson, <em>The Ugly Duckling</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This piece was created for the "It's All Just a Story" exhibit of art works based on children's stories that will travel through the Dallas public library system throughout the year. This piece has SOLD. Commissions available. Please email <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> for commission interest.</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-63245547518315886592012-03-31T10:00:00.000-05:002012-03-31T10:00:00.296-05:00Always Watching<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktcb9QnDogUk95N7vmOw0tYt049ft1hlbbVF4k9acTUK_yyuUNuijy6Ics_AWo_BVaMccYPeijiOePm-0m2qbiGg-bQO-NflSWMjgOcFz0QU-1NiALslqUaeBEorDAUWptdO1zTOgA6E/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktcb9QnDogUk95N7vmOw0tYt049ft1hlbbVF4k9acTUK_yyuUNuijy6Ics_AWo_BVaMccYPeijiOePm-0m2qbiGg-bQO-NflSWMjgOcFz0QU-1NiALslqUaeBEorDAUWptdO1zTOgA6E/s400/006.JPG" width="312px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Don't worry that children never listen to you; </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>worry that they are always watching you.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> ~Robert Fulghum</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This item has SOLD. Commissions available. Please email <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> for commission interest.</div><br />
<br />
<br />
</div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-39813387482406220702012-03-30T10:00:00.000-05:002012-03-30T10:00:11.169-05:00Finding Calm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWxS1THbGM836cgyiQwrGEWzzV6fFS3Ix_2rD_efuuuszhMVdNsN3GuHRhZiz6lFMIvzXPBHN1q8-DussuEbHbbP0J9XgwWlFb0nH_22z2zW-Vq-eJtkOtJrJK4MYqSrG3ZnbqZFnYKY/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWxS1THbGM836cgyiQwrGEWzzV6fFS3Ix_2rD_efuuuszhMVdNsN3GuHRhZiz6lFMIvzXPBHN1q8-DussuEbHbbP0J9XgwWlFb0nH_22z2zW-Vq-eJtkOtJrJK4MYqSrG3ZnbqZFnYKY/s400/011.JPG" width="313px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> ~</em> The yoga sutras of<em> </em>Patanjali</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This publicity piece was created last fall for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sacred-Arts-Studio/113542865331976#!/YogaDayEvents">Yoga D.A.Y.</a>, a periodic event bringing together Dallas area artists and yogis to raise awareness and funds for charity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Commissions are available. Please email <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> for commission interest.</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-16325856139554072332012-03-29T10:02:00.001-05:002012-03-29T10:02:00.704-05:00Grass<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4a9zRwsH2XrSMKY_lPM27wLNT8gjqyfqoH7CUd0Iyn2UoorTgqy28fQmKzJzvEFVPTl6Klv79p8z3npPqsmGOfmd6as8xNw8obUwSlN9NQYeEfa4j7AvOn_x0zugsjp-YeqbE2OPdgI/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4a9zRwsH2XrSMKY_lPM27wLNT8gjqyfqoH7CUd0Iyn2UoorTgqy28fQmKzJzvEFVPTl6Klv79p8z3npPqsmGOfmd6as8xNw8obUwSlN9NQYeEfa4j7AvOn_x0zugsjp-YeqbE2OPdgI/s400/008.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Every blade of grass has an angel bending over it </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>whispering, "Grow, grow."</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>~ </em>The Talmud</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This item sold as part of the <a href="http://www.alleyshouse.org/">Alley's House</a> Incrementum Art Fundraiser at <a href="http://www.risinggallery.com/index.php">Rising Gallery</a> in Dallas last February. This annual event benefits programming at Alley's House to encourage, educate, and mentor teenage mothers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Commissions available. Please email <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> for commission interest.</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-40981821097076035492012-03-28T08:40:00.000-05:002012-03-28T08:40:15.102-05:00Cast Your Hook<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26w39j7jtCP5N4Us8ECj5nwzpM4gUq7M_1MWB7QfrCiD9gEmhNEjBOYrpPDgUR-on8sGrazUBEYHcW8x4KZemOIPG_pnXoAoBjP5kiKWRuQ7uzdEw4tXxunhCuhzr1PNu_So1EYMF_kA/s1600/057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26w39j7jtCP5N4Us8ECj5nwzpM4gUq7M_1MWB7QfrCiD9gEmhNEjBOYrpPDgUR-on8sGrazUBEYHcW8x4KZemOIPG_pnXoAoBjP5kiKWRuQ7uzdEw4tXxunhCuhzr1PNu_So1EYMF_kA/s400/057.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chance is always powerful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There will be fish. </div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">~Ovid</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">This painting has SOLD. Commissions are available. Please email <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn">cori-lynn@msn</a> for commission interest.</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-25849327806148090832012-03-27T10:00:00.001-05:002012-03-27T10:00:02.619-05:00The Joys<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3_xnMM1CIFKvYV-pLEKOtpevTUZ3-J_jz6fUjfDfqRdHbGZ8J0RZJOuN33SwoPZQLKX4g9c-D3DN881FCt1MsT0ZBHp-5fxRa6oQ6YyXp_OXrrX5U2IPMfqg-qjVb3wVcxW5mEgulsw/s1600/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3_xnMM1CIFKvYV-pLEKOtpevTUZ3-J_jz6fUjfDfqRdHbGZ8J0RZJOuN33SwoPZQLKX4g9c-D3DN881FCt1MsT0ZBHp-5fxRa6oQ6YyXp_OXrrX5U2IPMfqg-qjVb3wVcxW5mEgulsw/s400/054.JPG" width="315px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">~ Henry Ward Beecher</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This painting has sold. Commissions available. Please email <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> for purchase interest.</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-42818927750888477512012-03-26T08:24:00.000-05:002012-03-26T08:24:02.065-05:00The Temple<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_B5ZhIzc6TuKjH3WLCa90OgNqBKeCJ5aXwsygXkks4fSyVn1BIJQYpvYXiES2EiVfjvO26ydqF5niTf-zDfxl3XDEDcQnszuAUTDEPxaaPc8wIkag8QipciqoZT6LM08jd-duuJ7grQ/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_B5ZhIzc6TuKjH3WLCa90OgNqBKeCJ5aXwsygXkks4fSyVn1BIJQYpvYXiES2EiVfjvO26ydqF5niTf-zDfxl3XDEDcQnszuAUTDEPxaaPc8wIkag8QipciqoZT6LM08jd-duuJ7grQ/s400/001.JPG" width="318px" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>The groves were God's first temples.</em> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">~William Cullen Bryant, "A Forest Hymn"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This 8 x 10" original acrylic painting on wrapped canvas is available for $50 plus shippiing through paypal or personal check. Please email <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> for purchase interest.</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-21398331735966597842012-03-25T08:18:00.001-05:002012-03-25T08:22:19.312-05:00The Web<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbY-oW694i2HT0luGv7vPHhRovI1zYjW1n4KrJ74UlpohxAU30XgBgoQVEGjk2uY8m_c8xAy-OH8Fwe2xZ4xHN7h1TiQg_KYgdDe_-WY5a-jAMYml_jj4jiV36tZt2lfK8yWoOs_mF9-Q/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbY-oW694i2HT0luGv7vPHhRovI1zYjW1n4KrJ74UlpohxAU30XgBgoQVEGjk2uY8m_c8xAy-OH8Fwe2xZ4xHN7h1TiQg_KYgdDe_-WY5a-jAMYml_jj4jiV36tZt2lfK8yWoOs_mF9-Q/s400/008.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>like a spider in all directions</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> an adhesive web of love, </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>and to catch in it all that comes.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~ Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This 16' x 20" original acrylic on wrapped canvas is available for $75 plus shipping through check or paypal. Email <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> for purchase interest.. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-10746458754645816102012-01-20T08:47:00.000-06:002012-01-20T08:47:50.464-06:00More to it than Dreaming<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmzb4eulsiO0GjY8kcr31XRMg-PEMk5hXNiJplq3bmyNuEVYDJ0cu34T_kAyMC-h5akp02sXPGJbV6fxLvEJL9PL1doyhPLuvC9nBx1oAzg_rXneiuGoOMyfYOB15dEFndb_ojRn4iEY/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmzb4eulsiO0GjY8kcr31XRMg-PEMk5hXNiJplq3bmyNuEVYDJ0cu34T_kAyMC-h5akp02sXPGJbV6fxLvEJL9PL1doyhPLuvC9nBx1oAzg_rXneiuGoOMyfYOB15dEFndb_ojRn4iEY/s400/007.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">~Anais Nin </div><br />
We learn early to be dreamers. From the time we are first asked "What do you want to be when you grow up?" we are learn to get out the giant sketchpad in our hearts and brainstorm. What if? It's playful, fun, imaginative. It's creative, thinking of something different than what currently is. It's a necessary step in the growth process. But there's more to it than dreaming.<br />
<br />
From dreaming, we must believe. Not necessarily believe that our dream will come true. Although we are told to do this all the time. Unfortunately, life events happen. Not all dreams do come to actualization. Believing a dream will come true and then it not happening can set a person up for giving up on dreaming entirely. No, the belief I'm talking about here is belief in the possibility. For if a dream is possible (not plausible, mind you)... if a dream is possible then it is worth undertaking.<br />
<br />
And from belief, we must focus. Put all that imagination into action. Begin taking steps. Big steps or small steps.. any step is better than no step at all. Focus and begin to create a path for yourself. It's no surprise that words action and actuality are so similar. Go do it! <br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsA8eEzcVw2ezrlZWCNoK0R6wdlUKhYIy142pBBGiegrrXdPr_wdCVPZtB81Z0uWZ4EgTSSLp9pbCDMrhsSXsjeSDZAduF2lDE5LNibTZNHckJVBEg4_9YInBnVOmWG7LEoxD7Y49uOk/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsA8eEzcVw2ezrlZWCNoK0R6wdlUKhYIy142pBBGiegrrXdPr_wdCVPZtB81Z0uWZ4EgTSSLp9pbCDMrhsSXsjeSDZAduF2lDE5LNibTZNHckJVBEg4_9YInBnVOmWG7LEoxD7Y49uOk/s320/008.JPG" width="240px" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1WlhnWqR7CTu6bK8tMjq7eqhKVS6qtgGQKTLCnkBYjIuYe_i_WlLwGx77QqS3xEqR_njgQriFZyrSnKZksACKv0LpRSfT0_UalJt7PxIMBT3hfT-QyT-TmZui701ygUZ9oRxyboSh2A/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1WlhnWqR7CTu6bK8tMjq7eqhKVS6qtgGQKTLCnkBYjIuYe_i_WlLwGx77QqS3xEqR_njgQriFZyrSnKZksACKv0LpRSfT0_UalJt7PxIMBT3hfT-QyT-TmZui701ygUZ9oRxyboSh2A/s320/011.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXypGA6T9SMvjDb6Nesumdgnn8DKpCftEY_JMH5PC313QVuBBhbbvm2vrhkWScMm5DYsibKlO0ZaTvKJpe3TBMqUqK7KRYGTkcNf3ocf4qzQi35ZO47nVniJobwLU4aJkGMQjm4XlSwM/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXypGA6T9SMvjDb6Nesumdgnn8DKpCftEY_JMH5PC313QVuBBhbbvm2vrhkWScMm5DYsibKlO0ZaTvKJpe3TBMqUqK7KRYGTkcNf3ocf4qzQi35ZO47nVniJobwLU4aJkGMQjm4XlSwM/s320/012.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Set of 3 Mixed Media Inspirational Word Magnets</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">$15, $3 shipping</div><div style="text-align: center;">2" x 2.5" </div><div style="text-align: center;">Wooden hearts painted and adorned with thread, letter cutouts and beads.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Message me at <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> for purchase interest.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">♥</div><br />
<br />
<br />
</div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-49099826245094804272012-01-19T10:09:00.002-06:002012-01-19T10:17:02.340-06:00A Little Mingling...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDaw4Rl_QfbUa7xJN3BnrkqmZzgjojNCkdBC88AOdzjE0G_E1cIQDRdsAtosw6MpRktj2kY0IKZ6wNYNcgATI24KChSAfW4GA4fN4rEEt3YjOXe1C1S1I8FGiye0EicH8KuqTIsmuTak/s1600/002-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDaw4Rl_QfbUa7xJN3BnrkqmZzgjojNCkdBC88AOdzjE0G_E1cIQDRdsAtosw6MpRktj2kY0IKZ6wNYNcgATI24KChSAfW4GA4fN4rEEt3YjOXe1C1S1I8FGiye0EicH8KuqTIsmuTak/s400/002-1.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> ~William Shakespeare</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Earlier this week I went to visit a friend, a knitter, who has a debilitating disease making it difficult to continue her handiwork. She was kind enough to donate all of the yarns she is no longer able to use to my artistic efforts -- bags and bags of precious yarn. For her, the experience was a relief and a release... more space in her home and the feeling she was donating to an artist friend who can really use it. For me... very mixed feelings -- a bit of guilt taking such a wonderful material without giving something immediately in return and a sense of creative curiosity with these new yarns I've never used before. And of course, just a bit of sadness being reminded that one day I, too, will have a body that begins to fail me. I, too, will have to exhange some creative expressions for others.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This is the first piece I made from the yarns I was given, so it is extra special. It was a new experience for me to use so many different kinds of yarn in one piece. It felt like I was painting with yarn. Wool, acrylic, and soft nylon ribbon - a blend of her special pieces with some I had. Spinning the thread of ambiguous feelings into colorful brightness...</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq_UZb7lfu1klUmw6P3-HysSzTgsBuD0leVAs3KfANRYGlAoI4JHeEvsoUDrOYYAocUCkaW-mnWxm593uvkZZ0zRsMKhjkWXFdvWrZh8yHJo9VfzgU218bzKTZfOFuIx8l5Cemi2nMl0/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq_UZb7lfu1klUmw6P3-HysSzTgsBuD0leVAs3KfANRYGlAoI4JHeEvsoUDrOYYAocUCkaW-mnWxm593uvkZZ0zRsMKhjkWXFdvWrZh8yHJo9VfzgU218bzKTZfOFuIx8l5Cemi2nMl0/s320/001.JPG" width="240px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Large Mixed Yarn Ruffle Crochet Cowl</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8" wide with an additional 3" ruffle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">45" circumference around the neck</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">$35, $5 shipping</div><br />
This cowl can be worn several different ways. Hanging low down the front, it goes just below the breast line. Or wear it high, with ruffley goodness around your neck. Big enough to wear over a coat, or nice over a turtleneck! Email <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> for purchase interest.<br />
<br />
<div align="center">♥</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-35923633595631305192012-01-18T08:12:00.000-06:002012-01-18T08:12:21.059-06:00Spread Some Heart!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUdN3fJbH9cSI7Opzl1fCXhK6VLMmEbrV29tAI4btduPCHnvr-GkPH3thE4u3jbb-LJBAmaoFvrj_25XzVNubveMNaoMZmA5duJyFkVoX-mtmDqOkmaX9F5PxPgpWYWBk5eUEYsOabfA/s1600/003-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUdN3fJbH9cSI7Opzl1fCXhK6VLMmEbrV29tAI4btduPCHnvr-GkPH3thE4u3jbb-LJBAmaoFvrj_25XzVNubveMNaoMZmA5duJyFkVoX-mtmDqOkmaX9F5PxPgpWYWBk5eUEYsOabfA/s400/003-1.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. </div><div style="text-align: center;">~Mother Teresa </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I like to infuse accessories with meaning and tiny reminders. This one has hearts encircling the wrist - some pointed inward, others pointed outward. It's a reminder, when worn on your dominant hand, that as you work throughout your day, to make your work be an offering of love and care ... whether it is office filing, giving someone a plate of food, or putting your hand on someone's back. Likewise, the hearts that point towards the self are also a reminder to also take care of yourself. Seek relationships that nourish your soul and refill your spirit when it is deplete. For this in turn, allows you to give back to others.</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vnBtGA7IUZW3_kLwgRQfzIbdpxKs6hS9DQJz0WmMky7x-_OLx0u4-j1YVfaYcGwBsM2m0qeRpfBIX4NzX7-Vh2D80p8imRYQ7eOMcFicxQL-vFcmNUjQW70AmWGdcDy-O-8_alqnL7M/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vnBtGA7IUZW3_kLwgRQfzIbdpxKs6hS9DQJz0WmMky7x-_OLx0u4-j1YVfaYcGwBsM2m0qeRpfBIX4NzX7-Vh2D80p8imRYQ7eOMcFicxQL-vFcmNUjQW70AmWGdcDy-O-8_alqnL7M/s320/007.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKd2MKpYUehs_-2HSz8BqPXYYP53KLGUB049AAeNfYTGP4sCpbS1NohsdyV6FgQcXEUfLJjvsaf10X8DV0VtynpyKsnTA1GY_RKcFIP6llqnYVrX_RE5oRY8UWShCMB5Zz5MQj-5DzQc/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKd2MKpYUehs_-2HSz8BqPXYYP53KLGUB049AAeNfYTGP4sCpbS1NohsdyV6FgQcXEUfLJjvsaf10X8DV0VtynpyKsnTA1GY_RKcFIP6llqnYVrX_RE5oRY8UWShCMB5Zz5MQj-5DzQc/s320/006.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKj6lFwgSzypbkuWbFjAN8H7FnkKcAKrCTd7giOkxwAY33vl96VmCmiv97Qvc_Ae9Aq5mFy1DLMonnV0GtxuuNP9ylvo948sCX_0lXM60er0ocsfvDJQDciYKaFfKLoWFbp9WMh-Fg3YI/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKj6lFwgSzypbkuWbFjAN8H7FnkKcAKrCTd7giOkxwAY33vl96VmCmiv97Qvc_Ae9Aq5mFy1DLMonnV0GtxuuNP9ylvo948sCX_0lXM60er0ocsfvDJQDciYKaFfKLoWFbp9WMh-Fg3YI/s320/004.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">handpainted wooden bangle size M</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">$20 plus $5 shipping</div><div style="text-align: center;">A total of 8 hearts encircle the bangle in colors of fire and deep violet. A nice chunky bangle with an inner diameter of 8 1/4 ", outer diameter of 10" at it's widest and height of 1 3/4". These photos were taken prior to adding the satiny protectove coat to prevent glare. Send me an email at <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@mns.com">cori-lynn@mns.com</a> for purchase interest.</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-7781012990516477812012-01-17T07:30:00.000-06:002012-01-17T07:30:02.821-06:00A Colorful Kind of Hug<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBv191Tg40jyPqp20EkiQXT6wuWio8z3eY0-LmTNuaktiWouSCz7Opj_6K3cePx5Heii0AwJQ8yQJGabmSiCwk-Vf6gdmcSVjJMiDLwC4OGx3qpPrPWzke0MuPRSCVwpJQAPz-yePQ_g/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBv191Tg40jyPqp20EkiQXT6wuWio8z3eY0-LmTNuaktiWouSCz7Opj_6K3cePx5Heii0AwJQ8yQJGabmSiCwk-Vf6gdmcSVjJMiDLwC4OGx3qpPrPWzke0MuPRSCVwpJQAPz-yePQ_g/s400/009.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> ~Leo Buscaglia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A scarf to me, is like carrying a hug around your neck. Especially when it has been given to you as a gift!. Maybe it's the two ends that mimic arms, or the way it covers your heart and is close to your head... but I just love their comfort. I like giving them to people going through a rough time in life... a physical presence of how I care for them and am thinking of them when I can't be with them in person. If I only had time to make a scarf for each person who needs one!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">♥</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhiAgSp0WWLijnP0fPBPofJmPcFkA_1x6iT3tNRhwSU3BQww59vsuYNa6O9oSdTRAoVeMrSbpxW79Ev5zWf8VltdcMVulUY-cc8mIw5Po4Qcj5y0hpzhj7Pk06HykdKQLYuG8-IY3H98/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhiAgSp0WWLijnP0fPBPofJmPcFkA_1x6iT3tNRhwSU3BQww59vsuYNa6O9oSdTRAoVeMrSbpxW79Ev5zWf8VltdcMVulUY-cc8mIw5Po4Qcj5y0hpzhj7Pk06HykdKQLYuG8-IY3H98/s320/007.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Crochet Red Ruffle Scarf</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">5.5" x 68"</div><div style="text-align: center;">100% acrylic yarn -- super soft</div><div style="text-align: center;">$40, $5 shipping</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is such a cute scarf! Layers of ruffles wind their way around making this one extra cozy, yet not bulky because the ruffles are on one side only. This red is a true warm red, not a cherry red, or a tomato red. Email <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> for purchase interest. Commissions also taken.</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-22359302293094348762012-01-16T17:53:00.000-06:002012-01-16T17:53:24.728-06:00Be Patient<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEe2aX3S9jigCAwdxc57kHOQsJYkGSxR0LfjkObpH_Yk5sJQA_-bK7pAE5yf_0T5DUHYKzAuqjfcxcjwWmzQ-KMvdrYIX-hsaguCsfYzBJeFHH9L7cvhqvpWNGcSPOR-TDyp0lnEshCp0/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEe2aX3S9jigCAwdxc57kHOQsJYkGSxR0LfjkObpH_Yk5sJQA_-bK7pAE5yf_0T5DUHYKzAuqjfcxcjwWmzQ-KMvdrYIX-hsaguCsfYzBJeFHH9L7cvhqvpWNGcSPOR-TDyp0lnEshCp0/s400/004.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will find them gradually, without noticing it, and live along some distant day into the answer.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">♥</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This 8" x 10" acrylic painting is available for purchase for $40 plus $6 shipping and handling. Please email purchase interest to <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-49148547760256768372012-01-16T10:26:00.000-06:002012-01-16T10:26:02.698-06:00A Little Yarn Haiku<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTUwY_IDlobVv9bxizUPjWLQMDq13giOju5YLcSBQVCy0Px3QCcPzA6wgTo58f4qocu-rLCLyGiuJizcIJVQeyuIL95FozfLNp-Eb6b838U8Vsvtp11lK7QXK-FJbB1m0fz6HV8eXH4M/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTUwY_IDlobVv9bxizUPjWLQMDq13giOju5YLcSBQVCy0Px3QCcPzA6wgTo58f4qocu-rLCLyGiuJizcIJVQeyuIL95FozfLNp-Eb6b838U8Vsvtp11lK7QXK-FJbB1m0fz6HV8eXH4M/s400/001.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fingers weave story</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Crocheting cozy phrases</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yarn meditation</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm no poet but I tried my hand at it this morning. I was looking for words to describe how holy (not just holey) I find yarn work. It calms my spirit. The repetition of stitch is a contrasting experience to my other creative work where every brushstroke involves intense thought and decisionmaking. As I crochet, I think of the person to whom my work will go, weaving in hope that it wrap them in comfort and a sense of safety from the elements, both literal and figurative. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7MCwzJlCyKPWP9RaB33ELlia79bWPqPGSZx3AREje7naAEZt3kUXthvYk5yeCOz4lWFND9AJZOigF5wFbgu70ObHJk90dntS8o2PVjLdCfN6Eo5OERX85MplIaeu4X87S1Ikl6G2VpY/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7MCwzJlCyKPWP9RaB33ELlia79bWPqPGSZx3AREje7naAEZt3kUXthvYk5yeCOz4lWFND9AJZOigF5wFbgu70ObHJk90dntS8o2PVjLdCfN6Eo5OERX85MplIaeu4X87S1Ikl6G2VpY/s320/003.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9UfA6FjVrAta2Wj9X1eB7W6bDAg5II652tmbwZCW2ZHJlVGr1OscrUCrwfJtRiEWcCVaLHlLQ-MyaQeYXACjqHzwHDjRkBkw8Ag9tLx6LbeACO7rn5Qxm3V50bObaHATZVxZQVPY9mI/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9UfA6FjVrAta2Wj9X1eB7W6bDAg5II652tmbwZCW2ZHJlVGr1OscrUCrwfJtRiEWcCVaLHlLQ-MyaQeYXACjqHzwHDjRkBkw8Ag9tLx6LbeACO7rn5Qxm3V50bObaHATZVxZQVPY9mI/s320/004.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="center">I posted this piece on Facebook early this morning and it was snatched up by a friend of mine within the hour. That's a validating way to start the week! If you are interested in commissioning a piece like this, feel free to message me at <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> The price is $30 plus and additional $5 shipping in the US. This one was made using a 100% soft acrylic textured yarn and measures 5" x 70". It's a very cozy scarf - perfect for a cold day!</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-41304389293801351692012-01-15T13:46:00.001-06:002012-01-15T13:46:51.431-06:00Heart Light<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKtTDBS8_YhKCkYQK3fvwZe_YUp6s8IFgyzGGCL_jsiHa17jdX7ispg7PToMtdFuGY9AZ9cfEgKe0aeDIUyBXUL7Oa_Uhsa-zQFSSZuw-HTFtI4WzmW027EX_FONJHWy3ftvACaFs3_Y/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKtTDBS8_YhKCkYQK3fvwZe_YUp6s8IFgyzGGCL_jsiHa17jdX7ispg7PToMtdFuGY9AZ9cfEgKe0aeDIUyBXUL7Oa_Uhsa-zQFSSZuw-HTFtI4WzmW027EX_FONJHWy3ftvACaFs3_Y/s400/011.JPG" width="397px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>~ Henry David Thoreau</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No better way to know thyself, good and bad, than to relate deeply to another human being! Don't you agree? Reminds me of that song from the 80s with the refrain "turn on your heart light." Brings to the surface that which is hidden, finds what has been lost... that is LOVE.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVJmxYYpGHFMwkikqh2rub0sLWf5qcP-k77AdBevFF_yFdv1-6RZxRJeTF36yzXJXrNWKK0JNeQLd0ITHmKnpwMOSNj1nn9G5P0OWLha6tDGYTyrxwWA5wB8rtw8Zfw8K6HkBrd1Y3q4/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVJmxYYpGHFMwkikqh2rub0sLWf5qcP-k77AdBevFF_yFdv1-6RZxRJeTF36yzXJXrNWKK0JNeQLd0ITHmKnpwMOSNj1nn9G5P0OWLha6tDGYTyrxwWA5wB8rtw8Zfw8K6HkBrd1Y3q4/s320/019.JPG" width="240px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimT1GMfJ6bOpTW4BwXmWQX8-XJ9Lb2mHfSFlJ42lbngLcwCuAOY9FTLl0Rl8KYzNdnMrnR7XzRpowOp0aoxu8s0QnrlNcILnzS_otwdsvmXDG-Gs_3S9cKNxVBk9mlKVuSGr3YePn3kY/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimT1GMfJ6bOpTW4BwXmWQX8-XJ9Lb2mHfSFlJ42lbngLcwCuAOY9FTLl0Rl8KYzNdnMrnR7XzRpowOp0aoxu8s0QnrlNcILnzS_otwdsvmXDG-Gs_3S9cKNxVBk9mlKVuSGr3YePn3kY/s320/016.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This 2" x 2" original mini graffiti heart paint is available for purchase for $15 plus $3 shipping. Miniature easel is included. Message me at <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> for purchase interest.</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">♥</div><br />
</div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-62510330111857171552012-01-13T09:57:00.000-06:002012-01-13T09:57:11.373-06:00Espresso Yourself!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAl8Q_XccV_oc6BywUDTvCuiPaoghWlKBoZT1ZWMs6z9B1K5H8ps1-CR315lQgIsNsdHZPIhieFm70n8jEaETSqTDriDLhIzE4IBRs1V3hE2BqabYyZm10STsLsCk8GXyYrTVldc1qDU/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAl8Q_XccV_oc6BywUDTvCuiPaoghWlKBoZT1ZWMs6z9B1K5H8ps1-CR315lQgIsNsdHZPIhieFm70n8jEaETSqTDriDLhIzE4IBRs1V3hE2BqabYyZm10STsLsCk8GXyYrTVldc1qDU/s400/002.JPG" width="300px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be a coffee-drinking individual - espresso yourself! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~Author Unknown</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, it's been awhile! Many thanks to the kind comments from people while a took a hiatus from blogging. Hope to get back in the swing! This month I'm creating lots of little mini pieces to sell as Valentine's goodies while I work towards several art events I am participating in during the coming months.</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These little crochet cozies fit over any standard coffee shop cup and make such a cute gift for teachers and friends this upcoming heart day! Add it with a gift card or put it around a cup filled with homemade cocoa mix for extra sweetness. </div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-P3eAGVPVoxL43RgnNZLwd08VjzoMs4joOF7OdyNDBXtgQvWEsaPMw65aaXoX6nK30VHhZ3mtL_M2UXYJ3MKAMu9LP911wnRnN0VyxDTy6SsvDQXpQcxsqU4Nm-frIfjaYuxRpNqxdU/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-P3eAGVPVoxL43RgnNZLwd08VjzoMs4joOF7OdyNDBXtgQvWEsaPMw65aaXoX6nK30VHhZ3mtL_M2UXYJ3MKAMu9LP911wnRnN0VyxDTy6SsvDQXpQcxsqU4Nm-frIfjaYuxRpNqxdU/s320/003.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpjSHxeHR1KY_8QtI9eI6drcKg6oBIRtNOQzYG2UuWmiEBa1ErXYZVOEn6m2RNozgrxGE1wtTXjcuP8UHSyKV3Mqe88hevCg4LmV8e49aQZySx-JK8RTBFMzTImOzgSvOO7pkmJntZ5E/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpjSHxeHR1KY_8QtI9eI6drcKg6oBIRtNOQzYG2UuWmiEBa1ErXYZVOEn6m2RNozgrxGE1wtTXjcuP8UHSyKV3Mqe88hevCg4LmV8e49aQZySx-JK8RTBFMzTImOzgSvOO7pkmJntZ5E/s320/004.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Custom Order, your choice of colors (pretty much any colors available)</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 for $10, 3 for $25</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">$3 shipping in the US</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">payable through Paypal or personal check</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just drop me a line at <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> if you're interested! Please put "Coffee Cup Cozy" in your message title.</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now my turn to go drink some java!</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">♥</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The pattern for these hearts was designed by PlanetJune, one of my favorite yarngirls!</em></div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<br />
<br />
</div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-41108478755988013572011-11-08T09:59:00.001-06:002011-11-08T10:02:51.686-06:00The Tree<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47GutUfr1w8w3qtUDEwHsb8DT-Kb_nAUgK2T-hJm0XkczbtMdpMuus88GYISQzwvm0bIXDoPgNTRExupBUdy-67vdf2_ZIrYHJiFSQzezBil-fhMkQ0fodIt91LY2cxMrYfAIny52Hs8/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298px" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47GutUfr1w8w3qtUDEwHsb8DT-Kb_nAUgK2T-hJm0XkczbtMdpMuus88GYISQzwvm0bIXDoPgNTRExupBUdy-67vdf2_ZIrYHJiFSQzezBil-fhMkQ0fodIt91LY2cxMrYfAIny52Hs8/s400/007.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. </em></div><div style="text-align: center;">~Martin Luther </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DdF2nGM_yRKZtG7I73TREe2Du0xw0omKUc7i6bYSCY0m0mn4ud6XWdVuzVOilPAUXyNJBSeu76SwqU8HvaYi5WDu42V9TZY-lkqOvtcS6unowTIjzg0FQnMJgamtIT5yEzFChIuwdBw/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200px" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DdF2nGM_yRKZtG7I73TREe2Du0xw0omKUc7i6bYSCY0m0mn4ud6XWdVuzVOilPAUXyNJBSeu76SwqU8HvaYi5WDu42V9TZY-lkqOvtcS6unowTIjzg0FQnMJgamtIT5yEzFChIuwdBw/s200/010.JPG" width="142px" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-17457316777491477682011-08-05T14:51:00.002-05:002011-08-05T15:27:42.256-05:00Free Art Friday: Grafitti Art!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmsFquGA4cjA22EIlrARp4X8z5I506EtZBcjWbKD9pHkXy3dpZGPNeUCNni4knsoQPUa-pxSwuknBEFnM76NE9BWAXsA7F_ROJHu-1-Gcoh7k7eRnOukXVlhgoSm9zgfgY39bqhE90TA/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmsFquGA4cjA22EIlrARp4X8z5I506EtZBcjWbKD9pHkXy3dpZGPNeUCNni4knsoQPUa-pxSwuknBEFnM76NE9BWAXsA7F_ROJHu-1-Gcoh7k7eRnOukXVlhgoSm9zgfgY39bqhE90TA/s320/003.JPG" t$="true" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclT6fNhveu96CNalU3T4ZAWefbPP77e6I0SfqrHi5ofyErLzFKe0h2864e6h07U95J9FG2kIJZgPk8XvEB57upC-OFIjXo9ELNHXWOKQr9Jbw6yGUcGZe86qDLm_o5Q3eRgNTCzvXvEI/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclT6fNhveu96CNalU3T4ZAWefbPP77e6I0SfqrHi5ofyErLzFKe0h2864e6h07U95J9FG2kIJZgPk8XvEB57upC-OFIjXo9ELNHXWOKQr9Jbw6yGUcGZe86qDLm_o5Q3eRgNTCzvXvEI/s320/004.JPG" t$="true" width="320px" /></a></div><div closure_uid_8r2t40="264"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_8r2t40="264"><br />
</div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264"><em>Art is not a thing,</em></div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264"><em>it is a way.</em></div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264">~ Elbert Hubbard</div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264"><br />
</div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264">Tomorrow evening I'm part of an interactive arts event for teens in Dallas to help combat childhood obesity. I'm probably not cool enough for the hip hop clublike scene but I'll do my best. I'll be teaching the kids how to make grafitti books like this. </div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264"><br />
</div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGieXP8hAsGSwqo6op_5h-Q7F4BZqgnIipZtU9wl9KJ_DcRGPB_vofu1O_cRlaqRRNuXdGB2HAr4QLMT8it094zvTcCVSSFy2gZA0GA9OkRZPD0i2JQ2jWtMJT81DpjSH2EM_ANnxKguY/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGieXP8hAsGSwqo6op_5h-Q7F4BZqgnIipZtU9wl9KJ_DcRGPB_vofu1O_cRlaqRRNuXdGB2HAr4QLMT8it094zvTcCVSSFy2gZA0GA9OkRZPD0i2JQ2jWtMJT81DpjSH2EM_ANnxKguY/s400/005.JPG" t$="true" width="400px" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoTyJgV0k07zGsmXoeKzPELa_tKwKBp7OxWsW7RQsC_TjZs9_B-g3eKOUSupk6xII_vtTguiNSSLWYn4Z2rDOS5sGN6H0ZJJkm1wz04DvpBVmZGCVCyt9a7QImAkMHoFj1slmVWb-gLk/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoTyJgV0k07zGsmXoeKzPELa_tKwKBp7OxWsW7RQsC_TjZs9_B-g3eKOUSupk6xII_vtTguiNSSLWYn4Z2rDOS5sGN6H0ZJJkm1wz04DvpBVmZGCVCyt9a7QImAkMHoFj1slmVWb-gLk/s400/007.JPG" t$="true" width="400px" /></a></div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264">This one has lots of cool quotes about art inside and I thought it would make a perfect giveaway for this week! To enter the drawing, please answer the following question:</div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264"><br />
</div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264"><strong>What is your favorite artistic medium and why are you drawn to it?</strong></div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264"><br />
</div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264">I'll draw a winner next Friday so come on back!</div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264"><br />
</div><div align="center" closure_uid_8r2t40="264"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWduFL6Hk1oGmdq7tcaCmOPbHPPn9cYO0gSmiokPvV_0SMai8PNfzlHcgymwUVyFm3fDVFLDfX5SR7J6159LZrZkMGqivP7PAoW1IQXP1lag2msHQTD5hWmx1TABFPY_fAN8JSqtBKsmA/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWduFL6Hk1oGmdq7tcaCmOPbHPPn9cYO0gSmiokPvV_0SMai8PNfzlHcgymwUVyFm3fDVFLDfX5SR7J6159LZrZkMGqivP7PAoW1IQXP1lag2msHQTD5hWmx1TABFPY_fAN8JSqtBKsmA/s320/008.JPG" t$="true" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" closure_uid_8r2t40="439" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJx-KwE2dmQLWwUCcURYyAItCCMbni6n4EWhb6GKdz_3PWSGV8o89gNwr9q0r15-L6O2Qz73Y-L-fv3CAUQv3xyitaJFxJ8JoZlhhRuLJ6FpKlo7TOyfolokRt5qPnK8eheaasWxkVobI/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJx-KwE2dmQLWwUCcURYyAItCCMbni6n4EWhb6GKdz_3PWSGV8o89gNwr9q0r15-L6O2Qz73Y-L-fv3CAUQv3xyitaJFxJ8JoZlhhRuLJ6FpKlo7TOyfolokRt5qPnK8eheaasWxkVobI/s320/009.JPG" t$="true" width="275px" /></a></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_8r2t40="439" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_8r2t40="439" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_8r2t40="439" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now for this week's drawing for a little candle plate!</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_8r2t40="439" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_8r2t40="439" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7A8eJMgSJIzHAvCygtwzJY8lxwe8b-XyO6T9fn_w_M8GJPA3wUiJEvfjENlcBdOvl3yvMR5iNNKUKFyCVGGacnvDQPUv8oobKkni7RXLmujzZtTx21syG7VGvUOoz_D8S05jk_r4mHM/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7A8eJMgSJIzHAvCygtwzJY8lxwe8b-XyO6T9fn_w_M8GJPA3wUiJEvfjENlcBdOvl3yvMR5iNNKUKFyCVGGacnvDQPUv8oobKkni7RXLmujzZtTx21syG7VGvUOoz_D8S05jk_r4mHM/s320/045.JPG" t$="true" width="320px" /></a></div><div closure_uid_8r2t40="264" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div closure_uid_8r2t40="264" style="text-align: center;">The winner is Elisa, comment #12.</div><div closure_uid_8r2t40="264" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_8r2t40="264" style="text-align: center;"><div closure_uid_98c547="251">Elisa, please send me your snailmail address to <a href="mailto:cori-lynn@msn.com">cori-lynn@msn.com</a> so I can get this off to you! :)</div><div closure_uid_98c547="251"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_98c547="251">And I just want to say a very special thank you to all of you for sharing such wonderful stories. If you didn't get a chance to read through them, you can </div></div><div closure_uid_8r2t40="264" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_8r2t40="264" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://coriberg.blogspot.com/2011/07/free-art-friday-pursuit.html">here</a>.</div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-48794331370740806722011-07-30T08:08:00.001-05:002011-07-30T08:12:38.998-05:00Inspiration Picnic: Together<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_nbfapo="244"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_nbfapo="294" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIpMFWBjruLTdq3HsYNCHOP5VKD7qkbBWjMjIVWqOl1wRueErRpXY8y9QuxmIkLhvfcM4Uz3XU7eLzLeWxbkxfEzMUILp6h_KWpAMkVJqptuT7dumAfWCzkihfUEj8LHx_PzDpfL3_lY/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIpMFWBjruLTdq3HsYNCHOP5VKD7qkbBWjMjIVWqOl1wRueErRpXY8y9QuxmIkLhvfcM4Uz3XU7eLzLeWxbkxfEzMUILp6h_KWpAMkVJqptuT7dumAfWCzkihfUEj8LHx_PzDpfL3_lY/s400/001.JPG" t$="true" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_nbfapo="294" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div closure_uid_nbfapo="295" style="text-align: center;"><em closure_uid_nbfapo="306">You were born together, and together you shall be for evermore....</em></div><div closure_uid_nbfapo="295" style="text-align: center;"><em closure_uid_nbfapo="306">but let there be spaces in your togetherness. </em></div><div closure_uid_nbfapo="295" style="text-align: center;"><em closure_uid_nbfapo="306">And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.</em></div><div closure_uid_nbfapo="307" style="text-align: center;">~ Kahlil Gibran</div><br />
<br />
This week's inspiration is taken from real life! Today is the wedding day of my brother-in-law and new sister-in-law, Ken and Whit. I painted this piece for them based on the color of the day, purple! Many blessings on your new life together and looking forward to a wonderful day with both of you!<br />
A few more creative inspirations I've found over the last weeks...<br />
<br />
Since I'm eating wedding cake today, you may want to try out these colorful <a href="http://www.howsweeteats.com/2011/01/cake-batter-pancakes/">cake batter pancakes</a>! Mmmm... doesn't sprinkles take away all the calories?<br />
<br />
<div closure_uid_8n77c2="250">I found this <a href="http://colorschemedesigner.com/">color scheme designer</a> to help you pick out intersting colors for your work. Can't wait to try this out!</div><div closure_uid_78d20d="250"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_8n77c2="230" style="text-align: left;">And how cool is this?</div><div closure_uid_8n77c2="230" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_8n77c2="230" style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tXCnWUzUw_E" width="560"></iframe></div><div closure_uid_8n77c2="230" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_8n77c2="230" style="text-align: center;">When I was a preschool teacher we would let kiddos drive plastic cars through paint and drive them across paper. The people who did this must have tried it!</div><div closure_uid_8n77c2="230" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_8n77c2="230" style="text-align: center;">What has inspired you this week? Add a link to a something inspirational you found on the web or a post about how your own inspired work.!</div><div closure_uid_8n77c2="230" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_8n77c2="230" style="text-align: center;"><script src="http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=magiccat28&postid=30Jul2011&meme=8189" type="text/javascript">
</script></div><br />
<br />
<br />
</div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711598237396400302.post-69414525563611640292011-07-29T09:23:00.000-05:002011-07-29T09:23:10.862-05:00Free Art Friday: The Pursuit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="296" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhAokYfKEtbChdZYHo_ZGc46bTlq8-FW_t9raa1ToCtv7GDPBIPA5NCc8akePSwgml2cDMDo7fb4Fluxk6_s9pfRRwAh0897hrZXPvz_gIHQnhSLt0B3lpK4AcVtvju0YPqZbWtI5Ldo/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhAokYfKEtbChdZYHo_ZGc46bTlq8-FW_t9raa1ToCtv7GDPBIPA5NCc8akePSwgml2cDMDo7fb4Fluxk6_s9pfRRwAh0897hrZXPvz_gIHQnhSLt0B3lpK4AcVtvju0YPqZbWtI5Ldo/s400/045.JPG" t$="true" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="296" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="296" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued,</em></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="296" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> is always just beyond your grasp, </em></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="296" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em closure_uid_qwhzqw="301">but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. </em></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="296" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~ Nathaniel Hawthorne\</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="296" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="296" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_qwhzqw="311"></div>This week I'm giving away this little wooden handpainted candle plate. It can also be used as a money or trinket dish. Hope you like it! Enter the drawing by leaving a comment doing the following:<br />
<br />
<br />
<div closure_uid_qwhzqw="312"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_qwhzqw="316" style="text-align: center;"><strong closure_uid_qwhzqw="319">Describe a time when happiness came to you when least expected it.</strong></div><br />
<br />
<div closure_uid_qwhzqw="316" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqpUbMoCtqQH4izsUpnIjkHFoTdJ_umfuxvFoOxBrabDld4MGM7kJbNLrb6vb3S-LRvZ23qTNr7YVw2oQRB2GCnKgy46jENE76F02cJhkRyEmlv9gn1s4ODVnHPwpdjEvZBGJT3SNy9M/s1600/044-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqpUbMoCtqQH4izsUpnIjkHFoTdJ_umfuxvFoOxBrabDld4MGM7kJbNLrb6vb3S-LRvZ23qTNr7YVw2oQRB2GCnKgy46jENE76F02cJhkRyEmlv9gn1s4ODVnHPwpdjEvZBGJT3SNy9M/s320/044-1.JPG" t$="true" width="320px" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XHiAt9sj06oPR9UAoBkSdhIF85S2LwiEW29J1BmsGuKX9VD4Q1VVzI4_r3VZ0WUzH6Be1gGT-FRpHfpgklQdARgNdp82vukdMKddDAtT1p8wJvfpXKGJ9Gvs1m84d7taDEBqJP9j8SA/s1600/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XHiAt9sj06oPR9UAoBkSdhIF85S2LwiEW29J1BmsGuKX9VD4Q1VVzI4_r3VZ0WUzH6Be1gGT-FRpHfpgklQdARgNdp82vukdMKddDAtT1p8wJvfpXKGJ9Gvs1m84d7taDEBqJP9j8SA/s320/047.JPG" t$="true" width="240px" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center">Now for this week's drawing for a this floral keychain:</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji33IILfMuoPVAKdpZjX5dyfSv2rrAQy1ep-PMN0ByTu7FDgH2_C8ohb1qpkeCy6oaGOMtmDtuDo5GWFoO6bkSzJSPTgPpByJFPQtpdUU0LJiBJ6DzLIO5gCeC6MqmzSK5b_G8lqO8MUs/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji33IILfMuoPVAKdpZjX5dyfSv2rrAQy1ep-PMN0ByTu7FDgH2_C8ohb1qpkeCy6oaGOMtmDtuDo5GWFoO6bkSzJSPTgPpByJFPQtpdUU0LJiBJ6DzLIO5gCeC6MqmzSK5b_G8lqO8MUs/s320/002.JPG" t$="true" width="240px" /></a></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The winner is....</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBMThMDwxpBdefybFaKHAilsTKPTF67f_DKSNr1vkDq8JyndgVenZskh1u7yfb4CK8xN2R-S-xgsmBpdiJqzKqfPL6E1kgXHSVB768Nmz45LIvbiaXzhMjo2DcGX09aYUu_A_nk1R55E/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBMThMDwxpBdefybFaKHAilsTKPTF67f_DKSNr1vkDq8JyndgVenZskh1u7yfb4CK8xN2R-S-xgsmBpdiJqzKqfPL6E1kgXHSVB768Nmz45LIvbiaXzhMjo2DcGX09aYUu_A_nk1R55E/s400/005.JPG" t$="true" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Valerie, from <a href="http://bastelmania-craftattack.blogspot.com/">Craft Attack</a>! She said her favorite flower was a rose!</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_qwhzqw="517" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">♥</div><div align="center"></div></div>Cori Lynn Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456599398461723452noreply@blogger.com16