Welcome to Friday Finds…..
Let’s celebrate what we have found, discovered….. uncovered…this past week.
If you are new to this space…. Welcome….. so glad you are here….Please say hello….share your finds below.
What is Friday Finds ?…. You ask….
Friday Finds is a place to gather and share your finds with fellow creatives….
So many find possibilities…..unique treasures…… special moments….. life lessons……little things…..big things too…… nature’s beauty….. heart shaped stones, a special cup…..a pretty flower….wise words…. Endless…..
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Simply put….. you are invited to post a fabulous find of any kind…..My wish for Friday Finds…..that we stop …. pause…..simply…. cherish life’s simple pleasures……
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My Friday Finds…
Oh my goodness….
I’m bursting with joy to see my still life feature inside the pages of Bella Grace. Definitely a dream come true. Thank you Stampington. I’m truly honoured to be a part of such an amazing publication.
Everything Stampington creates is beautiful….. but there’s a little extra magic inside Bella Grace…..
It’s much more than a magazine…..
“What Makes Bella Grace Special:
• Folding, book-jacket cover • 160 high quality, matte pages • Thought-provoking prompts, along with workbook space for readers to journal and respond directly on its pages • Stories about how to live more authentically and with purpose • Zero outside advertising • Named one of min’s 30 hottest launches of 2014 out of 862 titles”
To celebrate this gift…. I’d like to send a copy to one lucky commenter…
To enter, please share one random fact about you in the comments… I will announce the winner on Sunday.
Thank you for stopping by….sharing your finds….
Have a beautiful weekend…. with gratitude….
xo,
The Studio is open for registration.
I know how to do wheat weaving.
I love to eat Avocados! Yum!
I’m learning to live the artistic life. I would love to win a copy of Bella Grace
I love walking through the park in the morning…..
Congrats Kim… when I think of the beautiful pages of Bella Grace and what they represent – I think of your amazing photos. So well deserved!
oops forgot to add fact… I love hello kitty : )
Kim, Congratulations! This magazine is the perfect showcase for your art -and you deserve every good thing that happens in your life. Hmm . . . one random thing . . . I love to ride my bicycle. I’ll be riding 45 miles in an all women’s ride, The Wild Goose Chase, in May. I ride with my best girlfriend from my childhood and we have so much fun!
Congratulations Kim!!! That’s so great!! <3
Hmmm…random fact!!? Well I'm 32 years old, married and have 2 boys. :)
I’m so happy for you, Kim, congrats !
I love strolling around flea markets …
Have a nice weekend,
Sylvia
I am ecstatic over the news! Your style of writing and photography are a perfect fit for Bella Grace! Congratulations. I long to leave teaching to live a more authentic life.
I used to be addicted to Gummy Bears. I stopped when I found out, among other disgusting ingredients, they put carnuba wax in them. Don’t need to eat the same thing they use to shine up my car.
I have dreams in which I can breathe underwater. I think I am a mermaid in another life.
Many congratulations Kim! Your images stand out in a crowd – I can spot them a mile away – beautiful, peaceful, organic … and lots more I just don’t have the words. I picked up my Bella Grace yesterday and am savouring every page (yours first of course). One random fact about me is that I love cheezies :)
Congrats to you! I’ve been hearing so many good things about this publication and would love to win! Random fact about moi: I feel most like myself when I’m standing on a hot and dusty prairie dirt road looking out over a field of wheat.
such a beautiful magazine – your art is a perfect match for it!
Random fact – I love getting up in the early, early morning and savoring the quiet start of the day
Congratulations Kim! I picked up my copy on Monday. You are right, there is magic in the pages of Belle Grace. I love to savor each page. I don’t even think of it as a magazine, more like a book of collected essays, with the most amazing photographs. Loved your article. :)
One random fact… I kill houseplants, not on purpose, it is just what happens when they come in to my possession. My latest victim was an air plant, I didn’t even think you could kill them, but it shriveled up and died.
always love to be introduced to new magazines!
I have only one copy of Bella which I ordered by mail since I can’t find it locally. I guess the smart thing would be to take out a subscription … Hmmm.
Random fact: I’m afraid of heights. Yet this summer our family is planning a trip to Europe which includes going to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Will I make it?
Hmmmm…. is it sad to say that I did not know about Bella Grace until this week… sad random fact, I know :(… but yea, for you and I’m thrilled that you are featured… totally getting a subscription.
I busy with our youngest daughter’s upcoming May wedding. Wedding decor is taking over our home.
I won the “Poet of the Year” award in college.
I was the Bearcat Kitten of the month at my high school in Alabama. Hahahaha. Sounds so naughty now! You said RANDOM!
As I was glancing through my issue and came to your photographs I knew they were yours without knowing you were featured in the magazine. Congratulations…A well deserved recognition for you.
I love horses and have ridden since I was a child…..
I’m with Lisa… I did not know about Bella Grace until this week either. So glad I do now. That’s wonderful news Kim… Congratulations!
On random fact: I love vanilla pudding!
I would love to win this. I love to Read, take pictures, and visit charming coffee shops.
Congratulations! and certainly well deserved! Let’s see, I am a creative trapped in a medical field job, trying to find new outlets for the art inside me.
Oh wow Kim….congratulations!! Gosh, it would be wonderful to win a copy of Bella Grace.
One random fact: I LOVE watching Little House on the Prairie reruns….I can SO see myself living like that!
I ♥ hearts…& they tend to pop up no matter where I find myself!! :) Thank you so much for the generous opportunity!! ~Heather♥~
I’ve never understood how people could get so enthralled with photography… until this year. What I discovered is that I really was AFRAID of it.
Congratulations! It would be great to win a copy of Bella Grace, it sounds like a wonderful magazine.
My random fact: I love reading fantasy novels and have read Harry Potter loads of times.
Congrats on your feature! One random fact about me – I’m a wannabe farmer:)
Congratulations Kim. So well deserved. I like to eat chocolate biscuits for breakfast!
Congratulations . . well deserved . . . . so happy for you and so glad to see a fellow Canadian entrepeneur receiving international accolades. Your images and your writing are inspiring. A bit of randomness . . . . I have a wicked sense of humour . . . and laugh a lot. Prefer to see the funny side of situations.
Pick me, pick me . . .
How wonderful to see your work featured in Bella Grace! I would love to win a copy to see it for myself.
Random Fact: Getting backyard chickens for our urban coop. Can’t wait for that first egg!
For decades I have worked in the engineering world with mostly men who have no appreciation for photography. What a joy and a privilege to find this group of mostly women who share the same love of photography! I have never seen Bella Grace, nor can I find it in this area. I would love to have a copy. Congratulations for your still life feature in Bella Grace.
Looks like a great new publication, thanks for the tipoff!
I saw a sparrowhawk in the park on my way to the studio thjis morning, that was pretty amazing
Congratulations, Kim!
Random Fact: I’m anxiously awaiting my husband’s return from being deployed overseas!
I love getting up at 4:30 in the morning to run with friends.
Congratulations Kim.
My random fact: I’m here, sitting in front of the pc, thinking that I don’t know what to write. That’s something about me: sometimes i really don’t know what to say (or write)!
Congratulations Kim!
I wish I had more hours in my day to cook! It’s another way I create and give love, so I make it artful, and healthy! P.S. I have that same teacup and have never made it look so pretty! I’m inspired…
Congrats on being featured in Bella Grace!! What an honor. Random fact: I have twin girls that were born 29 minutes apart. My mom is a twin and they were born 6 hours apart so for sure 29 minutes is way better than 6 hours! Thanks for the opportunity.
One random fact . . . hmm . . . I’m a beekeeper and absolutely love it! And, I’m entering with the hopes of being the luck one, not for myself but for a young woman I know who has begun exploring photography. I expect to see her lovely, kind soul in Bella some day.
Oh, I would love to win a copy of Bella Grace! I have tried and tried to find it and I just can’t. Something random about me? I live in the desert and my favorite thing to shoot is cactus blooms!
Congratulations for having your photo featured in the magazine! You totally deserve it! A random fact about me . . . I eat 2 squares of dark chocolate every day after lunch.
My warmest congratuations Kim for being featured in Bella Grace… you surely deserve to be honoured by the publication team… Every one says it’s a gorgeous magazine, it must be indeed…. I’m afraid we can’t find it in France…
A random fact about me, I’ve no TV at home… and only listen to the radio programs or listen to music on my stereo system, I’m a regular listener of MPR (Minnesota Public Radio).
I know two people who are featured in this issue! I would love to get my hands on it.
Kim-I love Stampington publications and I’ve not had the opportunity to peek inside one. One random fact about me… I’m raising money then shaving my head for St. Baldricks pediatric cancer research Mar. 21. I’m so excited to be shaving in honor of a bloggy friend that’s a childhood cancer survivor. It’s time I did something brave.
What a well deserved place among the pages of Bella Grace, bravo Kim!! It’s so wonderful to see all of these incredible things unfolding for you especially with all you have done to inspire and help so many grow their passion.
One random fact is I used to dabble in stained glass. I have always loved seeing the light shine through the various colours and textures and so I wanted to learn how to create my own pieces. I guess that’s why your classes and techniques seemed like such a perfect fit.
I hate to admit that I never knew about Bella Grace until Gather but it’s everything beautiful and wonderful I can see. Whether or not I’m the lucky winner, I simply have to get my hands on this edition with you in it. Congratulations and have a wonderful weekend!
I just lost my mother! Feeling kind of empty! :(
Congrats, Kim!
A random fact about me–I used to play the clarinet
Well done Kim……fabulous to have your work in a beautiful magazine…..:-)
Whoops forgot about the random fact…… The the most beautiful Siamese cat in the world lives with me!
How nice of you to give away a copy of Bella Grace! I can’t seem to find that magazine in my (rural East Texas) area. OK, a random fact about me is: I was raised in tornado alley. I’m still terrified of bad storms.
I’m not a “social” person. So my bestie is my mini wiener dog, Nickel.
Your work is so beautiful. Thank you for making my day. And thank you for inspiring me to seek beauty in the everyday.
oops, random fact: I suffer from midlife ADD= I have too many interests!
Congrats Kim! Love Bella Grace Mag. & love your work too. I agree with everyone they are a perfect fit for each other!
Random Fact: In 3rd grade I cried because my coloring pages were never chosen for ‘the wall’. A kind boy in the class told me the secret to being chosen, “You have to color with the lines all going in the same direction.” I tried it and won the next week! Sigh, I still don’t like coloring with the lines all going in the same direction!
Such a fabulous thing – to be featured in a magazine, congratulations!!!
I love walking street markets in Latin American countries.
I am a recovering perfectionist…
Hi Kim…I have one copy of Bella Grace and would love another. Thanks so much for doing the give away. It is a beautiful magzine with lots of food for thought and just great beauty throughout. One interesting fact about me is that I have “absailed” or rapelled off of a high castle wall a couple of times while traveling with students overseas…Butterflies in my tummy, but still fun to challenge myself and step outside my comfort zone, for sure. Have a great weekend.
Congrats Kim! What a great compliment and well deserved. Randomness.. I’ve been to multiple Star Trek conventions. Yep! I’m a sci-fi nerd.
I am a secret hoarder of Vintage treasures, who longs for a simpler life in the country with my family.
I am a Leap Year Baby. Four years is a long time to wait for a real birthday. I have one coming in 2016! Keep up the great work Kim. You are amazing!
Recently moved from Seattle to Huntsville Alabama and loving it
Congratulations Kim!! Your photos are soo beautiful! One random fact – I love to ride my Harley with a sidecar!
Hi Kim and Everyone,
I live in a big city and need a forest fix regularly to keep myself rooted (“pun intended”) and peaceful. There’s something about trees and being surrounded by nature that is so comforting.
I am finding the same effect happens when I’m photographing for Be Still. What joy!
I love rich dark chocolates, fresh black coffee, and pretty sunrises, all first thing in the morning!
Ooops..My previous comment has the link to my old blog address, which no longer works..My current address is http://lisacomperry.blogspot.com
i have been dreaming of traveling the world in search of a “home”, coming to realization that it might be back where i came from
Comparison is the thief of joy…..be original……
Congrats Kim!
I was just reading about this magazine on someone else’s blog. It looks beautiful and congrats on being included. Your work is lovely, as always, Kim!
Congrats! If it is not too late – one random fact – I grew up on a sheep farm!
I love bare feet… can’t wait for this snow to leave!
I am so ready for spring! Definitely not a winter person
Kim – congratulations on being part of Bella Grace! When you announced this a while back, I ran out and bought a copy and LOVED IT. I am now a subscriber. When I opened the current issue, I wasn’t paying particular attention to who I was reading it. I turned the page, thought wow, that looks just like Kim’s work and of course, it was.
So I don’t need to win a copy. But I did want to add my congratulations to you.
Random fact? My favorite authors tend to not be widely published. But they’re important to me and their books influenced my life – people like Robert Grudin, Robert Benson, and Tom Morris. I’ve been influenced by others who are widely published as well – Gretchen Rubin and Anne Morrow Lindbergh for example.
Enjoy your week! Thanks for always giving me a prompt response when I’ve E-mailed you a question.
Nancy
Congratulations Kim!!
Random Fact: I don’t like chocolate