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Some things I’ve posted in my shop this week:
(actual size=matted for a 5×7 frame)
(Bookmark, “live, laugh, love)
(Bookmark, “We read to know we are not alone.”)
(Bookmark, “Music is an outburst of the soul.”)
More coming soon! Check out my etsy shop here: calligraphybyerin.etsy.com
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I’ve stareted to upload photos. Vacation photos will be going into this set.
I also uploaded some calligraphy stuff I did yesterday. Enjoy!
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I spent a lot of time this weekend thinking about/working on my etsy shop
You can help me out by becoming a fan on facebook (or, if you’re already a fan, by inviting a friend or two!) I also started another twitter account–one especially for the calligraphy: calligbyerin.
I’m off now do do some errands, which includes a stop at the craft store for some supplies. I plan on posting a few new items this week.
Let me know if you have a favorite quote/saying that you’d like to see in calligraphy!
Oh, those vacation pictures will be coming later today… 
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I sent a photo in to the “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks, and it’s been posted.
Also, my journals are still for sale at etsy! I’ll be posting a few new ones over the next couple of days.
(The glue isn’t really that visible on the actual journal. The flash picked it up…)
Oh, and wedding post soon to come! Happy Monday.
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I got in the crafty spirit before the holidays…here are some photos:
This bag and binder were gifts for my SIL, who is an advisor for the ADPi chapter at Pitt. I actually went and bought puffy paints! Fun! 
I made these for my co-teacher and my mentor at school. They were a big hit!
This was a gift for vixy, just ’cause. (anyone wondering if I do commissions…the answer is yes!)
I also bought some more of those journals (can be seen in this set) and as soon as I make a run to the craft store, I’ll do some more!
That’s it for today…I started a post yesterday, but I never got around to finishing it. It wasn’t that important anyway. Happy first Friday of 2008!
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This has been making its merry way around the internet. I saw it first posted at Toasted Cheese.
The Right Brain vs. Left Brain test
I can only conclude that I am incredibly right brained. I keep going back, trying various “tricks” people have mentioned that they’ve used to make the dancer flip to the opposite direction. And nothin’. She will not go counter-clockwise for me. Ever. Not even for a second.
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Last week’s photo day at Create a connection was “love.” I didn’t take a new photo, but instead, created a flickr set of photos that said “love” to me. (It has 27 photos in it! I can’t add or take any away…hee)
Kelly and Ben, dancing at their wedding
Rand holding Noah, our friend Chris’s baby
Rand’s nephew Aiden, looking up adoringly at daddy
Rand and me in a photo booth at Darien Lake
My engagement ring. I thought this one had an “artsy” feel to it!
I like many of the others, but most of them either weren’t taken by me, or were taken with my phone, or had some other flaw that prevented me from posting them…but do check out the whole set if you’re so inclined!
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Last week’s photo day at Create a connection was “love.” I didn’t take a new photo, but instead, created a flickr set of photos that said “love” to me. (It has 27 photos in it! I can’t add or take any away…hee)
Kelly and Ben, dancing at their wedding
Rand holding Noah, our friend Chris’s baby
Rand’s nephew Aiden, looking up adoringly at daddy
Rand and me in a photo booth at Darien Lake
My engagement ring. I thought this one had an “artsy” feel to it!
I like many of the others, but most of them either weren’t taken by me, or were taken with my phone, or had some other flaw that prevented me from posting them…but do check out the whole set if you’re so inclined!
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Inspired by my friend Eden…new baby gifts:
Items can be purchased in my Etsy shop!
One more to add…I made this for the lovely and talented Seanan McGuire, as a “thank you” for helping to promote my calligraphy in her LiveJournal. I was quite happy with the way it turned out:
(click to see a larger version)
The lyrics are from one of Seanan’s songs, “Paper Moon,” which is on the outstandingly awesome CD “Stars Fall Home.”
(see, they’re great for all kinds of occasions, not just weddings!)
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Create a Connection–Getting to Know You Day 6/13
When did you begin your first blog and what inspired you to do so?
I started my first blog (titled rather boringly “erin’s blog”) in late 2002 or early 2003. I was inspired by my good friend Eden of So Anyway, who had sung the praises of blogging and first sent me the link to Blogger to help me get started.
My blog sat mostly empty for quite some time. I posted now and then throughout early 2003, and when I began student teaching in the fall of 2003, I started a second blog-my online student teaching journal. (I don’t think that one’s online at this point…)
The thing that really got me blogging regularly was The Breakup in the fall of 2003. My long-term BF rather abruptly called it quits, and I began blogging regularly both as a way of dealing with my feelings and letting my friends know what was going on in my life without having to tell the same stories over and over and over again.
When I started dating again, I blogged about my experiences to entertain people, and soon I had a small but loyal readership!
Unfortunately, the vast majority of those early posts were lost in the Tragic Blog Incident. (I accidentally deleted my database. Don’t ask…)
Do you have more than one blog? Why? How are they different?
Oh, Lord. I have several.
There’s this, of course. I also have a livejournal account, because I have many friends and acquaintances who are LJ users. It’s mainly a mirror of erin-go-blog (which is even easier since I found the LJ crossposter plugin! I used to re-post or index manually).
I started a writing blog the first time I did NaNoWriMo. I was posting my daily writing online. That didn’t last long.
My friend Jen and I keep The Chronicles of 27, a place for sightings of the number 27 in popular culture. I’ve been neglecting that one a bit!
I have a writing blog, strictly for the purposes of talking about writing, keeping track of my goals and accomplishments, etc. It helps keep me honest. 
I have a book blog, Required Reading, which is dedicated to YA literature–book reviews, interviews and news. That one’s fairly new.
My professional website, Educating Erin, is technically a blog, though posts are infrequent. Basically, it’s just a simple way for me to keep things like my resumes, clips, bio information, etc. online. I also have a segment of that site dedicated to my fledgling calligraphy business.
Another group blog I’m a part of is [Your Agenda Here], but we haven’t been keeping up with that one much either. Maybe as election season comes upon us, we’ll get back to it?
Whew! I think that’s it.
How would you characterize your blog?
Creative
Political
Informational
Community-oriented
Or something else?
Oh, I’m firmly in the “something else” category. I think they call it “kitchen sink” blogging.
To paraphrase Oprah, what is “one thing you know for sure” about blogging?
I know that I need to keep my blogging under control; otherwise, it can kind of take over my life!
Is it important to you to get feedback in terms of comments or pings? Why or why not?
I think, to some extent, we all like the validation that blogging brings us. We create these little communities where we listen to and support each other. I love hearing from people, even if it’s just to say “Right on!” or “I enjoyed reading this.”
There is a negative side to feedback, of course…the ever-fearsome troll. I can’t stand it when people are nasty just for the sake of being nasty. A mean or needlessly negative comment can ruin my day.
What 3 blogs would you recommend to our readers and why?
Hmmm…my afore-mentioned friend Eden at So Anyway…
Eden is hilarious, and her blog never fails to entertain. She’s also a fantastic writer.
Mac is smart, funny, insightful, and a lot of fun to read.
Debbie is a Toronto-based freelance writer and illustrator, and also a good friend. Her posts are always chock-full of good stuff, including her cartoons and fabulous photographs.
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I’m a few days late on this, but this is my response to this week’s “Getting to know you” post at Create a Connection.
Where were you in 1987? In school? Working? Single? Married? Attached? What was important to you? What were you doing creatively? Tell us a bit about your life then.
In 1987, I was 13 years old. I was attending middle school in St. Marys, PA. I was discovering boys, and discovering how mean girls can be.
Where were you in 1997? What would you like to share about the nineties?
In 1997, I was working my first real job as a newspaper reporter in DuBois, PA. I was also getting over the heartbreak of losing my first real love. The late 90s–my early-to-mid-20–were a pretty rocky time for me. Everything was uncertain in a way that was really hard for me to deal with.
Where did you plan to be or think you’d be in 2007? Have your realized your goals? What is one thing about your present life you love and one you’d like to change?
Plan to be? Hmmm…I can’t say I ever planned to be where I am now, but I can’t say I wish it had turned out differently! I probably assumed that I would be married with kids by now. I definitely assumed that I would be working a full-time job of some sort, and I didn’t think that I would be teaching. I didn’t think I would be in Buffalo, either, but I have no regrets about the direction my life has taken.
How do you see your life in 2017? Do you have any goals or dreams for your future?
I guess I don’t expect any radical changes. Personally, I hope to be married and perhaps own a house. Career-wise, I’m not sure…perhaps gainful employment in secondary ed? A freelance career? An MFA in writing, or possibly a Ph.D., with a full-time university position? Decisions, decisions…
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