tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23752716821044877802024-03-05T12:31:55.919+00:00Creative ThinkersInspiration for Teenagers and Young peopleEmma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.comBlogger385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-35147357389833546732012-03-09T19:29:00.000+00:002012-03-09T19:29:51.673+00:00Drew DesignsI decided it is about time I started a blog all about knitting.<br />
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Launching <a href="http://knitteddrewdesigns.blogspot.com/">Drew Designs</a>.<br />
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Find new knitting patterns and pictures of great knits I've tried and tested. Links to what's hot in knitting and much more.<br />
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This comes with a caution...addiction is probable. I have caught the bug and it must be shared.Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-71269419077009073832012-01-28T23:12:00.000+00:002012-01-28T23:12:10.007+00:00Touch Wood Rings<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKIoy-YBZAq63a4LI51OoLgthyWuWRDegs0L5sRa6_oLbxfUFSeZ6PHBBAiz4Q36WBqKQpguJOOdTjrpeMSXPoaWFBvZ9TJDBQuR7lFNzcsxV2TKYluvgjfvkZ0xOjIu9BuEwPivZq0om/s1600/189DSC_8322-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKIoy-YBZAq63a4LI51OoLgthyWuWRDegs0L5sRa6_oLbxfUFSeZ6PHBBAiz4Q36WBqKQpguJOOdTjrpeMSXPoaWFBvZ9TJDBQuR7lFNzcsxV2TKYluvgjfvkZ0xOjIu9BuEwPivZq0om/s320/189DSC_8322-2.jpg" width="256" /></a>Check me out! I am famous throughout the land for the beautiful ring that sits on my fourth finger...<br />
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Touch Wood Rings made two beautiful wooden rings for our wedding back in October. You can read all about them and see more of their incredible creations on their <a href="http://warmthofwood.blogspot.com/2012/01/todays-sunshine-emma-and-sam.html">blog</a>.<br />
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Made in Canada, worn in England.Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-34704869259767948272012-01-22T18:52:00.001+00:002012-01-22T18:54:12.582+00:00Knitted Head Scarf Patterns - Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CgAJyXey_qzKpouLA_piGRvALtXvPrxPoUDle8Z18kYMCj-xHEnP7dwRMAy6Sq7U-j69ZPovD2xYHHvEdtItot1la30S5yorqYSxA74f4_7rtyh6UAJ3YbOoSYRA5Tbwle8qSWkvV5uM/s1600/CIMG0489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CgAJyXey_qzKpouLA_piGRvALtXvPrxPoUDle8Z18kYMCj-xHEnP7dwRMAy6Sq7U-j69ZPovD2xYHHvEdtItot1la30S5yorqYSxA74f4_7rtyh6UAJ3YbOoSYRA5Tbwle8qSWkvV5uM/s640/CIMG0489.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
As promised, here are the additional patterns from my head scarf collection:<br />
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3. <b>Purple/Grey Headscarf </b>(middle right)<br />
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<i>For this head scarf, I used round needles so there is no sewing up at the ends. You could also use DPNs (double pointed needles).</i><br />
Needles: 4mm round needles, __cm long<br />
Yarn: Any DK wool, 50g ball, suitable for 4mm needles.<br />
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Cast on 100 stitches in purple yarn.<br />
Be careful the yarn is not twisted when joining your stitches into a loop to start Row 1.<br />
<b>Row 1</b>: k2, p2<br />
Continue until head scarf measures 2cm from starting edge.<br />
<b>Next Row:</b> using grey yarn, k<br />
Continue until head scarf measures 6cm from starting edge.<br />
<b>Next Row</b>: using purple yarn, k2, p2<br />
Continue until head scarf measures 8cm from starting edge.<br />
Cast off using rib.<br />
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Change colours, width as desired. Add stripes of colour in the middle section. Let your creativity really go wild with this one!<br />
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4. <b>Moss Head scarf</b><br />
<i>I made four of these in varying colours and they all looked so stylish. Plus they're super easy to knit!</i><br />
Needles: 7mm<br />
Yarn: Any chuncky yarn will work.<br />
<i>If you want to use a thinner yarn, just use smaller needles. This will create a smaller, tighter bobble effect.</i><br />
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Cast on 8 stitches<br />
<b>Row 1</b>: k1, p1<br />
<b>Row 2: </b>p1, k1<br />
Continue repeating this sequence until desired length.<br />
Cast off<br />
Sew ends together.<br />
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Job done!<br />
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Enjoy the patterns and let me know how they turn out. I'd love to see how creative you've been...Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-64671811588137327882012-01-18T19:11:00.002+00:002012-01-22T18:16:13.631+00:00Knitted Head Scarf PatternsSo, as many of you will know, I have recently got married and so have naturally doubled the amount of family members I can knit for! This led to knitting NINE head scarves for Christmas pressies. Now they've all opened them I thought I'd share my patterns with you. Yes, that's right, I made them up myself. I'm climbing the knitting ladder one stitch at a time!<br />
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Here are the first two patterns for you. It's the first time I've written down a pattern, so please post up any questions you have. Let me know how yours work out.<br />
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1. <b>Purple Passion </b>(left)<br />
<i>This is so easy, anyone can make it!</i><br />
Needles: 7mm<br />
Yarn: Any chunky wool will work.<br />
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Cast on 12 stitches<br />
<b>Row 1: </b>K1, P1 for entire row<br />
<b>Row 2: </b>as row above.<br />
Continue like this until it fits around yours head (or the head your knitting it for).<br />
Cast off.<br />
Sew two ends together.<br />
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2. <b>Holy Headscarf </b>(middle left)<br />
<i>This one has holes in the middle which are created using 'yo' (yarn over). I knitted it for my eight year old sister and she loved it. The pattern below is for a wider adult head scarf.</i><br />
Needles: 7mm<br />
Yarn: Any chunky wool will work.<br />
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Cast on 15 stitches<br />
<b>Row 1: </b>p<br />
<b>Row 2: </b>k<br />
<b>Row 3: </b>p2, k2, 2tog, yo, k1, 2tog, k1, yo, k3, p2<br />
<b>Row 4: </b>p<br />
<b>Row 5: </b>p2, k1, 2tog, yo, k1, 2tog, yo, 2tog, k1, yo, k2, p2<br />
<b>Row 6: </b>p<br />
Repeat <b>Rows 3-6</b> until required length.<br />
<b>Next Row: </b>k<br />
Cast off<br />
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So there you have it, two Drew Designs to get stuck into! (Do you see what I did there?!) I'll post up the other two patterns soon. Watch this space...Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-78467314828021372522011-10-18T19:31:00.000+01:002011-10-18T19:31:55.127+01:00SO vintage!It seems Vintage is the thing, the way forward (kind of) at the moment. Everyone is knitting vintage, baking vintage, selling vintage and people love it, don't they? I mean, <i>I </i>do!<br />
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You name it, they got it: buttons, knitting patterns, lace, jewellery...everything from bits to bobs!<br />
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For now I'm working on my not-so-vintage scarf, but more on that as it progresses...<br />
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Get creative. Get vintage!Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-37451932837131859412011-10-06T18:29:00.001+01:002011-10-06T18:30:15.697+01:00Stickman.comWhatever you're doing, STOP!<br />
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Check out <a href="http://drawastickman.com/">drawastickman.com</a>. All you need is a mouse/touch pad and a few minutes and there you have it, a creative, fun treat for you to enjoy.<br />
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Anyone can enjoy this, however creative you think you are.<br />
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Good old fashioned drawing...with computers!<br />
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For some reason, mine's a bit grumpy. It's just how he came out. There's a character waiting to be created...are you up for the challenge?Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-29745915003269331672011-08-09T22:35:00.000+01:002011-08-09T22:35:06.449+01:00Caravan for sale on ebay...apparentlyI love the way life can inspire stories...if you pay attention.<br />
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Yesterday I had two missed calls on my phone with answer phone messages, so naturally I listened to them. Both of them were from a northern man asking me about my caravan, you know, the one I put on ebay.<br />
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Hang on...ebay? Caravan?<br />
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Then a lady called me too, asking about my alleged caravan. What the heck was going on?<br />
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Firstly I've never been on ebay and secondly, I have definitely never owned a caravan.<br />
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But what if I did and I've lost all memory of it...<br />
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What if I told them I did and had a big bartering war with them, running off with all the money...<br />
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What if someone set me up with a stolen caravan...<br />
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What if I met real owner and he turned out to be a killer who lures people in through ebay...<br />
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Life is the biggest inspiration. All we gotta do is pay attention. What happened to you today?Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-55815229361456231692011-07-27T21:50:00.000+01:002011-07-27T21:50:26.336+01:00Gill Lewis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKnm6BQ82knQB5Uhk_KYxJCE_uinHKSxw4mFYmuCLnTkTeso5nO-syuJo6pgpy6SsNSaYR9rbsnIE3IsI9-ODa8Q0cmam-6b5qoR2U3EBuUy9CxqW-EWVkYLuPNJ2EXzbvEFCjQx2tTeyS/s1600/Gill+Lewis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKnm6BQ82knQB5Uhk_KYxJCE_uinHKSxw4mFYmuCLnTkTeso5nO-syuJo6pgpy6SsNSaYR9rbsnIE3IsI9-ODa8Q0cmam-6b5qoR2U3EBuUy9CxqW-EWVkYLuPNJ2EXzbvEFCjQx2tTeyS/s640/Gill+Lewis.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
Seriously check out her <a href="http://www.gilllewis.com/">website</a>. It's so much fun!Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-86875392520114263932011-07-26T20:21:00.000+01:002011-07-26T20:21:20.645+01:00Owen Davey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZbX4gcX9espaOSawM9pzm5_1rIgyL_KTqUgZCtme8szsldSPhgb4QQG6oTx-Jlqde82JENPhUGId0wH-i79xq_y-i5c7a-HdnvBlryoaGVmwSzHfoQxf3uGx47iQQ_vXvr1zg6-xPGar/s1600/foxleys_feast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZbX4gcX9espaOSawM9pzm5_1rIgyL_KTqUgZCtme8szsldSPhgb4QQG6oTx-Jlqde82JENPhUGId0wH-i79xq_y-i5c7a-HdnvBlryoaGVmwSzHfoQxf3uGx47iQQ_vXvr1zg6-xPGar/s1600/foxleys_feast.jpg" /></a></div>So, I'm doing an intern at Bath Festivals at the moment and today I was putting together some info sheets about some authors who are visiting schools as part of the Kids Lit Fest. I was going from website to website and this one blew me away...<br />
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Check out <a href="http://owendavey.com/index.html">Owen Davey</a>. He's an illustrator and he's produced this beautiful picture book, <i>Foxley's Feast </i>and is soon to release a second. I think his drawings are brilliantly stylistic. I want one!<br />
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His talents don't stop at stories. He's produced work for the likes of Orange, The Times, Jamie Oliver and the BBC! An inspiration to all us budding creative types.<br />
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Take a look at his wrapping paper too. It's the coolest. Now whose birthday's coming up...?Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-33817663855597091922011-07-20T22:28:00.000+01:002011-07-20T22:28:31.628+01:00Bouquets with a differenceIsn't this just the coolest thing you've ever seen in your LIFE!<br />
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They are made by a Princess Lasertron and it is how she makes her living. I want to be her!<br />
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Check out her amazingly creative blog <a href="http://princesslasertron.com/">here</a>.Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-2815991341530546322011-07-17T17:48:00.000+01:002011-07-17T17:48:56.548+01:00Ralph Allen Writes presents Rebecca TuckerUnfortunately Ralph Allen Writes 2011 competition is now totally come to an end. Winners have been announced. Prizes have been given. Anthologies have gone on sale. I certainly have learnt a lot from it and I think the pupils involved have learnt a lot too. Being creative is not easy, you know. It takes a lot of work but all the pupils who entered the competition are now published writers, which is amazing!<br />
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There was one girl, however, that missed out on the opportunity to be published. I'm putting it down to some computer malfunction. So here for your pleasure is a story that's definitely worth a Creative Thinkers post. Rebecca Tucker's chilling tale, <i>Trapped Forever:</i><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Beware of the ring! Do not put it on your finger or you will be trapped forever!” The fortune teller’s voice was cruel and emotionless. As Harry walked out of the tent his face was as white and blank as an icy lake. He felt quite taken aback! Didn’t fortune tellers normally say what you wanted to hear? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
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All their pictures are one-offs. If you hang these babies on the wall, you'll be the only one that has one exactly like that. Truly unique. And now I work for them!<br />
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Check them out on Facebook: Bertie and Jack.<br />
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Check them out on Facebook: Bertie and Jack.<br />
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I LOVE working on the stall with Emma and Rebecca. I'll take some pictures today for you all to see.<br />
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Watch this space...Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-47351010781082729002011-06-11T09:00:00.003+01:002011-06-11T09:00:00.654+01:00National Knitting in Public Day 2011Get your knitting needles out and get involved people!<br />
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Anyway, as you might have noticed the old blog's got a new page, dedicated to the competition I ran at Ralph Allen School in Bath. Thanks a bunch to all the cool kids who entered the competition. Your work is now in a book for the world to read! Winners will be announced shortly...very exciting!<br />
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The anthology is nearly ready to go on sale so watch this space for more info...<br />
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As for me, well, I think I'll go do a spot of knitting with my free afternoon...What creative endeavours will you get stuck into today...?Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-86035503467716147742011-06-07T13:09:00.000+01:002011-06-07T13:09:19.937+01:00DAY 365!!! Be a Creative Thinker too...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTtQa7Bp9V3byEX6UDcYJHqdxczDv2-uJ4xfqtTUk10BtA37MXoPzjKLiqPlZT0AMeI7LVvRkt1IsJ6wnJzh3lVepHHdNLXg0yMJ8Rq2iluq9Qle8KjjtJ2lz2q5B31R08CsBPQZQZth1/s1600/CIMG0186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTtQa7Bp9V3byEX6UDcYJHqdxczDv2-uJ4xfqtTUk10BtA37MXoPzjKLiqPlZT0AMeI7LVvRkt1IsJ6wnJzh3lVepHHdNLXg0yMJ8Rq2iluq9Qle8KjjtJ2lz2q5B31R08CsBPQZQZth1/s320/CIMG0186.JPG" width="240" /></a>Wow people! I have successfully reached the end of my blog challenge completing 365 posts to inspire creativity! I hope your have been motivated to get creative through at least one of the posts I have created over the last year. It's been great fun and I've learnt a lot about writing and about what creative opportunities going on all over the place, ready and waiting for us to get involved...<br />
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This is by no means the end for Creative Thinkers. Watch this space for more inspiration, but please don't be cross if I miss the odd day or two. So, as I sign off from my year of blogging, I leave you this challenge:<br />
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What do you to be creative? Write, bake, knit, dance, paint...whatever it is, try doing a little bit each day for a year and see what you can achieve. Take up my challenge and become a creative thinker for the world to see...<br />
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Be inspired. Be creative.Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-73685597124434282002011-06-06T12:26:00.000+01:002011-06-06T12:26:03.533+01:00Day 364: Knitted Wedding HeartsSo, as it's the penaltimate day of my blog-in-a-year challenge, I thought it was about time that I told the world (through my blog) that I am getting married! What a perfect opportunity to get creative!<br />
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As is tradition at wedding, the Bride (that's me!) and Groom give their guests a gift, commonly named 'the favours'. Well, of course I was going to get my knitting needles out for this one! Since January, I have been spending my creative time knitting little hearts...<br />
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If you're into knitting, have a go yourself, but put your own mark on it and make them your own. That's how creativity moves forward.<br />
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</div>This is the sight out my window this morning. Pretty dull. It's raining and it's wet. There was some kind of commotion a minute ago with reversing cars and horns. That's about as exciting as it gets. Sometimes there's people walking past on there way to the park, but not on a day like today.<br />
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Wouldn't it be cool if every time you opened your curtains there was a different scene there. One day it could be a city-scape in lights, the next it could be misty mountains. Maybe you would see a volcano explode one morning. That would wake you up! Or you could be next you a raging river or the savannah in Africa. A giraffe could meet you on that morning!<br />
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It would certainly beat my window scene.<br />
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What would you want to see out of your window? Take your imagination on holiday with this one...Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-79806655724781972732011-06-04T11:04:00.002+01:002011-06-10T22:21:16.889+01:00Day 362: The gift of the gab...Since a very young age I've been pretty chatty, especially on a one-to-one basis. Meeting up for coffee with a friend is one of my favourite things to do.<br />
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So why am I telling you this? Well, chatting away to people is pretty handy for a creative person.<br />
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Over the summer I'm going to be working with Bath Festivals who organise two literature festivals and a music festival each year, as well as going into schools and inspiring creativity through drama and writing. It all started when I got chatting to Karl at a book event I went to over a year ago now.<br />
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Yesterday I got chatting to this women on an art stall in Bath. As I bought a piece of her art, I was chatting about finishing Uni and doing my internship with Bath Festivals...then she asked if I wanted to come a work with them on the stall!<br />
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What area do your creative talents lie? Drama, dance, music, writing, textiles...? Wherever it is, talking to people in your field seems like the way forward. Just see what happens. Sometimes we fall into these things, but more often that not, it's not what you know, but who you know!Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-32380269089376199322011-06-03T16:15:00.000+01:002011-06-03T16:15:24.496+01:00Day 361: Embracing RandomnessToday's challenge is to search for inspiration, but in a way that might lead you anywhere...<br />
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1) Think of two random words, the first that come into your head will do. For example, mine were 'life' and 'pogo'.<br />
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2) Go to Google Images, type in words and see what comes up!<br />
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Here's some of the cool/hilarious pictures that came up on my random search:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, there you have it, 'Life Pogo' a slightly confused (rather frightening) dog, a plant-boy and some sort of knitted sheep?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>When you find that little piece of inspiration you've been looking for, jot it down and see what becomes of the randomness...Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-92009170473464724952011-06-02T22:18:00.000+01:002011-06-02T22:18:28.550+01:00Day 360: Bake offYesterday my sister, Becca came to Bath with two friends and the four of us decided to have a bake off. One team against another. Rules were simple; bake something we hadn't made before. Whoever's tasted best, won.<br />
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So we flicks through cookery books until we settled on ONE recipe each and popped down to Sainsburys. Once all the ingredients was bought, we were off. The baking began.<br />
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Grated carrot, roasted nuts, melted chocolate. You name it, we pretty much covered the kitchen with it before we were done.<br />
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But at the end, we had these to show for it...<br />
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Who won? Well, let me first explain that we didn't leave our cake in the oven for long enough, so it just kinda tasted of raw carrot really. Not quite what we were going for. Which means Becca and Grania won <i>this</i> bake off....Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-89800019285663890032011-06-01T09:02:00.000+01:002011-06-01T09:02:05.652+01:00Day 359: Do you have a Creative Buddy?I don't mean just any old friend, I mean a conscience.<br />
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Now that I've pretty much finished my Uni Degree I know I'm going to find it hard to carry on with Holly's story. I don't have that weekly deadline any more where I go into class and get comments on my work. If I don't write, who will know? It doesn't matter if I miss a week, right?<br />
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WRONG, I'll never get it finished if that's my attitude!<br />
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When I spoke to my teacher about it she suggested a writing buddy. I have to email them each week and tell them how many words I've written. If I don't do it, they send me an angry email back, telling me off. It's best if I'm a bit scared of the person too, so best not to be a friend! Keep it professional. Writing buddies works both ways. I become their conscience too and shout at them if they're not keep up their creative work. Fun, huh!<br />
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a lack of creative drive can be found in all creative folk at some point. We all need a kick up the bum sometimes to get moving, so why not find your own creative buddy? Someone to be YOUR conscience. You owe it to the world to share your unique creativity with it, so keep up the good work. Get a buddy.Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-86037556520208649232011-05-31T17:09:00.000+01:002011-05-31T17:09:32.884+01:00Day 358: Flip by Martyn Bedford (part 2)Often when I read books they will present me with ideas that inspire me, that spark my imagination. I get lost in my own thoughts and forget I'm even reading a book. Does that ever happen to you?<br />
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I read this in <i>Flip by</i> Martyn Bedford and was taken far away:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>'Imagine radio and TV signals </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>were </i><i>visual - the sky </i><i>would be</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> full </i><i>of them, a blizzard of </i><i>sound</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and</i><i> image swirling through the air.'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's exactly what I did. I imagined it. A world full of signals. You wouldn't be able to see anything but distorted images whizzing around. What if it happened to phone signals too? Nothing could be secret! As you walked along the road you would hear snippets of conversation rushing down the wires above you. What would you want to over-hear?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">What cool ideas! I mean, there's potential for a Sci-fi movie/book right there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Are you inspired yet??</div>Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-32291293155225390782011-05-30T10:04:00.000+01:002011-05-30T10:04:55.107+01:00Day 357: 'Flip' by Martyn Bedford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBia65SKePbyKfUO7eVxRMCFfAM01cs7e4uzfpqIzMAKuAIc7MWSbW2_s9Q27ZSo9qGz888lIJdsZOZVWZVzlIqDUs4V_cLYD8XuPaLsRbV81nJRNbSbj9R_APa481FlgyaCREJ6XwxLC/s1600/Flip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBia65SKePbyKfUO7eVxRMCFfAM01cs7e4uzfpqIzMAKuAIc7MWSbW2_s9Q27ZSo9qGz888lIJdsZOZVWZVzlIqDUs4V_cLYD8XuPaLsRbV81nJRNbSbj9R_APa481FlgyaCREJ6XwxLC/s1600/Flip.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I first saw this book in Mr B's Bookshop in Bath and was captured by it's tagline:</div><i><br />
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<i>Even wake up in someone else's body?</i><br />
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Sold. It sounded really exciting. A boy wakes up someone else's room, with someone else's family and has to go to someone else's school as Philip, or Flip to his friends.<br />
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But I really struggled to get into it. Is it because I find it hard to identify with a 15 year old teenage boy? I mean, I've never been one and never will be. I managed to get into the character of Lucas in <i>Finding Violet Park </i>and the character of Martyn in <i>Martyn Pig, </i>so it can't be that...<br />
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The blurb describes it as a phycological thriller, but to be honest, it's just not that thrilling. Apart from the fact Alex is living in Flip's body, nothing particularly out of the ordinary really happens. There's a lot of theory about what's happened to him and description of how he feels about it and...that's it. It kind of just went on in a loop of emotion and reaction, emotion and reaction.<br />
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Until the end. I finally got into Alex's story about two thirds of the way through and wanted to know how he was going to figure this all out. Is two third' too late?<br />
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Like I said, I'm not a teenage boy, so give it a go. It's always best to make up your own mind about books and film or any creative media for that matter.<br />
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Check out the trailer too...<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QH9qd1s8_1Q" width="560"></iframe>Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375271682104487780.post-91123774005664736672011-05-29T09:56:00.000+01:002011-05-29T09:56:46.586+01:00Day 356: My Creative AdventureAs I haven't done it for a while, I thought I'd spend a few lines telling you how my novel is going. Sadly, I had my last lesson on Friday with my 'writing for young people' class, so now I am on my own with it. I've left the nest!<br />
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BUT, I am going to finish Holly's story. I thought by announcing this to the world might make me more determined...<br />
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An outline, for those of you who need it:<br />
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Holly is 16. Her best friend, Penny has left for another town. He big brother's a pain and her mum's virtually a drunk. After another argument over who can use the computer, Holly storms out the house and finds herself in a posh neighbourhood. There she steals a laptop from an open window. That's how she'll keep in touch with Penny. Back home she finds she's stolen a diary in the bag too. The girl who owned it was called Jenna but it's Holly's now.<br />
Back at school, Holly has the task of showing the new girl round, none other than Jenna Hampton!<br />
Against it all, they become friends, good friends, but how do you keep your best friend when you know all their secrets?<br />
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So there you have it. That's Holly's story.<br />
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I'm roughly 19,000 words through my first draft and it's going pretty well. The trouble is, I've now got to the part where I'm jut joining up the dots. I have ideas for events in their story, but it's getting there from where I am now...<br />
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It's fun doing something creative you've never done before. There isn't a right way to be creative, you just have to get on with it and see what happens...will you join me?Emma Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198393047287638061noreply@blogger.com0