After huge amounts of travel, I find myself momentarily stationary once more. And boy do I have a pile of wishes stacked up. They're my own wishes though, and I'd like some of yours.
I wish I'd seen more in most of the places I've been recently.
I wish I'd been better at staying in contact with loved ones.
I wish there was a way I could keep up this lifestyle.
I hope I get this job I applied for that will be terribly interesting.
I'm living on other peoples couches at the moment but I'm still making my mini stars. I want to keep up this project, so who's with me? Who's got some wishes?
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Documentary
No excuses on why I haven't posted in ages - long, boring story.
I just watched a documentary about paper folding - Beyond the Fold - and it was utterly fascinating. I was, of course, doing some folding of my own while I was watching.
Paper folding is something of an art form, and the film did an interesting thing by tying the process to a variety of different fields - science, medicine, art, math, music. It reminded me of a boy I knew in highschool who would relate anything you said to him to baseball in 6 steps or less. It was fascinating.
So, here's a new idea for you for me, what do you wish origami connected you too? What do you hope you are connected to through something else?
I just watched a documentary about paper folding - Beyond the Fold - and it was utterly fascinating. I was, of course, doing some folding of my own while I was watching.
Paper folding is something of an art form, and the film did an interesting thing by tying the process to a variety of different fields - science, medicine, art, math, music. It reminded me of a boy I knew in highschool who would relate anything you said to him to baseball in 6 steps or less. It was fascinating.
So, here's a new idea for you for me, what do you wish origami connected you too? What do you hope you are connected to through something else?
Friday, December 3, 2010
It's That Time of Year
It's that time of year, when all you can think of are the holidays. Finding the perfect present, giving the best hints, securing that secret hiding spot. And forgetting about the wrapping paper, of course.
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!
That's a lie, I already have those. I want wishes! I want piles and piles of wishes! I want so many wishes that I can't keep up with them.
So, what do you hope you're getting for loot this year? What do you wish you could buy your favorite friends and family? What miracle do you dream about?
I'm exploring a bunch of options to make the Wishing Star Collective an even bigger success than it already is. Kickstarter has gone well, and rewards are being sent out, and ideas are breeding like crazy. Each idea starts as something crazy and then slowly matures into a maybe and then eventually turns into a Tada! I'm hoping for one or two more tada's before the end of the year.
More pictures to come, of the rewards being sent out, and other potential goodies.
But I can't do it without you.
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!
That's a lie, I already have those. I want wishes! I want piles and piles of wishes! I want so many wishes that I can't keep up with them.
So, what do you hope you're getting for loot this year? What do you wish you could buy your favorite friends and family? What miracle do you dream about?
I'm exploring a bunch of options to make the Wishing Star Collective an even bigger success than it already is. Kickstarter has gone well, and rewards are being sent out, and ideas are breeding like crazy. Each idea starts as something crazy and then slowly matures into a maybe and then eventually turns into a Tada! I'm hoping for one or two more tada's before the end of the year.
More pictures to come, of the rewards being sent out, and other potential goodies.
But I can't do it without you.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Facetweets
Every day, when I sit down at my computer, I do at least three things. I check my email, I check my facebook and I check my twitter. I watch people post multiple status updates a day, right alongside their tweets. It's easy, takes two seconds, everybody does it. (Or at least a lot of people do.)
I have been trying to come up with a way to make submitting a wish just as easy. I haven't come up with anything yet, short of commissioning some brilliant designer to set up a page for me. Until then, the idea sits and waits for a stroke of genius.
Until then, I wish every person who wakes up and goes to their facebook or their twitter will take the 2 minutes to come to this blog, and submit a wish. Even if it seems like the most insignificant wish in the world. How insignificant are some of your status updates? The whole world won't know it's you, but every wish I get works towards the goal of a thousand stars.
Make this your mission for a week! Make other people make it their wish!
I have been trying to come up with a way to make submitting a wish just as easy. I haven't come up with anything yet, short of commissioning some brilliant designer to set up a page for me. Until then, the idea sits and waits for a stroke of genius.
Until then, I wish every person who wakes up and goes to their facebook or their twitter will take the 2 minutes to come to this blog, and submit a wish. Even if it seems like the most insignificant wish in the world. How insignificant are some of your status updates? The whole world won't know it's you, but every wish I get works towards the goal of a thousand stars.
Make this your mission for a week! Make other people make it their wish!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Fundraising?
Remember that time I started a Kickstarter thingy to try and raise at least $700 dollars so I could do things like, oh, buy paper and gumball machines and try and get the word out there in a fun an interesting way about my blog?
That. Just. Happened.
I now have a bajillion things I need to go organize, besides catching up on my NaNoWriMo which I am horribly behind on, so. More blogging at you all later.
I'll leave you with some wishing requests:
What city do you wish you could see a gumball machine in?
How many people do you hope will take home a tiny capsule full of tiny stars and share their wishes with us?
What did you dream about last night?
You, are all amazing. I am completely silly excited.
Thank you. Thank you.
That. Just. Happened.
I now have a bajillion things I need to go organize, besides catching up on my NaNoWriMo which I am horribly behind on, so. More blogging at you all later.
I'll leave you with some wishing requests:
What city do you wish you could see a gumball machine in?
How many people do you hope will take home a tiny capsule full of tiny stars and share their wishes with us?
What did you dream about last night?
You, are all amazing. I am completely silly excited.
Thank you. Thank you.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
5 Days Left!
Well, since there are only 5 days left to add funds to my kickstarter project, I feel like it's time for an update.
5 days to go and $725 dollars raised - which is excellent. The more money we raise, the better (tell all your friends), but the goal has been met, so the project is officially a win. Thank you, one and all.
Halloween is tomorrow and one of my favorite people is getting married, and so I have a ton of wishes for her, one being that I hope she and her new husband spend the rest of their lives enjoying one anothers company. Another is that I wish they go on grand adventures.
Some hopes I have are mainly for my project. I hope I can do everything I want to do, and thrill my supporters. I hope the gumball machines generate the kind of interest in this site that I can barely keep up with all your wishes.
Most of my dreams are dreams, and I will leave them on the stars and you can all imagine fun things.
Who deserves wishes in your life? What hopes do you have for the future of your projects? What dreams can you imagine and breathe life into? Keep sharing - you aren't limited to one posting per day or lifetime. I love your submissions and I love your support. Because, you, are all, amazing.
5 days to go and $725 dollars raised - which is excellent. The more money we raise, the better (tell all your friends), but the goal has been met, so the project is officially a win. Thank you, one and all.
Halloween is tomorrow and one of my favorite people is getting married, and so I have a ton of wishes for her, one being that I hope she and her new husband spend the rest of their lives enjoying one anothers company. Another is that I wish they go on grand adventures.
Some hopes I have are mainly for my project. I hope I can do everything I want to do, and thrill my supporters. I hope the gumball machines generate the kind of interest in this site that I can barely keep up with all your wishes.
Most of my dreams are dreams, and I will leave them on the stars and you can all imagine fun things.
Who deserves wishes in your life? What hopes do you have for the future of your projects? What dreams can you imagine and breathe life into? Keep sharing - you aren't limited to one posting per day or lifetime. I love your submissions and I love your support. Because, you, are all, amazing.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Hello!
Hello the internet!
I have lots of wishes about the weather lately. And continued funding for my kickstarter shenanigans. And hopes for beautiful gum ball machines and finding that special jar to house the thousands of wishing stars I will get between now and the end of the year.
Talk to me! School just started, which teachers do you wish would disappear? The economy is terrible, which jobs do you wish would appear? Who do you hope will discover their dreams, where do you go in your own dreams?
I have recently started brainstorming about other sites I can explore and encourage to check us out. This was after a kindly soul threw a link up at a near by knitting website. Follow this wonderful person's example and tell all your friends and link it to the least mention of anything related to this project! The idea is for it to grow, but I can't do that without your help.
I have lots of wishes about the weather lately. And continued funding for my kickstarter shenanigans. And hopes for beautiful gum ball machines and finding that special jar to house the thousands of wishing stars I will get between now and the end of the year.
Talk to me! School just started, which teachers do you wish would disappear? The economy is terrible, which jobs do you wish would appear? Who do you hope will discover their dreams, where do you go in your own dreams?
I have recently started brainstorming about other sites I can explore and encourage to check us out. This was after a kindly soul threw a link up at a near by knitting website. Follow this wonderful person's example and tell all your friends and link it to the least mention of anything related to this project! The idea is for it to grow, but I can't do that without your help.
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