A glittery, puffy marshmallow of a thing lives inside me, and it wants to decorate with girly girl sparkly flair. Today, that thing came out of me at the grocery store in the crafts aisle. It saw a bunch of pink stickers in tropical shapes, studded with shiny stuff, and just had to have them, but the practical side in me said, “Whoa there, Twinkly! Let’s get us a box to stick those on. Then we’ll have something useful, too.”
The box in question was just a plain, undecorated craftsy box. The packaging on the outside suggested you could paint it, which you could. But Twinkly, which was about to sprint towards the purple stuffed dragons, just wouldn’t have the patience to paint anything today. So, I brought the box back home, peeled off the stickers, and randomly stuck them all over the sides, until I could feel Twinkly hop back inside me, where it will sleep off its glitter-induced hangover.
Meanwhile, I have something cute AND practical on my desk, and I couldn’t be more excited to use this box in the following ways:
–Placing Post-it Notes inside to keep them fresh.
–Hiding daily affirmations inside that also double as to-do items. (Example: You are super—at breaking things. Remember to pick up Super Glue at the store.)
–Storing a little powder and lipstick to keep near my workspace for unexpected Zoom meetings that I happen to start because I’m always hitting the wrong buttons on my computer.
–Secreting away pictures of crocheted tissue box coverings that I like.
–Creating a miniature diorama of glitter-studded forests and winged unicorns where Twinkly could live, because it kind of hurts when Twinkly just pops out of me.
In Other News: I have TWO stories out in one fabulous publication called DarkWinter Literary Magazine, run by Suzanne Craig-Whytock. We are blog buddies! We follow each other, and she is an amazing editor and author—very funny too. Check out her blog, if you don’t follow her already. And here are the names of my stories (both dark/horror genre): “Magic Beans” and “Blitzer Automatic Juicer.”
Your Turn: What’s a fun and easy project you like to do?
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I read your stories previously, but what a great new zine!
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Suzanne does amazing work!
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Congratulations on your latest publications! The stories are horrifying, particuarly the juicer one. *shudder*
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Thank you!–and thanks for reading 🙂
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You’re welcome! It’s fun to see what you’re able to come up with next. (It’s a surprise every time!)
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Congrats on publishing your stories!
The box looks cute! 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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Being lazy and being a simple bloke, I like plain boxes 😆
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The plain boxes look pretty great without anything on them, and they still contain whatever it is you want them to contain.
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Hi. I just read Magic Beans. It’s real good. 👍
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Thank you so much! And thanks for reading!
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Magic Beans is a great story. 🙂
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Thank you–and thanks for reading!
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Hmmm…not much for projects…but I love reorganizing my drawers of that counts
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Yes–I need to do that this weekend 🙂
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So happy to have you as our first contributor! Your stories were awesome and a perfect fit for the DarkWinter vision! Now, you’ll have to write a story about an evil box!
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Thank you so much for asking me to contribute–such an honor! Yes–one evil box story coming up!
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Wow congratulations 🎉 for your stories ☺️
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Thanks so much! 🙂
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💞💞🙂🤗
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