Bella Dia

Thoughtful Friday 6

How we live our days is how
we live our lives.

~Annie Dillard

Thoughtful Friday 5

12 Rules to Live By - Robert Louis Stevenson

Make up your mind to be happy.  Learn to find pleasure in simple things.

Make the best of circumstances.  No one has everything and everyone has something of sorrow.

Don’t take yourself too seriously.

Don’t let criticism worry you.  You can’t please everybody.

Don’t let your neighbors set your standards; be yourself.

Do things you enjoy doing but stay out of debt.

Don’t borrow trouble.  Imaginary things are harder to bear than actual ones.

Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish enmities and grudges.  Avoid people who make you unhappy.

Have many interests.  If you can’t travel, read about places.

Don’t hold post-mortems or spend time brooding over sorrows and mistakes.

Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself.

Keep busy at something.  A very busy person never has time to be unhappy.

Father's Day

Any man can be a father,
it takes someone special to be a dad.
- anonymous

Happy Father's Day to my special dad!

Thoughtful Friday Flickr Group

I've created a group at Flickr for Thoughtful Friday posts.
Basically you can post any picture that has a quote to
go along with it. It will be so nice to see all the pictures
and quotes in one location so please consider
joining up and adding yours!
Check it out and join here:

Thoughtful Friday at Flickr

NEW!  Click here for Thoughtful Friday button and code!

Thoughtful Friday 4

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards;
they try to have more things, or more money, in order
to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.
The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first
be who you really are, then do what you need to do,
in order to have what you want. 

~Margaret Young

Thoughtful Friday, join me won't you!

*image edited using Picnik

Funny Food Contest!

The Crafty Crow is approaching it's three month anniversary and to celebrate I am holding my first contest ever!  It's a Funny Food contest for children and their adult helpers.  There are five categories - all fruit, all veggies, breakfast, lunch/dinner, sweets - and five winners!  Each winner will receive a tote bag stuffed full of craft supplies!  If you and your kids are interested in participating go over to The Crafty Crow and read all the details.  The deadline is June 22nd so I'll be able to announce the winner during my anniversary week.  I hope you'll help me spread the word and then get cracking on your entries! 

Thoughtful Friday 3

Gather ye rose-buds while ye may
Old time is still a-flying.
And this same flower that smiles
today, Tomorrow will be dying.

~Robert Herrick

I've seen this meme around and thought I would do it since I so rarely do these things - not because I don't like them but I am so indecisive when it comes to thinking up answers that it takes me forever and a day to do it!  (click the image to see it larger)

The Questions:
1. What is your first name?  Cassi
2. What is your favorite food?  sushi
3. What high school did you go to? 
Corona del Mar
4. What is your favorite color? turquoise
5. Who is your celebrity crush? 
George Clooney
6. Favorite drink?  mojito
7. Dream vacation?  see the Northern lights
8. Favorite dessert? pie
9. What you want to be when you grow up? young at heart
10. What do you love most in life?
my children
11. One Word to describe you: trying
12. Your Flickr name:  Bella Dia

Click here for photo credits.

If you'd like to do it too here's what you do:

Open three windows.  One with the list of questions, another open to Flickr and ready to do an image search, and a third to Big Huge Labs' Mosaic Maker (create a mosaic with 4 columns and 3 rows).  Answer the first question, put your answer in the search field on Flickr and choose one of the images from the first page to represent your answer.  Click on the photo then copy and paste the url into the #1 spot on the Mosaic Maker.  Do that for all 12 questions, then click create and post the results to your blog!  Your kids will have fun with it too!

I saw this other cool thing on Vintage Delights -
it's a signature creator!

Enjoy!