Despite the blustery and cooler climates of fall, several stars are having a sunny style moment.Louis Roe, Lauren Conrad, Anna Kendrick have all been spotted in the same shade of Chartreuse. When Cameron Diaz, Amy Adams and Helen Hunt turned up on the red carpet clad in this hot hue we simply raised our eyebrows in curiosity.It is too sensational a color trend and definitely not for the
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Tuesday 30 October 2012
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It has been said that it was Mary Antoinette who first sported the bouffant hairstyle back in the 18th century. However it wasn’t until the 1960’s that this hairstyle became a major trend thanks to a number of style icons such as Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn and Bridgette Bardot pictured below. If you are still undecided about what to dress up as this year and cash is a bit tight for a costume then do not fear SalonAddict has some scary and cute suggestions for easy to do hairstyles to have a night to remember for some
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Since its debut in 2007, Gossip Girl set the style stakes bar so high and has been on top of the Fashion game since. As the series progressed and the plot got lost along the way, some of us stayed faithful to the show for its fashion and style. In honor of the show’s final season, here’s a look at what influence the kids of Constance have had on style and fashion spreads.Headbands. Headbands were
Tuesday 23 October 2012
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Sarah Harding Known as the blonde bombshell from Girls Aloud Sarah has donned a number of different haircuts and hairstylesthroughout her career. However we think that this short blunt haircut is definitely one of her most dramatic hairstyle transformations. Willow Smith Willow Smith could longer whip here hair when she decided to chop it all off and shave her head. She has made this buzzcut far
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Remember Lady Gaga with the huge hair bow at the release of Poker Face in 2009? Guess what? It is making a comeback! Creating loops and bows out of really long hair isn’t anything new but it is getting more sophisticated since Lady Gaga.Sky high topknots have been making the rounds on the red carpet and everywhere else from Kim Kardashian to Kelly Osbourne but it is a very sharp look that doesn’t
Monday 22 October 2012
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Another week, another list. Here we go then, in no particular order, On Monday 22nd October 2012 I am thankful for . . . .
863. My youngest son's 18th Birthday means there are no longer officially children in this house.
864. Wonderful hugs from a 6 year old with aspergers, they are the highlight of my week, because they come with no conditions, no expectations, and if he doesn't want to hug you it's because HE doesn't want to today, not because of what you've done or not done.
865. A hug from one of my heroes in children's ministry. Yes, Keith if you're reading this you're one of my heroes!
866. Hearing him speak to the church, and nodding all the way through because I completely got it!
867. God speaking through trusted friends.
868. Hubby's pay rise, it's something even if it's not what we were hoping for.
869. Supermarkets that offer online shopping with delivery.
870. A quieter week after the busiest 3 weeks I have had all year.
871. Youngest son getting to take a day off rehearsals for Calamity Jane to recover from this nasty cold he picked up, although prayers for recovery in time for this evening's rehearsal would be good, as performances begin on Wednesday.
872. Kind, although puzzling, comment as I was leaving church yesterday.
873. Fun with the children after church had finished yesterday. One of them began following me, so I made a comment about having a shadow. Then another joined in and another and pretty soon I had 7 children trailing behind me following my every move. I took them on a long walk in and out of the rows of chairs, round and round the lectern and so on.
874.
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Saturday 20 October 2012
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This is my day eighteen post for the "31 days of blogging in October" challenge. I am blogging 31 days of Children's Ministry. To find links to all the other days (as they get posted) go to DAY 1.
This week where I live and work is the half term break from school. That means I have no assemblies to do, because the schools are not open. It doesn't mean I won't be working, however. During each half term break I choose the assemblies I will use during the following term. So now I am choosing the assemblies I will do in January, February and March. I will email these to the schools by the end of this week, so that when they get back at the beginning of the following week they can choose the dates for their assemblies.
I have a number of resources I use when looking for assemblies.
These are the ones I go to most often.
Initially I will go to those (and other books and websites) for a quick scan through. I will bear in mind any particular Christian Festival I want to cover plus any themes I am aware of in the school year, such as anti bullying day or walk to school day and so on. I will bookmark a few assemblies on the sites, or put post it notes on pages in the books, initially marking more than I will actually need. A couple of days later I will look again at the pages I have marked to narrow the list down.
Some assemblies need props to illustrate the point, others are just me talking. Some need interactivity from chosen volunteer children, others are just me alone or the interactivity is from the whole school. For some assemblies I make use of the multimedia equipment available to me in school, but most of the time I try not to, because that always has the opportunity to go wrong out of my control. I try to keep a balance across the term and certainly across the year of a mix up of all those things.
I will then narrow down my list to the 3 or 4 I need for that term with maybe one back up. Then I look at whether I can use the assembly (or idea because sometimes I pull discussion starter ideas and turn them into assemblies) exactly as it is or whether I will need to do a lot of work on it to make it usable in the schools I work in. Again I try not to choose 3 or 4 that all need a lot of work for me to use them, I try to keep a balance.
I also try to build the Christian content each term, beginning the term with something that might seem very Christian light to fellow church members, increasing that in the second assembly and going much deeper in the third and possible fourth assembly each term.
If I feel I have that balance right, I will set the list aside for another day and come back to it a third time to look over it again. If I am still happy with my list, I will write a summary couple of sentences for each assembly that I can include in the email to schools.
Finally I type up or copy and paste for my own use, the details I do have and begin the work on editing them to be as I will use them. Most time that editing work continues through the term as I LEARN each of the assemblies, because sometimes what looks good on the page will not necessarily come out the same when I start to speak it out and I will edit as I go through that learning process. Maybe I will come up with a better way of saying something, or think of a different story to illustrate the point, maybe I will be able to add a personal illustration that means something to me, all of those elements might make the assembly more memorable first for me as I learn it and secondly for the children when I deliver it.
Those are not the only websites out there with assembly ideas on but a lot of the others are aimed more at school teachers who are having to lead the assembly, rather than Christians coming in from the outside. There are plenty of other books out there of assemblies or short talks. I also sometimes scour the books I use for Sunday School, particularly the books and websites with Object Lessons in them, although most of those assume a much higher level of Christian understanding already, than most of these children have, and assume the talks are being given to a Christian audience so you can say things I would not be able to say in school. Having said that, sometimes there are some excellent ideas.
So with that I had better finish and get started on this week's process.
Later in the month I will share with you the list I have chosen for the Spring term 2013.
You can check out the sites I link up to over in my sidebar. Before you go, why not check out my recipes index page, or my craft projects index page, I am sure you will find something there to interest you.
This week where I live and work is the half term break from school. That means I have no assemblies to do, because the schools are not open. It doesn't mean I won't be working, however. During each half term break I choose the assemblies I will use during the following term. So now I am choosing the assemblies I will do in January, February and March. I will email these to the schools by the end of this week, so that when they get back at the beginning of the following week they can choose the dates for their assemblies.
I have a number of resources I use when looking for assemblies.
These are the ones I go to most often.
Initially I will go to those (and other books and websites) for a quick scan through. I will bear in mind any particular Christian Festival I want to cover plus any themes I am aware of in the school year, such as anti bullying day or walk to school day and so on. I will bookmark a few assemblies on the sites, or put post it notes on pages in the books, initially marking more than I will actually need. A couple of days later I will look again at the pages I have marked to narrow the list down.
Some assemblies need props to illustrate the point, others are just me talking. Some need interactivity from chosen volunteer children, others are just me alone or the interactivity is from the whole school. For some assemblies I make use of the multimedia equipment available to me in school, but most of the time I try not to, because that always has the opportunity to go wrong out of my control. I try to keep a balance across the term and certainly across the year of a mix up of all those things.
I will then narrow down my list to the 3 or 4 I need for that term with maybe one back up. Then I look at whether I can use the assembly (or idea because sometimes I pull discussion starter ideas and turn them into assemblies) exactly as it is or whether I will need to do a lot of work on it to make it usable in the schools I work in. Again I try not to choose 3 or 4 that all need a lot of work for me to use them, I try to keep a balance.
I also try to build the Christian content each term, beginning the term with something that might seem very Christian light to fellow church members, increasing that in the second assembly and going much deeper in the third and possible fourth assembly each term.
If I feel I have that balance right, I will set the list aside for another day and come back to it a third time to look over it again. If I am still happy with my list, I will write a summary couple of sentences for each assembly that I can include in the email to schools.
Finally I type up or copy and paste for my own use, the details I do have and begin the work on editing them to be as I will use them. Most time that editing work continues through the term as I LEARN each of the assemblies, because sometimes what looks good on the page will not necessarily come out the same when I start to speak it out and I will edit as I go through that learning process. Maybe I will come up with a better way of saying something, or think of a different story to illustrate the point, maybe I will be able to add a personal illustration that means something to me, all of those elements might make the assembly more memorable first for me as I learn it and secondly for the children when I deliver it.
Those are not the only websites out there with assembly ideas on but a lot of the others are aimed more at school teachers who are having to lead the assembly, rather than Christians coming in from the outside. There are plenty of other books out there of assemblies or short talks. I also sometimes scour the books I use for Sunday School, particularly the books and websites with Object Lessons in them, although most of those assume a much higher level of Christian understanding already, than most of these children have, and assume the talks are being given to a Christian audience so you can say things I would not be able to say in school. Having said that, sometimes there are some excellent ideas.
So with that I had better finish and get started on this week's process.
Later in the month I will share with you the list I have chosen for the Spring term 2013.
You can check out the sites I link up to over in my sidebar. Before you go, why not check out my recipes index page, or my craft projects index page, I am sure you will find something there to interest you.
Friday 19 October 2012
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A polo shirt is a shirt you can depend on in any situation so much so that is back on the fashion scene. Previously made famous by Polo players hence the name, it is popular regardless of age and genre.A Polo shirt is much more dressed up which differentiates it from the normal Tee-shirt and is currently dominated by bright shades. It is also most favoured because of the collar which you can pop
Thursday 18 October 2012
12:38
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There's nothing we like more than thick, healthy brunette hair. Below you can see some of our TV favourites ranging from long bobs to mid back length.
Bryony MacKenzie
Getting longer and in great condition
Getting longer and in great condition
Alex Jones
Another on the grow, shiny and beautiful
Kirsty Gallagher
Versatile length, great shine, gorgeous locks
Susanna Reid
BBC Breakfast wouldn't be the same without this beautiful brunette
04:59
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This is my day eighteen post for the "31 days of blogging in October" challenge. I am blogging 31 days of Children's Ministry. To find links to all the other days (as they get posted) go to DAY 1.
So what makes a good prayer space activity? The following explanation is taken from the Prayer Spaces in Schools Website:
Another thing to consider is the age range of participants, particularly in a primary school, where you may have children as young as 4 attending the prayer space, pre readers and pre writers, but maybe I can discuss that further in a future post. For now, I want to give you a taster of some prayer stations that were set up at the recent training day I attended for Prayer Spaces in Schools.
That is obviously a secondary school activity, but it is one that I really like the idea of.
This activity is along very similar lines to the previous one, and shows how you can adapt an idea to the supplies you have available.
For those who don't like to do too much reading, you can use mp3 players and audio tracks.
Obviously you need to be careful using water in your prayer space, but these are some good ideas:
Those are just a few ideas, but the prayer spaces in schools website has many more ideas for you to look through and choose from if you can't come up with your own and some are very popular. This one in particular.
People manning prayer spaces will often have to clean the hand off after a few sessions, to make space for more names. That's why we laminate the photos.
But if you can't get a laminated huge photo of a hand like that, you can always just draw one out like this, and use post it notes which can be removed, or draw a new one each time it gets full.
You can check out the sites I link up to over in my sidebar. Before you go, why not check out my recipes index page, or my craft projects index page, I am sure you will find something there to interest you.
So what makes a good prayer space activity? The following explanation is taken from the Prayer Spaces in Schools Website:
Prayer stations are usually flexible and open, and yet they do need some structure so that participants can engage with them easily and confidently.
If you plan to create your own prayer stations, it's a good idea to follow these guidelines.
a) An introduction/explanation of the station itself - “This is a prayer wall. Prayer can take many forms...”
b) Simple directions/instructions - “Take a piece of cardboard...” “Stop and breathe slowly...” “Look at yourself in the mirror...”
c) Questions that encourage reflection - “How did you feel when...?” “What do you think this might tell you about...?”
d) Some encouragement, quotes from people, words from the Bible and other sources, around the prayer station theme... and in some cases, suggestions for exploring the theme further.
When gathering ideas together, whatever their source, ask yourself - is this simple? Would someone who has no experience of God or church or faith understand how they can participate in this activity, within 10 seconds of reading or hearing the explanation? And - is this prayerful? Would someone who has no experience of God or church or faith feel welcomed into honest, simple prayer and into personal reflection? If yes, go for it.
Another thing to consider is the age range of participants, particularly in a primary school, where you may have children as young as 4 attending the prayer space, pre readers and pre writers, but maybe I can discuss that further in a future post. For now, I want to give you a taster of some prayer stations that were set up at the recent training day I attended for Prayer Spaces in Schools.
That is obviously a secondary school activity, but it is one that I really like the idea of.
This activity is along very similar lines to the previous one, and shows how you can adapt an idea to the supplies you have available.
For those who don't like to do too much reading, you can use mp3 players and audio tracks.
Obviously you need to be careful using water in your prayer space, but these are some good ideas:
Those are just a few ideas, but the prayer spaces in schools website has many more ideas for you to look through and choose from if you can't come up with your own and some are very popular. This one in particular.
People manning prayer spaces will often have to clean the hand off after a few sessions, to make space for more names. That's why we laminate the photos.
But if you can't get a laminated huge photo of a hand like that, you can always just draw one out like this, and use post it notes which can be removed, or draw a new one each time it gets full.
You can check out the sites I link up to over in my sidebar. Before you go, why not check out my recipes index page, or my craft projects index page, I am sure you will find something there to interest you.
03:38
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The Kardashians are the hottest celebrities now with numerous girls trying to mimic their style especially their hairdos. Each member has their own signature look and style that make them so marketable with their individual styles appealing to so many different types of people. However the one thing they have in common is their natural black luscious hair.
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