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"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." -Thomas Merton

Saturday, October 22, 2011

875 Watts (Featured at Once Upon A Page)






This period at Once Upon a Sketch challenged us to journal something about an embarrassing, and/or uncomfortable moment. I journaled about my first hair dryer that was a gift to me by a high school teacher for my high school graduation. Hair dryers were a new thing back then and all my friends had one but me so I was terribly excited to have one also. Upon reading the instructions on how to operate the hair dryer, I immediately noticed that there was something wrong with the instructions on how to use the device. You see, it was labeled “875 Watts” in a large bold font on the first page of the instructions and that meant something of significance to me. One day, my boyfriend came over to my house and noticed that my hair was damp, and asked why I had not used my new hair dryer. I told him that the hair dryer was only good for 875 Watts, and because the instructions were not clear on how to keep track of the used watts, I could not figure out how many watts I had used, or what my watt balance was, so I thought it was best to just use it on special occasions. An incredulous look of disbelief appeared on his face, and I interpreted that look to mean that he was being sympathetic to my dilemma, but then uproarious laughter followed. After he calmed down and caught his breath, he explained to me what watts meant. I was embarrassed by my ignorance, but the feeling of embarrassment was short lived when I realized that I could use my hair dryer anytime I wanted.




Here's my take on the sketch. I had to turn the sketch a little to accommodate my size picture, and if you pull the journal section up and out, the remaining part of journal appears.


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18 comments:

  1. this is really beautiful...love all the layers and the colors are amazing :)

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  2. your story made me chuckle :):):) I think we all have similar instances of less than genius thinking :)
    The LO is lovely!
    Thanks for playing along with us at OUAS!

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  3. Wow! This is absolutely beautiful! Tks. for playing along with us at OUAS!

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  4. gorgeous Page and yes that would be so embarrassing !!!!!! well the best thing is to learn to laugh at yourself and also you will never make that mistake again .... hugz x
    thanks for playing with us ..

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  5. LOL! Oh my goodness...that was a laugh and a half. Well..I am glad he worked out the wattage for you in the end. This is so gorgeous. Love how you used two smaller pictures. Awesome take on the sketch. THANK YOU so much for playing along.

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  6. Gorgeous layout... Interesting story:)

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  7. Beautiful take on the challenge, with pretty embellishing. I absolutely adore the corset you have created. Thanks so much for playing along with us at OUAS

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  8. OH my goodnesss, how funny! That is too cute! Love that....save them up for special occassions!!LOL! Beautiful work with the sketch and thank you so much for playing along with us at OUAS!

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  9. Hi Joyce.. i had a bit of a giggle at your story, but i am sure i have several things like that in my past too.. i am just not going to share them.. a very pretty layout too.

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  10. LOL!...That's too funny...
    Great take on the sketch.
    Thanks for playing along at OUAS!!

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  11. Oh my Joyce I absolutely LOVE your layout and the story is just classic! Thanks for sharing with Once Upon a Sketch :)

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  12. Ooops my comment seems to have vanished! What a funny layout Joyce - it looks absolutely beautiful and the story really has me laughing this side!! Thanks so much for playing at Once Upon a Sketch :)

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  14. What a fabulous story. And thank goodness you could use a hairdryer again....lol.
    Your page is stunning and the colors are beautiful. Thanks for joining us at OUAS.

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  15. HHheeee!! I had to laugh, what a funny story! And such a lovely page :-)

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  16. What a fabulous layout!
    Thanks for playing along at OUAS!
    xxxx

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  17. This is beautiful!!!! Love it! :)

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  18. Oh my goodness...this is beautiful! I ran out of time to play along this time around...you did an amazing job. Loved your take on the sketch...the story behind the page just makes you smile!

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