Month: January 2022

Happy Stones 00 Goodyear

Happy Stones 00 Goodyear


Today I prepared my first Happy Stone to share with the world.
It started with working with the rune GER:

Summer is a joy to men, when God, the holy King of Heaven,
suffers the earth to bring forth shining fruits
for rich and poor alike.


Happy Stones are colourfully decorated stones you can hide in nature for others to find. When you find a Happy Stone, you could hide it again for someone else to find, but there are people who take them home and collect them as well.

One message at just the right moment can change someone’s entire day, outlook, life!

Ping: Working on the Rune of the Year

Working on the Rune of the Year

Working on the Rune of the Year


The Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem says:

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Ger byþ gumena hiht, ðonne God læteþ,

   halig heofones cyning, hrusan syllan

   beorhte bleda beornum ond ðearfum. 

Ger
Summer is a joy to men, when God, the holy King of Heaven,
suffers the earth to bring forth shining fruits
for rich and poor alike.

JERAN
Jaaroogst zomer
Hoopvol have
voeden mensen
allen samen

Ping: Runenrijm – Dreamquest

52 PICK-UP CHALLENGE  2022 – Joker

52 PICK-UP CHALLENGE  2022 – Joker


Buy your cards, think about what you want to do but most importantly … embellish the jokers

What to do with the Jokers?
They are considered ‘wild cards‘

An approach is to identify the “black” Joker with a rank of zero with the Fool and the “red” Joker with the Magician also known as “the Juggler”

According to the Hedgewytchery system:

The firstmost rule is easily had:
Red cards are good and black cards are bad.  

Red Joker: Magician
Neutral Joker: Significator
Black Joker: the Fool

Ping: 52 PICK-UP CHALLENGE  2022  – Dreamquest

52 PICK-UP CHALLENGE  2022 

52 PICK-UP CHALLENGE  2022 


… You can either buy a brand-spankin’ new deck or use one that’s been shuffled lots of times.
Doesn’t matter unless you prefer a shabby chic and vintage look, then go with a used deck.
I highly recommend you get your cards bought or dig through your closets to find a full set.
Do it now before this Challenge begins.
Make it easier on yourself and buy the standard-size (not jumbo) deck of cards.
Beginning on January 2, and each week thereafter (always on Sunday) I will assign a card right from the deck.
You are to choose the same card I recommend and do with it whatever it is that your little ole heart desires.
Dress the heck out of it, I say. But just one side. I highly recommend the side that has the suit and number. This way, all the backs will be uniform.
Turn that card into a work of art. Make it pretty. Make it artsy. Make it scary. Make it masculine. Make it girly. Make it sports-related. Make it festive. Or go with a theme and have all 52 cards with a common denominator or keep them all to just a couple of the same colors. Make it your own.
One thing you might want to keep in mind is the thickness of each card. I highly recommend not going overboard with thick items (you’ll see why below.)
You might wish to decorate the card that fits with the week. Have a relative’s or a friend’s birthday that falls in that week? Decorate it for him/her. Is there a holiday that week? Decorate it accordingly.
There will also be prompts each week, in addition to which card to use. You must follow the prompts – remember that! It’ll be time for you to put your imagination to work.
I’m supposing you’re wondering what to do with these cards as we finish up the year, right?
Well, my personal preference is to punch a hole in the top left corner and hang them from a binder ring. That’s what I’ll be doing with mine!
All decks of cards come with two jokers. Please use these as your front and back covers. Don’t forget to put some clothes on both sides of them, too.
The reason I’m rolling out this Challenge early is so that you can be prepared: Buy your cards, think about what you want to do but most importantly, way before January 2, embellish the jokers (front and back covers.)
At the end of the year, you will have 52 cards plus your two jokers and all bound together with just one ring – or however you prefer.
…
THEN the real fun will begin.
At the end of 2022, go on and mount these altered playing cards onto a card base. Bam! Your card is finished except for the envelope. Genius, right? See what I mean about decorating the card according to what occasion falls in that week?
Use these altered playing cards on a journal page.
Turn these altered playing cards into a mini book.
Or for even more fun … TRADE THEM in 2023 – but not until then! Don’t worry … it’ll be here before we blink twice.
I will keep the entire 52 weeks prompts on this post, most current just under the text.
Please follow the prompts, have fun and be sure to share your card each week.
If you have questions, please ask so that we’re all on the same page.
Ready? Set? Go!
Collect your items. Devise a plan. Get ready to have fun with your art shenanigans. And remember … you don’t have to take my prompts literally. Think outside the box.

Source: Cynthia Moon