Friday, April 14, 2017

Ponderings Along the Pathway...THE BEAUTY OF NATURE

Welcome to this month's edition of Ponderings Along the Pathway, an exclusive feature over here on the Path of Positivity. The purpose of this column is to continue with the goal of this blog which is to create a space "designed to inspire, nurture and provide support for the soul by creating a positive path to follow, one project or post at a time". Providing some motivational introspection on the themes we cover each challenge period is one way of achieving this goal.

This month it is all about THE BEAUTY OF NATURE and PAT is here to share her thoughts on the subject...



As I sit here typing on this gray and chilly Spring day, it is a little difficult to be inspired by the "beauty" of nature. The sky is a grey blah, the air is heavy, noises are dulled. Even the birds are quiet.

Of course, a day like today doesn't stop the dog from wanting his walk, so out I go into the vast grayness of the world. And yet...and yet...

The grass is green, I must admit
with crocuses peeking out a bit.
The buds from trees are dropping fast
like mounds of confetti quickly amassed.
The geese are back and walking around
while a woodpecker makes that knocking sound.
Squirrels a plenty run and play
while Wilson chases them all away.
Now it just comes to mind
that you've got to be blind
to miss all of the beauty
Nature shows to you and me.

I'm lucky to have kept my eyes open and remembered to look up, down and ahead so that I wouldn't miss anything. I'll have to remember to always keep my eyes and ears open while on the Path. I wouldn't want to miss out on any of the beauty that Nature offers.

I wouldn't want to miss out on meeting you!


As Pat has discovered, even on a bleary day there is beauty to be found in our world. We simply need to keep our eyes and mind open to our incredibly rich surroundings. May you always be blessed to enjoy the bounty of beauty that Nature offers up to you as you travel along your own Path in life.

Well folks, that is it for today. Enjoy your weekend everyone and please join us again on Monday when we will be back with the midway for our current challenge!
 
For those that celebrate, Happy Easter to you.

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Winners & Design Team Delights for Challenge #46...AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE

Goodness, I am having a difficult time getting back on track here. Hopefully, we'll be back to our regular schedule shortly. Your continued patience is appreciated.

It is time to present the winners for challenge #46. First we'll share the names of the Voter's Choice, the Most Inspirational and the Random Winner and then we'll move on to showcasing our DT Delights. Who are all the lucky peeps? Well, let's find out.

Without further ado, here are the choices...


Drum roll, please....BBBbbbrrrrrrrrr pish

 The people have spoken and their choice for Challenge #46 is....



Asmah, you are entitled to receiving a cool and awe inspiring personalized badge for your blog as the Voter's Choice for Challenge #46.  Please feel free to copy your badge below...


 In the category of Most Inspiring, our winner is...


Darlene, you have won a $10 gift certificate from Imagine That! Digistamp, one of our guest sponsors during Challenge #46.


Shop Our Digis!

Darlene, you are also entitled to a lovely, one of a kind personalized badge for your blog as the Most Inspiring choice for Challenge #46 which you can find below...


The Random Winner for this challenge (chosen by Random.com), based on all eligible participants is:


MariLynn, you have won the same three digis used by team members, provided by Mari Digis, the second of our guest sponsors during Challenge #46 (you can see watermarks of these images in the upper half of the midway post by clicking HERE).


MariLynn, you are also entitled to a neat and unique personalized badge for your blog as the Random Winner for Challenge #46 which you can find below...



Big Congrats to...

  ASMAH, DARLENE & MARILYNN

If you have won a prize during this challenge, please send your message to popwinners {at} gmail {dot} com (be sure to replace 'at' and 'dot' with the appropriate symbols), or click HERE to bring our email up in your program, with the subject heading, "WINNER PoP Challenge #46" to make arrangements to receive your prize. Please note that I am rather behind these day so it may take me a while to get back to you but I promise I will. Thank you for your patience.

Now it is time to announce our DT Delights from this challenge. As always, in each challenge you, the readers, get to voice your opinion by voting for your favourite and so it is only fitting that my Design Team get to do so as well.

Thanks to the 22 people who took the time to join along our Path during the month of February for Challenge #46. Check out the entries that really caught our attention...

Mema's Crafts--chosen by Katrina, Helen & Pippa...


Katrina said this:
"
My DT Delight is Mema's Crafts
I just adore this image of pure innocent love! Looking at this card makes my heart happy!" 

Helen had this to say:
"My DT Delight is also Mema's Crafts. I love the composition and colours on this card and the decorated inside just finishes it perfectly."

Pippa said this:
"My DT Delight is also Mema's Crafts. Her colouring of that sweet image is amazing and her layout is wonderful both on the outside of the card and on the inside."

To see the details of Mema's Crafts's creation and read more of what she had to say click HERE
 

Asmah--chosen by Pat...



Pat said this:
"My DT Delight is Asmah. I enjoy the mixed media she uses to create something pretty and unique.”

To see the details of Asmah's creation and read more of what she had to say click HERE
 

Creative Congratulations to all of you!

Thank you to those who played on our Pathway during the month of February.  As always we greatly appreciate you sharing your incredible talents with us.

For our DT Delights chosen for this challenge...

  Mema's Crafts and Asmah

  You are both entitled to one image of your choice from our on-going sponsor...


Please click HERE to check out the image previews. They are arranged into general categories; although, due to the nature of some of these images, they have been repeated in certain applicable categories. Be sure to click on the watermarks to bring them up into the lightbox for better viewing.

If you are interested in claiming a digi, please send me the name of the one image you want and let me know which section it came from. Send your request to popwinners {at} gmail {dot} com (be sure to replace 'at' and 'dot' with the appropriate symbols), or click HERE to bring our email up in your program, with the subject, "PoP#46-DT Delight Digi Request". I'm always running rather behind these days, so your patience is appreciated.

Additionally, the two of you are entitled to the special Challenge #46 DT Delight Badge which you can find below...



Our special yearly prize package will also still be taking place. Remember, if you are chosen as a DT Delight during any of our challenges, your name will be entered into a draw for some digital goodies. You get one entry per choice; so, if two members picked your card, you will earn 2 entries, three members 3 entries, etc. The winner at the time will be notified by email. The next draw will occur sometime in the summer or fall of 2017.

Be sure to join us on Monday when we'll be back with the midway for Challenge #48 with the optional theme of THE BEAUTY OF NATURE. Click HERE for details. I hope that you will consider coming over to play with us. As always, we'd love to have you join our Path!

Monday, April 10, 2017

Challenge #47 Top Picks: Voting Open April 10th to 17th, 2017

WELCOME TO THE CHALLENGE #47 POP TOP!

Hello everyone! It is time to get on with showcasing the top picks for Challenge #47. I apologize that  the Winner Announcement for Challenge #46 still isn't done. I had hoped it would be by now but the luck of finding the time to do it just hasn't been on my side. My goal is to get it done before the midway, we'll see if I can pull it off. 😉

Anyway, for now we'll stay on track with announcing our Top Picks. I was so very pleased to see that once again we had 22 people join us during the past challenge. Out of those 22 entries, 13 stated that they followed the theme which is five up from last time!

Right now, it is time to get on with showcasing the seven projects and/or write-ups that touched the team the most. In case you are new and wondering why seven and not the typical three, four or even five? Any time that we have more than 14 entries, we have had a top seven. We have always strived to be a bit different over here on the Path of Positivity and this is just another way to do so. Additionally, seven is a spiritual number and thus right in the wheelhouse of the vibe we are looking to project; so, seven it is when enough people join in.

Thus, without further ado, please let me introduce you to the Top Picks for Challenge #47...








Congrats Ladies... 

As a participant who has been chosen as a Top Pick in this challenge, 
you are entitled to a special Challenge #47 Top Pick Badge.
Please feel free to grab a copy for your blog...

HAVE YOUR SAY!

Now the really hard work starts. It is time for you, our readers, to vote for your favourite entry. Which participant most inspires you? Remember, you are not necessarily voting on a creation that was made. You might simply find what the person had to say in their post to be inspiring and optimistic. Please be sure to go and check out the entries first and not just make your choices off of the thumbnails. Then, let us know who your favourite choice is by placing your vote below using the Linky Tools feature. Once you have made your decision, why not go back and let them know how they inspired you.

 Good luck everyone!

Voting open for 6 days:
April 10th to
April 17th

Path of Positivity--Challenge #47 Top Picks
Please click "like" to vote for your favourite entry for Challenge #47 out of the entries listed below. One vote per IP address please. Please note that you can get a better idea of what the project/post looks like by visiting each participant first. To do so, simply click the names below the thumbnails to be taken to the person's blog.





This linky list is now closed.


Good luck everyone!