tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500502941952857929.post8664599472573098245..comments2024-03-13T08:53:36.927+11:00Comments on GEMMA BLACK : ARTIST / CALLIGRAPHER: How to make conversationsGemma Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10630138318071963976noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500502941952857929.post-41466221453916850172011-04-03T15:23:42.979+10:002011-04-03T15:23:42.979+10:00Thank you Gals! I am sure I knew them as somethin...Thank you Gals! I am sure I knew them as something other than "conversations" when I was younger. Some of the ones we used to make could be quite rude (for children) like "you smell". But most of them were as you say Kit giving us the name of a supposedly future prospect! lolGemma Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10630138318071963976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500502941952857929.post-16987176504974738882011-04-03T00:22:06.842+11:002011-04-03T00:22:06.842+11:00Great reminder of my childhood as we made them bac...Great reminder of my childhood as we made them back then too. Love the idea of using some of my scraps of pastepapers and practice papers to make some now. Thanks for sharing!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259000114325443808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500502941952857929.post-38594159891424542642011-04-02T22:18:04.121+11:002011-04-02T22:18:04.121+11:00I knew them as fortune tellers, but my girlies cal...I knew them as fortune tellers, but my girlies call them cootie catchers. Either way, they are funCJ Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500502941952857929.post-35087965705222909362011-04-02T17:41:09.526+11:002011-04-02T17:41:09.526+11:00I'm with Rhonda... think you should probably p...I'm with Rhonda... think you should probably put a locator chip on that agate burnisher! [smile] I remember making larger versions of these at school (it predicted the first letter of our future Mr Right! LOL). The tiny ones are exquisitely beautiful, though. :-) <br /><br />I've been listening to Lucy Schwartz's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGxokS_r1o4" rel="nofollow">Life in Letters</a>" this afternoon, while I catch up on blogs. The perfect accompaniment to your post:<br /><br />"Words can be strong, like the beating drum<br />Like ten thousand voices that call together<br />A is the ailment, and B makes it better<br />C is creating your life in letters"Kit @ Dreamscribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543726627658671565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500502941952857929.post-75831307853055158372011-04-02T14:36:30.758+11:002011-04-02T14:36:30.758+11:00ahhhh a fortune teller (as I've been taught to...ahhhh a fortune teller (as I've been taught to call them) and it's a really teeny-tiny one you've got there! and the most beautiful agate burnisher/folder I've ever seen (I'm suffering from serious agate envy right now!)ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260679591630131813noreply@blogger.com