{"id":1877,"date":"2011-01-11T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2019-02-05T10:46:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T00:46:41","slug":"a-new-years-surprise-and-a-new-years-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/a-new-years-surprise-and-a-new-years-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"A NEW YEAR&#8217;s surprise and a NEW YEAR&#8217;s Pattern!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">I survived the New Year&#8217;s party &#8211; but got woken up at 5am on New Year\u2019s day to find a HUGE cow outside the back door! ( Being &#8216;city slickers&#8217; &#8211; we&#8217;re still a bit overwhelmed by how BIG a real cow is up close!!!)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2304\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A8A5A9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/COW-web-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"420\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It must&#8217;ve been spooked by the fireworks and hubby and I had fun chasing it back home! So please forgive me\u2026 for 2011\u2026 it\u2019s got to be,<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cHappy MOO Year everyone!!!\u201d (Ha! ha!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>And now.. a little secret project I have been working on&#8230; a NEW PATTERN for the New Year!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to make a New Year&#8217;s Resolution, but sooooooooo much harder to keep it! I read somewhere that one of the reasons is that we JUST FORGET! With all of life&#8217;s distractions, it soon gets forgotten. So you&#8217;ll really increase your chances of achieving your goal, if you just constantly remind yourself about it! HOW EASY IS THAT!<\/p>\n<p>I am forever making little sticky-notelet reminders for myself not to forget stuff, and so I decided it would be pretty cool to make a 3-D version for my first 2011 pattern, and so here we have&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NEW YEARs RESO, LU and TION<\/strong> (&#8220;Shin&#8221; to his friends!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2305\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A8A5A9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/NEW-YEARs-RESOLUTION.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got a speeding ticket the week before Christmas as I was day-dreaming in the car, so I have placed RESO near my car keys so I remember to watch my speedo!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2306\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A8A5A9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/sticky-notelets-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"136\" \/>I think this would make an\u00a0<strong>excellent kids craft project<\/strong> during this long school holidays, especially with all the wet weather we&#8217;re having it&#8217;ll be a great indoor activity. I know when I was younger a\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t fight with my brothers&#8221; New Year&#8217;s Resolution<\/strong> would certainly have been something I could have been reminder of a LOT &#8211; ha!ha! : )<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/products\/patterns\/fun-stuff-from-scraps\/new-year-s-resolution-post-it-note-instant-download\"> <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/products\/instant-downloads\/new-year-s-resolution-post-it-note-instant-download\">NEW YEAR&#8217;s RESO, LU and TION pattern<\/a><\/strong> is available from the Funky Friends Factory website now as an Instant Downlaod&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>and it&#8217;s ONLY $4.99 so there&#8217;s NO EXCUSE NOT to stick to your<br \/>\n2011 New Year&#8217;s resolution!!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>*** PLEASE leave me a comment to let me know what YOUR resolution for 2011 is going to be!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>: )<\/p>\n<p>Have an absolutely awesome 2011!!!!!!!!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> .<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4105\" title=\"Teddy-bear-rings\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Teddy-bear-rings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"153\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All the Best,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Pauline<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6592\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I survived the New Year&#8217;s party &#8211; but got woken up at 5am on New Year\u2019s day to find a HUGE cow outside the back door! ( Being &#8216;city slickers&#8217; &#8211; we&#8217;re still a bit overwhelmed by how BIG a real cow is up close!!!) 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