Blogger Portrait -- Cuterebecca!

Hellooooooooo, pplz! What's up? Karalee here!

I've been busy researching writing stuff with Mom. NaNoWriMo tips and worldbuilding techniques and character profiles... I've also been designing a new species of "monster" for a story. ("Monster" in quotes because they're really a kind of creature... the word monster is rather ambiguous and derogatory in definition.)

They've got lots of joints (so they're extremely flexible), and they have mantis-like heads, and very long claws! (They were supposed to look quite creepy, being intended as antagonists, but I'll admit I'm starting to see them as a little cute. Oops.)

There's a lot to think about when creating a species! So many directions and possibilities to explore! I hope to post some sketches of them another time. 😊

(A lot of what I've got so far is little, silly cartoons of author-vs-creation shenanigans. Generally me'n'them driving each other batty. 😜)



ANYway! XD Let's get to the real purpose of today's post -- Flora Cutegirl's Blogger Portrait!

Here's her comment requesting a portrait!

However, I completely messed up on the username when gathering the reference photo, and accidentally looked on the wrong account!

This Deer's animal name was close to the one requested... and I accidentally ended up with a rough sketch of a sweater-dress-wearing chibi with a pizza on her head before realizing my mistake. (No pics of that, though -- sorry.)

Here's the REAL reference photo -- and here's the finished Blogger Portrait! *insert the customary fanfare* Ta-daaaaaaaaa!

Flora's form only listed the color of her hair, not the length or style... so I tried to wing it. 😬 I hope it's okay, Flora! 😯

One of the most complicated pieces of clothing for Flora's portrait was the Straw Crown, but I'm very happy with how it turned out! 😃 There's not much to say about the Worn Blanket (converted into a Worn Dress) or the Silver Chain.

For the background, I used a dusky green background, then used the pattern brush called Victorian in a slightly lighter shade, then created a sort of hazy spiral using a reduced-opacity Wood pattern brush. (Why I used Wood, I don't know.)



That's all for now! I'll see you guys around! 😁 *waves* Bye!



PEACE!
LOVE!
NINJAAAAAAAS!



(DXplorergirl)

Rare Item Monday! + Question Of The Day!

Hey, Jammer's! CoolCat here with another post! I can't believe its almost November! This year has gone by very fast, don't you guys think?!  I hope everyone is ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas! And that actually brings me to todays question of the day.

QOTD: Have you started Christmas shopping?

AOTD: I have started Christmas shopping actually!

Comment down below your answer! Now lets get on with todays Rare Item Monday!

Todays Rare Item Monday is the Rare Trick Or Treat Bucket!

It is located in Jamaa Townships Jam-Mart Clothing. It is for sale for 1,750 gems. It can be found on the 11th page in the clothing store. The colors of this bucket are purple and orange.

Thoughts: I think the colors of this item are super cute! I love the color purple and it goes great with orange! I think this is a cute item that you can use for an Animal Jam costume, if you dress up on Animal Jam. I do think it is very overpriced for what you get.

Overall I rate this weeks Rare Item Monday a 7!

Comment down below what you think of todays Rare Item Monday!

Here is todays verse!

"You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs with deliverance." -Psalm 32:7

As always, bye Jammer's! And ~Jam On!~

150,000 Views Party, And Another Giveaway!

Hey Jammers! Graciepopstar91 here, with some big news! ^.^

🎉We made it to 150,000 views!🎉

Thank you all so much for getting us this far! ^.^

In celebration of this, I decided to have a 150,000 views party! Here's the party info!

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Party info:

Location: Graciepopstar91's den on Animal Jam.

Date: November 5th 2017 (which is a Sunday)

Time: 4:00 PM PST (Pacific standard time) such as California CA, Nevada NV, Washington State WA, and Oregon OR.

5:00 PM MST (Mountain standard time) such as Salt lake city UT, St. George UT, Denver CO, Albuquerque NM, and Arizona AZ.

12:00 AM in London.

1:00 AM in Paris, France.

1:00 AM HST (Hawaii Standard Time) such as Honolulu, and Hilo.

7:00 PM EST (Eastern Standard Time) such as North Carolina NC, New York NY, South Carolina SC, Ohio OH, and Florida FL.

6:00 PM CDT (Central Daylight Time) such as Minneapolis, Wisconsin, Texas, and some parts of Canada.

What we will do at the party: Play mini-games, play find the plushie, have a fashion show, and talk

Reason for celebration: We're celebrating AJFC getting 150,000 views!

People who can come to the party: Everyone! Young or old, non-member on Animal Jam or member, Christian or non-Christian, etc! Don't forget to invite all your buddies!

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Be sure to comment down below if you can, or cannot come! ^.^

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Today I was going on some old backup accounts to see if I could find any good items, and I did! I found a straw hat, and since I already have one in the same color, I decided I'd give it away here on AJFC!

All you have to do to enter the giveaway, is comment down below your username!

Good luck to all! ^.^

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Here's todays Bible verse!

Proverbs 27:9

The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.

God made you. Uniquely. Beautifully. Intentionally. Purposefully. Wonderfully.

Buddy Spotlight

Greetings everyone! It's been awhile sense I've done a silly intro but I just haven't felt like it ....

Anyway I will be continuing the Buddy Spotlight, and for today's post I will be featuring ...

Lostfairy

Ipslover98989 AKA Frozenwarrior

Magical502
Nafaira9

Lostfairy!

Lost was one of the first 5 bloggers I met! 

I remember how cool I thought it was that she had a blog hehe 

Lost and I hang out quite often and sometimes talk about the same thing for like, a whole hour sometimes depending on the topic o,o
I think I was calling her Fairy for awhile, while everyone called her Lost XD


Ipslover98989!

Frozen is a really good den decorater and loves to roleplay
 We sometimes roleplay together, I'm usually a dog or a dragon or something XD
Frozen is fun to roleplay with, and super fun to see what fun stuff she creates in her dens!


Magical502!

Magical isn't on a whole lot, but when she is on, we have a lot of fun, in fact I've only seen her 3 times sense I buddies her around the start of the year o,o  but we had a lot of fun in those 3 times, I think I met her through Lost, Magical is silly and spazzy XD We like to debate on a few things. XD


Nafaria9!

Nafaria9 is the author of the Animal Jam Whip We never get to hang out a lot, either I have to go when she just get's on, or something like that, And I can never make it to her partys! I feel really bad about that Naffy DX I'm sorry.
But her post are very entertaining, and she post quite often so Naffy makes me very happy! :D

 That's all for now everyone see you next weeko!

*Husky Ninja 

Gracie Forgot She Had To Cover Arctic's Post...

Hi y'all
So today's post
Is going to be random
Oh by the way
This is Gracie
Who forgot to cover Arctic's post.
LIKE.
COMPLETELY FORGOT.

I didn't know what to post about.
I complained to mom.
Mom said to do a random post.
Sooooo
Here I am

I'm also super tired for some reason
UGHHH I THINK SUNDAY BRAIN CARRIED OVER INTO FRIDAY!!
I get up early on Sunday's
So I get really random when I talk to my friend
So I call it Sunday brain

Y'all: *Blink blink*

ANYWAYS

Mom also suggested I use this one kid's book by Louie Giglio called "Indescribable" to add in random facts
Cuz' it has some random facts in it
Well I think it goes with the devotional
*Louie Giglio is a pastor*
SO ANYWAYS THIS WILL BE FUN.

BEFORE WE GET TO THE RANDOM FACTS LETS UH-
I DON'T KNOW
DO SOMETHING RANDOM

i have a new blog

https://flamingarrowforjesus.blogspot.com

i might post on it tomorrow or sunday idk

it's non-aj related
yay
I felt happy to write a non-AJ related post XD

Anywho let's log onto Animal Jam, see who's on...

AJHQ is on
Wait
It's Friday
Are they gonna do a live stream?

*Goes on their channel*

Nope
If they are they're not going yet

OKIE FACT TIME

*Goes to get book*

*Flips to the first devotional*

"Sloths are so slow that they move only about 6 1/2 feet per minute. Even their tummies are slow, taking an average of 16 days to digest the twigs, fruits, leaves, bugs, lizards, and birds they eat. They spend almost their entire lives hanging upside down in trees- coming down only once a week or so to poop. Ick!"

Y'all: O.O Okay then

Want another one?

Y'all: Not really but okay o3o

"Praying is so important that Jesus-God's own Son-took time to pray. Check out some of the ways Jesus prayed in Luke 5:16, Luke 6:12, and Matthew 14:23."

Y'all: That's better

There's also a devotional thingy about Laminin, it's what holds your body together, you must google it and see the images :o

Oh yeah

I suppose I should tell you why I'm filling in for Arctic O.O
HOW DID I FORGET THAT

Tomorrow she ish getting her computer repaired
So yeah

Anyways
What should we talk about?

Want random facts about me?

Y'all: YOU POSTED ABOUT THAT ALREADY

Okay well

My favorite band is We Are Messengers, my favorite artists are Micah Tyler, and Kristian Stanfill.

I dunno what else to talk about so...
Uh
Comment down below random questions for me and I'll answer them.
*Nods*
Just no personal info questions (my age, city, etc.). Have fun y'all

OH YEAH!
I'm going on vacation next month, from November 27th till' the 30th, so Coolcat is covering my post on Animal Jam Community that week, and Sarah is covering-

Oh my goodness
The lady on the radio just said Friday brain
I said that above
Okay anyways

My post here on Thursday. I probably won't be on Animal Jam that that much, you'll most likely catch me on really early in the morning (6:30 AM, 7 AM ish Pacific Standard Time), and maaaaaaybe late at night (10:30 PM) but probably not.. So yeah XD

Ok dad just told me this that the Skit Guys posted on Facebook:

"It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and forget where they hid them."

Y'all: Ok then

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Here's todays Bible verse!

Proverbs 14:7

Stay away from fools, for you won't find knowledge on their lips.

God made you. Uniquely. Beautifully. Intentionally. Purposefully. Wonderfully.

15 Random Things About Me!+Why Night Of The Phantoms pt.2!

GUYS
I AM SO SORRY
FOR NOT POSTING ON WEDNESDAY
AND THEN DOING THAT REALLY SHORT EXCUSE FOR A POST ON THE AJC ON THURSDAY
AND THEN NOT POSTING ON SUNDAY ON THE AJAC *facepalms*
I mighttttttt go on a hiatus soon, missing 3 posts in 5 days, I'm so sorry DX  (If I do go on a hiatus it will NOT resolve in me quitting) But to make up for that, I am doing a long post today, tomorrow another long post, and in two Sundays, a long post on the AJAC XD  And thennn after that I may go on a hiatus, but I'll still probably be on AJ and comment on blogs, just  like a hiatus from posting XD 
ALSO I PLAY AJPW NOW YAY
I HAVE A PET KITTY
NAMED IT SUPERCAT
AND TODAY THE CHARGER BROKE
SO WE NEED TO GET A NEW ONE
GRR
Anyways.
GRACIE TAGGED ME! XD




1. The story about my username goes like this,
Ja literally ALWAYS called me Sarahkey, and I hated it
after months of her calling me that, I got use to it, and when I joined Animal Jam, I was probably 8 so that would explain the 8! But for some reason I still use the '8' in most of my usernames for other games!? (Like CS)

2. I love cats, horses&Unicorns, and dragons. Anything about those three things gets me excited (There aren't a lot of stories about cats *sigh*)  I have wanted a horse sense I was very veryyy little, there is a reason why mine and Ja's room is horse themed!
And dragon stories are just so interesting! Hence why I'm crazy about things like Oracles of Fire and The Door Within (Well, dragons aren't the main part at all in that story, but there are dragons! And unicorns!!)

3. I LOVE fantasy! All my favorite series are fantasy, such as The Berinfall Prophecy's, Dragons In Our Midst-Children of the Bard, Dragons of Starlight, Tales of Starlight, The Door Within, Sword of the Six, and the Maze Runner! (Does that count as fantasy??) And if Percy Jackson counts as fantasy??? THE LIST GOES ON AND ON!

4. I. LOVE. Books!  As you can tell from answer 3, I completely prefer a good book over a good movie!   

5. My favorite animals (sorta in order) are: Dragon, Unicorn(or horse) cat-Cheetah, Sphinx, EVERY CAT! (Cats, Dragons, Unicorns/horses are all tied!) (Cheetahs are my favorite cat though!)Fox,  Shelti, Dalmation,

6. I am a Christian, as you probably know XD I like and don't like witnessing to people, the reason why I kinda dont like it is, I'm very shy! XD I can barely hand somebody a tract! On Animal Jam it is much easier, and I hate it when I don't know the answer, or I do but can't explain it!

7. I hate bugs. This might make you picture me as the person who screams at bugs whenever they see one, but no, I don't do that, I once had like 5 rose beetles on me at once, and I just flicked them off.
I try to keep it in, but in reality. I. Hate. Bugs.(except spittle bugs and butterflies:))

8. Super cold ice water over any other drink, mmmmmm It's just so refreshing and and
XD

9. I LOVE to swim! I'm an outdoor person, a tomboy, I don't understand all those girly girls who only care how they look at all XD *sees ladybug on keyboard* *screams loudly*
No no I don't scream at bugs ahahahaha I dont I promise! XDD

In the backyard, there is a huge forest, and if you go straight down you run into a river, where you can swim, its so awesome!

10.  I don't care about jewelry or makeup one bit, in fact, I kinda hate dressing up super fancy, because it takes forever if you can't find the right size of something *shakes head*

11. Dresses, and skirts and shirts! The only time I wear a shirt and jeans or something like that, is when I go horse back riding, the dresses I wear normally, are play dresses, easy to run around in and stuff like that, and they are super comftable XD.

12. My favorite season is fall, I love the chilly weather, the golden colored leaves, how crunchy the ground seems when you're walking on a carpet of beautiful leaves, the only thing I don't like about it is many bloggers are less active because of school :/ Darn you school!

13. I love  to write and draw! usually I stop in the middle of my stories because I can't figure out what to do, writers block :/

14. I would pay $15 to have a blog, I kid you not, I still can't though DX

15.  Three words, Owl. City. Cheesecake. (Compound words!) Honestly, if you don't know that I love those things then you don't know me hehe

That's it for the tag!

Six days till halloween. *sigh* Time for pt 2 of Why Night of The Phantoms! (If you did not read the part 1, click here to do so!)

My friend, Graciepopstar91 showed me a website full of new things about it, so thank you so much Gracie! :D 


First of all, black cats. Believed to be demonic, lots of pet stores and animal shelters kill their black cats around halloween, some don't allowed them to be adopted around halloween because people might do bad stuff with them. (I'm glad for that rule!)
To me... it's just... really really really REALLY stupid that people think a cat is demonic! God made  it just like He did all other animals, and cats!
Does that mean we are going to start pampering white cats around Christmas because they are the color of the snow?! No. There is a reason why if I got another cat, I would want it to be a black cat so it would not be mistreated. There really is no reason why black cats are 'demonic' The whole thing is just stupid!

Masks and costumes: Okay,  I do not mean like AJ costumes, or those princess costumes, or things like that, I'm talking about those halloween themed costumes!  Back in the days when they did the whole jack o lantern thing, masks were a 'contact' to the spirit world, in rituals a person wearing a mask of a 'god or spirit' often felt possessed by the 'supernatural being'
Not good.
 The skull: It is prominent in witchcraft and demon worship as a celebration of death. Which is why we have them all over AJ. Good job AJHQ  :/

Witches: Are the 'reigning queen of halloween'  If you have been lullabied by the gospel of halloween that witches are harmless folks, wake up people! witches worship the devil! (I refuse to capitalize that even if it is at the beginning of a sentence!) In many instances, according to the confessions of the witches, besides their direct worship of the devil, they were obliged to show their abhorrence of the faith they had deserted by trampling on the cross, and blaspheming the saints, and by other profanations,  The witches held a party at halloween and the women.. sold their soul to the devil, would put a stick in their beds anointed with the fat of murdered babies.  

This makes me very mad. I cannot even describe how sickening this is... 😡😣😨


Owl: (Snow, you aren't going to be to happy about this..)
On halloween night, demons in the form of owls were said to have travel with witches and their cats, some were even believed to be witches in disguise.

Okay, I have no doubt that demons actually did this, but that's  technically not the owl itself, God made the owl, and owl's are wonderful creations, and there is the cat thing again.
halloween is just a horrible horrible holiday, it shouldn't even be called a holiday! 

So, show these posts to your friends who may celebrate halloween. Here is the link to the website Gracie showed me! Thanks again Gracie!
I hope this post stops many people from celebrating halloween. Make sure to stay safe around halloween guys! God bless!!
                      The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the                                        strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
                      Psalm 27:1


Farewell Jammers!


*edit* 

I forgot to do this  before, but here is my picture for The Project!

Okay, the bricks look terrible-*realizes paintbrush is in the way* 

uhh 

                                                                    There. Okay, so the bricks look terrible ehehe.
                                                     Koolest's shirt didn't turn out at all the way I planned it
                                                                            The doppleganger's have really short arms.
                                                                               other then that... it's uh... goood???
                                                                                Not my best work. 
                                                                                     Buuuuuuuuuuuut yeah XD

Manga Art -- In Pencil!

Hiya guys! Karalee here!

Today is a special post, featuring something I do not often talk about here -- pencil sketching!

I realize it's a very important part of art, but due to the fact that most of the things I share here are drawn on my iPad, I don't discuss it much. However, today my family went to the library, and I found a very cool book about the art of manga comics! 😁

(This is in the library.)

I've attempted some manga-style drawings before (not counting those bases I used to use for Blogger Portraits), but always struggled with having them look right, due to the fact that the manga style depends heavily on the placement of the features on the face.

This is the drawing I first attempted with the help of the book -- she seems a little Joan-of-Arc-ish, huh?

Her hands, wrists, and elbows drove me bananas, 😡 but I'm extremely happy with how they turned out in the end! 😄 I'm sure the gauntlets helped because of the fact that they're supposed to look angular.

This is the second drawing I made based on the manga style, this one done after getting home. Also shown are some notes I took from the book on the proper method of drawing eyes (something else I struggle with).

This is the sketch in much better definition -- Mom helped me by holding it in the right position in relation to the light. She said her favorite part was the lips. 😊

This is a detail shot, showing the shading of the hair (done with a regular pencil), and the detailed lines (done with a mechanical pencil). Sorry 'bout the lighting here -- I was doing that one all by myself. 😳😊

This is a fun shot showing how the picture looks on paper when viewed from a different angle. Also showing my brother reaching for his spoon, about to eat his applesauce. And the corner of my iPad he borrowed to watch videos on. (Uh-oh, I hope it didn't get any applesauce on it! 😯)



That's all I've got for this week! (Apologies for it not being related to AJ.) Blogger Portraits should be back next week! If you'd like to have a portrait drawn of yourself wearing the clothes of your AJ avatar, please comment below with these four things!

A. Your username
B. Your skintone
C. Your hair color/length/style
D. The name of the AJ animal you'd like to wear the outfit of!

😊 Thank you! Have a good week, all! *waves*



PEACE!
LOVE!
NINJAAAAAAAS!



(DXplorergirl)

Rare Item Monday! + Question Of The Day!

Hey, Jammer's! CoolCat here with another post! I have not been feeling very well today, so this is probably going to be a short post. I apologize in advance for that! But I am going to just jump right into todays question of that day.

QOTD: Fruit or vegetables?

AOTD: This is a very hard question, but I would have to say vegetables! But I truly couldn't live without both!

Now lets get on with todays Rare Item Monday! Todays Rare Item Monday is the Rare Book Of Spells.

It is located in Jamaa Townships Jam-Mart Clothing.  It can be found on the13th  page in the clothing store. It is for sale for 1,300 gems and it is for members only. The colors of this item are green, pink, and tan.

I hope you enjoyed todays post! Comment down below what you think of todays Rare Item Monday!

Here is todays verse!

"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, or love and self-discipline. -2 Timothy 1:7

As always, bye Jammer's! And ~Jam On!~

Almost 150,000 Views Giveaway Winner, And 'Recover' Masterpiece!

Hey Jammers! Graciepopstar91 here, announcing another winner! Today I'll be announcing the winner of the purple rare short spiked wristband giveaway, so without any further ado, lets get to it!


















































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DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN
















































Congratulations to...

🎉Swirlshine🎉

Woo! Congratulations, Swirl! Be sure to check your JAG's for this! ^.^

..And here was her comment!

I actually didn't judge this based on why you read AJFC.. Heh. XD

Thank you for the kind comment, Swirl! 😊

I hope you enjoy your prize!

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I actually just started today on drawing Swirl something, so I thought I'd show you where it's currently at!

Hehehehe not to worry, I'm not done yet. At all. 😜

I'm drawing the background of this song single called 'Recover' by Micah Tyler...

And I'm going to draw a lyric from the song on there!

The lyric is the super horrible writing on the side of the drawing- I just wrote it out super quick, using the words "U" and "Cuz", which will all be replaced later.

In case you can't read it, the song lyric is, "I'm not afraid of who I used to be cause I can see who You are makin' me"

At the moment what I have drawn is the black clouds on the bottom left side of the album color (which I really need to fix), the snow-caped mountains on the bottom right, and I draw out an outline for the sun part of it.

If this all ends up not working out, I might try for just a sunset behind a snow-caped mountain with birds flying near it. XD

Hopefully it turns out well, and Swirl will like it in the end. ^.^

I also drew this...

If it approves, I can give you, Swirl, a copy of this if you would like! :D

IF YOU KNOW THE SONG YOU ALL GET COOKIES :D XD

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Here's todays Bible verse!

Proverbs 18:7

The mouths of fools are their ruin; they trap themselves with their lips.

God made you. Uniquely. Beautifully. Intentionally. Purposefully. Wonderfully.

The World of Jamaa Tag

Greetings ya'll today I will be sharing with ya'll a new tag I have made! :D


1. Do you like the new or older version of the Zios mask?
I kinda like the older one the new version doesn't seem fit the rest of the Lost Temple of Zios.

2. What is your favorite seasonally adventure in Jamaa?
Hmmm I am not sure

3. Which do you like better, the new Gabby's Animal Hospital or the old clinic
I like Gabby's Animal Hospital better XD


3. Of all the lands in Jamaa (Oceans included) which one has your favorite music
Defiantly Crystal  Reef, one time when I was writing my book I just turned on Animal Jam, went to Crystal Reef, and just to listen to the music XD

4. On a scale of 1-10 how creepy do you rate the music in The Deep Blue.
I rate it a 10 o,o when I was listening to it more closely, Mr Boo screamed in another room, and for a second I thought it was part of the music O,O \


5. What's something weird you find on the Animal Jam World Map?
The Giant mushrooms in Sarepia Forest XD


6.What is something in Jamaa's lands you never really notice.
The little table by Captain somethings juice hut XD

7. What's one of the prettiest things in Jamaa?

I have always loved this building, and it has my two fav colors on it XD 

Anway that was fun to do! :D 

I now tag. 

Violet

Graciepopsar

Coolcat

Swirlshine

LostFairy

Sarahkey

Kraft (Ya can do it in the comments XD) 

Have fun doing this tag guys! :D 

Ja983/Husky Ninja/Beegsy/King/Jade/Huskylover/bleep/bleep/bleep out! XD 

I will continue Buddy spotlight next week, 

And I can't do Fix my Eyes because my mom REALLY wants me off the computer so see ya later guys! :D 

*Husky Ninja 

And The Winner Of Blogger Of The Year 2018 Is...

Hey Jammers! Graciepopstar91 here, with a quick post!

I know I said that on October 20th I would be announcing the winner of Blogger Of The Year 2018, but I ended up getting a bit busy, and never posted. But this morning I had some extra time before we have to leave for a baby shower, so why not post now? XD
*I'm also listening to Micah Tyler, his new album is awesome- just saying. YOU ARE MY SOUL SONG! YOU ARE MORE THAN A MELODY- okie I'll stop*

Without further ado.... Here's the winner of Blogger Of The Year 2018! 😄









































Keep goin'....







































🎶NOTHING YOU COULD DO COULD CHANGE HIS POINT OF VIEW, HE ALREADY THINK'S YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL🎶
































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You guys: JUST TELL US!!!

🎉Arctictstar8404

And

Lostfairy🎉

It was a tie! Huge congratulations to you two! ^.^ You both got 21 votes,

Which is amazing! Congratulations again, you guys! 

Here's a bigger version of the photo above for you guys to use on your blogs!

Heh, sorry, I know it's ginormous. XD

On December 1st 2017, I'll upload this picture on the side of AJFC, and it will stay up until December 1st 2018! 😊

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Here's todays Bible verse!

James 1:19

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

God made you. Uniquely. Beautifully. Intentionally. Purposefully. Wonderfully.

15 Random Things About Arctic (a tag!)

Hullooooo~ Jammers! How are you all doing on this day? Great, I hope!

Recently (and by recently I mean yesterday), Gracie made a new tag where you post fifteen fun facts about yourself! Cool right?

So yes! I apologize in advance, but you're gonna have to sit through a post all about me! Buckle up your seatbelts because it's gonna be an adventure into the Arctic!

Get it?

Because its an adventure into the Arctic?

And I'm Arctic?

And seatbelts?

Because planes?

To get to the Arctic?

No, alright. Let's just get moving:

1. I'm a musician! I've been playing piano for 12 years now - since I was four!

Yep! I looooove music, especially rock. I started a band with a couple of my school friends and we became a hit at my old school! Doing this is what prompted me to start guitar 2 years ago!

2. I'm scared of really small spaces, loud machines, the dark, and clowns!

Of all of them, the dark and clowns are the biggest no-no. Combine the two and you've got a perfect recipe to keep Arctic FAR FAR AWAY.

3. My favourite subjects are English and French!

I love reading and writing, and I'm quite good with languages! These two are my favourite subjects, and I do quite well in them! Maybe you can tell by the word of the day that I always include in my posts on the AJC!

4. My least favourite subject is Physics!

Science was always one of my favourite subjects until last year (grade 10). Physics was introduced and my mind completely decided to quit! No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get my head around it... Thankfully, in grade 11 you get to choose which different Science classes you take (and you'd better believe physics is NOT one of them!)

5. My favourite food is probably meatloaf or sushi!

I just can't ever seem to get enough of either of them!!

6. I love puns!

I have a punderful sense of humour *ba-dum tshh*

I spend so much of my time making puns that my friends are constantly attentive - they want to try and avoid my silly jokes as best as they can!

7. I'm a proud Canadian!

I'm super proud of my Country, but I'd also love to try visiting all kinds of other cool countries!

8. I love editing!

Unfortunately, I don't get much time to do it anymore! School has been super busy for me lately, and I haven't had many chances to get down to work and edit!

9. I've had four 'main looks' over the span of my AJ lifetime!

My first look was a light blue fox with a blue beret and blue high heel shoes! I quickly abandoned that look though, in favour of my classic fox with a candy necklace and fox hat.

It's only recently that I moved on from that too and used my raccoon with an acorn hat and violin as my main animal. It's definitely (in my opinion) the best look I've ever had, and I used it all the time!

My fourth main look is my tiger wearing a bunny hat, which I use for adventures and when I'm non-member (since all the items are for non-members!)

10. Arcticstar8404 is NOT my first account!

This might come as a surprise to some of you! Arcticstar8404 (or Arctic as I am known by) is my second account. Before this one, I briefly had a non-member account called Strongheart5578. That was my first AJ account. I decided after a while that I wanted a cooler username, and that I had had enough of the one creepy buddy who kept following me everywhere (I didn't know how to unbuddy anyone at the time) and thus, my new account was born!

11. I have been an author for 4 blogs during my AJ lifetime!

First, was an old blog that I started myself (on my old blogger account simply called Arcticstar) known as the Animal Jam Legend. It's still in existence - though I quit that blog a long time ago, I never had the heart to delete it! Here's a link if you're interested in my terrible blogging of the past: https://jammerlegend.blogspot.ca

I quit that blog when theSlidoo accepted me as a new author for the Animal Jam Community (where I have been posting and now moderating ever since!)

After a couple years, my great friend Gracie invited me to post here as well! I'm so blessed to be posting in such a wonderful environment!

And now, I also post on the Animal Jam Artist Collaborative! That makes four blogs total!

12. My favourite holiday is Easter!

Ah, Easter. A time of celebrating the Lord's love! In addition, I love chocolate - so a day where we can enjoy baby animals, look at pastel colours, have fun in the sun, eat chocolate AND recognize Jesus' resurrection? What could be better?!

13. My favourite colour is... probably green?

Agh! I get asked so often what my favourite colour is - I DON'T KNOW MAN. Green is definitely one of my favourites, but I've also always liked yellow and orange... Hmm!

14. I like the simple things in life!

While most kids my age spend their time taking increasingly embarrassing photos of themselves, and being on their phones all the time, I'd much rather a good book or a walk in nature. I also still enjoy playing with stuffed animals (which unfortunately not everyone appreciates, haha!)

15. I love animals!

BUT I'M ALLERGIC TO MOST OF THEM. This can be a real struggle considering I love all of them and want them to love me back. Also, I'd love to be a zoologist someday (travelling around the world, maybe have a National Geographic TV show, and maybe help out for Animal Jam like Dr. Brady Barr and Tierney Thys!)

Phew! That's all for that - what a long post!

If you haven't been tagged yet, consider this your tag! So go ahead - anyone and everyone, give this tag a try!

I hope you've learned a bit more about me, and found some of these facts interesting!

See you soon!

Peace out!

"15 Random Stuffz About Me" Tag!

Hey Jammers! Graciepopstar91 here, blogging in a waiting room on Wednesday.. 😛 My mom is having a.. Procedure- thingy, so since I would have nothing to do, I brought my laptop, and decided to preschedule a post for Thursday.

So, today I decided it'd be fun to make a little tag! I call it, "15 Random Stuffz About Me". Stuffz. (:

Here's what it'll look like:
It will be non-AJ related, but must include appropriate content, no foul language, etc.. All you've gotta do, is write 15 random facts about yourself! It could include your favorite color, favorite hobbies, etc.. It'll be similar to the tag me and some of the Bloggers did a while back! So, credit to Lostfairy for originally coming up with a tag like this. But, I can't remember if we did 15 things or not. 😆

Anyhoo, let's get going!

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1. I was born Gracie pop star91 on August 27th. 😊

Okay

My name isn't "Gracie pop star91"

But you get the idea

2. My favorite color is a teal-ish robin's egg blue color, so pretty much this color, the color of my Bible:

3. I'm a pastor's daughter, and have been all my life. ^.^ Recently my dad took over a small church, and that's why we recently moved, to be closer to there. If you weren't viewing AJFC during that month, I made a little "chatting board" page, and me, Gfox, Lostfairy, and Sarah were commenting on there. It was so much fun. 😊

4. If you know me well enough, you'll know that I'm an absolute Jesus freak, and am not ashamed to tell people that. Hence why I have a blog with Bible verses, and a quote from a pastor on the top. XD

5. I'm a "fangirl" over Christian music. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MY FAVORITE ARTISTS/BANDS?!

Of course you do. :D

Here they are, my most favorite artists/bands on the top, heeheehee

1. WE ARE MESSENGERS- THEY ARE THE BEST BAND EVER *hyperventilates* I love Magnify, Point To You, Everything Comes Alive, Shadows, Giants Fall, God With Us, Flesh And Bone, and probably more *nods*

2. Micah Tyler :ooooo He's amazingggg, I preordered his albummmm (listen to Even Then, PLEASE.).

3. Kristian Stanfill :o Salvation's Tide and Glorious Day are my favorite. ^.^

4. Danny Gokey o: I love a lot of his songs, especially The Comeback XD

5. Tauren Wells- HIIIILLLS AAAAAND VALLEYYYYYS, or *cue la church choir or my dad singing* WHEN WE- PRAAAY OH OH OH OH

I need to stop

Okay

I also am sorta starting to like Hollyn, which is kind of strange, I used to really not like her music, XDD!

6. I really want to learn guitar, since I love music so much. ^.^

7. I love watching Louie Giglio's sermons (he was the editor of The Jesus Bible, shown above, and a quote from his book is shown in the header above.). Me and my parents watch his sermons almost every night.

8. I have this little cutie:

His name is Flynn, and he's a terrier mix. I got this picture of him Tuesday night, while he was laying down on the rug in the living room. He's- errr- I want to say about five? Six? I dunno, we never knew exactly since we got him from an animal shelter when he was little. He's pretty lazy. XD

9. Even though I write for Animal Jam blog's, I'm not really all that into Animal Jam blogging. I really am thinking about starting another blog, and writing little inspirational Christian posts, to girls that are tweens/teens. My goal is to have the blog created/have my first post up by October 20th. XD Of course, I would still write Animal Jam blogs though. I would still blog Thursdays and Sundays on here, and write on Tuesdays on AJC. This would just be an addition to my blogging. I dunno, if it gets too much maybe I would take off blogging on Sundays here, but I don't know. I really don't know. XD

10. My favorite TV shows are The Bobby And Damaris Show (on Food Network), Southern At Heart (also on Food Network), and Counting On (on TLC). Counting On is a show after 19 Kids And Counting, and it's of the adult girls in the Duggar family (who have 19 kids), and it's pretty much getting to the point where it's just a bunch of the girls getting married XD But it also showing the girls' lives, I dunno, I like it. My parents think it's boring, though, because it's pretty much the same storyline over and over and over again. (But so is House Hunters 😒)

11. My favorite meal is tostadas. Tostadas is a Mexican meal. It's a crunchy corn tortilla, with beans, chicken, and toppings. My favorite way to have them is with chicken that's been cooking in a crockpot for hours with salsa and seasonings, and putting homemade guacamole on the top.

12. I have Arrostophobic.. 😔 Hehe, it's just a fancy word for the fear of catching a virus, even a cold. I got that from my friend, and I seriously commented: "MY ANXIETY HAS A NAME!! YAYYYY *dances* XDD"

I'm also afraid of getting food poisoned, since I've been food poisoned before. (Don't get a mango black tea from Starbucks. XDD)

13. My favorite holiday is- this will sound strange but- Fourth of July. I love Fourth of July. XD I also love Christmas. ^.^

14. I've been to a professional baseball game before, but it was super boring. I think getting snacks and going to the sports shop was more fun than actually watching the game. XDD I have no idea how the rules work. Our church has played kickball before, which is similar to baseball, and I seriously almost forgot to run. Er- pretty much did forget to run. Yeah. I'm very uneducated in baseball.

15. I've been homeschooled all my life. I'm blessed to have never been taught in a public school. XD

We do Good News Club in a middle school, and it really seems like middle school is really bad in public school. It's just like, how do these kids survive?

I've never witnessed "childrens" at kindergarten, elementary, or high school. Are they bad in public school too? o.o

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Now I tag,

Swirlshine

Sarahkey8

Ja983

Coolcat

Arcticstar8404

Karalee

Flora Cutegirl

Now we watch another tag blow up the blogger community. 😊 XDD

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Here's todays Bible verse!

Proverbs 12:18

Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing.

God made you. Uniquely. Beautifully. Intentionally. Purposefully. Wonderfully.

Blogger Portrait -- Sarahkey8!

CARROTS!!

(DXplorergirl)

3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.  --2 Peter 3:3