New Contest!

Here is the new contest!! (Sorry, I'm like 15 minutes late...  :(  )


Now, read carefully and PAY ATTENTION!!

This new contest is a Singing Contest!

Here's what you gotta do:

#1.  Pick any song you like!

#2. Please record yourself singing that song on a camera or you can just record your voice.

#3.  Make the video as creative as you want!  More creativity the better!

#4.  Please don't let your video go over 4 minutes.

#5.  You can record the video with instruments!

#6.  You can sing solo or with a group.

#7.  Once your done, send me your video in an e-mail at: emily.madsen4@gmail.com!

#8.  You must send your video by the 23rd!!  Late submissions will not be accepted!

#9.  If you've won 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place I'll send you a quick e-mail!  I'll ask for your permission to post the video on my blog.  Even if you didn't win the top places, I'll still ask if you want your video posted!  :)

#10.  You can dress up in silly costumes!

#11.  HAVE FUN!!!!

Prizes:

1st Place Trophy

2nd Place Trophy

3rd Place Trophy

If your video didn't get 1st, 2nd, or 3rd you'll still get a small prize.  :)


So,  I hope you guys do this contest!!

I'll be posting a video of me singing too maybe.... :)
Have fun you guys!  And GOOD LUCK!

Contest Winner!

Okay, so I'm a little late as usual getting to you guys on this but...Here is the contest winner!!  :)  Enjoy these pictures taken by Kate!

-Spoons
- Yarn
- Cardboard
-Colorful Cups
 - Favorite Book
 - Pencil
 - Stuffed Animal
 - Favorite Shoes
 - Flower Pot of Awesomeness!

So,  I hope you enjoyed these pictures by Kate!

Tune in at 2:30 to see my next contest!

Adios!  :)
  

Contest (extended info!)

Sorry that I didn't mention this in my last post buuuutttttt.....


THIS WEEK....


I'll be....


Posting....

All...

SUBMISSIONS....

On My...

Blog Of Bloggyness!!  ^-^


So, what I'm trying to say is, everyone who sends me their submissions will get their Scavenger Hunt List and all their pictures posted on my (epic) blog!

Send all your submissions in...right....NOW!   ^-^ 

But remember, have F-U-N! 

Contest!

So, if you're sitting at your computer, waiting for me to post something new then TAA-DAA!!

Here it is.

My new contest is....Drum roll pleaseeee.....I said drum roll!!   Man, just can't find any good drum rolls in my head right now.  Anyways, the new contest is a PICTURE CONTEST!!!

*I don't mean draw a picture, we already did that one, I mean take pictures with a camera.

I'm posting a scavenger hunt list on here.  All you need to do is go around your house, get pictures of the stuff on the list, check them off, send me the completed list at my e-mail adress (emily.madsen4@gmail.com) and your done!
If you win, I'll post your list and your pictures!   Anyways....Look below to see the list!  Happy Picture Taking! Good luck! ☺

Contest Winner!

Oke-dokey!

So, I'm sorry!  I know I'm a bit late getting to ya'll on the ole blog!
Anyways, the winner this week is Kate!  Her story, 'The Magic Toadstool' was fantastic!!
It's full of creativity and inspiration!

If you want to read Kate's winning story then keep reading!

Have a great day!!  ^-^


Emily
                                          The Magic Toadstool

                                 

                                   Chapter One

One Rainy Day…

 

Plink! Plink! Plink! Marie Northdrop was sitting in her bedroom looking out on the cold, rainy, windy, foggy, day.

“I wish I could have an adventure!” She thought.

       It was ten o’clock and she still hadn’t eaten breakfast yet.

 Marie was ten years old, had long dark brown hair, big brown eyes, and a kind face. She was very pretty. She didn’t like 4^th grade very much.

“Marie! Breakfast!” Came the distant voice of her mother.

Marie went to the top of the stairs and then she thought, “I at least should have a little fun.” And slid down the banister instead. It seemed like hours until the ride was over. She walked into the kitchen. Everybody had left for work and her 8-year-old brother Max had left for 3^rd grade. There was a small piece of toast waiting for her. She ate quickly, grabbed her backpack, and ran off to catch the bus. She got her bike out of the garage and rode as fast as she could, and she didn’t stop. When she got to the bus stop the bus had already left. She rode to school and went to the door.

 The first thing she saw when she got there were the class bullies, Kristen, Charlotte, and Maria. “Great! Just great!” she thought. “First I’m late—now this!”

       “What do you want?” asked Marie.

“Your backpack,” said Kristen coolly, folding her arms. Charlotte and Maria did the same, of course. They always did.

       “Why should I give it to you?”

“Because we told you to,” said Kristen.

Scared, Marie gave over her backpack and slunk away.

When she got into her classroom, her teacher Ms. Pinpon was doing the roll call. She stopped.

“You’re late.” She said.

“I missed the bus.” Marie said.

“That will be detention.”

“But…”

“No buts! You will clean up the kindergarten room during recess.”

When Marie sat down she saw Kristen smirking in the corner. Marie turned away. Ms. Pinpon was strict. Very strict. She had to get out of her detention! She was planning to write a poem at recess. But how?

“Ms. Pinpon?” said Marie raising her hand.

“Yes, Marie?”

Suddenly the recess bell rang.

“I need to use the bathroom!”

“OK. But hurry up!”

Marie looked around in the ladies room when she got there. She found a window. She crawled through the window and found a nice shady place near a red toadstool with white spots. She started to write:

Here I am, all alone,

Nowhere to go,

Nowhere to roam.

Here I am, all alone,

Just Marie.

When she was done she lay down on the grass looking at the clouds and wished again that she could have an adventure and suddenly, WHOOSH! She was in a different world. A whole different world.

 

Chapter Two

Holy Animals!

 

Marie sat up rubbing her head. “Whoa! Where am I?”

       “Well, well, well! You’re in Animal Land!”

Marie jumped. She turned around. There in front of her was a doe and her fawn.

“Can all of you talk?”

       “Of course!” said the fawn. “I’m Hellen! Frogs, birds, cats, dogs, cows, horses, fish, pigs, wolves, deer of course, and bears can talk.”

The Doe shuddered at the name of bear.

“What’s the matter?” asked Marie.

“I’m Samantha, and an evil grizzly bear named Griswald Bushal is trying to take over our land—the forest, the mountains, and the valley in between!”

“I’m Marie and can I help you defeat Griswald?”

“Yes! Yes please!” Suddenly animals started coming out of nowhere.

“Let me introduce you!” said Hellen. “Everybody, this is Marie! Marie this is Hannah the frog, Amy the hawk, Nina the cat, Kate the dog, Porkchop the pig, Howl the wolf, Katie the cow, and Haeley the horse!”

Samantha nudged Marie. She nudged her again.

“What?”

       “Follow me.” They walked to the valley and to the edge of a small pond.

“This is Natalie the fish! This is Marie!” Inside the pond was a small goldfish.

“Where does Griswald live?” Marie asked Natalie curiously.

“In the highest mountains, in the peaks. He is very, very tall! 20 feet to be exact!” said Natalie.

“Wow!” Marie exclaimed.

“That’s why he lives in the mountains,” said Samantha.

“He sure is huge!”

“Yes he is. And dangerous!”

“How?”

       “Many, many years ago, he killed tons of animals in the forest. Hellen used to have a father but not anymore,” said Samantha sadly, shaking her beautiful head. Tears were shining in her bright, blue eyes. Her eyes sparkled like diamonds.

“Why doesn’t Hellen have a father?” asked Marie.

       “One day Griswald wanted power! More power than you could ever imagine! He used to be friends with us, he told us about his plan to be the ruler of Animal Land, but we refused. Animal Land should be for everyone to share. He got furious, so he left. Then he started killing animals all over the place! There was a terrible war! Hellen’s father went out into the war and never came back.” Samantha burst into tears.

Marie quietly comforted her. “And then?”

“A few of us animals escaped while we could and hid deep in the forest until the rampage was over.”

“That’s terrible!”

“It is.” Samantha gave one last sniff and pulled herself together. The sun began to set.

“Time for bed!” shouted Hannah.

“We need to get a place for Marie,”

said Nina and Kate.

Marie said, “I’ll just choose a nice quiet spot. Nothing fancy!” She chose a spot in the forest near the pond, and fell fast asleep.       

 

                                                                   Chapter Three

Exploring Animal Land

 

The next morning Marie picked flowers next to the spot where Natalie lived. After a little while Marie talked to Natalie. She told her how one day she and her brother Robert were playing in their pond and a cat friend of Griswald gobbled him up but she escaped.

“When that cat gobbled him up,” said Natalie, “I wanted to give him a piece of my mind!”

“I already do want to give him a piece of my mind!” added Marie.

After they chatted for about an hour Marie played leap frog with Hannah. Then she played tag with Nina and Kate. After that Amy took Marie for a ride so she could see Animal Land from a bird’s-eye view.

“This is great!” shouted Marie over the wind. “I wish I could live in Animal Land forever!”

Amy grinned. After Marie started to feel a little nauseous she hopped off and walked over to Katie. “I’m thirsty! Do you know where you get your water?”

“How about some milk instead?” Katie offered.

       “OK! But where do you get it?”

Katie shut her eyes tightly and suddenly . . . SPLASH! Katie squirted milk all over Marie and into her dry mouth.

“Thanks! That was very  . . . um . . . refreshing! How do you get food around here?”

“Guess!”

Marie thought for a while.

“I give up! How?”

       Katie turned to Haeley and winked. Haeley looked up at the sky and neighed. Amy came down with a dead squirrel in her talons.

“Oh! I get it!” Marie said.

Haeley began to talk. “Amy catches food, Hannah catches bugs, I eat hay, Hellen, Samantha, and Katie eat grass, Howl  . . . well  . . . you know, the same as Amy, hunts, Natalie eats whatever, Nina catches mice, and Kate and Porkchop eat leftovers. You will too!”

“Now I get the whole thing!” said Marie.

Amy brought squirrels for everybody to eat for breakfast.

“Mmm . . . this . . . this is . . . this is delicious!” said Marie, in between bites.

She swallowed. “This is better than cheeseburgers!”

Amy exchanged confused looks with Katie and Haeley.

“Oh!” said Marie banging her fist on her head. She had to explain the whole thing about burgers, sandwiches, and cheeseburgers to them. Marie walked over to Hellen. “Do you want to visit Natalie?”

“Yes!” Hellen said eagerly.

“Samantha?” asked Marie turning her head.

“Sure why not!”

 It was getting dark as they walked over to Natalie’s pond. When they got there Natalie was acting strange. She was swimming in circles over and over and over again.

“What’s the matter?” asked Marie.

“A storm! A STORM! A STORM!” She cried frantically.

       Hellen gasped. “Oh, no! We have to warn the others! That’s how Amy lost her mother!”

“What kind of storm is it?” asked Marie.

“Wind! Hail! Rain! Snow! More wind!” She kept swimming in circles.

“Calm down!” The wind started picking up, Marie could feel a cold drizzle running down her back, it was dark.

“Quick! Climb on my back!” said Samantha, bending low.

Marie climbed on and Samantha ran as fast as she could. They finally got back to the forest and warned everybody. The storm got worse. The wind blew harder, trees fell, animals panicked! Then a tall oak tree snapped and it fell, covering Marie as it went. Down, Down, Down. Marie could hear faint voices of Hellen and Samantha and still panicking animals. She caught a glimpse of Nina and Kate running in circles. Then everything went pitch black. Silence.  

 

Chapter Four

A big explanation

 

The next morning birds were chirping and the sun was out shining brilliantly. There were very few big puffy clouds that were a blinding white and the sky was a wonderful blue. Marie woke up groggily on a bed of grass and hay next to the small pond where Natalie was poking her head out of the water every once and a while diving back in for some air. All the animals were staring at her.

“Are you OK?” asked Samantha.

“I . . . I think so.” Marie sat up. “How did you get me here?”

“Well,” started Samantha. “Katie and Haeley moved the tree out of the way while Amy picked you up and carried you here. It was stormy and foggy so the rest of us led the way.”

Marie noticed Hellen was limping. Marie stood up and walked over. She put her arm around Hellen’s neck.

“What happened to you?”

“I stumbled and broke my hoof. It was SO stormy, I could barely see!” She whimpered.

Suddenly there was a humongous roar that shook the ground. Many animals tripped and fell. Marie gripped Hellen to make sure she wouldn’t fall again. A huge 20-foot high grizzly bear was standing on a mountain peak of the tallest mountain. Griswald had returned.

 

Chapter 5

Teamwork

 

“Quick! Get on my back!” Amy offered.

Marie climbed on her back. I wish I had a sword! She thought. Like magic, a sword appeared in her hands. Griswald walked down the mountain. The ground shook with every step he took. He grabbed Marie and crushed her in his humongous hand. He probably broke her left arm.

“Nobody hurts my friend!” shouted Hellen. She stood slowly and wobbled like a baby taking their first steps.

“Hellen! Help!” Marie called desperately.

Hellen jumped into action. She leaped into the air and magically started to fly. Marie threw the sword at Hellen and she caught it and threw it at Griswald’s chest. He fell down as if he was in slow motion. Amy dived for Marie as Griswald lost his grip on her. There was a big boom and then there was complete silence. Marie heard tiny pops. Animals started coming out of Griswald’s chest where he was still bleeding.

“It’s the animals Griswald killed!” shouted Hannah.

Kate and Nina jumped into the air saying, “Hooray for Marie and Hellen!”

“Now that he’s dead . . .” said Samantha.

“They’re alive!” added Amy.

“Thank you,” said Samantha. “Thank you for saving Animal Land.”

“You’re welcome!” Marie said. And she meant it.

Marie turned to Hellen. “Thank you for saving my life.”

“You’re so welcome!”

“Hey everybody!” shouted Marie over the noise waving her hand in the air. “Come here! You guys want to know something? You guys are my very first and best friends. And I know how we defeated Griswald. Not with magic or a sword. Something Griswald didn’t have. Friends, friendship, and something very important. Love. I love you guys, and you will always be in my heart.”

She petted and hugged every single animal in sight.

“Good bye! I’ll come and visit!”

Marie wished to go home and appeared in the school playground once more. No time had passed.

“Marie! Time to go home!” It was her mother.

“Coming!”

Marie gathered her stuff and stuffed it in her backpack. Her mother was in the car starting the engine. She saw 3 figures coming toward her. “Oh no! Not again!” Marie groaned. It was the bullies. Again.

“Hey dummy! Give me your backpack!” said Kristen.

Marie racked her brains to think of what Hellen would do in a situation like this.

“For your information, you are just mean bullies who are wrong to take my backpack!” Marie walked away. That was that.

Kristen, Maria, and Charlotte looked at each other, open-mouthed and speechless. Marie hopped into the car and went home safe and sound.

                                                                             The

End

By: Kate ☺

Contest!

Hallo!

Today, Friday, is another contest day!!
Today's contest isn't a drawing contest but rather a short writting contest!

I hope that some of you like to write a bit,  because this should be fun!  ^-^

Here are the rules:

I'll give you 3 writting prompts and you need to use one of them for your story.
You can change it a bit, let your imagination soar!

Your story has to be under 1,500 words.

Please write your story on your computer.  Use devices such as:  Microsoft Office Word,  PowerPoint, Notepad,  Paint, or anything else you'd like to use.

You can add up to 5 pictures, if you want.

Please sent me your submissions before Friday, the 25th.

And, last but not least, Have Fun!!



Here are the 3 writting prompts you can use:

1.  Your main character stumbles upon a crazy scientists lab.  The scientist uses chemicals to change kids into mutant monsters.  What will your character do about this?

2.  'Twas a dark and stormy night...Your story takes place a looong time ago, perhaps in the time of the pilgrims.  A murdur happens in the town square.  What will your main chacter, or the whole village, do to solve this mystery?

3.  Make up a mystical fairy land.  Include as many make-belive characters as you can!  What happens when a very important fairy is stolen by drgaons?  Well, that's up to you to find out.


Have fun!

Remeber, send your submissions to me at emily.madsen4@gmail.com!

Thanks!  Bye!  ^-^

Contest Winner!

Hi again!

So, hopefully you all know about the contest I recently had on my blog.
Well...I've chossen a winner!  I would have shown all the picture but I only got one entry...
Anyways, here is the winning picture of a heart!!

The winnning picture is done by Kate!
Congratdulations Kate!!

And....I know I said that I don't usually give out prizes for contest winners but every now and then I'll give out a random Extra Prize  (Or EP)! 

Since this was my first week of owning my blog I thought I'd celebrate by giving away an EP!

Kate won an exclusive picture made by me!
So...Try out for my next contest starting tomorrow!



Thansk for viewing my blog!

                        
                                                                                                           -Emily

11/11/11

Hi!

Okay, so right now it's 11:07 on 11/11/11.  I'm waiting for something...Guess what it is!  If can guess what I'm waiting for in the next 4 minutes then...um...Congrats!!!  ^-^  Gooooood Luck!

Contest!

Hello again!

Every week on my blog I'm going to have a contest!  The contests could be small or big.  I'm only having 1 contest a week.  You don't really get much as a reward but I will post on here who won and I will post what they made that won.  I will have a new contest every Friday!

My first contest is today! 

This contest is a drawing contest!  I want you to draw the best picture of a heart that you can!  You can design it however you want!  All you need to do is draw your heart, take a picture of it, and send that picture to my e-mail at emily.madsen4@gmail.com!

If you've won I will send you an e-mail and request to post your name on my blog with your winning picture.  So, if your looking for something to do today why don't you try out for this contest?  

Have a great day!

Emily

(Please note that all entries must be sent with-in 5 days of the competition start date.)

G'Morning!

Hallo everyone who views my blog!  It's a foggy, damp day in Duct Tape World!  The trees are limping, hoping that the sun will shine to dry they're branches!  I, for one, enjoy this weather!  The fog is nice to breathe in and out.
Although, it is a bit creepy.  I mean, with all of the fog.  You can barely see 5 feet in-front of yourself!  When the fog is as thick as this I always think that monsters lurk farther out.
Anyways, I just woke up and I feel great!  I would say that the sun was shining but it's not.  I would say that I'm in Paris, Fance, drinking the fanciest cup of hot cocoa but I'm not doing that either.  All I'm doing is sitting down, in my blue bathrobe, typing this post. 
Don't you just love the sound of computer keys click-clacking away?  I know I do!  Especially when I'm typign my story for NaNoWriMo.  If you haven't heard of NaNoWriMo yet, let me tell you a bit about it!
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writting Month!  Now, if your saying, "Man!  This is boring!  Writting stinks!" and if your just about to click away from my blog STOP!  NaNoWriMo is more then just writting a novel!  It's not a homework assingment, your not required to do it!  In the most simplest of words:  NaNoWriMo is FUN.  That's right, I said it was fun!
So, now let me get into a bit of detail, if you haven't already closed my blog.  NaNoWriMo is a writting program from both adults and kids!  All you do is make your username and password on one of these websites: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ (That's the one for kids!) or (If your an adult...) http://www.nanowrimo.com/
Then, in the kids website, you can set your word count goal for your story (My goal is 10,000).  But, in the adult website, your goal is already set to 50,000 words.  You won't be able to change your word count goal on the adult website.
So, after your've created your account, blah-de-da-dah, now just start to write!  Don't force ourself to write when you have no ideas.   Take a break, maybe get some hot cocoa or tea, clear your mind, and try writting again!  Well,  I think I've written enough in this post.  So...Bye!!  ^-^  Happy Writting!