Haiku New Year!

Hope you are all enjoying your holidays and getting to take some time off from work. It's been a lovely holiday for me and my family, although not a very crafty one. I did get some nice crafting tools for Christmas, including a soldering iron, which is something I've never used before. I am soooo excited about learning to use this in my projects.

Just a reminder that you have mere days to submit your holiday haiku for a chance to win. The poet who submits the haiku I like the best will receive a pack of custom note cards, perfect for sending out your post holiday thank you notes. Here's a picture of a sample:

You can choose the color you want and add an initial. For more info on available colors, click here. You must leave your haiku as a comment on this blog in order to be considered (see last post for rules), and a winner will be selected on New Year's Day.

A parting haiku for inspiration:
Pop the bubbly cork
Midnight kisses for your love
Happy New Year all!

Counting down to counting points again,
Jenny

I'll Have a Haiku Christmas

Christmas cards are sent
You should get yours very soon
Lost in mail, you think?

Ah, haiku. Who doesn't love it? Haiku is efficient, structured, and can fit any mood or theme. As a writer who never seems to have enough time, I love haiku-ing. It lets me have a creative moment without having to develop a plot, characters, setting, or any of that pesky stuff that you need for stories. Unlike writing for Corp America, I don't have to build a chart to go with it. And unlike crafting, I can do it anywhere with no supplies and no need to purchase anything. What a great art form!

As we draw nearer to Christmas, I want to encourage your inner Japanese poet to burst forth. For the last two weeks of the year, submit your own holiday or crafting haiku in the comments. On New Year's day, I will select the haiku I like the best (yes, this is completely subjective) as a winner. The winner will receive a prize, which I'll tell you about next week.

Rules of the Contest:

1. This contest is open to everyone. Doesn't matter if you are related to me, married to me, or mothered by me. Doesn't matter how long I've known you. Doesn't matter if I know you at all. Doesn't matter if you are a follower of the blog.
2. Your haiku must follow the rules of haiku: 3 lines: the first line is 5 syllables, the second is 7 syllables, and the third is 5 syllables.
3. Your haiku must be about the holidays or crafting. By the holidays, I don't mean Easter, Flag Day, Labor Day, or just any holiday. I mean a holiday traditionally celebrated at this time of year.
4. You must post your haiku in the published comments. If you email it to me, speak it to me, leave it on my Facebook page, text it, send it to me privately, etc., while I will enjoy that, it won't be considered.

And now a bonus haiku to get your poet gears churning:
Glitter on my face
Ink stains cover my fingers
Signs of crafting time

Sayonara,
Jenny