The Song Challenge

The Song Challenge

Happy Sunday!

Here I am with the last

Song Challenge!  Silly me,

thought I'd already set up

this post...............!

Nonetheless, here it is.....

.....and the final song is

Driving Home for Christmas

by Chris Rhea

Well, I think it is by this

artist but others may have

sung it.........!

The lyrics go:

I'm driving home for Christmas

Oh, I can't wait to see those faces

I'm driving home for Christmas, yeah

Well I'm moving down that line

And it's been so long

But I will be there

I sing this song

To pass the time away

Driving in my car

Driving home for Christmas

It's gonna take some time

But I'll get there

Top to toe in tailbacks

Oh, I got red lights all around

But soon there'll be a freeway, yeah

Get my feet on holy ground

So I sing for you

Though you can't hear me

When I get through

And feel you near me

(Driving in my car)

I'm driving home for Christmas

Driving home for Christmas

With a thousand memories

I take look at the driver next to me

He's just the same

Just the same

Top to toe in tailbacks

Oh, I got red lights all around

I'm driving home for Christmas, yeah

Get my feet on holy ground

So I sing for you

Though you can't hear me

When I get through

Oh, and feel you near me

Driving in my car

Driving home for Christmas

Driving home for Christmas

With a thousand memories

I take look at the driver next to me

He's just the same

He's driving home, driving home

Driving home for Christmas

and here is Karen Gist's

last coaster of the year:

no traffic jams there!

So, it's Christmas

Travelling

Home

Tail backs or if you prefer

cars bumper to bumper

(been in some of those

lately - makes you glad

you have some good music

with you!)

You have until 30th December to

upload your project via the link.

If it's not working just email it

to me at mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

Look forward to seeing your work

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Here is a card from Maggie

who, like many of us at 
this time of year, got the
dates and the days confused
but sent me the link to her
blog.  The card sums up
for me all those endless car
journeys on crowded roads
that we inflict upon ourselves
be it Christmas time or any
other holiday................!

Song Challenge

Song Challenge

Happy Sunday!

This seems like an oxymoron

given the song I have chosen: 

Paint It Black

I see a red door and I want it painted black

No colors any more, I want them to turn black

I see the girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes

I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black

With flowers and my love both never to come back

I see people turn their heads and quickly look away

Like a newborn baby, it just happens every day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black

I see my red door I must have it painted black

Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts

It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue

I could not foresee this thing happening to you

If I look hard enough into the setting sun

My love will laugh with me before the morning comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black

No colors any more, I want them to turn black

I see the girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes

I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I wanna see it painted, painted black

Black as night, black as coal

I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky

I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black

The song was written by those veterans of Rock;

Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

and performed by

The Rolling Stones

My underlying thoughts were for

the challenge to be anything you like

 but in monochrome (black and white),

however, as other colours are mentioned,

 perhaps incorporating just one of them

would make for a striking piece of work...

Here's another of Karen Gist's

beautiful coasters to give you

some inspiration:

As always, you can enter as many times

as you like via the link. 

The link will close at midnight on 

10th December

If the link isn't working, then please

email a picture of your work to me

and I will be glad to post it for you

Good luck and I look forward to

seeing your work

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

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The Song Challenge

The Song Challenge

Happy Sunday!

This month's challenge

reflects the changing season

Autumn is upon us and the

turning leaves form a 

kaleidoscope of colour 

on the ground

Obviously, the song had

to be 

Autumn Leaves

The falling leaves
Drift by my window.
The falling leaves of red and gold.
I see your lips,
the summer kisses,
the sunburned hands I used to hold.

Since you went away
the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter song
 But I miss you most of all my darling 
When autumn leaves start to fall

Since you went away
the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter song
 But I miss you most of all my darling 
When autumn leaves start to fall

I like this one best performed

by Eric Clapton 

BUT

There have been many other

artists who have recorded this

timeless classic

So, autumn leaves it is

however you may wish to

depict them

Here's Karen Gist's coaster:

Please enter your projects via the

link.  This closes on 5th November

at 11.55pm.  Should the link close

early then do please email your

project to me at

mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

and I will be pleased to put it

up for you

"Till Tomorrow

Mickie xx

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The Song Challenge

The Song Challenge

Happy Sunday to you all!

Here I am with another

Song Challenge - if only 

to showcase Karen Gist's

lovely artwork...........

The song this month is:

Parisian Walkways

I remember Paris in '49

The Champs Elysée, Saint Michel 

And old Beaujolais wine 

And I recall that you were mine 

In those Parisienne days

Looking back at the photographs

Those summer days 

Spent outside corner cafes 

Oh, I could write you paragraphs

About my old Parisienne days 

I have a recording of this by

Gary Moore not long after

he left Thin Lizzy

 but you may 

have heard it performed by

other artists

Here is Karen's coaster:

So there you have it:

Paris 

Fashion

Food

Wine
Fleur de Lys 

Romance

je ne c'est quoi.....

As always, you may upload
as many as you like via the link

If the link isn't working then
please email your project to me
at mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

The link will close on 15 October at 11:55pm

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

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The Song Challenge

The Song Challenge

Hallo!  Happy Sunday!

And we're off......... it

is the beginning of the

holiday season and can

you guess what the song

is going to be this month?

No?............Really?.....

Of course it has to be

........

Summer Holiday

We're all going on a summer holiday

No more working for a week or two

Fun and laughter on our summer holiday

No more worries for me or you

For a week or two

We're going where the sun shines brightly

We're going where the sea is blue

We've seen it in the movies

Now let's see if it's true

Everybody has a summer holiday

Doing things they always wanted to

So we're going on a summer holiday

To make our dreams come true

For me and you

We're going where the sun shines brightly

We're going where the sea is blue

We've seen it in the movies

Now let's see if it's true

Everybody has a summer holiday

Doing things they always wanted to

So we're going on a summer holiday

To make our dreams come true

For me and you

and for me this has to be 

Cliff Richard

but who will it be for you?

Karen Gist has made another 

of her lovely coasters:

Isn't that gorgeous? 

You could just reach up

and choose the lolly

or an ice cream.......!

So there you have it

now all you have to do is

take inspiration from the

song for your project,

include the title and the singer

and the challenge is to

only use

 turquoise, blue and yellow

with a hint of magenta (pink)

Have fun

You can enter as many times

as you like via the link and

if there is a problem with that

then just email your project

to me along with a link to

your blog or wherever

Look forward to seeing

your projects

Oh! nearly forgot! I am at

mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

Good luck everyone!

'till tomorrow

Mickie xx

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Song Title Challenge

Song Title Challenge

Hi Everyone!

I have a thermometer on my craft wall

that came as a piece of advertising from

an electricity supplier many years ago.

It doesn't have numbers on it as such

just a band of colours ranging from

Ice Blue for Cold through to

Deep Orangey Red for Excess Heat

today it is at the top of the band ..

.......... dogs, cats, humans are all

lethargically looking for a shady spot.

The Seagulls on the other hand haven't

stopped! ...........Do they ever and why

do they have to make so much noise

...........?!

It all contributes to this truly wonderful

world in which we live.  There's your clue

and it will be no surprise to you all to see

that this month's song challenge is:

What a Wonderful World

I see trees of green, 

red roses too. 

I see them bloom, 

for me and you. 

And I think to myself,

what a wonderful world. 

I see skies of blue, 

And clouds of white. 

The bright blessed day, 

The dark sacred night. 

And I think to myself, 

What a wonderful world. 

The colours of the rainbow, 

So pretty in the sky. 

Are also on the faces, 

Of people going by, 

I see friends shaking hands. 

Saying, "How do you do?" 

They're really saying, 

"I love you". 

I hear babies cry, 

I watch them grow, 

They'll learn much more, 

Than I'll ever know. 

And I think to myself, 

What a wonderful world. 

Yes, I think to myself, 

What a wonderful world. 

Oh yeah.

I don't know how many artists covered

this song but for me it will always be

Louis Armstrong

and here is Karen Gist's coaster:

To add a little spice to the mix I think

we'll have a challenge too, which is

for you to add the lines of the song

that inspired your picture

So to recap, your picture must include:

The name of the song

The name of the Artist 

The lines that inspired your picture

You have until midnight on 9th July to

add your picture via the link.

If the link goes awol, as it did last

month, do please email your work to me

mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

and I will put it up for you

Look forward to seeing what

you all come up with

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

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