More of ze icons I make!

Hey. This is [[once again]], Hannah. This is going to be short... but once I know what I am going to be posting about [[erm. Essy, please answer my email!]] I shall post such long boring posts that thou shalt not be short of reading material for a very long time. (That was supposed to be sarcastic... the boring part I mean). I have mostly been doing only one thing all day: practise piano. I am trying to finish The Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, and it's slow going. It's 8 pages long, and that fact combined with the fact that I [[frankly]] suck at piano, is making it very difficult to learn. I have 2 more pages to go, and I am happy that I have gotten over the hardest part [[the crazy part where you're doing arpeggios up and down the keyboard really fast]]. Anyway, I made a whole bunch of icons and posted them to iconator, some of them have been downloaded 8 times in the last day, so that's awesome for me.

ZE ICONS:

[[what iz going on here? they will not upload... thiz eez very bad. erm. I think I shall try and fix this. Don't be surprized if you do not zee any icons right now...or ever...]]

OH YEAH! it's working now!





I made it ALL




My little sister with added/photoshopped eyelashes....lol








MADE IT all on photoshop. Love it a LOT. <3



same little sister with REAL eyelashes lol







My ipod (bel0w)




a picture I took, 'shopped.










A picture I also took, 'shopped.




A picture that I took of Chris Martin (YEAH I actually saw him! Naw. It's on my ipod...)









I made it because I get annoyed when ppl are always talking about how random they are.




made it on adobe photoshop.






MY FAVE ONE. I made it ALL.







I drew it, took a pic of it, 'shopped it.







Took a pic, and messed around with the hues and added the text ;)







from the song: Whispers In The Dark by Skillet









I made it all on the shop





From the song: Whispers In The Dark by Skillet









My own fingers =]




From the song: WHISPERS IN THE DARK BY SKILLEt {YEAh. its like my FAVE song now! <3}>



totally made it all on photoshop!










Hope you like 'em, comment, love:


--Hannah--

Sorry we haven't posted for a couple of days! I (Esther) have been sooo busy reading and reading and reading! Hahaha. As you can see, I am a bookworm. I finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets this weekend. I have already read them, but a long time ago before my parents decided to not let me read them. But don't worry, I have my parents' permission, they know I do not believe magic exists, and as long as I believe it's just FANTASY, then I'm allowed. I am rereading all the books in order, and now I am on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It's really good. I like the way the books are written. As long as you bear in mind that the books are pretend, I see no harm in reading them.

Anyway, I got my July issue of SUSIE mag yesterday, on June 29, 2009. I love the magazine! You can subscribe at www.susiemag.com, if you haven't already. ;)

I am replying to an email Hannah sent me, by the way. We've been sending each other LONG emails lately concerning a subject she and I can relate to surprisingly well. It's so amazing that she and I always have done something or been through something ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME WAY! It's awesome, that way I can talk through my emails to someone who understands and can relate to! Love you, Hannah! I'm almost done with the email. :)

I have a busy day today...I have a swimming lesson, and a piano lesson. Well, the piano lesson was rescheduled for tomorrow, but it'll still be busy today. I hope Hannah can get on and blog these days, because I don't think I can be on that often this month! I have a LOT of plans this month, since it's summer and all, and tomorrow is Canada day here, so Happy Canada Day in advance to anyone who lives in Canada [including me, hehe]! I might not get on tomorrow, so I said it early just in case.

I don't have much time to write a long post right now, unfortunately. So I'll do my best to get on another time!

Peace, and God bless!-

Esther

Esther here again, I just made a few icons and I decided I'd post them. You may use them AS LONG AS you do not call the work your own. (Ha, like that'll happen! I trust you guys. ;])

best friends icon I made last night






"be yourself"






"Esther"





I'm making more, so keep checking up on our blog! All of these were made on Adobe Photoshop CS4, if you're wondering. :)

-Esther

Hey everybody!
The blog is looking pretty cool now...all that's missing are some followers//viewers! Haha, it's probably because our blog is so new, not many people know about it yet. But I think I can email some friends to see it, so no worries!
Right now, I'm making icons on photoshop CS4. I doubt they'll be as good as Hannah's...but practice makes perfect.
I am so tired now...last night was movie night for our family, and we watched a really long movie. It was pretty good though, it's called Pilgrim's Progress. The book is good too. The movie was so eye-opening, though! I recommend it to anyone who's looking for a good movie.

I have to go soon because my little brother wants to watch Space Buddies with me. He's a good brother, and I love him so much. I wish my other siblings were more like him! (Haha, only kidding!)

Well, I'll post some icons later for you.

-Esther-

(BTW don't forget to take a look at the "Chat with us" link on our blog! Hannah added the chatbox yesterday, and if you want to chat with people, or with someone in private, the chatbox is the place to do it! It has a cool little setting to chat privately with someone, so if you don't have IM, then you may use the chatbox. Tell your friends about our blog!)

Get your own Chat Box! Go Large!

Hey everyone, Esther here.
I just got back from the library, and I'm happy to say that I got some new songs on my iPod! I got the Smile, It's The End of the World album from Hawk Nelson, and a Beatles album. I <3<3<3 the Beatles! They have beautiful music. Well, it looks like Hannah made some amazing banners/icons on Photoshop! You know, I have the newest photoshop version (CS4) and all I know how to do is add effects and play with them, add text, text effects, making false reflections... and that's pretty much it! :'( I can actually make something look nice, but I can't make awesome banners/icons. HANNAH, you have to teach me how to do that stuff!! (Is it okay if I borrow a few icons??? Pretty please? =P) Haha. Well, here's some something I photoshopped. It is a picture I took on my sister's birthday. I photoshopped it and made the reflection, THERE IS REALLY NO REFLECTION.

NOTE FROM HANNAH: Essy, you go ahead and use all the icons you want! I put my icons on iconator too, so you can get them there ;) Here's my link: http://www.iconator.com/profile.php?UserID=1470823

Hey Guys! Here are some iC0ns that I made on Adobe Photoshop [[yes, Essy, I shall show you how to do it too! haha]]





from the song Yellow by coldplay







from the song Bowling Ball by superchic[k]





random XD




also random








from the song Is Forever Enough by Hawk Nelson





another version of #2 from the song Bowling Ball by superchic[k]














I didnt make this one, but i LOVE it's message!








haha can you tell I love the song Bowling Ball by superchic[k]? (I must sound like a broken record. But I listened to it 17 times the first day I got Bowling Ball!!! <3<3<3)

[[wow essy you've been doing a lot without me =[ now I feel left out! lol]]


Hey! I am Hannah, and I’m going to give you some info about me =)


Name: Hannah Rachel
Age: 13
Birthday: January 5th
Hair: dark brown
Eyes: green/brown
Height: 5' 41/2"
Weight: 91 lbs.
Religion: Non-denominational Christian
Hobbies: quilting, cardmaking, sewing, writing, html editing, avatar/icon making, photography, adobe photoshop editing, eating dark chocolate...
Favourite Bands: coldplay, U2, The Beatles, switchfoot, relient k, hawk nelson, superchic[k], barlowgirl, Rebecca St. James, skillet, Corb Lund, tobymac, Francesca Battistelli, Leeland, Newsboys, & needtobreathe.
Favourite Songs:


Coldplay: The Scientist - Viva la Vida - Lovers in Japan - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face


superchic[k]: Bowling Ball - Stand in The Rain


U2: Vertigo - Sometimes You Can Make It On Your Own - Pride - October - Where The Streets

Have No Name


Barlowgirl: Never Alone - Psalm 73 - I Need You To Love Me


The Beatles: Come Together - I Am The Walrus - Yellow Submarine - Yesterday


Switchfoot: Awakening - Gone - Incomplete - Politicians - Sooner Or Later - This Is Home


relient k: Which To Bury; Us Or The Hatchet - Forward Motion - Be My Escape - Less is More


hawk nelson: California - Bring ‘Em Out - The Show - Friend Like That - Is Forever Enough - Zero


Tobymac: I’m For You - Suddenly - Gone


Francesca Battistelli: I’m Letting Go


Leeland: Beautiful Lord - Count Me In - Carried To The Table - Tears Of The Saints


Newsboys: Entertaining Angels - Something Beautiful


Skillet: Whispers in the Dark - You Take My Rights Away


Corb Lund: Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! - Brother Brigham, Brother Young - The Truck Got Stuck


Rebecca St. James: Thank You - Shadowlands - You are Loved


Needtobreathe: Washed By The Water


Favourite Music genres: punk rock, rock, rock/alternative, alternative, rock/hip hop.
Instruments: Piano, and soon to be electric guitar/bass guitar! <3
Siblings: 5 brothers, 2 sisters
Best Friend: Essy!


Hope you liked it! I will be posting more later! [[mostly a lot of icons/avatars I have made!]]

Check out our chatbox!

It's at the BOTTOM of our page - so scroll down to see it!

About Me (Esther)

Hannah and I will each be posting a bio of ourselves.

Well, to start off, I am a Christian girl who loves Jesus Christ. I have medium-length brown hair with shades of blonde and some hints of red in it and brown eyes. I am 5'2, I think, it's been awhile since I measured myself. I have light-coloured skin, except my arms are tanned. I was born on January 14, 1996 in Albania (that's in Europe), but my family moved to the United States when I was like two years old. We lived there until I was 10, and then we moved to Canada, where I live now. I like it a lot here. Right now I am 13, and my hobbies are:

-Music
-Reading
-Writing
-Photography
-Helping people
-Piano
-Hanging out with friends
-Blogging
-Emailing
-Instant messaging
-Going on the computer
-Photoshopping

I like to do a lot of things, but those are my top ones. If you came into my house on a typical day, you'd most likely find me on the computer, or listening to my iPod. I take swimming lessons at the YMCA, and I am currently on level 8/9. I have swimming lessons every Tuesday and Thursday.

Some things I do NOT like are:

-Reading celebrity gossip
-Gossip about people
-People who don't have enough to live on
-Poverty
-Illnesses with no cure
-Illnesses/Diseases of all sorts, for that matter
-Homelessness
-Hearing so much about disaster around the world
-Selfishness

and things like that. Sometimes i wish I could help everyone who needs help and feed the hungry, but that's impossible to do all by yourself, which is why I encourage donating clothes you don't need, making healthy food choices, not overeating...etc.

I also want to become an author or an architect when I grow up. I write my own stories//books, and hope to have them published later on when I finish them. One of my books is almost done; all it lacks is for me to finish! My dad needs to import it from our old computer onto our new one, and then it'll be done soon, I hope.

I really like kids, and I babysit occasionally. To me, I have no greater joy than innocence and seeing kids be so carefree. My advice to children is, be yourself and don't try and mature too quickly.

Some things I WISH I had are:

-Nintendo DS or DSi
-An iTunes account
-More iPod skins in different colours BESIDES clear and black!
-Hair that doesn't get poofy after a shower, and that is more manageable
-The power to not be selfish

And some things you should know about me is, I am NOT photogenic, I am not like other people, I do not wear makeup, and I am not boy-crazy, and most importantly, I love Jesus and God more than anything in this whole world. The only reason I live and breathe and have what I have and do what I do is none other than God, and I want to please Him in everything I do. I am human, though, and lack perfection, but I am happy the way God made me.

So, yeah! I'm not that good at writing about myself, so if I did bad on this bio, shoot me (not literally). I love you all, and God bless!

-Esther-

This is Esther (again, haha), and am I blogging too much??? Sorry if I am! Hannah should be getting on and blogging soon, so don't worry. Well, I just got on the computer, and seeing I'm done with school and seem to have NOTHING to do...I'll just blog a bit. I have nothing in particular to say...OH! I can post my fave bands and why I like them!

Hawk Nelson- I LOVE THIS BAND, and it is my FAVOURITE one of all. I love their music, and especially how catchy all of their songs are! All of them are good too, and I also like how their music has rock in it. My favourite songs from them are: Let's Dance, Ancient History, Is Forever Enough, Friend Like That, Everything You Ever Wanted, Bring Em Out...and some more that I cannot think of right now!!! Basically, just four words: I LOVE THIS BAND!!!!!!!

Switchfoot- This is also one of the best bands EVER. I have like 50 of their songs on my iPod...I think. I don't even know how many they have, but I have...wait, I'll make sure. So, I have one CD with 17 or 18 songs, and another with 12. So that'd be 30 songs. Oh well, close enough. Hahaha. Well, I really like the singer's (Jon Foreman) voice. It's amazing, and plus I like how all the music is good and something you'd like to listen to. My favourite songs from them are This Is Home, We Are One Tonight, Awakening, Dare You To Move, Meant To Live, Learning To Breathe, Dirty Second Hands, and Stars. All of their songs are good, but those are my favourites. :)

Relient K- This band is also veryveryveryvery good. I like Matt Thiessen's (spelling?!) voice, the songs' catchiness, and basically EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM! My favourite songs from them are: The Best Thing, Sadie Hawkins' Dance, Crayons Can Melt on us for All I Care (that one is amazing...listen to it and listen to its epicness), and a lot more.

Superchic[k]- BOWLING BALL IS THE BEST SONG EVER!!! HAHA, I like all of them, except a few, but I like the majority. I love their points, I love their vocals, I love their music, I love EVERYTHING they write! They have a good talent for music and delivering messages through songs. MY FAVOURITE SONG FrOM THEM IS BOWLING BALL. You should listen to it--it's AMAZING!

Coldplay- They're REALLY good too! I like Chris Martin's voice, and I like how they're very well balanced with their instruments. For example, there isn't too much of the guitar, or too much of any instrument. Anyway, my favourite songs from them, as I stated in an earlier post, are: "Viva La Vida", "Clocks", "Yellow", "The Scientist", and more.

tobyMac, BarlowGirl, Francesca Battistelli, pureNRG, and others- All of them are good but it'd take too long to describe why I like them all!

So, yeah! I like a WHOLE LOT more, but right now, that's all I can think of, and those are my top ones. If you're looking for a good band, check one out!

Hawk Nelson -- www.hawknelson.com
Switchfoot -- www.switchfoot.com
Relient K -- www.relientk.com
Superchick -- www.superchickonline.com
Coldplay -- www.coldplay.com
tobyMac -- www.tobymac.com
BarlowGirl -- www.barlowgirl.com
Francesca Battistelli -- www.francescamusic.com
pureNRG -- www.purenrgonline.com

-Esther-

This is Esther (again, haha), and am I blogging too much??? Sorry if I am! Hannah should be getting on and blogging soon, so don't worry. Well, I just got on the computer, and seeing I'm done with school and seem to have NOTHING to do...I'll just blog a bit. I have nothing in particular to say...OH! I can post my fave bands and why I like them!

Boredom, posts, and updates.

Esther here again, I just finished my dinner, and had a talk with my dad. Well, summer is OFFICIALLY here TOMORROW, but I'm already done, because I'm homeschooled. I am SOOO happy Summer is here. I really hate math, and being done with it is AMAZING!!! You cannot imagine how HAPPY I am that I am done. Right now, I don't know what to do. OH, I'll just post some stuff that has happened this week. I'll do it in order of the days of the week.

SUNDAY [June 21]- It was Fathers' Day, and a church picnic for my church. The picnic lasted all day, from 12:00-7:30. It was supposed to end at 6:00, but a bunch of people played baseball until seven. And then we went back to the picnic site and cleaned up, and then we all went home. The picnic was awesome, it was an events thing. IDK what to call it.

MONDAY [June 22]- Not much went on Monday...pretty much everyone napped a lot, because of Sunday. Everyone was tired from the day before. My mom had like three two hour naps!

TUESDAY [June 23]- I had my piano lesson, played some guitar, rode my bike...everything was normal.

WEDNESDAY [June 24]-It was CARE group night, so everyone was busy getting ready during the day. My mom's friend came over with her three boys at 1:30 and stayed until the end or CARE group [9:00 PM].

THURSDAY [June 25, today! haha]- This morning my dad went to work, as usual, and then my mom gardened a bit. I did my school, and then we all went to the library for an hour. I checked out a CD called Viva La Vida by a band called Coldplay. If you haven't heard of them, I suggest you check them out! They have really good music. My favourite songs from them are "Viva La Vida", "Clocks", "Yellow", and "The Scientist". Anyway, then we came home and I went on the computer for awhile. Then it was lunchtime and after that, I finished my math book!!! I read for a few hours, listened to my iPod, photoshopped, and then we ate dinner and now my parents are out on the paper route. I have ten more minutes, so I have to hurry!!!!


Anyway, all that being done, it's been a good, relaxed week. Not much went on, but it was good. if you're wondering why my font is so big, BTW, it's because now my eyes hurt from being on the computer a lot, and I can't read small print at the moment. Hannah will be posting soon, so don't worry. She's my really good friend. Actually, she's my pen-pal, for almost three years now. But she is also one of my BFFs. She and I have so much in common, and we hope to meet someday. Might not be soon, but we will, eventually!

God bless!!!

-Esther

First post, new blog!

Hey there, this is Esther, and Hannah and I decided to set up a blog for girls to talk. We are two Christian girls. Hannah actually came up with the idea...so don't freak out if I do something wrong! I don't know how to blog. This is my first time ever blogging, so hopefully I will improve in the future!
I have to go now, so check back for more!