Rainy Day Links V

A thoughtfully written post on keeping and sharing happiness from Mindful MiMi.

Lisa at Curious Girl has a talent for finding and photographing beauty in every day life.

Via Lisa's blog, I found Polyvore, a playfully cool site to mix and match all sorts of things and create a collage of style.

An expanding array of art journal links at Rhomany's blog aka {Insert Witty Title Here}

Pine Tree Poetry publishes an annual collection of children's poetry. Children in grades K-12 can write a poem and submit for consideration (free). My older daughter contributed a poem ultimately published in the 2009 collection. Looking through the rules, I think this would be great for home schoolers.

Atypical, unusual writing prompts at Writing Forward.

At Creative Liberty, a thought-provoking series about Embracing Creative Failure.

When mixing colors, are you ever been baffled at what color to add to make the color you seek? Check out Fixing Colors With Color Complements.