{"id":624,"date":"2008-11-05T21:54:55","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T02:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=624"},"modified":"2011-09-30T22:46:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T02:46:52","slug":"a-smencil-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/a-smencil-story\/","title":{"rendered":"a smencil story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/11\/05\/smencils3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Smencils3\" alt=\"Smencils3\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/11\/05\/smencils3.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> My friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amypetersstudio.com\/\">Amy Peters<\/a> purchased these very popular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/products.php?product=colored-smencils-scented-pencils-%252d-10-pack-in-zipper-case#\">scented pencils<\/a> for her kiddos and raved about their magical inspiration qualities on <a href=\"http:\/\/amypeters.blogs.com\/buzz\/2008\/11\/what-will-inspire-you-today.html\">her blog<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/11\/05\/smencils2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Smencils2\" alt=\"Smencils2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/11\/05\/smencils2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>&quot;My kids have been going crazy drawing with them!&nbsp; If they look tired in these pictures it&#8217;s because they have been waking up early to finish their pictures&#8230;I&#8217;m not joking.&nbsp; To truly understand the gravity of this accomplishment you have to realize that Kyra is usually PULLED out of bed each morning.&nbsp; I&#8217;m not sure how long this creative burst is going to go on for, but it has sure been worth the cost of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/products.php?product=colored-smencils-scented-pencils-%252d-10-pack-in-zipper-case#\">Smencils<\/a>.&quot;<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Smencils1\" alt=\"Smencils1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/11\/05\/smencils1.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you Amy for sharing your sweet story with us.&nbsp; Love the fun art work!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #cc0066;\">If you&#8217;ve got a special story about one of our firefly goodies, we&#8217;d love to hear it!&nbsp; Just <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/pages.php?pageid=4\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc0066;\">drop us a line<\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #cc0066;\"> so we can share your gift giving wisdom with the rest of our whimsical world.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/a-smencil-story\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/a-smencil-story\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Amy Peters purchased these very popular scented pencils for her kiddos and raved about their magical inspiration qualities on her blog. &quot;My kids have been going crazy drawing with them!&nbsp; If they look tired in these pictures it&#8217;s because they have been waking up early to finish their pictures&#8230;I&#8217;m not joking.&nbsp; To truly understand the gravity of this accomplishment you have to realize that Kyra is usually PULLED out of bed each morning.&nbsp; I&#8217;m not sure how long this creative burst is going to go on for, but it has sure been worth the cost of the Smencils.&quot; Thank you Amy for sharing your sweet story with us.&nbsp; Love the fun art work! 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