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kenziegram0704 · 2 months

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Happy Sunday, everyone! I’d like to share my latest YouTube video showing the process of creating a few of my Christmas gifts for family this past year.

I know Christmas is long over and all but I really didn’t want the effort I made filming for this video go to waste, so I made it anyway. 😊 I made a fairy castle for my brother and sister-in-law, a junk journal for my mom, and sugar cookie boxes for a lot of my family. None of these things went as smoothly as I hoped or turned out how I envisioned, but it’s the thought that counts. 😅💕

The fairy castle was easily one of the coolest things I’ve ever made and I’m so proud of it. 💕

(and yes... this is one of those drafted posts I forgot to post months ago lol)

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#handmade #crafts #diy craft #fairy house #junk journal #small youtuber #youtube

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kenziegram0704 · 2 months

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January 2024 Part 2.

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January 2024 Part 1

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New block painting mini collection done! Introducing the Lighthouse Spring 2024 collection. 🌿🪻🌾🌊

I’ve painted this little lighthouse several times over the years, in summer and winter and from various different angles — but I’ve never painted her in spring. This required a little ✨imagination✨on my part, as I took the reference pics in April last year while it was still too cold for greenery to grow. 😅 But they turned out really pretty so I’m happy.

Feel free to check out my Fourthwall for the prints if you’re interested. 💕

#small artist #artists on tumblr #art prints #acrylic painting #original art #traditional art #my art #art #artwork #painting #landscape painting

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kenziegram0704 · 2 months

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Step 1: make a post

Step 2: save as draft

Step 3: forget you have drafts saved because there’s nothing indicating visually on mobile that you have saved drafts

Step 4: realize a month later you have drafts that should have been posted weeks ago and wonder if it makes sense to still post them now

Step 5: make a post complaining about it

#like why was it designed this way

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Cherry blossom rain by @Hisa0808

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kenziegram0704 · 3 months

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Another magazine study session. What’s your go-to thing when you’re tired of textbooks and flashcards but still want to be actively engaging with your target language? I’d love to hear what others do! 😊💕

#langblr #japanese studyblr #studyblr #learn japanese #study japanese #japanese studyspo #study motivation #study notes #studyinspo #study blog

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kenziegram0704 · 3 months

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#i still can’t believe I saw them live in Toronto #like what even was that absolute dream of an experience #prfm #a-chan #あ～ちゃん #nocchi #kashiyuka #のっち #かしゆか

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kenziegram0704 · 3 months

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Love the way perfume’s been dressing lately. Their previous aesthetic was getting tired and predictable, and somehow aging them sometimes. I really like the more casual and trendy styles they’ve been wearing lately, especially the baggy pants and crop top looks in recent magazines and dance videos. Hope they continue in this direction!

[From PTA] "Perfume Calendar 2024-2025 & Perfume Closet Updated behind-the-scenes movie.

The cover photo was taken in a fashionable outfit that was all black. Also the scenes in between and the shooting scenes on other pages…

#prfm #a-chan #kashiyuka #nocchi #pta #jpop girl group #jpop idol #jpop #jpop fashion #japanese fashion

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kenziegram0704 · 3 months

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Christmas Collection 2023

I know I know I know — no one wants to think about Christmas between December 26th and November 1st, but I finally finished my cozy little paint with me making of video for my homemade Christmas cards on YouTube and want to share them here.

Most of these pieces are available as prints on my Fourthwall (linked in my about section) and I plan to make them into Christmas cards people can purchase next year. If you see this and don’t mind helping me out — which paintings (aside from the reindeer and woman carrying presents) would you purchase as a Christmas card? I’d like to get an idea of which ones are most popular. 😊✨

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#small artist #art prints #original art #traditional art #artists on tumblr #my art #artwork #art #christmas #homemade #christmas cards #acrylic painting #painting #Youtube

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kenziegram0704 · 3 months

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Tobu Railway’s Strawberry Train by Japan Station

Tobu Railway launch the Strawberry themed train to promote the strawberry farms in Tochigi Prefecture.

What I love about Japan is each prefecture is known for different things, like in Nara you can find a Deer themed train.

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kenziegram0704 · 3 months

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Finally a first language laddering post! In the near future I hope to start posting updates to my personal studying, maybe accompanied by study materials for others to use if I have the time! But first, I wanted to post an introduction.

Transcript of the images below the cut!

Language Laddering!

An Overview

I recently made a post asking about interest in me posting my personal Japanese -> Korean language laddering study journey and resources. And a lot of people seemed interested! Let's start off with an introduction to language laddering itself, since people may not have heard of it, or may not recognize this name for it! For my own personal stuff, I hope to post updates to my studies along with some resources as regularly as I can manage!

What is Language Laddering?

Language laddering, as I'm using the term, is a method of language study in which you use one target language (TL1) to learn a second target language (TL2). Basically, you cut your native language out of the equation and study in a target language!

How I Ladder

There are several methods you can use that I'd say count as language laddering, but I'm only going to go super in-depth into the methods I personally use!

If you study this way and have a specific method you love that I didn't mention, please mention it in a comment or reblog! I'd love to hear more methods.

Reading Japanese textbooks for Korean

Getting access to resources in Japanese is definitely harder because of international shipping, but I'm able to find store listings that offer sample pages! I've been using these until I can get the money to actually buy them.

In the meantime as I wait to get fully Japanese texts, I use the speaking pen from Learn Korean With BTS, haha- the speaking pen reads the book in four languages, and Japanese is one of them! So I just listen to it like an audiobook instead of reading the English!

Using apps and websites made by and for Japanese learners

While my Japanese dictionaries and apps are all in English, my Korean dictionaries and apps are all in Japanese!

I use an online Japanese-Korean dictionary on my phone, and when I practice grammar and other concepts in Korean, I use Japanese websites for Korean learners.

Recently, I've been using the site ハングルの森 to review basic grammar. I've been getting a pretty strong hold on Japanese grammar terms, too, which is exciting for more fully laddering!

Laddering languages in the way I choose to can be a very fun way to learn a new language and study one you've already been working on, but it doesn't work for everyone!

People who enjoy learning grammar and reading about how language works may enjoy it because they can learn grammar the way it's taught in their target language rather than how it's taught in their native language! This can be exciting, it's interesting to see how different languages teach concepts and learning grammar terms in a TL can open grammar-related doors! If you're a linguistics nerd like me, grammar-related doors are super exciting.

However, if you struggle a lot with understanding language instruction, and classroom language learning is really difficult for you, then it may only make things harder to try and use your TL's classroom language learning material for a new TL.

And that's okay! Not every learning method is for everyone. Learning through immersion may be easier and less frustrating if you struggle with classroom learning!

And guess what?

You can still ladder languages when doing immersion learning! Watching something in your new TL with subtitles for your stronger TL is one good way you can combine immersion learning with laddering!

I hope to post more about language laddering, although it will probably be pretty catered to my own personal study! People can feel free to send asks about anything specific they'd like to know! (Although I certainly am not an expert, so I can't answer everything)

Also, I know this post was SUPER text heavy, so thank you for making it to the end! I hope it wasn't too droning to read ^-^ Good luck with language laddering if you decide to try it!

#I’ll have to try this when learning Italian again #language laddering #language learning #japanese #langblr #study methods #studyblr

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