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Post by genny on Jun 3, 2017 14:03:16 GMT
A local artist started painting rocks with cute pictures or inspirational messages and 'hiding' them in popular areas of town - broadway, parks, riverwalk, etc. It has taken off like wildfire with a big facebook group where you post your finds and clues to where you re-hid the rocks. It's almost silly how happy I was when I found one last night at the Salt Life grand opening we went to! It's a really cute idea - now DD, one of my good friend and I are going to get some rocks and paint and do some of our own this weekend. On the FB page a lady posted that she was in Amsterdam and went to the bench where Hazel and Gus sat in the Fault in Our Stars...and found a rock from our city! (you put a label on the back of the rock so people know where to go on FB to see more) Crazy how far that one traveled! Anyway our local paper did an article on it and apparently the artist who started it here had seen it in another city she traveled to and thought it would be a great community effort here. So I was just curious if anyone else has seen this? Here is the rock I found last night  My friend is going camping in FL in a couple weeks and is going to take it with her to hide there.  |
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Post by turangaleela on Jun 3, 2017 14:08:04 GMT
Yes, I just saw a thing on Nextdoor about it this week.
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Post by breetheflea on Jun 3, 2017 14:11:07 GMT
It's huge here, with swaps several times a month. Our Facebook group (some people just follow or collect) has 36,000+ members. I participate but not in the last two months (too busy). Since January I've found 3 rocks, but hidden probably close to 100. ETA: of the 100 I've hidden, maybe 5 have been posted online... I know our kindergarten neighbor found a lot of mine (because she showed off her bag of rocks once) . I like to think kids without Facebook are finding a lot of them because the not being posted part can get frustrating. You have to just set them free, and if they get posted as found it's a bonus  Also use a good sealer! |
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Post by georgiapea on Jun 3, 2017 14:16:49 GMT
Never heard of it but it's a FABULOUS and fun idea. Happy rock hunting everyone.
ETA: Well, if I'd opened the newspaper I brought back from FL I'd have known all about it. Main article was 'Wakulla Rocks pop up'.
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Post by myshelly on Jun 3, 2017 14:18:51 GMT
Yes! So fun |
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Post by jennrs on Jun 3, 2017 14:24:21 GMT
Not that I know of, but my dd and I Have painted rocks to put in our garden and flower pots.
When looking up ideas there are some really talented people, which I am not, but we enjoyed it.
What a cool idea!
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Post by KelleeM on Jun 3, 2017 14:27:49 GMT
There's a Pea who posts on the craft threads, betty, who turned me on to this. My daughter and I do it and leave them at Hampton Beach, NH where we get the rocks we paint. I've started a Facebook group, Beach Rocks, for us! |
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Post by utpea on Jun 3, 2017 14:34:53 GMT
Never heard about this, but it sounds awesome. I'm going to check it out!
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 3, 2017 14:50:14 GMT
It's huge here! My sister does it, and we've found 2 in the last month hidden (in plain sight!) at our building.
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Post by RosieKat on Jun 3, 2017 15:00:15 GMT
Our elementary school did it this year, right before spring break. We've gotten reports from several states and also from someplace like Germany.
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Post by ntsf on Jun 3, 2017 15:55:52 GMT
haven't heard of it and can't imagine our city doing this..
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Post by Zee on Jun 3, 2017 16:35:54 GMT
I haven't seen any. Maybe I'll start!
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jun 3, 2017 16:35:57 GMT
My current town just started doing this. I've been in the FB group for my hometown for a while, it's very active.
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Post by rst on Jun 3, 2017 16:39:25 GMT
I posted about these a few years ago since it was popping up in our neighborhood, and a large number of peas considered it graffiti and criminal activity. Since that thread, every time I (continue to) paint a rock, I think about that thread -- maybe there was a communication gap. Maybe people were thinking more about boulders painted in garish colors, like one sometimes sees at college towns. Anyhow -- I do this, I love them, and they are a nice tie in with my Little Free Library where I often find new ones.
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Post by Zee on Jun 3, 2017 16:45:06 GMT
I posted about these a few years ago since it was popping up in our neighborhood, and a large number of peas considered it graffiti and criminal activity. Since that thread, every time I (continue to) paint a rock, I think about that thread -- maybe there was a communication gap. Maybe people were thinking more about boulders painted in garish colors, like one sometimes sees at college towns. Anyhow -- I do this, I love them, and they are a nice tie in with my Little Free Library where I often find new ones. I vaguely remember that, and thinking the subject was painting large rocks like boulders. |
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Post by dazeepetals on Jun 3, 2017 18:38:37 GMT
One of my online friends does these. He does dot Mandala's. They are quite the work of art. Here is his FB page so you can see his work. David's Dot Mandala |
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Post by amblet on Jun 3, 2017 18:57:44 GMT
Yes it was quite the thing in Kodiak I plan on starting soon in Kotzebue.
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Post by craftsbycarolyn on Jun 3, 2017 19:12:56 GMT
Yes there is a local lady who started doing this and some of her rocks have been found a hour and a half away or more.
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Post by finaledition on Jun 3, 2017 19:14:23 GMT
Never heard of this, but I love concepts like this. Just a simple little thing to put a smile on someone's face.
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Post by gale w on Jun 3, 2017 19:18:41 GMT
I saw one tucked into a door handle at the dance recital auditorium yesterday but I didn't touch it. I wondered what it was all about. I'm planning to paint some to put at the cemetery near the wall where my dad's ashes are kept. It's a military cemetery and they don't allow many decorations but they do allow painted rocks.
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jun 3, 2017 20:14:26 GMT
This sounds fun! If I had a scrap of artistic talent, I would make some. Edit: Here is a website I found thekindnessrocksproject.com/ talking about this |
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Post by craftykitten on Jun 3, 2017 20:21:05 GMT
It was big here in my part of the UK last summer, but is less so now. Some 'finders' were taking lots and not leaving any for anyone else, people started making demands of the person running it (she had an anonymous Facebook page) and it all got a bit aggressive.
Plus, there was the person who came on the FB page to accuse her of damaging the environment by taking too many rocks. Weirdo.
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Post by craftykitten on Jun 3, 2017 20:23:24 GMT
One of my online friends does these. He does dot Mandala's. They are quite the work of art. Here is his FB page so you can see his work. David's Dot MandalaIf you like those, Have you seen these? www.elspethmclean.com/mandala-stonesShe doesn't give them away though, rightly so IMHO. The ones that people have been leaving here are much simpler. |
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Post by moodyblue on Jun 3, 2017 20:35:51 GMT
A friend of mine does it. I think the organization she is affiliated with is Let's Rock America???
I like them. I think it's a fun idea, a little bit of happy in the midst of all the stresses in the world.
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Post by melanell on Jun 3, 2017 20:39:28 GMT
Yes, just recently. |
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Post by valincal on Jun 3, 2017 20:44:23 GMT
One of my online friends does these. He does dot Mandala's. They are quite the work of art. Here is his FB page so you can see his work. David's Dot MandalaBeautiful! |
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Post by anniefb on Jun 3, 2017 21:52:17 GMT
Never heard of it before.
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Post by refugeepea on Jun 3, 2017 21:57:10 GMT
No
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jun 3, 2017 22:00:13 GMT
My friend does this for fun. She places them at the beaches near her and there are lots of beaches in the area and she has a Facebook group to post where you found it and it's really exciting to see who found one.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jun 3, 2017 22:03:22 GMT
Do you take it home with you when you find one or do you hide it again to be found by someone else? My friend who makes them is artistic and she paints amazingly well. I would want to keep it in my garden probably.
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My friend is going camping in FL in a couple weeks and is going to take it with her to hide there. 
Also use a good sealer! 
