Artsy Picture of The Week: Homemade Cards!

Hi everyone! So it has been a while since I have done an artsy picture post so now I am starting it back up again by showing you these homemade cards that I created! I have been absolutely loving these really cute birds so much that I have been using them in everything! Anyways these are really easy to make that the one on the right practically only took me around 30 minutes.



















What has been your favorite thing to create recently? I have been loving making cards that I have a ton right now and their not even for anybody in particular! Well I hope you enjoying this week's artsy picture post! :)

William of Orange

William was prince of Orange during the 16^th century. He was also known as William the Silent. William was very famous for his Dutch revolt against the Spanish which resulted in a victory.

William of Orange was born in 1522 in Germany. At the age of only 11 years old he became a Prince. Now his family’s religion was Lutheran, but there was a condition that for him to become Prince he had to receive a Catholic education. That for William meant switching to a totally different religion basis. Even though that was a big change he did go with that condition and received his education in the Netherlands.

William later married in 1551. He was becoming very successful throughout his life and even got assigned as head of the cavalry. If that wasn’t successful enough, he later got recognized by the emperor Charles V. After that, he became a commander in one of the emperor’s armies.

Throughout his life he was chosen for many great things, it still wasn’t the end for him yet, William then became governor of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht. During this time the Netherlands was being ruled by the Spanish, William didn’t like this. Since he started disagreeing about the rule, he joined an opposition group. Specifically he disagreed about the religious persecutions because he was the type of person who believed in religious freedom. William also thought that they were being to controlling and they were ruling too much.

William didn’t want the Spanish to rule any longer so he started to speak up and revolt. He financially went against the Spanish as well. Because of William doing this the Spanish wanted it to end so they called a council meeting to punish him. The only problem was, he didn’t even show up. After that happened he was declared an outlaw and even got his properties taken away from him.

William started to get more and more people backing him and started an army against the Spanish. He started what is known as the Eighty Years’ War. This war lasted all the way up until 1648. But for the Dutch it was worth it because they received a victory and gained their independence from the Spanish.

Unfortunately this war lasted way after William died because right after he was declared an outlaw he was assassinated. He got shot in the chest by a Catholic Frenchman. After he died his son Philip William became Prince of Orange.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright. He was alive during the Elizabethan era but to this day there are no records of his birth date. William was baptized on April 26 1564. He is one of the greatest writers in history.

William later married Anne Hathaway and had three children. He lived in a small town called Stratford-Upon-Avon where he mostly worked as a writer and an actor. Between 1585 and 1592 William became part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlains Men where they showed lots of Shakespeare’s plays. They were then given a royal patent by James I and changed their name to The King’s Men.

William Shakespeare was best known for his amazing plays. There were different genres of plays that he created. Comedy back then was a little different from the comedy we know of today. His comedy was a story with a happy ending.  Other genres of his plays included:

History: a story that has happened in real life.

Tragedies: a very unhappy story that most likely had a sad ending.

Tragicomedy: It mostly likely had a happy ending.

The King’s Men build a brand new theater called The Globe where they showed more plays. William soon became very rich and was able to buy new place to live that was a pretty big upgrade compared to how he started out.

William later retired and soon after that he died in April 1616.

Even though Shakespeare has been credited with all of his amazing work, there was (and still is) some controversy whether or not he was the one who wrote all of the plays and poems. Some suggest there was a handful of people who were writers in some of Shakespeare’s works like:

17^th Earl of Oxford

Francis Bacon

Christopher Marlowe

6^th Earl of Derby

Overall William Shakespeare influenced the English language over time. He even influenced some of the later authors like Charles Dickens. Although we will never know if there was anybody else who took part in some of the writings and if William was the actual writer of some of them.