Day: November 1, 2011
Culture Fest – Day Two: Asia
I was having fun at culture week again, today. This time, I took some of my students to the main square, and I had a blast just watching them. Seeing their faces light with excitement at all the things they could try or play – it was almost like Christmas! We took lots of pictures, tried some Indian tea (chai tea), and some snacks from Bangladesh. They were eager to fill their (fake) passports with (fake) stamps from various countries, and took part in making origami frogs that they’d have to race afterwards. And I? I got to be the celebrated celebrity once more (whether I like it or not). Just being out there, surrounded by my group of students, made other students assume that I was part of the fairground attractions – ergo: a constant flow of requests to pose for pictures with them. So, my pointer for you today: If you ever want to feel like a celebrity, just come to China, and you can be sure to get lots of attention, I …
30 Days of Thanks (1)
Last month, I participated in a photo challenge, taking pictures (almost every day), and posting (most of) them here. November has just begun, and it’s time to start another project. This month is Thanksgiving – of course most of you know that – and so some people around the world are getting involved in a project called 30 Days of Thanks. Every day, you stop for a moment to think about something you are thankful for, and I think that’s a beautiful thing to do. So, I’m going to start off my 30 days of thanks by saying that … … learning that my dad (who is thousands of miles away in far away Europe) was submitted to the hospital on Sunday, I realized once more how thankful I am for having parents who are loving and so very supportive of what I’m doing. Thanks, mom and dad, for helping me become who I am today!
Behind the Scenes: Creating Ribbons from Patterned Papers
I have another really simple and quick tutorial for you today. When working on one of my CT pages for Libby the other day, I really wanted to use another one of those pretty papers she and Meghan had put together in their new release “Fullness of Life,” but I already had lots of papers in use, and couldn’t find how to add another one without messing up the entire page. Then a light went off! Using a template, there was still one ribbon that needed to be replaced, and I thought: Why not use that patterned paper for that ribbon? But I still wanted to make it look realistic, and really like a ribbon. Well, I thought, that’s easy peasy, just clip and apply a blending mode and that’ll do the trick. Here, take a look at my finished page: See that ribbon with the hearts behind the photo? This is what we are going to recreate today. In this tutorial you will learn how to … … clip a paper to a ribbon …
