Oct
30
2009
Any person photographed downward seems foreshortened than what the reality is. Your child will appear smaller. This point of view increases the vulnerability and innocence.
To obtain good result with this method, here are some advices:
- Maintain a high camera position.
- Position your child’s head in the top third of the photo.
Oct
30
2009
There are many ways to publicize a company but with this way, it is really original.
While I was visiting my favorite bakery the other day, a big nice pumpkin with the company’s name engraved on it was sitting proudly by their doorway.
I simply wanted to share with you this photo with all of you on this Friday!
Oct
29
2009
What a joy to greet a new baby in your family! Notes and Photos’ team offer you all their congratulations.
To celebrate this big event, we invite you to announce the great news to your family and friends with one of our birth photo cards.
Oct
29
2009
If you want to have really neat napkin rings with a Canadian touch, I am suggesting you this nice art and craft. The only materials you will need are brown craft foam, a hot glue gun and glue sticks, some artificial fall leaves, some artificial fall colored berries, and a wire cutter.
1) For each napkin ring, cut a 1 ½” x 6 ½” piece of brown craft foam. Bend to form a ring, overlap the ends and glue in place.
2) Cut one artificial leaf off the bunch with wire cutters. Hot glue this to the foam ring.
Cut a small piece of berries off the bunch and glue on top of the leaf.
Oct
28
2009
Oct
28
2009
I have to admit that if I weren’t in the illustration or animation field, I would have loved to be an industrial designer. I took a class at the university and it was love at first sight! Design and create objects, what a pleasure!
I am presenting you one of these designers that create real nice lamps. Seeing what Pablo Pardo can offer will give you the idea to ditch that old living room lamp. This Venezuelan-born designer has his design company, Pablo Designs (www.pablodesigns.com), on Potrero Hills, in San Francisco. All his lamps are made to be energy-efficient and the LED lampbulbs can last to 50,000 hours.
What a bright solution for your next purchase!
Oct
27
2009
We want candies! The big day is approaching where little monsters will go knock at your door to beg for candies of all kind. Halloween also mean another reason to do a party.
If your house is doing a Halloween party, we have the perfect Halloween card for you:
Oct
27
2009
I couldn’t resist by suggesting you another fun art-and-craft to do this week before Halloween. This time, it is a project that will be the highlight of your table presentation.
You Will Need:
Paper, a pencil, a ruler, a pair of scissors, some empty paper towel roll, an exact-o knife, some ccraps of black and white felt, assorted two-hole buttons (two 1-inch black for cat, one 3/8-inch black and one 9/16-inch black for spider, one 9/16-inch white for ghost and one 3/4-inch lilac for witch), 3-inch length of jute string, 3 yards each of black, orange, white and variegated yarn, some scraps of black six-strand embroidery floss, black, red and yellow acrylic craft paints, one small paintbrush, and glue.
What to Do
Rings: With pencil and ruler, divide an empty paper towel roll into 1-inch sections. Cut apart with craft or utility knife.Trim with scissors if needed.
Referring to the individual instructions that follow for colors, wrap each ring with yarn. To begin, glue one end of yarn to the inside of a ring. Wind the length around the ring so that each new wrap lies next to the previous wrap. When the ring is completely covered, cut off the excess yarn and glue the remaining end to the inside of the ring.
Creating Creatures
Figures: Trace patterns on paper and cut out. Cut felt as directed on patterns.
Use the end of a paintbrush handle to dab a dot of black paint onto each hole of the white and lilac buttons for eyes. Center larger black dot below holes of white button for a mouth.
Dab a yellow dot onto each hole of the black 3/8- inch button and one black 1-inch button. Add a dot of black on each yellow dot for pupils.
For mouths, center a red dot below the holes of the painted 1-inch black button and painted lilac button.
Cat: Wrap a ring with orange yarn. Referring to shaded areas on patterns and photo below for position, glue ears behind the painted 1-inch black button and tail behind the unpainted 1-inch black button. Glue buttons to ring.
Tie a knot in center of a 3-inch length of black floss and glue to cat’s face for whiskers. Trim ends to desired length.
Spider: Wrap a ring with white yarn. Cut four 3-inch lengths of black floss for legs. Stack the pieces and tie a knot in middle of stack. Glue knot to ring. Trim so each leg is 1 inch long.
Center and glue a 9/16-inch black button on top of knot. Overlap the bottom of this button with top half of 3/8- inch black button and glue.
Ghost: Wrap a ring with black yarn. Glue white felt ghost onto ring. Glue white painted button onto the head.
Witch: Wrap a ring with variegated yarn. Glue 3/4-inch lilac button onto ring. Untwist jute string and glue around top of button for hair. Glue hat over top of hair.
Finished size: Napkin rings are 1 to 1 ¾ inches high x 1 ¾ inches wide.
Oct
26
2009
When we immigrate in a new country, it is important to integrate it. If we can also share our cultural wealth with our new country of adoption, it is even better.
Notes and Photos recently discovered one of these immigrants who shared her cultural heritage. Sylvia Pedder-Khanna is an Indian woman who immigrated in USA in 1989. Born into a family with numerous entrepreneurs, including her father who has a ceramic-tile company, she is a born-businesswoman.
In 2006, with her kids in school, she took a chunk of her savings to launch Simrin (http://www.simrininc.com/), an import company. She imports rustic yet sophisticated accessories from India, from napkins to trays.
A word of advice she is sharing with us: Think big! “One product isn’t enough to get you noticed. At first, I could only afford to do table linens. Buyers didn’t take the line seriously until I added trays and glasses.”
A nice way to discover a new culture.
Oct
26
2009
Soon is Halloween time and nothing is more fun that create a homemade card with your children. Hours of fun as well as a unique and colorful product!
To do this art-and-craft project, you will need a strong neutral color paper, fluorescent yellow paint, glow-in-the-dark paint, orange acrylic paint, star stickers, glue, black thread, small orange and brown buttons or little Halloween theme sequins.
1- Trim the front edge of the card with pinking shears. Mix the yellow fluorescent paint with the glow-in-the-dark paint in a small container. Paint your moon figure on the upper right corner of the card.
2- Mix the orange acrylic pant with some glow-in-the-dark paint in small container. Paint the pumpkin drawing in the center of the card using the orange paint mix above. Leave it to dry.
3- Glue on the stars to fill up the sky above the pumpkin.
4- Draw the pumpkin’s face contour with the yellow fluorescent and glow-in-the-dark paint.
5- Put a finish touch to the card with wrapping every button/figurine onto a small black thread. Wrap together all the threads and glue the end inside the card.
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