Super Card Sale

Ingredients:

Kids with colorful imagination :-)

Kid Pix

Color papers

Photo papers

Store bought regular envelopes

A color printer (any brand will do, I use Epson)

Directions:

1. Let the kids explore & draw with Kid Pix (so far I've never met a kid who despise Kid Pix)
2. Format drawings to JPEG (File>>Export>>Save as type: JPEG)
3. Print on glossy photo paper & cut.
4. Lightly coat white glue on the back and stick it on a folded color paper.
5. Jazz up envelopes with clipart or stickers, or ribbons, or cut outs magazine pictures or...anything goes, the sky is the limit. :)

Kid Pix drawings by Special Needs students

Giving heart

Bitterballen, speculaas, klompen, windmolen, oliebollen, Sinterklaas & Zwarte Piet... off we went to Christmas Around the World by IES Orphanage  to represent Netherlands. Who could've thought you can go around 9 countries (Japan, China, India, Slovakia, Netherlands, USA, South Africa, Italy & Phillipine)  in less than 3 hours? 200 kids from 3 orphanages did on a cloudy Sunday. Thank goodness for a windy day otherwise the windmill will not work. 

My self portrait by Little Angle ~(")~

It was a great day. Everybody had a great time even baby Zoe! I thought we were the blessing for the orphanage kids, but turned out that it was the kids who gave us joy &  happiness. Now I understand the true meaning of the phrase "It is in the giving that you will receive". Happy giving!

Yearbook 101 Part#1

>1
Pick a theme. Get inspired here .....this is the hardest part, there are literally thousands of themes to choose from. If all fails just close your eyes and randomly point :-)
>2
Build a concept around the theme.

brain stiker: www.redbubble.com

>3
Plan ahead & work out a schedule.
>4
Create a dummy & preliminary layouts.
>5
Breathe! :) Go to a day spa.

D evolution

Meet Dena, my wisecrack daughter who always crack me up: left handed, plaid shirt, LOL, citizen of digital world, enemy of creepy crawlies, impatient, short messy uneven hair, independent, not prone to peer pressure, love photography & graphic design, has her own organizing system. I love you to infinity & beyond!

Early Years: 2-10yrs

Grade 3 sketch vs Grade 7 sketch

2008-now

Flashback

Whoaaa...I found my old sketches & my art bin back when I was a student in Art Center.....long hour in studio class, greasy canteen food, Christina Chang (where in the world are you roomie?), flea market, extremely short hair, Gaylord Eckles, white cabriolet, Cali sun, mean Santa Ana wind..

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