Saturday, June 18, 2011
embellishments: Becca's Heart for Creativity: new blog and challenge undertaking
Becca's Heart for Creativity: new blog and challenge undertaking: "Ribbon Carousel's latest challenge, RCC7, is to include music along with an item that comes from a spool (thread, twine, ribbon, etc). ..."
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Becca's Heart for Creativity: card-making topic: creating a birthday card with s...
Becca's Heart for Creativity: card-making topic: creating a birthday card with s...: "Post #3 for the day: This will be a super quick posting/listing. From CardMaker Kit Club: most of the patterned papers, birthday wishes tag,..."
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
attachments: vintage, retro looks
After seeing the 2 sisters featured in Readymade magazine, I did some web surfing to see what they had online. I was disappointed that their home page for the website was old but pleasantly surprised that their blogs and the blogs of the other 2 gals that work with them were new.
RedVelvetArt.com
If you see the cotton fabrics commercial starring Zoey Deschanel, then you have an idea how fashionably cool these sisters are dressing. The sisters have split their creative forces for the store in Springfield, MO--one sister is in charge of the vintage re-sale fashions and home goods as well as starting a vintage-inspired fashion line and the other sister is in charge of cupcakes and bubble tea.
RedVelvetArt.com
If you see the cotton fabrics commercial starring Zoey Deschanel, then you have an idea how fashionably cool these sisters are dressing. The sisters have split their creative forces for the store in Springfield, MO--one sister is in charge of the vintage re-sale fashions and home goods as well as starting a vintage-inspired fashion line and the other sister is in charge of cupcakes and bubble tea.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Becca's Heart for Creativity: card-making= using brads for more than fastening
Becca's Heart for Creativity: card-making= using brads for more than fastening: "2nd posting for tonight: I've seen several flower inspired cards and scrapbook layouts lately and came up this multi-layered flower power cr..."
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Attachments: simple trick to share with students for buttons and thread
When kids are first learning how to do sewing and crafts like sewing on a button, give them this tip:
Don't have the thread doubled (through the needle and down) more than the distance of your fingers to your elbow. What tends to happen, is that the beginners have no concept of how much thread is needed (4-6x criss-crossed secures very well) and get a super long length that gets all tangled and knotted. From their fingers to their elbow will give them plenty of thread to stitch-on a button without getting frustrated.
Don't have the thread doubled (through the needle and down) more than the distance of your fingers to your elbow. What tends to happen, is that the beginners have no concept of how much thread is needed (4-6x criss-crossed secures very well) and get a super long length that gets all tangled and knotted. From their fingers to their elbow will give them plenty of thread to stitch-on a button without getting frustrated.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Proverbs: understanding your first born children or students
Dr. Kevin Leman is the bestselling author of The Birth Order Book and The First Born Advantage.
In the introduction of the book on children born first (also includes a child who is an only child and those who are first of their gender or can have a younger child of same gender but there is a five or more year gap) sites examples of all the astronauts with the Mercury Seven were firstborns. Our US presidents have a majority of firstborns, too.
Characteristics of firstborns include: conscientious, conservative, responsible, goal-oriented, and organized. Your ordinal position within your family not only shapes your place in the family but also how your whole lifespan will be shaped.
p.26 "It's a misconception to think that children who grow up in the same family grow up in the same environment. They don't at all. The parents are the same, the house is the same, and the neighborhood and schools may be the same, but the relationships within the family are entirely different."
From me: If you are wondering how your child is different or why a student might be in conflict with you, stop and check to see if their birth order is the same or different than yours. That might be the 'source' of the conflict. Teachers might want to have students separated into groups by making sure that there is at least one first-born in the mix or else not much will get accomplished with the task you want them to complete.
In the introduction of the book on children born first (also includes a child who is an only child and those who are first of their gender or can have a younger child of same gender but there is a five or more year gap) sites examples of all the astronauts with the Mercury Seven were firstborns. Our US presidents have a majority of firstborns, too.
Characteristics of firstborns include: conscientious, conservative, responsible, goal-oriented, and organized. Your ordinal position within your family not only shapes your place in the family but also how your whole lifespan will be shaped.
p.26 "It's a misconception to think that children who grow up in the same family grow up in the same environment. They don't at all. The parents are the same, the house is the same, and the neighborhood and schools may be the same, but the relationships within the family are entirely different."
From me: If you are wondering how your child is different or why a student might be in conflict with you, stop and check to see if their birth order is the same or different than yours. That might be the 'source' of the conflict. Teachers might want to have students separated into groups by making sure that there is at least one first-born in the mix or else not much will get accomplished with the task you want them to complete.
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