Collage goodies! & some other stuff... The good luck mandarin orange was from Tiger Beer's stall and I bought the chocolate rats (now there's something I never thought I'd say in my life!) for my Mum and I since we were both born in the Year of the Rat. I picked up the free newspapers because I have a lot of Chinese art planned, and I love the idea of having genuine Chinese text for collage backgrounds, etc. I always worry about 'oriental' text stamps etc. - what language is it in, for a start, and what does it say? I picked up some Chinese New Year cards, greetings paper and some good luck money envelopes for collage and art journalling. I also bought this page a day calendar with really lovely almost-tissue paper pages, and some stunning papercuts, red rural scenes and multi-colour butterflies.
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
We had such an amazing time at London's Chinese New Year celebrations today. Apparently they are the biggest outside mainland China! I took loads of photos, and, for once, I actually went through them when I got home and only kept my favourites. So much more enjoyable to look through, although I still kept alot - do check out my top 20 on flickr.
1. Heading Home, 2. Lanterns and bricks, 3. I don't know who they are but I like them!, 4. Too cool for parades and drums, 5. Welcoming the Year of the Rat, 6. Firework Joy, 7. Fireworks in Leicester Sq, 8. Backlit lanterns, 9. Dressed up for the New Year, 10. New Year's Parade, 11. Grocery storerooms, 12. Good luck!, 13. Archway of lanterns, 14. Across generations, 15. A good vantage point, 16. Parade down Shaftesbury Ave, 17. Happy New Year Fish, 18. White Dragon, 19. Red Dragon, 20. London Parade
One World - One Heart Update
I'll be doing the draw on the 14th, to allow for everyone to join in on the 13th regardless of time zones. I'll announce the winner here on Valentine's Day around noon GMT. If there are more than 50 entries, and we're getting close, I'll felt another vessel. (There were & I did!) I don't have any more wool in those colours, so it will probably have teal as the main colour. Comment on the original post to enter the draw.
Remember, you don't need to give anything away to participate, you just have to have a blog. Now go check out all the other participants' blogs. We're up to 374!!!
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