Adorn: December 2012

Quilling for the New Year.

>> December 31, 2012 – quilling, thoughts

To all my friends, family, loved ones,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Playing around with some Quilling for the New Year

Love,

Orna

Charlotte Taylor, young British designer and my attempt at it...

>> December 24, 2012 – color, fashion

and my attempt at Charlotte Tayloring...

In the times of holiday concerts, the one we are most excited about is at Nina's school, GAMP. This is a public magnet school, with a very big emphasis on music, classical, jazz, music theory, choir, and more and more. The children are expected to keep up their academic grades and when they are absent from a lesson because of one or another of the above activities, it is their responsibility to complete what they missed. Quite remarkable. No wonder the concerts at this school are phenomenal!

The kids along with past students who just happened to be in the audience, are singing Handel's Messiah. PHENOMENAL!!


The entire school crowds the front, the aisles, the back of their wonderful concert hall and sing for us!

Today we are off to see Nina play her saxophone in a few smaller ensembles. Can't wait!

Wrapping it up.

>> December 19, 2012 – gifts

A story of two girls.

>> December 12, 2012 – family, thoughts

When Nina came home from Cambodia for the first time, her cousin, Yuval, was there waiting for her. They were only three months apart in age and they immediately bonded. The two little ones could not be more different; for obvious reasons, (see photos), and also in character. Nina was like a hurricane, she would sweep into a room and grab everything in her sight. Yuval was like a gentle breeze, much calmer, slower, softer. When the girls were three we moved to Philadelphia and Yuval moved to Israel. Since then they meet in the summers and pick up where they left off. As the years go by, in some ways, they move apart, leading their own lives in different parts of the world with different important people in their lives. But in a very basic way they are still the two little girls, playing side by side, knowing a sense of calm from having a soul mate at their side.

New for you... the Journey Pin Kit

I'm very pleased to offer to you one of my favorite little treasures - The Journey Pin. I designed this pin for some of the leading contributors in time and resources to the Philadelphia ANG 40th year celebration. There were a limited number of pins stitched for these few and now, three months later, I am offering the design with kit and all, to you.

This 1.25" x 1.25" design stitched on 40 count silk gauze is absolutely delectable. It has intricacy, depth and a lovely combination of colors. It comes with silk gauze stretched on mat-board so no stretcher bars needed. An appropriate needle, and the lovely silver-tone pin, (1.5" x 1.5") is in the kit as well. All the luscious silks and one accent filament are packaged in a hard plastic box that can be used to store this project or any other. I LOVE little boxes, don't you? The instructions include all the details on stitching the pin beautifully and then on preparing and installing it in the pin.