Animalia | Part II: Preliminary sketches

That's all for now. C'est tout pour maintenant.

From: An Ordinary Human Bean

Mirror mirror on the wall...

Just after watching this week's ep. of Once Upon a Time, I thought I'd share this installation - Bâtiment by Leandro Erlich. So clever. I can imagine those kids (both little and big) having heaps of fun...lucky beans!

via My Modern Met

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The making of...

The second birthday card of the year for V & V.

If these two girls looked into the Magic Mirror, he'd tell them they're the fairest of them all.

Take a look at this snippet from their invitation and
vous serez d'accord avec moi (=you will agree with me).

Instead of receiving gifts this year we request you use the money that you would have otherwise spent on our presents to help us raise $1425 for a well to make a difference in our world!!!

Need I say more?
 
They're pretty wonderful that way :)

When I discovered this (thanks to like-minded beings out there who also were on the hunt for papery craft), I was soooooooo happy. 3D letters on their own are so nice.
Simple, yet effective :)

LEFT: 'Elvis', RIGHT: 'Batgirl'

I've just realised I failed to take a 'final product' picture, hence the title for today's post:  The making of...

That's all for now. TTFN.

 From: An Ordinary Human Bean

Three is a Magic Number: Part I

I did mention in my previous post that I'd be featuring my two awesome friends...
So here they are fellow beans:

V.B. & V.B
Sur la gauche, Vess. Sur la droite Val.

This amazing duo is ,well, amazing. :)
This photo was taken with my newly acquired dSLR (YAY!!!) on our outing to Rose St Market>Smith St. There's nothing more satisfying than that "chhhk" sound of a dSLR's shutter being released.
I'm still taking my first steps with this functional accessory-so AUTO and all those other in-built settings will suffice for now-gotta learn to walk before you can run.

I've selected this shot as 'La Photo du Jour'.

There were many happy snaps on that sunny Saturday, so I've picked out a few more that I think aren't too shabby.

Just so I don't lose my basic French vocabulary let me commence by saying:
On va à Rose St/Smith St par l'autobus. Le chauffeur d'autobus s'appelle 'Russell'.
We went to Rose St/Smith St by bus. The bus driver was called 'Russell'.
(Take note of the quotation marks-Russell's just a random pseudonym I conjured up for our bus driver.)

Now I chose this one more for the type rather than the actual shot itself.

Mmmm...type. :)

I couldn't decide between the two.

So you can decide for me.

A bright and sunny alleyway.

Hahaha.

You see, Val was taking a photo of Vess at this very stop just as our bus was arriving.

Funnily enough we got the same driver.

So this is where Russell comes in (again). As we got on-Val still holding the camera-he asked if she was taking a picture of him.

As you know, that wasn't her intention. 

When we got off, Val kindly asked if he wanted his photo taken. He happily said yes.

By this time Vess and I had already hopped of the bus, leaving Val to deal with the awkward exchange of an email address with Russell for his photo.

Yea that's my story. :)

Phewie, this is one long post and I haven't even touched the tip of the iceberg of our next stop.

TTFN. Ta ta for now!

From: An Ordinary Human Bean

*Keep an eye out for Part II.