I was feeling inspired, so... I made a butterfly garland! You can see the results at the bottom of this post. Steps:
1. Cut cardstock into squares. I made them in two different sizes. 2. Fold each square in half and cut out half a butterfly. The abdomen should be on the fold, so you should end up with a whole (intact) butterfly after unfolding. You can lightly draw an outline before you cut. I just free-handed it. If you'd like to decorate your butterflies, now would be a good time for that. 3. Poke a hole into each butterfly by sticking a thumbtack through the middle. 4. String the butterflies. I did my best to space them evenly. Make sure to leave string at the ends for hanging. 5. To keep each butterfly in place, I just looped the string over the antennae and tied knots. That's it!
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My friends and I put together a group costume for a rally at school. We took Leutze's painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware as our inspiration (Side note: I saw the actual painting at the Met--it's in my June 2015 New York trip post). The plan was to create a flag, a boat out of a long roll of butcher paper, and tricorn hats. The afternoon before the rally, we assembled in a garage with our materials: paper bags (to cut and staple into hats), a white bed sheet, a PVC pipe (our stately flagpole), powdered tempera paint (which worked pretty well on the fabric), and lots of paintbrushes. We were all set to paint the fifty stars and thirteen stripes. Then, just before we began marking up the flag for painting, someone sensibly pointed out that the United States didn't consist of fifty states in 1776. Good catch--that would have been blasphemy to our U.S. History teachers. Heh heh. *nervous collar tug* Anyway, we double-checked our flag design with Wikipedia for historical accuracy (yes, as students, we trust Wikipedia with these crucial matters). Here are pictures of our final flag and a pretty cool unexpected byproduct of the project: Cheers!
Clem
By the power vested in me, I solemnly declare that this season shall henceforth be known as The Summer of Not-Being-At-Home! Undoubtedly, this has been one of the busiet and best summers I've experienced, from traveling to the East Coast, to staying three weeks at Stanford, to this little excursion to the southern parts of my home state. We took the car and stopped in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. And of course, we made it all the way down to San Diego for some fishing and my grandma's home cuisine. Yum. I'll super-condense the whole trip to keep this post short and picture-heavy. Santa Barbara's a picturesque beachside city. Also the home location for Psych, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite shows thanks to Netflix watchability. A view from the pier: In LA, we dropped by the Walt Disney Concert Hall. I've never been to a performance there before. Hope I will, someday. Saw this cool mural at Venice Beach. Always a fan of van Gogh. Finally, we made it down to San Diego. I appreciated the plumeria. It always smells so good. Some pictures from the requisite fishing trip. I tried to be artsy with them. It was an overcast morning. We caught some mackerel and sardine while we were out in the boat. Unfortunately, we didn't catch any big ones this trip. Oh well. Patience! There's always next time.
Until then, cheers! Clem |
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