My name

Translates to the number 2 in numerology
Has the Spotted Skunk as their Power Animal
Is shared with a guesstimated 40 Americans

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Esther Yee is...
Very well envoweled
Rehtse Eey backwards
Estherway Eeyay in Pig Latin
01000101 01110011 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 00100000 01011001 01100101 01100101 in binary code

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One Photo A Day Jan

One photo for each day in the first four weeks in January 2010. Captions for each photos here. 

Some telemarketers are so ridiculous.  This one called me and asked if the stainless steel pot I bought is working well. I asked her who gave her my phone number and she said I bought it from her agent and the agent took down my number. After I told her my pot was bought many years ago,  she said she still has my records. When I told her this was impossible and she should just come upfront and tell me the purpose of her call, she laughed and asked what is impossible. When she refused to be honest, I told her that my telephone number is new, long after the said pot purchase. Then she started ridiculing me and saying "Aunty, this is the 21st century. Anything is possible". I told her I'm not continuing the conversation because she is obviously trying to lie her way out. Then she shot out "Aunty, there is something wrong with your brains."
Sigh.

You mean it's the middle of January already?
The first two weeks of 2010 just whizzed by. I had to adjust to a four-day work week, settle on a routine to tackle all my commitments and work out a schedule for the mornings and evenings for the new school year.

I did some assembly-line scrapping again. Here are some of the pages waiting for photos, title and journalling.

Out with 2009 and in with 2010!
Wishing everyone a wonderful and wonder-full year ahead!

This is for Creative Scrappers where I am guest for Sketch 84. I had a lot of fun creating this layout.

I used different mediums on this, including mists, Perfect Pearls, Stickles and Distress Ink.

I first masked off a rectangle and stamped lots of images inside it with Noir and Earth hybrid ink by Palette. I like Palette for the crisp colour and quick-drying quality. Yes, I'm impatient!

Then I misted Pale Ale Memories Mist by Stewart Superior. This particular colour aged the kraft cardstock a little without overwhelming the background nor the stamped images.

Reversing the mask, I stamped a large swirl with Versamark ink and brushed Perfect Pearls over it.

Opaque white swirly rub-ons to contrast the iridescent swirls.
A cluster of red Robin's Nest dewdrops and Worn Lipstick Distress Ink Reinkers around the distressed edges to add a pop of colour to the almost monochromatic page. I also used my finger to dab some Stickles on the edge.
Strips of ribbons and a felt heart edged with Stickles. I punched a scalloped-edge on the bottom of the photo.
Title mounted on Hambly and random splotches of brown mist to complete the page.

Using the brown-based mists and inks gave the layout a vintage, aged appearance which looked like it is a page from a well-loved album.