tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79289989025788504552024-03-05T10:57:12.774-08:00World RoamerMichelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-51505022378910231532022-07-17T13:53:00.000-07:002022-07-17T13:53:33.579-07:00Paper fun<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqcFElFU849i2XfaRn9Mf4f5jXUDKODNT82did5qDhJ0IHJL0FMky65eidXXsqplyfmkTD-rIxI_nw7LG8FN64m-0oqaac2o3TnLtBWUBW86q_8SbG5WN7VUVRAfQttPGhuQnDyxwXjGo2zA6tH4byp7HTLmBm8y6-ro7tqQ_Mm2H34-g0SJyT5YH/s4032/F5C410DC-0E19-4C9C-9F0B-64941A847FB1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqcFElFU849i2XfaRn9Mf4f5jXUDKODNT82did5qDhJ0IHJL0FMky65eidXXsqplyfmkTD-rIxI_nw7LG8FN64m-0oqaac2o3TnLtBWUBW86q_8SbG5WN7VUVRAfQttPGhuQnDyxwXjGo2zA6tH4byp7HTLmBm8y6-ro7tqQ_Mm2H34-g0SJyT5YH/s320/F5C410DC-0E19-4C9C-9F0B-64941A847FB1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This was for a brewer friend.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjSWHYDO7ojDzIQkzdyITH6XMtvAB3fubIeo-xPdEZ8ktJGuF_o6RKl7e4QuEevZ1wGLvmV6OFBb1HzIcr9sm0QWBs07r6v0PZ3WCg7QL6UJaF405WyFt4skYBdpFOgn_hsiu-QJZ10x43h-zn7JdHVBmXg3qZN_arpXdc7rj8Bfoa0KdH8x7TMX1-/s4032/IMG_1854D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjSWHYDO7ojDzIQkzdyITH6XMtvAB3fubIeo-xPdEZ8ktJGuF_o6RKl7e4QuEevZ1wGLvmV6OFBb1HzIcr9sm0QWBs07r6v0PZ3WCg7QL6UJaF405WyFt4skYBdpFOgn_hsiu-QJZ10x43h-zn7JdHVBmXg3qZN_arpXdc7rj8Bfoa0KdH8x7TMX1-/s320/IMG_1854D.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bOLW72R6dsTrZ7sPhNIg7ASyawN8MUStTtSvFuDta97WcSy1CvYbxW4XkvTWS2F9X9xmikbN3tHzymYpnq2uId8cbpmVnAh-BXF2UxGCSXekii5aGjDN8W5iSVuZmQeIufhhCmc3RmWHZNmbUpwi0MxDsKBHmzjY5qDf5Sn-da36txG9zXpssCYA/s4032/IMG_1850D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bOLW72R6dsTrZ7sPhNIg7ASyawN8MUStTtSvFuDta97WcSy1CvYbxW4XkvTWS2F9X9xmikbN3tHzymYpnq2uId8cbpmVnAh-BXF2UxGCSXekii5aGjDN8W5iSVuZmQeIufhhCmc3RmWHZNmbUpwi0MxDsKBHmzjY5qDf5Sn-da36txG9zXpssCYA/s320/IMG_1850D.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the template using old DSP but I liked the blends so much that I made another card.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzXACtGL85srea8SVunSY2OwIact2PzeXG2LbngOfSoIam9NBrCwQFhqfFt72UqiMl_1naoEMURVui0f71q6w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-35034923400073990412018-07-27T08:24:00.001-07:002020-07-19T16:05:19.706-07:00Work in Progress 116 June 2018<br />
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The beginning of our 2018 Adventure in Australia.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to get ready for over 10 hours of sitting!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My countdown app getting closer. I used one of last year's Pinnacle's photo as background.</td></tr>
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While waiting for our flight we visited with a cowboy and a cowboy clown (they were visiting Australia for a bull riding event). Our seat mate for the long 14 hour flight was an exchange student who was on her way to new Zealand. We made it to Brisbane after 14 hours of movies and sleep. I spent time watching a bull riding movie, The Longest Ride and an Australian movie called Paper Planes (cute) and slept for a while. When we arrived, my Samsonite luggage had one wheel missing. It had been completely broken off. Virgin Australia gave me a new piece of luggage to make up for it. It wasn't as good as the Samsonite, but it had the same features. I thought it was nice of Virgin Australia to just give me new luggage on the spot.<br />
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After that we had to figure out how to get to Atlas Rent-A-Car. While waiting, 17 Straw-necked Ibis flew over. We misidentified them at first since our binoculars were still in our backpacks (they were black-and-white in-flight and we thought they might be magpie goose) but we figured it out as soon as we managed to rip our binoculars out of our backpacks.<br />
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We found Boondall Wetlands and immediately saw Australian White Ibis, Royal Spoonbill, and Willie Wagtail. As we tried to figure out how to tour the area, we enlisted help from one of the people who work at the Visitor Center. She explained the various paths we could take and asked if we had seen the Tawny Frogmouth. We hadn't and of course we wanted to! So we got great looks at a Tawny Frogmouth on our first day in Australia!<br />
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We had fun figuring the birds out, watching their behavior, and trying to get a handle on being "new birders" all over again. Around 1 PM, we stopped for lunch at Nudgee beach and had close up looks at Butcher Bird, Australian Magpie, White Ibis, and Blue-faced Honeyeater. Bob had a burger and chips and I had fish and chips. (Ketchup does not come with chips there, it's called tomato sauce and costs a dollar to $1.50 depending on where you go.) Bob noticed that there was a beet in his burger. Apparently beets are a big deal on sandwiches over here. Since Bob likes beets it was no big deal, and he gave me a bite and it tasted good to me.<br />
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After lunch we birded a boardwalk and the beach before searching for a location called the Dowse Lagoon. Once we figured out how to park!!!, we enjoyed the Purple Swamphens, Dusky Moorhens, and tons of Ibis mixed in with Little Black Cormorants, Intermediate Egret, Pacific Black Duck, and Hardhead which is also known as a White-eyed Duck.<br />
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It was getting dark as we headed for Lytton to find our hotel, Waterloo Bay Hotel. After some confusion, we got a room with key controlled lighting. You have to put the plastic part of the key chain in a slot on the wall or the lights don't work. We unpacked from the car (a blue Nissan pulsar) with license TVT-total vulture tours. That would help me remember the license plate. We had pizza and salad and a hot chocolate at the Fig Restaurant at the Hotel. A lot of the hotels have things called Pokies, which are casino-like games that are very popular here.<br />
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As we were crashing from our adrenaline filled day, we did the bird list, 41 species for our first day in Australia.Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-74315676879675774582012-08-26T15:04:00.001-07:002012-08-26T15:04:30.065-07:002012 - 13 Goals
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I'm also debating on how I want the warm-ups to work. I pulled out my AIMS books and copied a few <a href="http://store.aimsedu.org/aims_store/books/whats-next-a-pattern-discovery-approach-to-problem-solving-volume1.html" target="_blank">What's Next</a> pages and am thinking that this will be the Monday and Tuesday warm up. Or the Monday Warm Up/Homework. If students talk to their parents, siblings, and friends about solving the problems, at least they are having a discussion about patterns that may rub off in the classroom. It's all about learning.<br />
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I still need to talk to my colleagues about how they feel about intermittent math homework. I want to avoid assigning homework on those days where I feel I didn't finish the lesson, or the students didn't understand the concept enough to work on it independently. I can always assign <a href="http://www.mangahigh.com/en_us/myschool/679" target="_blank">mangahigh</a>.Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-28149371659875782502012-08-21T17:10:00.002-07:002012-08-21T17:10:53.115-07:00Roaming into the ClassroomWell, summer is over and it's time to get back into the classroom and start practicing my craft once again. I've reread a few books and read some new ones and now I'll get to see how I apply the ideas to this new batch of students who were mostly born in the year of the Twin Tower destruction. <br />
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<a href="http://college.heinemann.com/shared/products/E00670.asp" target="_blank">Connecting Mathematical Ideas: Middle School Video Cases to Support Teaching and Learning</a><br /><a class="Author" href="http://college.heinemann.com/shared/authors/2266.asp">Jo Boaler</a>, Stanford University, <a class="Author" href="http://college.heinemann.com/shared/authors/2267.asp">Cathlee Humphreys</a>, Fremont High School<br />
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<a href="http://college.heinemann.com/shared/products/E00355.asp" target="_blank"><span class="TitleProductPage">Young Mathematicians at Work</span>: Constructing Fractions, Decimals, and Percents</a><br /><a class="Author" href="http://college.heinemann.com/shared/authors/293.asp">Catherine Twomey Fosnot</a>, City College of New York, <a class="Author" href="http://college.heinemann.com/shared/authors/294.asp">Maarten Dolk</a>, Freudenthal Institute, The Netherlands<br />
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<a href="http://college.heinemann.com/shared/products/E00565.asp" target="_blank"><span class="TitleProductPage">Thinking Mathematically</span>: Integrating Arithmetic & Algebra in Elementary School</a><br /><a class="Author" href="http://college.heinemann.com/shared/authors/928.asp">Thomas Carpenter</a>, University of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, <a class="Author" href="http://college.heinemann.com/shared/authors/2274.asp">Megan L Franke</a>, University of California, Los Angeles, <a class="Author" href="http://college.heinemann.com/shared/authors/2718.asp">Linda Levi</a>, Teachers Development Group <br />
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Going into the actual classroom today was a bit overwhelming! I was ostensibly there to help find a book for a new teacher friend of mine. I couldn't find the book, Marcy Cook's <a href="http://www.marcycookmath.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=6" target="_blank"><u>Math Starters and Stumpers</u></a>. I use some of the ideas to make posters and she wanted to do this in her classroom. I put posters around the room and students can solve them when they are wondering what to do. I have the students put answers on a sticky note and if no other student challenges an answer, the solver gets credited with the solution. I ended up reordering the book, which I had originally tabbed quite nicely, and ordering the More Math Starters and Stumpers as well. At $15.00 a pop, they are a great resource. I hope they arrive soon.<br />
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So, if you are wondering what I got done today in the actual classroom, it wasn't much. I searched a lot, rearranged books, put up one interactive poster for Krypto and contemplated what will go on all the walls. I'm not sure I want to put my degrees, certificates, and awards up this year. Should I? Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-52437604905926532102011-09-25T13:10:00.000-07:002011-09-25T13:10:51.211-07:00Monday Mailers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks to the participants on Monday Mailers, I had a mailbox full of treasure this week.Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-11515022487808508022011-08-24T11:07:00.000-07:002011-08-24T11:16:30.656-07:00Neuroma, what fun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4svvaEXWTNe7VPPgza7XLHSlxaGwa35HOyM7Rjny2yk5UJ5Z_dR3zilIbuTN7cmpJtddMAy8taSqq11UP4lvwg5EkQ68lSl_kyLHGQC1yfO17T_U5GVwIKXGsOpQLd1B5DryxfNAqr0/s1600/web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4svvaEXWTNe7VPPgza7XLHSlxaGwa35HOyM7Rjny2yk5UJ5Z_dR3zilIbuTN7cmpJtddMAy8taSqq11UP4lvwg5EkQ68lSl_kyLHGQC1yfO17T_U5GVwIKXGsOpQLd1B5DryxfNAqr0/s320/web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644488004436936274" /></a>
<br />Well, more foot pain in my left foot finally urged me to see the podiatrist before school starts. I was diagnosed with <a href="http://www.foothealthfacts.org/footankleinfo/mortons-neuroma.htm">Morton's Neuroma</a>. You can read all about it if you are really bored. It looks like a snake bit me though! Today it's sore from the shot, but I was told I could hike, bike, and generally cause mayhem.<div>
<br /></div>Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-60141811327695041482011-08-21T00:19:00.000-07:002011-08-21T00:21:46.852-07:00Pelagic Birding out of Half Moon Bay August 14, 2011<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">Pelagic Birding with <a href="http://alvarosadventures.com/about/">Alvaro's Adventures</a> out of Half Moon Bay August 14, 2011</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>We stayed in Redwood City on the 13th<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and left at 5:30 AM on the 14th<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>to meet Alvaro et. al. at the Harbor Master Building in Pillar Point at 6:30.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We arrived early after I got a Reduced Fat Turkey Bacon Breakfast Sandwich at Starbucks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I took Bonine, because I’m a “better safe than sorry” pelagic birder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The ocean was calm with high overcast an good visibility in the harbor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We watched Elegant Terns, Western, Heerman’s, and California gulls, and Double-crested cormorants until we boarded the boat and signed a million waivers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Once everyone had signed, we were on our way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We cruised several interior harbor jetties and saw several BLACK TURNSTONE and somebody saw Surfbird<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(or said it) but it wasn’t us as I intently searched the rocks to find one!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We saw all three species of Cormorant and a few Red-necked Phalarope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Once we were away from the harbor mouth, we turned toward the beach and looked for, but couldn’t find Marbled Murrelet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As we cleared the wash rocks and headed for Maverick’s at Pillar Point, we saw very little and the boat came onto a northwesterly heading and was exposed to a 4 ft. swell with one foot wind waves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>At this point, I was not feeling well, along with about half the people on the boat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Some had already “tossed their cookies” but I was just queasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Jim Lomax was in the cabin looking green and remained there for virtually the whole trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>These wind waves increased to two feet as we made a two hour passage to a point 25 miles offshore and 9 miles due south of the Farallon Islands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The first hour and a half was really slow regarding birds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We were seeing lots of gulls, COMMON MURRES and a few PIGEON GUILLEMOT, NORTHERN FULMAR, RHINOCEROS AUKLET and a PARASITIC JAEGER while we were still inshore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">During this passage the overcast cleared and the wind picked up to 10 knots as we entered San Francisco County waters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>However, at the northwest apex of our circuit as we passed over the continental shelf and the bottom fell away to over 2000 feet, we saw our first BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS of the day and our first of many humpback whales along with other birds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>At this point, Alvaro and the captain decided to lay out a chum line consisting of Cod Liver oil, and fish carcasses, augmented with artificially buttered popcorn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We drove up and down this chum line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>My stomach couldn’t take any more and I helped the chumming efforts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Gulls and albatross started to increase in numbers and we began seeing more FORK-TAILED and ASHY STORM-PETRELS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>PINK-FOOTED and SOOTY SHEARWATERS were common in this area and were sprinkled with quite a few POMARINE JAEGERS and a couple of LONG-TAILED JAEGERS (which was a lifer for both of us!) More whales were feeding along this line as we headed south through the shipping lanes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That’s where the krill was and along with drawing whales, it attracts birds according to Alvaro and the captain.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The next hour and a half was spent repeating the chumming process and we added a few SABINE’S GULLS in brilliant plumage and a few distinctly patterned BULLER’S SHEARWATERS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We also got our best looks at COMMON and ARCTIC TERNS for the day along with more of the same birds close enough to see well without binoculars which was critical for me since every time I put the binos to my eyes the queasiness increased exponentially.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We made a big arc toward the southeast, recrossing into San Mateo County with the swell and chop at our back, so the only unpleasant part was when we slowed to drift through the chum lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We didn’t really see any new birds but continued to get good close up views that the photographers were drooling over, as we recrossed the shipping lanes and headed for the coast about 10 miles south of Half Moon Bay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The wind began to drop off to a breeze and we spotted a couple more pods of humpback whales included two that were rumoured to be making an attempt at mating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They were pretty close to each other and breathing heavily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We were drifting close enough to notice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">As we approached the harbor we made one more pass close to the beach adding one COMMON LOON.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Once inside the harbor five BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS flew over the boat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We tied up close to 5PM, and joined Alvaro, Jim Lomax, John Sterling, Dominik, the kid, Mosur, and a few others for a sunny afternoon beer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I was finally able to eat something so Bob and I shared Chowder with Fish & Chips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We were now at 51 for San Francisco County and 54 for San Mateo County.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We were so tired we went north on 101 instead of south for our hotel and wasted about 33 minutes of valuable sleep time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We still had some paperwork and planning before hitting the sack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-3351956076002420502011-07-01T08:28:00.000-07:002011-07-01T12:35:21.770-07:00On our way home from Orange County where we saw the Lesser Sandplover<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5Gx496obil0BZ1KJlpBaBYHeidZaDwNvgjADPSpROQKJz_0QrZkjRYXPoRGH1IyFrOiPjL5gdctTNa31E04-xp2Y2jVPPi2XP6arjJoIPQ93_J-AlbO0QCAQ6tNzQ_-MAxMv5W6XSnQ/s1600/101_1460.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a>April 10, 2011<div>After seeing Paula Poundstone at Campbell Hall for my birthday present, my car needed a jump start. Campus police gave us a ride to the car, where Vanessa had been waiting in the dark. We made tons of phone calls, so Rebecca's relatives got to experience the adventure too! Finally, Love's Towing gave us a jump and we were on our way!<div style="clear:both; text-align:LEFT"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div>Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-55286820390008860912010-02-14T11:14:00.000-08:002010-02-14T11:18:29.304-08:00Find What Brings You Joy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYA2ZjfEYVHRzczKjJ_Gkx4Rgyaw2lPdQwSR_FPd60yghcjteqTPb7BhXoLy6AW32FHnO2FbXujlP47ZRCjgczHROg3GfPpQ1sNO2AjxbUJmHLoXqHQkLTK0BYpEZGx4ciKevCotYgiI/s1600-h/100_0914.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYA2ZjfEYVHRzczKjJ_Gkx4Rgyaw2lPdQwSR_FPd60yghcjteqTPb7BhXoLy6AW32FHnO2FbXujlP47ZRCjgczHROg3GfPpQ1sNO2AjxbUJmHLoXqHQkLTK0BYpEZGx4ciKevCotYgiI/s200/100_0914.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438180347617228178" /></a><br />This is the last week for the card swap and I worked like crazy to get a Paris card for Rachel. Thanks to Kim Bailey Sanchez and her Paris stamps, I did it!<div><br /></div>Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-46398456685577887332010-01-24T21:14:00.000-08:002010-01-24T21:43:02.235-08:00Favorite Things<div>Wow! This weekend I decided to try something way outside of my comfort zone. It took bits of Saturday and Sunday to complete and wasn't looking too good for awhile there. I finally figured out how to use what I had to make a card. Here's what part of the work space looked like.</div> <img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WLRKImnbDw67jqH-s96gNUFTjK2dCV5cjd6cECLU8QsJ2dNUx_CZjIm917xuFyktGCLLf8fLKpl3B8KLFVPhHQzjThCdrO-do3FY26k0VPodKEFtGTBdTYXeszvKCBsL0BFIfnD34r4/s200/100_0894.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430542484132709346" /> <img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd970bTHB4i2_uW9HZz2g4G07MNIAPiBEq7jqsFyxGfpemJIVfeHxIJMVbcrz7SoveQP2ycPgFRL4NYjscATSRvuLJEU22fuhbebonrpIF0IIXq5NultuzQhCPYTOLGvnsy7Mc2r4fuUo/s200/100_0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430543342925081106" /><div><br /></div><div>I chose to take some of the parts that I ended up with to make my buddy card for this week. The final card is on the left and the plain image is on the right. Melted crayon on wax paper is providing the stained glass look.<div><br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzT8g025a-W7YoTz_P88FV_rVOszCKWOWAropC4mkpfnU2_mKo-Ffk7qV_iYNse3hzH-xcWFb97DsHB7ifRPsRnxOGvJ3bZ8DM0qkU3xInwmt0G86cnrTVwuwRaV9vMx-o0XzK5Xp8n0/s200/100_0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430544311085805746" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixW7UezRdA3GgJF5-aqUIOFhqW0ygdUBxSKXy1-lKBqKEw983B3So7mkBP9XU9gu4oXMsVT-k1h5TTCCeOF58Y6IOBoNeyZ0S4or6zBj8o_5GXSGXKPiDehRrHaTpt3lh6ripTXKKBcKA/s200/100_0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430544322901525122" /><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-74510316647714231272009-12-25T15:12:00.000-08:002009-12-25T21:57:31.158-08:00December Doings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaz_IJq1Nq4pAkPdFmj4yYORXkjDc7_OwJaAHbR5YHZ4nrQ13FkuqYLe1uXaBwqKDuTDALGHEyq_zN-vXUzCKoFeflWNVF7JJehBUtmJChfJ9DncmiGUzuzwR2OL7TsqRRYdR7Nk8AT6w/s1600-h/100_0001.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaz_IJq1Nq4pAkPdFmj4yYORXkjDc7_OwJaAHbR5YHZ4nrQ13FkuqYLe1uXaBwqKDuTDALGHEyq_zN-vXUzCKoFeflWNVF7JJehBUtmJChfJ9DncmiGUzuzwR2OL7TsqRRYdR7Nk8AT6w/s200/100_0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419324181571392290" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTA1oFqP8HNAGKxmP_s2GtHg_-Y4BiLav0fOeauIK46PX7nfbiD7gOqbwbDIb4AMfE1vN45mQ3H7g7rg0MwM7t9N7lXT5zsOipdcojS-QDO1k2TPM8ieP_mrckTRNW84PGOYZNceGjwg/s200/100_0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419324171460054306" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEb2aWmMWJ9sLHAUpFdh0ZMEL-MetOMwFJSXOEx9hxgAowU2ZH_pXMh9an4TUTl9JxracxluycucEc9V_sbbEV_Jax91GWCTvdPXCBgZvcZc1C97GQEcDNz4vfN-0mz3yJLI2tP2rIaOs/s1600-h/100_0001.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></a>It looks like I'm only posting once a month here! I've been making cards and having fun while weathering the day to day challenge of working with Middle Schoolers.<br /><div> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_c4XTr26gL9-C1wzSpeugi-q0LvSTkv3AVBvmYk_XlrXT3waRXTTU0gu4BjDSUFopOvWHjLVoJZjxk6juEjyHeqapgZVnt8oqsvi5raewek8siLAMwSjR-rdVJimFEwOtA3zUU_4ssU/s1600-h/100_0884.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_c4XTr26gL9-C1wzSpeugi-q0LvSTkv3AVBvmYk_XlrXT3waRXTTU0gu4BjDSUFopOvWHjLVoJZjxk6juEjyHeqapgZVnt8oqsvi5raewek8siLAMwSjR-rdVJimFEwOtA3zUU_4ssU/s200/100_0884.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419326523971229634" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9hL25qNyu3OE-iBRE-1-JDUO9iPBoRqpZv9_mob5AVnOz15xpdD_33Dtaij-KNPtIkFv1INlnzSD5LHPTrwHQAwHoMGwyUrA_5glTSfK82v16i8VXvkiRB2G56NvpKMrqRF_M42G4vY/s1600-h/100_0001_2.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9hL25qNyu3OE-iBRE-1-JDUO9iPBoRqpZv9_mob5AVnOz15xpdD_33Dtaij-KNPtIkFv1INlnzSD5LHPTrwHQAwHoMGwyUrA_5glTSfK82v16i8VXvkiRB2G56NvpKMrqRF_M42G4vY/s200/100_0001_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419327992172953810" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_c4XTr26gL9-C1wzSpeugi-q0LvSTkv3AVBvmYk_XlrXT3waRXTTU0gu4BjDSUFopOvWHjLVoJZjxk6juEjyHeqapgZVnt8oqsvi5raewek8siLAMwSjR-rdVJimFEwOtA3zUU_4ssU/s1600-h/100_0884.JPG"></a>Christmas Eve was great fun with my friends and their families and in one case pet. Several of us took off at 10 AM in the sunshine to hike up the hills of Ventura. I have never hiked to two trees and it was wonderful to experience this with such a great group of people. Once to the top, we could see the islands.</div><div><div> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintkawwcJ73KNJ48ffbyB5RZr7h2d-Q3PiOBJhwhEq30x1blstBPZMvUwFqU4oHvpX4dLLyW896-gdIvDG0Q0LOZ5MyIFl6SbWGfcH4ms7hVq0rWAC6c8oG8x6x5E2pIARLEn2aLJSaAI/s1600-h/18751_1309511502418_1369526770_30854884_5013014_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintkawwcJ73KNJ48ffbyB5RZr7h2d-Q3PiOBJhwhEq30x1blstBPZMvUwFqU4oHvpX4dLLyW896-gdIvDG0Q0LOZ5MyIFl6SbWGfcH4ms7hVq0rWAC6c8oG8x6x5E2pIARLEn2aLJSaAI/s400/18751_1309511502418_1369526770_30854884_5013014_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419321735805684306" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintkawwcJ73KNJ48ffbyB5RZr7h2d-Q3PiOBJhwhEq30x1blstBPZMvUwFqU4oHvpX4dLLyW896-gdIvDG0Q0LOZ5MyIFl6SbWGfcH4ms7hVq0rWAC6c8oG8x6x5E2pIARLEn2aLJSaAI/s1600-h/18751_1309511502418_1369526770_30854884_5013014_n.jpg"></a> You can see Anacapa Island if you look carefully.</div><div><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftSQgwSmAKMGxu8jmBX6WV5Y4CP7gRlq1ZR2EPomMmpZGBbS7JPRNEQTLum-TwQ7O1uxBHNcNJsBHxGHl2pApwAH6ASsUg4oAd1XrNVNLpTbb9iQANErv9Yrwy28udYfTbh7ZDl6z9Z0/s1600-h/18751_1309511462417_1369526770_30854883_1701166_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftSQgwSmAKMGxu8jmBX6WV5Y4CP7gRlq1ZR2EPomMmpZGBbS7JPRNEQTLum-TwQ7O1uxBHNcNJsBHxGHl2pApwAH6ASsUg4oAd1XrNVNLpTbb9iQANErv9Yrwy28udYfTbh7ZDl6z9Z0/s400/18751_1309511462417_1369526770_30854883_1701166_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419321731827450034" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div> The gang at two trees. Check the Facebook pic for all the names.</div><div>Christmas Eve night was exciting as well. I dropped off <a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/product/9780761151272">Swing</a> for Jack and was invited to dinner with the Lewis-Abriols. I had a great dinner of homemade minestrone with foccacia bread followed by homemade Snickerdoodles fresh out of the oven for dessert. Played with Jake until 9PM and then headed home.</div><div><br /></div><div>Christmas day was full of fun with my friends and family. Breakfast at the Linders began the day. I even had a gift from Santa, how he knew I'd be there, I'll never know. I surprised some friends before heading home and making a few Christmas greeting calls. Steve treated me to Sherlock Holmes and popcorn at the Century 16. After welcoming Bob home from the islands we were surprised with a plate of homemade cookies from the Lewis-Abriols. What a wonderful day in my wonderful life!</div></div>Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-77866604332185724092009-11-23T20:59:00.000-08:002009-11-23T22:33:18.619-08:00Symmetry<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-W7zt1qEpLGvuMcOxStMKydjLI1IdVaQHZIEYpr6ZXY4W4aIC7AVhqypm1yXtUoJd9KHVVkmSZ0bFszXffgoVpxVGRntFzbXTObJl-I2x7N0wfppeWA0dXqGLAT8UC5urAx_PMlPB_M/s1600/101_0869.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-W7zt1qEpLGvuMcOxStMKydjLI1IdVaQHZIEYpr6ZXY4W4aIC7AVhqypm1yXtUoJd9KHVVkmSZ0bFszXffgoVpxVGRntFzbXTObJl-I2x7N0wfppeWA0dXqGLAT8UC5urAx_PMlPB_M/s320/101_0869.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407537209385673298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpk0fplLtzq4hU3k95n7cYsiizxxKNoeKuUbc7uF58WYy51jxARcOTtpC20eRRhWhJBK66h6E_PHTD0joQujIHI1xu7JicN9z9S33pYHR2O7U7z5Cbio0N3UBJ0z_AD8VtDmysVNFK6wo/s1600/101_0858.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpk0fplLtzq4hU3k95n7cYsiizxxKNoeKuUbc7uF58WYy51jxARcOTtpC20eRRhWhJBK66h6E_PHTD0joQujIHI1xu7JicN9z9S33pYHR2O7U7z5Cbio0N3UBJ0z_AD8VtDmysVNFK6wo/s320/101_0858.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407537196431803890" /></a><br />Well, it's getting to be that time of year when student attention is not always the best it can be. Therefore, I've got a symmetry project ready and waiting. This is the kind that students can pick up and work on whenever I need to stop an ineffective lesson. I'm uploading some of the past projects. I hope I get some good ones this year. Enjoy!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgau0DBaxyh_kH2f8TOATbH1UINpcpoBwmRW59yKDjLNlx9f-l9I7ZwklCdM9RxLFD7aGh50hPQAwkKQyE1ZCoBXnRZW91XTzgP1CBvsD7Oo9D9z9va-m7V_nVZ3HcMMTXJmSym5snWBhc/s1600/101_0859.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgau0DBaxyh_kH2f8TOATbH1UINpcpoBwmRW59yKDjLNlx9f-l9I7ZwklCdM9RxLFD7aGh50hPQAwkKQyE1ZCoBXnRZW91XTzgP1CBvsD7Oo9D9z9va-m7V_nVZ3HcMMTXJmSym5snWBhc/s320/101_0859.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407535462708104994" /><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsP_7orI-cftgSVp-A2oackaSUOCMPfftBoWfeXCs9DSr4qAGKfeTic_W2A1M_v3KqEetSPJxXH72qCCibZYQpXduw8M1B0oFt2nh_buEFrXMg_4p19Q-xQWopNpyriwsDC0E2CQOZb8/s1600/101_0862.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsP_7orI-cftgSVp-A2oackaSUOCMPfftBoWfeXCs9DSr4qAGKfeTic_W2A1M_v3KqEetSPJxXH72qCCibZYQpXduw8M1B0oFt2nh_buEFrXMg_4p19Q-xQWopNpyriwsDC0E2CQOZb8/s320/101_0862.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407535447529893794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHlptkzltO8aFyeT8EqAjYjnziJxXaVFQxfmpSP-LowXQF6oiyuLbVhdmv674D-zitSMK_oAVFPeAeJ7RYgFbpLmjEPlHDSEP6mJHVDr1o0hmDZzKypM6m_ae-PTfBVguAQChtEdzp8SA/s1600/101_0863.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHlptkzltO8aFyeT8EqAjYjnziJxXaVFQxfmpSP-LowXQF6oiyuLbVhdmv674D-zitSMK_oAVFPeAeJ7RYgFbpLmjEPlHDSEP6mJHVDr1o0hmDZzKypM6m_ae-PTfBVguAQChtEdzp8SA/s320/101_0863.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407535435644387362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFi_QHwmz7-NtcUF_Vt92MKCjrGETZQ7whdp4Yl9pHAKglpF8DXYYTzOlflvsP7dzaaajdZSLh4Mj0Y-Svnj0MmnmduYGSFQSJfQbBuYEUBfoylEq3i8A_jjNWDxVQotybxN7wQo05pWo/s1600/101_0857.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFi_QHwmz7-NtcUF_Vt92MKCjrGETZQ7whdp4Yl9pHAKglpF8DXYYTzOlflvsP7dzaaajdZSLh4Mj0Y-Svnj0MmnmduYGSFQSJfQbBuYEUBfoylEq3i8A_jjNWDxVQotybxN7wQo05pWo/s320/101_0857.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407535430606995938" /></a>Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-58750321695132873552009-10-31T20:19:00.000-07:002009-10-31T20:24:20.553-07:00Halloween Wedding at Forever Hollywood Cemetery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8_Vuvr-3qtzHrep3SCLVjm3h-w52uF2mJH1Vv2w8GtTjEu-edaqienVs73bCDs-SGoc_qflfK3Xh-sog6oP5zilGUfTN26vAOqZidKiZ971byOGaju3-R2NEaR6uiHDE4v2vwbkNBTQ/s1600-h/IMG_0435.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8_Vuvr-3qtzHrep3SCLVjm3h-w52uF2mJH1Vv2w8GtTjEu-edaqienVs73bCDs-SGoc_qflfK3Xh-sog6oP5zilGUfTN26vAOqZidKiZ971byOGaju3-R2NEaR6uiHDE4v2vwbkNBTQ/s320/IMG_0435.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398970353966396498" /></a><br />Today my youngest brother got married in an incredibly entertaining ceremony at Forever Hollywood Cemetery. Douglas Fairbanks could be said to have been in attendance as it was held on the Fairbanks lawn.Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-75189580772351021922009-10-30T18:18:00.000-07:002010-01-11T22:05:05.930-08:00Crazy Hair Day<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsHOHybXf43v8CIMuYMN86iF9kVFU6tJKhRQ0-DhR6-Y5zJHVotXhyTkoSU2hr703V0zp1kJX-YmshpauiByyaMPNiVZW9hs1DbO5HECuQTSAs1KRWGPFqKrbvNeEHd34xq-2l-16JwQ/s1600-h/100_0002.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsHOHybXf43v8CIMuYMN86iF9kVFU6tJKhRQ0-DhR6-Y5zJHVotXhyTkoSU2hr703V0zp1kJX-YmshpauiByyaMPNiVZW9hs1DbO5HECuQTSAs1KRWGPFqKrbvNeEHd34xq-2l-16JwQ/s320/100_0002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398567877578054802" /></a><br />Well this week was certainly interesting. We had Crazy Hair Day, Door Decoration Contest, and Costume Day. Actually the students did well with the academics, all things considered.<div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 79px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8aPx79G3cfUOxZ3L1myrVzEn12ttUHmRO86gkbdBKIWL5N65tYqD0VVcNLdXmIBStv9uueCsrpMSuVQgXHOzjf_8Zw34kmbmHAkugIcU3tdWvgkmzSL7rSdnJiEFWuD1MCS-ynDpHkI/s200/100_0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425721340230465074" /> They designed doors for Red Ribbon/Halloween Week. They listened to my ideas and came up with their own. I'm all about empowering kids so gave them access to the supplies they needed and watched what they came up with.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJC7zIC12Trt6j4TIpw76oKi3VWUoNKNzQTTL_kLB9M_5EnJPXSnXaSXNSUpu_JuVuzoQGayCILkXpzcj34hMeII63gCuE2gEpeWK5D2mO8PW_wkmBcNuJhoyMcMZUbv1UN2HcCweN4U/s320/101_0821.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398610044480942962" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOSmqO5GySIxEQYz8DK95pgdFzYbu1NfdSBCYZ58xpKjpT2IElGs_QcUekfMHP0XTHA0sgNhVKj79iplMRx3ZsmY5FFwFVZ-aS30N43UePCG74LpQDdDT-LDgt9O0eSZEz4vWvqUpgSg/s320/101_0809.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398610793928914722" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The message states, "Don't do crack or I'll eat you as a snack."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div>Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-49288614136392707162009-10-18T16:01:00.000-07:002009-10-18T16:52:36.392-07:00ExplorationsAfter spending Saturday birding the Ventura ponds, I got out some binders with samples from classes I've enjoyed. I explored for ideas that use glitter for this week's card swap.<div><br /></div><div>After finding some of my favorites, I chose to play around with collage from a Sandra McCall class. I needed some double sided backing much wider than tape, so I headed over to AJ's Scrap Shack. I got what I needed and Amy showed me some amazing glitter strategies! Call them for more information.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Mufferaw, serif;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">5777 Olivas Park Drive, suite "C"</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="style2"><span class="style8"><span class="style9"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Ventura, CA<br />Phone: 805-212-1099<br />Email: </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 229, 0); "><a href="mailto:sales@ajsscrapshack.com?subject=Hello"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sales@AJsScrapshack.com</span></span></a></span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Mufferaw, serif;color:#FFE500;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div>The green part of the card is all glitter on two sided tape.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh778sE2Z5TZd5Alzv3cBMDwgmR3WUD-OcZ0tckoSzL-jA6Jlgxt2cfeKvbr8pvFxlWxIanb3EIbpR7k76dr7HNW6ij1uoSa8t08GRf-UbuNrPAifGDDcdQKajzR0BJ5Kv-IS9SJLa1LUI/s1600-h/101_0798.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh778sE2Z5TZd5Alzv3cBMDwgmR3WUD-OcZ0tckoSzL-jA6Jlgxt2cfeKvbr8pvFxlWxIanb3EIbpR7k76dr7HNW6ij1uoSa8t08GRf-UbuNrPAifGDDcdQKajzR0BJ5Kv-IS9SJLa1LUI/s320/101_0798.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394086003171669762" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaCxRmr8b8kvCp5EbKYQZU8h87nrGyjpap-tkvcCiWMZaWYUqyhAiFSmDvveM3mCeMF60gT_6GEjT6mJpf2iO-LWH6fErdPsQqypxyj7nwl159NbbmEWAMUdbys7hIj20RvstEAhPDKc/s1600-h/100_0003.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaCxRmr8b8kvCp5EbKYQZU8h87nrGyjpap-tkvcCiWMZaWYUqyhAiFSmDvveM3mCeMF60gT_6GEjT6mJpf2iO-LWH6fErdPsQqypxyj7nwl159NbbmEWAMUdbys7hIj20RvstEAhPDKc/s320/100_0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394085998349789970" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This photo shows the Be Creative™ Tape Sheets that I used for the backing with a collage piece shown from the back.</div></div>Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-41467139985134942352009-10-04T19:47:00.000-07:002009-10-04T20:01:35.510-07:00Weekly Craft Adventure<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEmmEMxdpMkFqNhrvJQqY2zyZUpnnHbE0d-N9-eYIMGotc_Vw4d64xns8Be_xlcTQ8EHTa2e5-W-J2Rf4DV_S9MLfEv6ifg0mFrrFuuqzvdZh9D5HNRLY7kESe2RHJtYjDd7wIwaFZTA/s1600-h/100_0006.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoHV39PjLlVuhJQ0aEOGkrCd3X2a8ueo8sGfFaUK0UIOJxcWndsKsiXj-oo0FqZJO64r34tGrP1WvC681_pnhyphenhyphenCp7e5gW5pYrahCM0q-lZ4RMratRFdZ_AWaEOt71FMihKguP2pmMdDU/s200/100_0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388945022589386578" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphigBvJZ6OkB0Baoeq-EeW_1RQglKjLLzMlzBlL_q3KMSVoyqMH3OupPq2VVy-Q61gyCBJrBVFqTJ8eOlin5bzYuPiJvfzT8gOIV-_oWC5wEDA0eHkumL-i_CGrrqrV0YE7K6Z9PFLM4/s1600-h/100_0002.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphigBvJZ6OkB0Baoeq-EeW_1RQglKjLLzMlzBlL_q3KMSVoyqMH3OupPq2VVy-Q61gyCBJrBVFqTJ8eOlin5bzYuPiJvfzT8gOIV-_oWC5wEDA0eHkumL-i_CGrrqrV0YE7K6Z9PFLM4/s200/100_0002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388945012361757314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglIm8gfss1OhztXLoBa8rl15T5Ipw5n7qU2HvgwGg4Wyd989O-_ctOoK7R-egQINHwVmtlJlW0XyzpJcFZEXJ0CRX3hHyUagS2A3Ew6U0s21TP_BJFqIKEcQ7srlIRqrXjGFoMnvQ8LI/s1600-h/100_0001.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglIm8gfss1OhztXLoBa8rl15T5Ipw5n7qU2HvgwGg4Wyd989O-_ctOoK7R-egQINHwVmtlJlW0XyzpJcFZEXJ0CRX3hHyUagS2A3Ew6U0s21TP_BJFqIKEcQ7srlIRqrXjGFoMnvQ8LI/s200/100_0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388944996824802226" /></a><br />After an all day birding trip on Saturday it was time for me to get my weekly card done. The challenge of the week was a card with eyelets or embossing. I've wanted to do a fall card with Judikins Four Leaves stamp for quite awhile. So, today was the day. However, what I wanted to do wasn't as easy as I thought. After several tries, I finally ended up with a few passable cards. Look closely and you will notice some problems I had making the cards. Here they are.Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-35632842414259142232009-09-27T21:17:00.000-07:002009-09-27T21:31:21.562-07:00Cambria<div>Joan Decker, Sharon Chidester, and I went to Cambria so that I could get the "cookies of insanity" at Lily's.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj788pzVkk9vTW_WjGgqVfoqQ8NF2Rh6MkvV5_9YsmRIb4ESIjnE4eLfIUIDRNApFQHMPddQXLe260kNofB5EOqIaP0Y10m02_IHtZqLNaiWFzDwCygdp7VpBv_zhgEDMb_uKv7k_tkgIU/s1600-h/100_0781.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj788pzVkk9vTW_WjGgqVfoqQ8NF2Rh6MkvV5_9YsmRIb4ESIjnE4eLfIUIDRNApFQHMPddQXLe260kNofB5EOqIaP0Y10m02_IHtZqLNaiWFzDwCygdp7VpBv_zhgEDMb_uKv7k_tkgIU/s320/100_0781.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386369575514909058" /></a><br />After eating a strawberry scone and enjoying a hot drink at Lily's we walked around Cambria. At Deer Run I picked up a new toy. Later, I bought a bracelet.<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2prwwLXAhigDzQoiCANYqlyiITjfA8gBiJwJQ_bK1ipAIQVgYLQlFa8qvVpGlYP0zHBRiWWNtEfu2Kzy58XI5ObiP8rMCioyMgoL5_ZwWwiHJD6ZzqOkX2PzaB62v4srs3pnGI0UgtVM/s1600-h/101_0774.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2prwwLXAhigDzQoiCANYqlyiITjfA8gBiJwJQ_bK1ipAIQVgYLQlFa8qvVpGlYP0zHBRiWWNtEfu2Kzy58XI5ObiP8rMCioyMgoL5_ZwWwiHJD6ZzqOkX2PzaB62v4srs3pnGI0UgtVM/s320/101_0774.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386370566240295394" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWf3AkjRl3pB-p0OQSQfzKeWwZPV1S2zJ1yiSjQ6q06ZBcNJiygDVUcisRoANq89ts9zUK5O8-Psgyko-1A11UwozfmacUEyFN1CgxCpvwJbLkDZqUMC8fsLdmS_GDwzw1i2HS7TbQno/s1600-h/101_0777.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWf3AkjRl3pB-p0OQSQfzKeWwZPV1S2zJ1yiSjQ6q06ZBcNJiygDVUcisRoANq89ts9zUK5O8-Psgyko-1A11UwozfmacUEyFN1CgxCpvwJbLkDZqUMC8fsLdmS_GDwzw1i2HS7TbQno/s320/101_0777.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386370571273415282" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div>Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-8893571258497676212009-09-26T17:05:00.000-07:002009-09-27T21:35:38.813-07:00Morro Bay Card ClassToday was my initiation into teaching card making. You will be thrilled to hear that it was a success. It might have been nicer if I'd remembered to bring a camera, but luckily Lucille took a phone shot for this blog and sent it to my phone. It just required some new tech learning on my part to get it out of my phone! The cards shown are the design models, but the participants produced some amazing alterations!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfo13AAYU6qfzDjKgM2_So5q8hiXSztPYUb-wuGQ7huEfFFBwJTBTpf-t949_CamzKOn3edcV0I1z6HUd8lRrCV3NTuyTACSY652ALvLOPGslOFdVNK0jOrkpgaQG1gRFK71e34fGR9XE/s1600-h/Morro+Bay+Card+making.jpg"></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfo13AAYU6qfzDjKgM2_So5q8hiXSztPYUb-wuGQ7huEfFFBwJTBTpf-t949_CamzKOn3edcV0I1z6HUd8lRrCV3NTuyTACSY652ALvLOPGslOFdVNK0jOrkpgaQG1gRFK71e34fGR9XE/s1600-h/Morro+Bay+Card+making.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 315px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfo13AAYU6qfzDjKgM2_So5q8hiXSztPYUb-wuGQ7huEfFFBwJTBTpf-t949_CamzKOn3edcV0I1z6HUd8lRrCV3NTuyTACSY652ALvLOPGslOFdVNK0jOrkpgaQG1gRFK71e34fGR9XE/s320/Morro+Bay+Card+making.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385932500152517858" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaT-GnagnGza33_NlcArGhcZGe31bSvigIwWA4nOLxcIba8_QZ-Hx5RZ1PaoSFJG8kcsVzXmFNswyBiAaOR5wvvXwhC2pJmhUILdJutfZIbVL3S2GfTaxYTryL3jrJbXdNWCpGVgSLi1Y/s1600-h/101_0766.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaT-GnagnGza33_NlcArGhcZGe31bSvigIwWA4nOLxcIba8_QZ-Hx5RZ1PaoSFJG8kcsVzXmFNswyBiAaOR5wvvXwhC2pJmhUILdJutfZIbVL3S2GfTaxYTryL3jrJbXdNWCpGVgSLi1Y/s320/101_0766.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386363937069270034" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaT-GnagnGza33_NlcArGhcZGe31bSvigIwWA4nOLxcIba8_QZ-Hx5RZ1PaoSFJG8kcsVzXmFNswyBiAaOR5wvvXwhC2pJmhUILdJutfZIbVL3S2GfTaxYTryL3jrJbXdNWCpGVgSLi1Y/s1600-h/101_0766.JPG"></a>Joan let me take photos of her cards.</div><div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfo13AAYU6qfzDjKgM2_So5q8hiXSztPYUb-wuGQ7huEfFFBwJTBTpf-t949_CamzKOn3edcV0I1z6HUd8lRrCV3NTuyTACSY652ALvLOPGslOFdVNK0jOrkpgaQG1gRFK71e34fGR9XE/s1600-h/Morro+Bay+Card+making.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1CgFYNIPBiyaJhGMM7cOQPVOitBHsxTyXxRpOUwxnv0t0aTOlCHrxtUp2gwjAgkzXs3fKucpK6IbGXROd3eeIVy4s9vJbPaBnw7up9QXRF2ePVxDCvGTfATWd9HoUta0ZvrZJHtusWA/s1600-h/fa5064fbccb8__1254039425000.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1CgFYNIPBiyaJhGMM7cOQPVOitBHsxTyXxRpOUwxnv0t0aTOlCHrxtUp2gwjAgkzXs3fKucpK6IbGXROd3eeIVy4s9vJbPaBnw7up9QXRF2ePVxDCvGTfATWd9HoUta0ZvrZJHtusWA/s320/fa5064fbccb8__1254039425000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386372127666064290" style="cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 145px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb82SdJLjEFzhXUbs0Fi-fGDc3nAPqMAbjqHcOaw1qi8dJ6JOB-ZS9nxxSNUnzb8qNHHnCJNwcrQvL8hWiBtr-CdGN-WA77CxWYMx6gZFiLVOEoD0Kpi_EPA0YTKklkbaWprvsGibEsw/s1600-h/252e22139ffb__1254039486000.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb82SdJLjEFzhXUbs0Fi-fGDc3nAPqMAbjqHcOaw1qi8dJ6JOB-ZS9nxxSNUnzb8qNHHnCJNwcrQvL8hWiBtr-CdGN-WA77CxWYMx6gZFiLVOEoD0Kpi_EPA0YTKklkbaWprvsGibEsw/s320/252e22139ffb__1254039486000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386372123261207378" style="cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 145px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQruDd9erRKptSS2oT9sHUFBOGNwKY2idZjkfn_nzosy3BFObSb0kW5VTbZebwRPnNR6vRidkFWX6YGnzaq7bYCIgNNiiwSK20zkYiPzqc0LX6Xm0DnQXVcQ_RCiyCiC5HhtHgC1jx7s4/s1600-h/5ac5b84d08d1__1254039684000.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQruDd9erRKptSS2oT9sHUFBOGNwKY2idZjkfn_nzosy3BFObSb0kW5VTbZebwRPnNR6vRidkFWX6YGnzaq7bYCIgNNiiwSK20zkYiPzqc0LX6Xm0DnQXVcQ_RCiyCiC5HhtHgC1jx7s4/s320/5ac5b84d08d1__1254039684000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386372113029747666" style="cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 145px; " /></a></div></div>Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-23693061840956939352009-09-17T18:08:00.000-07:002009-09-17T18:23:53.159-07:00Can Can<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZwLVIrG4tb98ibClnRyP2OUfYTip-GpncT12ZLlX4ner8R5R1oG318OJJgd9BuZkh6LUp2_vlTF0GcK4xej7e5PKuLSKP4SVlrwX-4hJ8XmXtzt10CUbkNoQVtlWZApLnvvm-TiJdRs/s1600-h/100_0759.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZwLVIrG4tb98ibClnRyP2OUfYTip-GpncT12ZLlX4ner8R5R1oG318OJJgd9BuZkh6LUp2_vlTF0GcK4xej7e5PKuLSKP4SVlrwX-4hJ8XmXtzt10CUbkNoQVtlWZApLnvvm-TiJdRs/s320/100_0759.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382609483312372642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzw91FxVUPywNnDctB3TaAQ6gp5KjIDw1JvNjyk7YDd3aXgo0vgIKsRqXW59WqfGcBL9RgGHaLjLlPKLOPOqdjrT5I_UY7VCUV43gYhfMlsonJWeY0SbD9X1-OIG8VSGgOxBKVwaWuWo/s1600-h/100_0002.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzw91FxVUPywNnDctB3TaAQ6gp5KjIDw1JvNjyk7YDd3aXgo0vgIKsRqXW59WqfGcBL9RgGHaLjLlPKLOPOqdjrT5I_UY7VCUV43gYhfMlsonJWeY0SbD9X1-OIG8VSGgOxBKVwaWuWo/s320/100_0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382609471305983650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincbx9rGQdOTUoowIUC8vW8eJnDodk2-ZHDdX-SZXoQT60mlQHP3NLp1Wp609fLcKxX1hvBslau78AR0K7dXbK46OTmJci7eKp3S6rCWQGSPG0FO4nZOSfy144z5ozMuMRUVBBElZuZbY/s1600-h/100_0003.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincbx9rGQdOTUoowIUC8vW8eJnDodk2-ZHDdX-SZXoQT60mlQHP3NLp1Wp609fLcKxX1hvBslau78AR0K7dXbK46OTmJci7eKp3S6rCWQGSPG0FO4nZOSfy144z5ozMuMRUVBBElZuZbY/s320/100_0003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382609475891562578" border="0" /></a> <br />Here is what I did for my buddy. Her goodies are inside. The top is stamped felt, the bottom band is a Mrs. Grossman's sticker, the paper is from a shop in L.A. County, the stamp has been in my collection for years and I don't know where it came from originally.Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928998902578850455.post-13552501403231958402009-09-13T21:06:00.001-07:002009-09-13T21:08:30.329-07:00My New Stamp<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJg_ULH-cWL4DBDz8nsES2YU3QHVj4BTXeJn9sF6HozedcxaCkS1Kg1bj4ueBC6PuT4LZ8AEckw-RO7kYfmAUtdTT69y38xDJXumuybeJF4XYynwCk5ikqRyA3fos0c9hd3Yfs8D-nbZE/s1600-h/100_0002.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJg_ULH-cWL4DBDz8nsES2YU3QHVj4BTXeJn9sF6HozedcxaCkS1Kg1bj4ueBC6PuT4LZ8AEckw-RO7kYfmAUtdTT69y38xDJXumuybeJF4XYynwCk5ikqRyA3fos0c9hd3Yfs8D-nbZE/s320/100_0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381169818306160658" border="0" /></a>Michelle Townsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176088260108550002noreply@blogger.com0