My inchie this week is on the country of Japan. Several years ago - well, really a lot of years - when I was teaching second grade we had more freedom to develop our own curriculum. State standards were not the issue they are now. So I decided to take my students on a year long journey around the world. All of my reading, math, language, etc. was based on that country. We measured miles for our route. Ate foods from the country we were studying. Did art and music activities from there. Everything. My kids even had a passport that had to be stamped when we travelled from place to place. That was the most fun. I still have grown ups that were in my class as second graders come to see me and say "remember when we went to ____"? One of our favorite places was Japan. It was so rich in activities. This inchie brought back some great memories, origami kimonos and tissue paper cherry blossoms!
Joey's challenge was to use the tangle pais. I got started and then just couldn't stop. It turned into a monotangle of nothing but pais! I also started losing my green pen so I had to add a third color. Guess I may need to order some colored sakuras!
Well, that's all for now. Thanks for dropping by and saying hello! Hugs!
Good job with the Pais! It works really well on the round tile. Sakura has a set of...ok, a LOT...of colored pens, from 005-08, as well as some brush pens and some graphic pens that look like calligraphy pens. The set comes in a plastic box, about 10"X6" or thereabouts, and I *think* I paid about $95 for it. That was about 8 years ago. Most of the pens are gone now, and I certainly enjoyed them. No, not gonna order them again, but thought you might like to know about them. I ordered from Blick.com, btw.
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I love your Pais, and the colours you used, your inchie is great too, thanks for sharing all those happy memories, Dx
ReplyDeleteVery nice composition in lovely pastel colours!
ReplyDeleteYou might enjoy It's a String Thing at Adele's Tickled to Tangle her challenge usually comes out late Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteIAST, "It's A String Thing:" www.tickledtotangle.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteEla's Daily Challenge: "www.elatorium.de/challenge/daily-challenge.html
Her pages are all in German, but the challenges are self-explanatory. On the righthand top, it says "menu." Click on it, and where it says "Muster-Quelle," that's for an alphabetized collection of tangle patterns. She also has a fb page, and people post their interpretations of the daily challenges there. Frankly, I think her challenges are wicked hard, lol.
Square One on fb...just go to fb and write Square One in the search box. New challenge every Friday.
There are groups on fb with challenges, but I don't remember any of the names right now. You can do a search if you're interested.
Hope this helps.
Great inchie, and I love your tangle.
ReplyDeleteYour Joey piece is lovely! The colors are great;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat inchie and what a wonderful idea ro take your class around the world, great memories :-) Then tangle pais is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThat’s a lovely Joey challenge!
ReplyDeleteLove your Joey challenge. Adding color makes it really stand out.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful Pais tile in soft beautiful coloring!
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