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Showing posts with label Sarah's Photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sarah's Photos. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Lucky to have my Sarah with me in China
After some convincing, my friend Sarah made her way to Beijing from Berlin last Chinese New Year. Thanks for coming! Some of my pictures will come from her skill with her handy lumix. Because of her, I started this blog, without her inspiration this blog would be non-existent. thx!
China DIY: Halloween
Living in China brings out creativity to another level because of the lack of resources a.k.a Michaels and Jo-Anns (my favorite craft stores). We have to be resourceful and think way outside the box in our creation process. Halloween always pops up quicker than anticipated. This year I decided to be a lion. I made my mane out of recycled material from a local taylor.
Photo courtesy of Sarah Colobong
We decided Chris should be a zoo keeper since we were all dressed up as animals. We made his hat and bow tie out of cardboard and I painted his face in different colors. His costume came together very well.
Tea Packaging in an Origami way
Living in China, I have been introduced to the amazingness of tea and its great variety. So I am trying to start an on-line teashop: http://teaparadigm.vendder.com/ to share my finds with the rest of the world. One of the parts of this project was creating the packaging. I had some criteria when I was brainstorming which included:
- hand made
- recycled materials
- good aesthetics
- bold
So I came up with the idea of using origami boxes, which I made using paper from this art book I found at this second hand store.
It took some practice but I can now make a box in a little over a minute!
Project mode
Sometimes Being a Foreigner = FREE!
The great thing about China is all the free stuff that is pushed in our direction because of our passport status. Free ( 免费) with a question mark is a good word that translates into an expression to know. Also, thanks to my boss who is awesome and treats us to lovely dinners and nights out. Sarah and I realized we had a free week last week and didn't have to pay for a single thing.
Thanksgiving with my boss at Mr. Wu's private wine club
These boxes from the white house were in the wine celler.
(photo's courtesy of Sarah)
Night out with Happy Robert- Entrance and Drinks on the House
Our friend Robert invited us to his friends club, Bobomee. It was nothing special, just a normal super Chinese club.
Cheers Sarah! Drink Prep time
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