The other bit of Tanzania.

Today has been a good day: I received some packages from Europe, so LOTS of goodies.

I have taken pictures of the remaining of my chipboard book on Tanzania. The "A": The background is copper paint with black embossing powder. I used an old side of Benoît showing an impala. I put some white paper so the image can be seen. The letter "A" is a simple sticker.

The "N": I used some platinium paint. a "n" I painted in gold and some strasses. This is for the Tanzanite stone that can only be found in Tanzania. the "lucky" is from a matchbox of this brand. The brand is local and the joke is that you are lucky if you can light one!

The "i": the background is made of golden paint and green hand-made paper. The Giraffe is a funny scrapbook sticker. The letter is in plastic and has been colored with alcohol inks.

The last "A": background made with leftovers of papers and raphia. I used a tanzanian postal stamp. There is a coke cap and the plastic letter is glued on a game plastic chip.

So today I received a LOT of supplies! I am so impatient to play with those! I will put some pictures tomorrow!!

Comments

[Mike Jennings]

These are turning out very well, with good local flavor. The black embossing on copper looks terrific with the impala and I love love love the Lucky matchbooks (maybe I can arrange a trade?). I love the color palette on the final A.

I'm envious that you have Benoît's photos to work with. I expect even his worst photos are quite usable.

Look at Ashes and Snow (http://www.ashesandsnow.org). The elephants remind me of your photos.

--Mike Jennings
--Hannah Grey Curiosities & Drygoods