First and foremost, I would like to wish the world's best dad a very happy, happy birthday! Hope your day is amazing dad--you deserve it!
On an entirely different note, I have been fortunate enough to travel the world thanks to Trinity Academy of Irish Dance. I've competed in Ireland and Scotland and performed in Belgium, France, Montreal, and Japan. The only major trip I have taken not pertaining to Irish dance was a month long trip in Australia. We volunteered for two weeks and then had an adventure tour for two weeks all through International Student Volunteers (ISV). The adventure tour consisted of snorkeling, white water rafting, bungee jumping, sky diving, and rappelling. Needless to say, it was pretty incredible.
On an entirely different note, I have been fortunate enough to travel the world thanks to Trinity Academy of Irish Dance. I've competed in Ireland and Scotland and performed in Belgium, France, Montreal, and Japan. The only major trip I have taken not pertaining to Irish dance was a month long trip in Australia. We volunteered for two weeks and then had an adventure tour for two weeks all through International Student Volunteers (ISV). The adventure tour consisted of snorkeling, white water rafting, bungee jumping, sky diving, and rappelling. Needless to say, it was pretty incredible.
I got inspired when I looked at Alaina's Etsy shop. Alaina is the brains behind Live Creating Yourself and will be launching The Evergirl with Danielle in February, which I am oh so anxiously awaiting. I already follow both ladies daily and will be adding The Everygirl to my must-visit list.
I had two frames I liked from TJ Maxx that had just been sitting in my room. Something needed to be done with them. I referred back to previously mentioned inspiration. I wanted to capture at least two places I had traveled to in the past several years, and I chose the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney Opera House. I would later like to add something from Japan as I miss it dearly. I looked at images here and here for inspiration as well. I loved Alaina's larger frames, but these were the frames I had already so I'm working with them. Here's the final product:
I had two frames I liked from TJ Maxx that had just been sitting in my room. Something needed to be done with them. I referred back to previously mentioned inspiration. I wanted to capture at least two places I had traveled to in the past several years, and I chose the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney Opera House. I would later like to add something from Japan as I miss it dearly. I looked at images here and here for inspiration as well. I loved Alaina's larger frames, but these were the frames I had already so I'm working with them. Here's the final product:
I used the frames I had and just cut out plain white paper to fit into the 4x6 frames. I sketched my drawings in pencil and traced over them with a permanent marker. Nothing too crazy. If I can do it, you can most certainly do this as well.
Since I'm home for winter break they're residing in our basement next to a globe I bought at TJ as well. I envision them residing on a shelf in my dream office one day.
Do you have any favorite places you would want to remember through some art?
