HomeFlowers Attic: January 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Family Name Banner

Materials Needed

ArtMinds™ Square Plaques, 4"
DecoArt® Americana® Paint – Lamp (Ebony) Black
Scrapbook Paper – Assorted Patterns and Colors of Choice
Basic Basic Ribbon, 1½" – Black
“D” Ring
Paintbrush – ½" Flat
Letters of Last Name, Small – Black
Glue

Instructions:

- Paint the back and outside edges of each plaque Lamp Black.
- Cut squares of patterned paper to size, then glue one piece to the front of each plaque.
- Glue a letter to the center of each plaque.
- Cut a length of ribbon long enough to accommodate all the plaques.
- Thread the top end thru the “D” ring, then staple the end to the ribbon to secure.
- Lay the ribbon on a flat surface and glue the plaques in place, starting 2"-3" from the top and leaving about ½" between plaques.
- Trim the bottom end of the ribbon.

Source

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Poisoning May Be Cause of Death for 10 Borneo Pygmy Elephants

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This handout photo taken and released by the Sabah Wildlife Department on Januray 29, 2013 shows a baby elephant staying close to a dead pygmy elephant in the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, some 130 kilometers from Tawau in Malaysia's Sabah state. Ten endangered pygmy elephants have been found dead this month in Malaysian Borneo and are thought to have been poisoned, conservation officials said on January 29, 2013. Wildlife authorities in Sabah, a state on the eastern tip of the island, have formed a taskforce together with the police and WWF to investigate the deaths. AFP PHOTO / Sabah Wildlife Department

This sort of thing breaks my heart. People can be so cruel.

"KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Ten endangered Borneo pygmy elephants have been found dead in a Malaysian forest under mysterious circumstances, and wildlife officials said Tuesday that they probably were poisoned.

Carcasses of the baby-faced elephants were found near each other over the past three weeks at the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, said Laurentius Ambu, director of the wildlife department in Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island.

In one case, officers rescued a 3-month-old calf that was trying to wake its dead mother." ... read more

Terrified Toddler Gets Tattooed

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Let me preface this by saying I have a number of tattoos so I am not anti-bodyart. However, I am against child abuse. The story is that a mother in Havana, Cuba held down her three year old son while a tattoo artist (I use the term loosely) marked the child with 666, which is the mark of a cult called, Growing In Grace International Ministry's. A Dominican news agency had reported that the act was recorded and uploaded to Facebook.

I have include the video of this but caution that it is very disturbing.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Hearts

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Love and Valentines Day Hearts: Mostly blank heart images that can be used as blanks for tags or can be added to tags. Click on the thumbnails for full size images.