the picture frame

the materials:

carton
watercolor
paintbrushes
cutter & scissors


our practical arts teacher instructed us to make a picture frame out of a carton box. we didn't need the whole box, just the wavy part of it. you know, the wavy part sandwiched between the outside and inside covering of a box. i had a hard time at first, taking--and even scraping off the coverings with a cutter. i got cuts on my fingers several times. sigh, good thing we didn't need the wavy part for the back of our frame. i painted my soon-to-be frame white, first and cut rectangle in the middle of the wavy part(for the photo). then, when it was dry i painted it again this time in different colors. i painted in a circular motion to create a modern effect. after the messy part, i decorated it with tiny plastic stars and butterflies. it wasn't perfect, but it is the effort that counts! my frame looked good with a photo that was taken with my mom, when i was little.

this handicraft taught me that i should be creative and wise. it also taught me that i could be practical in doing works of art. now i know, it just needs a little creativity, wisdom &a little oomph to make a pretty handicraft.

that someone

I've been searching for him for so long,
and I think I found that someone,
so I think it's right to give him this song
with my heart, I've composed; I've done

Thoughts of you linger in my mind,
your face and eyes, your lips--I'd love to kiss.
I can't lose you now, you're too hard to find,
your presence, no, I don't want to miss.

I hope you're heart beats the same rhythm as mine,
that you and I'll be together as one,
I know, together we can stand tests of time!
I love you, my only one!

And now, this tune plays in my head,
my imagination carries me again
to a place, I was lead.
And here, finally, we're more than just friends.