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By: Frances Tyrrell,
on 12/16/2016
Blog: Fairy Lanterns (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Dancing up a storm for Day 17 of Advent are the Spectacled Bears of Woodland Nutcracker.
By: Emily Smith Pearce,
on 4/27/2012
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By: Frances Tyrrell,
on 12/16/2016
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By: Emily Smith Pearce,
on 4/27/2012
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On our recent trip through Andalusia, Mijas (“MEE-haass”) was a highlight. One of the lovely white towns (so-called because of their white buildings) Mijas has great food, donkey and horse rides, and best of all, a Wednesday noontime flamenco performance.
The electricity of flamenco is contagious. These dancers and musicians are true artists. If we’d spent any more time in Spain, I seriously would’ve had to sign up for flamenco lessons (you can, by the way, do this). The performance made me want to hop up and do some serious DANCING!
Here’s a view of Mijas from the hill—-you can see why it’s called a “white town.”
On another day we happened upon the flamenco floor of a department store. “Happened upon”—who am I kidding? Once I heard there was such a thing as a “flamenco department” I was making a beeline. Ahhh….heaven!
Talk about serious artistry. All handmade. One of these babies will set you back around 500 euros or more. I couldn’t QUITE justify the money. But we did get a cheapo version for Little Miss.
I think I’ve got to learn some flamenco sewing techniques now. So far the internet hasn’t been all that helpful, so shout if you know any tricks.
More on Spain to come. For more on our travels around Europe, just click on the “Travel” category on the right.
Currently reading Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast, a recommendation from my husband. I’m still not a total e-book lover, but it WAS awesome to be able to pull up The Sun Also Rises,W. Irving’s Tales of the Alhambra, and The Big House by Carolyn Coman while in Spain. I love traveling by book and car/plane at the same time.
Hope you have a great weekend!
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By: Kerry Aradhya,
on 8/7/2011
Blog: Picture Books & Pirouettes (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of my blog, and I'm so happy to have made it to this important milestone. It's been difficult at times keeping up with the blog, but it looks like Picture Books & Pirouettes is here to stay!
To celebrate, I'm featuring a lovely picture book to be published by Barefoot Books in October 2011. It's called Lola's Fandango, written by Anna Witte and illustrated by Micha Archer. It has quite a celebratory cover, don't you think? Many thanks go out to Barefoot Books for sending me an advance review copy of the book.
Lola's Fandango is a story about a little girl named Lola who is jealous of her older sister Clementina--of how pretty her name is, how long and beautiful her hair is, how talented she is at painting. Feeling sad and alone, Lola seeks refuge in her parents' closet, where she finds a stack of old boxes.
Inside one of the boxes is a pair of black shoes with high heels and little red polka dots. Lola soon finds out from her father (Papi) that her mother (Mami) used to be a very good flamenco dancer. Papi shows Lola an old photograph of Mami wearing the shoes and wearing a special dress with ruffles and polka dots. He also promises to secretly teach Lola how to dance a traditional flamenco dance called the fandango.
First, Papi teaches Lola the rhythm of the dance. Then how to stomp her feet. And finally, how to move her arms and hands. Lola practices all year long, gaining confidence and developing the spirit and attitude needed to be a great fl
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By: Susan Mitchell,
on 1/9/2008
Blog: It's A Whimsical Life (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Happy New Year!
We just got back from a wonderful time with my family in Scotland. The time there always goes way too fast. There were a lot of visits and catching up with friends but we also found some time to stay around the house and be mellow. I also had to work a bit when we were there but it was sweetened by having my neices popping in every now and then to peek over my shoulder to see what I was up to :)
Now we are back in Montreal, unpacked and ready to face 2008. In our Illustration for Kids forum, we have been talking about our goals for the year. Last year, my goal was to get regular illustration work and it worked out very well. This year I am lucky enough to have a lot of work to keep me busy from now until the end of June, so I think the few goals that I have left are:
* Find some time to create just for the fun of it
* Get back into sewing - I miss making little creatures
* I would love to illustrate another picture book
* Learn Corel Painter - I bought it last year, then got too busy to try out the tutorials!
Just before we left for Scotland, I managed to squeeze in a Christmas crafts afternoon with my son. We were inspired by a great tutorial by Sarah over at: The Small Object
Here's my little guy:
And my son Ewan's:
I wish you all a very happy and creative year!
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Eek, a flamenco department?? I’m planning a trip to Spain next year, assuming their current fiscal troubles don’t cause the country to descend into anarchy
so exciting to see your pics!
You should read The Paris Wife. It’s apparently based on the same time period as A Moveable Feast – in fact AMF is mentioned in one point as a pretty privotal plot point. It was pretty good. Some people in my book club didn’t like the sex scenes but I just skimmed them so I didn’t really notice that they weren’t great.
I can’t wait to see the flamenco dress you make! Modeled by you, of course!
I do not fancy frills, but LOVE polka dots, and in this case, the dots win! I will take the 3rd dress (green with cream dots) on the 2nd row of the 2nd dress shot. SO FUN!!!! I may even get The Thinker to dance with me! You think????
I like the green dots one, too! But there was a blue one in the background (doesn’t show up so well) that I thought was just lovely in person. I have a hard time imagining The Thinker (or in fact, most men) dancing flamenco, but a waltz, sure
Well, I’m not sure about making a whole dress. But maybe a skirt with flamenco-inspired details
Aha. Husband just got The Paris Wife on his e-reader. So if I can steal it from him, it’s mine! hahahaha. Thanks for the recommendation. Loved Cold Comfort Farm.
No signs of anarchy when we visited. Have fun planning. Where are you planning to go? I loved Granada esp.—more on that in future posts.