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Good morning dear ones…
\n….
\nOh, huh, it’s afternoon already…
\nOK then: good afternoon dear ones!<\/p>\n

You probably forgive me my late blogpost
\nwhen you see the photo and read my haiku.
\n(WARNING: ‘Dirty picture’!)<\/p>\n

..<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
De volgende dag<\/p>\n

getuigt een volle asbak<\/p>\n

van een lange nacht<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nThe morning after.<\/p>\n

The ashtray shows that it was<\/p>\n

a very long night<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For more haiku and photos, visit Recuaerda mi Corazon<\/a>
\nwhere Rebecca hosts the weekly ‘Haiku my heart Friday’.<\/p>\n

Don’t worry, I have nicer pics to show too!
\n(Oh, and before you ask: I’m alright, thank you – full ashtrays
\ndon’t necessarily mean TROUBLED nights you know!)<\/p>\n

You know that I love transferring photos onto my pages.
\nI never tried transferring a magazine picture though, so when
\nthe ladies at the ‘workshop by the sea’ asked me to show them
\nthe transferring technique, it was the first time I used a magazine
\nimage. Elvy’s transfer came out quite alright (she shows the page
\nin a blogpost here<\/a> – it’s the portrait in the background on the fourth
\nphoto) but Margot’s and mine looked very blurry and vague.<\/p>\n

I will show you:\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When I wet the page, the image is clearly visible so I tried bringing it up
\nby putting another layer of mod podge over it, but that didn’t work.<\/p>\n

What you should have seen is a Japanese bonsai tree<\/p>\n

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I put the page aside but it stayed in the back of my mind: why did it work
\nwith Elvy’s image and not with mine? We used the same magazine, so
\n‘different paper or ink’ could not have been the reason. I used somewhat
\nrough background paper – but Margot used the same background paper
\nas Elvy for her background and her transfer came out blurry too…<\/p>\n

I couldn’t leave it alone.
\nSuddenly I thought of this: both Margot and I transferred images of line
\ndrawings. The images didn’t have much colour. Elvy used a very colourful
\npage to transfer. Would that be the solution?<\/p>\n

So I tried again with a colourful image.<\/p>\n

Haaaa… hooray for not letting go… it worked!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This page isn’t finished yet. I want to work on it some more and add journaling
\n– but I’m happy I stuck to it and tried again. At least now I know it can be done
\nwith magazine images – as long as you choose colourful ones.<\/p>\n

But to be honest: next time I see a magazine pic I’d like to transfer; I will scan
\nthe image, print it and transfer the printed one \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

One last thing before I slide into the weekend:<\/p>\n

Today is the last ‘voting day’ for the top 2000<\/span><\/strong>!!!
\nYou have until 8 pm (MET – Middle European Time) to vote
\nfor your favourite band\/song HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(The site is in Dutch, but it’s easy:<\/p>\n