origin~aLi_ty: June 2014

Monday, June 30, 2014

RUBBERMOON: BEACH Bingo

Who doesn't love a good ole game of BINGO....let alone...

BEACH BINGO!

As part of the celebration for my parents' 40th Anniversary, I customized a BINGO board for all to enjoy. Most were beachy themed, but also a few anniversary items as well.

First, a template of the game was created in Publisher, and scanned into a PDF file.

.... then printed out on heavy Cardstock.

Using my kitchen island, I laid all the boards out...grabbed a bunch of random stamps including my favorite ones from RubberMoon, and went to town.

I didn't have a set way of doing things. Keep the same stamps in the same colum, but with some randomness....
with a little bit of hope sprinkled in that no "1" card would be the same.

But hey...What's BINGO with two winners? MORE FUN...right???
especially when little kids are involved.

The final result is not perfect, outside the lines, and has smudges, but it was fun to make.

And enjoyed by the family.

And of course, don't forget the MASTER Board of all the stamps as well as individual cut ones to draw from a hat
(or in our situation, a beach bucket). To keep things simple, I cut up a billion paper squares to use as markers...plus we can reuse the boards.

Here are a few photos from our Bingo session...It was easy to learn with the pictures and small numbers for the young'ins. And all won prizes..."Play til You Win" was the motto

BINGO!!

Head over to RubberMoon and snatch up some FABULOUS stamps and make your own family fun!!

Friday, June 27, 2014

WHAT A DAY: June 27, 2014

I have always wanted a tattoo. Not sure why but I did. I also knew,once decided, I needed to wait at least a week before committing. Plus fear of needles didn't help. Or my anxiety. But today was the day...

I love the idea of ambigrams. So found a design generator online, since I couldn't find an artist able to create one. The word reads "GITT" one way and "ZEIS" the other. Both equal parts of who I am.

I played around with the location. I wanted to be able to see it and be able to read it both ways without having to do a headstand or some funky body movement.

So after work, I headed to the shop a friend referred...Immortal Images Tattoos in Charlotte, NC. Spoke to the receptionist who convinced me it wasn't "that" painful who grabbed the guy Chris who sized the image for my review. (I didn't want it too big but script has to be a certain size.). Then I just went for it.