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I'm a 65 year old living in Toronto Canada. I started paper scrapping in the 1990s & switched to digital in the early 2000s.
I've been happily married for 35 years with 2 adult children. We have a married adult daughter & a late son. (He had multiple severe disabilities - nonverbal autism, severe intellectual disability, atypical bipolar disorder, epilepsy and was a XYY male. We lost him 5 years ago at age 25 to SUDEP - Sudden Death in EPilepsy). I consider him my greatest teacher. Graham's photo and memorial page are here: https://www.autismbrainnet.org/donor/graham-brown/ (The same photo and tribute are also on the North American SUDEP Registry Our Stories page which he shares with others. Graham's donation was a joint donation to both sets of researchers.)
I'm retired but originally a children's librarian (public library) and then a supply (substitute) teacher. My favourite classes to teach were kindergarten, grades 1-2, middle school and especially special education. I particularly liked teaching students with autism or intellectual disabilities or adhd or learning disabilities or who needed behavioural support.
My hobbies (other than digital scrapping and photography) are knitting, board gaming, reading, journaling especially bullet journals, fountain pens,listening to a wide variety of music, classic movies and foreign language films and cooking (low carb/keto now since it controls my Type 2 diabetes.) I have a big interest in history, geography and different cultures and read a lot in these areas. I mostly read nonfiction but I do enjoy science fiction and fantasy. My husband and I share our home with 3 rescue kitties.
I consider myself a beginner with scrapbook design and I am enjoying learning.
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- 12 x 12 inches
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This series features 7 single coloured papers using different henna (mehndi) designs, 1 full colour paper featuring Indian food (a thali) and a crest with the Taj Mahal, India's most famous historic site.
(For those who'd like to see all my designs including other travel crests and brads, my designs are here: https://www.digitalscrapbook.com/anne-maclellan/designs ).
I have always been fascinated by the culture of the country of India. Eight years ago, my daughter married a man from south India and I've learned even more about this fascinating and diverse country. (India has more languages with different alphabets and more different ethnicities than the entire continent of Europe.)
The 8 single coloured papers based on henna designs or Mehndi which use traditional designs done on the body of women or men in brown temporary dyes. They are used at special occasions like weddings, engagements and diwali (a Hindu winter holiday). I've chosen bright colours because Indian textiles typically use bright colours.
The full colour paper features a south Indian thali, a round platter containing multiple bowls of different foods like rice, dal (dried beans), various curries and pickles, a bread and a dosa (a crepe like thin pancake made with rice flour and ground dal, mostly commonly stuffed with a spiced potato mixture.). It is most frequently served for lunch. There are also regional variations of thalis served in other regions of India.
Lastly, I've also designed a crest for India featuring its most famous historic site, the Taj Mahal.
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