Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Question

What do you give a girl -who has everything that she needed in this whole wide world- for her birthday? Pictures? I don't know...

  • Browse a collection of pictures, somehow assuring yourself that you have decent quality ones to work on.
  • Turns out, you only have a few of no flash, blurry, underexposed set from that hookah session at a local joint.
  • Have an imsomnia moment before finally remember the address of a certain free online photo album you think you've stored pictures from two or three years ago on.
  • Find a set of ordinary looking, unfocused, or in general, even worst pictures from the said album.
  • Settle for the no flash, blurry, underexposed set from that hookah session at a local joint.
  • Work on your usual collage style from the said pictures.
  • Run to Target thinking you can kill two birds with one stone: print the finished collage and get a physical frame for it.
  • Find out that collage resolution is way too small for printing.
  • Go back home, rework the collage, making sure it works for a 4 x 6.
  • Go back to Target, get printing done.
  • Printing lady suggests getting one in done in B/W, agree
  • Browse frame aisles, looking for artsy yet affordable frame
  • Find a stand alone one which works both sides
  • Go back home to work on the frame and the pictures
  • Remove glue mark on the frame's glass cover with Nail Polish Remover
  • Remove Nail Polish Remover mark with rubbing alcohol
  • Try to place the two pictures perfectly in the middle of the frame
  • Give up on being perfectionist