She's Crafty
Using a combination of lighting, composition and framing a subject, this crafty endeavor captures light with a camera and holding onto the image either on film or digitally.
What is photography?
Nurse Clara Barton was born in Massachusetts in 1821. She was a hospital nurse during the Civil War and founded this organization that provides emergency assistance and disaster relief.
What is the American Red Cross?
As of 2021, 4 of the 10 most watched live broadcasts of all time featured this boxer, born Cassius Clay Jr. and considered by many to be the greatest athlete of all time.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Aside from the initial cost of purchasing this two-wheeled transportation method, this is a good free way to get from place to place. They are eco-friendly and great for your health. But please wear a helmet.
What is a bicycle?
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam
Where the dear and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day
This is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The goal is to transform a flat square sheet of paper into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques.
She wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 1961 and 11 cookbooks since. Her TV shows ran from 1963 to 1990.
Who is Julia Child?
This longest serving president (4 terms, through and out of the Great Depression) found a way to bring the American people together, from 1933 to 1944 with his Fireside Chats.
Who is FDR?
Bipedal transport is just a fancy way of saying this. Its health benefits are numerous, including boosting your mood, lighting your creative fires and strengthening your immune system.
What is walking?
George & Ira Gershwin
Although he may not be the man some girls think of as handsome
To my heart he carries the key
Won't you tell him please to put on some speed
Follow my lead, oh how I need
This is a craft we do here every Monday at 1:30 in the Gourmet Kitchen, where we use plant material and flowers to create an eye-catching and balanced composition or display.
What is flower arranging?
This woman, the Queen of Soul, was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1987. She was first noticed for her talents while singing in her father's church choir in Detroit and is one of the world's best selling artists with singles like Respect, Chain of Fools and Think.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
At midnight in 1969, 530 million people worldwide watched the first humans take a walk here. This live global broadcast reached approximately 14% of the total population. It was, as Neil Armstrong said, "one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind."
What is the moon?
This is a fixed-wing aircraft. The most common usage is recreation and military use. Getting to Florida without them would take about 21 hours. With them, you can do it in about 5.
What are airplanes?
You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
A lot of crafts of all kinds use this element, an assortment of flat small, reflective particles that are precision cut and come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. The particles reflect light at different angles, causing the surface to sparkle or shimmer, but you will certainly be finding pieces of it, sticking to clothes and hair, for the rest of time.
Born on March 15, 1933, She is the second female U.S. Supreme Court Justice and spent her legal career advocating for women’s rights before taking the bench. When asked when there would be enough women on the Supreme Court, she answered "When there are nine."
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
The first televised presidential debate was between these two men in 1960. The candidate from Massachusetts had a bright smile and a dark suit, both making him pop on a tiny black and white screen. The other candidate, Eisenhower's VP, wore a grey suit and seemed to blend into the background, and was also sweating uncontrollably under the lights.
Who are Kennedy and Nixon?
These animals, which come in dromedary and Bactrian, are used for transportation in sandy desert areas throughout Asia and northern Africa. This is because they can go several days without needing water and can carry large amounts of freight as well as people.
What are camels?
I love you, a bushel and a peck
A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck
A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap
A barrel and a heap and I'm talkin' in my sleep
About you, about you
'Cause I love you,
a bushel and a peck
You bet your purdy neck, I do
A doodle oodle, ooh doo
A doodle oodle, oodle, ooh doo
This textile craft can be done with two needles or a machine, creating interlocking loops to form a fabric that can stretch in all directions. Though often confused from a far with crochet (which only uses one hook), this craft uses purl stitches, among others, to create hats, scarfs and socks.
What is knitting?
She was not the first Black woman who was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white person, but she is probably the most well known. In fact, Claudette Colvin was the first, but this woman helped to raise defense funds for her.
Who is Rosa Parks?
On October 30, 1938 Orson Welles performed a radio adaptation of this book by HG Wells, turning it into fake news bulletins describing a Martian invasion of New Jersey. A lot of people took this broadcast as actual news and panic ensued.
Found in Venice, these small boats are mostly used for tourist purposes now but were once the main mode of transport in the city's canals.
What are gondolas?
When I give my heart
It will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you