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  SHOW NOTES May 07, 2007

   GEM #1:  Discover Pictures from the Past with Google

When you search in Google for an image, but when you click on it you get an error message saying the image has moved or is no longer there, try this technique:   

1. Using your mouse, highlight the URL website address that appears below the thumbnail 
2. press Control C on your keyboard to copy the address 
3. Now Click where it says WEB above the Google search box to go back to website searches. 
4. Place your curser in the search box by clicking inside it. 
5. Press control V on your key board and that will paste the url address into the search box. 
6. Click the SEARCH button. 
7. The first result or two should be from that website that had the image you wanted. 
8. Look at the last line of the result for that website and click on the "cache" link. 

Now you are looking at a cache version, or in other words an older version of the website, hopefully before the image was removed or moved.  By browsing through this version of the website, you will hopefully find the image you are looking for! 

GEM #2: Mother's Day Project: Decopage Plate

(The song "M-o-t-h-e-r" is a 1916 Edison recording.  Courtesy of U of C, Santa Barbara.)

The supplies:   

1. A clear glass plate with a smooth finish.    
2. A sponge craft brush  
3. A jar of decoupage glue  
4. Good, fine papercutting scissors scissors.   
5. Paint (choose a color you would like for the back.)
6. A flat paint brush  
7. Clear brush on acrylic varnish  
8. a selection of color copies of family photos (re-sized if desired)

Play with laying out your design to fit the plate.  When applying the cutouts, you'll be working in reverse: the first images placed on the plate will be in the foreground of the design when viewed from the front of the plate. Start by applying the decoupage medium to the RIGHT SIDE of the first image. Don't worry about brush strokes, but be careful not to go over it too many times, you don't want the ink to smear.  Glue the edges firmly to the glass. Turn the plate over to check the placement of images.  Adjust as needed.  When you have the photo placed where you want it, spread the glue over the back of the photo as well.  Turn the plate around so you can see the image from the front and work out the air bubbles from behind. Continue placing the images until the entire plate is covered.  Let it dry.  Use painters tape to tape off the edges before you apply the acrylic paint to the back of the plate.  Let dry.   Apply a second coat, or sponge on a second color if you want to.  Let dry.  If you want a glossy finish on the back, apply an acrylic varnish.

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