POSTCARD CHALLENGE WEEK 4 ~CHINA

Well this posting is later than I wanted, but due to family health issues I was unable to work on the card until Saturday. I was so tickled to hear Darcy picked China as the next country ,but then again the possibilities were endless. So this left me with a tougher decision -Where should my story character  go in China? How do I take  my postcard to a new level?-How do I challenge myself to do something different? So after many debates(and a good meal at PF Chang's), I found my answer... Do a letter instead of a postcard (besides I have so many layers to my characters to tell you about and a postcard just isn't  big enough) Thanks to PF Chang's I had the perfect postcard sized envelope to use.

This envelope was be given out for a coupon  promotion, celebrating year of the dragon(perfect timing I think)-There is alot of stamping on the back using Chinese script and bamboo as well-

This is the letter inside written to "Alex"as follows:

"Alex, Well I see you're finally telling me your first name-how nice, but I tell you I still do not remember "our Night" in Vienna.

Apparently a few things are blurry from that night , therefore on the advice of my family & friends , I decided to go to China, and seek 'healing'. As you may know China has many great traditional medical care;such as wonderful teas, herbs and natural chemicals. I'm doing a new therapy through the Performing Arts. I hope by dancing, singing, painting and playing a musical instrument I can gain my memory back. Maybe you are not aware of it, but music is the center part of character for medicine and can enhance my concentration.

I shall be staying at the Dragonfly Therapeutic Center in Suzhou, China until further notice.

Melite."

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WHERE AM I PUTTING MY POSTCARDS??

Since I'm doing this challenge I have been thinking of a way to keep  my cards in order and how do I supplement my  storyline at the same time. I have seen many postings on books everyone made to store the cards in - But nothing struck me as to how I wanted to do mine...Until I was at the Office Depot and it hit me--Use page protectors , cut them down to size and hook them onto the pages several different ways. SO I decided on a book format (This may get very thick ,but it is a story), which means I can just add more signatures as I need them. These pages would allow me to tell more of the story and add more art to my "book"-ENJOY the start...

                                                            CHINA

                                                    SPAIN (pc down)  

                                                    SPAIN (pc up)

                                                    AUSTRIA(pc down)

                                                    AUSTRIA (pc up)

                                              BRAZIL to be  share at a later date.

So  as you can see I now have a home for my postcards and a way to share more of the story line. Until next week -
                                              Happy Creating,
                                              Fotojoy/Joyce