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Ernest and Debra Parker of Kingwood had been working diligently for two years to bring home their now newly adopted son, Ronel, from Haiti. With endless red tape looming over their heads during the process, the recent devastating earthquake in Port-au-Prince was anything but encouraging.
At the onset of the earthquake, the Parkers feared for Ronel's safety as well as the processing of the adoption papers, as they were in the second stage of the adoption. After finding Ronel was safe, the Haitian government allowed for humanitarian parole, giving Ronel the ability to come home based on the stage of the adoption process the Parkers were in.
One Kingwood resident travelled across the U.S. to show off her gift wrapping skills in the 13th Annual Scotch Brand Most Gifted Wrapper Contest. On December 4, 2009 Judy Porter travelled to the Rockefeller Center in New York for three days to compete against three other professional gift wrappers and four amateur gift wrappers, for a chance to be named America's Most Gifted Wrapper.
Porter has been perfecting her wrapping skills for years, starting when she was a little girl. Her artistic ability came in handy as her family didn't have money to pay for gift wrapping and other family members didn't enjoy wrapping. In time she became the family gift wrapper and her career took off. She eventually became a gift wrapper at Neiman Marcus, where she still works. When she saw the contest, hosted and sponsored by Scotch Brand tape, she went online and entered immediately.
Porter, along with the other contestants, had to submit a brief essay describing their talent and experience in the art of gift wrapping and each was chosen as a participant based on these. Contestants were judged on the appearance of the wrapped gifts, the technique used to wrap the gifts, and the speed with which they were wrapped. In three rounds they had to wrap a toy helicopter and a boxed jigsaw puzzle, a bicycle, and finally a seven-foot tall sailboat, each of which had to be wrapped in seven minutes or less.
When it comes to creativity, the imagination can lend itself to limitless possibilities. While many make their art on paper, you can also make it with it, and we aren't just talking about origami. Graphic designer and now author Patricia Zapata knows this well and just released her first book called HOME, PAPER, SCISSORS: Decorative Paper Accessories for the Home. In it, she shows how to take paper with some simple folding, cutting, and gluing to make stunning pieces of art.
The book has more than 30 projects inside ranging from bowls, to keepsakes, to even lamps in this 'crafty' book of paper. Some projects include a magazine bowl using recycled magazine and phone book pages, a pocket photobook album, and more. She even shows how to make these pieces with recycled materials, for the more environmentally conscious.
Given the wide variety of paper colors, textures, and thickness, this new book may be a great way to explore hidden creativity. So if you are looking for a great, simple way to express yourself and a way to support a local talent, pick up a copy of Kingwood's own HOME, PAPER, SCISSORS book for some inspiration.
One Kingwood resident travelled across the U.S. to show off her gift wrapping skills in the 13th Annual Scotch Brand Most Gifted Wrapper Contest. On December 4, 2009 Judy Porter travelled to the Rockefeller Center in New York for three days to compete against three other professional gift wrappers and four amateur gift wrappers, for a chance to be named America's Most Gifted Wrapper.
