Celebrate the year of the Dragon with these fun crafts and treats! Perfect to share with your little ones.

Thumbprint Dragons All you need is a few colorful inkpads and blank paper. Embellish with a pen to add eyes, ears, legs and a pointy tail!

http://funhandprintart.blogspot.com/2011/02/thumbprint-dragon.html

Egg Carton Dragon Use egg cartons, paint, colored paper, tissue paper and shimmery foil to create a sensational Chinese New Year Dragon.

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/egg_box_chinese_dragon.htm

Colorful Fortune Cookies! Yummy and fun to make your own fortunes too.

http://diyweddingplanning.blogspot.com/2010/10/do-it-yourself-fortune-cookies-recipe.html#.TsbN4j3NmN4

Paper Lanterns These look great with sequin, sticker and glitter embellishments. Use lots of colors and string them across a porch or window!

http://crafts.kaboose.com/lantern1.html

Happy Chinese New Year! Don’t forget to wear something RED for good luck!

What better way to spend a rainy day than at a studio session?  Especially with this little ray of sunshine!  I had a great time today with Haley and her Mom, and just had to share this photo.  Her beautiful eyes and sweet smile just shine!  Thanks for playing with me today Ladies!

Ace college entrance exams the first time with these easy tips and tricks!

PREPARATION

• Use Collegeboard.org’s SAT daily question email to get one sample test question in your inbox every day. It’s a simple, less overwhelming way to get your brain warmed up for the real thing. It’s also available as an iphone app! http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day

• Take a test prep class. Kaplan offers courses that are tailored to the SAT or the ACT. Check out their website: http://www.kaptest.com/College/SAT/index.html

• Use a tutor to help you target your weakest subject.

TESTING

• Make sure you bring a watch, and don’t linger on one question longer than two or three minutes.

• Answer the easier questions first and go back to answer the hard ones last.

• Use the process of elimination to give yourself better odds on each question. If you know two answers aren’t right, that gives you a 50% chance of getting the right answer instead of only 25%.

• If you have to guess, the answer with the most information is usually correct.

• Never leave an answer blank. You should at least guess one of the options, because leaving it blank guarantees that you get it wrong.

• If you read the question and come up with the answer before reading the multiple choice options, this will help you avoid getting confused by “all of the above” or “none of the above” type of situations.

• Trust your first instinct—it’s usually correct!

Happy Testing!