Author: Anita Hummel

  • Guide To Setting Up Your Color Palettes in Procreate

    Guide To Setting Up Your Color Palettes in Procreate

    One of the very lovely features of Procreate is how it allows you to set up your color palettes while giving you valuable information about the palette colors themselves. This easy-to-use feature means that you do not need to find the exact color repeatedly, but it can be easily found and organized to find it…

  • Vietnam’s French Encaustic Cement Tiles, What You Need to Know

    Vietnam’s French Encaustic Cement Tiles, What You Need to Know

    Over 25 years ago, I discovered these wonderful old French encaustic cement tiles when I was working in Nha Trang, Vietnam, to produce woven rattan furniture. The minute I saw these French encaustic cement tiles on the floors of many of the Vietnamese buildings, I fell in love with them. The French encaustic cement tile…

  • Overseas Medical Emergency,  How To Find Qualified Medical Care 101

    Overseas Medical Emergency, How To Find Qualified Medical Care 101

    Being in a foreign country and not knowing anyone needing emergency medical care is something that many do not want to think or talk about. But the truth is that it can happen to any of us at any time, so this is a question or something that every traveler should ask themselves. So what…

  • Helping Vietnam’s Impoverished Elementary Schools With School Supplies

    Helping Vietnam’s Impoverished Elementary Schools With School Supplies

    Imagine living in a poor mountain village in North Vietnam, and your parents are farmers who can barely make a living by growing corn and other vegetables on the mountainside. Every day, you may need to walk for over 2 hours on small mountain paths in all kinds of weather to get to the nearest…

  • Why Use Procreate for Home Décor Accessories Designing?

    Why Use Procreate for Home Décor Accessories Designing?

    Procreate is a fantastic design app that you can buy for your Apple iPad. It can be a potent design tool, especially for anyone designing home accessory products. Procreate is a powerful Apple app with Photoshop features. Procreate allows you to design a home decor accessory item, and then with a few quick adjustments, you…

  • What Is The Mother Of Pearl Shell Used In Home Decor Products?

    What Is The Mother Of Pearl Shell Used In Home Decor Products?

    Today, many home decor and home furnishing products are produced using the natural material of mother of pearl. The production of the mother of pearl products has a long and rich history in many places, including in Vietnam. Mother of pearl, which is also known by the scientific name of nacre, is a pearl layer…