We have been fortunate enough to have three family holidays to Asia over the past couple of years (Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia) and my son is interested in all things Asian at present (he even has one of those Golden Chinese New Year cats in his room). I found a nice frame at Ikea and set him and my husband to work finding an Image on the web of an Asian symbol that they could print out. They didn’t find what they were after but discovered this site when you can translate any words to Chinese characters.
They printed out the characters on some textured white paper and the result is really effective. They tried to tell me that is says “Eat my Shorts!” but I think the translation has something to do with prosperity and luck! (Sorry for the poor photo – the metal frame was highly reflective).
I like the idea of it saying “Eat my Shorts” a sign that he is still 13 years old. Lovely change though.
I think this looks lovely and should be pretty cool in his bedroom!
Melx
“eat my shorts” seems OK for a 13 year old boy I know my 18 year old would see the funny side of it. It’s amazing how quickly they grew up.
Hi There, thanks for your feedback on my blog. Just a question…is the “Get Creative” brochure from Lincraft or Spotlight??? Your blog is lovely and inspiring and AMAZING what your daughter comes up with!!! Obviously learning from one very crafty mumma!!!
Looks great Lisa! I tried the link but it isn’t working for me… 🙁
Looks great- I love ikea frames & that free translation page too!! When I had a French tutor I used to use it to cheat with my homework… she though my french was much better than it really was!
You gave me a little homwork assignment – I looked up the characters in one of my reference books (good practice on stroke number and order for me). Here’s what I came up with:
Upper left corner – fan(second tone) meaning “be numerous”
Upper right corner – rung(second tone) meaning “to flourish, be glorious”
Lower left corner – tsai(second tone) meaning “wealth”
Lower right corner – fu(fourth tone) meaning “be rich, abundant”
Let’s hope it’s a sign of things to come for him…