crocheted slippers

http://goodknits.com/blog/mary-jane-slippers/

copic techniques

http://pinterest.com/ccsalter/copic-markers/

semi transparent bubbles

http://tanglepatterns.com/2011/05/guest-contributor-sandra-strait-on-semi-transparency.html

japanese hairpin

http://miscellanyofme.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-make-japanese-hairpin.html