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In the News (Tue 17 Nov 09)

  
  Sanford & A Lifetime of Color: Study Art
It is uncertain when crayons were first invented, but they were known to have been used in Europe in the 1700's.
In 1903, the first wax crayons were manufactured in the United States.
Today crayons can be made from wax, oil or plastic.
www.sanford-artedventures.com /study/g_crayon.html   (82 words)

  
  Crayon - LoveToKnow 1911
Crayons are used by the artist to make groupings of colours and to secure landscape and other effects with ease and rapidity.
The colours are softened off and blended by the finger, with the assistance of a stump of leather or paper; and shading is produced by cross-hatching and stippling.
The art of painting in crayon or pastel is supposed to have originated in Germany in the 17th century.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Crayon   (228 words)

  
 Crayola Crayon Colors — FactMonster.com
In response to educators' requests, “Prussian blue” is renamed “midnight blue.” Teachers felt that children were no longer familiar enough with Prussian history to recognize that this crayon color referred to the famous deep-blue uniforms of Prussian soldiers.
Partly in response to the civil rights movement, Crayola decides to change the name of the “flesh” crayon to “peach.” Renaming this crayon was a way of recognizing that skin comes in a variety of shades.
Crayon lovers chose the 16 newest color names through Crayola's “Name the New Color Contest,” part of the company's 90th anniversary celebration.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0872797.html   (0 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/crayonlalala
Crayon went to the Crayola Factory in Pennsylvania (it was closed), saw the Grand Canyon and explored Taco Bells in many different states.
Crayon were now receiving letters and interview requests from around the world.
Crayon were set to tour Canada with Cub and there was talk of a tour with Lou Barlow, of Sebadoh fame...
www.myspace.com /crayonlalala   (1346 words)

  
 Jaffe Juice: A baby crayon is born
You could say crayon is the embodiment and natural extension of "Life after the 30-second spot," but in truth it's much much more.
crayon is a mash-up of the best of the agency, consulting, advisory, thought leadership and education worlds rolled into one shape-shifting package.
Instead of expanding on crayon myself, I'm going to direct you to three of the new crayons, my good friends Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz, who as you probably know are co-hosts of the popular PR podcast For Immediate Release, and podcasting music pioneer and all-around good guy, C.C. Chapman.
www.jaffejuice.com /2006/10/a_baby_crayon_i.html   (0 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How are Crayons and markers made?"
Since younger users of crayons may have a tendency to peel off a crayon label and ingest it, Binney & Smith uses a non-toxic cornstarch and water mixture for the glue that holds the label on the Crayola crayon.
Before 1943, crayons were hand-wrapped by farmers in the winter months to supplement their income.
Crayons are packed in boxes of various sizes from 2 - 96 crayons per box.
www.howstuffworks.com /question563.htm   (704 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Crayon Me a River
In Crayola crayons and Prang crayons, CPSC also found larger amounts of another fiber, called "transitional" fiber, which is similar in appearance to asbestos fiber.
According to that august body, the risk of exposure to the fibers from using crayons is low.
The risk of exposure by eating crayons is also low because the fibers are imbedded in wax and pass through a child's body.
www.snopes.com /medical/toxins/crayons.asp   (755 words)

  
 Welcome to Scary-Crayon!
A Crayon Haiku #67 has a dinosaur in it.
In the long-awaited 14th edition of Crayon Poetry Corner, we sadly reflect upon an encounter with a flattened horny toad during a late night walk.
In A Crayon Haiku #65, we look upon the abomination that is...
www.scary-crayon.com   (0 words)

  
 Adrants » New Marketing Company Launches in Second Life, Some Not Happy
Crayon intends to use Second Life as its base of operations seemingly to practice what it preaches by inserting itself into one of the fastest growing elements of social media out there.
We're not sure Crayon is the answer but we do know there are some smart people behind it and the motivation to be respectful and responsible for the media into which they step is there.
crayon is in Second Life for a few reasons, but to compete with those who have been there a long time and worked hard to build their brands is not one of them.
www.adrants.com /2006/10/new-marketing-company-launches-in-second-.php   (1643 words)

  
 Crayon Stains   (Site not responding. Last check: )
If crayon stains have become set by the heat of the dryer, some may be impossible to remove.
Also, if crayon marks are on the dryer drum, dry a load of rags at the highest heat setting to remove any crayon residue.
For a few spots of crayon on clothing, scrape off as much crayon as possible with a dull knife.
counties.cce.cornell.edu /yates/8009.htm   (232 words)

  
 Conte Crayon Sets
The Conté Color crayon (square edged pastel) is unique for drawing and sketching and is an ideal pastel for creating paintings with brilliant contrasting shades that combine large flat areas and precise coloured lines.
The Conté Classic Color crayon (square edged pastel) is unique for drawing and sketching and is an ideal pastel for creating paintings with brilliant contrasting shades that combine large flat areas and precise coloured lines.
The Conté Portrait Color crayon (square edged pastel) is unique for drawing and sketching and is an ideal pastel for creating paintings with brilliant contrasting shades that combine large flat areas and precise coloured lines.
www.cheapjoes.com /rd/7612_home_070115-conte-crayons.asp   (280 words)

  
 The first time is always awkward
As I write my first post on the new crayon blog (and wonder how the hell i’m going to maintain Jaffe Juice, Across the Sound and crayonCast), it dawned on me that the first post is always the hardest…the first episode…or the first comment (text or audio).
So this post is the first of many from me, but I’m hoping that the members of crayon without their own existing blogs will prove me right…i.e.
My favourite episode is 55, which I have burned on a CD and have listened to in my car commuting at least 10 times as there is so much valuable content in that episode.
www.crayonville.com /blog/?p=11   (311 words)

  
 Crayon Claims To Be First SecondLife Company
Crayon is launching later this week, claiming to be the first company to be launched in SecondLife.
Anyone who thinks SL is boring hasn’t yet realized that SL gives you a chance to create any situation you want, whether that’s a shooting game, a cozy living room to chat with faraway friends, or a board room for your real life employees to have virtual meetings.
Crayon is a company that will be using Second Life as their office.
www.techcrunch.com /2006/10/22/crayon-claims-to-be-first-secondlife-company   (0 words)

  
 Crayola Crayon Box -- LEGO
The Strong Museum in Rochester, New York asked me to build such a model for their exhibit of the National Toy Hall of Fame (of which both LEGO and Crayola are entrants).
It had been a long time since I had handled a box of Crayola Crayons, but I certainly had strong memories of the 'box of 8' and the 'box of 64' (which had the crayon sharpener built into the base).
A fl crayon would thus have a gray label, and gray bricks are common enough to get -- as opposed to, say, light blue bricks for a blue crayon).
www.ericharshbarger.org /lego/crayola.html   (803 words)

  
 DefendAmerica News - Operation Crayon Provides Supplies, Hope
Operation Crayon is charitable program that provides schools pencils, crayons, papers and other materials necessary to teach children.
Operation Crayon is charitable program that gives schools pencils, crayons, papers and other materials necessary to teach children.
The soldiers delivered around 100 Operation Crayon packets to the Iraqi officials, which were then given to students and teachers.
www.defendamerica.mil /articles/mar2005/a031405la2.html   (0 words)

  
 a shel of my former self
The biggest boxes of crayons come chock-full of dozens of colors, Joe notes, but most communicators (marketers, advertisers, PR folk, corporate communications pros) seem always to start with red, green, and blue.
crayon is ready to pull any color out of the box and we definitley will not start with red, green, and blue.
These will be independent of crayon and won’t (I swear) be used to hype the company.
blog.holtz.com /index.php/weblog/introducing_crayon   (970 words)

  
 Crayon By Number
Crayon By Number prints out a numbered (Paint By Number style) outline.
A FREE Crayon By Number Craft project for you.
We would be delighted to display your crayon portraits too!.
www.crayonbynumber.com   (0 words)

  
 It’s time to unveil crayon : NevilleHobson.com
The new company is called crayon and will be fully open for business this coming Thursday October 26 when we launch from Crayonville Island, our headquarters in Second Life that’s been under construction during the past few months.
And if you do want to know more about crayon before our launch, each of us is willing to talk to you at any time during the coming week.
You are the remaining 25% of Crayon that I have yet to meet in person.
www.nevillehobson.com /2006/10/22/its-time-to-unveil-crayon   (3697 words)

  
 A children's book editor's site: information about writing, illustrating, publishing children's books
Over the years, the site has grown and now includes articles contributed by other people, covering writing, illustrating, marketing, and editing.
My first name's Harold, and I have always loved the Harold and the Purple Crayon books by Crockett Johnson.
To get very far he was going to need a lot of words.
www.underdown.org   (0 words)

  
 Melted Crayon Earth
Place a piece of wax paper over Earth pattern.
Sprinkle crayon shavings (sparingly!) on wax paper following the design on the download.
Place another piece of wax paper on top of shavings and a blank sheet of paper or a cloth over that.
www.makingfriends.com /earth_crayon.htm   (0 words)

  
 CRAYON.net - News Links
The good thing about this page is that it is updated as often as the form page, so you'll always have the latest links to periodical information sources on the Internet.
The numbers in brackets ([ ]) are the percentage of CRAYON newspapers that included that news source.
There is also a list sorted by popularity among CRAYON subscribers.
www.crayon.net /using/links.html   (0 words)

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