Ask Regina’s Garden Gnome – Oscars Best Picture prediction

“Dear Gnome,

Who do you think will win the Best Picture Oscar this year?” Brad Pit (Not *that* Brad Pitt. I only have one T in my last name, no kids and I’m not living with Angelina Jolie)

Gnome– Is Gnomeo and Juliet nominated? Nope. Hollywood (and Storybrooke, btw) is always keeping us Gnomes down. We won’t stand for it.

Well, that’s all most of us gnomes can do anyway. I won’t give my Best Picture prediction until the Gnomeo and Juliet sequel is nominated for Best Picture.

Oh and dude, I’ll bet if you add a T to your last name, Angelina will call – and bring the kids. Just sayin’

Got a question for Regina’s Garden Gnome? Email it to: gnome [at] onceuponatimepodcast [dot] com

011 FAM OUAT – Pre-Paley Center Event and Special Announcement

This was our sixth live show using MIXLR.com.

Thank you all who joined us, listened and chatted it up on the Mixlr.com chatroom! We appreciate all of you!

We are pleased to announce a new section in our blogs for new knitters: http://www.onceuponatimepodcast.com/grannys-knitting-corner/

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Once Upon a Time Blanket – Intro to Knitting Pt. 1

 

The Once Upon a Time Fan Podcast listeners have shown an interest in learning to knit.

* If you haven’t heard Caitlin Ffrench’s interview for the podcast, the link is: Here*

Let’s start with the  Once Upon a Blanket,
also known as Princess Emma’s Baby Blanket from ABC’s Once Upon a Time.
This beautiful pattern created by Caitlin Ffrench is a wonderful design full of some basic and new techniques.
To be able to create this blanket you will need to know how to do the following:
Well my pets, I am here to teach you how.
We will take this in stages.
Step one: Materials Needed
Step two: Cast On
Step three: Garter Stitch
Step four: Bind Off
Step five: fan and feather edge.
Of course once you know the basics you can do anything.
All knitting in comprised of knits and purls, yes really that is it!
I know it sounds too easy and you know what- it is!
Come back soon when we will discuss the materials needed and where to find them.

 

OUAT – Mark Isham’s creative musicality brings magic to Once Upon A Time

Ever wondered about the haunting soundtrack of Once Upon A Time? Look no further – Mark Isham has been making music magic for a long time. Check out this article.

ONCE UPON A TIME HITS A HIGH NOTE

He was one of the original recording artists for the 1980s new age music label Windham Hill. As a child growing up in New York City, he was captivated by the music of Miles Davis, and learned to play the flugelhorn at a young age. He won a Grammy Award for his self-titled album Mark Isham in 1990, and went on to score the background music for the feature films Never Cry Wolf, Alan Rudolph’s The Moderns, Carroll Ballard’s Fly Away Home, Michael Apted’s Nell, Robert Redford’s Lions for Lambs, Jodie Foster’s Little Man Tate and, for London, Ont. filmmaker Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning Crash and In the Valley of Elah.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for his film score for Redford’s A River Runs Through It. He has scored the background music for 10 feature films in the last three years, including Fame, Crossing Over, Dolphin Tale and The Secret Life of Bees.

Read more here – http://www.canada.com/entertainment/Once+Upon+Time+hits+high+note/6192124/story.html