Sneak peak

Sneak peak at my fabric atc's I sent to Annet!
This is an inchie... I won't explain tho why Annet's getting an inchie in an ATC swap! But it wasn't just an "extra"! :)

Fabric

My fabrics that will be my Circus ATCs! I loooooove the fabric. It's the whole inspiration! I'm using beads, really small ones to give it detail and sparkle. Make it kinda like when you think of costumes being sparkly. The lionmaster will be sparkly red beads and gold ones. And then a few gold and yellow beads in the lions to make them stand out. And then a small amount of stitching to top it all off! It won't take as long as it sounds... then again, I am a perfectionist... I tend to take longer than I plan on taking. That's why I've stopped signing up for more than 3 or 4 swaps at a time. I tried to do 7, and I ended up mailing a couple a few days late, because I get so wrapped up in making it perfect and wanting to be proud of it.

Zentangles

SWAPS!

So busy with swaps!!!

Handmade card, using fabric, and then using my sewing machine stitched on top! Sent this to Annet, with a couple of ATCs I'm very proud of (finally!). I made so many different ones, because I wanted to be proud, like REALLY proud of them. I ended up sending them a little late. Not just because of my perfectionist-y ways but also I had them done and in the envelope when my kitten knocked over a glass of milk right on top of it, soaked it.... and they're fabric (i'll post pictures, I want to wait a little bit, til she gets them), so they had to dry and one of them had...ugh well, it was a mess. and the ink smudged icky like on the back...

Now I'm working on 2 circus atcs. and just finished my zentangle inchies, I'll post pictures as soon as I load them.
just wanted my blog to know I hadn't forgotten about it.

Swaps

Two swaps ready to go! The pear is for a "made with markers" atc swap. I started about 3 different ones and this is the only one I've finished.  So its the one they get by default! I'm putting it in the mail today. The postcard/ quotecard is for a postcard swap with a quote on it somewhere. I like to make my own postcards so I used prismacolor markers to make all three, and then found 'art' quotes and chose 3 different ones to use.  love 'em. I'm quite happy with how the quotecards turned out. the pear was a learning experience, but overall i'm happy with it... mostly... 

I've been so busy lately. these swaps are really startin to sneak up on me. I got another one I have to mail today too, photo-exchange thing. I gotta pick my pictures up at walgreens and drop 'em in an envelope. And then devote myself entirely to 2fabric atcs I've been working off and on for 2 weeks now. My partner sent me 2 beaaaaautiful atcs, I'll have to load pics. I want to make what I send her totalllly beautiful. 

And i'm working on my first matchbox. doing a blue and green theme. It's an Inchie Kit. So its got lots of little beads and buttons, and stamped images inside, with some inchie blanks.

I got tix to see SPRING AWAKENING! So excited. I love love love spring awakening. and it's coming to louisville, and since it's closed on broadway, I feel very strongly about seeing it one last time, while I can. And i'm going wiht my parents and stuey! My mom gave me the tix for my birthday. I couldn't believe she got an extra ticket for stu (she hates him) (no reason for hating him... she just hates that he wants to be wiht her daughter... she might like him if he had money or something. i dont' think she'd like any guy tho. I told her once that he loves me. what more could you ask for? and she said she knew that he loves me. but that he loves me more than i love him. .. i said i know.)  

Handmade quotecards

handmade postcards -- quote cards. for swap-bot swap

Linoleum block print of  walrus (what's the plural for walrus?). 12" x 8"

 A moleskin swap I did (not on swapbot). We took 3 moleskin notebooks, and decorated them. This one i covered the cover and collaged different papers and things. This is it when i mailed it, I wrapped the wide ribbon around it to keep it shut while in the envelope, and tied it with the yarn. I took a long time making this. I was really proud of it, it was beautiful, lots of detail. I'm looking for a pic of what it looked like before I wrapped it with the ribbon to mail.

Purple Inchies

I've been working on these alllll day. seriously like 8 hours of purple inchie making!

Handmade card

 Card I made a whle ago, and recently found. I love making these tag cards. So many options... They can be quirky or beautiful and dainty or loud.... :)

The line says, "Now I know what love is."

Used handmade papers, rubon words, yarns, watercolors, netting, acrylic medium, and modge podge.