New idea and new project.

I put these pics on two of the groups I follow on Facebook and met with some enthusiasm. Guess I am headed in the right direction.

I have begun another pocket Advent Calendar for someone special. I used 3 pocket pages taped together using Terrifically Tacky Tape®. Each of the top 24 pockets holds a 2½ x 3½ envelope folded from silver Origami paper. I will add numbers and decorations to the fronts and post it here later. The bottom 3 pockets will hold my Christmas greeting. (The last thing I will do before sending it off will be to fill the pockets with goodies.)

Wall hanging pocket Advent Calendar.

Detail of the back of the pockets.

I plan to reinforce the "top" edge and add a ribbon through the holes so it can be hung on the wall.

Upper edge must be strong to hold up the weight of the goodies added to the pockets. I think tying on a dowel will do it.

After the season, when all the goodies are gone, The calendar can be folded up and placed in a binder with other Pocket Letters. It could even be reused next year.

Folded in thirds.

Anyone wanting to make one of these please feel free to go right ahead. I would like to see pictures of your end results.

Okay, two things.

I have this upcoming swap for an Advent calendar Pocket Letter. (actually three PLs) Being an eager beaver I have managed to make all three already. Since they are not going to the same person I made the three different. They all started out as ATC sized gold envelopes before I decorated the fronts.

I have been having this idea rumbling around in my head for some time and finally today I did it. My Minion is cute but I think he needs limbs and maybe hair. If I do this again I am going to use denim printed paper and not paper backed denim. (it ends up being too thick) I might even construct goggles for him instead of using printed ones.

Still contemplating this one. Need to let it stew a bit.

Halloween Whole Page PL

I finished it......well......so far. I am having visions of various black cats roaming around and taking naps on shelves. Anyway, here it is;

I added a lot of different types of stickers, a few paperclips, a bit of ribbon and some (NOT WASHI) tape. I hope whoever gets it enjoys it. Instead of messing up the profile by adding things to the pockets I have decided to add a separate packet for them tucked inside the bigger envelope. (The only way to mail this is flat.) See if you can spot all the changes, additions.

Longer and longer between times.

Rare Oddities
This called for a little different approach because of the nature of the graphics. My smaller (3 5/8 x 2 5/8) cards ended up on the right side.

It does seem to be a long time between posts these days. At least I had a good excuse.

While going through my paper stash I found I own 4 Graphics 45® designs. I decided to make a pocket letter from each of them since there was so much paper just sitting there and taking space.

Anyone familiar with Graphics 45 paper knows it is beautiful front and back and often difficult to cut into just because of that. To keep the graphics looking intact I changed my insert size. This lessens the gap side to side and end to end between pockets. For the top three I made my cards 3 5/8 x 2 5/8.
For the rest I made them 3 3/4 x 2 5/8. (the lower 6 pockets of my page are slightly larger lengthwise than the top 3.) This helped it to look more like a picture than a bunch of pockets.

I have decided anything I decorate them with will go on the outside of the pocket with goodies (if any) tucked safely in the back.

By the Sea

Botanical Tea

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Slowing down

I haven't posted here in a while. I am always busy doing something but never get ahead.

I seem to have had a lot of re-sends lately. That means the 1st swap got lost/stolen/whatever and I had to produce a replacement. It is much harder to do than the 1st go around. I do not have a lot of duplicate stuff so I have to go looking again to fulfill the requirements and I never feel as inspired the 2nd time.

This funk too shall pass.

Looking forward to Fall and all the beautiful colors.

These are from last year.

A moment of zen

I was told I should "have a moment of zen!" today. I think that was a nice way of saying chill. Either way it made me smile. 

I went on to produce another Pocket Letter. This time we were supposed to use "found" items for the front. I ended up cutting up both of my Minion festooned (had to look that one up) Cheerios boxes to get 9 ATC sized cards. As it was I had to do some creative spicing. For the back I made nine pocket envelopes by cutting down envelopes I inherited from a defunct florist. (You know those envelopes you put your sentiment card in.) This way all the goodies are hidden and the Minion theme screams at you front and back.

I made this one earlier in the week using some gorgeous Graphics 45® paper called Botanical Tea. It was too pretty to mess up with a lot of embellishments so I kept it simple and stuffed the back.

There is a nice little surprise in her birdcage. I hope she loves it as much as I did making it (If not maybe I can persuade her to send it back, probably not.)

A momentary glitch in my thinking

I just happened to look at my blog. A bit beyond my most recent post and discovered I had shown the Botanical Garden PL twice. Blame it on old age, or being proud of how nicely it came out, or whatever. I deleted it and put this in place of it. *Sigh* If only life was as easily rewritten when we make mistakes.