New arrival

Babs arrived yesterday. The gnomes had set up watch for the Postman so they were there to greet her. They seemed very impressed with her shoes and spent the next hour or so arguing about gnome footwear (none) versus human footwear.

She will visit for about a week then travel on to some other swapper. During that time I need to take pictures to document her visit. Those pictures will later be e-mailed to the originator.

"Flat Me"

I started a new project through Swap Bot. We each created a "Flat Me" which we will send out to someone in the swap who in turn will send to someone else until "Flat Me" has made the rounds of everyone in the swap and will be sent back to me.

This is "Flat Me" meeting the gnomes.

Both Soren and Wally admire "Flat Me's" passport 

and she in return admires Wally's hat.

The whole idea is for each swapper to take each "Flat Me" out and about to photograph their visit.

Back to creating

                                                                       

I know you have not heard from me lately. I've been on a non creative bent but at 3 AM this morning that changed. For about 2 hrs. I worked on this furiously. Basically it is three sheets of 12 x 12 card stock. (with better planning I might have used just 2) The stationery and envelopes are leftovers from my daughter's Zumba® tickets. I still need to add a small envelope to the left insides for seals and stamps tuck into the almost invisible slot in the left pocket. I am so pleased with the results that I am off to make more. I have a purple paper in mind that is perfect for this.                                                                                                        

New look to an old favorite

Recently I joined a swap called 9 Little Pockets - Build Your Stash.
I love these sort of swaps because it helps shift things around. I get things I never had and get rid of things I have too much of.
While creating this I realized that if I made my standard Washi tape sample it would bulk up the pocket too much so I ended up making the whole page a Washi sample. After filling each pocket with an assortment of items for my partner to use on a future swap I wrapped Washi around the whole thing. Some tapes keep things in the pockets and others are just there for her to use. She gets an "18 sample and I know my pockets will not spill out in transit. I think it turned out rather cute. Hope my partner does too.

Inchies

I made my 1st and last Inchies. Tiny little works of questionable "art" only 1 inch square. I hated making them after I found out how hard it was to keep them perfectly square and 1 inch, hence these being my 1st and last.

Layers of paper, paper lace, threads and  tulle stitched together and embellished with  micro beads. I did add a Swarovski Crystal to each before sending them out to their new home.



Perhaps it is the color, or the ragged edges of the tulle or some other unperceived flaw but they just do not Feel good to me. I don't usually send out something I don't like but I was in a time crunch. I hope the person receiving these loves them more than I do.

New beginnings

It has been a while since I posted anything here. I have been doing swaps and other creative things but nothing so creative as my son and daughter-in-law. They gave me a Granddaughter on Feb 1st. She is beautiful, but since my son does not want her plastered all over the internet I decided to share just this one edited photo of her.

Here is Claire peeping in on the world.

I hope to be able to share other accomplishments as she masters them but until then just be sure that there is a beautiful young lady out there taking her first look at this old world. I hope to be around to see all her firsts.

Let it Snow

I have been working on this pocket letter for some time. Just could not seem to get it right. I am wondering if this had any influence on the weather we have been having and are about to get.

If I thought that, I would get to work on something featuring balmy days and cool nights.

I love snow as long as I do not have to get out in it. Silly huh? Well a lot of people do so I am by no means a minority in thinking that way.

Here is the semi final pocket letter that gave me so much trouble.

Pretty paper, rubber stamps and stickers. Very simple but I do like the end product.