a couple of swap atcs

Vintage image atc


"Feet" themed atc

Theme Thursday--see if you can guess the theme.

Theme Thursday.

Any tips on photographing embossed things?
I tried with the museum setting, but it
doesn't quite get focused. And then the
flash settings all leave a reflection.

And I'm pretty sure I shouldn't be allowed
to use glitter. For one, it never looks
like I think it should, and for second, oh
my gosh, it's EVERYWHERE!!!

The good news is, I can now amuse myself to
no end, just looking at my sparkly fingers . . .

when life gives you wild plums . . .

Our wild plum trees are heavy with fruit this year.



Wild plums make a beautiful jelly, tart and delicious.
Whenever I make plum jelly, it makes me think of the
Little House book, On The Banks of Plum Creek, by
Laura Ingalls Wilder--it was one of my favorites.

What's cooking at your house?

handmade postcard swap--ONE

Didn't go real deep with the theme, but
it's definitely "one!"

Theme Thursday--purple

Theme Thursday--does being early this week
help offset being shockingly late the last?

Altered Pages images, painted with a little
twinkling H2Os (which doesn't really show in
the pic), and some wonderful textured, sparkly,
paper that I only WISH I knew WHAT it was.

Does it look familiar to anyone? As in, do you
know where I could find some more?

She's looking awfully plain to me. Maybe she just
FEELS plain, not being stamped and painted and such.

Hmmm.

handmade book for swap

Basic Grey paper, tag with vintage postage,
metal finding, fibers and vintage ric-rac,
distress inks.

Theme Thursday. On Tuesday.

Theme Thursday--the theme is four by fours.
Better late than never?
Altered Pages image on mixed media background.

abstract atcs

Two tiny abstract watercolor paintings for an atc swap.

less hateful and more hopeful . . .

Some of the despised project was ripped apart
(to get my beads back), some was set aside to
possibly use in the future, one piece was given
to the puppy to shred to bits, and another binned
outright.

However, I like the new-improved-version-in-progress.
Here are a couple close-ups . . .

T201, ROTJ B wing, and Action Team.

Started a new blog today--it's not really mine, it's for
the shop. Here's a T201 tobacco card; come read about it
here: The Baseball Card Store.



Do YOU know what ROTJ B wing means?




And what would a day at work be without Joe?




And that's what I did today at work.

Will update on the fate of the below mentioned project soon.
Thank you again for the encouragement and advice!

I'm feeling lonely and isolated in my little cavelike
computer hole--somebody say hi . . .