The Little Miss Sunshine card is my favorite that I've made. It references a scene where a character learns he is color blind. Check it out here.
I also made a Golden Girls card. It doesn't compare to color blind. But. Oh well!
I made more cards (3) that I didn't snap pictures of: one was a 42 utility towel , one was a rainbow (it was frenzied and very busy.) and one was a "Y" card, which had "You may rely on it." like a Magic 8 Ball. I just sealed up the envelopes without even thinking!
I just signed up for a "Y,Z ATC Swap". I think I'm going to do "Yes" and "ZOINKS!" for my two cards. I am excited. With all the cards I'm going to be receiving, I should get a binder or some such neat way to display my cards. My favorite so far has been this neat tornado ("Weather") card I received that is a mini-watercolor. I am in love with "mini" things in the first place (mini shampoos, mini cupcakes, mini everything!) and these mini-works of art are right up my alley!
On another note, I have been considering making a new blog to take one photo a day. Not of myself, no way. Just of something significant to me. Keep an eye out for a new link. Photography isn't really a "craft", per se but it is something I really enjoy. And I think the more I practice, the better photos I can take. One photo at a time. I generally gravitate toward landscapes and natural scenes.
Seattle ("A City Near You") and "13" :)
I chose a "Greek Mythology" theme from someone's list. I was very inspired by a HUGE tapestry I saw at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. It depicts a scene from mythology showing Artemis bathing with her maidens at a forest pond. Unwittingly, Actaeon comes upon the ladies. He's out hunting with his dogs. Goddesses nudity is held to be of utmost sacredness. Artemis condemns Actaeon to die: she turns him into a stag who is pursued by his own dogs. The original tapestry is amazingly intricate, completed by several women in the 1700s.
I know it's a "busy" ATC, but giraffes mean a lot of things to me. There are a lot of themes I feel need to expressed with the idea of a giraffe.
I'm working on my first official ATC. I've toyed with the idea before and made all kinds of papercrafts. I've just never committed myself to creating an ATC.
I have a feeling they will be addictive. The theme I'm currently working with is "giraffe".
I found a funny quote from Eddie Izzard that I'm incorporating.
"I am an evil giraffe and I shall eat more leaves from this tree then perhaps I should, so that other giraffes may die."
I signed up to do an artist trading card swap. My first "claim" (the first themed card that I get to design) is "giraffes". It should be interesting. I will start working on that this weekend.
So I haven't posted in a long time. I got a little overwhelmed with the crafting process and just stopped documenting. Hopefully I'll get back into it, slowly but surely.
