Finnnnallllllystarted.
I'm making a JM tshirt inspired by a wist item
With the text
BIG HEARTS
are for breaking
I have found a few cute fonts on dafont.com
harabara, bebas neue
I also made a corner bookmark that says,
so
read
your books
but stay out
late some nights
s o m e n i g h t s
It's corner-shaped so it's cute.
I am probably going to make some wall-art of some kind and maybe stencil some shorts and send the tshirt and shorts as a leisure/pajama set.
Send outs are October 1st so I'll post pictures as I complete things. I am feeling quite crafty today :)
I've been organizing a bookmark swap that is RUNNING MY LIFE. Ha.
It's got 66 swappers (that's a huge swap, usually they cap at around 25.) and we're about halfway through the crafting period, nearing send-outs, on Sept 5.
Here's what I've made so far.
For a partner who likes vintage, antique stuff (it's elastic and awesome!):
For a partner who listed "sky" as a theme...it's magnetic and buffly so, I tested it on cardstock! Anyway here it is:
For a partner who listed "mice" as a theme:
Note that the blue bead has felt ears glued on to enhance the bead's mouse-like properties :)
For someone who loves robots and listed this on their wist, I went for my own spin, using this robot as my template:
It'll be laminated.
And here's one for someone who also likes vintage/steampunk stuff and yellow/green. I like the simplicity of bookmarks. I don't like a lot of extra stuff or having something that my book won't even close around.
It's elastic and has yellow/green ribbon that leads to a vintage, awesome, old skeleton key that I found in a vintage store.
I'm having a lot of fun doing the bookmarks. I think it's easy for me because I love reading. I want these to be used for years.
I'm swapping with 5 partners (6 in my group) and doing an unofficial swap with about 8 people, so I'll end up with about 13 bookmarks, altogether.
I've been busy today! I have two swaps I've been "participating" in. I haven't done a damn thing til today.
So swap #1: Stocking Stuffer 2009--twenty "small" items.
For today, I've accomplished the following
- a holiday candle set (*she* likes baked good smells...not I but it's not for me...)
- Roald Dahl magnet poetry using his randomly awesome words that don't factually exist.
Also on the docket:
- a "Night Owl" pillowcase--it's gonna be awesome. We're both into owls.
- a smattering of tea and a loose leaf tea brewer thing (not crafted)
- some hedgehog notecards*
- a "42" pendant (hitchhiker's guide)*
- a bookmark with some sort of quotation*
- a small, purple first aid kid to keep in a bag*
That's about all I know for now.
*=craft in progress, no picture yet.
