I've been watching season 1 all day brainstorming. No pics yet.
I am thinking:
- a little fork guitar
- something with an orca
- a funky funky eyepatch
- a mirror with "you're so beautiful"-phrases all over it ("you could be a part time model", "you could be an air hostess from the 60s", "you could be a waitress"...)
- "the tape of love"--something creative there. paper dolls, retractable pencils, tape, brown paper, white paper. . .
That's all I got so far. I am pretty jazzed about this swap. I should probably look at the requirements again; I'm not sure I'm prepared to make a bunch of "large" items. I would like to design some stationary. That would be fun!
So I saw the movie last night. It was pretty scary!
Generally, my partner and I hate seeing movies at the theatre. The seats are really uncomfy, people are distracting and noisy... generally not a fun time. I haven't had any restlessness in my legs since I quit drinking caffeine but last night I had an attack.
I think I want to try using clay. I want to make a praying mantis photo holder like she had in the film. The photo sat in a simple frame on the forearms of the mantis. It was really neat!
It appears it would only be one color. She had it on her nightstand at her real parents' house. I think it might have had yellow eyes and/or black accents.
I just can't stop myself!
I signed up for (yet) another swap.
So now I'm in the Zine Swap (send out Jan 14th), the Bookmark Swap (send out Jan 5th) and the Altoid Tin-Valentine's Day Swap. They're all pretty small.
1. Bookmark Swap is 4 bookmarks (I'm using paper, I don't care what my partners ask for). I haven't started because I want to see what my partners like for patterns and 'feels', textures, etc.
2. Zine Swap. I'm moving along nicely. I have about 10-15 pages in my zine and I have about 10 to go. I'm going to write a review for the movie "Doubt", a little recommendation section for books and cds (Dewey the Small Town Library Cat!!) and maybe 1-2 short articles about a current topic in feminism/GLBT rights. I might talk about derogatory language (f--, g--) and why it's harmful. I want to put my beliefs out there a little bit. I did a Post Secret and I've included poetry but I don't really have any "this is my belief" pieces. Oh. I'm making my zine into a PDF so that everyone can see. I've got the 10-15 pages done and scanned and ready to be published on teh interwebz. I just gotta hustle up and finish my last pages. My zine is very small, about 4x6" but has about 30 pages. Note to self: GET A GEL PEN! I need to be able to write on black paper.
3. Altoid Tin Swap. I've never done one of these before. It looks fun and easy. I'll probably tuck in a cheesy card, some die-cut/punches, some candy and some fun valentine's paper. I looked through the Altoid Tin First Aid Kit gallery and the tins came out PRECIOUS! One said, "Kiss My Boo Boo!" on the front and the things people thought to include were awesome (condoms, tweezers, lip balm, instructions for the Heimlich...)
