Okay, here's my "final" product. I might do a little more doodling, coloring before I send it out tomorrow.
I'm hard at work on a "tiny book". It's about strange/adorable sea creatures. "Sea" is used loosely. "Weird" is used loosely. Some creatures are completely normal except for how they ambulate, look, act. I'm not done yet, but I had a big push tonight. I feel like I have a clear idea of where I'm going now, too, so that's helpful.
I signed up for another swap (because I'm an addict).
It's one tiny thing. This edition is a book. So I'm making a tiny book for my partner. She listed tentacles as one of her interests so I think I might make a little science book of tentacles. Did you know: tentacles are only classifiable if the suckers are only at the tip and on the underside? So an elephants trunk: tentacle. An octopus' arm: not a tentacle, merely an arm.
Finnnnallllllystarted.
Made a few more today. I have a partner who's interested in "tunnel books" (I never knew they had a specific term until now.) So I made her a tunnel book-"o"-marks. This was what inspired the "book". :)
The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
To be loved, be lovable.
Black holes are what happened when God divided by zero.
And this is a fancy magnetic bookmark.
It's pink/green paisley paper, with ribbon laced into it. The magnets are super thin, super strong and super neat! I want to keep this for myself. . .I might. I suppose.
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.
But I just haven't been crafting or swapping. I signed up on a lark for a swap. This one is all about Cupcakes!
What else is new...I've starting riding lessons (horses) and I'm about to be promoted at work. It's just been a busy stretch of six months or so. I'll keep posting whenever I do crafts.
I haven't been feeling too crafty lately. So I joined a supply swap. Maybe this will motivate me to make something, getting out and shopping for supplies and receiving a bucket of supplies. Something's gotta invigorate me. The swap is an altered paper swap. You fill a 8.5"x11"-ish envelope with scraps and whimsies.
I spent a little time tonight on my Stocking Stuffer partner's package. She's pretty awesome. Like most of my partners.
So here's what I got done tonight:
I spent a good portion of tonight crafting...I'm getting excited about sending my packages off to their new homes.
I worked on my secret santa package for a bit. My partner is into Jimmy Buffett so I decided to make a candle set (layered and triple-fragranced with soy wax, color and glitter!) using titles of Jimmy Buffett songs. As you can imagine, the set is very tropical!
We have "Grapefruit Juicy Fruit", "Coconut Telegraph", "Last Mango in Paris" and "Fruitcakes". I think they came out ok but they're still setting. I've never tried glitter before but in the colorless candle, it seems to have a really nice pink, iridescent sheen throughout the candle. Anyway. That's it for my Secret Santa partner!
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
Click to see it bigger. The dark behind the words is my cardboard. I love the rainbow effect of the text. I hope my partner does too! Those rainbow stars were a BITCH. They are VERY temperamental. Iron just so, iron from the reverse...many steps. But it came out cute, I think! I'm really pleased with it.
So that's what she's receiving. I also made a few small bookmarks. They didn't take much time so I didn't photograph them but I think they came out cute too. Bookmarks are an easy project!
The lyrics are from a song called The Engine Driver by the Decemberists.
It's a lovely song.
Here's where I got my powerlines idea (I was going to stencil but it's too complicated).
Remember: you can always click on a pic to make it bigger!
