I shipped out my tin earlier this week.
I am going to start on my Decemberists projects this weekend. I'm thinking a Decemberists hoodie (grey) with a huge stencil on the back and mermaid zipper pull (I'll be hitting the bead store today).
The goal is one medium and two smalls. I think the hoodie will be a "large" and I have no clue for my smalls. Maybe a set of a few glasses, etched.
My other swap is a cookie swap. I'm making just chocolate chip, I think, for one of the dozens and I'm not sure on the other. We have to craft a small item and my partner is into zines too, so I might construct another small zine.
I had some time this afternoon and worked on my Altoid tin a little. I'm pretty satisfied with how it's coming along so far. I'm working off the premise that my partner loves fairies. It's going to be whimsical and somehow love-y too. Lots of pink as you can tell!!
Inside the tin. I made little glitter letters that say, "believe". That is what's running diagonal. Those two magnets are a purple beaded heart and a red LOVE. The bottom of the tin has paper and some die cuts and fabric stuff. There's a ton more to go in the tin.
The outside. It's a Pan's Labyrinth-esque tree. It says, "believe in fairies" and there is a bunch of beaded stuff, grass, a purple flower/balloon, button fruits on the tree, etc etc. There's ribbon along the edge. I'm pretty proud that I thought to cut the ribbon shorter in height so that the tin will still close with ease. I'm going to draw a fairy of some sort on the tin somewhere.
Also! I received two bookmarks so far! One has a giraffe and birds (love both of those) and the other has all sweets with a pastel plaid background. The one on the bottom is a Blackberry inspired Dilbert comic from quite awhile ago that I made with packing tape and lots of love!
I got my partner tonight. So here goes the brainstorming.
She likes magnets, the Smurfs, charms. She doesn't have a wist, so I'm doing the Craftster stalking. Bowling, fairies, scrapbooking (meh), animals. Hmm. Sounds pretty vague...
I will start decorating my tin, possibly tonight, probably tomorrow. Work zonked me today. I'm going to work out in a bit.
My bookmarks are sent out.
My zine is about half done.
And, because I am a true addict: I signed up for another swap. That makes four at once, a new record. The new swap is due Feb 3rd--it's a Vday cookie swap. You make two dozen, craft a small item and purchase a small item and ship it off. The good thing about the cookies is you get a dozen and your SO gets a dozen.
