I found this great website of 'obscure' "Z" words that I think I'm going to use for my "Z" card for the Alphabet ATC swap. That's my only project that needs to be done. I ended up with like 10 ATCs for the May swap. Pretty good!
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.
