Christmas cards 2009
This year's Christmas cards are all uploaded in the Picasa album - see the link on the left. Some are sold already... but more can be made easily!
The last two days before a long vacation are soooo nerve-wracking. So much to remember! I have a few to-do lists running – one at work, one at home and one crafting. Crossing things off is such a pleasure…
To raise the bar, stressful events have been added this time, like the craft show last Saturday or a visit to the dentist yesterday. That’s done, though. Whew.
I managed to find some time to work on a few candles – they are not finished, but the only thing that needs adding is the verbiage and possibly some embellishments.
I’m experimenting with candles again – making simple „candle cozies” for gifts for the upcoming trip to Poland, which starts the day after tomorrow. Of course, the paper needs to be taken off before burning, I feel like I should almost have a disclaimer on each candle :) But the people I’m planning to give these to know how to handle candles.
Each of them will have the fragrance name stamped on, so one of these is still work in progress. Ah, the possibilities are infinite! I’m thinking that maybe these prototypes are a little too simple, maybe I can add an extra embellishment of some sort – a brad, or a punched leaf.
Niki and I participated in the craft and bake sale at the Immanuel Church in Elmhurst. It was such a great experience! It was the first time for me and I feel sooooo much smater about the setup and the whole organization side of the event.
It turned out that the little post-it note purses were all sold out rather quickly, which makes me happy, because creating them is a ton of fun. Here are some examples that found new owners today:
…and it’s already Christmas time in my craftroom! In fact, I’ve been working on Christmas items for the last few weeks, and also on various gifts for the family and friends I will encounter during my trip to Poland, which is going to begin next week. Yes, in a week at this time I will be most likely sitting on a plane somewhere over Europe!
All the cards are uploaded to
Picasa. To spruce up this post, though, I will throw in a few pictures representing the different designs.
Got up early, made a card –
Rudlis blogged about this nice idea how to use up scraps, which all paper crafters probably save because we are sure one day we can use them for something.
It’s a little patchwork of coordinated papers from K&Company, plus a stamped message, which has been sitting on my table for a week or so. Gotta love using up the stash!
I've heard it's going to rain in the afternoon - so far, though, it's beautiful and sunny outside, and the cat is really enjoying it. That tree by our balcony is turning yellow so fast! It's always the first to sprout leaves in spring, and first to get color in the fall.
I'm looking forward to the fall colors - we already saw some in Upper Peninsula a couple weeks ago. To get there, we started the trip at around 3 am and then we saw this gorgeous sunrise on the way, with layers of fog softly wrapped around the shrubs and trees.
Yay, the little boxes have arrived, so I posted the first little post-it note purse on
etsy! I’t soooo exciting, friends around me seem to like them a lot, so I’m hoping to spread some joy around.
A lady at the office asked me if I could make some more masculine post-its, and she suggested a snake, so I spent some time last night experimenting. A prototype was born, with shiny skin (H20 paints) and a zig-zag pattern on its back. I’m not sure if I fully like the background paper, I think I had something more jungle-like in mind. The colors on the snake would look more vibrant on a darker green background.
