Well well I successfully uploaded one with the correct orientation. This is for the postcard swap titled "Cats, lions and tigers, oh my!" I call it kitty toy or Ebony's dream. I am still in love with the art deco fabric and I still haven't even made the deco postcards I need to send. I used rhinestones here for the eyes.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Friday August 21
Well I think I lost my first draft - for some reason it put my photos in sideways. Here goes again. A few more mermaid cards but I faked it since I can't draw people - these are "vain abut shy" maids that dive in as we approach.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Tuesday already
I cleaned up my office / craft room yesterday - all day. so no projects progress. I removed the white lattice from the railings. After 8 years of grandchildren protection, my daughter says they can come down. I will need to make some kind of curtain for the upstairs part to conceal my work spaces and wires, etc. And i am getting rid of my bulky old map rack too - I put it on Craigslist and hope to get some bucks out of that.
Today I plan to make several postcards - two for my grandson Riley, with an octopus and planes. One for Peggy, and replacement ones for my sister Pattie and Debbie L, and several for my postcard exchange group with mermaids on them. Yikes! That's ten right there! I'll post photos of those I actually get done.
Today I plan to make several postcards - two for my grandson Riley, with an octopus and planes. One for Peggy, and replacement ones for my sister Pattie and Debbie L, and several for my postcard exchange group with mermaids on them. Yikes! That's ten right there! I'll post photos of those I actually get done.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
It's Sunday. First day of school tomorrow for kids here. Finally last night I tackled the coral seahorse tote again and finished it this morning! I just need to tack down the lining. The coral print fabric is so lovely. I used black plastic netting over black satin for the seahorse texture. It was difficult because of course I didn't think of it until I had the pocketed lining in! Then I sewed coral bead necklaces on the seahorses but it wasn't a happenin' look so I removed them. Still . . . might need something more - black bead waves? Hmm.
Here's a detail of the seahorses. I traced them from a photo I took of a magnificent gate at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Well it's Friday already. Novel Approaches (my book club) meets tonight. We read Bridge of Sighs by Russo and I expect a rousing discussion.
My granddaughter Keely starts back to school Monday so I made her this card. I guess this is nostalgia because of course todays second graders don't have a clue about the apple or the sharp pencils. They will be making back to school for their grandkids with laptops and iphones as the nostalgic motifs, right?
I hope to restart on tote bags today, as I finally figured out the instructions and got the right webbing. I am struggling with figuring out how to put on a silhouette applique and what color it should be. Also trying to ignore my husband who is home on a furlough Friday and probably wishes I would help him do fixit chores around the house. Hiding out here in my office/sewing loft.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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