Handmade Notecards

  • March 24, 2008 10:25 PM

These are the cards I made for the Notecard Swap that Creative Kismet is hosting. I figured I could post them, since the participants don’t know who will get one of my cards.  She has 22 bloggers participating, and we only make 5 cards to trade.

For these cards, I was inspired by one of the “extra” cards sent to me by Melissa in my swap. I loved it and searched the web to see how she made it. I found several examples of really fancy ones, and finally directions on how to make the flower.

Anyway, here are the cards I’m swapping.  They were pretty quick and easy to make, though a little top heavy.  If you try making them, I suggest using thin double sided paper for the flower, and go easy on the glue.  The last one is my favorite.  Now I just need to mail these off to the swap organizer…

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Happy Easter!

  • March 23, 2008 6:33 PM

Happy Easter! I hope you had as relaxing of a weekend as we did.

Friday night, we watched The Business of Being Born, a documentary on obstetrics. I had read about it on Crunchy Peas’ blog, and thought it sounded interesting. It was produced by Ricki Lake and had a strong push toward home-births. I really didn’t know much about midwives, natural birth, and that kind of thing, so I learned a lot.  We had to pause the movie halfway through to help Clover, who ate half a tin of blue mints – ugh, blue foamy carpet.  She’s feeling fine now.

Saturday morning, we got up early and started in on some house cleaning so we could play later in the day. Thomas went to a motorcycle show with some friends and I worked on some swap crafts with Jane. I’ve finished my cards for the Notecard swap, and cut out the pattern pieces for my Tote Swap.

Today, we spent most of the day working in the yard, mostly bundling sticks and raking leaves. Our yard was a mess after all the storms we’ve been having. Just for fun, I took a bunch of photos of Clover dressed up like a flower. Poor pup, I bet she can’t wait until we have little goobers to dress up instead. I put some of the outtakes on Flickr:

No plans for this week, yet. How was your weekend?

Greeting Card Swap Recap

  • March 22, 2008 12:25 PM

I never posted pictures of all the cards that were swapped in the Handmade Greeting Card Swap.  Since I think everyone has received the cards, I wanted to quickly share pictures of the set I kept.  Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo of the cards I designed, but Jane included it in her picture of what she received. Mine is the middle one with the pink button flowers.  The stems were embroidered, so the thread showed through on the other side.  If I make that kind again, I will try to find a way to hide the thread on the backside.

All of the cards I received were amazing.  There were so many creative ideas, and I was really inspired.  In fact, I’m using an idea for the Notecard Swap from one of the cards I received.  I’ll post those once I mail them off next week.  The participants were all on time and really sweet.  Some included an extra card for me or a thank you note, which was totally not necessary, but a nice idea.  I will remember to do that for future swaps that I participate in.

So here are the cards I got to keep:

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In order, these were designed by: Jane, Sarah, Michelle, Melissa, Diane, Heather, Kelly, Kate

(I hope I got these straight.  Please correct me if not.)

Edit:  Diane posted a photo of the card I made on Flickr – here it is.  The inside said “Friends are flowers that never fade.”

Spring is Here

  • March 19, 2008 9:47 PM

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The Big Flip

  • March 18, 2008 10:15 PM

The Big Flip (Part 1)

The Big Flip (Part 2)

The odometer on the bus flipped over to zero on our way to SC this past weekend. It was a very exciting stretch of empty road and we counted out the numbers as they got closer. Thomas snapped the photos while I drove.

To be fair, I think my bus has had at least 3 odometers, and when this one was installed, it was used and not at zero. Actually, I’ve had the bus for 11 years, but I doubt even in that time that I could have driven it 99,999 miles.

Thomas posted his photos from the VW Bus Campout – he got some great shots. Be sure to check them out: