Card Box

I love handmade cards.

To get something that you know took time, care and effort- well, it makes me feel loved. That's why I like to keep my handmade goodies safe and sound in their own little spot. I have another of these boxes for regular store bought cards as well.

When I'm having a rough day it's nice to go through them. It always puts a smile on my face, thinking of how lucky I am to have so many wonderful people in my life.

Thank you GeekCrafts!!!

I was pretty excited yesterday when I received a message from Shayne of Geekcrafts.com. It turns out they wanted to feature the little crocheted Underpants Gnome that I made for the Craftster Fairytale Creature swap on their blog! What?! Heck yeah!! :-D Thanks again Geekcrafts!!!

http://geekcrafts.com/crocheted-underwear-gnome/#comments

Please go check out their site- even if you aren't all that geeky or crafty you'll get a big kick out of it. You want to see a toaster made from a VCR? How about a Barbie turned into a zombie? Or maybe a full size quilt featuring scenes from Lord of the Rings? Well folks, you'll find them all here on Geekcrafts!

http://geekcrafts.com/

Carded, Covered, and Paged

They started out as just scraps of paper, leftovers from someone I was cropping with. I was in Texas for a big weekend get together and my luggage was lost in transit. Making these kept me somewhat sane...at least for a little while.



Wanting a travel planning journal I came up with this fun little number:

Here's a random scrapbook page. Not one of my favorites but I do like it...so yeah...

Swap time!!

It had been so long since I'd done a swap that I couldn't help myself when I saw so many great topics posted on Craftster. I ended up signing up for 4 of them! They're spread out perfectly so I'll be able to complete them each on time. The themes I signed up for are the Labyrinth, Jane Austen (yes, again), the Princess Bride and a Handspun & Handcrafts swap.

The Labyrinth swap is almost complete. I can't post too many details since I don't want my partner to know what I've made her yet. This has been a really great swap for me so far and I hope my partner likes what I've made her as much as I've enjoyed making them. One of the items is sort of a new craft for me, though it's a variation of things I've done in the past. Just one more item and the package will be ready to send. I have already received the package from my swap partner but I wanted to get everything of mine done before I opened it. I should be all ready on Monday! I'm really excited to see what she's made for me!

I just got my partner for the Jane Austen swap last week and I'm soooooo very excited!! My partner has offered to make me a Regency dress! I was absolutely floored when I read her message! I have some ideas as to what to make for her in return but I'm waiting to hear about some of her preferences.

I received my Handspun and Handcraft swap partner today. This is going to be a quick, but fun swap. I get to make some lovely handspun yarn for my partner and they will craft something fabulous for me. I'm really excited about my partner - she seems really fun and her talents with polymer clay are just amazing. She has her hands in all sorts of crafty pies so I can't wait to see what she comes up with!