love bird

love bird. heh.


I made Valentines, with which I am very pleased. 
Monsters are my thing, apparently!


I'm hoping that I've given enough time for the mailman (postal worker? mail person? senior officer of deliveries?) to deliver all of my post cards. I apologize if this ruins your surprise. However, yours should be in color.

I also made valentines for my book club. Behold the Valentine Sasquatch!

She's based on a character in a book we're doing for book club, and she also comes valentine-free.
































I also made my mom and dad a Happy Anniversary card!
































And, I made a piggie.

The end result of this is two-fold: I'm sort of addicted to making cards and postcards, and my lovely mom has commissioned a set of Easter cards for her to use this year. I'm working on ideas now!


Also, I need to find a program that makes better watermarks. If you have brilliant suggestions, I'd like to see them!

Christmas Birds, Part 2

Here, finally, is post no. 2. Since it's past the halfway point in February, I figure it's about time to post it. Also, Carroll has been nudging at me. :D


Coasters!

Animal stencils are awesome.

More t-shirt fun! Argyle is yay!

A tea wallet, so your tea bags don't get demolished in the bottom of your purse! :D

More earrings! I think these are awesome, and I wish the original idea came from my brain. But it didn't.


Ok, happy late Christmas! :D

Christmas Birds, Part 1

I made a crazy amount of stuff for Christmas. Here's post no. 1, which includes all of the gifts I've already given away or are similar to those of people who probably won't be checking this blog any time soon.  :D

I spent several days basically making enormous messes. My parents were very gracious.

   Dinorawr. This one was made for my cousin's very small son!

  The Hat. For Don Pablo!

Le argyle. For Kimberly!

Another Dinorawr. For Zach!

Paperclip earrings. For Kimberly! I did not invent these, even though I have tweaked some of my (not-yet-posted) versions. For the original/a nice tutorial, go here. 

Altered sweater with felt flowers. For Mom! (I felted two wool sweaters I found at the thrift store by washing them on the hot water cycle in the washing machine and then drying them on high heat.)

L'Etoile du Nord (Star of the North). For Josiah!

Altered notebook. For Zach!

Mr. Mustache. For Chris (obviously)!

Tea tray. For Renee!

festive bird

As I've been on a monster kick lately

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I've decided to make some Christmas monsters. Currently, they're being used as ornaments for the library's YA Christmas tree, but I also think I might make them into cards. :D 

thirty-sixth bird

Make a haiku about something that happened today. Bonus: illustrate it!


OK.


Dear autumn colors
       when will you be found outside
as well as inside?

thirty-fifth bird

Make something using staples or your stapler.


I considered making my stapler into a monster, but I didn't just want to glue googly eyes on it and I didn't have time to get that messy (painty), so I decided to make staple jewelry.

This probably won't take off as a style because it is rather poky.

thirty-fourth bird

Take something old and make it look new.


This is a 1979 edition of The Elements of Style by Strunk and White.

The Elements of Style was originally written by a dude named William Strunk, Jr. in 1918 and was specifically written for students at Cornell University. 

William Strunk, Jr.

Strunk taught lots of folks, including a dude named E.B. White.

E.B. White

E.B. White, by the way, is the author of Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan, all of which are tremendously lovely.


In 1959, MacMillan and Co. commissioned White to revise The Elements of Style. He modernized and expanded it, and today it is informally known as "Strunk & White."


Since the book is so old, and since it was on the freebie table at work, I decided to make it a brand new cover.


Which I did in about half an hour.

I really think it shows...