Birthday Gifts

Here is my belated birthday gift for seven year old Sophiah. I used the paper "S" as an excuse to play around with embroidery thread. Let me tell you . . . it's not easy to sew through two layers of card stock. I actually snapped one needle in half!

Thinking About Etsy

Okay, I will admit that although I have often perused the handmade items offered on Etsy, I have never order or listed any items myself. Now that I'm getting into card making (and now that I'm completely broke) I'm giving it more careful consideration. This picture is of a set of 4 identical cards I made to test the ease of manufacture.

High School Graduation

Here's the card I made for my sister's graduation. I sketched the cats first and then retraced them on clean paper with a fine marker. The body of the card is made from two-sided card stock with plain paper glued inside. Thank you to my cat Sheba for providing the model.