Has it really been two weeks?!

I was struck down with the dreaded lurgy two weeks ago and am still recovering which is why it has been pretty quite here of late. I hope everyone else is managing to avoid it. I haven't had three days in bed since this time last year when I had pnuemonia, I am glad it wasn't that bad this time round.

Being unwell must have a good effect on me (or else it is all the recovery time!) I have managed to finish a couple of swaps and even have a play.

Here is something that is going into the post next week as part of a Diva pressie. It is a blatant rip off of a project I saw on the Hero Arts site but I really liked it and wanted to do something similar before using my own ideas.



This is one of the swaps I have finished, an all wax piece that I am rather pleased with. Kelsey, you really got me hooked on this wax stuff! I am using it all the time, in fact I have to stop myself from using it in all the projects I have going! In the pages that are going to the swap the lace and the buttons are changed around which looks heaps better.

This photo is so bad but I am too lazy to get up and take another one. It means opening the envelope again too so that is enough justification for me! This is the finished product for the rusted metal tape ATCs I posted earlier. I didn't want to hide the gorgeous background so decided to just add as little as possible.

This is another ATC for a swap.

Until recently I was a member of a design team for a local shop (it is now closing down). Here are a few ATCs I made for them.

I heard a rumour that someone may be opening a shop in Armadale. I hope it is more than that as the nearest place with anything at all useful is 20 minutes away. Tell a lie, we have a good art shop just up the road from me but she has very limited stock for a paper artist more painting related stock. It would be great to have a paper shop closer, then again it might be dangerous for the bank account!

DH is away at the moment so that means an evening of art for me (nothing on TV!). I am doing a fat book right now and am in the planning stages. I wanted to get my other projects out of the way so I can make a real mess and not have to clear it up. I mentioned to DH the other day after I had finished clearing up how tidy everything was and I was finding it hard to get any creativity flowing. I guess I need a mess to be arty!

Have a great Thursday everyone,

Ky