My ATCs came in from the “Autumn Dreams” swap! My collection is getting downright awesome. The first one is a mixed-media ATC from North Carolina… And then a really pretty stamped/encaustic card from Florida. The colors are SO gorgeous on this one… And then a hand-drawn optical illusion card! Doesn’t […]
Autumn Art
“Autumn Dreams” ATCs
And just in time to switch gears for Christmas, I finished my ATCs for the “Autumn Dreams” swap. I kept them simple using mainly rubber stamps and rich ink colors of brown and red-violet: Farewell Autumn, helloooooo Christmas time! 🙂
“Bed of Leaves”
Pressed Leaf Alphabet Flash Cards
Every Autumn we pull out this little book and set it on our side table. It contains alphabet flash cards I made with my daughter, all illustrated with pressed leaves. Posting all 26 would be a bit much, so here are some of my favorites. I got the idea several years […]
Candy Corn Necklace
We made our candy corn jewelry using fresh candy corn right out of the bag (because they’re softer when they’re fresh) and a needle threaded with fishing line. Happy October!
October Tea Party
Somebody wanted to have a little tea party now that the weather is so nice. For one of the crafts, I stamped a simple fall card and made up “kits” for each of the girls to make one of their own. Did you know that girls love to stamp? 🙂 They also […]
“Baby’s First Autumn”
Candy Corn Queen 2010
My daughter was eating some candy corn and remarked how fun it would be to make candy corn jewelry. Then I remarked how fun it would be to try to draw a lovely Candy Queen completely covered in candy corn accessories. And now, for the rest of the story… I drew […]