More Artist Trading Cards

I am getting a tad addicted to this ATC thing. My drawing is getting a lot better and making them is a lot of fun.

The first three ATCs I mailed out yesterday. The last four I will be mailing out tomorrow.

Alice in Wonderland Chapter 2 ATC: Pool of Tears:

These next two Skull ATCs are for the same people that I made the first ATC for. Silly me did not read the requirements carefully and totally missed that I was supposed to make 2 for each partner:

Cupcake ATCs:

Robot ATC: I love this one

Owl ATC: I love this one too

What do you think?

Ciao,

Dissolved Girl

Blogs around the way

Joining Swab-bot has made my already long google reader list even longer. So many talented people with great blogs. So for you creative folk I am going to list some awesome blogs that I discovered after doing a swap.

1. Creative Indulgences: She has some very pretty computer generated art work on her blog. She has not blogged in a while but I do hope she posts more soon.
2. OA: This blogger has some great artwork on her blog. Her ATC's (for those that do not know what an ATC is, I will have a separate blog about them soon) are awesome and I only wish I had half the talent for them.
3. Mad About Pink: You all know my love for interior design, well this blog feeds into it even more.
4. Lil' Miss Polkadot: This blogger makes the cutest Sewn things. She makes these cute Owl pillows that I want and I am now stalking her Etsy shop for when she has more for sale, I can snap one up.
5. Just add Water, Silly: So you guys saw those bookmarks I made here and here, right? Well, my little silly bookmarks got nothing at what the very talented Jenn makes over at her blog. Just check it out here and while you are at it, check out all her other art work.
6. I don't care if Monday's blue: Not a craft blog per say, but she is on swab-bot, she is a cutie and her blog is really cute. I just love this post about a trick she played on her little brother.
7. I Could Make That: This blogger makes pretty awesome things on her blog that can get anyone's creative juices going. I especially love her cat ears tutorial.
8. Our Simply Crazy Life: Not a craft blog, this blogger chats about her family life and her super adorable kids.
9. Cricut Cutter: So there is this thing called a Cricut that I really, really want and may be putting it on my X-Mas wish list this year. Well, that wanting has really been elevated after I was introduced to the Cricut Critter blog. This blogger makes some really cool things that only makes me green with envy.
10. Sugar Crawler: I will warn you, that when you go to this blog you will get hungry. I follow a few baking blogs and this one has been added to my list. She makes some yummy looking backed goods and the pictures that she takes of her creations are awesome.

Hope you all enjoy these blogs. These is going to be a part two of blogs that I like, but t=since this post is super long. I will stop here today.

Ciao! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

Weekend Crafts: More Handmade Bookmarks

The latest swap I joined is to make two handmade bookmarks for my partner from a nice graphic. After looking at my partners profile I saw that she liked to go to Broadway Shows. So I got the great idea to make her a bookmark using the image of a Play Bill and this is what I came up with:

Front:

Back:

The bookmark came out looking so great. I was so proud of myself. After I was done I went off to check my partners profile to see what else my partner liked to make the second one. Then I noticed on the swap description it said "No Computer Generated Printouts". That meant that the above bookmark was no good. I was back to the drawing board.

After some searching I found two very pretty and colorful birthday cards and I made the following bookmarks:

Bookmark #1

Bookmark #2:

I decide last minute to send all three of them to my partner. I hope she likes them.

Now here is the finished product of the card I showed you on this post:

What do you think? I really liked how the final outcome of the card. I only hope my partner likes it.

My pile of outgoing mail for this week:
It is so much smaller then what I sent out last week.

What do you all think of the bookmarks and the final postcard?

Ciao!! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

Upcoming Posts

I have a lot to blog about. I was going to do several posts on Sunday but the power went out and by the time the power came back on I was ready for bed. Here are some of the topics I have up and coming:

1) Weekend Crafts: I did not make a whole lot this weekend due to the power outage. But I did manage to make a few things

2) Jewelry: I made a few new pieces

3) A few new blogs: On Swap-bot I did this awesome swap where I discovered some new blogs. We were suppose to check out 10 but along the way I saw others that I liked, I will be blogging about them in the next day or so.

4) Postcards: I am becoming addicted to postcards. I will share with you a few very awesome ones I received in the mail recently.

Alright, those are the main things I have planned for the week. Also in between I will have my normal Hump Day Video and Shoe post. This week I will not have a nail of the week due to the fact that I am giving my nails another break.

What are you guys up to? How was your weekend?

Ciao!! xoxo
~Dissolved Girl

Crafty Weekend

On Saturday while Mr. P was at work, I spent my morning singing at the top of my lungs to Michael Jackson's Dangerous CD and sewing my life away making this:

Front

Back

I made this bag for my partner on Swab-Bot for the "Make me a Handmade Tote Swap". I had so much fun making it and loved how it turned out, that I signed up for another handmade tote swap.

After that it was off to make a "Handmade Bookmark". My partner loves Hello Kitty. So I only thought it appropriate to make her a Hello Kitty bookmark. I added silver embossed stars, then I reinforced the bookmark by adding as a backing a pretty cloud scrap booking paper. To protect the bookmark since it was made from card stock, I put it in a plastic holder. I used a star shaped hole puncher to add a hole to the top of the plastic holder, got some pretty blue jewelry thread, added a pretty pink bead and hung it from the hole.

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Back

These final 2 packages also went off to new homes. I was so excited that I forgot to take pictures of what I put in them.

I mailed off everything today. I am pretty sure the bag and the last two envelopes will get to their new homes quickly. The bookmark I am not so sure how long it will take to arrive to it's new home, since it is going to Canada. I just hope they all liked what I sent. I put a lot of thought and love into everything.

Today, I also received quiet a bit of mail. But like a little kid, I was too excited and started playing with everything I got and forgot to take pictures. But I did snap a quick picture of a postcard that I received so that I can show Mr. P, since it never made it home because as soon as I saw it I posted it on my bulletin board in my office. It was a huge hit with the people in my office.

Isn't it funny?
He really does look like he is saying hi! It had me cracking up for a good hour!

I had such a great and relaxing weekend. It was just what I needed after such a rough week. I was sad for it to come to such a quick end.

How was your weekend?

Ciao!! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl