Hello Everyone!
Happy WOYWW! Let me first say, I am off to Jury Duty today so please don’t hesitate to comment, I will respond tomorrow. I hate Jury duty but such is life! I am going to bring my e-reader and some snacks and wait it out.
So let me get to my desk…
The happenings on my desk today!
So I have decided to actually take vacation the rest of June and in August when the boys are out of summer camp and we play. I don’t want to be feeling guilty for not creating more products for my Etsy store so I am setting my vacation time. Otherwise I will beat myself up for not doing it.
Having said that, I have decided to work on personal projects and improving my crafting techniques during this off time. So on my desk you will see the beginnings of a color study I am developing. I tend to color up a lot of digital and rubber stamps of people. One of the challenges with Copics is getting the hair and skin to look more realistic. So I dug through my digis and found various ethnic and hair types to practice color combinations. When I find ones that I like I will be creating a little color combo book that I can reference on future projects.
On the left you can see my MFT die for gift cards. I haven’t used it yet but thinking if I put it out there, I might. On the right you can see some cardboard from a package. I decided to keep it because it looks like the shape of a Polaroid and I thought I could make something cute with it.
You can also see some new Jelly Beans my son and I are going to try out – Ice Cream Parlor mix. Should be interesting. I typically eat Jelly Beans when I craft so we thought we would try something new for fun. I say we because the boys walk by my craft table and help themselves from time to time.
In the basket on the left you can see a few new American Crafts brads I bought. They are so pretty. Can’t wait to see if I actually part with them.
In the middle of the desks you can see the remaining teacher gifts I have to finish assembling. I plan on delivering them next week which is the last week for the boys.
My first sympathy card
I also wanted to share a photo of my first sympathy card. I typically make birthday, holiday and ordinary day cards so this is my first take on a sympathy card. I couldn’t find a stamp in my stash that had sympathy sentiments. So I used my thinking of you sentiment. I am sending it to a family member that recently lossed a loved one. This is my first easel card. I went on Youtube and found great tutorials, picked one and got to work. I also used my new We R Memory Keeper’s envelop maker to make the matching envelop.
Well I am off to jury duty. I will reply to comments and visit your sites tomorrow. So don’t hesitate to drop a comment.
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Have a blessed day!
Belinda
