Origami Star Cards and Tapestry Cards

 I made two origami star cards from the Carrie Smith bonus lesson.

 

And this morning, I sat at my table, my mind devoid of ideas for the tapestry cards...four hours later, I was admiring my version of the tapestry cards. I'm very pleased with what I ended up with. 

 

 

Two More Cards

The next card lessons involved washi tape and flowers. Since I don't have a large collection of washi tapes but I do have an abundance of scraps of fodder, I used the scraps. And since I didn't want my art Rolodex full of florals, I only did one flower card. And then I did a NYC card.

 

A Few More Cards...

 I kept putting my sequins away and then getting them back out again. Here are a few more Fodder-Dex cards. My art Rolodex is filling up faster than I anticipated. 

 

More Cards for the Fodder-dex

I made a few more envelopes for my art Rolodex. 

And the lessons for the next, a "funfetti" card dropped. I confess, I haven't watched the lessons but I looked at what my fellow students were posting and made my version. Love a project that has sequins in the supply list. 

Productive Day

I have had a really productive day, making stuff-wise. I made three pair of earrings for a friend who wanted to buy a pair to gift to her granddaughter.  Honestly, making them was less work than rifling through my jewelry stash in search of the particular design she wanted. And it was reassuring to know that I still have some skills. 

I made cards per Arlyna's second set of card lessons, envelopes. 

Our puppet crew is getting together this week for dinner and a friend there wants to buy one of my cards for a wedding she's attending soon. Since I took my entire pile of cards to Beeker's General Store (yay me!), I had to make one...or a few so Angela could choose. 

 

It's amazing to note the procrastination/brain block that kicks in when someone actually asks me to make something.  

November Fodder School

Even though there are a few more FS Challenges I wanted to try, I have moved on to the November lessons with Arlyna Blanchard. 

The first thing I did was make my "fodder-dex" box.

 

The second thing I did was perform the necessary surgery to move the rods (chopsticks) closer together and a little higher. Then I began Arlyna's card lessons.

The first involved hand embossing vellum, which I found extremely tedious. I liked the results but so not worth the effort. So I used some vellum for windows. 

  

I'm now moving on to the envelope lessons. I'm also adding things from past FS projects and challenges as it's the perfect place for these once homeless and stashed away bits. 

 

Oh, and since a bag of pears appeared at my door...a neighbor of a family member has a tree, I baked a couple for our breakfast. They were beautiful and very tasty!

 

 

 

 

Clay Medallions and a Couple of Cards

I loaded up my virtual shopping cart with air clay and a few accessories and the remembered I had some...and I managed to find it all! I made a pile of medallions per Jane Chipp, and then attached doodads with some fine gauge wire. They are all hanging in the window on our airing deck so everything looks all floaty! 

(I did see the dead piece of Christmas cactus after I posted the photo...it's been removed. LOL!)

I also made a couple of quick Halloween cards for the kids across the street...gift cards included.