Coming in a few days late (my camera battery died and I think I lost the charger)!
To my snail mail buddy in Canada, on the back of an old John Cage collage postcard.
[media : kimberly 525 pencil]
I designed a postcard to print and send to my friends back home.
“na zdraví” means “to your health”
Is anyone interested in a swap? 
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I made this postcard using recycled material - foil, ribbon, packaging plastic. After weaving the ribbon together, I stitched it onto a piece of packaging plastic. The packaging material is 1/4 inch thick, with lots of trapped air bubbles… worked great for giving the heart a quilted look. I wrapped the foil onto a scrap of poster board and stitched around the edges.
Put the “pieces” of previous thing-a-days into a quilted postcard that I’m sending to someone for their birthday.
Voila! Yet another handmade Valentine Day card. This one was sent to Grandma Grace in Arizona, where all the grandmas live ;- )
I made some postcards today. I used my watercolor pencils and created a sunflower/lady bug and a fish (the blue background didn’t come out well when I scanned it). I’m decently happy with both and I’m sending them out tomorrow.
Today I made two things - a birthday postcard, and another rope toy for my dog. Frankly, I should probably keep making rope toys until I’m out of rope, so I’ll have a stockpile
I looked at a book called 1000 ATCs today, and got wildly inspired. I may have to make ATCs soon.
Take a couple old postcards and recycle them! Maybe they’re from an ex-friend. No need to chuck ‘m … FIX ‘m.
I painted over the B side w/ white acrylic paint. Shoulda gone w/ gesso as the acrylic is not totally opaque.
After the acrylic dries, I went over w/ concentrated watercolor. The sepia-looking color is actually a really old Dr. Martin’s Scarlet (5A) that has … er … “turned.”
Filled out with some cool-colored Sharpies™, custom postcard postage (that’s clearly a bit old) and addressed (parts obscured for privacy) and it’s ready to post.
That’s it. Cheers!
I’ve had this idea in my book of ideas for a while now, and finally made it - a knitted postcard.
I had a teacher in high school who thought it was so great that our postal service will send anything that you slap postage on. He sent a banana in a clear plastic bag to his brother. It wasn’t fresh, but it got there.
I like the idea of sending something unusual through the mail -in this case, something soft that would pass through the hands of people who are not used to touching soft mail. Also, I like the idea of sending knitted love, because anyone who has received a knitted gift knows that it is a labor of love.
Though it’s knitting, I did try something new with this piece. I made the cables without using a cable needle - just dropped 3 stitches off the left needle, knitted 3 sts, and picked up the dropped stitches. It’s not as bad as it sounds. There’s less juggling around without the cable needle.
I wasn’t sure what I wanted on the front, and after charting different images, I decided to go with a couple of classic cables. It’s also a good way to use up knitted swatches. I used a piece of matboard that was laying around, and used a hole punch to make the holes. This is one of those times when a pair of man hands would be handy, but a determined crafter will do just fine. Now all I have to do is decide who I will send this to. blog
This is my day one project. I am taking part in a Postcard Swap. I have to come up with ten, and for now I have seven. I hope my recipients are blown away by my creative dorkiness!
