Some Simple Stationary

I planned this post way back in July and never posted it. 

Better late than never right!

For Brigadoon I decided that I would do cast letters,
for the whole entire cast.

All thirty five of them.

And since my cards were very plain I decided that but each one would have a custom water-colored background.

what was I thinking~ 

Well I trudged on! And I also remembered to take pictures! 

So here goes my first documented project!

 ~ I used ~

~ plain white "thank you" cards

 (the boring elegant ones that come in packages of ten)

~watercolor pencils

~And a nice wide paintbrush 

I started with some nice scribbles and lines.

For the one in the center I used a ruler, but mostly I scribbled.

then I added water. 

There's something about this picture that I adore~

just me?

alright...

they ended up looking like this in the end

They didn't change that dramatically. 

In fact doing it this way I think they become more subtle, 

But it works out well because they don't overshadow the words.

Which is what really matters, right?

Sadly I forgot to take pictures of these three with lettering.

But I did a few others that are real showstoppers~

who wouldn't love getting some love bird cats in the rain?

Harry Beaton that's who

SPACE the final frontier~ 

when I found a fellow Trekkie I couldn't resist this surprisingly easy Galaxy theme.

This was the easiest one that I did, but it's still somehow my favorite. 

Not to brag~

But that's a hand carved stamp that you see on the side there.

(tutorial to come?) 

Any-who~

Happy Holiday Crafting!

Something Relevant This way Comes

I have just barely started to wet my feet in the big wide world of blogging, and it feels a bit like I have failed any public that I might have.

My lack of posting has been rather unseemly, not to mention neglectful. 

And I really ought to fix that background....

But fear not! I do have content coming your way!

No really I do!

In my absence I have been sewing, all sorts of odd things. odd things that you, my hopefully adoring reader will get the pleasure of perusing at leisure! 

But first I do owe the blogging world an explanation.  

As you know, if you read my last post, I recently costumed Brigadoon the musicale. 

and since it was community theater I managed to snag a part

A silent part.  

I was Maggie Anderson and I got to be the victim of an abusive relationship and then dance on the grave of my tormentor; the infamous Harry Beaton!

We had a bit of a dance special, and during the last show my Harry pushed me to the ground.

Good God did we get a laugh! There was only one problem.

I broke my butt. 

Split the muscle right in two. 

 Needless to say I didn't feel like doing much of anything.

That accounts for a portion of my absence, the rest was eaten by the next musicale. 

1776, it ended about a week ago. 

I wasn't a huge fan I have to admit, but the costumes were hard to find!

 Ate up all my spare time...

Well most of it... 

I did get some personal sewing done but. that's a story for another day.

until then