I have joined a swap on Swap-Bot where you make an ATC with the state bird and flower for each state.  I joined when they were on Delaware - I guess I'll have to catch up on my own!  These have been fun to make.  Today I made Georgia and I discovered something.  I wanted to cut the edges of the stamp image I used with my stamp border scissors - but unfortunately they broke.  So I improvised and used my 1/8" punch and just punched little half-circles along the edges of the stamp.  It looked better than using the scissors - so I won't be buying another pair!  Here are the other states I've made so far:

I haven't quite figured out how to arrange the pictures yet!  lol

Old Wooden Box

I found this round wooden box in the basement when we started renovating the house here in North Carolina.  I assume it belonged to Jay's grandmother.  I brought it up to my craft room where it has sat on my table and recently I started using it for inchie storage.  I loved the label, but I thought the box needed covering.  So today I did just that.  I used Graphic 45 papers (Botanical) and I think it came out very pretty.  I cut out an opening so you could see the old label.  One problem, however; I have to struggle to close the lid now that there is a layer of paper underneath!  I filed it down and it's better but I just don't put the lid down all the way onto the box.  Ta da!

Sunshine!

I woke up this morning thinking it was much later than it was, since the sun was shining!  It's a beautiful fall day!  I took this picture around 7:30 a.m.  I love seeing the clouds hanging in the trees with the mountains in the background.  Who wouldn't love to be up here viewing this every morning?

Rain, rain go away!

It has been raining here in Western North Carolina for almost two weeks, off and on, and now continuously for two days.  See the rain in the first picture?  Every time I think it is going to let up it starts pouring again!  In the picture of the front lawn and Christmas trees, you can see the fog - sometimes it is so thick I can't even see the Christmas trees.  The poor dogs are going stir crazy and Cody will hardly go out to pee! 

Pumpkin Kid!

Today I worked on a swap I joined at a site called Art42.  You were to make a pumpkin kid ATC.  I found the sparkly foam pumpkins at Michael's and I had a collage sheet of vintage kids.  I thought she came out very cute!

Handmade Book

I made this book at Keeton's at a class with Joey Long. We used a dremel to drill the holes in the spine and sewed the book together. It was very informative and fun, but I'm not sure I could do it again without Joey!

Red Lead Swap

I joined the latest swap at Red Lead Paperworks, which is entitled "Which Red Lead Image are YOU?" You have to use a Red Lead collage sheet or rubber stamp and add your childhood picture to the image. I decided to be a butterfly girl!