TRADE - JANUARY 17th at WORKtheme: "Eats"

My inspiration for the “Eats” trade was sushi!

Crochet sushi. So cute!

MY ATC CARDS


I wanted my paper sushi to have a likeness to sushi. I could have used colored paper to replicate sushi rolls, but I thought it would be more fun to make abstract versions.

I hand cut ovals to represent sushi rolls and triangles to represent fish tails. I had been collecting random items for months. Anything from takeout chopstick wrappers to Arizona Green Tea labels. The fabric sushi man is something I found in a co-workers garbage. The black electrical tape wrapped around the center brought the collection together and represents seaweed wraps. I cut the end off of toothpicks to make mini chopsticks and paper punched circles to look like fish eggs.

The one with the panda is my FAV! He’s from a chopstick wrapper. And the button is a random thing I found at a fabric store for like $0.08!

Cards by Cathy Kouris.


Card by Cathy Kouris. The Chinese menu opens to reveal a steamy soup bowl.



Card by Gayle Baddeley.

Card by Tracey Gose.


Card by Brandon Porras. TITLED: "Chocolate Kisses."


Card by Dayle Bennet. TITLED: "Let them eat cake." The three-tiered cake is embroidered on patterned fabric.

BLT card by Lee Ernst. SO CLEVER! He even put all of the sandwiches on a plate for an awesome presentation.



Card by Kim Gardenhire. Congrats on you new baby-girl!

Card by Kristen Harrington.


Chop suey card by Teresa Medford.


Card by Em Byerly.


Recipe card by Sue Pike-Bower. Love the coordinating charm!


Card by Michelle Spaw.

TRADE - JANUARY 4th at URBAN ARTS + CRAFTS

Card by Mary Mirza. The mini playing cards move around the brad.

Fabric card by Denise Lamkins. TITLED: "Monet's Water Lilies."

Card by Lee Ernst and his daughter Allison (9 years-old). The felt canary is in between two clear plastic pieces which is sewn around the edge. SO CUTE!

Card by Cathy Kouris. "Snow White" theme. The 2nd card is by Cathy's 3 1/2 year-old son Teddy. He thinks trading is fun!

Cards by Karen Harris. TITLED: "Funky Art Person." TITLED: "This Screen." Little goodies move around in the screen when you shake the card.

Card by Marg A. TITLED: "School Time."

Work ATC Window Display

ATCs are becoming so inspirational at my job I was asked to put up a display window. I wanted to tell the history and rules of ATCs, show the cards and show the tools used to make them. Some of the ATCs were blown up to 11x17 to easily be seen. It took Dayle and I all weekend to plan and all day to put up, but it was well worth it working on our labor of love.


BLACK & WHITE section.
The first section is the black and white section from the November 8th Hallmark trade. Dayle made the pom-poms by hand and I made the paper flowers from PaperSource.



FALL section.
The second section is the fall section. I bought those cute red socks from Target and stuffed them to look like stockings. I wanted this section to have a “wintery” feel since we are coming into the holiday seasons. I also put some flitter on the branches from Jo-Ann’s for a snowy look.



GIRLY FLOWERS section.
Next is the girly-flowers section. We just put together all of our cards that had girls and flowers on them. Dayle wrapped tounge depressers with ribbon.



HANDMADE section.
The last section is the handmade section. All of these cards have sewing on them or made with fabric. That’s Dayle old Singer sewing machine that looks brand new!

TRADE - NOVEMBER 8th at URBAN ARTS + CRAFTS

Cards by Dayle Bennett.

Card by Andi.

Card by Pam Morgan.

Card by Elsa Littleton

Card by Chris Marchewka.