A-R-T-I-S-T atc's

Just wanted to share some ATC's that I received yesterday from Carolyn in the UK . It's always nice to see how people interpret subjects and the techniques they use.

I have to send out some ATC's in a few days time, but I haven't even created them yet, it's in my head though.

One of the things I love about atc's is that they are free works of art!

Have a Great Day Everyone!

Feeling Urgh

You know that feeling...when you are sitting at your computer and you can hear the busyness of the world whirl by and you're just so sick of living this fast-paced city life? That's how I'm feeling now. I'll be going back to Uni on Monday. Back to driving in traffic in the morning, Uni politics, stressful assignments and not to mention the everyday duties of being a mom...

I received a package from Elke in Germany and she sent me a beautiful 3-dimensional paper snowflakes, 2 smaller ones and a delicate glass one. It's been so hot in Sydney and they reminded me of the cool weather that I love - I can't wait until Winter (even though we don't get any snow!). The paper ones were hard to photograph because there was a slight breeze.

I just sent off a set of ATC's that I completed. It was one of those spell-it-out swaps and the word was ARTIST. These were the letters A, R & S. It was pretty fun, but I had to pull out of some other ATC swaps I joined because of looming Uni comittments.

My knitting is still in progress, maybe I'm holding the needles the wrong way or something!

"Mommy can we eat this RIGHT NOW?"

The post man paid us a visit this morning!!

After the tape was torn open, little hands dug through the foam nuggets to find bright packets of sweets, chocolates, biscuits and nuts, bagdes and shiny booklets filled with colourful stickers and tattoos.

I really struggled to take photos of everything because whenever I piled all the goodies together, a chubby arm would pop into the picture and snatch a packet or two away!


We loved everything (there's just too much to list) that Sima included, from the Sweet tart chews to the Cracker Jack popcorn and peanuts to the Pecans and Chocolate from Trader Joe's (absolutely de·lec·ta·ble I tell you!) and everything (handmade books and the stickers and cute gnome badges) in between.

Thank you so much
Sima!

Valentines Day ATCs

Yay! I've received all three of the ATC's that I was expecting for this swap. The one on the left is from Stacey, the middle one is from Raesha and the one on the right is by Carie. They are all great and the only problem now is how to store them, any ideas?

Yesterday, after looking through what must be a gazillion pharmacies, I finally found a support for my thumb. It's called a Thumb Stabilizer by Futuro and it is fantastic, my hand is feeling much better, moreover, it doesn't allow my thumb to make any painful movements, so I can still crochet and write a little. It was one of those moments where you wanted to run into the street and yell at the top of your lungs! Honestly the best $29.95 I've spent in my whole life!

Anyway, I much happier today,
and I hope that you are too!