So what happened to 2010?

I just can't believe that a whole year went by so fast. I think I have whiplash. The holidays are a blur and it didn't really feel like Christmas to me. It wasn't a very crafty holiday for me but they seldom are. I did receive a wonderful stitchery from the lovely   Suzie of Owl Tree Cottage Crafts in the U.K. I love her fairy and the heart bag she made.  She also sent a very cool, artsy looking necklace.   Suzie makes beautiful puffy hearts similar to the one on the bag here and is an awesome artist.  She is just one talented woman.

For Valentines I did sign up to do Valentines Day RAAK's through the Milliande group.  I made ATC's and have been decorating some fun foam hearts as well.  I made fairly simple ATC's.  I just took some red cardstock, tore decorative papers for the bottom, added gems, strings, stamped words then mounted it all on black cardstock.


Tickled Pink

On the hearts I arranged layered flowers that I made with papers, lace, crochet flowers, silk flowers and tulle.  This one I used a feathery butterfly to embellish the top.

 My friend Mel does machine embroidery and made up some names for me on denim so today I played around with them and did this heart for her.

I stamped on the foam heart then added embellishments to it.  I cut the denim in a heart shape.  Now I just hope everything stays put.  I'm not sure what glues actually stay on foam so we shall see.  On one of my first hearts I had just used a white gel pen and embellished with freehand swirls and placed the butterfly on the side. 

For you crafty people out there; I just read "Waking up in the land of glitter" by Kathy Cano-Murrillo a.k.a. Crafty Chica.  I really enjoyed this book.  It is a love story but also crafty so if you're into that type of thing you should really check it out!

I hope everyone is having a good beginning to 2011 and it keeps getting better everyday!   Peace♥ ´¯`*○ ☆ ○*´¯`

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