T+10: DONE

Phew! For a while there I didn't know if I'd make it, but here we are at the end of this journey!

Truth be told, I was running out of ideas for fast projects until I got an adorable note card in the mail yesterday - such a simple and easy design, and totally moldable to whatever sentiment you are trying to say. The beauty of these note cards is that they are almost like a tag - you just write on the back.

I also finished off a couple of projects for my cousin's baby shower this weekend... there is actually one more I need to finish which will be my focus every waking minute between now and Saturday! Keep your fingers crossed that I get it done on time!!!

Well, here's the final five!

361 - Little Ted in Blue (*See Above)
362 - Nursery Napkins (set of 15 - 5 each in 3 designs)
363 - Thanks note card
364 - Because I Care note card

And finally...

365 - Good Luck note card
For the next project, of course!

Expect to see more posts on this blog as I will keep talking about my favourite projects that I complete - but probably not as often. As of September 1st, my new crazy project begins - 200 books read and reviewed in one year!!! You can follow that journey at covers2covers.blogspot.com

Thanks for watching - keep crafting!

Lindsay

Projects 205-227: Reving up for the end...

Yep.. Still behind.

2011 has proven to be a ridiculously busy year - and it's already half over! (or only half over?!?)

I've attended a couple of workshops lately - one for cards and one for pottery.
The cards workshop had us complete 18 projects in one day (woo hoo!!! catching up!) and the majority of the items in today's list came from that date. I don't have the projects back from the pottery workshop yet (glazing, firing, ya know).

I do have a bunch of birthdays/anniversaries/baby showers and an art show coming up, plus it's really time to get cracking on those Christmas presents, so I do expect to finish my full 365 crafts by the end of July... which means I basically have to complete 4.6 crafts per day until July 31st.

This could get interesting....

Here's today's round up - pictures are on Flickr as always!

205 - With Love Card (made 18 of these for a swap... yikes! See photo above)
206 - Enjoy the Simple Things Card
207 - Mini Hello Card
208 - Orange Hello Card
209 - Bright Thank You Card
210 - Flower Hello Card
211 - Mini Open Sea Card
212 - Imagine the Possibilities Card
213 - You mean the World 2 me Card
214 - Open Sea blank Card
215 - Go Confidently Card
216 - Summer Splash Travel Box (made out of a DVD case - love this idea! You can stick crayons, activities, etc. in it for the kids to take in the car!)
217 - Octopus Mini Card (cutting out the octopus sucks... )
218 - Turtle Mini Card (much easier to cut out!)
219 - Summer Book Mark
220 - Just for Fun Pinwheel Card
221 - Pennant Card (Triangle punches are awesome!)
222 - Thank You triple layer card (these punches are way too much fun)
223 - Bird & Flower Friendship Card
224 - Grandma's Birthday Card 2011
225 - Merry Christmas Tree Punch Card (upside down triangle punches make great Christmas trees!)
226 - Baby Elephant Congrats Card (my excuse for this not-so-fabulous card is, um, well, you know... I'm 31...)
227 - Posy Hello Card (just finished eight of these for a swap on the weekend - new products/colours and totally cute!)

And that's all folks - keep smiling!
Lindsay

Projects 48-53: A Bit of Randomness

There are just some projects that don't easily fit into any specific category. Kind of like people!

Some of these projects were made with a particular purpose in mind - like the scraps bag, which I bring to all of my workshops so that we can put our little bits of trash into something without getting adhesive backings all over the house!

Others, like the star card, were made without a specific purpose or recipient in mind, but allow for a little bit of experimentation! (Nothing wrong with experimentation in crafting, it's only paper after all... just be careful with your glitter...)

So, here's a little list of random creations:

48 - Leigh's Grad Card - my brother just graduation from med school... scary! (Easy)
49 - Sunny Thank You (Medium) * See image in post
50 - Thanksgiving Place Cards (Medium)
51 - Scraps Bag (Easy)
52 - Star Card (Easy)
53 - Flower Napkins (Easy)

Keep Crafting!

Day 4: Little Notes of Thanks

Okay, before I even start talking about crafts, I have to say the coolest, most serendipitous thing happened to me today! I spent the morning shopping around Toronto, and stopped into the Worlds Biggest Book Store (I'm a librarian, how could I not?). Anyway, as I was deciding which books to put back and which ones were actually coming home with me, I noticed someone in a corner signing a cart of books...

Now earlier, I'd noticed said cart of books, and by whom they were written - and there he was, Mr. Cory Doctorow, signing a bunch of books for the bookstore to sell, and no one there the wiser!! So there I was, very fortunate to meet Cory, and tell him how much my teen book club enjoyed Little Brother, which won an Ontario Public Library award last year. If you haven't read any of Cory's books, please proceed to your nearest book store or library and pick one, any one!!!

Ahem, right, crafty stuff...

Have you ever had a thank you gift for someone that just didn't warrant a full card? Ever want to slip some one a subtle thank you that didn't require envelopes and sentences of sentiments?

Today's project was a set of 16 mini thank you notes. There are four different designs which really play into the type of thank you you are trying to portray, and I tried to pretty them up with different techniques such as punching edges, piercing the paper, using mini library clips, etc. These notes can be as easy or difficult as you choose, and can even be used as tags on a gift. They took me about 2 hours from design to finish for the set.

The notes can hold about one sentence on the back, so you're not trying to fill a lot of white space! They're great for keeping in your desk drawer at work, or even in your purse.

No camera yet, but soon I promise!