Wednesday 25 May 2011

Organisation required ....

Only I would send out two swaps to international partners then realise oops have only sent one. This was discovered when I found an ATC and envelope of extra goodies in my shopping bag. The dilemma then being that what did i send to whom as I know I definitely sent two packages. So I came to the conclusion the only thing I could do was to resend to both partners. This of course meant I had to remake an ATC. So I figured that instead of just re-doing the one I did before (just incase I did happen to send it to the right person) I would just create a new one. So here it is. Must say I am pretty pleased with it. Just a shame you can't really see the glitter on the wings. This has also led me to the conclusion I need to be more organised otherwise who knows what the postman will be dropping through peoples letters boxes next. That reminds me I can't find my scissors .........

Sunday 22 May 2011

Art and Craft

craft/kraft/
Noun: An activity involving skill in making things by hand.
Verb: Use skill in making (something): "he crafted the chair"; "a beautifully crafted object".

I aspire to be known as a crafter, at the moment I would say I dabble. I recently started making ATC's. These are small cards 2.5 inches x 3.5 inches that are "miniature works of art". Even that term scares me, to me someone who creates a work of art is an artist not a descriptive I use for myself. Monet, Van Gogh and Picasso they are artists in the truest sense of the word. Here are a few of the ATC's I have created. I leave it to you to judge whether they should be considered art.