My grey extras from Pogo have arrived!  There's a lot of cutwork and layering involved, and liberal use of a silver pen (hooray for shine!).  Thank you!


The quote reads, "This is not a black and white world, to be alive the colors must swirl, and I believe that maybe today we will all get to appreciate the beauty of grey."

I received my letters from crazyalien8, and they are awesome!  These are so detailed; even the area between the Ibex horns is cut out.  They are all so nice, but my favorite has to be the camel.  Thank you!!

Two more sets for me - thank you ladies!!
The first set is from Pogo, featuring cross stitch ears and the tiniest ants I've ever seen


And from Oodelally are some amazingly drawn squares.  I can't believe how much detail she packed in there!

I received from oddmentsandtweaks yesterday.  Not only did she do the extras, but she did extra extras and she may have stalked me just a little.    I love her cartoon/comics theme, and I recognized everyone except Marie (it's been waaaaay too long since the Aristocats for me - I had it on a record with the beeps if that tells you anything).  These guys are so tiny; there's some really careful cutting.  Thanks so much!


Extras

Here are my ABC's and extras (so glad you suggested it, nilmerg!).  I opted for grey extras.  I anticipated bright colors for the ABC's, and I wanted a decorative border that wouldn't compete too much with them but would still be awesome.  Here they are:

Swap inchies from nilmerg

Three of them are dimensional, so the scan sort of sucks.  Rest assured that the inchies do not!

Grey extras from nilmerg

Hand drawn awesomeness!

Swap inchines from Robinpich

LOVE the tree!

Grey extras from Robinpich

Mmmm, swirls....

Thanks so much, ladies!

I'm pretty far removed from school days, but this time of the year is busy for me work-wise.  Things will settle back down near the end of October.  Anyway, here's some tree eye candy from Mountains and Clouds featuring watercolors and stitching.  Thank you!

I received this card from Kitiza for my hamsa theme.  I am surprised (but pleased!) that the gems made it through the post OK.  It looks like it might be markers and watercolor, but I'm not sure.  No matter - it's cool no matter what it's made from!


Mikenssevie and I did a personal swap.  She combined three of my themes:  purple, cats, and belly dancing.


What she couldn't have known is that my first purchased costume was purple.  I probably had that same expression on my face, too.    Anyway, here's an old photo.  You can tell by the big hair and small belly - unfortunately those are reversed these days.

... and the people I know in St. Louis battle about pop and soda.

I live in St. Louis, and I'm a soda girl.

I got this pinup card from raeraggs yesterday.  There's a touch of glitter on the letters and the smoke.  Isn't she fun?

Here's a card I got from Tree27 for my peacock theme.  It's made from card stock, and the bottom stripes are ribbon.  I think it's cute, and I love those legs!  Tree, I think you should make one of these for your sister. 

That Amber Alert is hilarious, and the tree pose is so graphic yet beautiful.

Here's what I got today from miknessevie for my moon theme:

What you probably can't see is the delicate silver swirl in the moon (a half marble) and the directions in the sealer.  It's swirly and has a feeling of 'Starry Night'.  Thank you!