That's absolutely splendid   I love how the entire piece looks greyscale and the red heart simply grabs your attention and helps you focus on the subject.  Nice! 

This year I'm making vanilla liquer for everyone, and obsene gingerbread cookies!
Check out my blog post about this cute cookbook I got to review: the Cookie Sutra...


answer if kids walk by the computer screen: she's tickling his feet!

Okay, that's freaking hilarious.  I once received Kama Sutra chocolates (yeah, they were pretty graphic...) but these cookies beat those  

They're lovely   What are the approximate dimensions for the purses?   

I heart the bunny...and I hope it went to a good home

This sounds like an amazing swap idea!  Hopefully, my schedule will permit me to participate in this when it starts

I'm in the middle of my first swap and so far, it has been a positive experience.  My swap partner (you know who you are ) is awesome and we've communicated via pm quite a few times before the packages were mailed.  She has thanked me and acknowledged the receipt of my stuff and I intend to reciprocate when I receive her package.  I've read horror stories about flaking and the general lack of etiquette on this forum.  For a newbie, it's a tad discouraging to read about these issues, but I'm also eternally optimistic that on the whole, the members of this forum are awesome   I agree that it's important to acknowledge receipt and thank your swap partner, regardless of whether the item(s) you received is to your liking.  Most folks who craft take pride in their work, and at the very least, their efforts need to be recognized.  As for receiving crafted items that 'appear' to have been produced with a distinct lack of effort on the crafter's part, I would rather just assume that the crafter is new to crafting.  There might be a remote chance that the item was deemed as 'perfect' by a newbie crafter and viewed as 'less than perfect' by a seasoned crafter.  Yes, it might be a naive approach, but I'm comfortable with that

Wow...that's a terrific find!  The yarn you spun looks awesome.  I love the colors...they're serene   My recent experience with thrift shop yarn was less than fabulous.  I brought home a huge skein of turquoise yarn and was all excited to work with it...only to discover dead creepy crawlies embedded in the yarn (no, you couldn't tell until you opened the package!).  It freaked me out and I threw the whole lot out

Yay! ilovepaper has received the stuff I sent    I hope everything I sent arrived intact...

OOH!! one of my FAVORITE artists creates whole walls of these amazingly intricute designs! He uses adhesive vinyl, and it looks Fri@@in awesome!

http://www.ryanmcginness.com/works/2003_1.html

check out his stuff, it is PHENOMINAL, and it will give you an idea of what the adhesive vinyl looks like.

askaboutrpickles, I just checked out the link you posted.  You're right on...his work is phenomenal!  I am inspired to do something about my blank walls

You're right... it was probably just model making for other things, but I was hoping it had a name so I could find out more about it...

The origamic architecture is just AMAZING though!  ...here's a quick overview if anyone else is interested in what it is:
http://members.aol.com/kselena/OA/oamainpg.html#WhatIsOA


Diane B.
GlassAttic ...polymer clay "encyclopedia"
http://glassattic.com/polymer/contents.htm

Yeah, it is pretty amazing.  Some of them get rather complicated to do, but the end result is worth the time and effort