An earlier discussion about posting this & what I'm hoping to say starts round the middle of p.3 of: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=145448.0

And, um, happy valentines!

"How big is a baby?" is a charmer!

Look at this lovely 2nd sending from drea4545...a card that uses some Chinese paper I sent, plus the kind of worn surface that I'd written her to say I liked, and then her atc (in a neat sewn bag) -- called "Quilty 1," it features patches of a Ukrainian Easter egg card, Chinese and Korean newspapers, and a retro-looking New Year's eve party ad. What a great swap partner! Thank you to both drea4545 and our organizer, alteredmommy!

shugrbee shared a "Lonely Planet" calendar with a different small picture for every single day. thus, from pictures of a canoe in the woods, British Columbia aboriginal art, and a cheese shop in Delft:

Mirage City

Watery Abstract

The Baby Cheeses

I received an amazing envelope from drea4545 today! The envelope had Ozma peeking out of it, and this very funny card, with layers of stitching and gems (and a red felt pouch!) called "Guilty/Innocent";



Inside, some haunting photos drea4545 had taken, along with other greys and neutrals, including a multilanguage Sheraton hotel passkey, and a hysterical book page on how to make love ("like a seagull swooping gracefully down through the air, bring your lips down firmly" ):

plus many wonderful densely-layered bright images, fabrics, and buttons -- including Ozma, a gorgeous Silk Road photograph, and a real live purple plastic skellington --




and then the collection of eerie cards, including a caramelized banana ice cream pie recipe and a fantastic holographic sandstorm!



I'm so delighted! Thank you drea4545!

Thank you for starting this gallery, dreamisle!  I like your blue card especially. Here's The Green Family and Brown Study:

Go "normal"!

Here's the chandelier:

Last night's new surrealistic machines, plus a pair of strange landscapes, all made by two to three people:

Thanks, toothless! Here's a surrealist machine drawn by four people, none of us seeing more than a few lines sticking out of the part that the others had drawn (it's black on white though the picture doesn't look it);

Diva's adorable! And the Rearranged cards pack quite a punch!

Here are three I recently received in swaps -- the first two from Gerrijo, I love her bold designs -- and the third, from Selise, will surely bring about world peace;




(p.s. I just saw Original Youth's doodles back on p.30, also great! maybe we could have a doodler's gallery...)

Made for a scrabble-playing friend:

Language vs Experience