Thursday, August 18, 2005

Sugar and Spice ATCs

For a swap. Sally Jean inspired.





Wednesday, August 17, 2005

tea time ATCs

I used coffee-stained papers, (and I used leftover hazelnut coffee, so these smell really good LOL - scratch and sniff ATC's LOL), wrappers from tea bags, and I cut open tea bags and used those as well. I really like using the tea bags - it really looks cool in person. It gives a translucent/cloudy/textured look, so now I'm saving all my used tea bags LOL.




Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Google Earth

This is the COOLEST website/program. Once you start playing with it, you won't stop. It is the whole world on satellite pictures. Some parts are very high resolution and you can zoom way way way way in. You can type in an address and see it, or go to a city and explore. There are parts of the Australian Outback that are hi-res photos - that is cool to see. And if you zoom in on Baghdad, you can see Hussiens palaces. This is amazing. So much fun. You have to check it out!!!!!!!!!!!!

Google Earth


Monday, August 15, 2005

Altered Puzzle Piece

Another puzzle piece I did for a Yahoo group I'm on - this was a Sally Jean puzzle.


One more find

Another thing I found at the flea market. I got it for my kitchen which is slowly being decorated in a 1940's/50's theme.....got this for $2. I love it!



Flea Market Finds

On Saturday I went to a flea market and walked around for 2 and a half hours. Found some great stuff - some things for christmas presents, and lots of art stuff....but walking for that long while being 5 months pregnant = not a good idea. Now my sciatic nerve is really acting up - hopefully this pain doesn't last for the next 4 months.



These are 3 little books I found. One of them is dated 1827 - the other two have no markings on them, but I would guess they're nearly as old. The guy first wanted $5 each for them, but since I knew I was just going to be tearing them up, there was no way I was paying that much - I ended up getting all 3 of them for $5. One of the books, the paper is very cloth-like - really cool.


I found a 1969 reprint of the 1902 Sears and Roebuck catalog for $5. Since this one is 40 yrs old, the paper was nicely yellowed, so it actually looks like it came from 1902. Here's a sample page:


And then I found this big book of NYTimes front pages, covering all the presidential elections from Lincoln - Ford. I thought about keeping it as a book to actually look through, but the pages are really hard to read - so darn, I have some cool ephemera LOL.



And the last of the cool artsy stuff I found - these old books. These are actually going to be used for Christmas presents. I can't say anything else till after Christmas, but I'm excited about them. My mom about had a heart attack when she found out I was going to be tearing out all the pages of these books b/c I just want the covers LOL. The Farmer's Almanac Sampler has tons of cool quotes and stuff in it, so that will be fun to use on ATC's. I'm debating whether or not to actually tear up the cookbook one - it might look cool in my kitchen, displayed somehow.


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