old valetines

here are some previous year's valentine projects. I took these off my personal blog.

more Valentine post cards

Here are a few more.

More stitched people

I thought I'd show you the fronts of the ones I just did. and then the side with just the stitches showing. On one of them the machine gave up and tangled everything terribly. I had to take it apart and clean it since I often sew over glued papers, it gums things up inside. I'm hoping it will be more cooperative now.

stitched people

I used photos of people, laid them onto cardstock and stitched through from the front. These are the backs which are much more interesting. I don't have the right equipment to do this kind of work but I liked trying with what I have.

Valentine postals

Valentine post cards are on the menu today. Here are the first ones. Watercolor paper backgrounds , rubber stamps, old stamps, and stitching were used. The one with the little crazy quilt heart was done with scraps of free samples from Joannes. I laid them out on a piece of paper and stitched them down on a magazine page. After stitching, I cut out the heart. One page made 14 hearts to stitch onto something. Probably more post cards.

Record Breaking Mail Art Day

I mailed off 67 altered post cards this week. Linda at the post office could not believe what a big stack I brought in. And I forgot to mail one to her this time. LOL Here are a few samples of what went out.

ATCs for a swap

I signed up for a swap called Remember When. I interpreted it as Remember When Men were Men and used my cowboy fabric. The second set I used fabrics with sewing notions and recipes and a picture of a Mom laying down the law. Here's the pics. These will go off in the mail and in turn I will get four back from other artists. I keep one from each series for my personal collection. I'm having trouble decided which ones to keep.