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Done!

One last card to round out my '3 for 3' swap on the theme, ORIGINAL PROSE & POETRY. This one's called, "A Finely Made Shoe." And of course it's entirely tongue in cheek. I do hope that, if I were motivated (or had time) to delve deeper, I could come up with more meaningful poetry than this... :)

Escape hatch

I've really needed a creative "escape hatch" lately, because all my creative energies are going toward things I HAVE TO DO, which earn important income. Sometimes the pressure takes all the fun out of things!

I've recently become re-enamored of ATC's, but I'm doing them in a totally apart-from-bears way, and just to swap with other artists (not sell to card collectors) at this point. I found a great forum with THE most imaginative swaps which I'm going to have tons of fun playing with over time. Just a fun, self-growth, personal experience kind of thing, this is; not a money-earner or something I necessarily want to publicize (except in my blog, obviously!, which is more an artist's journal than a sales venue...)

Here are a few ATC's I've whipped up in between other projects the last week, including my "signature card," which will ship out to every swap partner so they'll know who I am and how to reach me if they want to swap some more!

Aleta made me do it

Mrs. Breese told me it's about time I post something new here. She's right, of course, as she always is. Trouble is, I'm screamingly busy and find myself short on things to say. Must be some kind of virus or something, given my usual diarrhea-of-the-mouth-i-ness. (Note: my mother used to actually tell people I had that condition. 'Diarrhea of the mouth.' Charming. What every girl wants to hear.)

Anyhoos...

I took a fun little quiz this morning and it turns out the answer to the question, WHICH ALICE IN WONDERLAND CHARACTER ARE YOU, is, of course, Alice. Blonde and clever and prone to letting curiosity get her into trouble. Yep, that's me.

What Alice in Wonderland Character Are You?

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Oh, snap

Turns out I might have broken my freaking wrist in my idiotic flesh wound accident of last Thursday. I'm waiting on radiology reports from x-rays taken this morning. Went to the doctor this morning when I realized that, despite near constant icing, over three days of rest and Ibuprofen have not lessened the swelling any, and that my wrist still feels "funny."

Wish me luck, please, re: the results. This just could not have happened at a more inconvenient time, professionally. If it's a break I'll be forced to cancel my Nevada City show.

UPDATE: The radiology report came back negative for fractures. Yay! Now I just have to grit my teeth thru the pain of bearmaking, which hurts my hands on a GOOD day, even without stitches and bruises and soreness.

The report did show some early arthritis in my fingers. Yeesh! I'm only 41!

Ewww...

New math:

Shelli + Wusthof slicing knife + hubby's half-eaten birthday cake + lifelong tendency to illustrate points in gesture-rich, melodramatic ways + tile countertop + re-enactment of Psycho stabbing scene + knife-thru-cake-to-counter impact = broken knife tip + high-speed knife tip ricochet, leading to gaping flesh wound requiring wee hour ER visit + five stitches + unending sheepishness over idiotic inadvertent self-infliction of work-limiting injury.

Not the easiest thing to type, cut, draw, or sew with... {sigh}



Apparently, if rammed point-down against hard surfaces, knives -- even $100 ones which claim to be unbreakable --can actually break, leading to potential injury. My recommendation: Keep this in mind.