Pocket Letters and new supplies

A quick update on some cool new pocket letter/planer goodies I've come across lately as well as a couple of pocket letters I've sent out.  

 My mom found these awesome box kits on sale and while they're actually for Christmas, they make perfect Valentine boxes as well! 

 Found these adorable drink and pastry paper sticky note set at the dollar tree!  They all come in a pack together and while the bigger two are just note pads, the little donut hole is a sticky note pad!

 Found these awesome trio set of notebooks at the dollar tree as well.  They are lined, unlined and graph papers.  I decided to use the zebra one as my new Listers Gotta List booklet. 

These are probably the cutest set of buttons I have ever seen.  I absolutely love them and bought a set for myself as well as to send out in my pocket letters.   

 A sample of awesome goodies to play with that I bought from scrapbook.com.  I love the Lawn Fawn stamp set.  They're very high quality and super adorable!

 Here's a sneak peek at the two pocket letters I've sent out this year for January. 

This is my latest work in progress mixed media / valentines day pocket letter.  Haven't found anyone to send it to so far but hopefully will soon.  ;)  

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More vectors

 This piece started out as something completely different and somehow morphed into this.  I even started creating an extremely stupid, very silly story to go with it as I kept going with it.  Apologies if none of it makes any sense.  I really enjoyed working on this though, the picture part at least.  ;)  It's rare I ever pull together an entire piece like this, with a background and everything.

Another practice piece in this simple style.  Care for a cup of tea? :)  Be careful, the cups are ticklish.  ;D

Cloudy with a chance of polaroids...

Or something like that.  

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Life has been getting in the way of my drawing time.
I created this for a bit of a personal project which may eventually get pushed into something more if I ever get the time to do so. But I thought I'd share it with you guys in the mean time. 

And this....I don't really know what this is? Just sort of threw him together for fun to get back into drawing stuff. He was very fun to make though. I may play around with him some more or recycle some bits of this for other things. We'll see.  ;) Happy weird thing Thursday!  Thanks for stopping by!

 I created this silly thing last night of some things I've already created, just to work on more placement/design practice. I think it looks more like a scrapbook layout this time around rather then a web site design idea.

 

 I liked my busy bee layout design so much that I thought it might make a cool journal design. Except I have no coding skills (or premium membership) so I doubt this will ever be used. Still, it was fun putting it together. I thought it make make a good book mark design, too.

Bits and Bobs

Just some random things. You may or may not see these later in other things. ;)

New stuff!

More practice in Adobe Illustrator and Paint Tool SAI. I decided to post this piece up on my Society6 page as I liked how it came out. I hope you all like it, too. :)

Some practice in Illustrator creating icons or website buttons. I like how the top three at the end came out. :)

Something silly for practice. Although I really like the look of these scraggly plants. Illustrator is so much fun to use once you get the hang of it. LoL!

What items do you create with?

Just wanted to dedicate this post to some of my favorite craft items. Here are a few that I adore and use fairly often:

1. Buttons!
2. scrapbook paper, or paper with designs
3. Fiskars Cutter Bee Scissors (these are seriously the best thing I've ever bought. Everyone should own at least one pair of these.)
4. stamps (Love so many, I really don't have any particular fave brand or design really.)
5. sandpaper

Sandpaper? Yes, sandpaper. It was years before I discovered it's multifunctional use for art. Have a lumpy chipboard piece? Use sandpaper to buff out the chinks! Need a distressed look but don't have a distress tool handy or can't find one you like? Sandpaper works well!

Oh, and I suppose a number 6 item would be art/craft/scrapbook magazines. These really are priceless for ideas and projects and techniques. My favorite so far is Scrapbooks, Etc. They work best for me because they offer multiple projects, such as art projects, diy projects, gift ideas, card ideas, scrapbook layouts, and so much more! However, there are many to choose from, so the next time you're near the magazine aisle, be sure to check out what's out there! :D

I did make this little bunny actually. (Thought not the awesome buttons it's sitting on.) Decided to try my hand at clay and bought some ultra light sculpey clay, and this is what I came up with. :P I admire those who can create things with clay, even more so now that I realize how hard it is! LoL! Will probably keep trying it, but doubt much will come of my trials. If they do, I'll be sure to post them here. ;D