Altered Postcard

One day I went to every little store in town (gas station, grocery store, hardware store) and bought up much of the last of their postcard inventory.  These are old, from the 70's and are not being made anymore.  And to put it mildly, they are...well, boring.  So a perfect candidate for altering or sending in local PC swaps or ugly/I don't want these swaps.

I added this happy gentleman with his crappie.  He should be smiling, that is one nice fish.  And I am so proud of him.  Instead of being retired and laying around in front of a television driving his wife insane like all the retired men I know, he is out and about doing things and enjoying life.

This postcard is sorta' special too as it is the first lake I ever kayaked on.  An adventure group from Madison posted to our group they were coming up and would anyone like to join them.  I was the only one and it was such fun.  We then played games in that log cabin/restaurant and ate delicious food for dinner.  It was a blast.  On the way home I got a flat tire and couldn't bust the lug nuts on the tire.  No cell service either.  An old couple stopped and between he and I we got the lug nuts loosened and I was able to get the tire changed.  What a fun day that was, LOL!

So see?  This is why postcards are important!  Look at the memory it brought back!  :D

Reddit Bookmark Swap

I also do swaps on Reddit.com.  They have all sorts of fun ones.  I started with the Christmas swap because my kids and brother and sis-in-law were doing it.  I didn't know at the time there are more swaps all year around.  I have since done a My Little Pony one and a bookmark one.

This is the bookmark I got from the UK.  She makes them and sells them.  Isn't it awesome?  I love it.  If I lose this one I will cry.  :)

Crappy Book Cover

This is for the Crappy Book Cover swap where we create something on an old book cover and send it off.  This is the first time I have ever tried something like this and it was fun.  Mine isn't as elaborate as the one I got but it still was fun and challenging!   I learned a lot from doing it and researching what to do.  I hope my person likes it.

Pink Flamingo Swap

I went with an ATC.  I had wanted to make a bracelet as I do have cute 'mingo beads but I can't find them right now.  Matter of fact I made an ATC and then lost it like within minutes!  I still haven't found it.  Frustrating.  So I had to make another.

Bookpage Cat/Dog ATC

I love my kitty ATC!  Her name is Lucy (actually my sister just adopted a kitty named Lucy) and I call it Lucy Silently Watches Them from the bookpage words :).  It was sheer accident...a fun one.

Handmade Postcard Reply

My sister sent me the bottom postcard with the message "Wish you were here".   So I made her the top postcard with Sharpie as a reply.  In case you can't read it it says "And you know I wasn't there how?"

Couple of Simple Calendar Envelopes

A couple of simple envelopes from calendars.  Top one is Pet Lovers Penpals and the bottom is Animal Envie w/ Surprise.  My person likes birds so I went with a bird theme.  She doesn't care for dogs and so when going through my stash I was surprised at all the dog stuff I have!

Oh, and I am LOVING the new vintage art stamps!!

~~~Fab-U-lous~~~~