Vintage day

My muse, henceforth to be known as

"Reflections", was in fine form yesterday.

I made 3 cards which are all basically the

same, but all different, too.  I was inspired 

by my friend, Karen's vintage pocket letter.

Pocket letters are ATC's that are generally

a theme and placed in a 9 pocket baseball

card protector.  That's usually what  ATC

artists  use to store their cards since they

are the same size.  Behind the atc's

small items are placed; buttons, ribbon,

stickers, etc. and a piece of candy

(Ghiradelli works well) or a tea bag.

I've made a few, but not super enthralled

with them.  I'm not good at themes.

I didn't have any brown ribbon so I 

sponged some brown ink on organdy ribbon

and it worked perfectly.  For the words

I cut 6 or them, glued them on top of

one another and then covered them with

crystal effects which makes them nice and

shiny and adds additional dimension.  They

look 3-D.  I was pretty pelased

with how they turned out.  With a couple 

more they would make a nice set.

I have a paper pack which has these

images on one of the sheets.  I may

go ahead and do a few more.

I'm going to be out mowing the lawn

by 830 this morning.  I hope the neighbors

aren't ticked but who cares, I'll be gone

for a week, lol.  I'm sure they will

be fine with it.  It's not too hot yet.  The 

problem is that some of the lawn is brown

and doesn't really need to be mowed, but

the rest will be horrible when I return

especially if it rains (yeah, right).

Tomorrow I'm planning on leaving at 6 am. 

I've done this before.  Why am I so nervous?

Maybe it's an excited nervousness, who

knows?  Once I'm on the road I'm sure

everything will go well.  Please pray for a safe

trip.  Thanks!!  Everyone have a great week.