Hop! Card. Made on Leap Day.

Yes. I did it. I managed to get out the Gocco tonight and printed these cards--- a totally whimsical vintage image of rabbits and tiny hopping frogs. Here's a little preview--- I'll post a full photo tomorrow, along with the listing in my Etsy shop.

Easter Ephemera

I plan on updating my Etsy shop this weekend. Which means I need, I must dust off the Gocco tonight while my husband is at band practice. I have two versions of a lovely rabbit card designed, and the reminder that Easter comes early this year is even more motivation to get going.

In the meantime, as promised, I'm going to share a little more of my collection of vintage ephemera. Vintage images are a real source of inspiration for my Gocco work. While I prefer simpler Victorian engravings, I really love the quirky weirdness of the first one. A rabbit in a clown suit balancing on an egg? Huh? In the second, the pussywillows and the chicks with little ribbon leashes are just too sweet.

Blossoms and Butterflies

Life keeps interfering with craft this week . . . specifically with all my big Gocco plans. I did, however, manage to make a new set of pretty recycled stickers. I love the Japanese style-blossoms on these. They're available in my Etsy shop.

A Personal Update . . . and Found Magazine

First off, I really need to apologize for the lack of crafty posts. I really do love sharing my own work, but I just haven't found the time for printing the most recent designs (more of the Jane Austen series and some bunnies coming up shortly, I really do promise). I'm short on time and supplies lately. On the upside, a custom order for wedding invitations has been keeping me in a fresh creative frame of mind (I'll share those end results, too).

In the meantime, if you liked seeing the first bits of my photobooth collection, perhaps you'll enjoy the random awesomeness that is Found Magazine. They publish "found" materials submitted by readers--- like the note above.

Have I mentioned I teach high school? Between walking our dogs in the city and what ends up on the floor of my classroom, I have a potential goldmine of submissions. Sometimes I think about all the tragic tidbits I could mail in, if I wouldn't feel so darn guilty about it. But right now, my classroom is like my own little microcosm of revealing found objects, I guess.

Photobooth No.2

This was given to me by an old friend who said I reminded him of the girl in the picture. I'm not quite sure I took that as a compliment, but it's a sweet little picture nonetheless.