okay, i'm not a poet.  but i'm tired and i can't bring myself to attempt anything that requires more effort.  not that poetry is easy, but i don't want to get my hands dirty and make a mess at this time of night.

here's a little poem i wrote in  honor of the little "friends" that dottie gets from the cats next door.

FLEA HAIKU
my dog is itchy
because the fleas are eating
she scratches all night

my husband wanted another variation... thus the edit.

he gets crazy flea bites.  i think he's allergic.  or he just has sweet blood, they attack him and not me?

i even drew a little flea.  see? haha... good night.

made a little tiny bunny out of light brown felt.  it's for the Swap-bot swap, "OTT: Year of the...Rabbit" in the One Tiny Thing group.
the bunny is about 1.5 inches long.  he has 4 independent legs and 2 separate ears...  and i made the pattern myself. :) 

the little Lego flowers are just for scale.

stamped up a little artist trading card (ATC) tonight for my partner in the Swap-bot swap, "The Secret Garden Swap" in the Hundred Acre Woods group.

i used the Stampin' Up Two-Step Stampin' Bird on a Branch set and the "amour" from the Clearly for You set.
the branch is stamped in VersaCraft chocolate, the bird in VersaCraft black, the flowers in stampin' pad regal rose and daffodil delight, the sky in tempting turquoise, and the sentiment in stampin' pad melon mambo.
i added a few pink pearls and rhinestones to accent the flowers.

i'd like to have a tree like that in my secret garden. :)

i made this for the Swap-bot swap, "The Secret Garden" in the The Hundred Acre Wood group.  it's based off of the wonderful book, "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

put together some pretty paper flowers today for the Swap-bot swap, "Make Me Some Paper Flowers-INT" in the Crafting Queens group.
we're required to make and send 10 handmade paper flowers. 

i used my Sizzix Big Shot and a 3 of the flower dies that i have, some plain single-colored cardstock paper, and my zots (sticky dot adhesive)...

and here's what i made!

made a simple Pirate ATC (artist trading card) for the Swap-bot swap, "OTT Arrr...Pirates" in the One Tiny Thing group.
i had made a pirate pocket mirror, but my partner is a guy, so i couldn't send that!  i don't know any guys that use pocket mirrors, do you?

here's my ATC:

the image is from Peter Pan (got the photo from Piddix.com), the letters are stickers, and i added some sparkle with the multi-sized rhinestones.

i hope he likes it.

crafting up some goodies for the Swap-bot swap, "The Secret Garden" in the The Hundred Acre Wood group.  it's based off of the wonderful book, "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett.  i actually just finished reading the book for the first time this month. 
the story starts off in India where the little girl, Mary is born and raised until her parents die when she's 10 years old.  she is sent to live with her uncle in a big strange house in England.  she wanders around the house and finds a room with Indian things including ivory elephants.
so i made a little ivory elephant from Sculpey polymer clay.

i was so excited to get my partner assigned for the Swap-bot swap, "OTT Arrr...Pirates" in the One Tiny Thing group, that i wanted to make and send something right away!
so here's what i made:

it's a pocket mirror made with Alexander Henry Skulls fabric.  yah, i got it made and was all ready to package it up.  so i check the address and uhh... my partner is a MAN.  oi.  well, i guess this pocket mirror won't work.  guys don't carry mirrors do they?  ugh.  he said he collects cards in his profile, so i'll have to make him an ATC or something.  i read profiles all the time!  i just assumed that my partner was a woman.  i only found out he was a guy by going to his Deviant Art page.  hahaha... glad i noticed BEFORE sending out the package!

had to complete some crafts for a Swap-bot swap, so i drew a little monster, and created a pattern to make a mini stuffie.
he's about 3 inches tall and made out of felt.  i stitched him up with matching embroidery thread.  i highly recommend buying embroidery thread if you're doing small hand-sewn projects. 
it's cheaper, you can split the thread to reduce it from 6 (i usually sew with 2 or 3 strands), and it's easier to sort and store.

here's mr. blue mini monster!  (he's next to the Lego guys so you can see how small he is)

February 19, 2011
ahhh twilight.  i love vampires.  not necessarily only the moody teenage ones, either.  (my favorite character in the Twilight sage is Dr. Cullen, Edward's "father")
so, i made these skinnies (like ATCs but bigger at 3x5 inches) for the swap-bot swap, "Twilight Saga- Twilight favorite quote skinny" in the Twilighters united group.
i printed out the movie images, cut them out, stamped and embossed the quote, and added a few rhinestones. 
the quote is actually a hand-carved rubber stamp i bought from dragonflycurls on Etsy.  she's got a bunch of Twilight themed stamps.  i'm slowing growing my collection. :)