Birthday cards...

Well, I made it back Friday safe and sound from Charlotte, North Carolina. Their gas shortage was as bad as ours and I didn't find any until I got into South Carolina on the way back. It was all very exciting and a bit stressful not know absolutely that I would make it home.

I went up there to attend a work related class. It was kind of lonely but at the same time it was relaxing. I wasn't constantly pulled in multiple directions with work and got to learn some new stuff that I can't wait to implement. Part of my geeky side. Fortunately I'm only a little geeky.

The weekend before heading out I did spend some time with the girls at Archivers. I actually finished two birthday cards, the first for my brother and the second for a friend. I managed to work faster than I usually do although it helped that I already had all the paper picked out. Before and after that I worked on a project for family Christmas presents. Once in a blue moon family members actually look at my blog so I can't show any pictures of the project. I can tell you it involved a lot of cutting, glueing and sanding. Both cards are actually collages which was fun to do. I'm not sure I'm completely happy with the butterly one but I was late with both of them so had to go ahead and send it out. Hopefully the recipients enjoy them which is the whole point anyway.

PS. I looked up my spider and it is a she and a Argiope aurantia and is referred to as a Yellow and Black Spider, Writing Spider or Corn Spider. I'm not sure if she has moved on or was just out today. I wanted to take some more pictures but with my macro lens this time to see just how much detail I could capture.