Above The Crowd ATC

This is another swap item I made. I'm not really happy with it, but here it is.
The main image came from a Trader Joe's flyer. They always have cute drawings in them, with a vintage look.
The theme for the swap was Year of the Horse and had to have a horse image.
For some reason when I saw it all I could think of was 'Above the Maddening Crowd' which I know is not the real quote! It's very paraphrased from 'Far From the Madding Crowd' by Thomas Gray's poem

Far From the madding crowd's ignoble strife

Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray;

Along the cool sequester'd vale of life

They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.

Madding = Maddening! ... My brain warped it! Haha!
Anyway, horses take us above the crowd!

I Love Tea Postcard

As with a lot of things I post here, I made this postcard for a swap. Tea/Coffee was the theme. I don't drink coffee, but I love tea!

The tag is from Numi Chocolate Pu-erh, one of my favorite teas!

Eli Bowen ATC

This Artist Trading Card was made for a swap with the them of Medical Oddities.
I picked Eli Bowen, the Legless Wonder. He toured with the Barnum & Bailey circus in the 1870s. Some info on him can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Bowen
This card was made with fabric, 

Vintage-style Butterfly Button Fairy

This is another craft I made for a swap. These are a lot of fun and pretty quick & easy to put together.

Silver & Gold ATC

I created a new ATC this afternoon for another swap. This swap was a bit of a treasure hunt and you had to choose 4 from a list of items to make the card.
I chose something red, textured paper, rubber-stamped image and something silver.

Vintage Pastel Button Fairy

I made this cute little button fairy for a swap. I'd never made one before, so I had to do a search to see just what they were! Very easy to make with a little jewelry wire, some vintage buttons (I used shell buttons) some wings and a face. It was fun to make and I will definitely make more of these in the future!

I'm Baroque Postcard

I made this postcard for a swap. The theme was junk mail. I used an image from a catalog and a couple of advertising postcards. The letters were also cut out of the catalog. It was fun!