Butterfly Graffitti Journal

Butterfly Graffitti Journal, originally uploaded by believemagic. This is the back of my Butterfly Graffitti Journal created in Traci Bautista’s class. Her class was a lot of fun and messy. It’s hard to believe that the cover is fused paper towels. The book is juicy, fun to flip through and touch. Click the photo so […]

Fabric Book of Whimsy

Fabric Book of Whimsy, originally uploaded by believemagic. I finally finished my Fabric Book of Whimsy started in Kristin Stiener’s class before I headed back to my room for a nap that Saturday. I love the way this book turned out and the feel of it in my hands. I have started gathering material to […]

Artfolio

Artfolio, originally uploaded by believemagic. This is the cover of my Artfolio created in DJ Pettitt’s class. I sort of wish I had flip flopped the front and back covers but I am still pleased with the final results. Click to the photo to see close ups and the inside.

loving & loss

A year ago today we said good-bye to Pounce. And tonight we drove our friends to the emergency vet clinic to say good-bye to their beloved cat. The impact of a cat upon our lives is both awe-inspiring and gut-wrenching.

Lost Box

It’s been months since my last post… The cumulative effect of the last 7 months of drastic life changes caught up with me. I hadn’t taken the time to fully process each change and as additional ones piled up, my resolve crumbled and I stopped doing all that things I used to enjoy. I was […]

Goodbye 2005

2005 has passed and there are phoots of projects that I just haven’t posted and likely won’t. Did I make my 2005 goal of creating 7 things a week? Technically no. On average the number of actual tangible items that I created was about 5.5 per week. My actual production of craft items went downhill […]

Nati!

Meet Nati as in the last 4 letters of Cincinnati. Isn’t she cute? We adopted her last week from an animal shelter. She’s 6 months old and off to the vet on Wednesday. By day two in our apartment she was playing with Gigabit and Dexter. And she even let us clip her nails. Note […]

Working

I have a new job as a tech writer at a financial company. I’m updating and writing procedures about mail processing. Sounded silly to me until I learned just how much mail comes into this building every morning and how much is sent out each afternoon – invision billions of pieces a month! When I […]