Here be Dragons….
How to Write Holiday Greeting Cards Better
Christmas cards are a big part of the holidays for me. I love to find a package of cards, with enough to send to everyone on my list, something creative and cheerful on the card front and a sentiment inside which isn’t too sappy.
I really like those button flowers I have been seeing in blog headers (templates too) and greeting cards. They look so scrapbooking. I’d like to do something more along the lines of digital scrapbooking. It would make a really original and interesting blog post. Working out the technical details needs some ironing out, but I will figure it all out, sooner or later. Meanwhile I drew a few myself and found some really neat links while searching for “button flowers” on Google.
Making flowers out of a little wire and some buttons, try Kiddley for a button bouquet . At One More Moore she adds leaves to her button flowers , I thought of that too while looking at Kiddley.
Artsy Craftsy Babe
is gluing buttons together to make
flower brooches
. I love the idea.
I have a ton of buttons collected from my Grandmother, my Mother and myself, loads of buttons to work with and I do like a brooch the odd time I actually wear any jewelry. She also has
fluffy flowers
, made with fabric and a button.
Pink Water Fairy has a really charming charm bracelet made of buttons and flower buttons. You’d have to inherit, find or shop for just the right buttons for this one. Or just buy one from her .
A bold (risky) step for
Creative Fat Grrls
everywhere.
Note: It’s so new I haven’t even done more than login and make a first post. I am likely to change the theme and see if I can do something about that huge Google ad taking up most of the real estate on the top of the blog.
Would really like comments, optimistic only. You pessimistic fat-bashing types can piss off. 😛 Don’t make me sit on you.
“When we lose twenty pounds we may be losing the best twenty pounds that we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty”–Woody Allen
“If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.” –Dawn French
I don’t want to bash skinny grrls but that was pretty funny.
The art above came from DiVaVaVoom
Faboo gifts and apparel for the forgotten woman. Amy’s saucy, voluptuous diva designs prove that beauty comes in all sizes, not just a size 5.
Have a look at the calendars .
Amy Flynn is a professional illustrator who has been designing greeting cards, childrens’ books and the like for far too long. After painting one too many little skinny women for her clients, she created “DiVaVaVoom” for her friends both big and small.
“VirtualDrawing.com! Use the drawing device to express your creativity and show off your artistic talents… After you’re done, we automatically send an email to your friend, informing him/ her about the Virtual Drawing(tm)! This person in turn comes to this page, clicks the ‘pick up’ tab, and views your drawing and the additional message if you wrote one. Simple enough, huh? Well, it’s time you try it out! This is something different from the boring pre-made web card for once.”
Nice idea on the virtual greeting cards theme.