Room for Improvement

What a terrible blogger I am! Maybe it's a generational issue. Young people have grown up using the internet. I grew up with pen and paper... and the phone. I write in my journal nearly every day. Putting my life in context by blog feels less than comfortable. And yet, this is an awesome way connect with people. Would I stop strangers on the street and show my latest card creation? That would be creepy, right. But show off online? Perfect. So why do I resist? Dunno. But I do.

Thank goodness for "Card Class."  Well, that's what I call it. The group's official name is "Artistry Etc." We meet the last Thursday of every month at Ink, Paper, Rubber (it's a store) in Overland Park, KS.  Just a bunch of old ladies like me showing off our efforts and sharing our love of card making. Each meeting begins with going over ideas for our challenge and demonstration for the upcoming months, after which we what we created for the "challenge," oohing and ahhing over people's creations, and then we head into learning some new technique and getting hands-on with it. Tonight we played with inks and string, practicing a fun, new technique dipping the string in ink and pulling it through card stock making interesting designs.

If you're in the Kansas City area come join us on the last Thursday any month(Not December--we go out for dinner) at 6:00 pm.  Cardmakers welcome!

Here are some recent cards I remembered to photograph before sending out:

Happy crafting!

Blessings,

Lesley