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my funny valentines 2010

For a little Valentine cheer this year I participated in Carina’s Valentine Swap (she’s the brain behind Crow & Canary). I got partnered up with the cutest ladies, Diana and Meagan. Diana sent a cute cupid and doily adorned Valentine from one of her favorite etsy shops. I have a total doily crush lately. I’m waiting a week or two to see if it’s the real thing before I go out and buy hundreds of paper doilies from the craft store, but I’m soooo impatient. I’ll probably end up caving in a few days and buying a bunch of doilies only to realize I don’t know what to do with all of them. So if you have craft ideas involving doilies, send them on over!

Before her valentine arrived, I had checked out Diana’s etsy shop and fell in love with her sweet photo postcards. She sent this perfect telephone postcard along with her valentine. And then I went ahead and chose a few to purchase from her shop. I love having sweet notecards on hand – it makes sending mail so much more fun.

Meagan’s valentine arrived a couple days later. I was floored. She stitched a dictionary definition of Valentine onto a pretty piece of fabric. I love that she used neutral and blue shades and not typical Valentine red and pink. Yay for pretty embroidery.

I’ve done a lot of great swaps lately. If you are looking for a reason to craft and a way to receive a few inspiring crafts from others, I highly recommend getting in on a swap. Or find a friend who wants to do an alphabet swap with you :)

Etsy Greetings Carnival and a Giveaway

I recently joined the Etsy Greetings team, and it seems I've done so just in time for the big Etsy Greetings Blog Carnival. As part of the carnival, I'll be giving away some letterpressed goodies from my Etsy shop. 

Leave a comment in this post and on November 21, as part of Friday Favorites, I'll randomlypick a winner from the commenters to win 9 Grey Moggie Greetings items. Eight of the nine items are letterpressed goodies!

Check out the rest of the Carnival giveaways here.

This post has nothing to do with the election!

I printed some postcards in the studio a couple weeks ago. I had some card stock that I wanted to use. I cut out two different postcard sized piles.

On some I pressed a simple "hi there." On the others I pressed "hello you. let's have a chat."  Once home, I printed an address and postage stamp blocks on the back so they would become real postcards. I even played around with some hot pink Hambly rub-ons. I think these postcards will be lots of fun to use in my correspondence project.