Pocket Letter Crafting Weekend

I made 3 pocket letters this weekend.  It was a great crafting time.  Here are my pocket letters made for 3 different events on Pocket Letter Pals.

Prayer Partners

I also made several packets for other pocket letters by cutting a bunch of 12 x 12 papers down to 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 cards to fit the pockets.  Then I made several little tiny notebooks to fit in the pockets.  Here is a close up of one of them. 

Next is the pocket letter I made for the Sunflower event.

This is probably one of my favorites that I've made so far.  

Next is the "Dress for Success" event.  This one turned out pretty cute too.

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~pam

Bible Art Journaling update

I have been working in my journaling Bible recently so thought I might share some of that art with you.

And I sewed a little toddler dress for my granddaughter.  Here she is modeling it.  It is a 3T t-shirt to which I sewed a skirt.  It turned out very cute don't you think?

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~pam

Catching Up

I have been so busy I haven't had a chance to post anything for a week or so.  So here is a little catch up post.

Here is the pocket letter that I made for Barbara Fridle.   She was my swap partner for the Christian themed swap for His Kingdom Come for June.  I posted the pocket letter that I received from her last post.

Next is the pocket letter I made for my Butterfly swap for Pocket Letter Pals.  It turned out so cute.

And lastly, here are some pictures of my journal that I am using for a study from Ephesians that I am working through from Stone Soup for Five.  Wonderful study.  I am really learning so much as well as enjoying illustrating in my journal.

That's it for today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day. 

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~pam

POCKET LETTERS

I received my first ever pocket letter yesterday from Barbara Fridie.  So lovely.  It is a Christian themed pocket letter.  We hooked up when I signed up for the June swap on His Kingdom Come.

When I opened the envelope I found this pretty little package.  So cute with tickets with my initials and beautifully rapped in a pretty napkin.

 After unwrapping here is the front of the pocket letter.

and the back.

I love it.

Now to finish up the pocket letter for Barbara.
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~pam

Pocket Letter Update

My very first ever pocket letter is on it's way to Finland.  I am so hoping it makes it there without any problem.  Just wanted to show the packaging that went with it when it left.

Just as a reminder this is the completed pocket letter with a USA theme going to a pocket letter pal in Finland.

And here it is all wrapped up and ready to go in a padded envelope to wing it's way across the ocean to Finland.

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~pam

Father's Day

My dad is going to be 84 years old in July.  He has pretty much everything he could want and if he doesn't then he just buys it.  However, his wants are pretty much nothing.  Anytime you ask what you can get him the answer is always the same......"Don't buy me anything.  I don't need anything and you should just save your money."

He is my muse and inspiration because he is an artist.  Here are just a few of his paintings.

So I wanted something special for him.  I saw this post on the GelliArts website for using a print to make a paperweight.  That got me thinking.  I ordered the paperweight using the link on the website and it arrived in about a week.  

I remembered a YouTube video I had seen (go here) showing how to use a GelliArts printing plate to make packing tape transfers.  I loved the idea and got to work creating some of my own.  Here is an example of my three strips of printed packing tape.  The photo doesn't do it justice because you can't appreciate how much shimmer and shine it has.  And the colors are much more intense than what you can see in the photo.

Here is a close up of part of the strip but still not showing up well.

I loved this technique and I will definitely be doing it again.  I used the pieces of packing tape transfer and cut them down to fit the circular opening on the bottom of the paperweight.  Then I cut out the letters for D>A>D from a purple heavyweight cardstock.  Here is the finished product.  I think he will like it since it is homemade and I didn't really spend but about $11.00 on the paperweight.

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~pam

Pocket Letters

I just discovered the Pocket Letter.  Have you heard about these cute letters?  Basically you get one of those plastic pocket pages like the boys put baseball cards in to save them.  Then you go to town filling the pockets with lots of wonderful goodies.  The idea is that you can fold the pocket page up and it will fit in a standard number 10 envelope and then it is ready to mail off to a pal.

For a better description as well as some pretty pictures of finished pocket letters go over to Janette Lane's website.  She is the creator of these little beauties.  She has also started an online community called Pocket Letter Pals where folks can sign up for swaps.

So I signed up and immediately got involved in one of the swaps called Country Swap Part 3 where you make a themed Pocket Letter featuring your Country (ex: USA) and then you are paired with someone from another country to swap with.  I am swapping with Lumona from Finland.

So here is a photo of my first ever Pocket Letter.  It was a lot of fun to put together and filling the little pockets was a bit nerve-wracking because I wasn't sure what to add.  I looked at some of the other Pocket Pals letters and kind of stole there ideas.

My plan is to decorate the No. 10 envelope and then slide it into a padded envelope for the trip to Finland.  I hope Lumona likes it.  

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~pam