Pretty packaging and some procrastination

I have been packaging today.  Funny how those little details at the end of a project can take as long as the project itself.

Here is how I finished my charms for the swap.  I added beads to compliment the roses, I ended up using a variety of crystals.  Then I tied each to a business card with a sheer ribbon.  I will slip each into a little plastic bag as soon as my poor arthritis eases up a bit. Too much ribbon tying today!

I still have 3 charms left to sell, if you want one.  Plus, you can win one in June by leaving any comment.

I jump from media to media, partly because I want to do EVERYTHING and also because I get easily sidetracked by shiny objects and go off to start another sort of project.

But also because I am always hurting, my joints are a wreck.  So, I will paint a few days, do jewelry a few, etc.  If I were to do the same thing day after day, I’d cripple myself. I need to keep changing my repetitive movements so that they aren’t too repetitive!

I had a good time wrapping up my fairy swap pieces to send off to Australia, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.

  I used pages from a flower fairy book to fold around each tag, and tied them up with ribbons, a business card, and made use of some of the hanging frames that came with the charms I painted roses on.  I added a bead to the center of each open frame, hoping that Holly, Natasha, and Heather will be able to use these in one of their projects.

I really like the open frames, now that I decided I didn’t want them on the charms. I bought a million of the set (trying to save on postage and thinking I’d use a ton of them), and thought I was stuck with something I hated, but now can see endless opportunities for these as separate bits instead of together.

Well, I should finish the charm packing.  Or I should unload the dishwasher from our dinner party last night.  Or I should change the sheets from yesterday’s house guest and get ready for the next guests.  Or pull weeds in the garden.  Or attack that cobweb I saw swinging from the chandelier.  (I know if there is one, there are others up there on the ceiling.)

But I think, I’ll goof off and play in the studio.  The house always gets cleaned up somehow before guests arrive.  And if I turn down the lights and use candles, maybe they won’t notice the cobwebs?? I know, I’ll make them gifts to welcome them! They will appreciate presents more than non fuzzy chandeliers!  (but I will manage to change their sheets before they get here, for sure, don’t worry about that one)