too much. brain toasted. nearing mumbling and drooling stage

Without the gory details, we are minus one lovable little fur baby since my last post, almost lost a second fur baby and I'm still in a boot cast and can't wear shoes. We have had a friend stay for a couple of weeks, my brother and his wife were here from San Diego for a weekend, we found out that we will need to move soon and I'm sure I've forgotten something as that doesn't seem like I've listed enough for only 30 days worth of events.  
Here is one of my biggest challenges at the moment:

This cute little dog of mine is wearing a children's tank top is to keep her from chewing out the metal staples that run from her neck to her nether regions. The vet's  instructions are to "keep her quiet and calm". Do these doggie Dr.'s not have experience with terriers?

On the upside, I have been making and mailing off a few crafty things here and there but the taking of the photos has been hit or miss with more misses. Here are a few of my last month's worth of creations.

altered spoon - now spoon mirror

altered clothespins

muslin drawstring bag

altered slide mounts

 charms

ATC's

There have been Altered Tins, Bottles, more ATC's, Chunky book pages, Chunky Tags, Lots of jewelry for a show I did, (Punk Rock Flea Market) handmade charms and other things I can't remember. 

Hopefully things will be at least semi-normal very soon!

Last but not least:

R.I.P. little Zoey kitty 6/2009 - 6/2011

We love you and miss you every day :'(

Sunday craft time

Have you ever heard of Altered Slide Mounts?

Well, I hadn't. Then a 4 for 4 swap came up in a Yahoo group I belong to and I knew I'd have to give it a try.

I used alcohol inks to color them. One of the things I love about alcohol inks is that if you are using them on something they can't soak in so they pool and look like a cross between tie dye and reptile scales. They dry pretty fast but I usually coat the with a quick shot of spray sealer just to make sure they never bleed or rub off. When you open these little hinged slides up, you can put a picture facing each way so it's double sided.  The do need a dab of E6000 or Glossy Accents to keep them closed after adding the pictures. My favorite, of course, is the Marie Antoinette one. The picture on the back is a foofy pink cake.

The intent for these is to send 4 and get 4 back from different artists. I guess then  to make them a little booklet like in this turtorial. The Crop-a-dile  make the holes easily without cracking the plastic mounts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pxCRaBHVrU

I think they would be really cute for a mom or grandma to hold little pictures of the kids. Especially if it was put together as an accordion type book. 

I'm also working on an altered spoon and did 2 more Marilyn ATC's  for a tag game.

Marilyn Always Sparkles and Blue Marilyn