Wittgenstein chicken B-day card

I received an invite to celebrate the full moon and a new friend's birthday around a firepit in the secret lower yard. It was pretty cool. We heard some loud, strange animal noises. Sounded like amplified distress to me. Brave, woodsy westernmassers went to explore. They suggested raccoons or foxes in one of those metal tube things that water typically runs through. How clever of these animals to amplify their cries in an echo tunnel. So. I drew and painted and colored this chicken on cardboard. Then I wrote down many original quotes to amuse this friend. J kindly warned me that I could do better. I gave up and was going to use an old stand-by Wittgenstein fav, but thought it sent the wrong message. I searched W quotes to find one that suited a chicken. Then I cut bits of scratchy shaped pieces of paper to form letters, ya know, like the chicken did it. Modge podge on hand, so better layout. Some checkered fabric tape on ends then laminate. Yup, that was her present.

bookmark for B

I have a great friend. Actually, I have a small group of totally awesome friends of which she is one. This was fast and dirty. I had these small cat prints from Maeg Yosef/Edison Rex and enjoyed them in my office, but couldn't decide if I would frame the trio or frame each 2x3 separately. Crafting lead to book talk as it often does. And a book from my free pile fit the bill. Check that! Free pile blog post combining with a making post, right on. Anyway, was bringing the book to craft night and made a bookmark to hide inside. One of the cat prints + handcut vellum letters on paper, laminated. I say dirty, cuz I woulda been fussier about layout, but the modge podge was at home, so had to place the letters on the laminate sheet, add the print and then background paper. Not too bad, but I want to make this friend something amazing because I am lucky to have her in my life.