Jan 30, 2013

Quilled Thank You Cards (4 of 8)


These two particular shades of orange and green remind me of cantaloupe and honeydew - they just go together.


The project I'll be showing soon had to be completed during the holidays, from the moment I got off work on Dec 21st and due on the 27th. Usually hubby and I would do our holiday baking together in choreographed synchronicity in our compact kitchen - this time he did almost all of it himself and with a huge variety as well. Although it was nice not to be covered in flour, I'm looking forward to next year's bake-fest when we can just orbit each other again. Thanks honey, for taking this huge task off my "plate".

Jan 27, 2013

Quilled Thank You Cards (3 of 8)

This is obviously a variation of Card 1. The deeper colors were the client's first choice, but we had to swap it out because it took away from the main piece. It was also too large compared to the overall design. Sometimes with quilling, I can't tell until it's all done.

I'm very thankful my hubby cooks (so much better than I can), and didn't mind taking on all our meals, prepping, and clean up so I could focus solely on this project.

Jan 23, 2013

Quilled Thank You Cards (2 of 8)


Here’s my 2nd thank you card made from leftover quilled items from the project-yet-to-be-named. Ever feel that zipped mouth feeling playing Taboo when you can’t say the actual words?

I’d like to thank my hubby for driving me to 3 different store chains, 4 separate nights, to pick up 23 shades/sizes of paper for this 1 project…and for listening to countless hours of debates on color usage, composition, drawing style and my self doubts of ability to do this in general.

A sneak peak can be seen in today’s SingTao & MingPao in Vancouver and Toronto. They’re Chinese newspapers, so that should give you a hint which direction I’m going in!

Jan 20, 2013

Quilled Thank You Cards (1 of 8)


I hope everyone’s new year has had an auspicious start. I’ve been sitting on some wonderful news since mid-December that I’m still not allowed to share for yet another month. So until then I’m just going to leak out a few items so I don’t burst. These are quilled items I couldn’t use in the final design, so made them into Thank You cards. I’ll be posting more in the month to come, until I can finally reveal the full design.

I’d like to thank my hubby for letting me peruse the aisles of Daiso, an Asian version of a dollar store, for an hour and a half. His patience has no bounds – even though I test those bounds often. Anyway, here’s a little gem I found that was perfect for my cards to make a floating message. Pre-cut foam squares (336 small and 84 large) for just $2.