christmas cards! and embroidery!

it's been years since i've actually made christmas cards, but this year i couldn't find any that i liked. i wanted something earthy, simple but pretty, and not too christmassy. hahah. i already had all the ingredients on hand-- cardstock, brown craft paper (which is one of my favourite ingredients), and old decor magazines (a major perk of working at the library: dibs on booksale items). oh, i also had a stack of unused envelopes, so i made sure to trim the cardstock to size.

i loved this project because it was so quick and easy (which none of my other projects are)! i didn't want to muck around with glue, so i sewed everything down. this worked out well for the inside of the cards, which, with the aid of some dollar store stationary stickers, i turned into ornaments.

and other big news (for me, at least): last night i put the finishing touches to an embroidery project that i've been working on since the end of august. my dearest friend, alayna, is recording an EP, and she asked for some collaborative help to design the cd cover. well, i'd love to show you the end result, but i feel it's not my place until the cd is released. so in the meantime, here's the "wrong" side of the front cover, which i find fascinating in its own right. chaotic mess going on!