My Gift To Give

Today has been a pretty okay day!

My mom got my little bro and me up early to run some errands today. First the oil change, then to the fabric store to get some scraps for a quilt I'm making for a class this quarter (By the way... SO EXCITED!), and then my mom got a drug test! AH!!! I'm not kidding, though. She had to do it as part of the interview process for a job she wants, so it's cool. She's not addicted to anything. Except poppy seed muffins... uh-oh!

I wish I had Elaine's hair... :(

After getting home I finally finished this scratchboard kitty I'd been working one for about a month! Jeez, I know. It's not that I was having a really bad time with it... maybe it's just not the style for me? I made this kitty following a pattern. Actually, it's a little kit that is sold at Michael's stores. Pretty cheap, and it's always nice to try something new. Now that the cat is done, I'm going to ship it off to Mexico City. My cousin Gabriella loves cats, so I was thinking of her while scratching it out. (I'll probably do another, better one to make it up to her!) The one thing I will improve on the next time are my values. Especially in the body area!

Me-OUCH!

 I've also been decorating this little accordion book I got in a trash pile at my school. It's super cute, and it's handmade! Who would want to throw it away? I've decided that when I'm done, I'm going to give it to my Aunt Carmen. She's Gabriella's mom.

Their trash is MY treasure!

Ah, sounds so French!

I've drawn little vignettes and pasted some pressed flowers and leaves on each page. I also wrote a few things for her to keep her spirit up. She's been having a rough time with cancer, and I wanted her to feel loved. The book is mostly nonsensical and a little weird, but I hope she'll like it. Here are some pages from the book:

I got these clippings from a book in German, I think.

Ferdinand Lassalle in a Warhol kind of style. Green and purple suit him, I think.

It's kind of a bad habit of mine to give away the stuff I make all the time. Guess I need to take some good photos for my records and for this blog! It's decided then! My next big purchase shall be....

A DIGITAL CAMERA! <(*-*<)