These are the very first ideas I tried with the holiday stamps. I did just the design part the first week of November before I left for my two weeks in Chicago and I knew they were dismal. When I got back, I pulled out that super chunky, dark green marker with the Neuland that ran yesterday and the day before.
I'm going to let you see some work that is not blog worthy. The whole point of the blog is to spend time puttering and see what happens. I'm sure some of these look just fine and I can't really articulate why I find them so disappointing.
After the two weeks in Chicago, I tried some new things that turned out better. Then a few days after mailing them I realized that I should have written names in a circle to look like a wreath. I'll probably buy some more of these stamps and do some names in circles.
It's still snowy day - and I already have the 24th written - so - I'll finish out the week with some ugly ducklings and then return to Oct and Nov incoming envelopes.
Real time add-on. I can now articulate what's wrong with these. They are lacking finesse. They are warm ups. Sadly, I do not have time to discard all of my warm ups - some people just have to put up with them. There is no rhyme or reason to how I decide who gets a warm up and who gets something further down the line. There are times that I peak in the middle so - it's very very random how the lists get done.
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