smash butterflies + robots

another one from smash where i just have to guess how she made that cool lace pattern. i like the way it is sketchy and not a perfect print. but i have no idea how she did it. the butterflies are so pretty. i wish i had some...

 elizabeth sent this fun shot of the robot valentines she made with her grandsons. she sent it after i posted smash's robot envelope. hopefully, i will have time to make some robot butterflies.

my new *thing* is going to be cross-pollinating ideas. along with eliminating all the bothersome chores to devote more time to this obsession....

 so this is my first robot rip off. i forgot to make a butterfly. i didn't look at smash's robot. but i did google *robots* and there are tons of cute robots out there. i did not see any that were letters. so, that's my own thing.
the first layer is galaxy metallic marker - then some gelly roll silver and the last layer is G-Tec. the address is in pencil in case i decide to actually send this one and use her real address. i think *we* should all get post office boxes so i don't have to go through all these gyrations to post envelopes and then re-address them to mail them. but, trekking to the p.o. box would be a chore. if you have never read the eudora welty story *why i live at the post office* be sure to find it and read it - or listen to it on the tape with eudora reading it herself. it's a fine piece of writing.

i love that stamp. it's interesting how some very serious stamps blend nicely with silly cartoons.

oh...i just took the time to google *robot alphabet* and there are TONS of robot alphabets. many of them are as cute as anything i could do...so, i don't think i need to spend any more time on robots. although i did not see a robot butterfly, so i might have to do that one.