My first Oct envelope is to Irene. There is some foreshadowing of things to come. I forgot to turn the green *I* into a Frankenstein. Did Frankenstein's story happen during Halloween? Or did he just get lumped into the holiday because there is an element of creepiness to his story?
Even though this is pretty simple - I like it a lot. Even though the *e* is not very convincing as a skull, I'm OK with it. Even though that pumpkin is anemic - it's OK, too. The candy could have been better. Maybe the only letter that is just fine is the R and yet - it didn't get to be anything.
And what's with that stamp? Well, to be honest - the fact that it is lettering made up of little pictures and colorful is why I figured it would be fine with this design. Plus - I did something that has never happened in the history of the exchange. Twenty-five people signed up and I started the envelopes around 9 am. I hardly ever do 25 envelopes in one day. Maybe that's happened. But, I always set them aside and do the return addresses and find something to put inside (usually just blank paper) on the following day.
But this time - I disciplined myself and finished every single one. I even redid one that was dreadful. I credit the ofrenda project with giving me a whole new level of discipline. It's one of the scariest deadlines I have ever faced --- and I'm not really afraid - I'm close enough to having something that's *good enough* - but there are little details that are calling to me.
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Here's a wonderful add-on. A woman (Debra Rapoport) who loves cardboard as much as I do.
The link should take you to a video on another IG account. https://www.instagram.com/p/DP-Sr2qCURr/
And this link goes to Debra's IG https://www.instagram.com/debrarapoport/
The nichos are almost done - and it feels like I need to make a lot more after my 2 weeks in Chicago.
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