Birthday Cards and Movie Moments

Yes, here I am

 days later and still working on my 'Birthday Issues'

My actual birthday came and went I am proud to say without a tear nor tantie.

 The same cannot be said for these

 beauties of the silver screen:

Bette Davies

 (...we love you- I always think of the Madonna song Vogue)

Audrey and Katherine Hepburn

and Catherine Deneuve.

Oh Katherine is it oh so bad?

Here's hoping that someone out there shares my slightly distorted sense of birthday humour, either that or my girlfriends are getting these cards for quite some time.

On the flip side..

Hope you are having a Doris Day!

Birthday Issues

My birthday is a in a couple of days.

It isn't a significant one -  just one of those in between years.

These are the ones that I like best!

The birthdays that end in zero come with the pressure that you simply MUST celebrate in a befitting manner.

Lots of people, lots of food and drink,

lots of organising, lots and lots and lots of stress!

Its enough to give you birthday issues.

Joan Crawford -Birthday issues

I was a lot like Joan Crawford when I turned 40

 (minus the glamour unfortunately).

 I'm over the trauma drama now of course,

really... I AM!

Joan is part of my new range of cards entitled 

"Birthday Issues". I've been really enjoying making these cards in the lead up to the BiDM markets in July. I have a little chuckle as I collect the melodramatic images.

Hopefully the recipients will see the humour in the drama too.

What about you?

Ever had a Joan moment?

Vintage and Future Cars

Do you know about Cars?

Of course not!

Some people have love affairs

 with their 4 wheeled polluters.

 Not me- I really couldn't give a clutch.

Last weekend, however, we went to the Lifeline Bookfest and this little 1963 book caused my differential assembly to spin round altogether.

Fiat Bambino

I try not have regrets,

 but in my 20s I passed up  the opportunity

 to buy a little red Fiat Bambino.

Idiot!

I never got to put a scarf around my head and pretend I was  in driving to a cocktail party in Italy (sigh)

Oh and look at that Combie

(this page is destined to become a travel wallet)

So if I slam into reverse,

maybe I should reevaluate and admit 

I love the whole design element of automobiles.

Also, they do get me from A to B (albeit at a crawl in Brissy)

Hope to catch you soon in the anti-gravity design blazing down Coronation Drive.

Photo Advice wanted

I get bored very easily.

This is ONE of the reasons

 I find it hard to stick with a project.

Take a look around my studio

 and you'll exactly what I'm on about.

So, today I was listing some of my travel card sleeves and luggage tags on Etsy and realised I was dead bored with the white background routine.

(see below)

I decided to have a little play with backgrounds, like this-

Grace Kelly went from this-

to this

Hedy Lamaar, the Austrian beauty
on white-

 and on fabric

Not only do I get bored easily,

but I can be indecisive too.

(painting a pretty rosy picture here-not)

I'd love any feedback.

I do wonder if these new backgrounds

 are too busy and distracting?

I can take it :)

...I think ;)

Move ya bloomin' arse!

So many birthdays for me this month...

sister, friends, husband.

Time for me to...

Move my bloomin' arse!

And get to some card making ;)

Linking up this Elle and Lou post over @

http://bloomdesignsonline.blogspot.com.au/

Made It on Made It!

Don't Blink, but if you look today

 my luggage tag is featured on Madeit's front page.

A first for me-

and the extra sweet moment was when my super talented friend Michelle from Sprout Gallery told me her little retro caravan is featured too.

Speaking of caravans,

I am currently re-stocking my Blue Caravan store with some new travel wallets, ticket holders and of course luggage tags. 

Hope you can pop over in the next day or two.

And, if you are on Facebook I'm there too :)

La Dolce Vita is up-cycling

Now call it opportunistic BUT,

 when the kids are at school is my best chance to...

 ... go through their rooms and throw out crap

- they are such hoarders!

If you have a daughter,

chances are she went through PPP

 (plastic pony phase)

A word of encouragement:

thankfully there is light at the end of the tunnel.

I think my daughter has pretty much outgrown them.

Yesterday, I found this forgotten plastic pony carry case and couldn't help myself

-maybe I can be a hoarder too.

I soaked off the filly brand info and was left with a super  icky sticky but funky green briefcase.

"Movie Classics" has been featuring

 regularly in my up-cycling work lately.

A trim and a tweak,

 some glue and some sealer and...

La Dolce Vita!

Translated:

The Sweet Life or 

The Good Life

Ticket wallets fit perfectly- La Dolce Vita

Linking Elle and Lou here:

http://cheapcraftymama.com/pin-it-and-win-it-7/#comment-1199
http://www.releasemecreate.blogspot.com.au/
http://www.happygoluckyblog.com/
http://romantichome.blogspot.com.au/
http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com.au/
http://www.craftionary.net/