They were devoured by a hungry Tin Man needing a transfusion..

They transformed themselves back to Altoid boxes and are in your local store.

The mail machine chewed them up and spit out tiny tin trinkets Tootsie put on her bracelet,,,:hangloose:

Glad to see school is in the headlines...Way 2 go.

Crafters.... I have a question... I am going to decorate a bra. Making it Mermaid worthy. Now do I sew items on or glue? and if I am glueing what type of glue do you recommend?

thank you so much for your help!!!
http://http://img1.etsystatic.com/00....346918461.jpg

More thoughts on what happened to those Altoid tins:

Lady Rain had a small booth at a craft fair where she sold them as a special set for a hefty sum.

Lady Rain pulverized the Altoid tins and made a spectacular pair of heavy earrings for herself.

Lady Rain decided to deliver them to us on foot and is lost in a desert somewhere.

BUMP, and some new Sunday secrets to read for inspiration: http://www.postsecret.com

1. Jennifer/nycfembbw (wrangler)
2. ahk
3. Gemme
4. pajama
5. Bleu
6. Laneydoll
7. Stepfordfemme
8. Cara
9. laruss
10. Tommi

Info:

Postcards due end of Feb (Send me a package with all the postcards, and I'll send you one back with postcards from each person participating). If in US send me 5 dollars for shipping. If in Canada send me 10. Please send me your package without any confirmation or need for signature. It's more likely to get lost at the nyc post office while it waits for me to come sign it than it is to just reach me without all that. To determine the number of postsecret postcards to make, subtract one (yourself) and you will know how many cards to make. PM me your address and I will send you mine IF we've never sent each other anything in the mail before (almost all of you I have before). You can make all the same postcard or all different ones. Secrets can be anonymous or you can sign your name, and you can let me decide who gets what or you can specify by writing it on the reverse side of the postcard (e.g. To: ahk From: Bleu -- or just From: Bleu or just To: ahk). All secrets must be kept secret and sacred, because while some go for light or not personal; some use it for catharsis. Postcards do not have to be 4x6, just reasonably sized. If you want to specify a "from" or a "to" (reminder: you can leave blank if you want, and I'll decide and you'll be anonymous), but you used both sides of your postcard for the project then just put it in a ziploc type baggie and stick a label on it or write on the baggie with permanent marker. For examples of postsecret, go to http://www.postsecret.com or http://www.photobucket.com and do a search for "post secret" or "postsecret"

Better to use the gallery. But make sure to post here and alert us so we can go gawk (f)

Bleu's cards arrived and they are beautiful and highly original.

just found this thread this morning - as I browse while having my coffee and trying not to slip in a cold meds induced state of unconsciousness...lol

i don't know that I would call myself an artist - but I do enjoy - all things paper related - pen paper - handmade quills and ink ...even have tried my hand at homemade paper -

I do some sculpture and would love to try my hand at the pottery thing again one of these days...

and yes - there is nothing quite like finding a handwritten note amongst the daily diluge of things that fills one's mailbox ... and I am bad about corresponding as I should - having had a fine gentleman friend from New Zealand for many years now - we write lengthy letters about twice a year - and it's nice to see that in my mailbox every now and again...our lives are so busy - and I'm all for "digital communication" it's great ...but nothing quite like reaching in the top drawer of the old desk and pulling out a clean white sheet of linen paper and some fine ink to write to your love - or to an old friend - or maybe even a new friend...

As always - just my two cents worth...

_________BECAUSE sending a letter is the next best thing to showing up personally at someone’s door (and yet somehow less intrusive and yet more mysterious) ... Ink from your pen touches the stationary, your fingers touch the paper, your saliva seals the envelope. Something tangible from your world travels through machines and hands, and deposits itself in another’s mailbox. Your letter is then carried inside as an invited guest. The paper that was sitting on your desk, now sits on another’s. The recipient handles the paper that you handled. Letters create a connection that modern, impersonal forms of communication will never approach...so why not even today ...just write...:writer:

Just a reminder that projects are due by the end of this month. Also, please remember they can be as totally simple or time intensive as you want. At least for me, it's the cathartic act of writing out a secret that makes this project most meaningful.


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POSTSECRET project (closed for sign up)

1. Jennifer/nycfembbw (wrangler)
2. ahk
3. Gemme
4. pajama
5. Bleu-RECEIVED
6. Laneydoll
7. Stepfordfemme
8. Cara
9. laruss
10. Tommi

Info:

Postcards due end of Feb (Send me a package with all the postcards, and I'll send you one back with postcards from each person participating). If in US send me 5 dollars for shipping. If in Canada send me 10. Please send me your package without any confirmation or need for signature. It's more likely to get lost at the nyc post office while it waits for me to come sign it than it is to just reach me without all that. To determine the number of postsecret postcards to make, subtract one (yourself) and you will know how many cards to make. PM me your address and I will send you mine IF we've never sent each other anything in the mail before (almost all of you I have before). You can make all the same postcard or all different ones. Secrets can be anonymous or you can sign your name, and you can let me decide who gets what or you can specify by writing it on the reverse side of the postcard (e.g. To: ahk From: Bleu -- or just From: Bleu or just To: ahk). All secrets must be kept secret and sacred, because while some go for light or not personal; some use it for catharsis. Postcards do not have to be 4x6, just reasonably sized. If you want to specify a "from" or a "to" (reminder: you can leave blank if you want, and I'll decide and you'll be anonymous), but you used both sides of your postcard for the project then just put it in a ziploc type baggie and stick a label on it or write on the baggie with permanent marker. For examples of postsecret, go to http://www.postsecret.com or http://www.photobucket.com and do a search for "post secret" or "postsecret"

I am having such the hardest time getting 9 secrets out-- but I will be sending them out soon.

I thought doing 1 was hard, but shit-- okay, done with rant.

Or then again - the same secret to everyone. I know I sure wouldn't mind.

I did a few of the same and a few different. Anything goes :)

The post card project seems neato... Like maybe I wanna do it next time.

Side question: who here lurves fountain pens with an unholy passion?

Stepfordfemme's envelope came in the mail today, and I'm still enjoying the aftershocks of the Postsecret orgasm they gave me. Every postcard and secret was DAMN good! I knew this femme had that extra something when I met her at the Reunion, and this confirms it. Thanks, Stepfordfemme!

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POSTSECRET project (closed for sign up, due by end of month)

1. Jennifer/nycfembbw (wrangler)
2. ahk
3. Gemme
4. pajama
5. Bleu-RECEIVED
6. Laneydoll
7. Stepfordfemme-RECEIVED
8. Cara
9. laruss
10. Tommi

Info:

Postcards due end of Feb (Send me a package with all the postcards, and I'll send you one back with postcards from each person participating). If in US send me 5 dollars for shipping. If in Canada send me 10. Please send me your package without any confirmation or need for signature. It's more likely to get lost at the nyc post office while it waits for me to come sign it than it is to just reach me without all that. To determine the number of postsecret postcards to make, subtract one (yourself) and you will know how many cards to make. PM me your address and I will send you mine IF we've never sent each other anything in the mail before (almost all of you I have before). You can make all the same postcard or all different ones. Secrets can be anonymous or you can sign your name, and you can let me decide who gets what or you can specify by writing it on the reverse side of the postcard (e.g. To: ahk From: Bleu -- or just From: Bleu or just To: ahk). All secrets must be kept secret and sacred, because while some go for light or not personal; some use it for catharsis. Postcards do not have to be 4x6, just reasonably sized. If you want to specify a "from" or a "to" (reminder: you can leave blank if you want, and I'll decide and you'll be anonymous), but you used both sides of your postcard for the project then just put it in a ziploc type baggie and stick a label on it or write on the baggie with permanent marker. For examples of postsecret, go to http://www.postsecret.com or http://www.photobucket.com and do a search for "post secret" or "postsecret"

My grandfather introduced me to the joy of the fountain pen - I have collected several over the years - and even enjoy the magazine (just) for that ... something about how the flow of the ink - glides over the paper ... I've toyed with making my own inks now and then ... and making my own quills...something I've yet to perfect ... but I try it now and again.

I like to rescue them from flea markets and thrift stores, get them functional again... I love the Fountain Pen Network for that, lots of "how to"s including an ink making forum.

And then I write long boring letters to my family who never write back... lol

I'll have to check the link out - thanks for sharing ... I was actually thinking (briefly anyway) - that all of us pen and paper people (for lack of a better term) - should share some of our resources for such ... I know everyone has their favorite shops/online resources/etc...might be fun...whatya think?

The ink aspect intriques me - being a calligrapher - also toying with the idea of some creative ways for stamps and wax seals ... ahh...so many things to do - so little time...lol :) Thanks for sharing.

I got into calligraphy as a teenager. Once I was loading ink into a calligraphy pen and I poked the inner side of my thumb and literally gave myself a tattoo that I still have! It's a little dot of black ink on my top inner thumb. :D

Pens
 

Hi everyone. I am in the design mode of my postcards. Now to select the paper.
I have some very old fountain pens in a curio cabinet, and the tips that are fun to write with. An open bottle of ink around my house would be a blotted disaster with the furpkidz who like to help every time I write.

Here's the link...to some fine handmade pens from a BFP Mmember.
www.virginiafwi.com

We have someone here on the sight that makes a most wonderful pen. I have several that are just what I wanted, and with the ink that flows just as I like.

Hoping to see a display again at this year's Reuinion. Also a pen can be custom made just for you too.

Stay tuned for the next project. It could be a blast. :pirate-steer:

This part of what you wrote made me smile. I write, and always have, long chatty letters to my brother all the time and he never writes back or mentions them. We see each other in person and have a good relationship but it's just not his style to say thanks or comment or respond. A lot of letter writing is the process itself, or so I'd guess, because I don't stop writing him :D

I want to do it! Just ran across this thread and I would love to be part of it!

Cool, stay tuned. Current project ends at the end of Feb and then we'll announce another project :)

Will do :)

Ooh baby! I got links! TONS of links... lol I'd love to share. Since I'm new to the thread, I'd have to ask if we want to keep the discussion here, or move to a new thread, because I don't want to be a horrible thread-jacker. (Though I probably should've thought of that before I asked here!)

maryam, it's fine to post here. :)
Seems relevant to me.

Ooh, purty pens! Thanks! Also exploding projects make me happy!

I mail one a week, as well as a few post cards. Not all to the same person, most people get one a month or so. I usually have two or three letters going at once and when I've got a few pages, I send them out. I figure I'm doing my duty to keep the USPS in business. Even if I did buy about a bazillion forever stamps last Christmas right before the rates went up! The funny thing is, my big three letter receivers are my niece, one of my sisters and my mom. They never write back, aside from Christmas and Birthday cards, but heaven help me if a month goes by and I miss sending one out to them! We also email and phone call and skype a lot, but the letters are special. My sister is all "Well, you send such long letters and I can't write anything that long." I tell her not to worry about it, just send me a short note! It's all good!

I'm thinking about getting into paper-making too. Like I need anther hobby/addiction.

I can very much relate. Who I write to has little to do with whether they are also letter writers. It's just who is on my mind and, I think, who I have a history with. Some people are very kind with "thank you"s and that feels just as good to me.

BUMP. How's everyone's projects going? Please take an extra one or two weeks if you need it. For any of those stuck or pressed for time, please don't drop out. It is absolutely fine to write your secrets on simple paper or already made postcards. Keep it as simple as you want or need to.

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POSTSECRET project (closed for sign up, due by end of month)

1. Jennifer/nycfembbw (wrangler)
2. ahk
3. Gemme
4. pajama
5. Bleu-RECEIVED
6. Laneydoll
7. Stepfordfemme-RECEIVED
8. Cara
9. laruss
10. Tommi

Info:

Postcards due end of Feb (Send me a package with all the postcards, and I'll send you one back with postcards from each person participating). If in US send me 5 dollars for shipping. If in Canada send me 10. Please send me your package without any confirmation or need for signature. It's more likely to get lost at the nyc post office while it waits for me to come sign it than it is to just reach me without all that. To determine the number of postsecret postcards to make, subtract one (yourself) and you will know how many cards to make. PM me your address and I will send you mine IF we've never sent each other anything in the mail before (almost all of you I have before). You can make all the same postcard or all different ones. Secrets can be anonymous or you can sign your name, and you can let me decide who gets what or you can specify by writing it on the reverse side of the postcard (e.g. To: ahk From: Bleu -- or just From: Bleu or just To: ahk). All secrets must be kept secret and sacred, because while some go for light or not personal; some use it for catharsis. Postcards do not have to be 4x6, just reasonably sized. If you want to specify a "from" or a "to" (reminder: you can leave blank if you want, and I'll decide and you'll be anonymous), but you used both sides of your postcard for the project then just put it in a ziploc type baggie and stick a label on it or write on the baggie with permanent marker. For examples of postsecret, go to http://www.postsecret.com or http://www.photobucket.com and do a search for "post secret" or "postsecret"[/QUOTE]