Hi everyone,
Well let's see.....first I have reached another small milestone here on my blog and I want to share it with all of you AND I thank each and every one for helping me achieve it!! I am now over 20,000 blog hits BUT it's been difficult to gather them up recently because a rather unsavory web site has been helping themselves to content from right here on my blog and when they do that they are also stealing the counts for the visitors who come here. I've filed all the appropriate legal copyright infringement documents and now it's a matter of hurry up and wait to see what will happen to the 'unsavory' site that steals the work of others.
A dear, fellow blogger is also going through the same unfortunate experience and recently posted an article, on her blog, titled
"Copyright and Parching" which is a very informative and an excellent read, so please go on over and become informed on this very controversial issue.
While doing a bit of computer 'housecleaning' today I got a bit carried away and felt it was time to change the background here on the blog too, so although the change isn't all that drastic, it is a bit different in that it reflects the season we are now coming into and the cold months ahead......in the part of the world I live in, that is!!!
And finally, for this time, I'm sharing a variety of photos of some of my recent work and I hope you enjoy.
These two projects are actually bobbin lace patterns that I've converted to parchment craft. It's quite fun to challenge yourself occasionally and see what other crafts will adapt to parchment craft/pergamano.
If anyone would like to give this a try just do a search for 'bobbin lace' and you will find a lot of beautiful, and interesting, sites that will inspire you to the challenge!!

Here I have made
one of the kimonos in Kannikar Sukseree's newest pattern pack and I have mounted it in two completely different ways. We often mount and frame our work in a way that 'we' like it to be in, however, if you play around with your work and lay it on backing papers and surround it with different frames you can see first hand how totally different the same piece of work will look in another environment!!
Now, this kimono has the same foundation as the two above, however, this one is made using MY technique of printing on parchment!! Converting a pure parchment project into one of my own techniques is always a challenge but when I see something that presents itself as the perfect environment for printing on parchment I just 'have' to give it a try....lol BTW, my kimonos are a full sheet of parchment paper, in size.

It was time for me to add some new items to my stash of parchment for men and here are the two new cards I have added to that collection!! You will notice the grid border on the majority of my "men" cards is the same.....it's very difficult to make parchment cards for men without them appearing to be a wee bit on the feminine side so my options for grid borders are most often extremely limited. To date though, every parchment card I have made to fulfill a special commission has been appreciated very much by the male recipient :))
I would like to remind everyone that my book is currently at a 25% discount and is the perfect Christmas gift for the parchers who already have everything else!!.....or, for the parchers who love the challenge of learning some new techniques. Just click on the previous post and you'll be taken directly to the purchase page.....and thanks!
One more note.....Please come by
my web site and take advantage of some very special discounts that will be in effect the whole month of November!! The price changes have been made but will not appear until November 1st thru November 31, 2010 so come on by and make a list of what you might like to purchase when the holiday sale begins :))
Hugs to all,
Vickie