As she explains in her blog we chatted and goofed off a lot, then finally buckled down and made some ATCs. I have not made Artist Trading Cards for oh maybe 18 or 20 years so it was fun getting back to doing some! Leslie told me about the MMSA (Mail Me Some Art) swaps and that has totally captured my attention now! The theme is Postal Art. Here are the five I made:
Then today Andy and I did some fruit picking. Here is the last of the apricot harvest (so few pieces of fruit this year but they have spectacular flavor to make up for it!):
And the first of the figs. Remember that fake owl we put out HERE? Well... apparently the birds are too smart for it! They had already started chowing down on the ripe figs so we brought in a huge batch. Probably have one or two more hauls to bring in this next few days and next week. I have NO idea what to do with so many figs! This is the first year we have managed to get any from the birds!
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Yesterday was a ball. There's just nothing like an art date with a simpatico person. Both fruits are lovely. There's gotta be a bunch of good figgy recipes out there. (the inside of a fig is such an odd looking thing...)
ReplyDeleteYou gals are so lucky to have ART pals nearby. Some of the rest of us MMSA-er's are isolated... but the mailART keeps us connected. Yea! Love those postal ATC's. Seeing yours makes me want to play. Honi C.
DeleteYou gals are so lucky to have ART pals nearby. Some of the rest of us MMSA-er's are isolated... but the mailART keeps us connected. Yea! Love those postal ATC's. Seeing yours makes me want to play. Honi C.
DeleteHooray for art and fruit! We picked blackberries from the patch we are cultivating in our backyard!
ReplyDeleteOh yummy looking fruit! My mom used to make fig preserves with her figs, sure there's a recipe somewhere on internet. Dad put fake snakes in his fig trees and that kept the birds from eating them!
ReplyDeleteWonderful ATC you made! Love the idea of MMSA! I'm going over now to check it out!
Apricots are one of my favourite fruits - definitely my favourite summer fruit! And apricot jam -yum. Great pic and thank you for your comment and congrats:) And thank you for being part of Mandarin Orange Monday:)
ReplyDeleteI really like the use of the stamps. Are they something that can be purchased? Would love to try making PC's.
ReplyDeleteI'm really looking forward to seeing those ATCs in person. they are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI'm a little late to the party here but hello -- love your Postal ATC's. I'm in the swap too and I've already traded with Leslie. Too many figs??? never. I am so jealous. I make fig jam when I can get my hands on some figs. The jam can be used with a cheese platter as well as on toast and makes great gifts. I roast them, halved, with blue cheese in the center and put of sliced proscuitto and also make a fabulous fig tat on puff pastry with onions, blue cheese and pine nuts...and chopped figs with roast pork loin....should I go on? There s a terrific book called Fig Heaven you can probably get used online. Now I just need a fig tree.
ReplyDeleteI want to go to Leslie's house next time and make AC's with you guys.....too bad SF is a bit too far away.