Don't Eat the Chocolate

As much as I want a big ol box of chocolate, the unfortunate truth is that this one is made of paper and is completely non edible. I used the chocolate from the Hanna set Sweet Celebrations and paper pieced it to be placed in the bear's lap. The bear is a new Hanna set called Vintage Toys. The quote is from Michaels. The paper is from a pack of DCWV.

You know how it starts, with a runny nose. Then the head aches started. I thought it must be sinuses. Now my ear hurts. Really hurts. It is possibly from all the drainage in my head. I called the doc and he'll see me at noon, and until then I am sitting here quietly, trying hard not to poke my eardrum out and release the built up pain that is in my head. It's harder than you would think, given the amouynt of pain I am in.

I have to be better for the Hanna release party tonight at SCS at 9PM. Maybe the doc will write me a note so I can have an excucsed absence. I am not eligible to win any of the prizes that will be given away, so it is more important that you be there than me. I have a feeling the Desogn Team will carry on in my absence if the need arises.

First in Flight

This weekend we went to Chicago and spent the day at the Museum of Science and Industry.* They have a replica of the plane the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, and it looked surprisingly close to thsi one! Well, except that theirs was fabric and you had to lay down rather than sit. I'd love to fly laying down, actually. You could pretend to be Superman at takeoff and sleep the rest of your trip in comfort. I guess adding seats may not have been such a fabulous idea after all.

The stamp is from the new Hanna Stamps set, Vintage Toys. It is a stinkin' cute set! I have seen some ideas made with the teddy bear in the set and I can't wait to ink that stamp up. Some of the paper is from SU, but the rest are scraps. I made this for the sketch challenge at SCS today.

I hope to see you at SCS for the Release Party tomorrow night at 9PM EST.

*The most boring museum ever, and my husband's favorite. When I was a kid I remember walking through a big plastic replica of a heart and seeing babies in jars. Scott remembers seeing slices of a person, preserved so you can see what you look like inside. Those were closed for renovation so we didn't get to gross our kids out. Seeing the more disgusting items and being a bit freaked out is a childhood rite of passage. That means we have to go back. (I don't want to!) Scott was a physics major in college so science is his favorite thing. For me? Leave me at the Art Institute and pick me up next week.