my friend hosted an artist trading card workshop.
i decided to go because i knew morgana would enjoy it. i thought it would be nice to talk with friends, but i did not expect to enjoy making the cards . . but i did! now i can't wait until the next workshop.
our friend has a massive assortment of plain paper, textured paper, magazine cut-outs, and stamps!
look at all those stamps . . and supposedly this pile is only a fraction of what she has.
my friend's story about the cards is that there was an artist in switzerland who liked to have friends get together to make 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 art cards. the only rule was the size. they would then trade them. oh . . i think there is more to the story she told but i have forgotten the details. i think it's interesting how international they have become.
we were busy for several hours.
afterwards, and before trading them, we had sushi together, and a salad.
this was one of my favorite cards. when it came time to trade, i held back and let others pick first. i came to regret that. i love the cards i came away with (morgana made two of them), but i think i could have been a bit more feisty to get the one above.
the bottom right card was made by morgana, and is in addition to the two i took home. yes. she made quite a lot of cards. i see this is not a bad thing, as you can then pick the same amount from the assortment to take home with you.
my three cards.
another two i really liked.
many of us were very prolific and made seven to ten cards!
taking pictures . .
making comments . .
decisions, decisions . .
luckily, we were all able to negotiate and share and there weren't any fist fights.
