A Little Project, A Long Time In The Making

Last week I finally finished a project that has been on my mind for a long time.

 It was August 2013,

that I joined the Marie Antionette Mail Art Group's

French General mini envelope swap.

The stack of beautifully embellished envelopes sat patiently for all this time.

.The goal was to create a book with those beautiful envelopes.

Fast forward to April's

French General ATC swap that I hosted.

Liz wrapped her ATCs in this beautiful French ticking fabric.

It was the absolute perfect piece to wrap my front and back covers!

Thanks Liz, how did you know!

The cover ATC is the one I created for an example of 

"French General Style."

Inside,

the envelopes are the perfect size to tuck the ATCs  I received in our swap.

All of the works on the inside of the book are by different artists.

I also tucked in some of the lovelies that were gifted to me.

One artist made the envelope 

and another the ATC.

Serendipity at its best!

The finished book is HUGE,

it doesn't come close to closing,

but that okay with me.

This is a true work of  heARTs.

You can revisit these related posts:

the envelopes I created for the MAMA swap,

the envelopes I received in the MAMA swap,

April's ATC swaps

Wishing you a beautifully heARTsy week! 

Printemps

French:  printemps [prε̃tɑ̃]

English: spring 

Anyone who follows my blog is already aware of my preoccupation with Spring,

it quite simply cannot come soon enough for me.

This is one of the tags I created yesterday from vintage and new materials,

and stamped with my current favorite French word.

I have a few of these available in my etsy shoppe.

printemps joyeux

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly

I am linking up to:

http://frenchcupboard.blogspot.com/

Join me every week for my

Tuesday Trading Card Swap

details here:

http://artjoystuff.blogspot.com/2011/02/im-back.html