Appreciation of the Finer Things in Life

After finishing a bunch of christmas cards, which was very much fun, (and a first time for me using napkin decoupage) I recalled seeing this piece of news in the tv.. Some chick was showing her lovely handcrafted postcards and telling about this new hobby of hers. After a while of googling about postcrossing and whatnot, I found out the name of this fancy hobby was called ATC, Artist Trading Cards, and looks really interesting! Basically people do those little ice hockey-sized cards using various materials and swap them with other people. The reason why I remembered that tv spot was that the chick in it had this really pretty corset-themed ATC card with tiny little eyelets and whatnot.

And from talk to action; here are my new shoe boxes :D It was tons of fun covering them, and they turned out really pretty. They’ve got a small nameplate attached with a round piece of masking tape for easy changing. And a pretty bow. <3 Cleaned all the shoes and packed them nicely, now they’ll stay dust-and scratch free.

This is what happens to your clothes hanger rod thingy when there’s too many leather jackets…

For those not Finnish, the label above means “Minnie Mouse heels” and the rest of the labels… Uhh, derogatory words describing the shoes inside. =D (My mom came up with “slutty heels.”

 Grade for the cards;

And for the shoe boxes:

Well, not quite sewing, but related nevertheless; I picked up some six shoe boxes from the nice lady in the local shoe store, and two rolls of cheap wallpaper and a jar of glue for ~6€. Snip snip glue glue, and I’ll have some nice storage boxes for my little party shoes =) It sounds almost too easy to be true… gulp.

Off to snip snip glue glue, will post pictures when they’re ready! (and the living room rug is messed up…)

Now playing: Iron Maiden! \m/