Gocco Fabulous! A Big Thank You

Finally can I just say a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone in my gocco swap group. I loved the diversity and orginiality in all the designs. They will all be treasured and only sent out to my closest friends!

Clockwise from top left: Gena Perdue, Viking ships and Fish by Julie Broberg, Cat uner Mushroom Umbrella (one of my faves) by Susan Estelle Kwas.

The next set of cards are by Sarah Parrot. All beautiful, taken from lovely pencil drawings.

The plants are by Cloth Paper String (and gocco swap organiser) Sarah Hannigan.

The 50s children and 70s family by Jennifer Noland

Write Back (love it!) is by Kirsten Cantrell.

The antique sewing machine, shell and paisley prints were sent to me in a gorgeous fabric bag by Jeanne Boyle. Love them as well!

These beautiful birds came from Modern Thread (I think Maura D'Amore)

They are all fantastic, and have introduced me to the work of even more talented people.

Check out the Flickr Group for better photos and more inspiration!

going going gocco

This is what I did for the Art of the Note Gocco Swap. I tried to go for a whimsical drawing inspired by Brighton's multi coloured terraced houses, and the sea and seagulls. I'm not sure I quite nailed the image, but being ill for weeks on end and the deadline made me just go for it. I'm 98% happy.

The print run was a different affair, and my inexperience with the gocco probably shows. I wanted to capture lots of colours on the houses, and it was very hard to do it with just one screen, so I did get a bit of colour run. I couldn't face multi screens, I need to read up on that. But overall I am happy with the prints.

I'm sending out the Allium card as well. This was from a photo that I took of an allium that I grew on my balcony this summer, messed around in photoshop (not that I know what I'm doing) and got an image so I could print with it. I'm pretty pleased with it. What I like it that it could almost be a paint splat!

Everyone in my grop gets 4 of each image on different coloured note paper and matching envelopes. Due to the Bank Holiday tomorrow, they will go in the post on Tuesday to their recipients. When I received all my gocco note cards I will do a post about them.

Apologies

I've been struck down with tonsilitus twice now in the past 3 weeks.

So I'm going to be a bit late with getting my Gocco Swap out, but believe me, I'm thinking about it every day.

And also so little posting as well.

I'm just off to drink a hot cup of tea (Taylors of Harrogate aka Bettys) to ease aching throat.

Many many apologies.

Out for Delivery!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the life of my parcel, so far!! ( I love these parcel tracking facilities on courier's websites - although I have been known to be frustrated, when it says, it is out for delivery, and does not arrive that day!!)

Parcel number: EC6&&&&&&&GB Status: In progress
Parcel tracks
Date Time Location Tracking Event
17-07-2008 05:47 Gatwick Depot Out for delivery
17-07-2008 05:18 Gatwick Depot Arrived at delivery depot
17-07-2008 01:53 National Hub Sorted in hub
16-07-2008 22:43 International Hub En route to delivery depot
16-07-2008 22:39 International Hub Arrived in destination country
16-07-2008 18:12 Heathrow Airport Arrived at destination country
16-07-2008 01:42 Delivery Agent - Tokyo Left origin country
15-07-2008 19:25 Delivery Agent - JAPAN Collected from customer

Hopefully it will be here soon. It is supplies for the Gocco.

Art of the Note - Gocco Swap

Look over there ----------> and you will see a Gocco Swap banner, from Cloth Paper String, which is just the thing to get me going on my little, yet fabulous machine! I'm going to get my thinking cap on, and design a few different things. Any ideas welcome!

My jumper, yes the Pirate one, is nearly there!!! I'm on the neckband. Of course the fear that it won't fit my youngest is quite strong!!! I'm not convinced by the sleeve length etc! That didn't work out at all in the pattern. When I'm finished I'll have to do a thorough report on the issues I found with it.

Gocco Yahoo!!!!

I've been secretly looking at these for nearly a year, and have ummed and ahhed over it, but I finally decided to buy one. I' very excited, and I have a few ideas up my sleeve to do with it.

I don't use illustrator or photoshop, so I'm going to have to rely on my drawings and clipart. For my first test run I've done a simple set up, inserted the picture and a text box into Word, and printed it out. I was inspired by this. I then got it photocopied. And I was ready for off!