Digging out an example

I wrote that introductory post between an hour and two hours ago. Since then I have discovered I haven't got any well photographed examples of my work, anywhere. I suspect this is because I'm in the habit of giving them to people, rather than photographing them. This will have to change. Whilst being reasonably happy about this because it means only recent (less messy) work will appear on here, it does mean I'm shortchanging you a little in terms on pictures. Tut, Aimee.

So instead I'll show you some ancient, appallingly photographed (on a mobile, no less) work. Aren't you lucky?

A birthday card:

This dates from exactly a year ago. That much I know simply from the fact I'm due to make her another birthday card a few days yesterday. I only bothered to take pictures of it at the time because it encompassed a couple of different firsts. It was, I believe:

• My first box card
• The first time I bothered with lots of hand done decoration (I'm not arty, I'm crafty. Sadly there's a world of difference.)
• My first 'fashion' card. I use that term very loosely.

I think at the time I just wanted to try using the box cards I'd bought. I mean they had shiny bits of clear plastic you could stick inside to make windows, it was exciting! Unfortunately I had to come up with an idea after that. I wasn't being particularly creative, I'd just bought a make up brush kit with a box that echoed the look of a fashion shoot. It really was a 'looking around for inspiration' day.

I googled the models I used, and then drew them out on the same black card I placed over the front. They're raised up a little on foam. A craft knife was a must to deal with the hair. I gave the rest of the card a black/gold/general metallics theme, in the kind of glitzy yet slightly tacky way I think my brain imagines the whole fashion business to be. Including fake diamond type jewels. Fashionista I am not. I skived all mention of Sixth Form Fashion Shows for a reason. Black goes with everything, luckily.