17 December: Somebody here is getting a cool Christmas present

And the rest of you aren’t getting anything.  Oops.

I haven’t made a duct tape wallet in a really long time.  I had to literally dust off my box of tape.  Good thing I had the foresight to write out some instructions for myself in 2009, or I’d have been in deep poo tonight. Even so, I got so caught up in the design that I almost forgot the main cash pouch. Pulled it apart just in time!

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WordPlay #15: Goodbye

Kevin is moving on to bigger and brighter things, so for now, this is farewell to Word/Play. :(

WordPlay #13: Line

WordPlay #12(?): Extreme

Made some plain-jane save-the-date cards for a friend of mine, because let’s face it, this couple needs no further cute-ifying.

And yes, that is Arinell’s pizza.

(Medallion by Puglypixel)

WordPlay #2: Cloud

WordPlay #1: Balloon

Woohoo, just spent 2 hours making a cutething.

It’s a wallet-sized pouch for my aunt.  She asked me to make one for her (like 5 months ago) with something cute on it, and I was never able to come up with a design I liked.  Tonight, I decided I should just do it, and go with a panda design I wasn’t totally happy with—but right as I started sketching out the panda, I decided to switch to these kimono girls instead.  I’m happy with the result. :)

(I’m going to rethink using white tape again, though, because the edges of duct tape are always sort of dirty and it really shows on the white. :( Oh well.)

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

DIY stuff, like book purses, duct tape art, Halloween costumes, and especially duct tape wallets.

(From a series of my answers to the usual end-of-year survey questions. Photo/wallet by me.)