A Walk Down Memory Lane...

Today was the most frustrating day. I was trying to finalize the layout for our basement laundry room using the IKEA online software, and it kept crashing on me. Granted, the computer that I was running it on was one that my husband built himself from scratch in 2001! I decided that it was so virused out that I needed to do a major update on it. So I started deleting files, reinstalled a bunch of stuff, ran a spyware scanner (there were over 5000 infected files -- yikes!!!) and finally defragmented it. That's a bunch of nerdy talk for "I cleaned house." After I was done, the computer seemed much faster and less annoying, but wouldn't you know it, the IKEA software still crashed. Sigh. Maybe I should take that as a bad omen. :) I ended up drawing multiple layouts by hand.

Anyhow, while I was clearing out files, I found some verrrrry old crafting files -- cards from the "early days." The folder of cards I found were from right after I first started crafting regularly. I thought it would be fun to post a bunch of them over the next couple of days as a good laugh. These are NOT meant to be inspiring! Honestly, I don't know how I ever saw these fit enough to send to anyone! :)

The earliest of the earliest is one that I made for my husband's aikido instructor back in 2003. I made the card base and the hakama (the garb they wear in class), and my husband tied the ends the way he did on the real garment. The folding is awesome (thanks hubby!). The card is otherwise pretty bad.



And then some others, with commentary as needed. ;)




My husband convinced me that the basket would make a great umbrella... I'm not so sure about that one. ;)



The colors don't even match!



I must have really been a fan of the red and black back then, huh?












That last one even got picked up by PaperCrafts Magazine! (And in case you're wondering, I made the stamps for the "DAD" out of potatoes. ;)

Ok, that's enough embarrassment for one night. Be back tomorrow with more. ;)

Thanks for stopping by!