Here it is–my very first hand-embroidered crazy quilt project. It is my own variation of an ATC (artist trading card), a not quite 2×3 inch gift tag. I am quite tickled pink over it. What’s more, I started and finished it today!

For the very first time I tried out my very cool new scrapbooking tag punch, hand-dyed the daisy lace, experimented with hand embroidery (including my oh-so-delicious hand-dyed pearl cotton I purchased at the 2006 Road to California show in January. It is the zig zag-looking stitch on the dark pink), and applied the mini eyelet. There is a marbled pink cardstock fused to the back, and 2 mm hot fix crystals in the centers of the daisies (I still lose several of those tiny crystals every time I use them, and my eyes are not that bad!) Believe it or not, I also did most of my usual daily routine.

I will definitely make more tags in the future and also experiment lots more with hand-dying lace (I have a whole drawer full of cotton and rayon lace just waiting to be colorized). If I make enough tags, I may be able to actually part with some of them and use them on actual gifts.