Altoid tins turn into Pill Boxes

The Pill Boxes are finally complete!

In the Mail

Yesterday was fun and productive. Astoria Market was a buzz and a few people commented on seeing my cards in Time OutNY :) When I got home, I folded and packaged the cards for UPPERCASE magazine. They are on their way to Canada as we speak.

Now I'm off for some much needed relaxation, family time, and reflecting on all the things I'm thankful for.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

hyc Creative and Astoria Market in TimeOutNY today!

hyc Creative is in Time Out NY today!!

It's not easy being green

Last night I printed 200 cards. It felt good to do a large run that will soon reach the hands of someone else. I printed the inside of my parent's Christmas cards and also 110 of 3 different cards to send to Uppercase magazine. City Bikes, Thank You, and Imagine > Create > Smile card. I hope they make it in and into the hands of Uppercase subscribers.

The Green color is a bit fitting for my mood. I have been green with envy lately. At the Laundrymat Monday night, I envied everyone I know with a washer and dryer. It just feels wrong to have to take your clothes somewhere to wash them. When I haul my luggage full of cards to markets on the Subway, I'm crazy envious of people with cars. Now that Holiday shopping has begun, I want everything. I'm awfully jealous of friends that live close to their families too and see them all the time. Its easy to get in a funk and get a little greedy. I realize I have everything I need in life. The abundance of things I have to be Thankful for this month, this year, ... heck my whole life flooded back in. Then, I just feel silly being envious. I'm so excited to be with friends and family next week for the holiday and my cup is very full.

Without the envy, I think I might have to print more of these Imagine > Create > Smile cards in Green. I kinda dig them.
Create on, my friends.

Workspace Wednesday - theNewNew blog

On theNewNew blog today!

http://thenewnew.blogspot.com/2010/11/workspace-wednesday-newnew-team_17.html

Need Your thoughts?

I need some ideas, Creative friends. I have the opportunity to submit 110 cards to Uppercase magazine that will hopefully go out in the issue. I need to print them this week. I'm thinking of doing the 3 cards below in Green on the Kraft Recycled paper. thoughts?
Thank you!

Astoria Market

Astoria Market opened with a bang. I had a smooth, yet odd ride to Astoria on a Sunday morning. It was almost like I was going to work, but there was a homeless man in my car that sort of freaked me out the whole time.

Every year in New York when the weather gets a bit chilly, you see an increasing amount of homeless on the train. I always feel a little more charitable and sad for these folks around the holidays, but yesterday I was just kinda freaked out. I was hoping it wasn't going to set the mood for the day... and it didn't.

I was greeted with an energetic crowd at the Bohemian Hall... which is an amazing name for a Craft Fair location, by the way. I was even more thrilled when I realized there was no line for food or beer outside. Several friends stopped by and I had lovely chats with strangers and my new vending buddy, Erica. The Time Out photographer stopped by as well and I'm anxiously waiting for the Time Out to arrive in my mail slot. Hopefully, hyc Creative made it in!

It was a slower vending day, but I see great potential in this location and hope to do it again soon.

Jolly Old Saint Nick

In preparation for tomorrow's Opening day for the Astoria Market, I busted out some Holiday cards. Lot's of Santa action!

Overall, printing went really well and I also tagged on another run of I Heart US that actually sold out.

Monkeying around Again

The other night, Coury had to work until 4 in the morning. I decided to dedicate myself to hyc Creative and I saddled up to my press and starting a few projects. I've been meaning to make pill boxes out of Altoid tins for the longest time.

Ever since I successfully quit smoking, I've been addicted to Altoid Smalls instead. They come in the coolest little tin. It's so easy to carry and they are sugar free. I am a person that has always carried around some kind of pill container and most of the members of my family do too. It's not that we take anything a lot. We are those people that have toothpicks, matches, tissues, hand cream, a cocktail of tylenol, Advil, Zantac, Imodium, Decongesstant, etc, and recently anti-bacterial gel. That's us.. the Lucas's. If you ask my Mom or Andrea, they probably have Rescue remedy and possibly almonds as well. So, I'm hoping for other people like the Lucas Clan to love my new almost formulated and only 1/3rd created pill boxes. Christina gave me the idea to look for an old Rx label block on ebay. I didn't really find anything wonderful, so I decided to carve something instead. I'm hoping when I dampen the handmade paper a bit, it will form around the spray painted tin and stick well enough with spray adhesive.

Since I liked the idea of a vintage sepia brown, I thought I should print something else in brown as well. This little monkey was printed again with Hang in there! Get well or thinking of you cards were a huge request during the last fair. I'm kinda digging the assortment of zoo animal creations I'm building up. It might be time to create some more.

Feel a little goofy today! That's what monkey's always make me think. They are footloose and fancy free.