Riley and I recently discovered Artist Trading Cards (ATC) and he's super excited about them. I'm not sure if it's the fun of creating cards for people, or the idea that he is going to get fun mail that makes him more excited. (=

Today we created a Signature Card to mail out with all the swaps we do. We decided it would be cool to make it look like magnetic poetry, so Riley told me what words to use and where to place them. Then we signed it with our blog name. We did this in Photoshop so we can easily print it out to go with our handmade art when we mail it.

Riley has already started working on his cards for Jo (see "Introducing Wendi and Jo below) and is so excited about them (we won't post them until after Jo gets them in the mail so we don't ruin her surprise though). He would love to have more people to share cards with, and Wendi said that Jo would love to have more people to swap with too!!

If anyone else is interested in joining the Kids ATC swap just reply to this post and we'll share addresses via e-mail - that way they won't be on the internet for everyone to see. We hope we get some takers! (=

Don't know what Artist Trading Cards Are? Here's some info we copied from the Internet:

Basically Artist Trading Cards are any handmade art on card stock weight material. The only rules are they must be 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" ( the same size as sports trading cards) and they must be signed/dated by the artist on the back of the card. Artists then trade their cards for ones from other artists, just like kids trade sports cards, pokemon cards, etc.

Signature cards: Many ATC artists create a "business card" ATC that features a self-portrait on the front and a fact sheet about themselves on the back. They then send it out with sets they are trading. This is a lovely idea that allows artists to get to know each other more.

By: Shena and Riley (age 4)
Mommy and Riley

Labels: Shena and Riley, Shena Leonard