I like the idea of saving some of the jobs that are flying out of the USA. 

With the many inquiries received about my Pop-Ups, I'm prompted to make made to order Pop-Up Books.
I love it.  The idea of a project that will have on the back cover- Made and created 100% in the USA.

It's fun to dream about growing a business that will have a team of people who love to create and make Pop-Up Books.

I'd read that most of the Pop-Up Books are cut, folded, fabricated in other countries as there isn't any place in the United States that does that...at a reasonable cost.

Wish me luck.

Smile a while,
Petrina

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpACVJXk RcA&feature=email

Have a rocket day!
Petrina

The frosted glass dome with the Texaco Star logo was the best part of designing this Pop-Up Sculpture.  There wasn't enough room in the glass dome to add the Pop-Up Chevy and Gas Station.  I wanted to have liquid inside the tube from the pump to the car~ so when you moved the glass dome, the liquid would slosh around... 
       
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What a gas that was!  If you've got a better pun, I'd love to hear it~  email: pkc@PetrinaCase.com
 
Smile a while,
Petrina

The Sky Diver was a really neat~ interesting project.  I ended up weeding out many more items I designed to put under the glass dome like the 2nd Airplane, the circle of 5 other Sky Divers in flight, and more clouds.  The dome would have had to be about 4 times larger- or make the figures smaller, neither was a good option.

I'm working on getting prompted air into the dome ~ actually have the sky diver "touch down" while playing "rocket Man" from Elton John.   Nope...that's way too much but the kid in me likes to think about it.

I ended up making this fun Pop-Up design  6-3/4" H x 5-3/4" DIA.  What do you think?  Do you like the Sky Diver about to touch down...or the one in free fall at about 2 o'clock? 





I'm liking the Airplane~on top of the clouds the best , right about now- that's probably all the pain meds working on the tooth I had pulled 2 days ago.

Wow, my face sure is swollen.  Anyone have tips to get the swelling down...besides ice?  I really want to strap the ice pack to my face as it's difficult to design with one hand free and the other frozen.

I took a video of the Sky Diver.  Worked out pretty good as I had Elton John's Rocket Man playing in the background.   ~And I think it's gonna be a long time,  touch down brings me~etc.

Need to get my YouTube version in the Journal~ If my head doesn't fall off first from all the Rx.

Happy Adventure to you, better yet Happy Trails as Roy Rogers would say.
Petrina
 

The Dog card is finally done.  I got to scratch 2 things off my list.  There's 3 pages of things I want to do but they are small pages.  I saw a Robin this morning and added that to my list of Pop-ups I want to make.

  

                     

Finished the Lotus blossom Business card Sculpture.  Would have liked more contrast but then I would have had to alter the business cards too much.  I added a bit of glitter to the center bloom and the nails on the Pop-up hands.

 

No time to deliver it today, but it isn't due until next week.  It looks better without the dome, I think.  Which do you like better?

The Lotus Pop-Up card turned out the best.  I'm really pleased.

The sun is out-- a good time to grab the camera to catch that cute, chirpy Robin.

I've never seen a real Lotus, just tons of photos.  Someday I'd like to visit a place that has these beautiful flowers.

Wishing you journeys to places you want to be.
Smile a while,
Petrina

Determined to call this -Law Scales of Justice.  It's one scale so I guess I can leave off the plural.



This was a lot of fun to make.  The biggest challenge was getting each side to balance ok.

Kind of like life...keeping things in balance.  I hope that doesn't count for chocolate!

Sweets for the sweet!
Petrina

Finished the Gift Certificate.  I saw one that said: "No expire date.", and thought that's a great idea for me to do one:
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So here's a Gift Certificate just for you-- for 25 smiles, no expiry date.
It strikes me as a funny concept to count how many times we smile in one day.
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Smile a while,
~Petrina

"A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
~William Shedd

Along the way we all find inspirational sayings that help or inspire us.  I added the inspirational well to my web site thinking I'd do a watercolor of a well to start the page.  That led to thinking about an Artesian Well--then an Ink Well.  I liked my initial work up of the Well better, as it has more character, than the final version which is more symmetrical.

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Which do you  like better?
Have a sunny day!