{"id":401,"date":"2009-07-31T16:26:55","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T16:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=401"},"modified":"2009-07-31T16:26:55","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T16:26:55","slug":"say-it-with-letters-design-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/say-it-with-letters-design-project\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;say it with letters&#8217; design project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our firefly fans was kind enough to invite me to participate in a design project involving shapes &amp; letters she sells on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop.php?user_id=94755&amp;section_id=5078203\" target=\"_blank\">etsy site<\/a>.&#0160; So about a month or two ago, this snazzy shape arrived in my mailbox&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115724e25fd970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dress shell\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20115724e25fd970b \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115724e25fd970b-800wi\" title=\"Dress shell\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I have to say, sea shells are not my forte&#8230; so I decided to turn it upside down and then envisioned a splashy party dress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e201157159dedd970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dress blog\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e201157159dedd970c \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e201157159dedd970c-800wi\" title=\"Dress blog\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And with some bright handmade papers mixed with colorful ribbon, pom poms &amp; berry beads &#8211; ta dah!&#0160; <\/p>\n<p>Turns out my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allendesigns.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Allen<\/a> also participated in the sea shell shape challenge and she saw it as a stunning peacock.&#0160; Isn&#39;t it fabulous?&#0160;&#0160; She is so so talented!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e201157159e31f970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dress peacock\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e201157159e31f970c \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e201157159e31f970c-800wi\" title=\"Dress peacock\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>That&#39;s the cool thing about looking at things in a different light &#8211; it always makes life more interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sayitwithletters.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deb<\/a> for including me in this design project.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\"><strong>Enjoy discovering interesting artists<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\"><strong>? 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