Misha is a thrifty type, and she would often get her fabric by buying old shirts at Value Village and the like. Because she's extra-thrifty, she saved the pockets from these shirts and even ironed and starched them. Then I came along and decided I would find something to do with the pockets, and Pocket Monsters were born.
I only wound up doing three in the series before I moved on to something else, but I think they're pretty cute. All of the pockets are still functional, and the idea was that they would be something to use in place of envelopes, small gift boxes, or birthday cards. You could stick a note, money, jewelry, candy...whatever...in them.
I've never liked store bought cards. I find them to be an obligation of sorts, with no real originality to them, and they are rarely kept. Even rarer to see one displayed beyond the obligatory "Christmas cards on the mantle" season. So these were my answer to that. I'll probably revisit them at some time since I still have a gazillion pockets, but for now this is what I have. I'll start with my favorite; "Vincent":
Har, har. Get it?
Full view.
"Monocle"
"Lucci"
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