A couple little steps forward

This week was another with limited progress in the kite room, this time due to family commitments that even had me taking a day off from the “day job”.

I did make time to wrap up a package of the flamingos that I had posted about a couple weeks ago, that are available on the store now. It looks like I’ll have enough napkins for 8 of the packages. The napkins are still for sale at the store where I found them, so I’m tempted to go buy more of these cuties though.

I’m busy cutting up the rest of the stock with those flamingos and the unicorns, but I set aside just a little time to give a few other recent acquisitions a try.

Here’s a watermelon that had embossing covering all of the rind. I think that the idea still comes through without it. How about you, what do you think? I might make the packages of these from different parts of the napkin, so that each is slightly different. Any thoughts on such an inconsistency?

When I found this flag napkin, I was excited to find something different, but once I got it on the cutting mat I thought that it might just be a little too different.

I’m not in love with the results (the sliver of red at the top kicks at my OCD), but I do like the way it works with two different colored tails. I should have 4 packages of these when I finish them all up.

This array of lunar phases was another napkin that had me excited at first, but proved to challenge me a bit. The phases are stacked so closely together that they don’t fit nicely onto a sail. Here was my first try to squeeze the whole circle onto my smallest sail template.

I was a little more fond of the way that I got this one to fit onto the Shield kite template. This one will go out to a friend that pays more attention to lunar cycles than I do. I’m going to stew on this one for a bit, and see if I come up with any other ideas for the napkin.

With my youngest away at summer camp, I may have more time to spend in the kite room this week, but only time will tell. Stay tuned.