I've participated in the lovely Weetabix's online card exchange for a few years now. This year, I added the Math+1 exchange to my list. I really wanted to make the cards this year, so this meant (after adding a few special people to the recipient list) churning out about 70 fabulous bits of holiday cheer.

That didn't quite happen.

Supply limitations and the laborious process I elected to tackle kept me from sending out more than about 35 fabulous bits, so the other 35 were (painstakingly and lovingly chosen) store-bought cards. But those fabulous bits? Were fabulous! Here's a picture -

Nerd that I am, I took pictures of the various steps, which are unbelievably boring, and when you look at the finished product, totally unnecessary. It doesn't take a PhD in biology to disect that sucker. This is the inspiration piece. I had different paper and no stickers, so blue became the color and stamped polymer clay the letters. I got the tins from my sister (leftover wedding favors) and ordered the stickers from myownlabels.com.

I'm giving serious thought to starting the whole 2006 card making process this month while I have the time and inclination. Not the money, of course, but that's why I'm selling stuff on eBay. Every $3 item I sell means I feel justified spending $10. I love magic math.