A Return to Rolodex

Altering Rolodex cards was quite a craze for awhile, but seems to have slipped onto the back burner of the art communities I frequent. 

Over the weekend, I pulled out my blank cards and my envelopes of appropriately-tiny words and images, and created a few new additions to my Rolodex file. 

As I've probably mentioned before, I love collage and I love quick results, so these petite pieces of art are just my style. 

Truth be told, they are a great tool for procrastination:  Need to get ready for some fall craft shows?  ....Right after I finish this little collage here.  Need to figure out those 1001 policies to get my Etsy shop underway?  ....Sure, just let me glue a little something over here.  Need to create some appropriate packaging to present my wares to a local gift shop?  ...No problem...just let me finish one more Rolodex card and I'll get right on it! 

I get to feel like I'm doing something artful and productive, but I'm not actually doing the tasks that are calling out for my creative energies.

And just like the bulging pages of a finished art journal, there is something quite satisfying about a Rolodex file growing thick with collaged cards, especially when so many of them have come from swapping with artful friends in Blogland!

If you are interested in any individual swaps with me, be sure to check out the "Swaps" tab at the top of my blog!

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As a surprise "thank you" to my readers, I am sending out some autumnal goodies to the "early responders" to my previous post on Matchbook Notebooks.  If you left a comment on that post before the publication of this current post (that's seven of you lovely ladies!), be on the lookout for something fun in your mailbox!