I is for Inchies!

This week's Alphabe-thursday letter is I. I thought about Ina gadda da vida and Iron Butterfly. I thought about Isadora Duncan, I thought about Icon, Impressionism, but, none of them clicked in the head this week. Then I rememebered 'inchies'. And, that was it. Inchies are exactly that - 1 inch square (or 1 in diameter circle) pieces of art. Any medium can be used to make the inchie. I, the paper fiend that I am, made mine using papers, photos, etc. The first time I made them it was quite a challenge. I had been making ATC cards and postcard art for a long time, but nothing this tiny. Well, I found out that it was quite fun to figure out how to shrink an idea to a 1 inch size. Usually in a swap there is a theme to follow. Inchies can be simple,intricate, really anything your imagination can come up with. Theses are inchies by two artists that are very popular and talented, each has created so many wonderful pieces of art but I picked these because I thought it showed how diverse the inchies can be PhizzyChicks -

InkyJanesblogspot -

This is one made from fabric, beading and stitching - featured on the EveryInchieMonday blog -

And these are some of mine - one set was a vintage number theme, and the other had to be round and have a hat of some kind -

If anyone out there ever gets an urge to try their hand at inchies I would be very happy to join you in swapping some! We could do an ABC theme in honor of Alphabe-Thurday! And, anyone who is not artistically inclined but does enjoy writing and chatting/meeting new people, consider joining us at Jen Matlock's Alphae-Thurday group. Join the fun! Click on the link to the right!