When one of my swap participants mentioned an artist she thought I'd like, named Misti Ko, I searched online and found her blog: It starts with a pencil. How cool! I wanted to participate so  I sent my snail mail address along, not knowing if I would hear back or not. It looked like the project was current, but I wasn't sure if there were still ATCs available, etc. But about a week later I received an envelope from Canada in reply. A "Jam" ATC is started by one person. Other artists are asked to add something to complete the ATC and send it back to the originator. Here is what came in my envelope -click for more detail:

I first thought I’d be next to work on the ATC. It was started with a stamp of a pencil in the top right corner. I thought I would then send it on to an art friend to add the 3rd rendition before it was sent back to Misti Ko. But looking at the ATC I had to work with, I had an idea . . . .  I’d instead ask my husband Steve if he would add something to the ATC and I would be the third person to work on it before sending it back home. Steven said yes! Here is what he added:

He used one of my photos of an Ibis that we have seen walking around here, as his inspiration. I really love what he drew. It is always great fun for me to see him draw and this was especially nice. Below is what I added after he had finished:

Of course, I added rubber stamping - all Claudia Rose stamps- and watercolor crayons. I just bought a new set of Lyra AquaColor last weekend. My previous set I had 8 years now, I think, and I still use them a ton! This was a really fun and quick project for me and has me thinking of other things I can do besides my traditional art swaps . . . thank you, Misti Ko!

The “Jam” ATC was put in the mail today - I think we are jammin!

Steve Deming & lenna young andrews, in Florida - March 9, 2010