Totem Animal: Card and Gift

Moose wood block painted by my daughter and bobble head was a gift from husband. They reside by my computer monitor and keep me inspired

Do you have an animal totem or familiar you work with? Or do you just have an affinity for a particular animal, for whatever reason?

This swap is to give one partner two special items honoring their chosen animal.

When you join, please give at least two animal choices in the comments section. When partners are assigned, please look at your partner's choices, pick one, and:

• Create a card-an ATC, skinny, notecard, inchie/twinchie,postcard, whatever you choose. This can be a painting, sketch, collage, whatever medium is your favorite. This should feature your partner's totem animal. This is to be made by you, not purchased. Make something you are proud of!

  If you happen to have a commercial card that features the totem animal you are sending and you know your partner will love it, feel free to add as an extra, but the swap itself is for something you created.

• Create or purchase a charm or trinket relating to your partner's totem animal.

Some ideas for crafting:
amigurumi
embroidered item
art doll
plushie
dotee
clay amulet
altoid shrine
decorated boxes
felt ornament
leatherwork
... whatever you enjoy working with and feel inspired by.

It is perfectly fine to purchase the gift item if you don't feel that you can craft it.

Make this something nice and thoughtful that your partner will enjoy seeing everyday. I am leaving the interpretation of the item up to you, as long as it honors your partner's chosen totem animal!

EDIT for clarification. Received a message and wanted to clarify here.... This is open to YOUR interpretation. You can be literal: the totem animal you are sending is cat and you make an art doll or plushie of an cat or embroider a lovely Bast and frame it. Or, you can interpret into a useful object: If you see on your partner's profile that they love tea, create a tea wallet with cat fabric or decorate a tin or box to store tea, or silk screen a cat onto tote bag. I hope this helps!

This has a short sign up date, but am giving a 5 week turnaround to give you time to craft or find just the perfect items.

Recap: ONE partner, TWO items (a paper craft and a dimensional gift)

If you have not commented with your animals by the time to assign partners, I will sadly ban you.