Tea Cup Exchange

Just a quick pic of the tea cup I sent off. It was part of an exchange arranged by Judy.

My swap partner received it, so I am safe to post the photo!!

I love this little vintage tea cup - Royal Albert Crown China - hand painted. I included a linen napkin, with a ceramic rosebud napkin ring, a hand crocheted doily, and two packages of my teas. Everything one needs for a tea party for one!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

Wish this was my display, but it's not!! It is beautiful tho!!!!!

Pretty Much a Wasted Day......

After doing basically nothing yesterday - a day full of "should do's, wanna do's, and must do's", I did NOTHING!!!

Was kind of nice, actually!!!

Toward the end of the day, I was blog surfing and read Kimmie's post about matchbox stuffing!!! Can you imagine - she actually stumbled on a club for this?!?! It is called The International League of Championship Matchbox Stuffers!!!
Kimmie artfully stuffed a matchbox, and since I had nothing else to do, I thought I would give it a try. It was fun - and now I have a decorated matchbox stuffed with 33 teeny items!The top stuffer got 104 very teeny items in their matchbox! I'm quite happy with 33!!! These assorted little treasures would be perfect for using in ATC's.

I can now say I did accomplish something creative today!!!

So, visit Kimmie - see what she has created, and follow her link to see what champion matchbox stuffers have done with theirs!

Oh, and the LAST person to comment here before midnight on Halloween- wins my matchbox!!!!!Just think what you can do with all those little treasures!!!! You know you want it - LOL

More Dance Bags

The last couple were completed and delivered. Woohoo!!

The green one is one of my cotton knit turtlenecks. It is lined in green sandcastle fabric- two pockets (for shoes) and 2 small floral lined pockets for cell phone or whatever. This would be a great purse for everyday use too. Actually, I think all of them would be!

The other one, is a Woolrich hunt theme sweater. A thrift store find, 100% wool, shrunk and redone as a tote. Lined in off white sandcastle fabric, with a ball "button" made out of a scrap of the sweater.

I have some delicious thrift shop boiled wool jackets that are waiting to be recycled into bags. Can't wait to get at 'em!!!I may even put them on Etsy as everyday satchels and totes.

Belated Thank You!!

A while back, I was the lucky winner of a giveaway on Gene's blog!!! I received 2 fat quarters and two of Gene's original works in greeting card form!!! I LOVE them!!!

After much debate, I used one of the cards - mailed to someone I know will also appreciate it (not gonna mention names til she receives it!)

I am thinking of framing the other one - it's a flower-one of my favorite things, it's in my favorite color, and it's BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Thanks, Gene!!!!!

Just For Fun

TABLE

How many words can you make out of it?? I have 19, so far..............

Mission Accomplished

I locked myself down in the studio yesterday to finish up some of the dance bags that were on order. I still have a few more to finish and drop off tomorrow.

One of these is my favorite - can you guess which one? They are all made from 'other things'. My favorite, was made from a jacket-it was plush, with 2 pockets- I ripped it apart, and it turned itself into this roomy carpet style bag.

The pink one was a table runner, scarf, and fancy yarn.

The green one was some vintage patchwork and placemats, with some vintage thrift shop bamboo(?) handles.

Back to the drawing board....................