Cherry Swap Reveal . . .

I finally got my Cherry Annie Swap from my swap partner "Down Under". And she's adorable! Lookie who came home to me.... :)


Haha- isn't she adorable?! Me lurves her to pieces!


My partner sent some cherry scented body butter! Washcloth, a ceramic sundae, some cherry fabby and an iron on decal!

I love everything my partner sent! :) Thanks again Diana for hosting this fun swap!

Until Next time . . . Hugs & Smiles!

Swap It's: Witchy Swap . . .

Whew- 4th post today ... had a lot of catching up to do! I'm getting my Blog on *lol*
Here's another Swap It (on FB hosted by Kim) swap - the theme being: "Witch". Ince again - you sign up that you're interested in a Witch swap, get paired up, and you and your partner discuss what you want to do. can be anything as long as its related to the theme Witches!
My swap partner was Laura. And made another friend Yayyy! Laura likes grubby and darker - folky stuff. We agreed to let this one be a "surprise". So I made a cloth doll!
This is the first time I made a round head for a cloth doll. It turned out more pumpkin-y than round. I need practice, but not bad for a first timer on this kind of head on cloth dolls.

I thought a picture of this Witch next to a wood burning stove gave it a cute lil' hearth-y look for this picture! Love it!



I used a pattern from Tonya @ Back Porch Pickins. I used the vintage Annie pattern and Halloween-ified" it. I lurve how this came out! Isn't this Witch something?!
I also made a small 'wooden people' Witch for Laura. As well as a Jack'O' ornie.


I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone and expand a bit when making cloth dolls ~ with different heads, doll bodies, facial features and whatnot. I don't mind a challenge! Woot!


Until Next time . . . Hugs & Smiles!

YoE - Octupi swap Reveal . . .

I've been having a lot of fun with Val's "Year of Enchantment" swap. Where every month there is a new theme for making ornaments for our swap partners.
My contribution to August's "Year of Enchantment" swap hosted by Valerie was August's theme was: OCTUPI.
At first I thought - yipes - these are some seriously small tentacles to work with, but once I got the hang of it - it was a breeze and fun to do!
My partner Courtney loves Brown/Pink color combos and I knew that's what I'd make!


I loved how it turned out! I sent some extras - Swedish Red Fish gummy candies and glittered "C" fridge magnets.
Lucky us - we've been paired up on a handful of swaps and Courtney makes the most creative stuff.
Here's what I got from Courtney . . . so caute! :)

A female blue octupi with a sweet lil' pink bow in her hair and green sequins! My extras are a travel tin sewing kit and some doll yarn hair which I can use. Thank you so much Courtney! :) I love everything! :)


Until Next time . . . Hugs & Smiles!