Swappin' Fun

I just finished up a Christmas ornament

swap in the Etsy Cottage Style group.

This little snowman is the ornament

I made for Bernice, my swap partner.

She sent me this cute little fairy

ornament. Isn't it adorable?

I also received three sweet

little paper fan ornaments.

Right now, I'm hurrying to finish

up on another swap with the Marie

Antoinette Mail Art Group.

We're doing 4" x 4" pages for

a chunky book. The theme

is Christmas at Versailles.

This has been another fun project.

Hope you're doing something fun today!

Giving Thanks

I have been feeling very thankful recently.

Even more than usual.

One of the things that I am especially

thankful for, is all of the sweet and wonderful

people who visit my blog. I am really trying

to visit everyone who stops by....I don't

always make it, but I'm trying.

I want you to know how much I appreciate

your sweet comments, they mean alot to me.

I will be by to visit you very soon.

Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving!

Christmas is Coming!

I couldn't stand it anymore!

I had to start my Christmas decorating.

I started with the kitchen and livingroom.

I even sewed a sweet shoppe

valance for my kitchen window.

The tree is up in the livingroom

and that room is almost finished.

I still have the rest of the house to do.

I'll be working on it all week since

I don't have to fix Thanksgiving dinner

this year. We're going to my sil's house.

Marie Antoinette Swap

I'm a member of the Marie Antoinette

Mail Art group, and there are so many

fun swaps going on all the time.

I made this hat box for the Les Vacances

secretes de Marie (Secret Marie Holiday Swap).

My partner was Tristan Robin Blakeman,

a very talented quilt and mixed-media artist,

which made me nervous

to be making something for him.

But, I had so much fun with it.

Some of the things I made to put

in the box were this Marie ornament....

....a little box that I filled with embellishments...

....and some Marie tags.

Tristan has pictures of everything I added to

the box, on his blog Enchanted Revelry,

if you want to see it all. And while you're

there, be sure to check out his amazing work.

Do something that makes you smile today!

The Glitter is Flying!

I'm having so much fun working

on goodies for my Christmas

sweet shoppe theme.

This banner will hang over my

kitchen window. I love these

adorable cupcake images

from Cassie's Creations.

My son asked me last night, why

there was glitter all over the

kitchen counter.  hehe!

And I don't craft in the kitchen.

The glitter is just flying!

I'm getting very close to disaster though.

If I don't get to the craft store soon,

I'm going to be out of clear glitter!

Ahhhhhhh!

While in Walmart today, I spotted

this pretty ribbon. I don't know yet just

what I'm going to do with it, but

it was too pretty to pass up!

Glitter something today,

you know you want to!

I'm Thinking.....

....of a sweet shoppe look

for my kitchen this Christmas.

We'll see how it goes.

Right now, I'm having

a hard time keeping my

hands off the cordial kisses.

Have a sweet day!

A Secret and More Glitter

For the last couple of weeks, I've

been working on a swap for the

Marie Antoinette Mail Art group.

It was a fun challenge. I got my

package mailed out today, so

I will show you what I made as

soon as my partner receives it.

I've been playing in my studio,

making some Christmas things.

After painting and glittering

these little houses....

...I'm not sure I like

what I did with them.

I may be starting over.

I've also been glittering

wooden snowflakes.

I think I'm seriously

addicted to glitter!

Make something sparkle today!