A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Hobbies, Crafts and Creativity CRAFT SWAP 7~~~WHAT DID YOU GET???

I can't stand the wait to see who will be first today.

Me either! I can't wait! Somebody must have gotten their mail by now! Any packages???

Whooo hoo!!! I got my box today!!! It's from Christy (Sibyl).

There are some wonderful things from her. Give me a few minutes to take pictures and get them posted.

Thank you Christy for all you sent. The box (in the box) is beautiful!

Yayyyyyyyy! Can't wait to see the pics Glenda!

I'm waiting! Pictures! whoohooo!!!!! Let me see 'em!

Wrennie, my postal route is that it comes from the post office, to the mailman, and then to me. Does that help?

Do you want to know the road numbers and names and everything Wrennie???

NO!! :LOL:

Yay! If Loz's prediction was right there are 2 moire arriving today!

I know that at least one more will get their package today!

I want to go home and check my mail!

Ok, this will take more than one post.

This one is pictures of the gifts. Part of the gifts are for sewing and part are for crosstitch.

She sent lots of fat quarters, blue christmas fabric (how did she know I plan to make a Blue Christmas Quilt?)thread and various supplies I had asked for. If she had stopped the gifts right there I would have been very happy.

Christy (Sibyl) also sent crosstitch material for a beginner. Everything I'll need to get started including two kits! This is all wonderful, no need to buy anything right now.

Me toooooo! Hey, I can!

Wow! Lots of wonderful gifts Glenda! You did good Christy!

I probably will when I go to lunch Wrennie!

Oooh, i think one of the things in one of Glendas pictures matches what I sent my pal. tee-hee, if thats the one i picked...... we'll seeeeeeee.

i got my box from wrennie today!!!!!!!!!!woohoo! it wts like big time christmas!! omg! wrennie i loved everything!!!!!n i got a hand made wrennie carf! i was wearing it till bb too it off me
im trying to get pics! camaras not being good today.

thank you so much wrennie

Another package! Knock the camera around a little and get it working Christy!

Ahhh, I feel better. Got a quick fix of package pics. Those are some cool fabrics, Glenda! I really like the yellow one with the moon and stars. Looks like you'll be keeping busy for a while! Great job, Christy.

And there is more coming?? Goody!!

Yay!! I knew it would be there today! {sorta}

Now I have to say how hard I laughed when we were talking and in reply to my comments Christy said:
on 8/23

in a ch i forget the date

and on 9/3
a little prophetic there, huh!?

Glenda! you got you gift! yea! read about your christmas quilt in the quilting thred

Christy also sent a fabulous box she had hand painted just for me. You'll see it's personalized. I'll have to make sure Diane (angelblossom) sees this.

This is the top and the right side. I have pictures of the left side, latch side, hinge side, and back if you want to see them. Everything is outlined in "stitching lines" as if they were quilt squares. This box is amazing.

Thank you sooo much Christy.

Wow! That is a great box!!!

wrennie i laughed so hard when i seen you wrote whatchamacallits to use use for the thingy dos

That box is very cool!

glenda im glad ya liked the box!

That is a cool box! I love the way it mimics a quilt. You've got talent, Chrisy!

I was laughing while i was writing it! BF thought i had lost it, again,

heres a pic of every thing wrennie sent me





theres tons of stuff!
a scarf wrennie made!
a flower pretty pot, wrennie did you paint that?
sewing needles,thred,pin cusion,sissors 3 kinds of knitting needles,
i loves the drawstring bag they came in!
crosstick kit n books,
fabrics! lol yea one looks very familiar! great minds think alike!
n tons of paint! i never herd of baking glass, i cant wait to try it!
n the two thingymados were 2 glass plates to paint!
thank you so much wrennie

Very nice gifts! Nice job Wrennie!

Yes I did.
I did pick the same green fabric didnt I?

You're welcome!

Great gifts Christy! I guess we both hit a jackpot today!!!

wrennie i think were mentaly linked

we both sent the same fabric
n we both sent somthinf we painted that had to do with quilting!



great minds think alike

These are both such good boxes. This is one of the most fun exchanges I've been in. Good choices all around.

Glenda and Christy...you both got some great gifts!!

Glenda I LOVE!!!!!! that box!

Christy, would love to see the scarf Wrennie made!

It's so much fun to see all these wonderful things!!

That package looks like a lot of fun, Christy! Good job, Wrennie!

shirls the scarf is wraped around the flower pot,
wrennie ya did an awsome job on both! i love em!

Wow--2 great packages!!!! Christy and Wrennie both picked out really cool stuff!!!!!!!!! Who will be next?

heres a closer upper of the scarf Shirl... http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/thewrensnest/Crafts/?action=view&current=scberc.jpg

yea bb too! shes playin in the box now

I know who the third for the day is.... I haven't even opened the box yet, but it's from Wendy aka Faerywatcher! I'm so excited. Will get pics up in a bit!

They really are rolling in today.

Loz you were right with your prediction of 3! (at least 3 anyway)

I'm thinking 4!

Alrighty. I got some real cool 3-D scrapbook stickers, more stickers with butterflies and flowers on them, a whole slew of pretty glitter pens (I'm a doodler so that is awesome!), a lovely stationary pack with a magnet, pen, stationary, and a cute little journal/book, some jolly ranchers original flavors (which happen to be the only good flavors), glue sticks, and she made me a cool bookmark with beading on the end that hangs over the top of the book - I already stuck it in the book I'm reading (it's a cookbook but whatever! ), and a cool little pink tin box full of earth-toned brads, and a cool little suncatcher she made that she calls "fairy drops". I'm putting that in my window above the kitchen sink!


Here is a close up of the items she made, the bookmark, fairy drop, and the pink tin. Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention, she decorated the top of the tin with some small pearls and a... a.... cameo? I think that is what it is called. A silhouette of a woman.


Last but not least these rub-ons. I actually had them in the cart when I was buying Loz's stuff but DH gave me "the look" so I put them back. And now I have them again!


I love everything, thanks so much, Wendy!

Thanks Wrennie for showing me a big picture of the scarf! VERY pretty!

Oh boy, s'more boxes, s'more pictures!!!

Oooooh pretty!

Great things Sarah!! Love the little pink box and the faery drops!!!

Very nice gifts!!

Yay, more great stuff!!!!!! I'm really loving all the handmade stuff too BTW. Very nice.

I was wondering if anyone has a PO Box and maybe their stuff is sitting there waiting? Did we all use a house address?

I think it's great when someone buys you something you almost bought yourself.

All those gifts look great, faerywatcher did a great job on picking out what to send!

mine is a house address.

Oh, I forgot.

Should we have a thread that shows what we all do with our new craft supplies?

I'd like to see what everyone does.

What does everyone think?

Good idea Glenda!!

Players
Sibyl/Christy <----------tagged by Wrennie
Plantqueen
~NL~
Loz <--------tagged by land of oz
Faerywatcher
Triss <------- tagged by JunieGirl
Wrennie
jonni13 <------ tagged 1st by ~NL~
LandOfOz <-------tagged by faerywatcher
Shirley4 <------ tagged by Jonni13
JunieGirl
PennyInOntario
Jayhawk <-----------tagged by Sibyl/Christy

Loz, I just noticed your "I miss my Mom" sig line!!!

I'm scrapbooking away with mine.

Shirley I miss my mom a ton...especially when we talk on the phone at least twice a day and I usually see her once a day. I'm glad she's having a nice time though.

I got my box!! From Jesica! Wanna see whats inside??

Here is everything! It is all perfect, and very 'me'. I almost got myself that exact beading board but decided to wait since I had it on my wish list!

crafting papers, little flowers and ribbon for embellishing,a cute snail magnet, kitty fabrics, calicos, TWO kinds of really cooooool yarn!!!

This is what she made me!


and a cross stitch kit

and a bead picker upper, never saw such a thing.


the fabrics

and a Willy for my garden!



Thank-you Jessica!

Those are great gifts!!

A bead picker upper is not something I've ever heard of but I bet anyone who works with beads would love to have one.

Such a wide variety of gifts too.

And the first Willy of the swap! He's adorable.

Those look great, Wrennie, and you got more cute kitty fabric, too!!

What a great job, Jessica!

ahhhh...more great stuff!!! I'm excited for you Wrennie!!!
I'm in love with your willy!!!!
And I'll have to find or make me a bead-picker-upper!!! Cool!!!

What is a bead board? Do I want to get me one for my beading?

WOWWWW Glenda That is an awsome Box!!!!!!!!! Danggggg Christy You have some kind of talent Girl!! In the picture it really looks like quilt squares!! fannnntastic!!!!!!!!


Ohhhhh and Glenda Ya think you can handle the Kid tested cross stitch?? You know I had to rib you with that!!

You all have gotten a good supply of crafting/quilting materials Too bad I'm not so much into crafts ,, just not my thing I guess, BUt I sure enjoy seeing all of yours and read all your ideas!!!

Yeah Diane? Well, you're into Willy Villages and
Beautiful Birdcages!!!

WEllllllllll Yeahhhhh But the willy village is rock and willeys and the bird cages was already made sooooooooooooo I just kinda put my 2 cents worth into them!

Christy I got a pm from Glenda that said you Put 'Older Wiser Sister" On the quilt box you painted! IT's good you put it on there It is a constant reminder that the Sweeter sister is ........... ME




Wrennie I love the Willy you got from Jessica I haven't seen one like him!

And a wonderful 'two cents' it is, too!!!!!

awwwwwwww Thanks Shirls!

wow sarah great gifts!i love those glitter pens! i like to doodle with em just to see it there so pretty,makes words look so neat!

awsome job wendy did on the book mark nfairy drop! i love the camo!!!!

diane i so wanted to add somthing special to it! n i know you call her that n you two gotta special sister friendship!

shirls! i got the idea for the quilt blocks from your tile ya did

awsome gifts ya got wrennie! i love that yard! cant wait to see what ya do with it! n willy is so cute!
that bead picker upper thing looks neat! id be dropin beads on the floor just to see how it worked

Well thanks! I'm glad I was the inspiration for the idea, but you went far beyond!!!!! That was really exceptional, and now I will have to steal YOUR idea!!!

Great box, Wrennie! good job, Jessica. Everyone is doing so well filling in those wish lists.

Shirley and Tina got Willies in cs #5



YES. Its in my first pic between Santa and Willy. It has grooves you lay your beads in to lay out your jewelry without a sneeze or bump rolling them across the table, down the hallway, into the heat duct.....

That is a good reason to have one, Wrennie!!
I'll be sure to get one!!!

bout 5 more peoples to go wonder who will get theirs tomarrow!!

oops not Tina, Triss that Tina posted for.

Wow Jess did a great job picking stuff out.....That Santa is too cute. Jess, I'll take a Snowman like that!

I'm hoping my person gets theirs tomorrow, it has to be close considering it was mailed Friday.

Marton {BF} Kept going back to that Santa.
"She made this?"
yup
"This is cool"
yup
"She could sell these"
yup
"She made this??"
yes already......

{{and he's an artist so thats no small compliment}}

Wrennie you are so funny!!!

I told her a ton of times to sell them....they are really great and she'd do well and make a lot of money selling them--I think people would snap them up...either at craft fairs or sell them to a craft store to sell.

so there were what? 5? boxes received today? guess what? there should have been six but someone was left a "pick slip" instead so they get to wait one (or) more day (s)

I only counted four received today? Jayhawk, Sibyl, Land of Oz and Wrennie. Did I miss someone?

Wow gals, the gifts are great. You can tell they were picked out with alot of care and consideration

By the way, we can't buy 'Fat quarters' here by the piece, I'm curious as to what you pay for one. Can someone just pm me to give me an idea.

The fat quaters at JoAnns are usually $1.49 and up to maybe $2.49 or $2.99 for specialty fabrics. Occasionally they go on sale for 99 cents and up.

Cool, thanks Wrennie.

Hurry "someone" go pick up your package!!

Very nice gifts everyone!! There will be lots of busy hands in the group!

I think the pink slip may be me!! I have notification that there is a box at the post office for me. I will slip by and pick it up on my way home this afternoon!

I am EXCITED!!


Hope everyone has been well.

Shirl

Yayyyy! Wrennie got her package! I'm glad that you liked everything Wrennie! I know it was a little early for the santa but I really like him so I thought you might too! I had never seen a bead picker upper before either but I haven't gotten into the beads yet. I thought it might come in handy for some small beads.

I got my package yesterday too after I got home from work. Sorry I didn't come on last night to tell you about it but my dial-up is so slow at home that I can't hardly stand to use it and I would have been there all night uploading pics.

Pics coming soon..........

yay!!
Thats funny, Christy, Jessica and I all got our boxes the same day our persons boxes got to them!
I want to seeeee!

My package came from Triss! She did a wonderful job! I love everything!


I got a bunch of scrapbooking paper, some borders, picture adhesive, scrapbooking scissors that cuts the cool designs, a snowflake punch and some cardboard punchouts with different things on them for scrapbooking. Then I got some paint brushes, a scissors set, a cross stitch kit and some hoops, and some cool eyelash yarn!

This is what she made me! 2 dishcloths and a pot scrubber! I love homemade dishcloths so they will come in handy and I had never seen a pot scrubber like that. It is very cool!

I gotta run, but hope your pics are here, Jessica, when I come back!!
I'm so excited to see!!!