Felties

I was in a Handmade Halloween Ornament swap awhile back.
I sent my partner these, which I posted about ages ago.

I got mine in the mail the other day....both are very cute.

Here is a sweet little owl pin that I'll wear with my jeans. I have a thing for owls so this guy is special.


And a little monster I put on my Halloween tree....very cute!

Thank you Tina!

Zoe's Hot Mama ...

I sent my partner's apron out last week and she got it so now I can share what I made her. I never imagined someone would ask for me to be their partner.
The funny thing is that I bought some really cute fabric with a coffee and bistro type print on it......thinking that as the host, I could just go through and pick someone who would FIT the fabric I had bought. HAH!
So when Zoe asked me to be her partner, I had to rethink a bit as HER favorite hot beverage is HOT CHOCOLATE!
I couldn't find any fabric locally so I came up with this for her:



Here is a close up of the appliqued cup.........

Here is a full view, thanks to April, the apron wearing dressform!
I wanted it to have a sort of bistro look to it but wasn't sure how Zoe felt about a short apron. This one is a bit longer but still has that feel to it. And yes, I tried it on.........to be sure.......... :-)

I didn't take a photo of the lining but it is a brown with pink polka dot cotton. You can sort of see it in the first photo on the bottom right, I tried to flip the edge up a wee bit.

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.......

One Good Book Swap

Curly Girl is so happy with her goodies from Jill's " One Good Book Swap"....she got all sorts of fun things!

a pumpkin STUFFED with candy and another one that her little kitty fits in....


a beautiful bracelet made with buttons and a kitty charm....made especially for her in her favorite colors!



here is a close up of "Scare-D" kitty and the bracelet Lori made....

She also got 2 books and a wonderful sketch journal.........I took photos of them but they were blurred........I'll try to retake and upload them later today.

You can see what we sent HER partner here.

Thank you SO MUCH to her secret swap partner and her mom, Lori!

Hittin' the Trail, revisited...

Awhile back, I hosted an apron swap thru swap-bot.
Yeah, I don't do that anymore.
At any rate, one of my peeps got flaked on...Sherry!
Yes, THAT Sherry....she of the apronology honor and I'm sending her one of my "simple but stylish" aprons!

Here it is:


I lined it with coordinating fabric and I appliqued a little towel to go with it.

Cute, huh? I also included 3 really good recipes of mine...........

Aprons for me...

I found some REALLY cute 'pin up' girl fabric and decided I had to make an apron (or 2) for myself! I never make myself anything so I decided to go ahead and splurge!


Here is the one I made for Halloween using the Loreli pattern from A is for Apron.

I cut it down a bit to fit me better.......isn't it CUTE! The ties match the shoulder.

And this one is for the cowgirl that still lurks inside me :-)

I just love clothespin aprons! I made this one using an apron I had received as a gift in a swap.

I used bandana fabric for the lining and ginham for the reverse side.

Curly Girl's Ermine

Here is a wonderful Ermine Curly Girl did in her after school art class last week....


Closeup of its little face:

Cute, huh?

Fantasmagorique Halloween Swap....

I participated in Rachel's Halloween Swap. You had to make 20 identical items with a French flair..... and then she repacked them and sent them out to everyone who participated. I snagged the pretty photo from Rachel's blog to show them all together.

I made a Troll finger chap stick holder that I blogged about here.

My box 'o' stuff arrived today...here is what it had in it:


Here is a closeup of a few of the items:

a fancy witch card on ribbon...

a cute mummy pot, a troll finger, a Halloween topiary....


a crow on a bone, another picture ornament, a jar of candy, a box with candy and broomsticks...

A creepy witch hat...it fell apart in the box so I don't know if this is how it was supposed to look...but it works for me so.......

a little black plaque that I hung on my Halloween tree, a little skull in a pot, a little jar with a cat that escaped from the witch...in Paris....

Leo was VERY interested in what was in this cup, next to another picture ornament...


Here is the old hutch in the foyer showing a few things..........

another shot........

Here the crow and the mask are in the letter holder by the front door....

a funky little paper mache' pumpkin

My Halloween tree with several of the smaller items on it.


Even the gift tags were cute so I used a couple as ornaments too...

Now for the best news.....I don't have to make any ornaments for my Halloween Tree!

Thank you to all the Fantasmagorique Halloween Swap ladies!