Hey!
First of all, I want to say that your work is amazing... And if you had any doubts about materials-what about trying to work with paper napkins... You know-you can get tons of different patterns and with some glue it should be done immediately It remembered your work today while I was in the napkin section of the supermarket and saw these really rich dark red/brown/green/gray textures... Hope it all works out for you!

I feel stupid enough replying to myself, but I hope that what I've justfound out could help someone else do this, too... So I think that this amigurumi cherry tutorial could help out A LOT, but I am to try it first.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7moLuvusww&feature=related

Hello there!
I must say that I'm addicted to these cute beads I've been seeing everywhere and am desperate because I can't find anything on how to make them! Sure I could buy them, but the idea of mixing the colours and strands, sizes and patterns is joh-so-tempting... If anyone has the slightest clue about how to make them or where I could get more info, I will be grateful to you forever. Really
I've pasted some examples of these crocheted beads foundon etsy. The first ones is the most similar to what I had in my mind.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_6&listing_id=16642372
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14380643
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14200795

I know well that you're all probably fed up with my pics... But no, it's not your lucky day! I found one more picture (of a sadly poor quality) which shows the apron that I sent to Demekah (folded) and on top of it (i know, it's really hard to see) there's a cup cozy like this one:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_1&listing_id=16638152
but in red-with the keychain thingy and an elastic band and everything...

The little orange hearts are at the ends of apron tie-up strings.
I promise, that's it!

Has anyone else received yet? I'd love to see what you got!

It's actually stamped... I carved a stamp from an old rubber and stamped it on with acrylic paint and then ironed it over and over for ages

hmmmm... what about everyone else?
I wanted to show a few things I've sent to Demekah, since she hasn't posted anything yet. I hope that she made some better photos and she would post them...
So, here it goes!
There are all things together, lacking the apron I sewed (which was inspired by this apron from Demekah's wists), but was made from one of the fabrics you can see below, printed in yellow-to-red strawberries and hemmed with red ruffled fabric. It looked cute and kind of housewifey-vintage... I hope that Demekah will find time to post pictures of it.
The rest of the stuff:




This is a polymer clay bracelet, with all sorts of strawberry cakes


This is a pair of strawberry earrings


A pair of strawberry hairclips and a felt strawberry cupcake keychain


A pin with a rainbow strawberry


Set of little soaps, of which the pin ones have a strawberry scent to them, the other ones are just for fun And a detail on the bigger soap: a darker heart in the middle! (I really loved this swap!)


Oh, and the goodies!

Well, he stuck his hand in it... So I guess this means he enjoyed it too

Me too! It's a bit small, though to wear it for college... I would love to show it off as much as possible

Well, I live somewhere, where I can't get packed icing or fondant... So I made them using the same technique I use for little sculptured animals, flowers, etc. I mix powdered sugar, egg whites and a few drops of lemon juice (not too much, just a FEW drops) and i mix it until I get kind of a clay consistency, so I can sculpt with it. This time I made little bals which I then squished into small circles. Then I put it in the oven (If I have time, I just leave it out during the night so they dry) to 50°C with ventilation for about half an hour. Well, on the outside there's just regular whipped cream, on top (the flat surface on top) it's just the filling I used on the inside between the layers. It's actually kind of a cheesecake with lemon zest, raspberries and blueberries. I left out the fruit for the layer on top. And It's all made from scratch-nothing pre-made.
Uff, I didn't think I had so much to say