hello everyone!

I recieved a few days ago form the wonderful NicoleBurdsall. She was such a great partner, really communicative and so prompt! And of course amazing goodies!

She made me a beautiful little gnome house which is ridiculously cute, STUFFED full of lovly little nature themed bits and bobs, its amazing

THANKYOU!!!
xxxxx

I just recieved from the lovely Niceolburdsall!!

I love love my little gnome house matchbox, and the little gnome that come with it!! and all the other goodies are lovely too...




so cute!!!




Thankyou nicole you were a really great swap partner!!!
xxx

These are great bracelets everyone is receiving, i can't wait to get mine

It will bewinging its way to you soon!!

In the mean time, i receive the most amazing braclet from caremn marie. I love it so much. She really thought about everything i would like, and she got it sooo right!

I love the colours, and each charms is really special.

my favourite charms:
- a little hedgehog in a frame!! this is my most favourite, its so cute. I asked for a hedgehog so i can lok at it and think about my peg hedgehog when im at univeristy!
- a little wishing well. This is so beautiful! sometimes it takes me a while to find because my bracelet is so loaded and its so small and delicate.its adorable.
- a tree, which tops of the woodland walk theme.
- little oak leaf and frames with birds in are also beautiful..

i could go on, but i will let the photos peak for me!


you can see the wishing well here!


LOADED!


the hedgehog charm! It fits perfectly

And finally, some amazing extras! These funny coasters make me giggle when ever i look at them, i think i iwll put them on my wall.



Thank you so much Carmen!!!

now i have a lot to live up to!

josie x

Hello!

So i havent posted for a while, but im particularly proud of this!

We have a winter ball in our med school, and is a very lovely event. I really wanted to look nice, but couldnt face the long trawl of dress shopping and the expense! I have never gone for a floor length dress before, and always thought they were a bit frumpy, so i glammed mine up a bit!

I made it up as i went along, its made from a beautiful soft chiffon that my mum bought me.



me and my friends (im in the dark green)


a side view of the cut


THE BACK! my favourite bit! The glass studs are vintage that i found at a flea market.

im afraid i am a very sloppy sewer and would hate you to see the inside, but i was pleased with how it came out.

It only malfunctioned towards the end of the night... i ended up with quite a bit of bra on show, but never mind!!


comments appriciated,
xx

The final installment!

Thankyou Niina!

An amazing headpiece! Im so going to dress as the queen of hearts for my next fancy dress and wear this with pride!

and the back is clever to help me pin it on


woooo extra surpirse thankyou!

taaadaaaa

Thankyou so much!!

first off.. some AMAZING stash..



some super soft and amazing makeup applicators


a really cute drawstring bag


now, i have to admit that im not 100% sure exactly what this is.... but i love the paper!


and finally, a stunning cushion!


THANKYOU!!!!!

My final 2 pages from mommy the maid and heini! Thanks guys

from mommy the maid:

Heini:


Thankyou! they are really sweet!

Hello! i received from TwiztedBlood and velvet Rose! Both of the cards were beautiful! My themes were vintage/whimsical/natural history/lace...

twizted blood:


and the amazing tw layer back!


Velvet roses:


Stunning! I have put it on the front of my journal, THANKYOU BOTH!

So one of my best friends birthdays comes round...

so we have to celebrate! but we have a tiny budget, here are our results..

First of all we decided everyone (except the birthday girl- it was a surprise!!) woudl bring soem baking. we ended up with...
scones, strawberries and cream
meringues
jam tarts
banana bread
cup cakes
short bread
raspberry and chocolate cookies

sorry, they got eaten before i could take photos! scruffy but delicious

gifts and decor were on a strictly crafty basis-
stuffed makka pakka, he has wheat inside him so he can get warmed up in the microwave!


we didnt have enough paper for 'birthday' so wills banner had to say "happy anna day"


we got crockery and tea pots from chairty shopd and a junk yard, and got lots of little flowers and branches of blossum, all in a very random assortment of vases!



newspaper bunting! Anna liked this so much she took it home to put in her bedroom!


lots of homemade cards.

Our friend laura made an incredible braille book, with a story about a robot and even little pictures made up of the braille dots.

hope you like everything and maybe got some ideas for your own party-on-a-budget!

josie xx

I received on monday! Unfortunatly, i messed up and asked Cosmo_mouse to send to my home address rather than my univeristy one. My little sister took lots of photos for me, but she didnt really grasp the whole scavenger hunt idea, so im afraid i wont be able to put a list up until she brings the package down to me next weekend..

but in the mean time, photos!!

all the loot



scrabble letters! that my darling sister so kindly re arranged..



some amazing stamps and cool coins





how cute are these!?







and finally, my absolute favourite



Thankyou so much! I cant wait to see everything in the flesh. Its going to be so nice to have lts of new stash for christmas crafting time!

this was a really fun swap, thanks everyone