I've been waiting forever to do one of these swaps! I just finished up one of my favorite knitting projects, the Hermione hat from the third Harry Potter movie:



It's a very warm and snug winter hat. 100% wool.

I received my X card from mamaedgar, "X is for xebec"



Oops... it seems there was a hair on my scanner

Love the card, mamaedgar! I'm also diggin' on the black-and-white action Thanks so much to all of my partners for swapping with me, and a big thanks to TwiztidBlood for organizing!

I received my V card from cclewis05 today:



V is for Volume

The "sound" is sort of reverse appliqued on the card, very cute! I had actually thought of doing the word "volume" myself, but I was stumped on how to do it... clever Thanks cclewis05!

Sajona - LOVE the grape vine So pretty!

I am totally loving everyone's cards, really great word choices!

Here's my W card from Panthermoon



The title is "Women's Work is never done" So true! I really love the texture of the background, and the little "gem" over the W Thanks so much Panthermoon for my first ATC ever!

And what great cards from everyone. I especially love the Xyloid card, the stitching and the adorable tree button! So cute and clever

I made one of these, and it's totally awesome!



(hmm... should sand it a little more still )

I'm going to try some more stamps with thinner lines, I think they'll come out a lot cleaner-looking that way. Thanks so much for the tute!

Here's a couple more ornaments:

polymer clay yule log:



It's 1"x1.5" It's a present for my boss, who always forgets to make a sample yule log cake the week before Christmas, and thus no one knows we make them until it's too late to order them It's intended to hang from the sign he puts out for the customers. I'm really very pleased with how this came out

And... a Santa Dinosaur ornament:



This one's for a friend who just moved back to the states and doesn't have very many ornaments yet.

Alright, I've got some ornaments for ya! Polymer clay stocking ornaments, for my sister and her fiance, completed this morning.

Behold!





Should we not post full-sized pics here? I'll change them to thumbnails if people think that's better.

First off, let me say that I've been stalking this board for a while now, and I'm humbled by your collective mad skills.

I was recently in Joann's and they were having a 50% off sale on Fimo... clearly a sign that it's time to give polymer clay a try. I brought my enormous bag of clay home and got to work, and came up with these:





I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, though I realized only after they were baked that what I thought was white clay was actually translucent. Didn't matter so much for the toes and heels, but the features on the gingerbread dude sorta faded into the brown, so I Sharpie'd them, and they're okay-looking.

I think I'm hooked on this stuff, so you'll be seeing more from me pretty soon!

My partner's camera is acting up, so she asked me to post pics of what I sent:

Some shrinky-dink sewing pins:


A beaded necklace:


Christmas ornaments (felt skate, felt pear, beaded star):


Cable-and-Bobble knit hat:


Woven-look knit scarf:


And of course, the stocking (my first fair-isle project ever!):


There were some extras, too, but I didn't get pics... couple skeins of yarn, a cute mini M&M tin, and a craftster pin.

I'm really glad you liked everything ohmyword, thanks for swapping with me! And a big thanks to the organizers, you rock my socks!

[ohmyword]

I got my package from ohmyword on Monday, and I've just found my camera batteries, so now I can show off!

Here's the group shot:


And some close-ups...
The stocking itself! It's made from Hello Kitty Christmas fabric, so cute


Two necklaces from/inspired by my wists:


Mario mushroom coasters (from wists) and an origami Christmas ornament:


Crocheted snowflake ornaments these are so beautiful, the picture really doesn't do them justice:


And the shirt is from my wists, for those of you who haven't seen this before, here's what happens when the stencil is reflected:


There was also all kinds of ribbon, stickers, embroidery patterns, recipe cards and chocolate peppermint candy (yum!)

Thank you so much ohmyword, I absolutely love everything!