Yippy Skippy I got My Big Stocking from Edie 22!

The Stocking, made in wonderful xmas yarn and beaded details at the top.

Love the beads  

Awesome Slouch Forest Green hat and matching scarf. I am so happy you made me a scarf and hat.  

The Cowl!! Yes, yes, Yes! Thank you, Thank You! I am super stoked about the cowl. In fact I get to show it off tonight.

2 Lovely Hair Wraps, these are so freakin' Cute. I can't wait to show these off at school. All the girls will be jealous.  


The colors are awesome.
These wrist warmers are fabulous, I'll no longer have cold hands  .

This pot holder is very well made, thick and cute.  Perfect for holiday cooking.

OMG, this is the cutest little black bag, and it's stuffed with hershey kisses. I immediately ate a few.

Very Cute beaded bracelets!

Edie, how did you know that I needed lip balm? Thank you for sending a little Florida to California.

A giant candy cane, chewy xmas trees= yummy treats. The shopping list and ziplock bag is a wonderful idea. I'm going to put a few coupons in there now. The penguin light up ornament is so cute.


Edie22, Thank you so much for all the wonderful goodies you hand crafted for me. This was the best swap yet. *Smiling*

I know this is not a completed beaded project but I wanted to share my excitement. I found a free box of gaudy ornaments and instantly saw beads. I took the box home full of 20 ornaments, disassembled all the ornaments and ended up with a box full of beads! For Free! *Smiling* I can use all of the materials except the glue gobs. I think you have to be a crafter to see beauty in free gaudy ornaments!

I made this necklace last week using foreign coins from my collection as a child. The circles and rectangular clasps I salvaged from a belt. The beads are vintage brass (I think) and the chain came from other vintage necklaces.

This is my new favorite thing to do, taking apart the old and creating the new.

Comments are appreciated    !

~Bonster4454

Yeah I received my bead soup package from twistmysister. Here's the picture of the soup.

The ingredients are
The black and pink beads are cool.

I love the blue dangle beads (you have done all the work for me)
Love all the metal findings, and how did you know I wanted a ring finding?
Awesome glass pendants
A few extra beads and a lovely necklace.

Thank you twistmysister, I love all the beads and necklace you made me. *smiling*

Here is the necklace Teriyakimoto made for me. The necklace fits perfectly around my neck, and I like the simplicity of the necklace. Thank you.

oops I forget the pictures.   

Yeah! I absolutely Love my bead soup from Teriyakimoto!
The Soup

Shells from Okinawa (will be using these for a xmas gift)

Cool small bones

I've never seen such awesome polymer beads! Did you make these? Beads have images on both sides.

I almost fell over when I saw these glass beads. It'll be hard for me to use them. I may just want to stare and hoard them for awhile.

More cool polymer beads (am I spelling that right?)

Sun charms, swirly beads, and whimsical beads.

Huge stash of awesome plastic, textured beads. I love them!

A lovely pair of earrings made just for me.  Green matches my eyes.


Teriyakimoto, Thank you so much for putting this bead soup together for me. I absolutely love all the beads you sent me. I was very excited to receive all my gems and lovely beads. Thank you!! Bonnie(bonster4454)   

I got my package today!! Yeah. I love everything you made and included in my package. Let's start with the brown drawstring pouch with cute little white flowers. I've decided I'm going to use this bag for collecting agates on the beach near me.


You're are absolutely right I love this fabric, and I want to make more buttons with it.

several yards of this awesome fabric. 
I absolutely love the felt flower pin, I'm wearing it right now.

The pin cushion is perfect, I really like the checkerboard design.

How did you know I love trinket boxes, did I tell you that? The orange (my fav color) felt trinket box is great, and in excellent shape, nothing fell apart.

Cathie also made me fabric buttons and picked up the most coolest rock from her university in UK. I wrote the year and location on the bottom of the rock so I'll never forget where it came from.

Lastly, Cathie made me some marbled stationary. The colors are so much fun.




Cathieb, Thank you so much for making all the thoughtful goodies you sent me. I really enjoyed this craft swap. Thanks sevsonlygirl for matching me up with Cathieb.

Cheers to you, Bonster

Here's a teaser picture for Cathie!!

Hello,
I've been enjoying all the beading posts so much, I got back into the groove of beading again. Thank you! Here are some pictures of a few bracelets I made.
Constructive criticism appreciated. Thanks, B.

My friend made this birthday cake for me. One half is a sandy beach named A-got-ay Beach and the other half is the ocean with sea kelp. She used jelly beans for agates, graham cracker for sand, a large picture of my face on a body, crafty stickies for the crab, sand bucket, and shovel. She also cut out a picture of herself and her mom snorkeling in hawaii. It's so awesome. What do you think?