Yay! animegirlie received her items and asked if I could post a picture. She wanted things with her name on it since she has a more unique spelling of her name.

I sent a vintage Scrabble tile name plate with a dragonfly and doggy accents (two of her favorites she listed for me), four note cards in shades of dark blue with her name stamped on it along with an "M" on each envelope, a silly shriny keychain and a little dog print wallet.

I didn't take shots of everything but here's the name plate and wallet:



The wallet doesn't have her name on it but I saw the fabric and thought it was too kitschy fun not to make something out of it. (Since I'm a WAY novice sewer, I made an Easy Peasy wallet.)

I'm glad you like, animegirlie, and I can't wait to see the pics of the name plate in your new office next week! 

look at this charm!  I have the big version, they're exactly the same!

That's so awesome! How funny is that? 

I'm so glad you liked everything. I've got a detailed photo of the bracelet here in my Flickr craft gallery for anyone who wants to see all the charms.

I had posted the miniature yarn ball earrings as a new topic a couple days before I sent to get opinions on them. I was worried you'd find it and know it was for you, but I made sure not to mention it was for a swap. 



Yay!! I'm so happy you like everything. I had a wonderful time in this swap and would love to swap with you again in the future. 

Well, everyone seemed to like my Miniature Yarn Ball Dangle Earrings and someone suggested it would make a fun bracelet, so I made one! While watching two episodes of Angel (the complete series), I made up these nine yarn balls and then strung them together to make a bracelet. I didn't even plan on it being a rainbow until I was done and I realized I had a great color scheme going on, so it was just a happy accident.



The yarn balls are just fun and little and cute. 

(I used this lovely tute for my project inspiration.)

Yay! I made something! Ok, so it's not perfect, but seeing as how this is like my first real project EVER and I've only been sewing for like a week total, I'm proud of it. 


(I shoved a deck of cards in there just to puff it up for the picture)


(I just used some velcro to close it because that's all I had. And yeah, the top is a little crooked when you open it, but hey, I'm still proud of it.)

This was a fun first project to do. I'm SO going to be making more!! (And I found it's just about the right size to hold my new digital camera too, so weeeee! 

Yay! I made one. Ok, so it's not perfect, but seeing as how this is like my first real project EVER and I've only been sewing for like a week total, I'm proud of it. 


(I shoved a deck of cards in there just to puff it up for the picture)


(I just used some velcro to close it because that's all I had. And yeah, the top is a little crooked when you open it, but hey, I'm still proud of it.)

This was a fun first project to do. I'm SO going to be making more!! (And I found it's just about the right size to hold my new digital camera too, so weeeee! 

[It's HAND SEWN.]

OMG! I got my package from SuperHooker today and holy crap, it's awesome. She is SO talented. Be prepared for an onslaught of pics. 

Here's everything:



The scarf and bag are both totally "PhoenixFire"-ish. The scarf is long, fun, soft and totally impractical - but in that awesome way. The tote is amazing, with two main compartments and small pockets on the inside. There's also a super cute wand that her son contributed to the package (please be sure to tell him thanks for the special extra for me!) and a little miniature flower-in-a-pot grow kit.


Another shot of the bag in better lighting:




The inside (which is a fun, spiral pattern fabric) with it's two compartments and pockets:




And, here's where it gets even more amazing. You see the bag? You see how beautiful it is? How perfect the structure is? How nicely fabricated it is and how even the stitching, seams and such are? It's HAND SEWN. Can you believe that?? She actually sewed a bag to literal perfection by hand! I can barely make a straight stitch with my sewing machine!! Look at this detail!



I'm blown away.

And last....a really dorky picture of me (yes I'm in my bathroom) showing off the scarf. (It's hard to take a photo of yourself that shows a very long scarf!) But I wanted to try to show off how fun it is. The fabric is super soft and the ends are all loose and flow-y though it's hard to see that in the first group shot and it got cut off in the action one.



superhooker, you're amazing! I'm blown away by what you made and I don't think my humble package is anywhere near as amazing as yours. I just hope you still like what I made for you despite the fact that you are a craft goddess. I already retired my beat-up, half ripped old tote I was carrying around and can't wait to run errands again so I can start using my brand new one. Thank you so much for such a lovely swap!!

I make these little yarn balls for use in my dollhouse sized miniatures (like in this thread) and today I had the fun idea to make up six mini balls of yarn but turn them into earrings. So I did!



I think they're just fun, silly and cute. Love looked at me weird when I showed them to him, but he often does that on the quirkier crafts. 

Thoughts welcome!

Yay! I'm so glad you like everything. But what about the theme Pink and Brown? Did you like the bracelet? I was very proud of that. I saw the chunky bracelet on your wist and decided to make my own.



And here's the matching earrings:


And did the button bouquet survive? I'd never made one before either.

I don't know if you wear BPAL or such, but one of my friends whom I made a little cabinet for stores her little perfume oils in it. So that's one idea. 

Please enjoy and I hope you have as much fun with the stuff as I had making it. It was a learning experience with this swap, I made so many things I'd never done before. (Flower head garland, topiary - who knew it takes three dozen flowers to make one?, etc.  )

I had painted a ready-made tote bag with cherry blossoms for a swap and posted it in my personal journal to show off to my friends. Well, one friend liked it so much, she asked me to make another for her to give to her mom. I found this cool ready-made tote with faux leather base and handles and went to work a second time.

I just kinda free-handed it and painted without any real plan or pattern. But I quite like how it came out.



I think the faux leather looks nice with the branches and for being something that's not my forte, I was pretty pleased with how it came out. (Oh and my friend's mom? She loved it.  )

I made this for a swap and since my partner has received, I wanted to show it off. I needed one more small item of the theme "Fairies" and I was running out of time. I couldn't think of what else to make, so I'm in Michael's and I'm randomly walking down one isle and I see these lampshades on clearance. I'm debating it when I see a ready-to-decorate nightlight kit. It's complete with the base, light and shade - you just need to decorate it. I snag it and run home. I immediately pull out this "Once Upon A Time" scrapbook paper I'd picked up like a year before, find the page with faeries on it and grab some ribbon. A little creative cutting later, some glue and POOF! It just came together perfectly. Such a simple project but I LOVED how it looked when it was done. 



The glitter on the paper wound up matching PERFECTLY with the glittery ribbon as well. I really just loved how it worked out.