another (old fashioned) random gallery!!

[margiej]

Well!!! I cannot believe Crystal did not win American Idol!!!  I guess I will have to sew all night after all.  Good thing I cut out a project this afternoon.  Too bad I didn't go to store and buy some diet cokes and ice cream to console myself with.  Or even chips...I knew I should have voted more times last nite!!!!!

[gamemom42]

Well!!! I cannot believe Crystal did not win American Idol!!!  I guess I will have to sew all night after all.  Good thing I cut out a project this afternoon.  Too bad I didn't go to store and buy some diet cokes and ice cream to console myself with.  Or even chips...I knew I should have voted more times last nite!!!!!

Hasn't it been true most seasons that the second place winner ended up being the bigger star of the two?  I don't watch, but my daughter insist that Crystal made out best by being second and will go much further than the other guy.

On a crafty note:  I'm determined to spend a few hours on this swap today.  It's my first real day off for the summer and I have no intention of even getting dressed so its a perfect crafting day  ( if I can just muster up a little creative energy).

[princessacademy]

I recieved some beautiful things from my partner!
SOrry for the awful pictures, I could not find my camera anywhere for the life of me, so these are sucky cell phone pics 
A gorgeous embroidery cross for my living room wall!(well I decided it would go on the living room wall..lol)


A funny notepad




pretty shell notecards


a penguin mirror\


an adorable ladybug button
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A SUPER adorable ring...I LOVE this, but have to figure out how to protect the fabric from the children's little messes so it doesn't get ruined


I think that's everything~! It was a wonderful sweet package and I adore everything!

[pinokeeo]

Another great package.  That embroidery is beautiful.

[lindyv321]

That embroidery is gorgeous!!!

[Pearliepie]

Loving the ring! It would match my outfit today perfectly!

[dharma_rebel]

ohmygosh I just got my package from Lindsay614. i can't waiat to take some pics and get them up. I gotta say, my future swap partners are gonna HATE her, I think she made me just about everything on my wist!

[thanate]

I got a lovely package from tapestrymlp yesterday! 

We shall start with this elegant stack of letters:



Which, we find, is not in fact a stack of letters, but a box, full of small and random things:



Everything:



(ok, and I admit, everything came carefully wrapped to prevent breakage, so this isn't exactly a representative picture of box-opening)  But we have an adorable felt mushroom, several small jars of seed beads, a larger jar of vintage buttons & things, a stray fairy wing, various bits and bobs  in case I feel the need to make my own steampunk birdhouse (which I may...) and something else I'll get to in a moment.  I'm particularly fascinated by the little brass face in the piece of scrollwork.



Better picture of the lovely flowers drawn on the top of the box.



Cool selection of beads & buttons!



And a little bottle of Insta-Llama Reconstitution Solution, which is actually for my husband, who has a strange obsession with llamas.  It appears to contain bits of real llama.    Fantastic!

Thank you, tapestrymlp-- lovely work!  And now I must go find a sample jar to put the fairy wing in. 

[deadbathducky]

More awesome parcels!

[margiej]

Love the stack of letters box!