Check out what the great kittykill sent me:
(our theme was mid-century)


2 marvelous hoops of retro girls, a great little stocking and ornament, the card with an old photo of a couple got a little cut off (sorry about that)


close up of the pink hair girl


close up of the girl on the phone

Thank you so much kittykill! They are wonderful!! 

Do you guys wanna see what the great and talented LimeRiot sent me??
Of course you do 'cuz it's awesome:


a wonderful mid-century graphic pillow.


a close up of all the intricate stitching and painting.


and a couple little retro ornaments.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, LimeRiot! everything is so great!! and thank you kittykill for organizing such a fun swap 

I recieved the best most Halloween-y package from LisasTeaTime today!! (Warning there's LOTS of pictures)

First thing in the box was the card; so cute!


Next was my very own trick-or-treat bag in the most awesome Halloween fabric!!


An adorable pumpkin pincushion with halloween pins


Next a great retro halloween box


with all sorts of goodies inside


vintage style ornaments


the cutest little spool cat


AND last but not least a great BOO banner


Everything all together


Thank you so much Lisa for being such a great partner!!

I wasn't really sure which board this should go on but oh well...
I made some little flapper heads.





I thought they were kinda fun. I was heavily influenced by the Creative Breathing Blog the way she does her birds.

My cousin's kid had a bug party this past weekend
so I made some bug chandeliers

and some buggy apple snacks

I got my stocking today from the lovely snowyangel!
Pics galore:





and once I unwrapped all the goodies I found:

Ornaments!


and a jar full of whimsies.


with lots of bits and bobs including:


a karate alien!


Loads of candy- I didn't know they made chocolate pop rocks! 


pretty fabric, a sweet birdie clutch, a candle, stickers, pretty paper, magnets, and recipes


bookmarks- one already found a home 


A lucy/sugar pin!


here's the fabric headband action shot. I'm spaz-tastic with a camera but I liked the way it came out.

yay! Thanks so much Laura! it was such a fun swap 

they're stitched. 

Here's a close-up:

[igobylorib]

Here are the gorgeous fabrics I recieved from igobylorib:


dress forms and accessories 1/2 yards and black and white checkerboard and flower fat quarters.
thanks so much! 

[lourapalmr]

here are the ones I got from lourapalmr


multicolored michael miller dots print.
blue with white fans and a sort of 80s geometric design.
and black with white flowers, which I think is my favorite.

thank you 

[gavagai]

Yay! I'm in too! 
I claim 1/2 a yard of the skulls and 1/2 of the black/white dots from gavagai 




here are my fabrics. all are washed.


clockwise- green and purple swirly. cotton. FQ
green and pink and blue dots. cotton. FQ
purple squiggle lines. cotton. FQ
dancing skeletons. cotton. FQ or 1/2 yard


clockwise- blue and cream floral. cotton. FQ
dark blue fan circles. cotton. FQ
minty grey brown floral. cotton. FQ
brown and cream diamons. cotton. FQ


red with white flowers. cotton. FQ
little girls on blue. cotton. FQ


birds and pines. flannel. up to 1/2 a yard


pink with white pinstripes. cotton. up to 1/2 a yard


bright pink with orange dots. cotton. up to 1/2 a yard


colorful dot flowers. stiff cotton. up to 1 yard


michael miller umbrellas. cotton. up to 1 yard


watermellons and grapes. cotton. up to 1 yard


blue, green, and pink paisley type flowers. cotton. up to 1 yard


green with butterflies and daisys. seersucker type fabric. up to 1 yard


green with white flowers. cotton. up to 1 yard


blue crosshatch on cream. cotton. up to 1 yard