Colour swap

I recently took part in the Colour Swap that was organised by Dolly Dollop.

I was partnered with Tracy from Mad About Bags.

Tracy had told me she had sent it in a pink bag,

so when I saw the postie heading for our house with a pink parcel

I knew exactly what it was.

This is what it contained.............

a lovely wrapped parcel in green garden paper

a wonderful tote bag with an amazing flower,
the lining is green polka dot
and contains some handy pockets as well
I love it!

inside the bag were these parcels
what do they contain?

a lovely coaster, purple one side and green the other

this amazing flower,

These two items are new makes for Tracy

and I definately think she should

be putting some in her Misi Shop

some lovely smellies, have you noticed the butterfly!

a great selection of flowers and leaves.

I think I might turn these into a bag charm

to go with my lovely new bag.

Here is a pic of all my goodies together,

I was very lucky and a big thankyou

to Tracy for being so kind.

I must also mention the lovely card which was

made by another Misi seller

Lou from Looby Crafts

You may be wondering what I sent to Tracy for our swap.

I took a few photos before I packaged it all up.

This is what her box contained.

A pretty bracelet, made with some of the flower beads

I received in a pay it forward from

Michela at Little Secrets from my Garden.

Tracy had admired them on my blog

so I thought it would be nice to make

her something using some of them.

A beaded bookmark, to mark the page in her current read.

I broke up the green with some pink beads,

picking our the colours in the flower bead.

A crochet bird, my first attempt at crocheting.

I was so pleased with how this turned out.

A lovely waterlily candle

and finally a polka dot notebook,

which her daughter Rachel has already acquired!!

The swap has been great fun and I would just like to thank

Tracy for being my partner and Clare for oranising the swap.

Folksy Listing Club - Day 3

Here is my Folksy Listing Club item for Day 3.

It is a bold olive animal print necklace.

I have used round wavy discs with an animal print stripe

and teamed them with an ethnic oval bead,

these are then spaced with snowflake obsidian and black seed beads.

Folksy Listing Club - Day 2

For my Folksy Listing Club entry for today,

I have chosen one of my bag charms.

A pretty pink bag charm made from glass beads,

with a silver plated dragonfly and finished with a pink crochet ball.

It would also be ideal, if you fancied it as a keyring instead.

Happy Easter to you all.

Folksy Friday

Over on Folksy, a few of the crafters have got together to form

the Folksy Listing Club.

What is that I hear you ask.

We have all agreed to attempt to list a new item

each day for the month of April.

So this week for my Folksy Friday,

I have chosen items listed by the club so far,

with pink as the theme.

Pink Lavender Pyramid by Country Home Designs

Funky White Flower Wall Art by 100percentdelicate

Girls pink kitty bracelet by FairlyGirly

I heart cake brooch by Kitty Eden

3 pack of butterfly birthday cards by Card Making Princess

One World One Heart gift

Back in January I took part in One World One Heart,

organised by Lisa Swifka of A Whimsical Bohemian

to find out more take a look at her blog and my earlier posts.

I was lucky to win a few prizes and one of them was a surprise

handmade gift by Lisa of Lydia's Treasures.

This is what has arrived in the post this morning.

Firstly, my apologise for the dark photos, the weather is not kind

at the moment for taking photos but I didn't want to delay

in sharing with you.

This gorgeous bag has been embroidered with birds, within a heart.





and this is what it contained............
a cute little bird, red gingham one side and floral the other,
a red rosette keyring,
and a notepad shaped as a handbag with a beaded handle.



A big thank you to Lisa for such a wonderful gift.
It has certainly brighten up a dull day!

Sunshine Blog Award

I have been lucky to be nominated for the Sunshine blog award,

by Ley, the very talented lady behind Vintage Beadery on Folksy.

As I have received this award before,

this time instead of passing it on,

I will tell you some more about the person who nominated me.

Like me she lives on the coast of North Devon

and uses her finds of sea glass and ceramics from the local beaches,

and mounts them in vintage and modern beads.

Here is a couple of the amazing pieces to be found in her shop.

Red cabochon necklace, the colours in this are so vibrant

This Peacock's Eye Pendant is gorgeous, I love the colours.



If you would like to find out more about Ley and her work,
you can see more over at her blog.

In the small glimpse of sunshine.....

In the small glimpse of sunshine we have had today,

between all the pouring rain,

I was able to take a photo of my latest earrings.

These are made using lovely blue ceramic butteflys,

fluttering above some spring flowers.

It has now gone really dark again,

so no more photos today.

Just a chance for some more crafting,

before schools out time!