Next up--Swap #3

Now, this swap is a little different. While it looks like I did 14 fabric ATC's, that is not the case.

These will go to the hostess who will combine 14 different little art pieces on an apron front--presenting each participant with a finished apron on Swap Night. Pretty sweet, right?

This is called the Inspiration Apron Swap:


I incorporated wool felt, sweater felt, pieces of brocade, vintage lace, old pearls, beads, buttons, and a whole lot of free form embroidery.

Carol

Silver Bella Swap #2

These little redwork embroidery panels are for the Needlework Samplers Swap:

My sweet friend, Becky, did the original drawings of the curly headed child, and I transferred them to the fabric panel and did stem and outline stitches for the needlework.

Our assignment for this swap was for 3--4X5" samplers.

The hostess will surprise us with her completion efforts at Swap Night at Silver Bella.

I became quite fond of her happy little self, standing among the flowers.

We don't know how these will be completed by the hostess. It will be a fun surprise on Swap Night at Silver Bella.

Carol

Silver Bella Swaps

A summer of preparing for Silver Bella has come to a close. The Silver Bella Yahoo group entertained lots (and I mean LOTS) of swaps. Each one sounded so interesting and fun, and the finished projects filled our imaginations so full that signing up for 5 or 6 didn't make us pause.

I jumped right in and got busy, knowing how slow I work, how much more thinking and visualizing goes on in my head, rather than productive work.

Nonetheless, I have accomplished all my tasks. All 6 are done, finished, completed, and either sent off to the hostesses or tucked safely away for the trip to Omaha. Whew!

This first one is the Bella Holiday Fat Book: assignment.....

Eleven 6 X 6" fabric pages, showing a holiday color palette with emblishments.
The hostess will bind into books with covers.

I can hardly wait to see the finished project!

This is a closeup of the front (on the left) and the back of the page (on the right)The front side: Each page is a little different. Impossible for me to duplicate exactly, but it's OK.
The background is a grey wool, with pieces of ribbon, felt, and felted wool, beading, and trim.
Carol

Birthday boys and a snowy day

Saturday Morning we woke to this out our windows.
We got a total of 4 inches before it was over.

It was sunny by afternoon in time for my Grandsons' Birthday Party.
Blake was two on Saturday and Brady will be 5 soon, so a combined party was in order.

The afternoon was full of family, friends, fun, balloons, presents, and cake.
And two very happy little boys...

The 5 year old has been loving Geo Trax since he was two, and I found him a "Cars" Geo Trax.

Blake really like his new retro cash register - you remember the one with the big plastic coins and hand crank to open the drawer. -no lights, music, or batteries..., but lots of fun for busy little fingers.

Their mom made this adorable car cake for Brady

Here Blake is waiting patiently for his cake ( I did not get a picture of it, in all the hassle. It was a 2 layer chocolate cake.

A fun day with two very special boys.

Elizabeth

Haunted

Here are three pieces made for the new Halloween stamps from Oxford Impressions called "Haunted" Check here to see the entire plate.
This first one is on a chipboard hanging moon. - lots of black glitter and hangs with a black wire.

The following piece is on heavy chipboard. It has lots of texture. It is kind of hard to see the black on it. She is holding black roses and there is a black glittered spider in the top left corner and more roses in the right corner with wrinkled black ribbons also and a wire hanger.

The last piece is a necklace and was made in the style of Lisa Guerin. I loved her little girl necklaces from her blog and then saw them again in the current "Life" magazine by Stampington. So, I decided to try my hand at a Bat girl style for Halloween. She has lace top and black velvet skirt.

Thanks for looking.

Elizabeth

More Halloween

Above is a Halloween advertisement from one of my old magazines

and below are some more decorations.

Elizabeth

Family Halloween projects & a Winner

The winner of the stamps from Oxford Impressions, shown below, is-

"TxScrapAddict"

I will be emailing for your address and this package will be out to you right away.

Thanks to all that commented. We appreciate it very much.

And now for some Halloween decorations. I made these for my daughter with her children's pictures. They are last year's costumes. They don't all have their costumes for this year yet.
This is a garland with a section for each child.

This one below hangs by itself. It is about 9" across.

This one is made in a little box spray painted black and decorated.

My daughter had a picture of Brady after having eaten some blue candy. I cut it out, decorated it and put it on a magnet for the frig. He loves it and I do too!

Brady was a bat so I cut his picture out and attached it to the bones and it hangs upside down - like a bat!

Elizabeth