May's Challenge: Stashbuster Wreath

For May's challenge I made this Gnome and Toadstool wreath:

I had been wanting to make another little gnomey wreath for my front door.   I dug around in my stash and found everything I needed....some of the toadstools were ones I made last year for Christmas.  I made the flowers using hot glue and ribbon.

This gnome takes center stage:

Get your posts in by June 1st so I can send someone something for participating!

May's Theme!!!!!

Soooooooo.  I had so many ideas for May that I was seriously losing my mind.   That in itself isn't too uncommon.  So I gathered my brains and stuffed them back into my wee little skull and went BACK to my first idea:

 "MUSHROOMS!"



Okay, so you know I HAD to go there!  I love them too much to let an entire year go by without making something with mushrooms or toadstools!

So, make some of these cute little capped fellows and post them here by the first of June!!!!

I'll draw a name for a giveaway!!!!

May's theme!

Where does Hansel and Gretel live?
Where does Little Red Riding Hood live?
Where does Cinderella live before she marries her handsome prince and moves into the castle?
Where do the 7 dwarves live even after Snow White comes to call?

All in the cutest little cottages EVER of course!

May's story book: Hansel and Gretel
May's ornament: Gingerbread cottage
May's challenge: Make one like in Fa La La Felt.

"There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair."

squeals of delight!

I don't know if any of ya'll could hear me squeal today!

The mail came and I got my package from Jill. Oh My Gosh did she spoil me!

Jill is seriously talented and everything she does is perfect....even the wrapping.

See the sweet little cards on the gift wrap? She made them all!



and unwrapped:


so many goodies! time for close ups!

here is my sweet little flower fairy all snuggled in for bedtime:

and out, ready to play:


and look at this adorable mushroom fairy!!! It matches the one on the card she made!

and the salt and pepper shakers which MATCH my kitchen, how did she do that?!

and a ladybug bookmark that goes with June's theme....again, Jill must be a mind reader!!!!


Jill sent me so much more.....too much to show it all individually.....but there is one last item that is really special.

She found it while on vacation in Nassau, while playing in the water.

It isn't a big thing....but it brought tears to my eyes. To know that Jill found this LAST year while on vacation and saved it for me to use in a mosaic.....I can't tell you how much that means to me.

Sometimes I am lonely and feel as if I have no friends. But going forward, each time I look at that tile, I will be reminded of how wrong I am. I promise to use it in something special.


Thank you Jill, I love it all...I just hope you are half as happy with what I made you!

May's Theme!

I promised myself that unless requested by a participant, I wouldn't repeat a theme from last year.

BUT, I figured out how to do a theme with it not being a total copy....

May's ornament: FLOWER fairies!
Challenge: to use a flower in your fairy creation.
Activity: ***Spruce up last years fairy house. Plant a fairy garden, add a little something to the house, do a repair or two if needed.

***If you did not participate in last year's YOE or the fairy house you made didn't survive the winter, make one this month! Please post what you made so we can all see it.

Here and here are links to the fairy tutorials and ideas found last year.
Here is a link to the tutorials and ideas found last year for fairy houses.
Here is a link to February...the month we did fairys and fairy houses.
I hope you all have fun with this theme...I know I will!

If you are swapping, I need to know by May 1st!

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Garden fairies come at dawn,
Bless the flowers then they're gone.
~Author Unknown

Mermaids from Natalie

I received my package from Natalie this weekend. Thank you so much! It was a fun package to open. When I opened the quilled mermaid I had a little fit of giggles. She is so cute! I've only tried quilling once and it didn't work out very well. You found lots of fun mermaid things. I have never seen a cookie cuter mermaid before.  I haven't put the mermaid magnet up on my fridge yet because I'm afraid it will get knocked off and break. I'm putting her away until I have my sewing room. Love the bookmark and the little iron on mermaid. Wonderful package. Thank you so much!

What I sent Sherry :-)

Miss Sherry has been a little under the weather, BUT she did get her package.. so I thought I would post the contents of the package I sent  her for you all to see :-)

This is the ornament I sent her.. it's embroidered from a BadBird pattern with some vintage lace as a hanger:

I also sent her this bag of lace for her stash:

And this necklace I made with a handblown glass pendant.. the colors reminded me of water.. to go along with the mermaid theme..

Finally I sent this necklace earring set.. the pendant is hard to see in the pic, but it's green shell.. also going along with the theme.. guess I was in a jewelry making kinda mood :-)

I can't wait to get started on the next theme.. this on-going swap has been awesome and Val is a doll for all the hard work she puts in for us :-) Hugs to Val!!

Here comes the sun......

Here is the bird bath I made for May's challenge:

I love how it turned out :-)

ACK!!!!!!!!

I got my mermaid ornament today from Ramie!

Isn't she AMAZING! I love her 'lady parts' and hair!

Ramie also sent me a starfish candy dish and yummy chocolates (which are in the freezer getting hard again)....a sweet mermaid pouch with jewels...see it on her wrist?



some mermaid papers...much too pretty to use!



Fun fabric...and....a wonderful toadstool panel!



I love EVERYTHING and feel so very spoiled.

Ramie, THANK YOU!

Natalie...it's on it's way :)

I was playing in a photo editor  that allows you to turn your pictures into Legos. Since I know what is in the picture I can tell what everything is but it's still fun.