April's theme and partners!

April ornament: Songbird ....a small bird that lives in the forest or meadow.

(Not water fowl or raptor...) Think of Cinderella's little bird friends that made her ball gown!

April challenge: embroidery or some other type of embellishment

April activity:
Hang a bag of bird nesting materials in a tree near a water or food source.
Be sure to include brightly colored bits of yarn and other sparkly things to attract their attention!
Some good materials are dryer lint, bits of hay and raffia, ribbon, grasses, feathers, and fabric selvages in small pieces.
I use an old onion or tomato bag and just weave a piece of yarn through the top to close it.

Extra activity: For those who created a Fairy House, this is the perfect time to plant seeds around your fairy house to create a fairy garden.

"Raindrops are like fairy whispers."

April's Partners:

Val and Kim
Sandy and Anna
Ramie and Gin
Melinda and Jenny
Kerry and Robin
Jeanne and Sherry
Courtney and Missy
Nikki and Natalie

Wanna see...

Well what an absolute delight it was getting my March YOE parcel from Kerry - I can't tell you & Kerry how much I adore everything!  I feel so special & yes incredibly spoilt!  Everything was so beautifully packaged, I'm amazed at the amount of time & effort you put into this package Kerry! xxx

Here is my mushroom ornament (sorry about the pic - wrong time of day to take photos)

Some mushroom pins (and in an adorable pin keeper too!)  Kerry, are these a clay or femo?

Notelet scrolls, that Kerry made & I had been eyeing off on here blog! She is one clever chickee!

And to top it off my very own YOE Memories book - Kerry you have done so much work on this book, the amount of time & money that must have gone into this is incredible!  I have never had anyone made me something so truly beautiful and special - thank you so much!

The March page, Kerry popped in a photo of what she sent me! Special & lucky me.

Mushroom love

As I was browsing blogs and Flickr tonight I came across a couple fun mushroom items...

Gnome Sweet Gnome by Lucky Nielson.

I couldn't copy the next picture probably because it is for sale through their Etsy shop:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/kittybee/4446681690/in/pool-etsyplush


The second one is a nice way to add a bit of mushroom decoration to your house.

Lookie lookie!!!

I got a great package from Jenny!! Check it out:

Everything was wrapped so pretty in pattern paper, but I tore thru it opening things before I even thought about taking pictures.  I am a little embarrassed that I never thought to wrap up my packages, but I plan on in the future.  It really makes it more special.  The mushroom is so neat - looks like it's base is a nut (is that right Jenny?).. and OMG the bottle of buttons is great.. this is the second package to include a neat bottle of buttons - I think I will keep them as decor!! The bunny figurine is so cute and will go great with my Easter decorations I am putting up in my house.  She even included a cute little bookmark that I will put to good use and some cute little stickers I will have to fight my daughter for :-)  I hope you like the package I sent you as much as I have enjoyed the one you sent!! Thanks for yet another awesome swap for the month!!

March Mushrooms & More...

I got my package yesterday from Sherry. Look what fun was in store for me!!!
OOH! Some pretty blue tissue paper wrapping all these:
I got two felt mushrooms, eight paper mushrooms, mushroom tags, a momma chicken and chick cleverly hiding an Easter egg and two energy bars!! Woo hoo!!
Here's a closeup of her felt and paper mushrooms...aren't they cute!! I love them!! And the crafty paper ones are awesome too!! I should scrapbook all my ornament pics...what I sent, what I recieved. Hey Val, maybe next year we could continue on with a scrapbook-a-long of all our ornie pics. :) And here's a closeup of the one I made for Sherry out of copper wire, faceted glass opal beads and teal seed beads.Thank you Sherry!! It was such a fun package, I love it all!! My toddler just LOVES the chicken with her egg too! :)

I AM A SPOILT BRAT!!!!

Today I arrived home to 2 boxes sitting on my front porch.........My first thought was "how sweet of one of the sets of grandparents to send each of the kids their own box of Easter goodies:-)" but then I took a closer look and they were both for me!!!!

My swap packages form Kim had arrived (hope you're feeling much better Kim). I opened up a treasure trove of goodies...........To be honest I was overwhelmed, so I'm going to let the photos do the talking!!!

Kim - Thank you doesn't seem enough, I loved all of the goodies. The 2 fairies are beautiful, absolute works of art. I am thrilled that I now have such gorgeous boxes to keep my ornaments from this swap in - they will all become my treasured possesions, each with their own story....... I love that:-)

So here we go............enjoy!!!

The gorgeous storage boxes - don't you just love the letter tiles that say "Year of Enchantment Swap" on them.

Beautiful......The lady fairy has little babies in her cacoon:-)

I have big embroidery plans for those fabric gingerbread men.

There are crystals, a pin, a fabric bird ornament and some flower hair ponies too

Some buttons, scrapbook goodies and lovely little cards

See I wasn't kidding when I told you I was a spoilt brat!!! And it's not over yet.........

Look at that yummy goodness!!!

Some fun craft goodies

And then as though that wasn't enough...........drum roll please.....

This beauty.....wow, I love it!!!!

Kim your kindness, generosity and talent has blown me away - Thank you so much again:-)

Can't wait to see what's coming our way for April...........so patience isn't one of my strengths:-)

Have a magical evening my enchanted friends!!!!

My Unique Toadstool

I received a wonderful March swap package from Rami the other day. It was all wrapped up so pretty and Christmasy.

Here is what was inside

I love the toadstool! It is cooper with beading on it. I thought it was so unique and so pretty! I love copper and for my second toadstool in my new collection I think this one is perfect. My first toadstool was one I won from one of our wonderful hostess, Val's giveaways. I think I am going to be addicted now!

Ramie also sent me the cutest little Easter candles, a postcard, yummy chocolates and some of the most wonderful vintage sewing supplies. I definitely feel spoiled! Thank you so much Ramie for such a wonderful swap package!!