Zakke Swap

We had a zakka swap at Crafty Mamas and this is what my very talented swap partner Mon made for me. Mon has painted the most gorgeous cat and rabbit on the bag and also added the cat, flower, rabbit and strawberry in kanji writing. Mon has done such a great job on the bag and she also sells them you can see more of them at her esty shop.

Mon also sent me a crochet beaded necklace and some really cute cards as well, I really got spoiled in this swap, I hope what I made, Mon will like but I can't show a pic yet as its still on the way to her.

You can also see more things Mon does on her blog :-)

Mr Scarecrow

Mr Scarecrow is what I made for my swap partner on Crafty Mamas for our recycle swap, he is made out of polystyrene, coat hanger, old pillow case and table cloth, denim from an old skirt, scrap material the raffia I bought new as my old straw broom is just to old and felt for his hat, his stand is made out of bamboo out of my yard but he can stand by himself. I had great fun making him up and my swap partner loved him so I'm really happy.

If you have time and are interested in a great crafty forum, check out Crafty Mamas, they are all a fantastic lot of crafty mamas there, so friendly and helpful, we have a great time, there are swaps, competitions, tutorials and heaps more, it's really an excellent site. :-)

Winsome Willy

We had a recycle swap over at Crafty Mamas and Winsome Willy is the gorgeous recycle item I received off my very talented swap partner Eccles. Isn't he gorgeous, I just love him.

he is made out of recycle upholstery fabric, buttons and stuffing..

Eccles makes the most gorgeous bears and other critters, she is very talented, if you get time you can check them out here.

Belated mother's day pressie

I have finally done my mother in law's mother's day pressie, yep I know its very late but as they say, all good things comes to those who waits..hehehe..I just hope she things mr froggy is a good thing.

My mother in law likes frogs and I found him going through my craft magazines, he was in patchwork and stitching and is a design by Cheryl Ross.

He is made out of felt and I added a small string of beads on the dragon fly and a small bead in the flower.

So he will be put in the post tomorrow and off to his new home.

Sorry about the pic, I'm hopeless at taking pictures my dh normally does it for me but I decided to do it myself this time, afraid its just not as good at what he takes..lol...

Easter Swap

I have been meaning for ages to get a picture of this little fellow, my swap partner Bernadette made this for me when we had the easter swap, he is just so cute, she did a really good job in making him.

Bag

Finally getting posted somethings that I have done, this is a bag I made for my SIL's birthday, I made it using a canvas with a handbag print and red poka dot fabric for the inside.There is a pocket on the front as well as one inside the bag, there are 2 rings, one on each side of the bag that the handle connects to, I also made little beady thingies to hang from the zips. Really enjoyed making this bag up I made another one simular for the bag swap we had at crafty mama's, will post a pick of that one to. Now I think I've been bitten by the bag bug coz I really have enjoyed making the bags and look forward to making more up.