Zombies in Story Book Land Swap

Val from YarniGras

 

 had a another fun swap for Halloween this year.....

 

Zombies in Story Book Land!

 

I haven't done a swap since last Christmas.....can you believe it????

 

My partner Jennifer wanted a Beauty and the Beast Zombie

 

so here's what I came up with.

 

 

I made a Belle Zombie doll and she's holding a Zombie Chip cup

that has some sparkling red stuff in it (blood maybe???).

 

 

 

I decided to do a Belle hosts a Zombie Ball Theme for my package

so I made a dish of felt treats for the guests.

 

Apple Slice Cookies with Poison Sprinkles

recipe provided by the Evil Stepmother

 

Broken Heart Cherry Tarts

recipe provided by the Queen of Hearts

 

and

 

Magical Mushrooms with Hallucinogenic Icing

recipe provided by Alice in Wonderland.

 

The treats can be used by Jennifer's kids to play tic tac toe on the fabric board I made.

 

 

 

 

 

I made a ribbon chandelier with glitter balls and glittery spiders hanging down from it.

 

 

 

 

Here's everything,

 

Belle, chandelier, treats, tic tac toe board, some crocheted eyeballs

and a little goodie bag.

 

I hope Jennifer likes everything!!

 

 

 

I really had fun making it all

 

and

 

 Special Thanks to Val for hosting another really fun swap!!!

Zombie Doll Swap

Val from Yarni Gras had a Zombie Doll Swap that I joined. 

It was so much fun and got me started on a doll kick again.

My partner was Susan from Shabby and Frills and this is her very first doll.

Can you believe it?!?!?

I think she did such a fantastic job and this doll!

Here is the rest of the goodies that she sent me. 

 Candy, a pumpkin scrubbie, 2 Halloween dishcloths, tissues,

a mummy ornament and a wooden pumpkin container. 

I made out great!!

Here's what I sent to Susan.

A Zombie trick or treater

 and when you remove the costume there is an Annie Doll.

I also made a banner out of a quilt block



and then made her a twashi, a matchbox ornament,

and a little bag to put it all in.

Thanks Val for hosting the swap and

Thank you Susan for a wonderful time swapping

 and I LOVE my doll you sent!

Vintage Cowgirl Swap

My partner for the Vintage Cowgirl Swap was Tammy.

Tammy made me this super cute little rag doll with a chicken.

Isn't she adorable?!?!?

Look at the little Wild West house she made too. Love it!

Look at all the cowgirl tags!

I love all the different pictures Tammy used. and inside the little trunk is an outfit and hat.

Isn't that the cutest thing ever?!?!?

Here's what I made for Tammy.

She wanted more country than cowgirl.

I cross stitched these little chickens and made a basket cover.

and then added some other goodies.

Thanks for a fun swap Tammy!

My Goblins and The Secret Sinister Sister Swap

Here are 3 of my little trick or treaters. Mallory was Sally Stitch which is a character that has been on the tv show Ghost Whisperer, Ezie is a skeleton ghosty scary looking guy, and Jace is himself, The Red Ranger. It was in the 50's but rained the whole time we were trick or treating. It was still fun and the kids did great! We all had fun and have been on a sugar high ever since!

I was in Genevieve's Secret Witches Sister Swap and my partner was Vivian. Vivian's package almost made me cry. I had two of the most amazing swap packages in one week. I feel so spoiled and my living room is very Halloweenish with last years and this years swap packages.


This is what the box looked like when I started. I was beginning to think it was bottomless....

I just kept pulling little packages out.

Viv made this gorgeous witch doll. OMG! I literally almost cried. I had no idea that Viv made such nice dolls. She is very proudly displayed in a special spot in the living room.

Then there was all these wonderful goodies. A Halloween idea book and magnet, candy, ribbon, a scarecrow bag, a yummy smelling pumpkin candle, a couple of ornaments and the cutest dressed skeleton. OMG! I have so many ideas running through my head for next year after receiving this package!

I sent Vivian a duplicate package to what I sent to Debbie for the other Halloween swap.

Here are the two Kitty's together.

I thought they were pretty cute......until I received the witches from Debbie and Viv.

I am knew to making dolls.....and well, they definitely are not!

I can't wait to make some more dolls and get more creative.

I have a lot of room to grow that's for sure.

Thanks to the kids and Earl for a great Halloween.

Thank you to Genevieve, Samantha and Ramona for hosting such fun swaps.

and finally

THANK YOU SO MUCH

to Debbie and Vivian for being such wonderful swap partners.

Bumps in the Night Annie Swap

I participated in my second Annie swap with Aunt Pitty Pat as the host. This was the Bumps in the Night Annie Swap and we all had to use the same doll pattern and then decorate her up however we wanted with a Halloween theme. My partner was Irma and she sent me this super cupte Snow White Annie. She is so cute and she can't wait to sit in my craft room next to my elf from The Elves and the Shoemaker and my Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz that I received in other swaps.

Irma also made these really cool spiders. The have tootsie rolls in them and then pipe cleaners for the legs. Very cute and an idea I'm going to borrow for next year!

This is the Annie that I made for Irma. She is a Cheetah with her sidekick Kitty.

I can't wait to make some more Annie's. They are really fun and a huge Thank You to my sweet friend AwtemNymf for telling me how to make the loopy hair (it saved me a ton of time!) and for giving me the Kitty pattern in one of her giveaways.

A Witchy Annie Giveaway

The sweet AwtemNymf is having another giveaway for an Annie pattern.

This time it is of Glinda the Good Witch.

Be sure and stop by her blog ASAP to enter.

The pattern is so cute and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I win!!

I love making Annie's!

Trying to Catch Up on My Sewing

Over the weekend I finally finished up some projects that I have had sitting in my sewing room. I just thought I 'd share with you all what I have been doing.

A Tinkerbell pillow and apron for my grand daughter Sabrina

A unicorn apron for her mom, Nikki

and a floral apron for my son's girlfriend, Amanda

I also made Mallory this little gathered skirt and a matching dress for her hairless Annie doll. I'm going to work on the hair this week.

and finally I finished sewing the squares together for the afghan I was making so now I've just got to sew in the hundreds of loose ends on the back.

Today I'm going to do some yard work until it starts to storm and then finish up a couple of other sewing projects.

Have a great day!

Annie Dolls and a Picture of Our New Little Doll

I've never made a doll before, but I have always wanted to, so when I saw Aunt Pitty Pat's Sugar and Spice Annie Doll Swap I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm so glad I did! I found out that Marcel (Aunt Pitty Pat) is from my home town, Wichita, Kansas and I met a wonderful new friend through this swap, my partner, Valerie. Valerie had never made a doll before either so this was a tense but exciting swap for both of us!

This is the cute little doll that Valerie made for me. She is so cute!!! Her dress has beehives on it and then the little apron has a dragonfly button sewn on. Her red hair is pulled back on the top and tied with a ribbon. She is so cute!! I love her big eyes too!



Val also sent me a kit to make a different doll and a pincushion out of my all time favorite cowboy fabric. Val's 14 year old grand daughter has caught the Annie bug and is making her own doll. I can't wait to see it when she's done!

This is the doll that I made for Val. I wasn't to sure about the hair so I decided to put it up in rag curls and then made a nightie and a robe for her. I tea stained her and decided she was to dark so I put her in the washing machine (not really the best idea on retrospect!) and then I had to redo some of the paint on her face and all of her rag curls. Her neck got a little crease in it from washing her, but all in all I was happy with her.

Then my Ezie was home sick one day and I was working on Val's doll. He wanted me to make him a doll and I told him later after I finished this one I would try to make a boy doll. Then Ezie comes out of my craft room with some WWE fabric that I had bought to make him a pillowcase and had an idea for me to make a boy doll for him. He said he would stuff it if I would sew it for him. How could I resist?? So this is not the cutest doll, but Ezie loves it and who am I to discourage creativity?!?!?

I hope Triple H doesn't mind being made into a rag doll!

This is the newest Grand baby, Jesse II with my son, Jesse

I've had my grand daughters since Thursday night. Last night at 9:00 my two, the neighbor girl and my grand daughters had a picnic in the driveway. They were outside or on the computer playing all day yesterday and we only had one or two little spats. Not to bad!

Thanks Marcel for hosting the Annie Swap and encouraging me to join and thanks Val for the cutest little Annie doll!! I really love her!

A Variety of Things Today

This is a Sneak Peak of my first ever Annie doll that is going to Valerie. Valerie should get her tomorrow and I'm so excited to see if she likes her. I was pretty happy with how she turned out and think that Annie's could easily become an addiction. I've already got a couple more started.


This is my tag that I made for Jenny of Fated Follies Majestic Feathers Tag Swap. Stop by Jenny's blog to see all of the other tags. They are all so beautiful and yet so different. Thanks for all of your work Jenny!


I won this cute little key chain and little card holder from Denise of Polka Dot Moon a couple of weeks ago during her blogiversary week. Karen from Venzie Bags let me pick out the fabric and then I had this cute little set in just a couple of days. Thanks Denise and Karen so much!!

Today is Earl's Birthday and he is playing hookie from work. Yay Earl!!! The poor guy works so hard he deserves a day off. Of course he is catching up on his odd jobs and still working his second job. I guess there's "No rest for the wicked!" Ha! Ha! Earl. He also made this yummy salsa today. It's so good and nothing beats Earl's fresh salsa! Thanks hon!!