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!!!

I've Been A Busy Little Sewing Bee!

I've been busy making things to put in my shop the last couple of days.

I love to try new things and this casserole carrier

was a fun new thing to try.

The used the tutorial on this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFiI5M3-At0

I think I'm going to be making some of these for gifts.

Pretty nifty and cute!

Next I've been making some pretty pouches for gift giving.

I think they are romantic feeling and would look so pretty in a bedroom or even bathroom.

So now I have to quit playing and go do dishes and make dinner....

and then

more creative fun!

Getting Creative on a Budget

Jace got invited to a little girl at schools birthday party this weekend.

So, I got busy sewing.

 I made her a tic-tac-toe fabric board and felt X & O pieces

 a lined bag to put the game & pieces in

 and a fleece boa style scarf and two hair pom-poms for her ponytail.

 I bought 1 yard of fleece and was able to get 2 scarves

(one for a child and one for a toddler)

8 larger hair pompoms

&

8 medium hair pompoms.

Not to bad for a piece of fabric that cost me $4.54!

I also made some things for a Peppermint Pixie swap I was in.



 I had the doll pieces already and I just added pipe cleaners for the body,

a felt dress, a crocheted shawl with a matching hat and

I crocheted the legs and added little pompoms for shoes.

I also added little candycanes for the pixies wings.

Not to bad for things I had on hand.

Then I made a mitten ornament out of felt and added a plastic candy cane.

I also made a candy cane matchbox ornament

and some goodies for the inside that I had on hand.

I painted some clothespins & homemade peppermint bark.

I've been trying to become more frugal and creative at the same time.

I think I did pretty good!

Family Time at Jace's School

Yesterday we went to Jace's classroom for 15 minutes of Family Time.

The kids asked questions and we showed them

pictures of our family.

Mallory and I made this mitten garland as a gift for the class.

the pictures aren't to whoopy but there are mittens,

 beads, felt circles and snowballs that spell out winter.

We also made some mini pumpkin muffins for the class,

but they had to wait until snack time to eat them :(

Mallory and Ezie were counting on having one!

Oh well, I made some for them for after school :)

Thanks Jace for bringing us to school to share things about our family!

Dressed for Winter

I am participating in Val's Enchanted Ornament Swap again this year and the theme this time was "Dressed for Winter". The first thought that I had was to make dresses for garland. So here are the 6 dresses that I made for my partner, Kerry.

then I made some Elf clothes for those little helpers

and then for the ornament part I crocheted some snowflakes

and put glitter on them with the stiffener.

This was a super fun swap!

Kerry I hope you like the stuff I made and the other goodies.

I really had fun making them all up!

10, 11, 12 and 13

Between my stupid camera not working and just being busy I got behind on posting my little matchboxes. I received some really nice ones that I am excited to share with you!

Day #10 is from Valarie of Glittery Daze and Nights

I love this Santa picture! He looks like a jolly old soul!

Valarie included a little stocking ornament.

Thank you Valarie!

Here is my #10. It is a little snowman jumping for joy and

then a yo-yo ornament with a "joy" button on it.

My #11 box is from Linda of a Swap for All Seasons,

the hard working host of this swap.

I love the this box with the lace and jingle bell

and the little earrings that were on the

inside are really pretty!

Thanks Linda!

My Day #11 is a Gingerbread man with

some cut out gingerbread garland and a little candy ornament.

Here is box #12 in all it's beaded glory from

Ruth of Through My Gardens Gate.

Isn't this snowflake pretty?!?!

The earrings that were in the box are really nice too!

I love the color and can't wait to wear them!

Thanks Ruth!

My #12 is a stocking a with a little felt stocking that I made for the inside.

Box #13 is from Kathy McElroy.

The box is so beautifully decorated and then on the inside

there were three gorgeous little treasures

A Santa magnet, a little piece of pretend candy and a handmade tiny cloth ornament.

Thank you Kathy for all of the little treasures!

My box #13 is of a Christmas tree

and then I made a little piece of mini garland for the treasure.

I've been crocheting like crazy and my Mom ordered 30 Matchbox ornaments from me.....so that's pretty much what I've been doing for the last week. I have some really pretty ones I've made and I love all the ideas and inspriation I've gotten from all of the other bloggers. Have a wonderful day! I'm off to crochet again.

Some of What I've Been Up To

I am in Val's monthly Year of Enchantment Ornament Swap and September's swap was mice. Here are the mice I made for my partner.

I even stamped a little bag with a leaf and then colored it in with marker and outlined it with glitter glue. I am NOT a stamper so I was particularly proud of this little project!

October's swap theme was Owl's. So I made up some felt owl ornaments, an owl hot pad, and some different paper owls. I had to stick some Tootsie Pops in because of the old commercial

"How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll Center of a Tootsie Pop?"

Then I made 154 Christmas Stockings for my mom.

This is only part of them.

The place my mom works at are going to have kids paint and decorate the stockings.

I've been working on a couple of other big projects,

But,

they're for Christmas gifts and so I can't post them yet.


Well, I'm off to do some more Christmas stuff!

Have a wonderful day!