Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Experiment with wool felt





Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I've been back to my crafty self. LOL I went to the Upcycle Exchange in St Louis last week. I found some cool old books, a scrabble board, embroidery floss, and glycerin soap.

I took wool and wrapped it around the soap and felted it on the soap. It is so cool. The wool acts as a loofa sponge. As the soap shrinks the wool gets smaller too.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

12 Days of Christmas Swap Photos




12 Days of Christmas Swap Photos




12 Days of Christmas Swap Photos





12 Days of Christmas Swap Photos





12 Days of Christmas Swap Photos






More photos from Gwen's box.

Life on the Scrap Beach Christmas Swap






I want to share with you the swap box I received from Scrappingwen. I am amazed at her talent and attention to detail. I just love the box she prepared and created for me. It took a lot of time for her to put everything together. The dress form tags are so pretty, I love the pink tags she colored for me. Gwen is a very talented with Copic markers. The giant box with the french motif is awesome. I just love everything she gave me.

The swap days we were suppose to create items for were:

Alter a box or container and fill with goodies.

Day 1 Partridge in a Pear Tree - Anything fruity. 1 item

Day 2 Turtle Doves - Anything pertaining to love - 2 items

Day 3 Three French Hens - Anything Paris or French - 1 item

Day 4 Calling Birds - Something made with feathers - 4 items

Day 5 Golden Rings - Bought metal embellishments and hand made charms - 1 of each item

Day 6 Six Geese - Oval gift tags - 6

Day 7 Swans Swimming - items in blue or greens reminding you of the ocean - 2 items

Day 8 8 Maids a Milking - Pearl themed project - 1 item

Day 9 9 Ladies Dancing - Embellished Dress form made into a tag - 4 items

Day 10 Lords A Leaping Masculine card fronts - 4 items

Day 11 Pipers Piping - Trims, Ribbons - 2 items

Day 12 Drummers - Stick pins - 2 pairs 4 total stick pins

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

New mini album







Hi everyone,
It has been a long time since I've blogged. I really miss not blogging. Last week I saw a video Marion Smith did on an album she designed. On her site Marion Smith Designs you can purchase the template. I loved the book so much I treated myself to the template. Here are some pictures of the album I did. I will post Marion Smith's album later.

Happy crafting,
Laurie