Beach Charm swap!

School is back in!

Lookout world!

Now I can finally get around to sharing

with you the 

Beach charm swap I participated in 

a few weeks ago...

This was the first time I did a charm swap.

I t was fun and not too difficult.

13 charms to swap.

Our wonderful organizer

Julie made us all this

Mermaid cabochon.

The picture doesn't do it justice - 

it has a pearlized -iridescent finish - 

lovely!

 This is the entire bracelet.

Lots of handmade goodness!

Some beautiful work done with 

hand stamped metal,

Resin ice,and even hand sewn charms!

I LOVE the beach and this was so much fun.

If I don't feel like wearing the bracelet

the great thing is I can just remove individual charms

and wear one on a necklace!

One last charm...

This was Maureen's first time making charms like this

I think she said.

She made the mermaid crown above.

A pretty piece of lace that she hardened and added 

little green beads and the starfish to.

The neat thing is - it actually looks really cool as a ring..

so a few of us decided to wear it that way instead!

I am so lucky to be a part of this fun 

and talented group of women.

Art and Soul brought us together

and meeting up is something we look forward to every month.

I also have to say thank you to them for understanding-

It turned out one of my concert dates I won

is smack in the middle of our Fall retreat.

I want to go so much - but the concert is a one time deal!

I will miss them greatly!

But I'll return with some great stories to share!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Supply Swap is here!

I can't begin to tell you

how excited I was to receive

my package

from

the 

Supply Swap

I participated in with

Elizabeth 

at 

Creative Breathing

I spent a lot of time obsessing over my box that I sent to her.

So much so-

that I totally forgot to photograph it!

Which I realized this morning when I looked at

my camera card!

Can I blame it on Momnesia?

On to the GOOD STUFF!

Lots of pics so get your coffee....

Look at this adorable box!
I am going to use it to store some of my son's
keepsakes in!
Vintage items for boys are harder to come across than for girls
in my opinion...so I LOVE this!

Look at the sweet little folder she made for the inside of the lid...
she tucked lots of Vintage cards into the pocket!

 Some super sweet fabric panels...

  When you see a Tiffany and Co. box you get all tingly right?
She was wonderful to gift me two of her original little felted characters..
I just love them!

Some Christmas and floral pick goodness...

I have been wanting one of these
little treat baskets for some time now!
The cute little candle holders we used to use when I was a kid!

Lots of fun!
Cupcake picks, flowers, milk caps...
I love the little mushrooms and the bunny picks!
Isn't the chickie with the balloons so adorable?

 

More goodies and then a panel in the bottom that lifted out

to reveal.... 

Lots and Lots
of her
signature style Valentine greetings
from yester-year...
So cheery and fun...
I don't have many of these - especially this type
so I was thrilled to get my hands on all these!

One of E's handmade Valentine's!

I really like the delicate line drawings of these
birds on these playing cards..
I already have a use for them in mind!

A second box!
I only have maybe 3 sheets of vintage wrapping paper...
I knew this box was going to be amazing!

More cute fabric 
and lots of cards and paper!

Such colors!

paper...

paper....

and 
more paper!
Just love all the illustrative details...

Look at all this Christmas fun waiting to happen!

I have to say that this was probably my most favorite swap I
have participated in yet!
I love all the others...
but this was fun to share things you love to create with and some
things you had created.
I probably gushed enough to Elizabeth that she's tired of my e-mails ;)
I either really get her or she has intuition she doesn't know about!
Everything was so exciting and perfect!
I ripped into the packages like I was a 6 year old at Christmas!
Hope you enjoyed a peek!
Thank You a thousand times again
to Elizabeth for hosting such a fun swap!
You should really take a peek over at all her
talents over at 
Creative Breathing
you won't be disappointed!

Also sending good vibes and prayers
to Elizabeth as she recovers from her surgery!

Have a Happy Monday everyone!

It is finally upon us.....

I have been waiting for you...

and

you finally showed up today...

Hello Fall!

Hope you all have a great weekend...

working on getting my mojo back.

I have been in a bit of a creative slump lately

so I decided to work on some much needed organization of my

studio space again.

I went at it quite fiercely a few months ago

and then of course ended up with a lot of outside work 

on my plate that got me off track.

I'm also hoping this will help me...

 Participating for the 2nd time in 

The Fall in Love with Buttons swap at Button Floozies.

We alter an Altoids tin and then fill with lots of new and vintage buttons.

I had a lot of fun with it last year...

Here is the one I sent off for that swap

(just in case you didn't see it)

It was very inspiring and ever since I have been

snatching up buttons when they are reasonable 

and my best friend even let me have a look through a jar of buttons that

belonged to her grandmother.

She let me have quite a few-

but I won't part with those....definitely will be used for some special projects.

Do you have something that helps when

you seem to lose direction or feel uninspired?

I'd love to hear about it for a jumpstart.

Happy First weekend of Fall!

Valentine's Day Swap Goodies!

Yesterday I shared the ornaments I made for the

Valentine's Day swap at

Indulge Your Shelf

I received my package on Monday...

It is so exciting to get a package in the mail!

I couldn't wait!

Most of the time people never Surprise you with anything anymore

so to not know what you are going to get is so much fun!

(Mr.Keeper thinks it is pretty hee-larious that I get like this)

As they spilled out of the box 

I knew this was a REALLY bunch of talented ladies!

  Not too much but just the right amount of sparkle with those beads..

created by
Wendy 

Front

Back

All the glittery goodness she could manage!

Michele  has mad glitter skills!

 I loved how simple but sweet this was packaged....

 The most lovely layered stitched heart.

Even the back was beautiful..

 I want to be able to sew this like this some day!
I'm not sure who made this one though, 
if it is yours leave me a comment so I can give you and your blog
a shout out! 
**found out this is by Tamatha***
(thanks Laurie) 

Lastly

the most adorable little....

 Birdie in a nest!

I had to take a few views so you could appreciate all the details!

Sitting in a nest on top of an  ....

Old thread spool!

Robin 

as her blog will tell you is all about the

GLITTER

in life!

This was a great  swap!

Thanks again to Laurie for hosting

and to everyone I was honored with a bit of their work!

A truly talented bunch of ladies!