closing off atc backgound swap....

hey guys, due to the wonderful response i am closing off the atc backround swap at 15.

I will be in touch with you all over the next few days with more details and it will give a couple of you time to think about what you would like to make :)

thanks again Jen xo

show and tell and bloggy thank you...

Aren't bloggy friends the best? I'm sure you will all agree :)

This post is bit overdue mainly due to the fact that all it has done is rain here
[which I'm not complaining about] but makes it hard to get decent pics. So today the sunshine is out in full force and i grabbed the opportunity to photograph while i could.
First of all Jan sent me a lovely surprise or my birthday , one of her beautiful matchboxes filled to the brim and also some flowers which I've since used, so no pic... sorry...
i took it it into work and all the scrappers/mixed media peeps went gaga over it. It was huge hit. The little birdy in the nest is so sweeet...


I am having trouble with my pics not saving the right way round. I have tried to rotate it but it still wont save to blogger properly.
This was a bit fuller but ive been raiding it!!

Thank you Jan, you made my Birthday very special...

Then i did a swap with the lovely Margaret. I swapped her some Japanese fabrics, papers and general pretties...and this is my loot!!

Wonderful Asian napkins, bits of fabric papers and even a lantern :)
see i kept the blue tape off the parcel. Margaret said it was falling off at the post office, so it was lucky to make it :)
all beautifully packaged and even a little origami kimono...

also some lovely Swisse things,tickets, cards , lovely cutouts, it was all wonderful.
All sorts of little treasures in there....


She made me an atc too, which has gone into my favorites, i just adore it...


and.....
I haven't really gotten into inchies but I've received the most gorgeous inchie books lately, this one from Margaret....




beautiful HUH?

and this one from my friend Les for my birthday too. It has the most beautiful quote from Michelangelo.







They are both such beautiful little treasures to look at and keep...... I tell you it was the birthday that went on and on!

Maybe all 50's should be like that!

a busy week....

We have had a very busy week but still no news of Fletcher. We are feeling very dejected and hope he has either found a good home or met a very quick end [not nice i know but i would hate to think of him suffering in this cold and nasty weather].



Last weekend we went to Melbourne with Lucy for her model horse show. We stayed at Beaumaris and had some lovely walks on the beach.The above pic was taken at Frankston, such lovely little sculptures on the foreshore.
We tripped into Ikea and Ziguzagu,a fantastic japanese warehouse.[Big thanks to Jacky for putting me onto it, it was wonderful, might be while before the credit card recovers!]
haha, both places could not be farther apart in style but i enjoyed them both!
I haven't taken pics of my purchases yet...next post :)

Anyhow amongst the all the wonderful nights out this week i have finally finished these atcs .
The lovely Margaret was a guest designer for June here and made these lovely atc pockets. I couldn't wait to have a go, mainly as i wanted use the cute little lanterns that i bought a little while ago. Ive lost the packaging so cant tell you who they are :(




The technique on the dresses is the string technique. The red is from my friend Les and i made the brown.[I never get it to work very well, its always a bit chunky.]
I am slowly getting around and visiting the other pocket atcs,the ones i have seen are just lovely.

and finally because i love seagulls, especially when they are fighting over chips :)

So very lucky....

to have such a wonderful swap with
Debbi and Jacky. Look at these wonderful asian atc's i recieved....

from Debbi.....


and from Jacky.....



Jacky also sent one of the prettiest paper napkins i have ever seen, such beautiful bird images.
Made my week, i keep taking them out to gaze at them!!!!
Thank you both......