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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Catching Up

Over the holidays, I participated in the Christmas Cracker Swap and my partner was the lovely Carolyn, all the way from England. With all the hullaballo I never got it posted but am glad to finally share it with you. It is a beautiful cracker, made to use over and over so it will be out with my Valentines decorations also. She and I also chose to swap supplies....look at all the wonderful goodies she sent me!
Ephemera, vintage lace, crocheted doilie, a glittered bird, 2 handmade ornaments, vintage cards and some yummy wallpaper, lots of baubles and buttons! I love it all and have some plans for Valentines with some of the goodies. Here is the pretty glitter birdie that now has a permanant spot in our kitchen hanging from the light over the table....

I joined Kari's A Year of Color Blog last night and started reading it today! My mind is swimming with inspiration. The color theme for January is blue and white so I will probably share posts to go along with the themes each month!
I also joined 2 other Valentine adventures....I am considering joining Kari's also... today will decide as I need to see how much I can get done on my fatbook pages before joining something else. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend! karen....
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7 comments:

  1. LiLi M.January 11, 2009 at 2:21 PM

    Swaps can be so much fun! You have received some yummy goodies! Have a nice day!

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  2. TomatoloverJanuary 13, 2009 at 9:07 PM

    Oh my goodness, your bird is gorgeous! You also got such wonderful things. Nice swap too.

    Take care,
    Arah

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  3. Fete et FleurJanuary 13, 2009 at 10:23 PM

    Wonderful Cracker! Love the bird. I wish I had some extra time to join this Year of Color thing. It sounds fun.

    Nancy

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  4. CarolynJanuary 14, 2009 at 11:26 AM

    Glad you finally took some photos and showed it - i forgot all the stuff i had sent you !!
    It was fun to swap with each other - and hope you have fun creating with some of the goodies

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  5. MaijaJanuary 15, 2009 at 6:14 PM

    What a great Christmas swap idea!

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  6. DianeJanuary 18, 2009 at 8:32 AM

    I LOVE that birdie, which Valentine swaps are you joining? I just finished a SCS swap for chocolate on my blog, I made Valentine crackers, but I jsut noticed in my pictures I took the photo before all of them were done...how funny! I will email ya later about the swaps, I wanted to do the little box swap, but just not enough time darn!

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  7. maryboysJanuary 26, 2009 at 5:40 PM

    i simply love your blog - it is just my style!!! such eye candy:) come visit me and enter my owoh giveaway...

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