The swap - What I received

So my swap package arrived and yes, I did go and met the mailman! It was a bit exciting. And you can see why - check out my loot....

A little tote from Xena, a tissue holder from Sandra, a felt brooch with a covered button from Michelle, a keyring and brooch from Cam....


Handmade cards from Tania, hair clips and ties from Anna, a reversible glasses case from Fran...


A pen holder from Vickie, a pendant from Amanda and a zip purse from Aimee.


Thanks to everyone who swapped with me. It was great to see the time, effort and love everyone put into their items. And a big thanks to Cass for her time in organising and coordinating the swap. I'm already looking forward to my next swap...

The swap - What I sent

The Snailblazer Swap is done so I can finally show you what I made... 10 FROGS!

As I got such great comments from the magnets I made my kids, I decided to make frog magnets as my swap item.


So 10 little frogs were put together and named.... Frank*. Frank the Frog.


I couldn't resist taking a photo of all the Franks lined up, ready to be sent. It made me feel like I was getting ready for a market stall. Maybe one day....


Now my fingers are crossed that my fellow swappers love Frank as much as my kids and I do. My package has just arrived so I have to go and check it out. Woo hoo!! I am very excited... will post about it soon...



*For those of you wondering, Frank was named after the character Frank Rossitano, played by Judah Friedlander in 30 Rock. A show that I happily lose many, many hours watching and re-watching and laughing right through to my soul!

The Shirt Dress

While recently reading one of my current favourite blogs MADE, I read about a sewing group blog called Presser Foot. As their blog says, they 'invite sewers from everywhere to unite on common projects'. Their current project is something I have been looking at adoringly on MADE since I first saw it.... The Shirt Dress. Dana from MADE has transformed a man's shirt into a dress for her 3 year old girl and then created a tutorial on how to make it. I loved the idea of Presser Foot so I have joined in and added a Shirt Dress to my project list.

Yesterday I headed down to the local Op Shop and found my shirt. I'm going to make the dress for my niece who is 4 and because it's almost Winter, I decided on a demin shirt which will make a better Winter dress... I hope this still works OK...

So here's the shirt.... stay tuned for what happens next!



PS... I nervously sent my first swap goodies to Snailblazer on Wednesday. Because it's a surprise until you get your swap package, I can't tell you what I made... but here's a sneak peak.

My first swap

I am very excited and equally as nervous as I am doing my first swap. Inspired by Sandra from Pepperberry & Co who is taking the leap into her first swap, I have decided to join her. I've read about lots of swaps that happen out there in blogland but doubted I would be able to make something good enough. But I've decided to face my fears and with encouragement from Tinniegirl, I'm ignoring the little voice in my head that says "I can't" and I'm doing it... agghhhhh!

So a big thanks to Snailblazer who is hosting the swap (and who very kindly gave me a late pass!), I have until the 15th May to get my swap items done and delivered. Now... what to make.....

(thanks to Sandra for the super cool swap button....)