40 Years

Today, February 8, is my oldest brother and his wife's 40th wedding anniversary. They celebrated on Friday with a very nice dinner for family and some friends. I stitched them a piece of mailart and because I wanted the postmark to be their actual wedding day, I just came back from taking it to the airport post office. Check out the stamps I got for it--are they perfect or what!




The birds in the heart is part of a pattern by Grilles de Maryse. It is stitched with DMC Variegated #115. The banding I used was just perfect I thought. I hope they like it.

Happy 40th Jerome and Linda!

Happy New Year MissyAnn!

Last fall, I met Missy Ann on the Fair Square when we were partners for the Halloween exchange. After that exchange, we decided we would do another one and it would be for New Years.

I debated for some time as to what to stitch. I decided on a piece of mailart. I Google'd New Years to give me ideas as to what to stitch. Different cities/countries from around the world came up. I think these are where they have the biggest celebrations or it has to do with the time zones. Anyway, I created like a crossword puzzle with these locations and added some icons. On the flap I stitched a champagne bottle with the cap off with "Happy New Year" coming out of it. And on the front I stitched a clock that says 12:01.

Here is the front:


Here is the back:


Here is the rest of the exchange I sent her:



Now, for what I received from Missy. She saw on my blog that I had just finished the LK double flips and figured that I must like LK. So, she stitched LK's Happy New Year and made it into a bourse. This was her first bourse finish and she did a beautiful job. I have yet to make one of these, but I will soon (now that I have a running sewing machine). Anyway, she found some very cute Japanese clock printed fabric to finish it with. She stitched a fob using the clock from LK's "Is it Too Late To Be Good?" and a pinkeep using the "J" from LK's ABCrazy, both using the same clock fabric for finishing. She did something very unique on the fob, she attached a watch face--very clever. I like it. She says she couldn't find and cording/ribbon to match very well, so she decided to try out the cord maker she had bought some time ago. These were her first "homemade" cords also. And the buttons on the bourse, they are from a stash of vintage/antique buttons her mother had collected. They are called calico buttons and they are oh, so cute! I just love all of it!






Missy also sent me a pattern from my wish list, some hedgehog clips and ribbon, and the peacock scissors shown above on the fob.


Thank you so much Missy! This was a very fun exchange.

Edgar Received my SBEBB ABC Exchange

Edgar received my ABC Exchange last Friday. For this exchange we had to stitch something that had the entire alphabet in it. I chose a very old sampler pattern of Margaret & Margaret's and made it into mailart. Here is a picture of the front of it. Be sure to go to Edgar's site too and see it with all the stamps on it.



Edgar is a big fan of Quakers, so I chose to put a Quaker motif on the front. Here is a picture of the back.


Here is a picture of the back with the flap open.


And here is a picture of the entire exchange.


I have wanted to stitch this particular sampler for a very long time and am glad I finally did. Do you know what "rend" means?

My First Mailart...

Last week was my sister's birthday so I decided to try my hand at mailart. After I had it all done, I went to buy a birthday card and wouldn't you know, I couldn't find one to fit in it. I had to buy a card and trim it down. I figured that was okay as the card was pretty insignificant to what it's in.

The sister design on the back is a Lizzie Kate and the grapes are by Sweetheart Tree. Half of her house is decorated in grapes, so I thought they were appropriate.

I took it to the post office on her actual birthday so it was stamped with her birthdate.

The picture of it after she received it isn't the greatest but I think you get the picture.