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DROWNING in swaps that is...are you surprised?
I spent most my weekend wrapping up lil details on swaps.

• finished my P for Happy Birthday Rag Banner
• packed up Katie and I's twilight charms for that swap
• finished my lollipop flowers (six spots) that's 144 flowers
• finished my recipe swap layouts for Carmel Apple Salad - YUM!

It was a productive weekend!!!

Adornit Blog Hop

I just love swapping and on the great people I've met and wonderful projects I have gotten from all over the world. I'm currently in a swap over at 2peas that is Lollipop Flowers, based on the recent Prima style that everyone loves.

Making these embellishment are much more rewarding in my opinion, as you can make them to match whatever project your working on.

I've used the Prima design, but replaced the paper with fabric. By cutting 3 circles, 3 sizes it makes for a really full and fun flower. I use alternating fabrics/colors and each layer is 2 of that size to make them nice and thick.

I begin by sewing each pair approximately 1/4inch from the edge around the circle. I do this for the large and medium circles. Then I stack those and top with the smallest set of circles and sew thru all 3 sets in a small X in the middle to hold them all together.

After I'm done, I wash them in my washing machine and run then thru the dryer to fray the edges, allowing them to look really full.

You can also add buttons or other embellishments to the centers after the washing and drying.

Hope you like them...I see many layouts and cards with these fun flowers in my future!!!


**If you have not had the opportunity to start the blog hop from the beginning, please be sure to go to this site, so you don't miss any of the AWESOME goodies we have for you all.**

Next on the BLOG HOP is Charlotte Dixon!!!

Queen of Hearts

I finished my Disney art dolls today! Can't wait to see all the little dolls I get in return. This was a time consuming project since each and every piece was hand formed - one at a time! I expect the rewards will be well worth it, as the group of ladies I am swapping with these are all 1st class gals!

Manic Monday

Well, another weekend has come and gone. I have some fun projects I'm wrapping up this week. Disney art dolls are at the top of my list. I'm doing the Queen of hearts...8 of them. I'm more than half done and will post the finish product later today. Here is what they looked like last night....

Dotee Dolls

Wrapping up my last doll, a Fairy dotee spot I am angeling for our swap. I finished all the lil details and thought I'd post some pictures before I mail them on in a few days!

Inchie fun

This week I finished up my most recent swap...INCHIES! A one square inch of some type of art, they can be used on cards, as embellishments on scrapbooking pages or tags...very versatile lil babies. My scrapbooking group does a swap with them every quarter.

I did stars and glitter stripes, a Tim Holtz eclectic style stamp with watercolor background and some clear dimensional glossy accents and rainbow squares (Roy G. Biv) topped with dictionary punched flowers and jewel centers. These were alot of fun.

Non-Stop

That is how I'd describe our summer thus far. Seems there is never a dull moment and I have been a bad blogger.

I recently finished my pages for the cupcake 6x6 layout swap group. I made a new type cupcake embellishment for them using polymer clay. They turned out good and were pretty easy to make.

Cupcake LUV

I'm hosting a swap on two peas and trying to get all my items completed early. These are twinchies for the "anything goes" category. They were made using Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday line. I never get tired of glitter, so of course I added some on the cherry! I may go back and add a bow or something to the middle one...I just haven't decided what yet!

Mixed Media Swap

That's the name of the newest swap I'm working on. You make 5 felt or fabric items and you get 5 back! I'm making lil coin purses. I'd never tried this patter before, but it turned out to be a great one. Really simple and fast, totally lined and easy to adjust the size smaller or larger.

So here's a peek at mine...

I'm wrapping up my current swap commitments and moving on to my own to-do lists for awhile. I've gotten so side tracked swapping, I've let me own scrapping kinda pile up.

Super Saturday!

Wow, today will be a busy day for us. We're heading out to a party with friends, to watch one of our favorite bands "The Will Callers"!!! It should be tons of fun, but I fear it will be oh so HOT also!

...And now my latest charm swap project..HAHA!.... It's a July 4th charm swap, and below is a couple photos of my charm. 52 for this swap...I've made that many before...but it's been awhile and it seemed like SO MANY!!!

And Next....

My second tag for the Summer Drink recipe Tag swap! Coffee Whirl...it taste just like a Jamocha shake from Arby's....YUM!

Wrapped up...

I finished up a swap tonight. I angeled a few spots in a 4x6 tag recipe swap. The theme was summer drinks. I did "Watermelon Sparklers" for one spot.

My second spot was "Coffee Whirls" and I will post them tomorrow!

you guessed it...

Yup, I'm in "another swap"....lol, oh how I love them! This is a July 4th tag and charm swap on 2 peas of course! I've finished my tags and working to wrap up my charms. Hopefully I'll have them posted in a few days too...since they are due June 12

Arms and legs everywhere

That's exactly what my desk area looked like for a few days...arms here, a leg there, a torso or two. I've been working to complete my Vintage inchie dolls for a swap. Finished today, mailing tomorrow. We each signed up for a month, and I picked May. Can't wait to see what everyone came up with.

MoRe DoTeE...

Working on my second Dotee Theme group now...Under the Sea.
I'm not done with the details here either...but do have some progress!

Yesterday I went to Day 2 of Water Aerobics...It went well but this morning I can definitely tell I've been doing something different..my back is a bit sore. I've slept like a rock the past 2 nights (an added lil bonus I guess) and I'm loving not waking up 10times a night!

Something NEW

I recently signed up for a new type of swap, they are called Dotee dolls (named after the gal Dot who created them). Little mini dolls, with hand stitched faces, lots of details, beads, charms, etc... fun stuff!

The swap I signed up for 3 different themes: In the forest, Under the Sea and Cupcake!

I started working on the Forest ones this morning, they are lil Mushrooms. I'm not done with them ...I've got a few more details to add, but here they are.

theme for the day...

...seems to be "things I made and don't like"..Lol!

I've been working to finish some charms for a senior/high school girl swap...the first 3 came out ok. ...but as I worked to complete the last 3 spots (school, teen girl and IMspeak) I've really struggled to come up with ideas, and especially idea I can actually make.

I tried pencils for "school theme" AND I tried iPods for the "Teen girl theme"

I don't like the end result for either...so looks like I'm searching for more ideas- UGH!

Somewhere over the Rainbow...

Thanks is kinda the theme for m most recent swap! Hosted by a fun friend "Hello*Kitty"...we're doing a rainbow swap. Each person picks a shape/item and makes one in each of 6 colors for each member of the swap. There are 20 people...I didn't do the math, but a friend informed me I was making 120 of these lil babies...that began to suck the fun right out of my project (LOL...not really Deanna!) I was happy to finish them last night...I'm typically an early bird on swaps (these aren't due till May 1) They are bagged, tagged and ready to mail!

This weekend I've been working on some swap charms...

The theme is "High School Girl"....the groups are small, so I signed up for 6.

Graduation, Senior, Band/Music, IM speak, Teen girl, school

Here are the 4 I finished...

Swamped with swaps...

Oh you know me....up to my ears in swaps as usual!

One is a Chocolate or Candy charm swap...surprise I made cupcakes!

The other is an second spot in the twinchie swap, this category was Bubblegum.