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Showing posts with label Handmade Gift Exchange. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Handmade Gift Exchange. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Handmade Gift Exchange

gift swap on craftaholics anonymous

I am participating in the Handmade Gift Exchange again. I had so much fun making something for someone who I had never met in person, but who I felt like I had gotten to know by asking a few questions & checking out her style by reading her blog. Head over to Craftaholics Anonymous if you want to participate.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Handmade Gift Exchange

Linda over at Craftaholics Anonymous hosts a Handmade Gift Exchange twice a year & I decided to participate in the one she held in June! What a fun experience! After you sign up, she gives you a partner  & then you make something for that person before the month is up & mail it to them! I met a great gal who blogs over at The Tootsie Wootsie. She has some great tutorials & makes AMAZING bib necklaces! Go check her out!

After reading her blog I found out that we had quite a few things in common, one of them being our love of turning "found items" into beautiful works of art. Here is a little photo progression of the gift I made her:
Initially the charger was an oil rubbed bronze color, but I forgot to take the true before picture.
Who doesn't LOVE gloss black?? 


A little fabric flower detail never hurt anyone!!
Hope this inspires you to take a closer look at what you already own or what can be found at your local thrift store, because there is beauty and often function to be found in much of what we cast aside!!