On the 10th, 11th and 12th Day of Christmas...

12 days of X-Mas group:

On the 10th day of Christmas......the post office elves decided to hold on to this one for a while! When they decide to let it go, and it arrives in my mailbox I'll be sure to take photo's and share!

On the 11th day of Christmas...

...Tina Abbott made us a piece of encaustic art!

On the 12th day of Christmas...(I got a little over-zealous and started opening it before I took the wrapped photo!)

...Lelainia Lloyd made this custom jersey pouch...

...with a trio of handmade journals!

One is going into my purse right away! I'm always writing things down on little scraps of paper...it will be nice to have those one-liner ideas all in one spot now!

I'm finally able to show you what Penelope Harris made for us - a "Queen of the Arts" plaster plaque!

Canadian Chickies group:

On the 10th day of Christmas....

....Nicolette made this retro collaged tree ornament!

On the 11th day of Christmas...

...I made these paper/fabric/vintage wallpaper stockings....

...with a holiday themed scrabble tile necklace, and bottle cap brooch pin!

On the 12th day of Christmas...

...Cindy made these little altered dolls - a snowman!


These swaps were SO MUCH FUN, and I'm looking forward for the next swaps already! Wishing everyone a happy, happy Christmas!

On the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th day of Christmas...

12 Days of X-mas group:

On the 6th day of Christmas....

...Dawn Livera made this adorable sweater critter!

On the 7th day of Christmas....

...Sherry Smyth made these photo art cards!

On the 8th day of Christmas....

...Deb Trotter made these purses. It looks like she made individual, unique purses for all of us!

On the 9th day of Christmas....

...Rose Momsen made these mini quilties for us to hang on our walls!


Canadian Chickies group:

On the 6th day of Christmas.....

...Sabina made this darling captured jar fairy!

Isn't it the sweetest thing?

On the 7th day of Christmas...

...Dawn made these "Vintage Wall Hangings", each one unique to each of us Canadian Chickies! I LOVE mine - it's currently hanging on my tree. After Christmas I'll hang it up in my kitchen.

"The Mister treated her to a set of pots and pans. Romantic Fool."

She also made each of us an altered key necklace!

On the 8th day of Christmas...

...Heather altered a composition book for us....again, I think she made individual ones for each of us. I've already started to use mine, filling the first page with some new creative ideas that I'm itching to try (in the new year)!

On the 9th day of Christmas...

...Kim made these winged hearts for us, along with some mini hand painted rocks!

And the Winner Is.....

....number 29 - "CMEH" (Candace Henderson)!

Candace won this dragonfly necklace in the "Sew, Mama, Sew!" giveaway.

On the 5th Day of Christmas...

On the 5th day of Christmas.....

....Deb Galcik (from the 12 days of xmas) group, made this house charm!

Also on the 5th day of Christmas.....

...Martha (from the Canadian Chickies group), made this sweet JOY banner!

My house is really getting decked out for the holidays with all this fabulous hand made art!

On the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Day of Christmas.....

The 12 days of Christmas has started! Group one is "The 12 days of xmas", hosted by Lelainia Lloyd.

Day one was my day. I made a bunch of paper stockings with a vintage tinsel trim hanger on top. This one is made from vintage wallpaper, but there were various combo's of book, ledger, fabric stockings too. I can't tell you what was inside, because I don't want to spoil it for group two!

We had 13 participants in this group, so that when it was our day to open our own gift, we each had a special present to open on our day. confusing? Penelope made the 13th gift, and again, I can't show what's inside, or I'll spoil it for the rest of the group!

On the 2nd day of Christmas.....

Maria Lamb made this perpetual calendar. It's metal, and has cool old/vintage buttons and trims, turned into magnets to use on the calendar. I loved the vintage wrapping paper, and plan to carefully store it away to use on some future project!

On the 3rd day of Christmas.....

Tricia Anders made......

...this butterfly ornament. You have to see it in person to see how detailed this is!

On the 4th day of Christmas....

Amy Huff made this GREAT distressed pendant/necklace. It has a little vintage rhinestone captured in resin.

The 2nd group swap is from "The Canadian Chickies" group that I'm a part of, hosted by Dawn Supina.

On the 1st day of Christmas.....

Arlene made this leather and metal cuff/bracelet!

On the 2nd day of Christmas.....

Brittni made this little book, with secret pockets inside, with this little paper ornament tucked inside. Tomorrow our tree is going up, so this will find a home to rest!

On the 3rd day of Christmas.....

Mar made these magnetic trees, and mini paintings with a mini easel. Each one was custom made for each participant according to their likes/dislikes in our group database. LOTS of work was put into these!

On the 4th day of Christmas....

...Kathryn made this little matchbox ornament. Tomorrow this will also find a home on our tree!