Pay it Forward

I participated in the Pay it Forward last year and enjoyed it so I am doing it again and have joined from Christine's blog ,
if you would like too receive a gift from me sometime in the next 12 months , just comment or email me. All you then need to do is post about it on your blog including the rules and PIF logo.

 

    Come and join the fun.
 

Here are the Pay It Forward Exchange “rules”.. The first three people will be chosen to participate if they leave a comment on this post asking to join the Pay It Forward Exchange.. They are agreeing to post a similar announcement on their blog, and Pay It Forward to three more people, who will in turn agree to Pay It Forward etc.So what does it mean?.Christine is going to send me and her other participants one handmade item sometime in the next 12 months.. I, in turn, will send one handmade item to each of the three participants who signed up with me, within the next 12 months.. You, in turn, will send one handmade item to each of your participants, and so on.(txt copied from Chrisitne as she explained it so well)

Cheers Vickie

Surprise gifts in the mail.

Oh it is always pleasant to receive gifties in the mail..

This is awesome a 2009 desktop calendar with quilt & block patterns on each page complete with fabric suggestions and enlargement  instructions..way cool

Thank you so much to Mrs B and Mr P for this awesome gift..ok BIG thanks too Mr P for his fine eye spotting and thinking of me...

And another one in the mail...

feast your eyes over these yummy Civil prints,

Mrs M sent these too me as she knows they are tad hard to source up here and I have a wee liking to them..

thank you soooo much for thinking of me....

Cheers Vickie

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Mini Booty Christmas Swap

After participating in the miniature booty swap hosted by Toni , I jumped at the invite to participate in the mini Booty Christmas swap with much joy.

MY secret partner was Dorian ,who has a love of chooky things like me so her makings's for me came very easy for her.

 

This awesome panel has a huge rooster with Welcome and 4 mini panels as well,

not sure yet which direction I am going to go with this panel I have 2 things in mind..

may mount them all individually for hanging on the kitchen wall  (when it is renovated)

OR I may make the welcome into a large centre table mat and the four wee ones into placemats-probably will go with this idea as the renovations aren't going to happen any time soon....

Also got this mini hanger and some red fabric and a wee wooden sleigh from a local crafter and a ever useful Mary Engelbreit little storage tin.

Now isn't this the most awesome lookin chooky , perfect colours for me ..

man look at them wee flying geese they are soo teeny weeny...

Thankyou once again Dorian I so love it all

Cheers Vickie

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SSCS

What a wonderful swap to participate in and now I have some time I can sit and share a few words and some photos with you all.

Donna hosted this swap, and my secret partner was Maria Elena all the way from Chille ,

Look at this beautiful bag the applique is so neat and the colours are so perfect for me..sitting on the top right hand corner  of the bag is a pair of lovely copper earrings   of the indigenous people "Diaquitas" northern of Maria's country.

And this lovely handstitched heart,thankyou soo much Maria I love them all,

cheers Vickie

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Spirit of Christmas Swap

Janet from Wildcraft Farm had a late call for the Spirit of Christmas and organized a swap,well I just had too participate didn't I.This was a one on one swap.

My swap partner was Isabella from Ijustlovetostitch, here is a pic of the bag I made for Isabella-I also included some other items-but for the life of me I can't remember what they were.

I am so happy to hear that this bag has met Isabellas needs on her friday outings-I did not have a pattern I just made it up as I went along.I will admit I kinda nearly kept it-but decided nope off in the mail it must go,but I shall be making myself one very soon...

I received my parcel from Isabella on friday, and at Isabella's request I opened it..looky here

         a Lovely christmas stocking with my name on it in beads

A cinnamon stick chook sachet,a wee scoop made from Tasmanian timber,a tea wallet, a needle case,a beaded brooch kit and a wee needle booklet..                 

this pic shows the wee needle book opened and the tea wallet opened and the needle case opened...all wonderful lovely gifts -that will come into good use-thankyou again Isabella,

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cheers Vickie

Fabric Fabric oh glorious Fabric

woohoo look at this lot eh?

this is the bundle of fat q's that I received for my b-day from a yearly b-day swap group held in a yahoo group,

I think from memory I asked for muddy type colours and these are all just super thanks to all,

cheers Vickie

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Secret Christmas Swap-Picture

Whilst browsing late last night I spied that Rhonda had opened her parcel from me and was happy with the contents ..yaaahhh I love a happy face......the item was too be a mini quilt in a theme of Christmas or something your secret partner may of requested...

Rhonda had said she would like a homey type scene..so this is what I came up with...

it's not exactly sitting straight on the large sticky note-but I can assure you it isn't wonky as it appears in the pic,

cheers Vickie

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I'M THE MOM

Well all us parents can relate too this .....

Northland’s own Patti Harshey sang “The Mom Song,” a light-hearted ditty describing everything Mom says in a 24-hour period. Set to the “William Tell Overture” (description borrowed from Northlands BLOG)

I ran out of breath just listening to it...this woman is great

The Mom Song from Northland Video on Vimeo.
Now if your computer is a tad wonky at video playback just wait it is worth it..
Cheers Vickie
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