Tree Swap

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Here is the little bag that I made for the recent tree swap. You can't see, but the inside is lined with brown fabric & I included a bunch of wooden 'coins' sealed with beeswax.

Travel Toy Swap

I finally finished my latest Bits of Goodness swap item. It's a fabric book for the Travel Toy Swap. I think each one took me 3-5 hours. It's been a lot of work. Each one has a little wooden figure that can travel through the pages. He can pack his teddy bear in the bag, go for a ride in the car, swim in the ocean, eat lunch & cozy up in bed.

(I meant to post this a while ago...)

Bits of goodness kitchen swap 2010 (10 items received)

Bits of goodness kitchen swap 2010 (10 items received)
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Look at all the goodies I got in the kitchen swap from bits of goodness!

5 Little Monkey (Puppets)

So, here are the monkey puppets: I think I'll package them with a few dried bananas for fun.

Crayon Wrap

For the upcoming Easter swap I will also make a crayon wrap... here is my inspiration:
http://makeitandloveit.blogspot.com/2009/01/crayon-roll.html
http://www.skiptomylou.org/2007/04/25/on-a-roll/

I decided to make mini rolls for on the go. Here they are:

Puppet

Well, here we go again. I have joined another swap- the Easter swap. I'm hoping to put the goodies received into the girls' Easter baskets. And I've decided for this swap I'm going to make puppets for one of my slots. I saw puppets at our pediatirican's office that I thought I could make and then found the picture here: http://images.landofnod.com/is/image/LandOfNod/3710122_AnimalPuppets_F108?$zm$


Here is the first attempt to make the monkey (which I figured would be the easiest)
I obviously need to trim the strings and I think I should probably top-stitch it but even with those things it's not quite as I had hoped it would be.

I think I'm going to look into making a chick using this as a guide

Tea Bags for Bits of Goodness 2/2010

I'm up way too late once again but I just had to add my latest creations. I finished all 12 tea bags for the bits of goodness craft exchange. But then of course, I decided that they needed nifty little bags so I suppose I have 5 more bags to make. I'm guessing it won't take long. As far as I know they are entirely 'natural' so hopefully they will be acceptable for the exchange. Lillian's tea bags, on the other hand, will be colorful and synthetic. Which reminds me... I need to finish Lillian's tea bags for her Feb 25th birthday!

Tea Bags for Bits of Goodness 2/2010
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Crafty Craziness

Yet again I have Brynn to blame (or thank) for a new craft craze. Right now I am making 6 kid grocery bags & 6 set of tea bags for the new craft exchange I joined. I'm excited about the exchange but I'm finding it really hard to adhere to the rule that everything must be natural. So many things are polyester and so many things that are 'natural' are expensive! But it's fun none the less. Off to create.