Creative Bag Swap Congratulations!

I have great news! All of the creative bags for our swap have been packaged up and were MAILED today, phew! I forgot that it is always a little bit of a challenge to package such varied types of items . . . . but was it worth it? Yes! I hope you all enjoy the swaps I made for you and you like what you receive as I tried to pair you with someone who's art & creativity I thought you would enjoy. This time, whomever you received a creative bag from, has your bag. It was an equal swap 1 for 1 with no switching around to make things work out. Too cool!

Speaking of CREATIVITY, I have a First & Second Prize to award two participants in this swap. Was this hard to do? YES!! There were so many really creative bags . . . you all did fantastic. The 1st prize for the most creative bag is awarded to Catherine van der Hoeff from the Netherlands. YAY!
I had some ideas of a winner before Catherine's bag arrived, but when it did I knew hers was the one! The felting, beading, sequins, bells, the button fairies - oh MY! I think Catherine's bag really stands out and she really deserved first prize! ~ : ^ ) A close up of her bag is above right . . . and her prize is below. I gathered fabrics I thought she would like, a pattern for fabric bags, bits of my favorite marbled paper, and some fabric images from Alpha Stamps.







I am awarding the SECOND place runner up prize for most creative bag to Mercedes Jiménez Campuzano of Madrid, Spain!

Oh my, Mercedes bag has so much stitching and detail . . .
just beautiful! See the bag to the right.


You can read more about it in my original post or directly on Mercedes' blog . There is a translator on her blog if you do not speak Spanish! For Mercedes' prize I gathered together fabrics and lace I thought she might like; see below - click on any photo for more detail.














Congratulations to everyone on a succesful and beautifully creative swap.
I may orchestrate it, but YOU create it!
NEW SWAPS will not be announced until I return from visiting my parents in Florida; around March 12th, but there is a teaser in the sidebar to the right about what's to come.

yours, creatively, lenna

Creative Bag Swap: Mercedes Jimenez

From Mercedes, in Madrid, Spain! Wow, what a gorgeous and romantic bag Mercedes has created for our swap . . . she used special fabric for this; silk and lace, plus a beautiful vintage image. Thank you, Mercedes! I appreciate all your efforts including sending & receiving the swaps from Spain!

You can catch more detail by clicking on any of the photos. And I almost forgot! Mercedes has her own blog, where she wrote and shared photos about creating her bag in this post. Go see it!! Mercedes emailed me and wrote,

"I have done a post in my needlework blog and you can see it. I love it how it turned and it was difficult to let to go but I put all my love with it. It is made of special fabrics. You can translate my blog with Babel Fish link on the top right."

Thanks so much, Mercedes. All of the details are so appreciated!!

: ) lenna, who is enjoying seeing all of these items first-hand!

Valentine Ornament Swap: Mercedes Jimenez

All the way from Madrid, Spain! I have received three wonderful Valentine Ornaments for our swap, by Mercedes Jimenez. WOW! Your Valentines are delightful, Mercedes! Thanks so much for playing and sending from far away.

Mercedes choose to do all fabric pieces with some paper mixed in, I love it! -but each one is different from the other. See the photos below - click on them for a more detailed picture.

Below are all three of Mercedes' onaments hanging together on the closet door in my office. One one of my kittens - Farfel, now 7 months old is watching/standing guard! He seems very interested in all the swap activity around here lately . . . . his brother must be fast asleep or he'd be here supervising too : )