Yes, my friends are crafty (and I like to link)
May 28, 2008
The local craft swap was on Monday night. This round there were five of us swapping, so we each had to make four things. Here's the loot:
Marcia made the resin necklace which came packaged in the little fabric bag. She made earrings to match, too. Super cute! Caroline blew me away with the notecards! She secretly drove by all of our houses, snapped some photos and had her final drawing printed on cards. I love these so much! Lisa made a wonderful sugar scrub and bath mitt. I am surprised no one in our group had done this before - it is a great craft and I can just keep adding sugar and olive oil as the supply goes down! Gotta love that!
Suzanne made the mirrored sconce on the right! She used small framed mirrors from Ikea and a lamp from Target (right, Zanne?). She wired them and added the washers - really cool. And me, well, I took a cue from Courtney and made gourd birdhouses. A big thank you for sharing your idea, friend! I bought the cleaned and drilled variety and painted them. I replaced the leather loop for hanging with wire to give it a more modern feel. I'm bummed that I didn't get a photo of them all together because they were all different colors: green, blue, white, orange and yellow. I kept the yellow one for us. I will be making more to have as gifts - they were fast, easy and a really nice change of pace. Plus, I find mindless painting soothing. Bonus!
Thanks, ladies! I love everything. I can't wait until the next swap. I'm already plotting....
And mostly for my own use: past craft swap entries can be found here, here, here, here, here and here.
That is a lot of great stuff! So talented!
Posted by: Mellissa - wondermommy | May 28, 2008 at 09:03 AM
What great gifts and that gourd is amazing!! It's my favorite. :)
I'm so jealous. No one around me is crafty or interested in even trying. I've tried to organize a craft group and no go... I will keep trying.
Posted by: patricia | May 28, 2008 at 09:11 AM
What a creative bunch you are! I'd love to have a group like that.
And I'm so proud of you for not keeping the green gourd. That took some willpower!
Posted by: Sarah Jackson | May 28, 2008 at 09:14 AM
looks great! i might need to start something like that around here...
Posted by: julia | May 28, 2008 at 09:21 AM
nice loot - those notecards are amazing!
Posted by: kirsten | May 28, 2008 at 09:21 AM
these are so great, erin! all of them. and how fun to have those local crafty friends. (i'm pretty sure i say that every time...)
Posted by: emily | May 28, 2008 at 09:23 AM
okay. that gourd birdhouse is lovely. i can just imagine them all lined up. in various colours. in the perfect erin way.
Posted by: leslie | May 28, 2008 at 09:53 AM
That sounds like such fun!
I should suggest a swap to my crafty mama group.
Posted by: Jess | May 28, 2008 at 10:21 AM
it was a great swap - glad you got a picture of the sconce, i want to make one for myself! i can see the blue birdhouse hanging in my dogwood now & i totally love it!
Posted by: suzanne | May 28, 2008 at 10:28 AM
you are so lucky to have all of those like minded friends!
love all of it...and you birdhouse is fantastic!
Posted by: leslie | May 28, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Those are all so lovely! One of these days I'm going to get together a craft group.
Posted by: beki | May 28, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Jeal-Ous. Officially.
Posted by: Julie@Letter9 | May 28, 2008 at 10:32 AM
I'm super jealous, what amazing scores! I'm trying to start a crafting group - not as easy as I thought it might be.
Thank you so much for the link for the gourd - I'm going to try my hand at a birdhouse. What paint did you use?
Posted by: Tracey@Paper Dolls for Boys | May 28, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Dang...I am not usually into gourds, but right now, I am totally picturing one of yours in green, somewhere in my house!
(I made sugar scrubs for a swap once...the shipping was a bit, but boy, they are fun to make! :p )
Posted by: muralimanohar | May 28, 2008 at 11:04 AM
erin, that looks like so much fun. those note cards are to die for. such sweet special gifts! i love, love the bird houses you made. another great idea from you! thanks!
Posted by: katie | May 28, 2008 at 01:24 PM
I need to remember that scrub too since it's such a good gift.
Posted by: Mama Urchin | May 28, 2008 at 02:32 PM
I love your craft group posts! So inspirational!
Posted by: Lili | May 28, 2008 at 03:07 PM
Lovely gifts. I love those birdhouses, going to have to try and make one myself, although I'm sure it won't look as good as yours
Posted by: Thimbleina | May 28, 2008 at 04:25 PM
That craft swap is such a good idea!
Posted by: Tracy | May 28, 2008 at 04:33 PM
You are all very talented - I'd have to drop out of a craft swap after two swaps - I'd be out of ideas! How do you come up with so many good ideas??
Posted by: QALBALLAH | May 28, 2008 at 04:58 PM
I am having craft swap envy! How did you all find each other? Rather, how can I get involved in a craft swap?????
Posted by: Jessica | May 28, 2008 at 07:50 PM
i so love that you have found fun, like minded crafty girls to do this with. so much fun!
Posted by: Jen b | May 28, 2008 at 08:04 PM
you got some seriously crafty friends my dear!
Posted by: heidi | May 28, 2008 at 11:13 PM
wow what a nice idea to swap with your friends..I really really like the idea of the postcards of your house..lovely!
Posted by: ernabeytut | May 29, 2008 at 03:23 AM
Looks like you got some very cool stuff!
Posted by: Wendy | May 29, 2008 at 08:29 AM
What a fun swap!
Posted by: Kathy | May 29, 2008 at 12:26 PM
I love the house cards. that is such a sweet, genius and original idea. what a fun group to be a part of!
Posted by: amandajean | May 29, 2008 at 05:25 PM
great swap...i especially love the postcards--great idea!
Posted by: sheree | June 08, 2008 at 03:39 AM