Holiday Package Ready To Ship

Ta-Dah!

All finished :) My little holiday ornament turned out even better than I could have hoped and I'm seriously going to have to make one for myself now *grin*.

Here is everything that I'm sending to my secret swap partner for the holiday edition of the potholder pass. Both of the potholders have the appliqued bird design on the front and the candy cane striping for the backing. I wasn't sure how I was going to add the potholder hooks but I decided on using red rik rak and embellished them with a tiny red heart and to accompany the potholders is my little stumpwork ornament.

I sure hope my partner will enjoy it as much as I did making it for her :) The whole package is all wrapped up and ready to be dropped off at the post office tomorrow morning and I can't wait to see what I get *grin*.

Hugs,
Rosina

Nature's Larder

I've been putting the finishing touches on my special stumpwork ornament that I'm giving to my Potholder Pass partner :) I had mentioned in my last update that it was out of one of my older inspiration magazines and here is a photo of what the original projects look like. Aren't they amazing?! Mine is considerably larger since it is an ornament for a Christmas tree but these ones are not even 2 inches in diameter.

Everything has to be in the mail by Sunday and I'm right on track to get it all shipped by the last day LOL. So much for this being the fastest swap I've ever completed! Somewhere along the way I got sidetracked... thus is my life *grin*.

The above photo shows a side view of the raspberry that is covered completely in french knots and the accented with little beads :)

For the leaves I used a special satin floss that sort of shimmers depending on how the light hits it. It's a DMC floss number S700 and I think that it gave the whole project the little extra glitz that I was looking for :)

So tonight I'm going to finish attaching my little red berries that are awaiting me all pinned in place and figure out exactly how to anchor my acorn without shifting the satin threads surrounding it. I find that the instructions in the magazine are a little vague which makes finishing the project a little tougher but it's coming together nicely and tomorrow I should have a completed photo to show you along with the potholders that are finished to :) Yay!! Then I can move on to new projects *grin*.

Hugs,
Rosina

Canada Day Pins

Only a couple more days until Canada Day so I thought it would be fun to do some Canada Day crafts and make some beaded flag pins :)

We got everything we needed at the dollar store for $2.00! Yipee for cheap craft supplies *grin*. All you need is some 1 & 2 inch safety pins and some seed beads to get started.

We filled individual safety pins with sequences of beads...

to be hung vertically from one main safety pin to create the Canadian flag :)

Don't forget the beaver! I just love how cute this little guy is :) If your little one has good hand eye coordination and you feel they can manage to place beads on a safety pin without pricking their fingers then this is a great activity for learning colors and counting together :) My four year old LOVED it. He actually made this beaver all by himself. All I did was tell him what colors and how many of each to put on the pins and he stuck them together. It's so much fun to see how excited and proud of his work he was when he finished *grin*.

You can find the patterns for the BEAVER and the CANADIAN FLAG by clicking on the their names. Have fun!!

~ Rosina