Puppy Love arrives.......

Here's my puppy love tag book from Karla. She has done a fine job of hostessing! My book is just precious and notice the little pewter heart and yellow doggie on the ribbon. A big thanks to Christina Norvell, Stephanie Oyler, Brenda Romine, Tiffany, and Kathy Lowe. (the tag with the boy kissing the girl is mine). I love all of my tags and will treasure this for many Valentines to come! Thanks again to Karla.

a little shopping...

It has been awhile since I have been to the antique district in Franklin, Tn.

I have been trying to be "good" in this "bad" economy, so I only picked up

a few small items. Vintage valentine cards are always so pretty and I wanted

to share the message in one of them. I also found a vintage metal shoe with a

pincushion in it. I may have to change out the pincushion, but the shoe is great.

I finally purchased a roll of vintage wallpaper trim to create with and a small

book to alter. Now that the fun is over, I am off to start dinner. Kana

Purple....my favorite color

I have been enjoying Kari's, A Year of Color. However, I don't think this is the proper use of the color purple and it is not too inspiring. My son caught a fingernail to his eyelid while playing basketball. Luckily, he was not seriously injured, just a little "beat up" looking. Here's hoping to a safe ending to his season.

Kana

Amy Butler apron

I just finished this apron for the Amy Butler
apron swap hosted by Holly. This apron is
headed to my secret partner in California.
She likes pink and green, so I hope she
will like this mixture of pretty Amy Butler fabrics.
I will share my apron when it arrives.

Now that I have finished all of my swaps and mailed them...it is time to clean up a great big mess!!!
Kana

Puppy Love Tags

I am really getting in the Valentine mood with all of these
wonderful swaps. This one is Puppy Love hosted by Karla.
Her dog recently gave birth to 6 cute puppies.... so shall we
say that she was inspired by all of that puppy cuteness!
We were to design 6 tags which could have a puppy love
theme or any Valentine design. Karla will swap them out,
make a tag book with them and she has designed the cover
tag (she had ~ 60 participants). I can hardly wait to see mine!
Decorating the back of the tags was optional, but I was having so much fun that I decided to decorate both sides. Stay tuned here, as I plan to share my lovely tag book with all of you when it arrives.

Kana

Swapping with Irene

This is my box of goodies that Irene sent, all the way
from Australia. Each gift is indivually wrapped and with
a small note and ribbon on each one!


Look at all of my Valentine goodies.....pink vintage
linens, vintage molds, a vintage inspired magnet,
ribbon, cookie cutter, notebook, chocolate, flowers,
and my favorite: the heart garland. Irene made
this garland and I love the fabric and mother of
pearl buttons on each heart. Just beautiful!


Please note this cheap box of candy and read
the box!! "The Key to Enduring Love: Keep
your mouth shut and bring home chocolate".
Not very exciting, huh? So, I took this box and
transformed it into........



.....this! Irene's favorite color is yellow, so I tried
to transform this box into a Valentine keepsake
that she will enjoy. Irene likes vintage goodies,
especially crocheted items. I sent her some
vintage buttons/trim, and also made her a
refrigerator magnet. I altered an old button pat
dish with paper and bling (inspired by Jenni
Bowlin) and it turned out really cute.




I enjoyed altering the bingo card as well. Swapping
really is fun....from the gathering and hunting stage,
to the creating and mailing. It is all fun, but the
best part is making a new friend! Thanks for
everything Irene.


Signing off and good night. Kana

Valentine aprons

This beauty is the apron that I received from Carrie. I love the Valentine fabric and the heart trim is so cute. I will definately use this for years to come. Thanks Carrie for such a wonderful job! Check out her blog at http://throughaglasshalffull.blogspot.com.

This is the apron that I made for my

secret partner Donna. She likes pink,

so I selected two Valentine fabrics and two

coordinating fabrics for the different

panels.

The apron reverses to a pretty pink

floral on the other side.

Here is a close up of the different fabric panels and the pink side.
I hope that she will enjoy it! Thanks Macy for modeling the apron.

Happy February 1st!

Kana