Felt Christmas Swap

Hi to everyone out there reading this, whew what a big break in between posts. Perhaps I should make my new years resolution be to update my blog at lease 3 times a week. Seems do-able :)

Now...this year I organized on the felt forums a felt community christmas present swap and what a success it was! We had 19 people take part (3 of us participted in 2 lists) and it seems like everybody had a great time taking part. Maybe we can make this an annual occurance.

Okay enough talking, more photos of what these fantastic, crafty, kiwi ladies created! (p.s I have not managed to gather photos from everyone so if your photos are not here or you have received a gift and you don't see the photos in this post then please send them though to me if you have time.)

Made by fernlight

Made by fernlight

Made by fernlight

Made by beadle

Made by beadle

Made by beadle (all her swap partners got one of these!)

Made by beadle

Made by beadle

Made by honeynspice

Made by honeynspice

Made by honeynspice

Made by mudbirdnz

Made by mudbirdnz

Made by mudbirdnz

Made by mudbirdnz

Made by mudbirdnz

Made by mudbirdnz

Made by papergirl

Made by papergirl

Made by papergirl

Podflowers wrapped gifts

Made by podflower

podflowers cards

Made by stitchery

Made by stitchery

Made by stitchery

Made by stitchery

Made by stitchery

Made by stitchery

Made by stitchery

Made by the wardrobe

The Wardrobe's gifts wrapped up

Made by unrepeatable

Made by unrepeatable

Made by unrepeatable

 

 

Wow, that is a great big list of amazing photos and ladies that have taken part in this. I cannot express to you enough how much I appreciate every one that signed up and supported the swap. I hope you all had fun :) And are now off to have a relaxing Christmas! Thanks everyone :)

fieldtrip to the local gardens

Yesterday the sun was out in full blast so Ben and I decided to go to the local gardens, mainly as I needed to collect some specimens for my herbarium assignment which is due in a few weeks and because I needed to go for a trip somewhere for my garden diary which is due soon also. I took the camera and we got some really great photos that I couldn't help but share here too.

I just love calendula flowers, especially when its a big ol' patch of them!

Mmmm that's a yummy looking globe artichoke, wish it was in my garden

A sole chamomile flower among a patch of one's ready to open

Nearly there!

so cute :)

Most people just pull out dandelion flowers like a weed but I love how proud they look when fully open

is this sage? I cannot remember but the purple is lovely

looks like tissue paper!

a patch of forget-me-not hidden away at the back

A hidden patch of wild flowers that were growing in the corner, love the pink and purple colour palate they create

pretty roses growing up a gate

reminds me of some flowers from alice in wonderland

so detailed!

lovely patch of multi-coloured nasturtiums

these are called egg-yolk flowers, I had never seen them before

cant remember the name but like how delicate it is

so precious looking

this is the bee hive that lives in the sustainable garden

overview of the sustainable garden, its very peaceful in there. It even has chickens and a worm farm!

just love the bold colour of this flower

beautiful fern that caught my eye

little baby fern that was growing beneath the big one

While we were there we went to the natural health expo which was being held at the pavillion. There would have been pictures from that also but as soon as we entered we were jumped on by a lady that was rude to Ben and grabbed my arm and tried to push up the sleve of my top to look at the rest of my tattoo. Regardless to say that set the scene for the rest of the expo and we left soon after to go and look at some pretty plants and flowers.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend full of sun too. Now I'm off to taste the apple pie I just spent 3 hours making and I will be back soon with some pictures of some toys I have been working on.