Thursday, 22 April 2010

...swapping pincushions(and other lovely things)



As I mentioned before, I was taking part in Claire's Pincushion Swap. My swap partner, the lovely Annie was on her holibags last week, so I insisted we swapped ours when she got back - no one should be worrying when they are on their holibags! My parcel came very early this morning, and I had a cup of tea and did the dishes(we had friends over for tea last night) before opening it.

It is chock full of loveliness, I can safely say Annie very much understand me! IN my parcel were
Some beautiful Michael Miller Fabric, ribbons, a red needle pack,
and some tiny seed beads and heart buttons in bottles(with red stoppers!).

Teapigs Superfruit Teabags, Shortbread from the famed Loch Leven's
Larder, a wee peg person, and a lovely postcard.

and last but so very not least, my pincushion!IT'S IN A TEACUP!
and It has lovely heart toped pins. It is perfect, thank you Annie.

To see what I sent to Annie, you can check out her post, and please do have a look through her blog, it is fab! Thank you again Annie!

9 bits of lovely chat!:

Alison Cross said...

all this looks so lovely - it makes me want to be the sort of person who does this kind of thing....

Ali x

Hazey Bell said...

That is extremely pretty, now I understand why it would cheer you up :)

Lisa from Lisa's Yarns said...

What an awesome package to receive in the mail. FUN! Lots of bits of loveliness.

Fay said...

Excellent teacup pincushion idea and with storage on the saucer you'll never loose another pin on the floor and only find it later when you hear it chinking up the hoover nozzle. Love the heart-shaped pin heads, you're a lucky lady! Will check out your parcel now.

Lisa-Marie said...

Ali, I'm sure you could do it!

Hazel, I know!

Lisa D, I'm going to organise a swap toward the end of my, you should join in!

Fay, isn't it brilliant! It has given me a swap idea too!

grace said...

what fun, and i'm talking about more than just the name 'teapigs.' :)

Barbara said...

Isn't that an adorable idea? A pincushion in a teacup!
A lovely swap with your friend Annie!

Alison Cross said...

Saw this and thought of you and your crafty fans :-)

http://www.openstudiosfife.co.uk/

Ali (might pop thru there m'self if not spending the weekend in our new (old)caravan. It's AMAZING what you can get for £200 - a pair of shoes or a CARAVAN!!!!!

Ali x

Lisa-Marie said...

Grace, it was indeed fun! getting parcels is always good!

Barbara, I am so, so pleased with it!

Ali, that you so much for that! husband and I will be going in search of relatively inexpensive art bits, and we have planned to stay in the Dundee area this weekend, rather than going to Paisley.