Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Sweet and Sinister 2009 Swap

This morning my package for the Sweet and Sinister 2009 Swap went out in the mail…headed to California for my exchange partner, Lesley … you can check her out on her blog… http://www.lkailani.typepad.com/

The swap was arranged by Kari aka Artsy Mama…this is the third year Kari  has hosted…I was luck enough to have been partnered with Nancy Gail aka My Crafty Little Page last year and we had a ball making things for each other…

This year we swapped Something Sweet, Something Sinister, Something Handmade, and Something for our partner’s Home Decor…

I found these Sinister paper lanterns in Ruidoso, New Mexico and brought them home to be embellished with black feather boas…hope Lesley finds the perfect spot for them…

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They don’t look too scary in bright sunlight, but when  Halloween night falls, they’ll be very Sinister!!!

I made her a Lighted Torn and Tattered Garland to drape around her Haunted House…

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It also adds a Sweet touch when gathered around a punch bowl or cake plate…

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And she is also going to find a couple of Halloween Gift Pockets that were made from  recycled vegetable cans…I added some vintage seam binding for her own creations…

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The words and pictures come from catalogs, greeting cards, scrapbook paper and found items…

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I added some skull coasters, some treat bags in bright colors, and then I added something Sweet…

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A Second-Hand-Rose Corsage…it’s been knocked around and tattered a bit by time… I learned the technique from Mendy Mitrani when she taught a class at the 2009 Paper Cowgirl Art Retreat. Her creations are to die for…mine are more just to die, but it’s fitting for Halloween… and speaking of Halloween, what would a Sweet corsage be without a  little something Sinister?  Along came a Spider…

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So when all was packed into the mailer…don’t you just love these flat rate boxes??? it was off to the Post Office and by now it’s on its way to California…and I will start watching the mail for my package from Lesley… It’s so funny, I don’t even know her, but I know her…What a great start to the Fall Holiday Season…time to pull out the pumpkins… 

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