Tuesday 7 October 2008

Vintage Halloween Swap

Oh boy was I in for a surprise when I arrived home today...my Halloween swap parcel was in the kitchen waiting for me. I was so excited, but manageds to contain myself whilst I photographed the picture on the outside of the box.


And then the contents before unwrapping, except of course for the gorgeous girl in the middle. Everything was beautifully wrapped in black and orange netting and tied with yummy ribbon. It was such a treat opening up each one. And look what was waiting for me....






Now she really is something else, and will be the star attraction at I's Halloween party at the end of the month.



The above table runner is gorgeous, the camera just doesn't do it the justice it deserves. All around the oustside are tiny black beads...so lovely, and such a lot of work.
Now, all you ladies out there really should have a go at swaps. They are such fun. All right, so you have to make a parcel up yourself, but what fun when you receive your half of the bargain. If you click on the icon for the vintage christmas swap you can sign up and have a go yourselves. I can thoroughly recommend it!
Dev X

8 comments:

Marja Kristiina said...

I KNOW!!! I had a really great time with this!

Your goodies look fab, fun and delish! Lucky you!

Country Bliss said...

Ooh I love it, the table runner is brilliant. I had my camper van swap parcel come this morning and everything was gorgeous, it is good fun.
Yvonne

Heart in the country said...

Brilliant.....and the good think is that every year you bring out your runner you will remember the excitment of opening your parcel all over again :)

Shelly K. Hein-Simmons said...

Hello!
I am Kay's daughter and also participated in the swap! We had so much fun collecting & creating -I have to agree that the table runner came out beautiful!
Enjoy your goodies!

Miss sew n sew said...

Wow I love your swap goodies I can tell that you go to town at Halloween look fwd to f=hearing about your party just bought my two costumes today so getting in the mood for some spooky stuff!
Sarahx

Marja Kristiina said...

Only now noticed that your swap gift included the very same spider web ribbon as mine. Cool!

Thank you so much for your lovely comments! I'll email you in a bit, things are just really piling up over here.

Furthermore, I truly, truly hope that help is on its way as regards that tooth of yours. That's not good at all.

Take care and feel better soon! I'll do the same :-)

Merruli said...

I hope I had some time for a Christmas swap, it would be so much fun. It is such a treat to receive hand-made items.

HerzBlatt said...

How beautiful!!! The table runner is really wonderful....what a great surprise.
Did you have any problems with your teeth because I read it from Marja Kristiinaà comment???
If yes, I hope you feel better now without any pain.
Iris