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Response: You know, my first take of that photo is that no one could afford to retire, and this poor old thing was put to work at her local Jiffy Lube. Times were tough during the Soviet era! And thank you for your undeservedly kind review of my hedgehog index card. Have you ever, with absolutely no motivation or energy, made something for a swap that you instantly thought "No, surely not", and then packaged it up to mail anyway? And then sat on the mailing part for a week or two? Because that's what happened. And in the very end, I just didn't have it in me to make another, because guess what? My list is long. 20 swaps long. I'd better get busy!
Response: Clearly I need to check for cigarette (and tea) cards on eBay...thank you for the suggestion! There's a sense of elegance about these cards...I have never smoked, but I remember being a teenager and thinking it looked so sophisticated. Now that I'm old, I'm happy that I never smoked!
Response: I'm so happy you like them...thank you for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Robin!
Response: Gosh, thanks! Sometimes I think all my artwork looks alike...I have a sort of "formula" that I can't shake off. I do love the old photos. My hope is that they are used in journals or other artwork, and not tossed into the bin!
Response: Oh Bev...they are beyond adorable. So much work though...syringe feeding is a nightmare! And now the baby girl has ringworm...so I'm medicating her and bathing her with lime sulfur and I just KNOW that her brother will be next...
Response: Thank you so much for your kindness and patience, Sherry...it's always a good day when I get to swap with you!
Response: You always know what to say that will make my day...thank you so much for that! My tiny furry demons get more adorable by the day, and I am hopelessly in love with them! 5 weeks old already...
Response: Thanks so much for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: I also thought I'd found an image of 2 naughty ladies...wasn't smoking not approved for ladies of that era? But I actually think they are applying makeup, which confuses me because didn't it all come in little pots and jars back then? Oh Laurie, the KITTENS! One is a ridiculously chonky orange fluffmeister who has (once, at least) used his little bitty litter box appropriately and is eating about half of his food (including kitten kibble!) from a dish; the other is a precariously petite little calico girlcat who will not give up her bottle. I'm happy to oblige...first for the cuddling, and then, well, it's so much less messy! Yes, it will be hard to give them up. I have to keep telling myself that goodbye is the goal. Sometimes I even believe myself.
Response: This (and one other swap) was the craziest mixup I have ever created in my 20 years of swapping! I completely mixed up the swaps...I'm happy that it was caught before I continued. And the lovely lady in Switzerland was very appreciative of her "freebie"...she hadn't even signed up for this swap! As always, you are the kindest and most understanding of swappy friends!
Response: Thank you, my dear friend...I loved making this journal page for you!
Response: I also am a cat lover...and I have just started fostering 2 little bottle-fed motherless kittens. The first week was just frightening and exhausting, but things have gotten much easier with time. Thank you for the nice comment and heart rating, Karina!
Response: Thank you so much, Mary! It's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I love this series, I really do. And I have a fairly even ratio of coins from each of my 2 partners...I plan on adding them to a faux evergreen garland!
Response: They were fun to make, weren't they? I think this would make a lovely Christmas-themed swap!
Response: Thank you so much, Misty. I truly enjoyed making this ATC for you.
Response: Again with the loveliness! Becky, you are such a wonderful swap partner...thank you so much!
Response: You, my friend, are the kindest and loveliest of swap partners! Thank you so much!
Response: I really loved making this one...I love squirrels too! I remember my shock and horror when a neighbor man in Grand Rapids proudly claimed that if he had the chance to run over one with his pickup, he would do it with pleasure. And the evidence was in the street on several occasions. I never spoke to him again. I have no use for cruel people. I did lol when I read your description of most Soviet-era Russian women..."rather dowdy"? OMG, if that isn't an understatement... My all-time favorite is the first one I sent to you...the chunky apple-picking ladies in bikinis and the little nose-picking boy. Oooh hahahahaha! I would be so upset if a photo like that of me survived to be seen by another human being! I hate having my picture taken on a good day! I just can't figure out why the photographs look so little like the normal-looking woman in my mirror! Anyway...I just love being your swap partner, in either direction.
Response: Becky, you are the sweetest...your kindness and patience make you a dream of a swap partner. Thank you so, so much for the sweet comment and great rating...particularly since I discovered the lace and ribbon toppers still on my craft desk after your envelope had been mailed.
Response: I really had to shop for the Greek Perry Mason book! I found scads of books like Greek/English dictionaries and textbooks on eBay, but I wanted a book. In Greek. I don't speak or read Greek, but the alphabet is so PRETTY! Decorative...almost like calligraphy. So I ordered this one and waited for it to arrive from Greece, and I will be using and sharing it, a page at a time! And thank you so much for the lovely heart-y rating!
Response: I absolutely love APCs, and it makes me happy that this swap series might possibly go on forever! I can't wait to receive one from you!
Response: My dear Nancy...you are the kindest and most patient of friends and swap partners. I am thrilled to be settled enough, finally, to be swapping again, and there couldn't possibly be a better season to stoke the creative (and slightly ghoulish) creative fire!Thank you so much for your wonderful comments!
Response: Frankly, I didn't expect to enjoy the skunks as much as I did! Not long ago, I saw a video on Facebook of a whole bunch of baby skunks whose mamas were not in the picture, so they had been rescued by a wildlife rehabber. I've never seen anything cuter! They were bumbling around their pen at warp speed, kind of going uo on tiptoes when they ran into each other...I watched the video more than once, and laughed out loud each time. I wonder when their "scent sacs" kick into gear...that would override the adorableness for me!
Response: Connie, you always say the nicest things! Those beautiful, saturated sunny colors are my favorites...they always make me think of Tuscany and Provence. I adore the color series!
Response: I thought this would be tougher to make than it actually was! Once I found the vintage ladies who looked like they might have enjoyed a picnic, it came together well. I'm so happy you like it!
Response: Beth, you made my day! I had a bad feeling about this swap, with the first set nowhere to be found...but in reality, the scrap tags are always fun to make. I'm so happy that you like them!
Response: Oh Sandra, unpacking is just a misery. I'm still at the stage where most things have been removed from the packing boxes, and I can remember having them in my hands, but I have no idea where I put them. It's so frustrating! And the miserable headaches have kept me from being as organized as I had hoped to be by now...but I did make a cute version of a Christmas-themed crazy quilt for August's swap. I do enjoy the series swaps!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: More are coming. I pinky swear (my own 2 pinkies...as good as a contract!)
Response: I am so sorry about your migraines! I'm having my quarterly Botox injections tomorrow, as a matter of fact, and they are helpful. The most helpful thing of all (other than the rescue meds) is the beta blocker the neurologist put me on awhile ago. And thank you for the lovely compliment...you absolutely made my week!
Response: The best part about this swap for me was seeing my partner's name! Thank you for all the lovely words, my friend...IOU a message, and it will happen soon (can't believe I forget to include a note; it's not like me!)...I am in so much pain from packing that I could cry. Well some evenings I do cry. And then my one remaining kitty cuddles with me and my ice pack in bed, and everything is good again!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Well, Laurie, I think that's exactly why we are so transfixed by YouTubers! We get to see them working at their craft tables! It's not as much fun as it would be if they were "real", if you know what I mean. "Damn, I just put that down! Where on earth has that roll of washi gone? WHY do I say I thrive in chaos, yet complain bitterly when I can't find this or that". And then, if we could see the real chaos, even more entertaining! Mine would be especially entertaining, because I am a stacker. And I never seem to realize that tall stacks with a bunch of small stuff below a bunch of big stuff...well, it's a disaster in the making! Ah...my move. I should be tickled pink about it, but I wasted a lot of time being almost resentful about it! It wasn't my idea! My BFF who died a year ago in August has a mom, an auntie, and a sister who all live in a very nice 55+ community a few miles from me, and they want me to live there, too. I said I couldn't move...I don't have money saved for a deposit and first month's rent and the movers and all. (When I moved from MI to OR, it cost $6500.) OMG, they are paying for all of it! And the amenities are much better. I just...well, I'm kind of agoraphobic, and my little space is exactly how I want it (except for the craft desk), So my back is killing me from packing, and I'm feeling horrible about looking a gift horse in the mouth! I'll get over myself, I really will.
Response: Oh I love fairies. I mean...I LOVE them! I had the best time making these for you, and I hope you'll put this theme into your rotation so we can periodically live in fairyland!
Response: Thank you so much, dear Di. I'm packing as I write this (of course not literally), and with my spinal issues and *other* significant issues, I have worked out a system that might work...if I follow it. Pack a box, sit at the craft table for one little project. Repeat. I have completed all the swaps on my dashboard that are (were) due by the end of June, but I belong to the Mixed Media Artists group, which is a round-robin group. One person makes 3 ATC backgrounds (there's a separate sub-group for things other than ATCs), and sends it to someone else. That person fleshes out a theme and sends the trio on to a third person, who finishes the designs. So. I have these projects that need to be worked on, which I'm not packing until I have to!
Response: The bears were difficult for me! Not the images, but the surroundings. Hopefully I will have a better time with the skunk!
Response: I adore roosters (of the decorative sort…ceramic and cross stitch)! My kitchen has roosters all over. I’m so happy you like the cards I sent!
Response: Kathie, it’s been such a long time…I was thrilled to see your name!
Response: LOL…I figure we will be partners at least a few more times during our Christmas marathon! It’s always a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: Thank you so much, Vicky. You are a treasure of a swap partner!
Response: We truly are old friends, aren’t we? It’s been delightful, and I’m hoping for many more years of beautiful swaps!
Response: Sherry, you are simply lovely…thank you for sending not just a compliment, but also words of comfort. I badly need those.
Response: I’m so happy to have madd you happy! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Well…I’m also happy that you’re back home! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, my lovely friend!
Response: Your whole comment is one big compliment...thank you so much for that! I can't exactly remember, but I think I may have sent you a book page in Greek...which looks to me like a rose smells. It's the most decorative script!
Response: Thank you, my dear friend! I'm absolutely in love with the inkbox booklets and the wonderful way they are bound. Here's to many more of them!
Response: What a lovely compliment...thank you! I love, love, love masterboards...making them and using them!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! I loved making tem for you!
Response: I loved making this for you...thank you for the great rating, my friend!
Response: I truly love raccoons...they really are the most adorable of forest (and suburban) wildlife! Thank you for another great rating, my dear friend!
Response: I enjoyed making this one so much! I'm so happy to have made you happy!
Response: I had the best time making these! Thank you for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: You are the loveliest of swap partners, my dear friend! Thank you so much for always lifting my spirits an reminding me of what a wonderful experience it is to swap little works of art!
Response: The couple in your photo are definitely Russian, all young and happy to start their journey together. Think about what it would take...the kind of daily hardships...to change them into the kind of bitterly unhappy people we've seen in the groups of middle aged couples in my stash of photos.
Response: I adore lilacs! I will say, they are difficult to cut, being full of tiny little blossoms and all. I'm so happy you enjoyed the ATC!
Response: Joy, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Oh Laurie...the doily die cuts! They are from Temu, the supposedly dreadful Chinese company that is suspected of stealing all of our information the moment we place an order. If only I didn't love those so much! They are the one thing that I order over and over again...I'm ridiculously afraid that I'll run out. And to answer your question about the photograph, yes...that's a young Russian couple! I also wonder about the dichotomy between young and old, and (after much thought), I've come to the conclusion that the stunning old ladies I've sent to you probably were once pretty young ladies. Imagine the kind of life that could change someone from young and pretty to old and...um...stunning. And during the Soviet cold war days, there was no money, even if skin care products were available, to waste on fripperies.
Response: It took me a long time to get comfortable with making tags. I don't know why, but it's the truth. It's often like this for me...I'm just now getting comfortable with index cards! So your lovely comments are wonderful to receive...thank you so much!
Response: Such a relief…thank you for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: LOL...the Tim Holtz words and expressions stickers are great, and very often weirdly appropriate! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I fell in love with the little girl...her precious expression! Just the sweetest! Thank you once again for always being so kind and positive...I treasure you!
Response: A completely undeserved wonderful comment, Di...but I adore you for it! You are the kindest of swap partners and friends!
Response: Thank you so much for your kindness and patience...and for the lovely comment and rating! I hope we swap again soon.
Response: Connie, thank you so much for always being the most wonderful of swap partners! It's such a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: You know I had given up...so this is great news! I just don't understand why it takes so long for mail to get from Point A to Point B...but I'm always thrilled when it does arrive!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I confess to being addicted to the vintage Russian photos! I have so many...I have to use them as note cards, so everyone can enjoy them! Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and great rating, my dear friend!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: My dear friend, you are such a pleasure to swap with, in either direction. I love that you have such a wonderful life...it makes me happy that YOU are so happy! Let's keep swapping forever, through funks and all!
Response: What a lovely thing to say, Kristy! Thank you for your absolutely uplifting comment, and (of course) for the great rating!
Response: Okay, I mixed up the responses to these swaps. The comment below belongs to THIS swap, and vice-versa. So for that one, I simply say "thank you so much"!
Response: Hahahahaha! Notice the two old crones in black on that one card? That was my LIFE as a new wife! I married a man from Sicily...he had been in the US for 7-ish years when I met him. Dear Lizzie, his mama lived with us for several months immediately after our wedding, and she looked exactly like those ladies. In fact, during my wedding, to which she wore black, she sat in the front pew wailing! Absolute truth! "Aieeee!" over and over. I was a young thing (my husband was 12 years older), an American (imagine that being said in a tone of utter disgust), and a non-Catholic. 3 strikes, and I was OUT! Actually, we were very happy together once alternate housing was found for Mama...and once I had children, she didn't hate me quite as much as she did initially. And I WAS very immature. I could have behaved much better than I actually did.
Response: I'm definitely up for continuing our inkbox booklets into perpetuity! I love them so, so much! Thank you for helping me with this process, my friend!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating and the lovely comment! I adore the old photos...I keep buying them from eBay sellers, just to use as note cards. I love sharing them this way.
Response: Oh Laurie, if you only knew! I glued down the raven and didn't like it, so I pulled it up but not fast enough...it grabbed some of the background papaer, leaving a torn, scabby bit. I could have started over from scratch, but...well, I found that round bit and thought "why not". Now you know that the bit you like was a desperation move!
Response: LOL! I was gobsmacked by this particular photo, and my immediate thought was "this one's for Laurie"! I'm guessing that she wasn't particularly unhappy about having her picture taken, but (like my little Persian cat) "that's just her face"!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating and lovely comment! I love using the vintage photos I've collected...sharing them this way is (in my opinion) a great way to honor the people who are immortalized in photos, yet who will remain unknown to us.
Response: Kathryn, you are simply the best. Every comment from you truly makes my day. I am happy to report that the Portland Public Library has opened a used book store (and the books are astonishingly cheap) under my apartment building. I live in an apartment complex that was built over retail shops, and it's quite lovely. (The location, not my apartment, in which my bedroom and craft room are one and the same, and therefore always a hot mess.) My son, whose last name is Mazzola, is from Sicilian stock on his dad's side, and he has been studying Italian for 3 years, in anticipation of a 3-week visit to Italy. In this book store, I found several books in Italian, and they are adorable; of course I bought them for him. One is a thorough explanation of dining in Italy; what to order and how to order it, and what is deemed polite. Another (my favorite) is full of illustrations demonstrating various gestures that are common while conversing. Some are known to us, and some are not...and some are quite rude!
Response: I do puzzle over some of my vintage photos...but that makes me enjoy them even more! My favorites are actually the ones from Russia, because I clearly see that people are people, the world around. It's a bit eye-opening to be honest.
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the wonderful comment and rating!
Response: You made me very happy when I read your comment, Carmen. I don't just FEEL vintage...I AM vintage! What's even more shocking to me is that my son and daughter are (barely) into their 50's and that makes THEM vintage as well! How time flies. I adore my vintage Russian photographs, and I enjoy sharing them...they show me that no matter what is going on in the world people are people. Period. I used to not embrace that thought, and very much divided the world into "them" and "us". Now that I'm old, I see things differently...I'm only sorry it took me so long to figure out!
Response: I liked this one better than the original, to be perfectly honest! I'm so happy to have made you happy, Mary...it's always a treat to swap with you!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating, Sonya! You made my day! (And you made my day today also, because I re-read it before leaving a comment!)
Response: Knowing that your niece likes the clusters makes me very happy! When we send out. our swaps, we have no way of knowing where they might go after our partner opens the envelope..it's kind of thrilling, really! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Laura!
Response: I ran out of images that had 4 of something...I suspect this will happen more often as the numbers increase. So I've reverted to just altering playing cards...don't tell, okay? LOL!
Response: Such a wonderful, uplifting comment...thank you, Laurie! I adore the color challenges. I have a couple serious "favorites"...masterboards is one, and the color challenges are another. Oh, and Kristy's 3 Elements ATCs. I love them. I love the challenge of making something appealing from a challenge, that doesn't cause people to say "Oh, she was challenged to use 1, 2, and 3". You're not supposed to be able to tell!
Response: Oh, I adore masterboards! I think Laurie has the best idea...she makes a "fresh" masterboard for each project, and copies them so she always has beautiful backgrounds at her fingertips. I'm copying Laurie!
Response: Thank you so much, Becky...I loved making this for you!
Response: I am feeling a bit better...just in time for my first appointment at a Pain Clinic tomorrow. I have such mixed feelings about pain clinics in general...but I'm not seeking prescriptions; just some sort of nerve-shredding injections that are done under light anesthesia. It's a daunting thought, but if they can stop...or at least reduce!...the migraines, I'm on board. Thank you for always leaving the loveliest comments and ratings, my friend!
Response: I watched the video...Natasa is one of my favorite YouTubers...but somehow my booklets didn't really conform. I seem to have made tiny little journals rather than scrappy notebooks, and I apologize for that...my fingers kind of worked independently? I hope you find a use for these!
Response: I loved making this index card for you, and I'm so happy that you like it! Thank you for always being the kindest of swap partners!
Response: It's always a delight to have you as my swap partner! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating, Karina!
Response: Robin, you are the sweetest! Thank you so much!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Hahahahaha! I have a twig wreath that I keep robbing little branches from...I loved using one little branchlet as the firewood! And I don't know if I mentioned this, but one end of a Q-tip was sacrificed for the fuzzy stocking tops. I am enjoying these swaps so, so much!
Response: I can't help wondering about all the people in my Russian photos...I guess I'm a very curious person by nature! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I really enjoyed making this for you, Rose. Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much...as soon as I sealed and stamped the envelope, I had several great ideas that should have gone into the envelope for you!
Response: We really have been swapping back and forth a lot lately, and I love it! I have shared your love with the kitties, and Baby accepts it graciously. Cali reacted as she reacts to everything;;she runs and hides under my bed, and then immediately comes back out because...curiosity. Who is Auntie Georgene? She won't bite me, will she? And so on...it's always an adventure here at Chez Meow!
Response: Lizzie, you say the most wonderful things! Thank you for always being the very nicest of swap partners
Response: Although I hosted this swap, the actual making of it was a struggle for me! I'm so happy you like it, my dear friend...Cali and Baby say hello, by the way. Cali's bad kitten behavior is rubbing off on little old Baby, who has been found on countertops which are strictly forbidden for kitties. *Sigh*
Response: I agree about the Russians! I'm insatiably curious about other peoples and their lives...I kind of imagine current lives for them!
Response: The loveliest of all comments! Thank you so much for being so kind!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating and sweet comment!
Response: I just love the inkbox card swaps...sending and receiving! I keep thinking of new-ish ways to come up with themes for these cards...help me if you have any ideas! It's a lovely thing that we're being partnered so often lately, imho!
Response: I have so many Russian photos...like everything else, I overbuy. It's a problem! I will have to swap until I'm 102 to use all of them! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating, my friend!
Response: I enjoyed he fortune teller swap...I've always wanted to have my fortune read. By someone reputable. I still haven't done it though!
Response: Oh, the border stickers are tricky! Sometimes pressing down on them over and over again will do the trick, but other times I cheat...I use a thin line of Art Glitter Glue around the edge of the coin, and quickly press down the stickers. Quickly is the operative word....that glue dries very fast. And...thank you for such a wonderful rating!
Response: Ah, Laurie...the gold stickers. Ages ago, I ordered a bunch of different border stickers from Elizabeth Craft, in gold, black, silver, and copper. I use gold and black most of all. Lately (like the past few years), they just aren't available from Elizabeth Craft. You can buy them on Amazon, but they are very expensive...something like $6.99 per sheet. I think my photos are all Russian people, but who's to say that a random Italian or two didn't head to the USSR to live at one point! I have a new batch, and I've set one photo aside for you! It's a group of women in bikinis, splashing in some waves. Russian women are not shy, it seems!
Response: Thank you so much for such a nice comment...and for the great rating!
Response: I always feel cheated if we don't have a couple good snowfalls here in Portland, so I know exactly how you felt! Unfortunately, we always get a thick layer of ice under the snow, and I owe one broken tailbone and many scary drives to that stuff. However, as everyone knows, our specialty is rain...and more rain. I love it, until I have to go out in it! Thank you for another wonderful comment and great rating, my friend!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating!
Response: I adore the Russian photos, and I keep buying lots of 50. Some do not lend themselves to being notecards, but most do, and I love them so much! I always wonder...where are you today? Did you/have you had a happy life? Etc. I'm insatiably curious about other cultures.
Response: I really never thought about copying my masterboards...what a fabulous idea! I adore them. I love making them, and I love receiving them. And somehow whatever I put on top of them seems to look good...it's a masterboard miracle! I am ashamed to admit that I get the little doilies from Temu, the Chinese company that is allegedly stealing our personal information with every purchase,. Such dire warnings on Facebook...
Response: Weren't those Moldova postage stamps gorgeous? To make things even better, they are from the seller of the Russian photographs I keep buying! The exterior of the paper bag envelope he uses is literally covered (front and back) with those beautiful stamps. And his envelope is the same paper that is used in lightweight paper bags. So exotic!
Response: Nancy, my friend, you are just the nicest lady, in addition to being the BEST swap partner and friend! Thank you so much for...for being YOU!
Response: I did have a great time making this for you, although I found the tutorial a bit "wandering" in places. I give Hazy straight A's for cuteness, however!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely rating and comment!
Response: Georgene, my friend, you are a treasure to me. In all seriousness...a treasure. Thank you for always being a wonderful friend as well as a wonderful swap partner...and thank you in particular for this sweet and thoughtful rating and comment!
Response: I always wonder that same thing about "my" Russians! Where are they now? Have they been happy? I only wish there was a way I could know these things! Thank you for another lovely rating and comment...you are just The Best!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely rating! I hope to swap with you again soon.
Response: Oh Sandra, I love the vintage photos so much! I’ve been buying and hoarding them for some time, but now that I live in 527 square feet, and my craft room and bedroom are one and the same…well. There’s a need to divest. Also thinking about my kids being faced with all my treasures when I’m gone, and realizing that they will not see them as treasures…ugh! But my swap partners will recognize them as treasures, so there you go. A win/win! The gold edging is gilding paste (or gilding wax) bought from Amazon and applied with a fingertip. I have gold and silver, but have only used gold so far.
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Lizzie, you are the best of the best…thank you so much for always being so lovely and encouraging!
Response: Thank you so much, my friend…you are always so kind and encouraging. I’m so lucky to have found you in Swapland!
Response: I loved making this for you! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: As I was cutting out those birds, I had the same thought…SO many birds!!!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Mary. I adore the vintage photos, especially the Soviet-era ones. I just wonder all sorts of things...were they happy? Where are they now, if indeed they still ARE. I love to see the home decor and the clothing and their entertainment...all of it!
Response: I am besotted with the color challenge swaps...and with inkbox card swaps. This was a win/win!
Response: I am so happy you like them...I hope you find a use for every piece.
Response: Aw shucks, Laurie! I always wonder about "my" Russians...especially the children. Where are they now? Have they been happy? Do they now have children or grandchildren who are in the Russian army? And so forth. I've purchased several more "lots" of the photos, but my all-time favorite without a doubt is the first one I sent you...the bikini-clad apple-picking women and the nose-picking little boy. A group of pickers! A classic.
Response: Kristy, thank you for your kindness and support regarding my troubles; you are the most understanding of friends.
Response: Thank you for rating. ETA: thanks also for the beautiful heart; I never ever take those for granted!
Response: Miss Lizzie, I have a deep and abiding love for masterboards and collage...they are so incredibly versatile, yes? Thank you for all the llove, my friend!
Response: I just love making these inkbox cards, and making them into little booklets or (gasp!) punching a hole in the upper left corner to hang them from binder rings solves the problem of storage...we have to keep these going! Thank you so much for your wonderful, encouraging comments, Kathryn...you are The Best!
Response: I really, really enjoyed making these for you! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: Carmen, you are the sweetest of swap partners! Thank you so much for your lovely, encouraging comment...and of course for the great rating. I loved making this journal page; the colors made it special for me.
Response: Tammy, oh my goodness! Thank you so much for the beautiful comment and for the great rating...I usually don't enjoy creating a replacement as much as I did the original, but I enjoyed making this just as much as I did the first time! I have so, so much...I am awash in papers and antiquities, which I have to start sharing. I am thrilled that you like the little journal so much!
Response: I admit that I adore the "color challenge" themes...they really strike a chord in the creative part of my heart! And there's no one I'd rather swap with than you, my friend. I'm getting down to the BIG Russian photos, which can't be used as note cards in a regular envelope, and the military photos, which don't really thrill me. I want to see the average people, in their natural habitat! It's time to buy more...and you should see the envelopes they arrive in, from Moldova. Absolutely covered with beautiful postage stamps...I can't throw them away! I should chop them up and use them in collage projects...hmmmm...
Response: Ah, Karina...thank you so much for setting my mind at ease! I lost a couple of swap envelopes during our weather "event", and I was so worried that this one was also lost. I love swapping with you, and enjoy you so much as a group member and friend...anyway, I'm just happy that it arrived. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Nancy, you are the loveliest of swap partners...thank you so, so much for the amazingly flattering comment...and of course for the pretty red heart! I almost feel that in a previous life, I wore a kimono. Pretty sure I wasn't a geisha...maybe the laundress who washed the geisha's dainties? I just don't get the impression of royalty or regal=-ness, but I definitely feel the kimono. Just to be able to read that beautiful calligraphy woiuld be wonderful! It's always such a pleasure to swap wigh you, my friend!
Response: TBH, I actually looked at this completed index card and thought "I think I'm catching on at long last"! And I found it very enjoyable to make, so it was a total "win" for me! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I was a a bit shocked that the bow I printed was so small...but I found the kitties and it was just the right size. Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating...I'm enjoying this series!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating...your kind words are greatly appreciated!
Response: I struggled with this one! Not sure why...my original plan did not work out, and I wasn't sure about the one I did send to you. So thank you for the lovely words of encouragement; I needed them badly!
Response: Thank you for another lovely comment and great rating, Karina...you are the nicest swap partner EVER!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating! You made my day.
Response: You are the sweetest, my friend. Your ratings are always so thoughtful and encouraging...you're a dream of a swap partner!
Response: Jen, you are the loveliest of swap partners. Thank you so much...for your kindness, your patience, and just generally for being so wonderful.
Response: Thank you so, so much for the sweet comment and great rating! You are such a wonderful swap partner!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment (and rating)! I loved making these for you. That tiny gold trim is from a package of stickers…you can get a variety of designs and colors (usually gold, silver, and black)… my most recent batch was ordered from Elizabeth Craft, but you can get them on Amazon as well. I can’t make myself order from the Amazon seller because the shipping cost is higher than the cost of the stickers, and I have been spoiled by Amazon Prime’s free shipping. When you do an online search, use the words “border stickers” and that will narrow down your sticker search.
Response: I am in love with inkbox cards, and when I saw Margarete Miller’s little inkbox books, I was gobsmacked. Such a good way to corral them and also to display them! I have several 3-ring binders full of ATCs, in the plastic sleeves that are 9 to a page (I double up, putting 2 backs together so both sides of the page have eye candy), but inkbox cards don’t fit in those little pockets. I am thrilled that you like the 2 I sent to you, and look forward to many more swaps with you!
Response: I do love making and using masterboards, and I’m happy that you do, too. They make wonderful backgrounds for rolos, tags, ATCs…all the things we make! I loved making this one for you, and I am so happy that you like it!
Response: Already your swapping hope has come true…we are partnered in at least one 2024 swap! Karina, thank you so much for your wonderful and kind ratings, and for the beautiful compliment about my artwork…it means the world to me!
Response: Thank you so much! It’s such a pleasure to trade with you!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...it's such a pleasure to swap with you, Ines!
Response: Lizzie, you are the sweetest! There's nothing magical about Santa's beard, it's just modeling paste applied with a Q-tip. I wish you all the same...the most wonderful holiday season, and the best imaginable new year...with plenty of time spent with your little polpette!
Response: Oh Nancy, I just love clusters! I love them big, and I love them even more when they are small! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: And the happiest of holidays to you, my friend...you are such a shining light for this community! Thank you for always leaving such lovely, encouraging comments!
Response: Thank you so much for your kindness, patience, and also for your encouragement, Jane...you are a wonderful swap partner!
Response: What a lovely thing to say! Thank you so much for that...and of course for the great rating. I adore the vintage photos, and even though I have many (MANY!) I keep checking eBay for more!
Response: Thank you so much, Carmen...you always leave the nicest comments!
Response: It's always a treat to swap with you...in either direction! I am so happy that you've added the wonderful "3 Elements" swaps to this group...it's truly one of my favorite themes (is it a theme?). You are a hosting STAR!
Response: Kristy, you are always the kindest swap partner! Thank you so much for the great rating and lovely comment!
Response: Martha, I am so loving the old photos…my favorite eBay purchase, for sure. Thank you so much for the great rating and lovely comment…I am thrilled that you like the ATC I made for you!
Response: You are the sweetest, my friend. So kind and encouraging…you are a gift go everyone you swap with.
Response: Thank you, dear Kathryn…it is pure joy to swap with you, in both directions.
Response: Thank you, dear Bev. I sure miss Kiki…but I have to say, Baby seems to enjoy being an only child!
Response: Thank you, thank you (bowing from the waist, lol)! I think those old photos are one of my favorite eBay purchases…I just love them. You know…some are not that great, but others…well! I still think the first one I ever sent (to you!) is the best ever, with the chunky ladies picking apples in their bikinis, and the double-fisted nose picker. Hahahahaha!
Response: I confess to loving altered playing cards, and Ive received some beauties for my collection. Thank you for your lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating, Helene.
Response: Thank you so much! I truly enjoyed making it for you. I confess that I love the old photos...I hope I never run out of them!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating and sweet comment...I truly enjoyed making this card for you! I am loving the Russian photographs, and I have quite a stack of them left...you may expect to receive more from me!
Response: Jane, you are without a doubt the kindest of swap partners! Thank you for that. As for the Russian photos, I just love them! So different to us, and yet in many ways, not so different. People are people all over the world!
Response: Thank you, Georgene...you have been a bright light to me over the past several months. to on ly are you the loveliest of swap partners, but the loveliest of friends also.
Response: Thank you, Wendy...you are the sweetest of swap partners!
Response: Hahahahaha! All cats behave badly on occasion...it's how they retain their cathode! As for the notecards...gosh, I'm loving the Russian photos! So different, and yet...people are people, wherever they happen to be.
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rateng!
Response: Thank you, my friend...thank you very much. It's always wonderful to swap with you, in either direction!
Response: Kathryn, you are the sweetest...thank you so much for always being the best imaginable swap partner!
Response: Ooh, Debbie, I apologize for the late response! I confess to loving chickens and roosters...not the real ones that poop all over the place, but the ceramic ones that live in my kitchen! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating...you're just the best!
Response: I'm so embarrassed for the late response...thank you for the lovely comment and great rating! I truly enjoyed making this ATC for you.
Response: Thank you so much, dear Di...I love inchies (in moderation), and Halloween inchies are just the most fun of all.
Response: I'm so late with my responses...thank you very much for your lovely comment and of course for the great rating! My son is much better...back home again and feeling better.
Response: I am so late with my responses! Thank you for being so kind and gracious...I'm thrilled that you enjoyed the swap!
Response: Gosh…thank you so much! That is a wonderful way to embrace the day! It’s always a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: I loved making this ATC for you...your sweet comment has made my day, and I thank you for that!
Response: I hope this swap comes around again…I have an idea that involves using the rinchie as a head and the moo as a body… Thank you so much for always being the loveliest os swap partners and friends!
Response: Vicky, you are the best of the best. Thank you so much.
Response: I loved making ghese for you, Robin…thank you for the great rating!
Response: As usual, I tore paper and glued it down and it was GOOD! And then I covered it all up. Thank you for always being the most encouraging of swap partners, my friend!
Response: This one kind of fell into place by itself, which was a good thing, given my current state of affairs. I just love swapping with you, in both directions!
Response: Thanks so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Laura!
Response: I did have fun with this one! Thank you for the happy heart rating!
Response: I love those Russian photos...I look at each one and think, Where are you today? Are you happy? Would you be surprised that your photo has traveled to the US, and then across the US twice? Thank you for being the lovely person you are, Wendy. I treasure you.
Response: Oh, I love rain more than any other kind of weather! And that's a good thing, because as everyone in the US knows, it rains 9 months of the year in the Pacific NW! Thank you for another wonderful comment and rating, my friend!
Response: I do love the "3 elements" swap themes, probably more than any other theme. A bit of a challenge is a good thing! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating.
Response: Ir's such a pleasure to swap with you...in either direction! And lately you have received several from me, so I look forward to receiving some from you next, if the Swapbot computer will cooperate!
Response: Oh, thank you, thank you! I'm grateful for the sweet comment and great rating, and also happy that these photos will not go to waste! I have many of them, and each is precious to me: I can't help but wonder where these people are today; if they are happy; and if they would be surprised to know that they were "famous" in a small way!
Response: I'm finding the blizzard of pattern to be a common theme in these photos! Still and all, none of them beats the first one I sent to you...I picked it out immediately as being THE ONE, and I know YOU know exactly what I mean! I was stymied at first by the black theme, but then I thought hey, how about one of the dark ladies I printed for some unknown future project...and it worked! I'm so happy you were my partner for this swap!
Response: I'm so happy you like it. Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much, dear Bev.
Response: There's a bit of a backstory for your ATC...I don't know if I mentioned this in my note to you. My friend woo died was in LOVE with dachshunds, and had three during the time I knew her. So in a way, this ATC was an homage to my friend Tami...as well as to you! Thank you so much for your kindness and compassion.
Response: You are the loveliest...truly. Your sweet comment means the world to me. And thank you for the great rating...I loved making this one for you!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! I probably shouldn't say so (because it sounds weird, being my swap series and all!), but I love this theme, and I hope everyone stays invested to the very end. Thank you so much for the great rating and wonderful comment! (I think he's a soldier, too.)
Response: Oh Connie...all the patterns in that photo! I am LOVING the Russian photographs...the one I recently sent to Laurie had 2 chunky women in bikinis...picking apples. And there was a little boy in the foreground who was picking his nose...both nostrils, because he was using both hands. A classic. I hope Laurie keeps it forever! On another note, I do love sari silk ribbons.They fray like crazy, but they are just so pretty...I'm thrilled that you like it!
Response: Helene, you are just lovely...the best imaginable swap partner. Thank you for your patience and generosity. I am LOVING the Russian photos, and I love hearing that you appreciate them also!
Response: Linda, you are the loveliest of friends...thank you so much. You made my day.
Response: Thank you so much, Martha.
Response: Ahem...very busy twinchies! I do love the wee artworks... Thank you for always being so kind and encouraging!
Response: I'm so happy you like theRussian photo...some are just lovely, and some are unintentionally hilarious. I think they were a wonderful purchase! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! I loved making this for you! Thank you for the lovely comment and rating...you made my day.
Response: Thank you so much! I loved making this one for you!
Response: Elaine, as one who suffers from a few chronic health issues, I have the utmost empathy for your situation! I'm so happy that you're home where you belong, in your comfortable place...hopefully you'll begin making art again very soon! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating...you are a wonderful swap partner!
Response: It's always such a pleasure to swap with you, my friend!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating!
Response: I so enjoyed making this one for you! Just the whole end-of-summeriness of the theme (yes, I know that "summariness" isn't a real word...) I look forward to many more wonderful swaps with you, my dear friend.
Response: I confess that this is one of my all-time favorites. I loved making it for you! It's always such a pleasure to swap with you, Laurie.
Response: I struggled with these, and I don't know why! I usually love master boards, but for some reason...yeah. Better days ahead, hopefully!
Response: A pleasure to swap with you also, my friend...thank you for always being so kind!
Response: Thank you so much for their lovely comment and rating. I had a wonderful time making these for you.
Response: Thank you so much...I confess that I changed directions after reading your profile. I am so, so happy that you like the ATC!
Response: I loved making this one for you! Than you for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: Thank you so very much!
Response: You are the kindest and most generous of swap partners, my friend! Thank you very much for the lovely comment and great rating.
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating, Connie...I loved making this one for you!
Response: Sweet kitty faces...I loved making these for you! Thank you for being the whole package, Di...a wonderful swap partner and a lovely friend.
Response: All is well here at Chez Meow, Georgene...thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, and for your friendship!
Response: I loved making it for you...thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating, Ines.
Response: How is the gilding going? LOL! But it really is so lovely when finally affixed to the base of the master board. I can't wait to see some of your completed guilty, shimmery artworks!
Response: Thank you, Wendy.
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much...I loved making this one for you!
Response: Lisa, you are the sweetest...thank you so much!
Response: Thank you so much, Linda! I feel the same about your swap items!
Response: Thank you, Teri...I have seen some wonderfully inventive APCs, and I hope people stay interested!
Response: I adore this series, Connie...I hope we dob't run out of colors!
Response: This is the most wonderful review...thank you so, so much! I needed a boost today, and you have provided it!
Response: I'm now caught up on responses to ratings! Kathryn, I "shop" exclusively on Pinterest. That's where all my images live until I bring them to life. Thank you so much for always being so lovely!
Response: I'm pleased to report that Kiki has become a social butterfly! When FEMALES come to visit, she is in the thick of things. Men, however, not so much...of course, my son has a big, booming voice (well, he has a big, booming presence in general!) and Kiki doesn't like that much. She's a wonderful addition to my family, for sure. Thank you so much for the sweet review of the rolo! You da best!
Response: Such a lovely, lovely thing to say! Thank you for that...I needed a boost, and you gave it to me!
Response: Thank YOU for the great rating and wonderful comment!
Response: Honestly? I will be sorry when this swap ends! Maybe I should keep hosting the inkbox booklet swaps...now that's a thought! thank you for always being the loveliest of swap partners!
Response: One thing that probably never will stop in Portland is construction...but maybe THIS construction site will be finished soon. Thank you for the great rating, Wendy my friend!
Response: Laurie, you always say the nicest things! It's hard to go wrong with a background by Connie Kouts (seriously, I logged into Pinterest and there on my home page was a beautiful ATC made by "Connie Kouts" some time ago!). Kismet, I say. Kismet!
Response: I am so far behind with responses to kind comments such as yours...you'd almost think I had a busy life (that is incredibly far from the truth!). It's always a true pleasure to swap with you, my dear friend!
Response: Well, Kathie, it appears that I'm being typical here, failing to respond to the nicest comments for weeks! Thank you so much for the lovely words...you know it's a special treat to swap with you again!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful comment and rating!
Response: You are the kindest of swap partners! Thank you so much for the great rating and comment!
Response: I am also pathologically forgetful, which means that I forget to respond to some of my very best swap friends in a timely manner! You know I loved making this one, and sending it to you...and I was living life vicariously through you and your wonderful travels!
Response: Oh Connie, I'm so hoping that this swap series continues forever! I adore inkbox cards in general, and the color series is particularly wonderful. Thank you for the lovely rating and comment!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am in love with the inkbox cards! I don't know why, exactly...is it because they are "new"? Or maybe just a different shape that allows for larger (wider) designs? Anyway...thank you so much for always being a lovely swap partner!
Response: I'm so happy you like them, Jan! Thank you for the nice comment and great rating.
Response: What a lovely compliment! Thank you so much!
Response: Thank you for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: I get so far behind on my responses! It's a symptom of my disease: the disease of disorganization and procrastination! Kathryn, you always leave the kindest ratings and comments...you are a dream of a swap partner!
Response: That’s exactly my issue with daisies…it’s undoubtedly the reason we don’t see these beauties in floral bouquets! Thank you so much for the great rating and thoughtful comment!
Response: I am THRILLED that you like the tag flip I made for you! Thank you for the great rating and lovely comment!
Response: Isn’t that fabric weird? I never expected the spatters to be…well, to be whatever they are! I ordered the same set of fabrics in pink, and the nice thing is that each piece is different.
Response: Ooh…I love masterboard projects! Somehow the pieces are always so much more wonderful than the original “board”…I know whatever you make will be stunning!
Response: I’m so happy that you’re enjoying the series…and particularly happy that you like the two that I sent your way!
Response: I definitely need more practice with the smaller rolos…I don’t remember feeling frustrated with the smaller format in previous swaps, but this one was a challenge…so thank you very much for the great rating and lovely comment!
Response: I fell in love with series of kitties when I spied them on Pinterest…I’m thrilled that you like this one.
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating and sweet comment!
Response: Oh Mandy…you are just the very best human being. I adore swapping with you, in either direction!
Response: Thank you so much, Carmen! You are such a nice swap partner!
Response: It’s funny…no matter what kind of masterboard it is, the pieces are always better than the original board. I wonder why that is? Thank you for the lovely comment, my friend…you are The Best!
Response: You are the absolute sweetest friend, Linda…thank you so much!
Response: I can always count on you to bring joy to a "regular" day, Di. Thank you so much for...well, for being YOU!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! It's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Kathryn, your comments are always so wonderful...I'm transported out of "real life" when I read them, and for a short time I feel quite special! You are a wonderful friend and swap partner!
Response: Thank you so much, Bev...I enjoyed making this for you!
Response: Things continue to improve here at Chez Meow, although to be honest, Kiki is still VERY iffy about having another feline around. I've seen signs of a thaw but her go-to is a loud hiss, which scares Baby. Always an adventure... Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, my friend!
Response: Thank you for such a lovely comment and rating, my friend! I think we skipped spring here, and went full-on into summer, with several days of 90+ degree temperatures. I mean, really...couldn't Mother Nature have helped us ease into the heat?!
Response: It's always a pleasure to swap with you, Jan...you are unfailingly kind and forgiving. I treasure you as a group member, as a swap partner, and as a (long distance) friend.
Response: Ah, Paula...it feels like eons since we swapped, and it's just such a pleasure to be swapping with you again! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating.
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Hahahahaha! My heart sank when I noticed that bit! I'm so happy that you went with the flow, and thank you for being so gracious!
Response: Carmen, you always leave the nicest comments! Thank you so much for being a wonderful swap partner!
Response: This one was fun to make...I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Connie, you are the loveliest of swap partners! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Linda, you are just the loveliest person...such a good and encouraging friend! I did have fun with Dolly...and the one I received was just adorable! Thank you for hosting this wonderful swap!
Response: I keep forgetting about the drywall tape, and then I'll be trying to find the top of my craft table under all the stuff on top, and there it is! At which point, I have to make something with it. I hope you make many wonderful little works of art with it!
Response: I really, really enjoy making inkbox cards...they are my new favorite! I'm so happy you like the mushroomy one I sent to you!
Response: I had such a good time making these for you! Thank you for the lovely comment, Di.
Response: I love bulbs too...and this tag was a delight to make!
Response: It is always a pleasure to swap with you! Thank you so much for the nice comment and great rating.
Response: Thank you so much, dear Debbie...it's such s pleasure to swap with you.
Response: Thank you so, so much for the sweetest comment ever!
Response: Linda, this is one of the loveliest compliments I have ever received...thank you so much!
Response: You, my friend, are always so gracious! My kitty's name is Kiki, and she is a love. She no longer hates me, and actively seeks love and attention from me. She is still spooked by the resident kitty, who is a tiny elderly Persian without a mean bone in her little body. I see signs, however...sniffing the resident's tail when the resident is sleeping, and so forth. Pretty sure all will be well. I love them both dearly, and I knew the moment I saw Kiki that she was meant to be mine.
Response: You are very welcome, my dear friend...thank you for always being such a generous swap partner!
Response: Well...at first the new kitty (Kiki) hated me, hated the horse I rode in on, and hated the resident kitty, who is a tiny, elderly Persian girl without a drop of malice or attitude. However, now Kiki is affectionate and loving and all is well. I know things will continue to progress.
Response: Oh Georgene! We had a rough first week with our new kitty. She hated me, hated the resident kitty, and hated being forced to cohabitate with us. However, things have turned around beautifully and she now actively seeks affection and petting. Her name is Kiki, and she is a love!
Response: Mary, you are the sweetest. Thank you so, so much for always being kind and generous with your comments and ratings.
Response: Kristy, it is always such a pleasure to swap with you...thank you, my friend!
Response: You are absolutely lovely...thank you for your patience and kindness, as well as the wonderful rating.
Response: I didn't know, but apparently the image I chose is Jane Austen! Several other people recognized the image immediately, and I was happy to have the information. Thank you for always being the kindest of swap partners, Bev.
Response: Laurie, you are the sweetest. It's always a pleasure to swap with you! Let's keep on doing it!
Response: My daughter took classical ballet classes until she got married and went to work...I love everything about ballet. The discipline, the beauty, the storytelling of the dances...all of it! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I could (I DO!) say the same! So, so happy you're creating and swapping again, my dear friend! Thank you for the lovely comment and wonderful rating.
Response: That was my favorite of the two, also! It's something new to be using fabric in my artwork...I've used cheesecloth and tulle and such, but full on fabric is different and quite enjoyable! Thank you for your kindness and the grace you extended to me in my time of trouble, Jan, You are a lovely human being as well as a stellar swap partner!
Response: Gosh! You are the loveliest of friends and swap partners, Nancy...so kind and encouraging! Thank you. Just...thank you so much!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating! And for your kindness...thank you for extending grace during my sad time.
Response: Oh Georgene, the snow! The sun is shining here in Portland today, but you never know. I remember the year that it snowed in April. And I don't mean April 1, either. Thank you so much for your lovely, lovely comment and great rating...you are a treasure to me.
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Nancy, you are quite simply the best swap partner in the world. Just sayin'...the best!
Response: Thank you so much, my friend!!
Response: Lizzie, you never EVER fail to lift my spirits...thank you so much for that, and for your incredibly uplifting comment (and the happy red heart as well!).
Response: Thank you so much, Debbie. I think this is the first swap I've even sent as soon as partners were assigned...can't remember at the moment why I did it, but I've so happy to have had you as my swap partner!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, Helene! It's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy, Hannah! Thank you for the kind words and wonderful rating.
Response: I'm so late with my responses...but thank YOU for the wonderful rating!
Response: I apologize for the late response...thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: I am so sorry for the tardiness of my response, Kathryn! It's astonishing to me how quickly I get behind. I wish I could remember which papers I sent you...my memory clearly isn't very good these days! You are a dream of a swap partner, my friend.
Response: I can't believe how far behind I've gotten with my "thank you" responses...but I do want to thank you for always being such a lovely swap partner. I do miss the cardinals in Michigan. Such beautiful birds, with a special meaning.
Response: I am so far behind on my "thank you's"...but thank you so much for the thoughtful comment and wonderful rating! You are a lovely swap partner.
Response: Jan, thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating.
Response: It's always pure pleasure to swap with you, Sherry...thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, my friend.
Response: Oh so happy it arrived safely and that you like it! I really do love the 4x6 size…room for many embellishments!
Response: Thank you so much for your lovely rating and comments, Karen. I checked USPS online for postage, and it said $5.40! I almost couldn’t believe it, so I stuck on 2 International stamps and an “extra ounce” stamp and went to the Postal Annex downstairs for a final decision. Apparently I had even slightly overestimated the postage, so I mailed it like that. I don’t want to pay over $5 to mail a swap…it just isn’t right!
Response: Carmen, you made my day! Thank you so much for your wonderful ratings and comments!
Response: You know I love your “little” swaps…I am very fond of the small things (inchies, twinchies, betwinchies, moos)…it’s like a whole other language! Thank you for all you do…for the group and for me, specifically. You are a friend in a million!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating, my friend!
Response: Kathryn, you are truly the loveliest of swap partners and friends. Thank you so much for your thoughtful and uplifting comments…after reading them, I smile all day long!
Response: Come to think of it, this rolo was rather heavy on the foxes! Thank you for the great rating...and for your wit!
Response: You leave the nicest comments, my friend! Thank you for always being so kind.
Response: I am so very happy that you finally received your butterfly heart ornament! Such a strange series of events...thank you very much for your kindness and grace while waiting, and also for your lovely comment and great rating! You made MY day!
Response: I read the part of your profile that concerns postage due envelopes, and gave this one a hard second look, then added another stamp! I'm happy it made its way from Portland to Honolulu, and extra happy that you like it!
Response: I really enjoyed making this ATC. I fell in love with the bunny the moment I saw her image. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Peaceful and serene! In direct contrast to my home situation lately! I'm happy that I was able to portray that for you. Thank you for the wonderful rating, my friend!
Response: Oh, I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and lovely rating!
Response: You made my day, Julia...and it was a tough day. So thank you...this is one of the nicest comments I've ever received!
Response: Thank you so much! I do love twinchies...I love making them, and also receiving them. I hope we swap again soon!
Response: This one is very similar to the original...but of course it's not the same. I'm happy that this one made it to you!
Response: Thank ou so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Mary. It's always a pleasure to swap with you, in either direction. Every time I address an envelope to you, my heart feels a little tug for my time in Michigan. I thought I would be there forever, but it was not to be.
Response: Thank you so much, my dear friend. I always love swapping with you!
Response: I am late with my response...thank you so, so much for the lovely comment and great rating! Bella is...well, she's 20. And blind. But she purrs, she eats, and she uses the litter box appropriately. And she sleeps...a lot. She is my love, and thank you for mentioning her!
Response: Lisa, you are just the loveliest of swap partners...your kind and uplifting comments always make my day!
Response: Thank YOU so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Our first swap! I'm so happy you like what I made for you, and hope that we are partnered in many swaps to come!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the beautiful comment you left; it made my day!
Response: We can hope for that outcome, for sure! Thank you so much for the great rating and sweet comment...you are a wonderful swap partner.
Response: Jen. I appreciate you more than I can say. Thank you so much for all the kindness and grace you show to your swap partners.
Response: Nancy, you are the loveliest human being...thank you so much. You are part of what makes Swapbot such a lovely place to meet friends and swap with them.
Response: You always know exactly what to say to make my day, Kathryn. I love swapping with you!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Wendy!
Response: I think I've used this sweet girl (with her curly, curly hair) before...but years ago. I fell in love with her all over again. Thank you for always being the loveliest of swap partners!
Response: Thank you so much! They were a pleasure to make for you.
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful rating and comment...you are the most generous of swap partners! I really enjoyed this one...I have specialty papers from India that I wanted to use for this ATC, but couldn't find. My craft room is in chaos, therefore my life is in chaos!
Response: I confess to loving he corrugated cardboard stuff...I use it often and always look for places to stick it! This was a pleasure to make for you, Bev.
Response: Well...I hardly know what to say here! Thank you for rating the heart as if it is the journal page...perhaps we will be partnered soon for another journal page swap!
Response: Such a lovely compliment...thank you so much! I appreciate your kindness and generosity...and I look forward to swapping with you again soon!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and rating...I am so happy to have made you happy with this swap! I look forward to swapping with you again soon.
Response: Oh thank you! A side note...I saw this on Flickr years ago, and the specialness (is that a word?) struck me immediately. The creative artist took a long, slim box (she said she got it at a local craft store), decorated it beautifully, and marked the ends of the box near the bottom, where the rolo holes would be, then glued 2 chopsticks on both ends, so the rolos would fit neatly over the chopsticks. Room for soooo many rolos...and the chopsticks fit into the holes and keep the rolos upright. Genius!
Response: I confess to loving tag flips...I've made several, and loved each (different themes, same sense of creative joy!). I'm so, so happy to have made YOU happy, my dear friend!
Response: Thank you so much! I fell in love with the girl and her cat the moment I saw that image...I'm so happy to have made you happy!
Response: My friend, it is always such a pleasure to swap with you! Thank you so much for your sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Oh Lizzie...what a lovely, uplifting comment! You made more than. my day...you are a wonderful friend and equally wonderful swap partner.
Response: Oh Kristy...it's always a joy to swap with you, in either direction! I think our "Indian summer" (which I thought would never depart) has truly departed. It's chilly here! And raining, which is my spirit weather. Come to think of it, that explains so much...about my melancholic state! I look forward to more swaps with you very soon!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: I love inchies too...especially in small doses. Previously, I've only hosted and participated in swaps of 6 inchies, and it did get a bit mind-boggling!
Response: Oh, that package of swaps! My "laziness" (and I know YOU know what that entails) created such an issue...thank you for always leaving the nicest of comments, no matter what!
Response: You are the loveliest! Thank you so much for your comment and rating...your encouragement and friendship has meant the world to me lately, more than ever before!
Response: Renata, you made my day...thank you so, so much!
Response: I love those kitty images, and have saved many versions of them in my Pinterest boards! Thank you for always being the kindest of swap partners, my friend!
Response: I kind of love gypsies, although I draw the line at the modern version (from what I've seen on TV and in the ER when I worked there). I know I romanticize that lifestyle, but I think I would love to live in one of those adorable vandas, all boho-licious!
Response: Debbie, it's always a pleasure to swap with you. I wonder how many years we've been swapping with each other? It seems like always, which I hope never changes. You're a lovely friend!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Chris. I'm thrilled that this set landed in the right place!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! I adore these swaps, and always look forward to the next one.
Response: This one got away from me...thank you for not penalizing me for that, especially since I was the swap host! I wonder if at some point I will be able to organize myself...it's a question I ask myself daily. All I know is...not today! This Botox session went well, thankfully...I look forward to months of migraine-free days!
Response: Laurie, my friend, your lovely comments made my day, and more. Thank you for always being such a wonderful swap partner!
Response: I loved making these. I know they aren't *exactly* what the swap called for, but...well, you know. I was sending to YOU! Thank you as always for the positivity...you made my day, and then some!
Response: Helena has played some awesome roles, hasn't she? This version of her made me LOL...I had to use it! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Your lovely comment made my day...thank you so much! I so enjoyed making this for you, and I hope we swap again soon!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! I love the idea of the Italian Nonnas gossiping with each other and living lovely lives in those adorable houses...thank you for making my fantasy come true (LOL)!
Response: Thank you so much, Di. It's a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: So happy to have made you happy! I am a consistent winner at Bingo…I kind of love that it irritates some of the old-timers, lol! You always leave the nicest comments…thank you for that!
Response: I really loved making this one...I didn't use any go the images I had initially chosen, and chose some from my stash instead. I'm so happy you like it!
Response: Ahh...thank you, Bev. I really did enjoy the making of this, and hope you're able to make something lovely from it!
Response: Oh dear God...the fact that I'm unable to follow the simplest directions is a cause for concern! I cobbled that little thing together with glue and with my fingers crossed that it would resemble the original even slightly! You are the kindest of swap partners, my friend.
Response: Thank you, dear Nancy...it's just a joy to have you asa swap partner!
Response: I love using the color combinations as a swap theme...I've heard that they are difficult for some of the group members, but every one I've received has been amazing, so I don't want to stop hosting them! Thank you for always being so kind and encouraging...you're just the best kind of swap partner!
Response: Gosh, Kathryn...your compliments have taken MY breath away! I really, really love making these wee bits of art, and I love having you as a swap partner! Thank you so, so much for making my day!
Response: Leslie, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Hahahahaha! Guy...well, the stories are bound to continue, because he just can't help himself. I suspect holes in his brain from years and years of alcohol abuse...but once I got over the shock of seeing him at my back door, I realize that he's just an odd duck with zero social skills. And thank you for the compliment...and for the hopes for my migraines. I haven't had one like that for several months, and hope I don't have one like It ever again.
Response: Thank you, dear Di. I will confess that every time I see a wee piggie I question myself about being a carnivore. More now than ever before...it's as if as I get older, I wonder why other creatures don't have that opportunity, thanks to people like me! Ooh, sorry, I digress! I loved making this little ATC for you, and I'm happy that you like it!
Response: I am envious of your trip away, and hope you had a wonderful time! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating...it's just a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I had such a wonderful time making these, although the master board did cause a few logistical problems! Thank you for the nice comment and great rating, Renata!
Response: Oh Nancy, you are quite simply the nicest swap partner EVER! Thank ou for the lovely comment and rating...and for just being YOU!
Response: I am ever so familiar with the non-model type body...I've lived with mine for 72 years! I read on Facebook that the oldest daughter is a physical clone of her father, and to that I can only say that I was cursed from conception! Thank you for the great rating, my friend!
Response: Lizzie, my friend, you are the sweetest...truly. The flowers are not a stamp, but are fussy cut and glued to the rolo. Thank you for always being so encouraging!
Response: Thank you for the nice comment and great rating...this one didn't turn out quite as I had planned, but in reality I guess that's almost always the case!
Response: Kathryn, you are just the loveliest of swap partners! Thank you for your uplifting and effusive comment...you made my day! The butterfly jewels are called bindis, and they come from India (eBay!). Apparently Indian ladies attach them to their foreheads and/or navels. They aren't very expensive and there's always such a variety in each order. I'm so happy you like them!
Response: I feel as if I should winter in Portland, and summer in Alaska! Ooooh I can't tolerate heat. And humidity. But back to the swap...thank you so much for the great rating and the sweet comment! I hope your summer continues to be wonderful.
Response: I loved making these, Shelli. The master board...all of it. Thank you for hosing such a wonderful swap!
Response: Donetta laughs...I found the Venetian Masquerade image and for some reason, I just HAD to use it for this swap! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I do love making and receiving the inkbox cards, probably because they are something "new" in terms of shape. It doesn't take much to engage me, that's for sure! Thank you so much for the great rating and for your special comments!
Response: It's just a joy to swap with you, Linda...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Oh Jen, I was disappointed in these. And for some reason it had to do with the embossing. I should have stuck with my original idea of simply collaging the envelopes...I think we would both have been happier. Thank you for always being the sweetest swap partner!
Response: The nicest comment EVER! Thank you for always being the most wonderful of swap partners, my friend!
Response: Wendy, thank you for the lovely comment and rating...it's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: This one was a bit difficult for me and I don't really know why. You should see the tag I received...it is so spectacular that I have to bow my head in shame over this one! The beauty of swapping is that we can see and learn from the techniques of others.
Response: Thank you, as always, for the lovely comment and great rating. It's a true pleasure to swap with you, Bev.
Response: Thank you very much, Sandra...your kind words and (of course!) the great rating have made my day!
Response: I usually read my partner's profile before sending my swaps, but I was using my phone and couldn't figure out how to get from the "see your partner" field back to my partner's profile (I'm inept with my iPhone!). If you can't use the extras, just send them on to someone else...and thank you so much for the lovely rating!
Response: It's always a joy to see your name as my swap partner, in either direction...thank you so much for always being the very best swap partner, Kristy!
Response: Linda, it's pure pleasure swapping with you...thank you for always being so kind and generous with your ratings and comments!
Response: Mary, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...it's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I'm so happy you like them, Sandra! I couldn't resist the VW "Bug"...and red and yellow are some of my favorite colors as well.
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the lovely red heart!
Response: My dear friend, I am always happy to send my little works to your mailbox...and I can say the same: it's always wonderful to find you in my mailbox!
Response: This one didn't go exactly as planned, to be honest...or (more honestly) I don't think I actually had a plan for it! So...thank you for the great rating and kind comment!
Response: Ooh, I so do not enjoy the heat/humidity combo! It sure makes for beautiful landscapes and flowers, but my poor body just can't handle it. However, I'm happy that you are happy in your beautiful Florida home, and also happy that you like the wee artworks I send to you!
Response: Bushing furiously over here...thank you for the lovely and uplifting comment, Wendy!
Response: Hahahahaha! You are simply the BEST, Kathryn! Your comments are simply amazing to read...it is such a joy to swap with you! I'm so happy that you love the Frenchiest of all French Mademoiselles!
Response: Thank you, dear Debbie! Such a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Joan, thank you so much for the loveliest of compliments! I loved making this one for you...it was a pleasure from start to finish!
Response: Ooh, remodeling projects are just so HARD to live through! But I have every faith in your artistic eye...I know you will end up with something that's the envy of the neighborhood! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...I have kind of fallen in love with the Deco ladies!
Response: What a lovely, uplifting comment to read! Thank you so much, dear Pirjo-Liisa! I always love having you as a swap partner...and I share your love for this format!
Response: Hahahahaha! My book...well, I'm still gathering stories, you know. And boy, are there some stories worth telling! Thank you so much for being the BEST imaginable swap partner, Nancy...you are just a delight!
Response: Sandra, thank you for the sweet comment and great rating...it's always lovely to swap with you!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! I did love making this one for you. Thank you for always being so lovely, Jen!
Response: For some reason, I've been struggling with the paper doll swaps...so I'm extra happy that you like what I sent! Thank ou so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Ros, it's wonderful to swap with you...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Debbie...it's great to be swapping with you again!
Response: Thank you so much, Jackie! It's such a pleasure to swap with you again!
Response: Oh Ros, I'm so happy it arrived safe and sound. My suspicion, of course, is that it isn't a replacement at all...but it is lovely of you to be so kind and generous! Fingers crossed for your eyeball to come to its senses and behave so you can return to the beautiful artwork we all love so much!
Response: I kind of love the Alice themes, although I'm really not a fan of the books or the movie, so I can't figure out why I enjoy the theme so much! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, my friend!
Response: I found this one surprisingly delightful to make! I mean...seagulls? Yet the ATC I received was amazing...so maybe it wasn't the weird subject I thought it might be! Thank you for the lovely comment (your special gift is the great comments you leave) and for the delightful red heart!
Response: Ah, Kathryn, you are the loveliest of swap partners! Thank you so much for your encouragement and lovely comments...you are a treasure to me!
Response: Oh Mary...it's an ongoing effort, this craft room "organization"! Part of the problem is that I can't remember where I put the "organized" stuff! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Sherry, thank you for all the sweet comments and great ratings you leave...it's a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Hahahaha! the moment I saw this overwhelmed vintage housewife, I knew she was "mine" (actually, she's yours!). I loved this theme, and I love the inkbox swap in general...let's have more of them!
Response: I truly did enjoy making the tiger ATC, Jen...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and wond4rful rating, Di...it's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: It's always a pleasure to have yo as a swap partner, Sherry! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: This one...the one I sent to you...is the remake. I just couldn't do the original, not to you! For some reason, I'm struggling with the journal pages with paper doll people, and I don't know why. The latest one I made is awful too, but I sent it anyway. And yes...that's actual tulle over the paper on the background of yours. Such special touches are missing from the latest one. (I feel shame, but it didn't keep me from sending it.)
Response: Oh Laurie...I bought the starfish years ago from an Etsy seller (I have quite a few left), but I kind of feel bad whenever I use one. It's, like, a BABY, isn't it? I mean it's a real (dead) starfish. I have a little container of dead babies in my craft room! However, I do have them, and for certain very special swaps I sacrifice one...I like to think I'm honoring them by sending to certain special people. However, I won't be buying any more. Dead. Babies.
Response: Oh, she took me back to my steampunk days! Not that I personally embraced the steampunk look, being...you know...too old and too fat to carry it off, but I did venture into the sub-culture artistically speaking. She was fun to make!
Response: Thank you so much, Mary...you are always such a lovely swap partner!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! I love making inchies...but I hit a wall with them after 5 or 6. Fiddly work, you know?
Response: Hahahahaha! My luck continues, as I keep being partnered with you on Swapbot! Thank you for the happy little heart, Di!
Response: Thank you for always being positive and encouraging, my friend...see my comment on the inkbox cards for my disclaimer.
Response: I love the inkbox cards, but to be honest, these were not my best work. I tried and tried, my friend, but that day my inspiration seemed to have taken a vacation. Thank you for your lovely comments and great ratings...you are a truly wonderful swap partner.
Response: I kind of didn’t expect this resolution, to be honest…I feared I was on another “roll” of a bad sort! Nancy, you are quite simply the best. Capital letters: The BEST!
Response: Thank you, dear Di...it's honestly a joy to swap with you, in either direction!
Response: I loved making this one, tbh! I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for always being the kindest and most generous of swap partners.
Response: LOL...I fell in love with the wee raccoon, and for some reason I thought you might appreciate her too. The mesh stickers represent the screen door through which MY neighborhood raccoon used to visit occasionally, after eating all the cat food left on the patio for my neighborhood kitty that became one of my "children"!
Response: You are the loveliest of swap partners, Bev...in either direction. It's always a happy time when I see that you are my swap partner...and your ratings and comments are always uplifting. Thank you so much!
Response: I had more postcards picked out for you, but they just wouldn't fit in the envelope. I'll be sending them singly, with swaps as they come up. Some of the messages are heart-tugging...from children to their fathers who are away at war (WWI). They are treasures and I'm so grateful to my lovely French friend. I love sharing them with very special people!
Response: That is the best compliment I've received in ages, Jen...thank you so much for making my day! It's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I was thrilled to see that you were my swap partner...it feels like a very long time since we've swapped! All is well here, and let's hope it remains that way...for you as well! Thank you for always being the kindest and most generous of swap partners, my dear friend.
Response: Hahahahaha! I don't think I've EVER made a little piece of artwork that was so completely true to the swap theme...this was certainly very orange! Lizzie, you are just the sweetest...I love swapping with you, and I"m so grateful that we met through swapping!
Response: Oh, I struggled with that little journal, Kristy! When I watched the "how-to" video, I was confounded by the constant chatter and by the SIZE of her journal! But then I realized that I didn't need to make yours the size of a grocery bag...and that I could stencil the designs on a regular paper bag...and all was okay in my world again. I'm so happy that you like what I made!
Response: Oh that nest! I had a long length of sari ribbon that was tangled, and while doing that, I ended up with a pile of the individual threads. Ta da! A little silk bird's nest! Thank you for another lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I confess to being very fond of the color challenge swap themes...I loved making this for you. Thank you for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: I was just thrilled to be swapping with you again, my dear friend! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I do love rabbits...this swap was just a pleasure to make. Thank you for another sweet comment and great rating, Jen!
Response: You know, I just loved making these! Until this group, I had no idea that the shape of the cards were named after the Ranger stamp pads! Isn't it interesting how exciting it is to make something "new" in shape? I love it! Thank you so much for the great rating, my friend!
Response: You are such a lovely swap partner...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: You always leave the nicest comments, Laurie...thank you so much for that, and for the pretty red heart!
Response: Clearly I need to refine my technique. I wonder if using a butter knife will help, as opposed to the triangular pointy thing I used. Or maybe I need stencils with less open space...because I can't seem to keep the texture paste from slipping under and making a mess. I have a gold leafing pen that I used, and it's a bit tricky...I have to keep pressing the point to release more gold leaf, and sometimes it comes out in gobs. I wonder where I put my little jar of gilding paste: I simply could not find it! Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: You always say the nicest things, Lisa! Thank you so much...I do enjoy making inchies, and I'm so, so happy you like these!
Response: What a lovely thing to say! I mean...several lovely things were said here! Thank you so much, Shelli...this is one of the joys of my life, and I hope to continue until my fingers are so arthritic that they can't hold scissors!
Response: I know how this is going to sound (because I watch all sorts of paranormal shows on TV!) but that charm just appeared on my craft table. I have no idea where it came from...I didn't buy it (or at least I don't remember buying it, and I don't have others and I ALWAYS buy multiples, which its a terrible habit)...it must have been a gift...an "extra"...from a swap partner. I just had to add it to your BTC! I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I confess to enjoying bi\eing "over the top" at times...and this swap definitely fits that description! I loved making it...I had the 3 rolls of that strange ribbon (is it even ribbon?) that I received from Amazon, and it kind ion seemed right for the tags. Thank you for the lovely comment and rating, Shelli!
Response: I think the "creative collage" themes are my very favorites. So much room to do what feels right at the time. Thank you for always being the loveliest swap partner!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: Oh I loved making these for you! I had the best time! Naturally, I'm thrilled that you like the little clusters...and you'e right...everyone's clusters are different, which is a wonderful thing! I will keep this swap theme in mind for the future...
Response: Oh, I laugh...at myself! I absolutely cannot follow directions (how did I make it through school?) and always end up going "my own way" with these swaps. I am beyond thrilled that you like the album I made for you...and I truly did enjoy the process, after I came to terms with the fact that I'd strayed from the directions!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Bev. It's always such a pleasure to swap with you, in either direction. This card turned out completely different from my initial plan, so essentially it made itself!
Response: We have the same taste in many things! I love your mermaid, and I just can't refrain from hosting a mermaid swap every so often. Than you for making such beautiful art for your swap partners, and for always including a wonderful letter with your swaps...it truly is the best part of my day when I see an envelope from you!
Response: OMG, the "good" old days! In my family we had 3 girls and 1 boy, and we always "took a vote" on who had to sit backward (and therefore begin the vomit cycle) in the station wagon. My poor brother always lost the vote. Oh, I have so many regrets... and when I had my own children, I vowed never to take them for drives, just for the sake of driving!
Response: These were fun to make! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: I confess to having a soft spot for the "old" themes, although most of the time I troll Pinterest for swap theme ideas. Thank you for always being the loveliest possible swap partner!
Response: It's true! The arches are art in and of themselves! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating, Jen.
Response: I certainly understand the need for sunshine! We've had some lo very sunny days here, but usually they are cold. And the rainy days are warmer! But honestly, I'm so happy to be back in the PNW that it's all wonderful for me!
Response: Bev, you are simply the nicest friend and swap partner...thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating. Yes, each day has gotten easier. I have little meltdowns when I see pictures of Lulu, or when I think of how very sick she was at the end...but I am able to focus on the sweetness of our relationship, which is lovely to think about.
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! I'm thinking I might have received that beautiful trim from you, in a past swap envelope. Isn't it lovely how things make their way from one swapper to another?
Response: Deb, this was such a pleasure to make (I did waste a couple of pieces of paper trying to get the folding/cutting business right!). Embellishing it was a complete joy. I'm so happy o like it!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment, Martha.
Response: Gosh...thank you so much! That's a beautiful compliment! Thank you for the great rating, as well...I so appreciate your kindness in my time of grief.
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: It is always such a pleasure to swap with you! Thank you for the nice comment and wonderful rating.
Response: I have a soft spot for little boys! I had two of them, and there's nothing sweeter. They get less sweet with time (and the need to be "manly"), but oh...so do their sisters! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Has there ever been a more bittersweet love story than the story of Romeo and Juliet? To know such love! And then...the repercussions. Deep sigh. Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for the wonderful rating.
Response: Connie you always find the nicest things to say...I just love getting to know you better after the VIA group's move to Swapbot. Thank you for your kindness and generosity.
Response: We had about a week of spectacularly sunny (but cold!) days, and are now back to the normal rain. I love the rain, actually...it's never been a depressing thing for me. Other things, yes! Rain, not so much. Thank you for being so kind and generous, my friend!
Response: Thank you so much, Bev...both for the understanding and for the wonderful rating.
Response: I have had a hard time with the coins lately. Not sure why, exactly...but then I'm struggling in several areas these days. Thank you for your kindness...and for your friendship, Di.
Response: You always say the nicest things...thank you so much!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you very, very much! I really enjoyed making this for you!
Response: I honestly loved making this one, Wendy...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating/
Response: OMG, I was cursed from the start of this one...and it honestly didn't seem like it would be difficult! Apparently (I realized this shortly after the beginning of this group) I am not a visual learner...but I think I can expand that to a simple "I am not a good learner". I used to be a good student, but clearly something happened along the way! Thank you for you generosity and sense of humor, my dear friend!
Response: As a fellow Nonna, I knew exactly where I wanted to go with this theme! Of course, my grandchildren are all "old" now (which makes me ancient!), but I love them to the moon and back, and it pleases me to say that they are some of the finest human beings I've ever known. I know that with his lovely family, your Landon will also be an exceptional human being!
Response: Thank you for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: I love that this kitty has such a beautiful name! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating, Joan!
Response: Oh, it took so long to arrive...I was afraid that this one also had gone astray. Thank you so much for the lovely compliment and great rating!
Response: And thank YOU for the nice comment and wonderful rating!
Response: This was such a fun swap theme...I thoroughly enjoyed making this little beaver for you! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: You are the kindest swap partner...thank you so, so much for the lovely comment and rating!
Response: Thank you for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: It's always a pleasure to swap with you, dear Kathryn. I had a rocky start (mail-wise and health-wise) to my first couple of months here in my 55+ community but hopefully it's all in the past. Thank you for your incredibly uplifting comment!
Response: I had an issue for the first month I lived here (a 55+ community). The official USPS outgoing mailbox was broken...the door was hanging off...and we had an open cardboard box on the floor that said "outgoing mail". 100% of the mail I placed in that box failed to arrive, leading me to believe that someone was so fascinated by my decorated envelopes that they took them every day. That was a lot of money (postage) and a lot of makeup crafting to do! Thank you for your patience, and for the lovely rating!
Response: I adore having you as a swap partner, my friend...that will never change! Thank you for being the kindest of partners!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this for you...and I ordered the "extras" for you the moment I saw them on Facebook. They spoke to me (for you), and I kept sneaking peeks at the picture to make sure they were as cute as I remembered. Julie is a wonderful jewelry artist!
Response: Mary, thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: The "pattern ladies" epitomize a more gracious (and more uncomfortable!) era, and I love them too! I can remember my mom, who was absolutely beautiful, making and wearing these pretty dresses...I always think of her when I choose my pattern ladies!
Response: Thank you so, so much for your lovely, sweet comment and (of course) for the great rating! You are a lovely swap partner and friend, Ros.
Response: You are quite simply the most amazing person, dear Laurie! Thank you.
Response: Graciousness personified...you're wonderful, my dear arty friend!
Response: That first tag was one of many that didn't arrive. I know where all my envelopes went but can't prove it...so my only option was to re-make and re-send all of them. So much time...so much (postage) money. But the USPS outgoing mailbox is fixed and I haven't had a problem since.
Response: That was a really bad 5 (or so) weeks for me...realizing that absolutely every envelope in that open box had disappeared. I know where they went, but can't prove it...my only option was to re-make and re-send. And I liked some of the re-makes (like this one) better than the first one!
Response: Oh, I'm on a roll now, with the glue book pages. More to come, for sure!
Response: This one was pure joy to make. The castle kind of became the arch...a win/win for me! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I used the staring lady's image in 2 different swaps...apparently her eyes put a spell on me! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Now that my craft room/bedroom is under a bit more control, I will now be able to do some REAL stitching! Thank you so much for the lovely heart rating!
Response: I loved the little girl the moment I laid eyes on her...I knew she was "the one" for this swap! Thank you for another great rating, Carmen.
Response: I am LOVING this new size, so please keep the swaps coming! Your sweet comment made my day, and thank you also for the lovely heart rating.
Response: Oh Ros...I'm thrilled to have made your day! You deserve to have EVERY day be full of joy! Thank you so much for your sweet comment (which made MY day!) and the great rating...I love swapping with you!
Response: Snowy owls are a cut above almost every other winged creature, in my (humble) opinion...this was a joy to make! Thank you for always saying the nicest things!
Response: Well...cats! Isn't it virtually impossible to find non-cute kitty images? Another wonderful swap theme...thank you for always coming up with the very best themes!
Response: There are many images of 70's Christmas celebrations, but they all seem to feature the very same "people"! I loved making this for you...and thank you for another loverly rating!
Response: OMG, you're home! I'm so happy to have you back "where you belong" (the craft room and also where your kitties live)! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, my dear friend!
Response: You know, I like this one even better than the first one...although the raven image is the same that I used the first time, I did embellish differently. I'm so happy that you like it, and thank you for the super-sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I was shocked...shocked, I tell you!...that more people don't recognize the cuteness of piggies! I love using them in my artwork! Thank you for the nicest-ever comment and for another stellar rating!!!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Oh I loved making this one! And the happiness that is my daily life here in Portland is priceless...although, frankly, the city is nothing like the city I left 4 1/2 years ago. Homeless encampments everywhere...it's now against the rules for them to be bothered by law enforcement for any reason, which means that they throw trash outside their tents and there it stays until the city allocates money to have it cleaned up. However, that's an exercise in futility, as the root problem goes unaddressed. However, I trust that the citizens of Portland will make different choices when it's time to vote. I'm a strong liberal, but this is just anarchy, and that I can't tolerate. (Forgive the rant...and thank you for the sweetest comment and great rating, my friend!)
Response: How happy I am to know that this one escaped the clutches of my weird neighbor! The second niche is a walnut...with the opened shell on either side of the nut. Thank you for the great rating, Leslie...have a wonderful new year!
Response: Oh my goodness...thank you so, so much! I did love making this tag for you, and I'm thrilled to know that you like it!
Response: I kind of loved making this one...until I realized it was supposed to be from the women's viewpoint. That was where the locket came in, I say. It's always the best imaginable thing to swap with you, Nancy.
Response: I had such fun with this one, Becky...I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating.
Response: I enjoyed the simplicity of this ATC, which is not my usual m.o. Just a sweet Christmas visual message. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Jan!
Response: I truly enjoyed making this one, and (in general) I adore the "challenge" swaps, in which we have to use certain elements without the result looking like just those elements. Thank you for another great rating!
Response: I thought the one hat had a very "Robin Hoodish" vibe...thank you for another great rating, Sheila!
Response: I hope this won't be your last, Carmen...they are addictive; you'll see! Thank you for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Rose.
Response: This one! Ugh...the harder I worked, the less excited I got. I finally had to call it a day and send it anyway. Thank you for the encouraging message, my friend!
Response: All better now, thankfully, Donna. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: This was a tough one for me. I wasn't happy with it, so I saved it for another day, and added some details...and I was happy with it! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Di!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I actually had a good time making this one, which is unusual for a remake! Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity...and the mail situation has been fixed...the cardboard box is gone, and there's a metal USPS mailbox on the wall (it was always there, but it didn't have a door; now there's a door that locks). I have high hopes for better and more reliable service!
Response: Oh Barbara...thank you for being such a kind swap partner! I know these weren't quite up to par...I just couldn't bear to make a third set! I share your frustration with the USPS, and wonder if we will ever have reliable mail service again.
Response: It's always such a pleasure to swap with you, dear Kristy! I loved making these for you.
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating, Heather!
Response: Mary, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...and you're absolutely correct that labyrinthitis is a terrible condition! It seems to be mostly resolved now, but I still get the "spins" if I stand up too quickly.
Response: You are a wonderful swap partner, Catherine, and your lovely comment and great rating make me very happy!
Response: You are immeasurably kind...hopefully you have the real deal by this time!
Response: I did not know you speak Italian! My children (who are in their late 40's) had to take classes as adults because they (and absolutely none of their cousins) speak this beautiful language, in spite of having not only first-generation parents, but parents who immigrated to the US from Sicily as adults! Your comments are always so positive and uplifting...you are a treasure!
Response: Lizzie, it's always a pleasure to swap with you...in either direction! To be honest, it's also a little intimidating, since your works of art are just so...so...well, so amazing! Thank you for always being so positive and for sharing the "highlights" of each swap!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: The sweetest comment EVER...thank you so much! I am oh so happy to be back!
Response: I fear my "process" will never end, Laurie! So many things...so little space. But thank you for the lovely comment and rating...the washi tape is from an online store called "The Washi Tape Store". I first saw their tapes on a Facebook ad, and couldn't wait to throw money at them...and it's become a bit of a habit!.
Response: Dana, you are just the nicest imaginable swap partner! Thank you so much for always being so generous with your praise and ratings!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Re-making this BTC put me in the mood for more, so I immediately posted another BTC swap in the birdy group...all thanks to you! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, my friend...and hugs right back at you, from Oregon!
Response: Well Kathryn, my dear friend, it is just a complete pleasure too be swapping with you again! I'm still living in chaos here at Chez Meow, but it's becoming more organized by the day. Except for the days I give up in frustration and spend hours on the couch watching YouTube videos! Thank you for the wonderful comment and rating...you are lovely!
Response: Hahahahaha! I loved this couple...they are perfectly matched in their misery! And the purging and organizing her at Chez Meow continues...I can't find what I need when I need it! But I just bought 2 storage cube things...1 is stacked on top of the other...so I'm hopeful that I will gradually make sense of this chaos. Thank you for the encouragement!
Response: Wendy, it is wonderful to be back! I just purchased another storage cube thing (actually two; one is stacked on top of the other), and I just have to get my enormous supply of craft and art items organized...I'm kind of working blind at present! I haven't found so many things that I really NEED! Thank you for being a lovely swap partner!
Response: I don't know, Lizzie...the moment I laid eyes on YOUR "A" rolo, I knew what this swap should have looked like...and mine did not! Thank you for always being kind and encouraging...and for always being the most impressive artist!
Response: Dana, you are just the best. The best swap partner...the best PERSON! I love swapping with you, and look forward to many, many more.
Response: Susie, thank you for the great rating.
Response: I can't believe the amount of time this took to arrive! I was without my computer for a few months (having left it behind in MI when I moved to OR), so I'm behind on my responses to comments. It is such a pleasure to swap with you, Christine, and I look forward to many more, now that I'm "back in the game"!
Response: You are just the loveliest swap partner, and I thank you sincerely for that. I hope to swap with you again after my cross-country move is finished and I’m settled in my new apartment. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Oh Debbie, I am so happy you like the page I made for you. I’m moving back to Portland in THREE DAYS and I’m packing and purging every day until I am exhausted and in physical pain. I can’t wait to set off in a westward direction and get settled so I can be part of all this again!
Response: Thank you, my friend...it is a special pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I truly have enjoyed this monthly series, and now it's interrupted. But that's life, I suppose. Looking forward to being on the other side of this move, for sure!
Response: I truly enjoyed making this ATC for you, Sandra...I'm so happy that you like it! The next time we swap, I will be living once again in Portland, OR...which makes me so, so happy. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Lizzie, my friend...there is zero chance that I will ever stop making and swapping...zero. As I'm packing my craft room, I just want to be back at it. I am so looking forward to being on the other side of this "adventure" and settling in to my new home, with my family and friends nearby. It's interesting...until this happened, I wanted to go back to Portland, but thought it was impossible. Interesting how possible things become when they are required! I just love you, Lizzie, and I believe we're destined to e life-long friends.
Response: Yes indeed, I chose a half lady! I just...well, actually, SHE just "spoke" to me! Packing is such a chore...I can't wait to be on the other side of this "adventure"!
Response: I wonder if Dubai has a cool season? Because if so, that's when I would go. Such a study in contrasts...
Response: I feel just as lucky, Linda...absolutely lucky to have found such a good friend on this site! My mother was part of the dust bowl migration to California and it's something she never talked about. She was a child at the time, and I often wonder how that affected her outlook on life.
Response: I just loved this theme. As I'm packing my craft room, my fingers begin to itch...I want to get back in there! It's hard not having that as part of my day!
Response: I really enjoy the house ATCs with the big pointy roofs...I like them better than the house-shaped ATCs that are just 3.5 inches tall. More room for the decor1
Response: I do love microbeads, except for the way they roll all over the place when being applied to sticky surfaces! Thank you for the sweet comments and great ratings, Di...it's always such a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I love minibits! Some of my favorite "extras" have been wee bits of this and that!
Response: I am so happy you like it! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this one! I have a "thing" for roosters (did I mention this in my note?) except the real ones who recognize that they can terrorize me, and act on it!
Response: I have to laugh...my index card art always looks like a slightly bigger ATC, and I don't think it's supposed to! Thank you so much for the lovely compliment and great rating!
Response: I also love the color combos, and will pick them up again after my move back to Portland, and settling in. The ribbon is silk...perfect for tag toppers.
Response: You made my day, Hannah. That is just the loveliest compliment, and you have no idea how much I needed it this week. Thank you so much.
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Jen, you are the most wonderful swap partner imaginable. I appreciate you so MUCH!
Response: I'm so happy you like it, Joyce. Thank you for the great rating.
Response: I can 't imagine a nicer, more patient swap partner than you. Thank you so much for your patience, kindness, and grace.
Response: Thank YOU so much...for being the loveliest of swap partners!
Response: I'm so happy you like them! Thank you for the kindest of ratings!
Response: Oh Georgene! I was astonished! I completely understand them returning it to me for NO postage, but seriously? When postage was added, too? Thank you so much for being exactly who you are...a wonderful friend and swap partner. I appreciate you so MUCH!
Response: Thank you for always being the best ever swap partner, my friend!
Response: Pastels were "all the rage" when I was growing up...and my mom also loved them and wore them beautifully. Thank you for the loveliest comment and great rating!
Response: What a lovely compliment! Thank you so much, Bev!
Response: It's always such a pleasure to swap with you, Connie...you are the most gracious of partners! Thank you so much for just being your sweet self.
Response: I have the utmost admiration for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis...a lady through and through. What a life...but filled with unimaginable tragedy. I mean...for the Kennedys in general...the hits just kept coming. But seriously, wasn't Jackie just the most beautiful bride? I was thrilled to find an image of her wedding invitation!
Response: I just loved making this one...I foolishly thought images would be hard to come by, but that is far from the truth! Can you imagine being a woman in the Victorian era, and wearing whalebone corsets in the summer heat and humidity? How did they DO it? Surely not everyone had maids and cooks...and didn't the maids and cooks also wear those miserable corsets? I just have so many questions!
Response: Sherry, you are just the nicest imaginable swap partner! I love sending to you...your comments are always uplifting. It's desperately hot and humid here in western MI, and I wish I could spend summers in the cooler climate of AK. I despise the heat and humidity combination. People think Hawaii is Paradise, but it isn't for me...I do not enjoy sweating and feeling grungy and un-fresh an hour into my day!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, my dear friend! I have had Squirrel brand peanut butter...in Canada! Each jar (used to be a can) comes with a whole roasted peanut right on top. Apparently it caused many childish squabbles in Canadian families when a new jar (or can) was opened!
Response: This was a fun swap to make! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, my friend!
Response: I had different images chosen...but then I saw the canary on the giraffe, and I had to use it! Thank you for the lovely heart rating!
Response: I do love the wee teapot charms, so I'm happy that you like it, too! Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: I have enjoyed the monthly series, and look forward to the next 7 rolos. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Sheila.
Response: The moment I saw this vintage lady in purple, I knew I had my ATC! Thank you for always being such a lovely swap partner, Jen!
Response: Dana, I just loved making this one! I'm always up for new shapes and...well, for NEW!...and I found the 3x3 size to be delightful. Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for the great rating!
Response: Swapping with you is always a treat, Dianne...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Ros! The little jewels are called bindis, and are worn by Indian women (foreheads) and by belly dancers (navels). I buy them on eBay from sellers in India.They are quite inexpensive.
Response: Thank you so much for another lovely comment and great rating, my friend. I equally love swapping with you!
Response: Terri, it is such a pleasure to swap with you! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the super sweet comment and great rating!
Response: It/s always a pleasure to swap with you...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Hahahahaha! A quick trip to the corner store (aka: liquor store) was required for this swap! I mean...I eat a lot of candy (it's how I maintain my womanly figure), but I did happen to be out of anything to use for this swap. I love these swaps too! Thank you for the sweet comment nd great rating.
Response: Thank you, Wendy...I just love those old images of kidlinks with treasured pets. I was never allowed to have one, so it makes my heart happy to see children loving little furry creatures!
Response: Oh Nancy, when I saw yours on Flickr my heart sank...I knew I couldn't compare. I did try...and I love the idea of the female truth tellers, but I'm going to open it up a bit and not use one specific person as the focus...there are so many stories that need to be told and honored, even in this small way. Thank you for your (always!) wonderful and uplifting comments and ratings!
Response: My sister was appalled that I paid for some random person's old photos, but I am transfixed by them! Who are they? Are they still around? What were their days like? Etc. (Many etc's!). Thank you for always being the very best possible swap partner!
Response: Gina, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating. It's always wonderful to swap with you!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy, my lovely friend! Thank you for your (always!) sweet comments and great ratings.
Response: I really enjoyed making this little flip book, and I am so, so happy that you like it! Thank you for the sweetest comment and for the great rating.
Response: I am equally happy that she arrived safely, and thrilled that you like her! Thank you for the wonderful rating.
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: I am so, so happy to hear that I lifted your spirits! I will tell you that making this little journal was pure pleasure...I was so hoping that it would go to someone appreciative, and my hopes came true! Thank you for your lovely, uplifting comment...and for the great rating!
Response: As always, your comment made me giggle...ugh, yard work! I love the geisha world...I should say, I love the IDEA of the geisha world. In reality, I think it was...back in the day, but not now probably...glamorized prostitution. I might have been lucky, being a laundress to the stars!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating, Becky...I loved making this one for you!
Response: I had forgotten (for awhile) how satisfying these little cards are to make...and to receive! I have several binder rings full of BTCs, and they look amazing all clustered together. Thank you for being such a lovely swap partner!
Response: This was such fun to make...I swear, Kristy hosts the most amazing swaps! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Mary!
Response: This one was pure pleasure to make...I loved her extended pinky finger! I'm really loving he purples this spring!
Response: You keep hosting these amazing swaps, Kristy...I just adore your themes! That trim is "handmade". It's the leafy border sticker to which I've glued wee rhinestones. I sure enjoyed making this tag for you!
Response: I loved making this one for you, Linda...thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I enjoy tearing...it's like using a technique that can be destructive, and making it constructive instead! Thank you for your always sweet comments and great ratings, Debbie.
Response: I loved making this one...that little girl! As soon as I saw her image, I knew she would be the star of this ATC. Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating, Bev!
Response: Oh Connie...as I was tidying up (a very temporary situation) my craft table, I found so many other beautiful elements that you'd sent for the Bingo swap...and of course they were "hidden" and didn't make it onto your Bingo card. My disorganization bites me in the bum all too often! Thank you for being all that you are, which includes gracious and kind. You're just the best!
Response: This was my first ever! Love the idea, and so far (one in) I'm loving the challenge!
Response: I just loved making this one...my favorite part being the expression on the girl's face! Thank you so much for your wonderful comment and great rating, my dear friend!
Response: Ah yes...the 14! I don't know exactly what significance this number has for you, but it was a pleasure to incorporate it into this little pocket booklet just for you! Thank you for the sweet comment and the great rating!
Response: Jan, you are exceptionally kind! Thank you for your lovely comment...and for the great rating...it is just a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: This was so different than the picture in my mind...but I truly loved creating it, and I'm thrilled that you like it!
Response: It's true...I do love mermaids! I have yet to figure out exactly how they manage to reproduce, and I know they do because I've seem images of little girl mermaids! It seems to be an almost completely matriarchal society, which (again) brings up the issue of reproduction!
Response: Debbie, your comments are always so thoughtful and uplifting...thank you for that! The flowers are little millinery flowers, and I buy they from 32 North on Etsy (the same place I buy most of my Dresden trim).
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: You are so nice, Sandy...I certainly struggled with the "restrictions" of the swap...I kept wanting to access my own stash!
Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and great rating! I dream of Portugal...the brilliant sunshine, beautiful beaches, and welcoming people!
Response: Thank you so much, my friend...I'm laughing at the Ringo comment! Pinterest is an amazing source for any kind of image imaginable! Pretty sure the gold doilies were an eBay find...I use them piecemeal, as they are too large for an average swap project. But it's easy to cut out dandy pieces for ATCs and so forth. You are absolutely the BEST swap partner imaginable!
Response: Thank you so much, Wendy...I also am addicted!
Response: I enjoyed the making of these more than I expected to! I was stumped on the "fraying" fabric, until I thought of Aida, the cross stitch fabric...it frays if you look at it! Thank you so much for your limitless contributions to our groups!
Response: I was ever so excited when I saw my first robin about 2 weeks ago...the promise of spring! Thank you so much for the (always!) sweet comment and great rating, my dear friend!
Response: It is always a pleasure to swap with you, Sylvia! Thank you so much for your lovely comment...and for the great rating!
Response: Well, you made my week! Thank you for the amazingly uplifting comment...and of course, for the lovely red heart! Your sentiments are absolutely returned!
Response: I'm thrilled to know you like the ATC, Jen...it's always a pleasure to swap with you! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the lovely heart rating!
Response: Oh, I was in a funk when I made that BTC...and when I wrote the note! I just can't with the odd birds...I'm all about the pretty stuff, and that double-crested cormorant is far from pretty. That said, I'm sure they provide a valuable link in the evolutionary chain...but they make for a lousy swap theme! Thank you for always making me smile, and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...you are the most appreciative of swap partners!
Response: Ruby and Pearl xo is amazing...I strive to use some of her gorgeous techniques in my own work! I adore her shabby aesthetic...I've bought several of her "wallpaper" digital kits on Etsy and adore the look. Thank you so much, Debbie!
Response: This was a re-do...the first attempt was atrocious! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Debbie...it's a special joy to swap with you!
Response: I just loved making this one...it just came together in a cohesive way. Thank you for the lovely compliment (you are a wonderful swap host also), and for the stellar rating, Wendy!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Marie! It was wonderful to swap with you again!
Response: I am so happy that you like what I sent! I can't wait to see what you've created for your partner!
Response: Twinchies are near and dear to my heart...they are just an adorable size to work with! Thank you so much for hosting such wonderful swaps!
Response: Hahahahaha...so says the absolute QUEEN of creativity! I thank you for the compliment, I accept the compliment, and I return the compliment! I loved making this journal page for you!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, my friend! It's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: There's something so wonderful about spring...all the wee babes in the fields, everything turning green and pastel and gorgeous. Still no signs of it here in Michigan...but when the signs do appear, we have about 10 days before the heat and humidity land on us. I am so happy that you like the journal page...I sure loved making it for you!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I feared for this one...it seemed to take a long time to arrive. Thank you for the lovely compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much, my dear friend!
Response: This was such a fun theme (and I had such fun with it!)...thank you very much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Nancy, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! (Pssst...I mix things up ALL THE TIME!!!)
Response: I love that your granddaughter was impressed with my work...thank you so much for telling me! And thank you also for the great rating!
Response: Donna, my only worry was that I wasn't sending enough of the embellishments. I loved making them for you, and look forward to swapping with you in the future!
Response: I was gifted an enormous selection of antique French postcards by a lady (in France) who admired my work on Flickr. She said she wanted to send me a card, and asked for my address. Connie, what arrived in the mail was a box the size of a ream of paper, and inside it was crammed with the postcards. I love them so much! And it gives me great pleasure to share them from time to time...thank you so much for your sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I absolutely adore twinchies. Not nearly as fiddly as inches, and not as large as an ATC...I love them! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: It's hard to go wrong with those gorgeous, color saturated vintage images (they all seem to be French, I've noticed)...they are amazing little works of art. Thank you for the lovely compliment and wonderful rating!
Response: Lizzie, you are quite simply the best. Just a wonderful swap partner and friend. Thank you for the sweet and thoughtful comment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thank YOU so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I do not know why I went with a fig theme, it's a mystery to me. I really do like fig newton cookies; maybe that's why! Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: I kind of love these glue book pages...it's challenging in a whole different way than using dimensional embellishments. Thank you so much for the great rating, my dear friend!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and rating, Rebecca!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: That is a lovely compliment...thank you so much! I loved making these.
Response: She IS a dreamy girl, isn't she? I loved making this one, and I'm so happy to have made you happy!
Response: Yeah...I probably didn't actually sew the pleated strip...if it's paper, usually glue will do. However, now that I've discovered the joy of pleating paper, I'm doing it a lot! Thank you for always being so wonderful, Laurie...you're just the best sort of friend and swap partner!
Response: These are just so enjoyable to make, aren't they? I see many more in my future...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy...thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: This one was all the image. As soon as I saw it, I knew...this was the one! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this tag...thank you for the great rating...and I am so, so happy to be on the mend!
Response: I'm so happy you like the inches! I really loved making them, and 3 is just a perfect number of inchies. It's a very small world, isn't it? When Primrose was just in the planning stages, Dawn and I (who both did physician credentialing for Legacy Health) spent our lunch hours dropping off forms for a business license and for a liquor license, shopping for fixtures, and so forth...and she and Doug spent most weekends visiting wineries so they could offer the largest selection of PNW wines in the PNW. I feel like I was part of the very beginning of Primrose and Tumbleweeds!
Response: You made my day...thank you so much for your lovely comment and for the lovely little heart!
Response: I am loving these skinny little trading cards! Thank you so much for the encouragement, as well as the great rating, Sherry!
Response: Thank you for another wonderful rating and thoughtful, encouraging comment! I honestly did enjoy making this wee ode to Frida, but I had to search for quite awhile to find an image that I liked!
Response: It's always wonderful to swap with you, Laurie...your ratings and comments are always a big boost to my day!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Sherry! Stitches are out and the wound is in great shape...I hope I never have to have this type of surgery again!
Response: This one was a kerfuffle...I chased the paper with the heat gun, and never felt like I'd come out ahead! Tissue paper is so lightweight...this felt like it should have been an easy craft, but I found it to be the opposite!
Response: I'm happy to once again be caught up...thank you for being so generous and patient. It's been a rough road into 2021 so far! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Bev.
Response: Betty was one of a kind, for sure! I'm so happy you like my tai-colored creation...thank you for the great rating!
Response: I was afraid of the rosette, to be honest...I was expecting something along the lines of Martha Stewart's rosettes (egad!) and was delighted to discover how easy this one was. It's always such a pleasure to swap with you, Kristy.
Response: Your lovely compliment made my day! Thank you so much...I really enjoyed making this for you, and can't thank you enough for your patience and generosity.
Response: Thank you so much, Wendy...for the sweet comment and wonderful rating! I see many more postcards in my future!
Response: Connie, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...this little pink confection was so much fun to make!
Response: Carmen, you are more than welcome...I used to be afraid of tags, and I'm so happy I conquered my fear (all that space to fill!). Now I love making tags! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Bonnie, you are unbelievably kind and generous with your rating and your comment...thank you so much! I am a yo yo fanatic, and at the moment (well...for many, many moments over the past year or so) I've been making a queen-size coverlet for my sister's guest bed, in purple batiks. It is nearly assembled, and it looks amazing! My son sent me a text message today saying "I miss my mom...when are you coming for a visit?". He is setting things in motion for a summer visit, and I SO look forward to that. I surely do miss my PNW home.
Response: I LOVE using paper napkins in my art projects...I watched a YouTube video in which the host ironed little shavings of wax onto the top layer of paper napkins, and it made a kind of glassine paper! I have wax...and I have an iron! I can't wait to try this technique for myself! Oh Georgene, they were so beautiful!
Response: My dear friend...you are one of my very favorite swap partners. Always encouraging, kind, and generous...just the best kind of swap partner! Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments; I actually have a "stitches removal" appointment on Monday...I can't WAIT to put this all behind me!
Response: I was shocked that I struggled, too! I thought they would never come together! I think I've left the whole "bricolage" concept in the dust!
Response: I have a pm ready to send your way regarding my lack of ability to even putter along...but meanwhile, thank you so much for being a generous and kind swap partner!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment, Lisa!
Response: Georgene, you are simply the best. The best and most forgiving swap partner and friend. Thank you for that...I have a pm to send your way.
Response: Oh, we could have such fun, couldn't we? I just love swapping with you!
Response: I just love reading your comments, Liz...they are so thoughtful and detailed and wonderful in every way! Thank you for being such a lovely swap partner and friend!
Response: Oh, we had a small-scale blizzard here yesterday, so I'm with you when it comes to longing for spring! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: You are one in a million, Laurie...thank you for being the very best swap partner and friend!
Response: Ooh...I simply MUST figure out how to fix the skinny little tip of my Art Glitter Glue...it would never allow a button to fall off! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Well...maybe for NOW this is as close to Paree that we will get, but who knows what the future holds? You are a lovely swap partner, Bev.
Response: That is a lovely compliment...thank you so much!
Response: Dianne, you are just the nicest swap partner...thank you for the kind words and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment and rating! I also think this should be an annual swapping event!
Response: Why...thank you! She was a pleasure to make! Ir's always wonderful to swap with you, Bev.
Response: I loved making this one...and the "secret" to pleating the ribbon (which actually is seam binding) is to use a glue that sets up quickly (I use the Glitter Glue with the teensy metal tip) and to make each pleat by hand, gluing it down as quickly as possible. Thank you for the wonderful, uplifting comment...and of course for the lovely red heart!
Response: I'm so happy you like them...these were just so much fun to make!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Anita...I had a great time putting this together for you! I am "addicted" to the 3 Elements ATCs!
Response: At long last...LOL! I honestly enjoyed the re-make of this one, and I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for the wonderful rating.
Response: Lately my interest lies away from ATCs a little bit (just a little bit), and more toward the journal embellishments...I loved making these and I'm so happy you like them!
Response: I had much more fun with this tag than I had expected...it just turned into something more than a regular tag (well, it WAS more than a regular tag!)...I am thrilled that you like it! Thank you for noticing all the wee details...and for the wonderful rating!
Response: LOL...as usual, I strayed (unintentionally) from the tutorial; it seems that I'm incapable of following directions, which makes me happy that I'm not in a position of leadership and responsibilities! The trim is tatting...a handmade type of lace made with a shuttle and very thin crochet thread. I've tried this craft and failed, but fortunately I can find bits of it on eBay occasionally! I bought the teensy bags on Amazon...I haunt journal makers on YouTube, and then "can't live without" some of the cute things they use! I am so happy to have made you happy!
Response: This was such a fun and easy swap, basically finding goodies we already had on hand (it's the FINDING that challenges me!). Here's to many, many more swaps between the two of us!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Hahahahaha...I can't follow the YouTube videos with ANY degree of accuracy...each and every project is a "make do". I'm so happy that I made do in a way that was pleasing to my bestie!
Response: This was just a delight to make. I loved the angel, and the rest...well, the rest just came from my craft table. Seriously, the top of my table is piled high with papers and STUFF of all sorts; I could probably craft for months without ever bringing out anything new. Thank you for the sweetest comments ever!
Response: Oh those microbeads! So fiddly to work with, but I do love the effect once they are glued into place. I do so love the Birds and Blooms series!
Response: What a wonderful and uplifting comment, Jen! Thank you so much...you made my day!
Response: Karmi, your lovely comment absolutely made my day...shat a compliment! Thank you so much for leaving such an uplifting comment...I just love swapping with you!
Response: You make me laugh like no other! I loved making your mid-century Santa ATC, and I'm no happy that you like it. Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and great rating! I feel like we should be neighbors.
Response: I am so, so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Clearly I need lots more practice! Thank you for being so lovely about my failures, and (of course) for the wonderful rating!
Response: This one was just so much fun to make...thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Debbie, thank you for the lovely and uplifting comment...you always say the nicest things! And of course, for the lovely heart rating...it's just a joy to swap with you!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Brenda! I am loving the holiday swaps...just loving them.
Response: Thank you so much...I'm so happy to have made you happy1
Response: Thank you for another wonderful rating, Bev...you are always the nicest of swap partners!
Response: I got off to a rough start on this one, Lizzie...but by the time I was halfway through the second (final) attempt, I was loving it! I love these postcards; to be honest, they are my new obsession!
Response: Hahahahaha...it's GOOD for me to have to scrounge for images and so forth on occasion! It kind of shook things up a bit at my craft table which of course is also a good thing. Thank you for the pretty red heart!
Response: I am so happy that you like it, Nancy! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating.
Response: This one was such fun to make; complicated only by the fact that my MacBook was in the hands of the Apple repair people, and I was unable to print images for each swap as I love to do. So I defaulted to Graphic 45, because that's always a good way to go! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Wendy!
Response: Hahahahaha...a vintage feel is a win! My foot...still in a cast, at my request (apparently there is no "wiggle room" in the phrase "non weight-bearing", and I am all about the wiggle room); I requested the cast, to protect my foot from...well, from me. Thank you for the great rating, my dear friend!
Response: Sherry, thank you for the sweet comment and great rating! My mother had a cockatiel, but unfortunately he sat on our heads and pooped...and he was a biter. I loved him from afar, but have to say that close-up I did not care for him at ALL!
Response: You made my day! Thank you so much for the lovely compliment and for the great rating!
Response: This was a joy to make...thank you for being a wonderful swap partner!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I hade three best time making this for you!
Response: Zvonka, thank you for the lovely compliment! It’s always such a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: This was such a fun swap theme! I made this in honor of my sweet granddog, Tisha. She’s a love.
Response: Thank you very much, Bev!
Response: Thank you so much.
Response: I always love swapping with you, my dear friend...in either direction! Thank you for the happy heart rating.
Response: First off, thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating! I got those washi tapes from 2 separate sources...the floral-y one is from The Washi Tape Store which was advertised on Facebook, and the brown vintage-y one came from a place advertised on Instagram and I can’t remember their name. I am (sadly) very much an impulse shopper.
Response: I love that wide, fancy washi...but have discovered that it needs glue to stick well. I wish the company had figured out how to add a better adhesive! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating...it is such a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Oh Becky...this was my final pre-surgical ‘project’, and I am so happy it made you happy! Thank you for being so kind!
Response: I always love swapping with you...thank you for your sweet words!
Response: Isn’t that queen image amazingly ‘different’? The moment I saw it, I knew it was meant to be mine! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating and comment, my dear friend!
Response: Where, oh where are my playing cards? I appreciate your flexibility and generosity...and your wonderful comments. You are simply the best!
Response: Thank you, my dear friend. I just finished a biscuit and a cuppa, and thought how wonderful it would be to share that time with you! Thank you for being so lovely!
Response: Georgene, my lovely friend, you made my day. Actually, several days. You are the most forgiving, most generous of swap partners, and I loved making this page for you. As I write this, I'm in my hospital bed, on the "other side" of the surgery, which wasn't as extreme as the surgeon originally thought it needed to bel I am invested in making the best recovery possible so I can get back to my craft room asap!
Response: Hahahahaha...I veered so far off the course that I just had to keep going! I simply can't seem to follow directions! (Ergo, the repeated foot surgeries...). I am so happy you like it; I had the BEST time making it for you!
Response: And you, my dear friend, are the most generous of swap partners! I cut everything out with my little sharp scissors (the current pair is by Fiskars, but I have some that are black and yellow like a bumblebee that I love also). My images are all purloined from Pinterest, and sized for the project I have in mind...one of my happiest pursuits is to browse Pinterest and copy images to a collage sheet that I create from a Pages document (I have a little MacBook). I look at upcoming swaps and then look for appropriate images. I print them on Hammersmith Premium Laser
Gloss paper, and spray the pages with something that keeps the ink from smudging. It's a very relaxing pursuit! Thank you so much for your uplifting ratings and comments!
Response: Thank you for your generosity and patience, Bev...let's both stay well so we can continue creating and swapping with each other! I promise to do my part!
Response: Beth, we both know I don't deserve this rating...which makes it all the more special to me. I can't thank you enough for your generosity and patience. You are a wonderful example to me.
Response: Thank you so much...I struggled with this batch, and don't know why. It seemed so straightforward, until I had to make them for the second time!
Response: This is one of the YouTube tutorials that I will be repeating over and over again. I enjoyed the process, and enjoyed the result! Thank you for the wonderful rating and sweet comment!
Response: I don't know why these sat on my craft table for so long after I finished them, other than they were in an envelope and I forgot about them (yes, that does describe the state of my craft table). I'm so happy you like the tag set, Debbie!
Response: Kathryn, you leave the most wonderful comments! I don't know what I expected when I started this ATC, but the end result surprised me. I am thrilled that you like it!
Response: LOL! I DO always have something sticking up over the edge, don't I? I just love having you for a swap partner...you are absolutely one of my favorites. Thank you so much for being...well, for being your own sweet self!
Response: Nickalli, my friend! What a catastrophe this swap was for me! I made the clusters long ago, and just needed to add the stitching...and then they sat on the sewing machine cabinet, waiting for...what? I am so grateful for your kindness and patience...it means the world to me at this terrible time in my life.
Response: Lizzie, thank you...just, thank you so much. You are always so positive, and leave lovely detailed comments. You are The Best!
Response: Your sweet comment made my day, Jen...thank you so, so much!
Response: Ah, Kristy...I do so love the gypsy themes. I'm way too much of a stay-at-home lady to ever aspire to a nomadic lifestyle, but I truly admire the gypsies of old. Thank you for another sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy that you like the coin...I truly loved making it!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy...thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Mary.
Response: Oh, how I remember those loooong car trips! Not just the camping one (which is still a cautionary tale in my mind), but the trips to visit relatives 120 miles north of us. The best part was crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in both directions, and the worst part was sharing a backseat with 3 siblings. Egad! The pinching...shoving...hoping to stay quiet enough so that our parents didn't threaten to stop the car and perform disciplinary actions on us!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: I love these swaps, and the glue book pages are just so satisfying to make. They almost take me back to childhood! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Connie.
Response: Thank you, sweet Bev...I loved making this one for you!
Response: I just loved the image of this mutt...and my sister (next door, in the other half of our duplex) just got a Great Pyrenees puppy, so the little verse resonated with me. Oh, puppies...I am reminded daily of the reasons I'm a cat lady!
Response: I just love the "3 Elements" swaps, and look forward to each one. I'm so happy that you like it! Thank you for always being so lovely and positive!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...I'm so happy that the page finally arrived!
Response: I loved making this one...birds and blooms are just the loveliest things to work with! Thank you for another great rating, and for the sweet comment!
Response: This was such a "sweet" and happy theme...I'm so happy that you joined! Thank you for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you, my dear friend...believe me, it's my pleasure to host swaps and make pretty things for my swap partners. I just love seeing happy mail in my mailbox!
Response: Oh, I'm a crafty shopaholic! I buy most of my Dresden trim from a company called 32North. They are on Etsy, and also have their own website. I try to buy 3 or 4 different ones every few months, 'cause I love them so!
Response: I loved making this one, and was thrilled that it went to you. Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I did kind of love making this one, so thank you for the lovely compliment and great rating!
Response: You seriously made my day...thank you so much for all the lovely things you say, and for the great ratings you leave. It means so much to me!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: I sometimes ponder having a non-swapping life...but swap partners like you make me believe that it's better to be part of the swapping community.
Response: You are a wonderful swap partner...I always enjoy being your swap partner, on either end! Thank you for the (always) sweet comments and great ratings!
Response: I seriously did not expect it to ever surface...I was ready to make a replacement! I am so happy that it finally made its way to you, and that you like it!
Response: You know, I loved making this ATC! I'm so happy that it went to you. Thank you for always being so lovely!
Response: I am so happy you like it...thank you for the great rating!
Response: Beth, thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I'm so happy that you like it, Mary...thank you for the lovely heart rain!
Response: I surprised myself, and really enjoyed the making of this one! Initially it seemed a bit intimidating, but now I'm in LOVE with the tag flip idea, and see at least a few more in my future! Thank you for leaving such a wonderful and uplifting comment, Laurie. You are absolutely in my Top Five Favorite Swappers! (I just made that up; I really don't have a list...but if I did, you would truly be in the "top 5"!)
Response: Thank you, dear Karmi!
Response: Thank you, Karmi...you always leave such nice comments and heart ratings!
Response: Zvonka, I am so happy that it finally arrived. I had forgotten to take a picture of it (for Flickr and Instagram), and would have had a hard time recreating it! Thank you for the lovely heart!
Response: I wish I could remember the paper I stuck them to...can you send me a pm and describe it? I have a bit of a paper problem...just so much of it! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Nancy, you made my day! I always love swapping with you (particularly when I'm the recipient of YOUR beautiful work!). Thank you so much for your lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I have heard that I have a strong "artistic signature", and even I can see that my stuffs all look quite similar! I have always loved swapping with you, and I hope you know that your sweet comments always lift my spirits!
Response: Ah, my friend...you made my day (and it needed being 'made'!). I just...well, my DIL is a critical care RN who was made to "shelter in place" after being unwittingly exposed to a Covid19 patient, and when she tested negative 2 weeks later, she bounced back into the hospital and chose the sickest patients to care for. I worked 100% of my adult life in a hospital setting, and have the utmost respect for our medical professionals. I love that you saw all the symbolism in my little rolo.
Response: I had second thoughts about this one, but it was already sealed in an envelope. I do so wish I'd made two like the one I sent to Liz, with the red, white, and blue-ness of it! You are simply the best imaginable swap partner...I treasure you!
Response: Sherry, thank you for being such a lovely and forgiving swap partner. I was so upset to find that envelope...not that it will be the last time, I'm sure (it certainly wasn't the first time, either). I just don't understand why I work "happier" with a craft table that's a hot mess...but I do. Thank you for another lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Kathryn, you leave the nicest, most uplifting responses...it's a very special quality to have. You always make my day!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating...you are very kind and forgiving. I was shocked to discover the words "remember this" still on my craft table after mailing your journal page!
Response: Zvonka, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! I am so happy you like this ATC...I fell in love with the image of the little boy and his puppy!
Response: Oh, they were fun to make, even the second time! I see many more of these in my near future! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank YOU so much, for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I love your swap themes; they are always wonderful. Let's agree to keep on keeping on, my dear friend!
Response: I kind of loved this one, too, to be honest! It actually made itself; once I picked my images, it just went together like magic! Thank you for always being so wonderful.
Response: You made my day, Nancy. Seriously...thank you for every one of your sweet comments over the years!
Response: You are the best, Kathryn. Absolutely the nicest swap partner...I treasure you!
Response: Kristy, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...you made my day! And then you made it again when I re-read it so I could respond (I am sooo far behind...).
Response: I am easily swayed by nifty-sounding words, and "bricolage" was just irresistible! I will be hosting more of these, and thank you for joining and for the great rating!
Response: I love making these! I am so happy that you love them, and I hope you find ways to use all of them!
Response: Kathryn, you always leave the most thoughtful and encouraging comments...I just love swapping with you! You never fail to lift my spirits!
Response: Seriously, I love using roses in my artwork...there's something special about such a beautiful flower with those lethal thorns! Thank you so much for the great rating, Connie!
Response: Another sweet comment and great rating...thank you so much!
Response: Thank you so much, Connie...I always love swapping with you, in either direction!
Response: Thank you so much for the nice compliment! It's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: You are the loveliest and kindest of swap partners, Nancy. I just love having you as a swap partner!!!
Response: Sigh of relief...this is one that I failed to photograph so I had no way of assuring myself that I wasn’t telling myself a fib! Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: You made my day...thank you so much!
Response: I loved making this one, and was so HAPPY that you were my swap partner! Thank you for always being so wonderful, my dear friend!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and beautiful red heart! This image made me long to dance again (my left foot I underwent a third surgery yesterday, and I am wearing a clunky orthopedic boot...guaranteed to crush the feet of any dance partner!)
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I just love making wee artworks, and have used that gorgeous little girl in one or two previous swaps. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: It's completely different from the first Christmas ATC I made, but the kitty got me. I could SEE her thinking...how many of these ornaments can I dislodge before someone stops me! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I ADORE the old photo booth pictures (actually, pretty much all vintage images), and use them so often! I look forward to swapping with you again.
Response: Oh Laurie...all different? Good LORD! I hope every single recipient realized what a gift they were getting! I am a napkin-colic, having spent so many $ on eBay from napkin sellers! Thank you for being the most amazing swap partner, my dear friend!
Response: This was out of my wheelhouse just a bit...usually I'm stuck on collaged backgrounds, but that seemed a little bit ordinary for a swap that's all about the background! As for the paper napkins...oh, how I adore using them! I used to be completely befuddled by the very thought, but it's so much easier than I imagined. I have quite a varied stash; it fills up an entire photo box, and is overflowing. I lack judgment in all areas when it comes to Amazon and eBay!
Response: I admit to having a "thing" for mermaids...although I have many questions about them (such as reproduction issues...I mean...how?). I do manage to overlook my questions and enjoy the beauty and mystique of them when creating wee artworks! Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely red heart!
Response: I thought the same thing about the children under the umbrella! (In general, I'm not fond of Hummel figurines, but for some reason I liked the image for this rolo!) Thank you for always being the best imaginable swap partner, for your patience, and for your thoughtful comments, Liz.
Response: I do love making the scrappy hearts...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! I'll bet you're beginning to think you'll NEVER be moved into your beautiful new condo!
Response: I stalk eBay for tatting "lots". I can't resist. I even signed up for an online class, and either the teacher isn't a good teacher, or (more likely) I am a poor learner! Thank you for your kind words, and for your kind self...you are lovely, my friend.
Response: Nancy, you made my week! What a lovely compliment, and you should know that I return it completely. You are one of a kind, in the best imaginable way. Thank you for the amazing comment and great rating, my friend!
Response: I am so, so happy that it arrived! Given the world situation and the withholding of mail from other countries, I confess that I'm not only relieved, but surprised! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this set, and I'm so happy you like what I made for you! Thank you for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: It's always a special treat to swap with my best friend...thank you for your lovely comments and great ratings!
Response: Hahahahaha...I can't ever remember what day of the week it is! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating...you are a wonderful swap partner!
Response: Pat, you are the loveliest of swap partners...you always say the nicest things, and give me a boost that lasts for hours.
Response: Oh Bev...I have 3 sent swaps that are in some country, somewhere in the world, and my International partners are still waiting. I don't want to make replacements because I don't think they're "lost" in a real sense, and also because I suspect they would join bazillions of other foreign envelopes wherever the postal services keep potentially hazardous materials! But...thank you so much for your wonderful comments and ratings...you're a lovely friend and swap partner.
Response: You and Laurie are the undisputed MASTERS (mistresses?) of fantastic swap themes...these were a pure pleasure to make. Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Well...kitties. There isn't much that's sweeter, unless it's puppies (a draw) or human babies (with clean diapers)! Thank you for your generosity (late send) and for the wonderful rating, Beth.
Response: Thank you, dear Linda...I love that you add swap creations to your journals! You're an inspiration to me...I have so MUCH collected and archived in big, fat binders, but the sheer spectacular-ness of them is lost in those binders! I'm going to do what you do!
Response: Well, these are actually our shabby paper flowers...but it doesn't matter! I love, love, LOVE these little scrappy booklets; I cannot get enough of them (and yet I haven't made any recently; what is wrong with me?!). xo
Response: Uh huh. I have been forced as an adult to realize that my grade school teachers were right all along...I DON'T follow directions well! But you know you're my favorite and I so badly WANT to do things right, especially when sending to you! Oh, that tatting...I have made some eBay purchases lately; it's one of my guilty pleasures. I can't help but imagine a genteel lady with her tatting shuttle and thread...the elegance of it!
Response: I have soooo many roosters (all ceramic and fabric, as in cross stitched rooster art); this was a pleasure to make. Thank you for the great rating!
Response: I loved making this one, Liz...it was pure fun. I adore having you for a partner, in either direction...your artwork is so amazing that there's always a bit of anxiety (in the best possible way) when I am sending to you. Thank you for the wonderful comment and great rating!
Response: Your swap themes are always a
"cut above", Laurie...just a pleasure to work out in my mind and a pleasure to create. Thank you for the lovely, day-making comment and great rating!
Response: I'm happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: Mary, this swap was pure pleasure...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much, dear Connie!
Response: Martha, thank you so much for the beautiful compliment...you made more than my day, you made my WEEK!
Response: I love having you as my swap partner, Jen...thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Wendy, you made my day...thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating, Laura!
Response: Want a lovely comment to read...honestly, you made my day. Thank you for being such a thoughtful swap partner, and for the great rating.
Response: Debbie my friend, it is always wonderful to swap with you. Always! I hope we remain swappy friends for many years to come.
Response: It's always a special joy to have you as a swap partner, in either direction. I am so happy that you like my little creation...and your comment has made my day. I've been in a personal slump lately, just not feeling the joy, and I'm desperate to climb out of it...so thank you!
Response: I had no idea that Mod Podge has a sparkly version...the things I learn accidentally! I always love swapping with you, Georgene, and I plan on many more years of such pleasure!
Response: Jen, I am thrilled to have made you happy! I've been in a bit of a crafty funk lately (actually, it has affected every aspect of my life), so your sweet comment made my day!
Response: I loved making these, and my favorite is also the one with the rose! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, my dear friend!
Response: Oh, my dear...it's "our" border trim from Elizabeth Crafts. I love it, too! Thank you for always leaving such nice comments...and of course for the pretty red heart, too!
Response: How I struggled with this one. Thankfully, I was pleased with the final result (that's not always the case). Thank you for your always thoughtful comments and great ratings!
Response: Oh Darci, I wish I was as organized as you think I am! I have bags and boxes full of beautiful artworks from my swap friends, and have done nothing...NOTHING!...with any of them. This includes journal pages and glue book pages and...well, all of it.
Response: St. Patrick's Day, even more than Valentine's Day, is the first "real" springtime holiday...well, ALMOST springtime...and I'm very fond of it for this reason. Also, the beautiful greens...I just KNOW that daffodils and tulips can't be far behind! Thank you for the great rating, Phe.
Response: Pretty sure the rest of the population wouldn't understand, but the postal workers really are our heroes these days! I'm so happy you like the BTC...let's take a vow to remain healthy so we can "swap on"!
Response: I confess that I love these larger-format swaps...it was not that long ago that I was "afraid" of anything larger than an ATC! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Sylvia!
Response: I just love these little charm-laden items...I could make a little list of all the ways those wee charms could be used, if taken off the safety pin! I am happy to have made you happy, Gina...let's make a vow to stay healthy so we can continue to swap with each other!
Response: I laugh...we have sent to each other twice now! We are an exclusive little art club, it seems! Thank you for the great rating, The.
Response: I am so happy you like them...these were fun to make! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much, my dear friend...you've made my day!
Response: You are just the nicest swap partner, Pirjo-Liisa! I loved making your ATC, and I'm so, so happy that you like it! Thank you for always being so encouraging. It feels like near-spring here, which means it might snow next week!
Response: I want to "see" my mother in those vintage images, but my mother was kind of a kid really. She was 18 when I was born, and wore pants always (sometimes pedal pushers...or capris) except when dressed up, and did her housework to the sound of Brenda Lee, Paul Anka, and Johnny Mathis! I adore that era!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating...I really did enjoy making these!
Response: Oh, how I loved making these. I have plans to make many more! I am so, so happy that you like them, because I loved the process so much! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating.
Response: These were so much fun! I can't wait for more "altered" swaps in our group. You are just the best...such a delight to swap with...thank YOU for the wonderful comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy that you like the tag! (Tags?) Once I got started, I enjoyed the process so much that I plan to make several more! Thank you for the fabulous rating!
Response: Connie, you are simply lovely. Thank you so, so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Nancy, I loved making these, and I'm thrilled that you like them. I have a new little addiction to corrugated cardboard, which just adds...well, it seems like it adds more than corrugated cardboard! Oregon will always be home to me...I miss it terribly.
Response: Another wonderful rating and comment...I can't thank you enough! I truly love having you for a swap partner, in either direction.
Response: Dana, you always leave the most uplifting comments...thank you for that. My moo wasn't attached to the skinny...but I double-checked the swap description/requirements and it said nothing about attaching them. (In response to the rating your partner left for you!) You are a dream swap partner!
Response: I love and adore the girly themes; I suspect I'm a romantic at heart. And I always want to make something nice to send to you. Thank you for the wonderful compliment and great rating!
Response: Well, you know...cats! These days, my cats ARE my Valentines! Thank you for another sweet comment and great rating, my friend.
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am seriously in love with the corrugated paper thing. In this case, I actually did deconstruct a small box, which gave me all kinds of peeling layers...which for some reason just make me happy. Thank you for another fabulous swap theme, Kristy..you do come up with the very best themes!
Response: I was honestly pleased with the way this one turned out...I do so love the birds themes. It's a special pleasure to see that you are my swap partner; that's just the best feeling ever!
Response: How I love these hearts. I saw something on Pinterest (of course it was on Pinterest!) and it struck a chord. You are the loveliest rater, Darci!
Response: What a lovely compliment...thank you so much, my friend!
Response: The eye is all better...thank you! And thank you for the sweet comment and great rating as well.
Response: Thank you, Jen...it is such a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Debbie, you are the loveliest swap partner...I so enjoy swapping with you! Thank you for another wonderful rating.
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet. moment and great rating...I hope all is well with you as spring beckons!
Response: Deb, you made my day...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: How I love making the little (and not so little) embellishments...as long as you keep posting these delightful swaps, I'll be joining! It's a special joy to swap with you, my dear friend!
Response: Thank you for the nice compliment, Bev...it's always a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: Donna, I have two more to send your way...I have a corneal abrasion on my left eye, and had to see an ophthalmologist yesterday, which put me behind a bit. (It hurts/!) The ATCs are already made; I just have to mail them. Thank you for your lovely comment and the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating, Ginny!
Response: I am addicted to series swaps! I just can't stay away from the monthly swaps...and it makes me so happy that you've joined me. I just love swapping with you Debbie. You are a treasure!
Response: I had no idea how much I would enjoy the glue book pages, and I just don't see an end in sight. Thank you so much for your lovely comments, Debbie...they mean the world to me.
Response: Your compliment made my day, Connie...you are one of the most fabulous artists I "know", and it's a genuine pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Oh, how I love sending my pieces to you...it's always so lovely to read your "review"! Thank you for always being so kind and generous.
Response: Dana, you are always so kind...I love swapping with you! Thank you for your lovely comment, and for the pretty red heart.
Response: Thank you very much...for the sweet comment, and for the wonderful rating.
Response: There's something special about Betty Boop...she's just so cute. Thank you for the compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you, Mary...it's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: All my hopes for the discovery (uncovery) of your supplies...and thank you for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: Honestly, these can be so much fun to make...the only time I really run into trouble is when making multiples with one theme. That can be a bit stressful, since the idea is to have them each be unique, but there’s a limit to the number of images and embellishments that fit on puzzle pieces! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this one for you! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating...I’m so happy you like your dollie.
Response: Oh Laurie, you always know exactly what to say! I hope we remain swap partners and friends for many years to come.
Response: Thank you for another lovely comment and great rating, my friend!
Response: I just love having you as a swap partner, Linda. It’s just a pleasure to swap with you, coming OR going.
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Nancy. The move did not pan out, and I’m so upset...it cost me so much, and now I’m back to square one. I’m trying to convince myself that this just wasn’t meant to be...but wish I’d figured it out before spending all that money!
Response: Thank you so much for your lovely comment...I really enjoyed making these for you!
Response: Thank you, Phe...I am thrilled to know that this group will be continuing!
Response: Ah, Kristy...you are the most generous of partners! I truly did love making this sweet ATC for you (meaning that it was a sweet theme)! Thank you for your lovely, thoughtful comment!
Response: My moving day is scheduled for tomorrow, when we are forecast to have 5-8 inches of snow and 40 mph winds. My nerves are shot, as is my body, from all the packing. I can’t wait to be on the other side of this move, and back in my craft room!
Response: I’m planning a whole series of glue book page swaps...tons of fun to make! Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: I’m happy to have made you happy, Darci. I just love the little artworks we share with each other; they are so enjoyable to make and to receive!
Response: It’s always a pleasure to have you as my swap partner, Linda. Here’s to many, many more swaps!
Response: Thank you, Toni... I love paper. It’s a bit of an addiction, actually. I’m so happy that you like what I sent.
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: It’s a relief to have mase a major decision such as where to live...and everything fell into place beautifully! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this one, Linda...and it’s always wonderful to have you as my swap partner!
Response: This ATC was made only with items found on my grotesquely disorganized craft table...it’s how I seem to work best. Even the pleated and stitched tissue paper was from your swap envelope...I love it so much! I have such a pile of paper and ‘stuff’... I just love picking through it!
Response: Dana, I had the BEST time in Idaho...my 16-year-old granddaughter drove me all over...a shock, really, because she is our ‘baby’...the youngest of all my grandchildren (and she drives better than her grandmother, to which her parents might have said that everyone drives better than me!) I really love swapping with you...let’s do more of it this year!
Response: I had never seen images like this before, either...I was doing some Pinterest perusal, and there it was! I knew that he was ‘the one’ the moment I saw him!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating, my friend. Here’s to many more wonderful swap experiences in 2020!
Response: I’m thrilled to have made you so happy! Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and great rating!
Response: I’m so happy to have made you happy! I loved making this little flipbook for you...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: Oh it most definitely is hard wintertime for Michigan in January. My immediate move will be easy...the move of my STUFF from WA to MI will be tricky. I jus.t love swapping with you, my friend!
Response: Linda, you are simply wonderful. I love swapping with you, and appreciate your friendship. It’s just a joy to swap with you!
Response: I really want to make more...now I’m thinking how cute this would be fowr Valentines Day! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: IOoh, I sent a coin rather than an ATC...what’s up with my mind? Thank you for being so kind and gracious...and for the great rating!
Response: I’m so happy to have made you happy! It’s always a joy to swap with you, Laurie.
Response: Thank you so much, Dana...I have a special fondness for twinchies and other wee things. I have some little twig wreaths that I decorate with fairy lights and twinchies I've made for various holidays and seasons...I think the little arty things are all kinds of adorable!
Response: Dana, I am thrilled that you like her...she was special to me! I just loved the making of this one, and I was so happy to be sending it to you!
Response: I must remember to send you more "busted bling"...I have bags of it, and actually use it quite often! Thank you for always being the very nicest of swap partners!
Response: Debbie, you are always so kind...I just love swapping with you! It's always a special pleasure to swap with you. Happy Christmas, my dear friend!
Response: Connie, thank you so much for the sweet comment and lovely red heart...I just love this group and the amazing ladies in the group!
Response: I do love our swaps, my dear friend...let's not ever stop, okay? I adore having you as my swap partner, in either direction. Thank you for your sweet and thoughtful comments, and for the great ratings you bestow!
Response: Creative minds...we do think alike! Thank you so much for your latest uplifting comment and great rating...sitting at my craft table is my happiest time each day!
Response: That is just the loveliest compliment, Bev...thank you. I've been very sick with food poisoning (ugh, in the hospital), so it's especially wonderful to sit down at my craft table again and respond to ratings from my wonderful friends. I won't take this for granted again for a long time!
Response: I'm so happy that you like it, Penny...I loved making it for you! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I loved this swap, loved making the heart, and I'm thinking of making this a monthly "series". Thank you for another great rating, Sarah!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment...and (of course) for the great rating!
Response: I loved making this for you! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy to make you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Your swaps are always so creative...a cut above, really. I enjoy every moment spent on creating little arty things. Thank you so much for your lovely comments...you always put a smile on my face!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating, Linda...I can't believe that our book will be complete next month! I have to think of another monthly swap theme...
Response: I loved making this ATC...I've never had a Springer spaniel (I've had a sweet little cocker spaniel, though), but this one was so endearing that I had to use her on this ATC! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy that you like the little turkey lurkey! I enjoyed making it for you...thank you for the nice comment and lovely rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Debbie! I think I may host a series of these pages, with different decades being featured. I don't know why that just occurred to me!
Response: This year, for some reason, the Christmas spirit is within me, after eluding me for several years. I loved making these for you, and I'm so happy you like them!
Response: I am so happy that you like the little rolo, Debbie...I just love making them! Thank you for alway leaving such lovely comments...and of course, those pretty red hearts!
Response: And thank YOU for being the best imaginable swap partner and friend!
Response: I am SO happy to have made you happy, my dear friend! I loved every minute spent on this little journal, even though I realized that I can't seem to follow the simplest YouTube video...I get carried away with the "decorating" and forget about things like pockets and tuck spots!
Response: Oh, the weather here is quite something...believe it or not, it isn't the fierce winters that bother me; it's the hot, humid summers. Ooh, so hard to take! I'm pondering my options...west coast or "3rd coast" (Great Lakes midwestern states)...it's addictively affordable here! But back to the swap...thank you so much for your always-lovely comments and great ratings. You are the best imaginable swap partner!
Response: I really am fascinated by the era..so much change happening! I watched a series called "Boardwalk Empire" which was set in Atlantic City, NJ during the time of prohibition (and beyond) and it was amazing. A terrible time to be a woman, really...but fascinating. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you, my dear friend.,,you are such a lovely swap partner!
Response: What a lovely thing to say...you made my day! Thank you so much for the comment and for the great rating!
Response: Oh, I have an overflowing bowl...I took the pretty gilded container from last year's amaryllis (a gift from my sister; I'm afraid I killed the bulb) and it is overflowing with mostly wee things.Some bigger things, too. The only problem is that I can't remember what lies beneath the layer I added last week...I need to dump it out and refill it so I can see and use some of the older things! Thank you for the always lovely comments and ratings!
Response: I meant to go in another direction...I really did. Something more like the swap illustration (which I made years ago)...but it was a cold and gray day, which does not bother me in the slightest, and I went with Mother Nature's inspiration. Silvery and gray and wintery. Thank you for always leaving the most wonderful comments and ratings!
Response: I have such a wonderful time making the little embellishment thingys! I just love them...making them and receiving them and using them! Thank you so much for being the loveliest of swap partners, my friend!
Response: i'm so happy that you like what I chose for you! Thank you for the lovely comment and rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I do love the "3 Elements" themes...to make something cohesive while using specified elements is a bit of a challenge and tons of fun. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I truly enjoyed making this one, and was reminded that I don't create enough pocket-type swaps in my own groups. Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: You are very kind...after I was caught out by one postal service or another (probably US) and had to re-package and re-send everything! Thank you for being a kind and generous swap partner.
Response: What a wonderful and uplifting thing to say! I appreciate having you as a group member and as a friend, and I appreciate your sweet comments enormously.
Response: Oh, how I love flamingos. I have only seen real ones at the zoo (the Portland zoo, to be exact) and they tickle me. I think they look like they should live on another planet! Thank you so much for your sweet comment (you made my day, seriously) and for the pretty red heart. It's a joy to swap with you!
Response: Laurie, you are just wonderful in every way...thank you so much for your uplifting message, and please know that it is pure pleasure to swap with you!
Response: It is always such a pleasure to swap with you, my dear friend...thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: It was such fun to put this swap together, and I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it, Rebecca...thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: You are quite simply the loveliest of swap partners, Nancy...thank you so much for your comment, and (of course) for the heart rating.
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating!
Response: It's just wonderful to be swapping with you again...thank you for always being lovely and encouraging, and for the pretty red heart rating!
Response: Your swap partners and friends are thrilled to have you back, dear Bev! Thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I'm so happy that you love the inchies...I had such a good time making them! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: You are beyond kind, Jan, and I thank you for that. As I was giving the finished product a final look-see, I realized that I was several tuck spots short...how did that happen? I kept pausing the video to make sure I didn't miss anything, but clearly I missed plenty! The truth is, I completely enjoyed the process of making it, and now want to make more!
Response: Oh, you made my day, Sarah! I'll have to think of a different sort of tag book for 2020...let me know if you have any ideas! Thank you for being the loveliest swap partner ever!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I completely enjoyed making these, and have a pile of stuffs set aside to make more. What did we ever do before YouTube was a thing?!
Response: Ooh, I'm so happy to have made you happy, my dear friend! It took several washings to remove the gold leaf from my sticky fingers, but I so love the effect. Thank you for the wonderful comment and great rating...I LOVE swapping with you!
Response: Kitty AND Mama are completely recovered, which still surprises me. I feared I would lose her...she has never been sickly, and to see her this way (and...yuck, to smell her, poor thing)...it was terrible. I am so thankful that she's all better. She's 14...you know, we worry when they segue into "senior" status. Thank you so much for your compassion and for your presence here. I treasure you!
Response: I had the best time making this one for you, Debbie...I confess that I am enjoying the larger (5x7) format...still loving the 4x4s, but those bigger ones are kind of my favorite at the moment. Thank you for your wonderful comment and (of course) for the pretty little heart!
Response: I do love the circles; I find them not only lovely to make, but actually useful once they are made. I have a faux evergreen wreath that has little white lights wound all around and it's decorated with Christmas "coins". If I say so myself, it's ah-mazing! Thank you so much for being a lovely swap partner and friend, Debbie!
Response: That lady with the pearl earring...that particular image...was the inspiration for the swap. I knew at first glance that she would be "mine"! Thank you so much for being the most wonderful swap partner, Kathryn...I treasure you!
Response: Oh, that little girl melted my heart the moment I saw her...I had to use her photo! Thank you for always being the nicest swap partner, Deb...I am beyond thrilled that you came back to us!
Response: I certainly did NOT know about the plastic flamingos...that's adorable! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Sherry.
Response: This was one of the craziest swap themes...I had never heard of Junker Jane before this. She was fun to make...thank you for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: I am especially fond of the "romantic' themes, and also very fond of having you as my swap partner! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating, my dear friend!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: We have a mutual admiration society...I also love everything you send to ME! Thank you for always being the very best swap partner...let's not stop the swapping, okay?!
Response: You are just the nicest swap partner, Leslie...I treasure you!
Response: I am relieved! Thank you so much for your patience and kindness...and for the lovely heart rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I do love the little flip books; travelers notebook journals; junk journals...they are time and labor-intensive, but so very satisfying at the end. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Janis, you are simply lovely. Thank you for your generosity and encouragement. Your work is always amazing...it's sometimes a bit intimidating to send to someone who can draw and paint rather than cut and glue!
Response: What a lovely compliment...thank you so much, Sherry! i often feel like the Swapbot computer is stuck...i send to you so often that i'm afraid you'll be saying 'oh not again'! Thank you for brightening my day, and for the great rating!
Response: Dana, you made my day! Thank you for the lovely compliment and for the great rating...it''s a pleasure to swap with you/!
Response: i'm a bit addicted to the making of these...they're just fun, and God knows i have wee bits galore! i am so happy you like them...thank you for the great rating!
Response: Steph, thank you for the lovely compliment, and for the equally lovely rating! It does seem as if the Swapot computer is stuck on me sending to you...but the color series is not as well 'attended' as I'd hoped, and that's probably the reason. i know I love receiving your wonderful hand-drawn and hand-colored ATCs...you have such a gift!
Response: i am so happy to have made you happy! I was surprised at how much i enjoyed the process of making this little paper bag folder...I'm going to be making more!
Response: Moos are all kinds of fun...and a bit of a challenge, which is probably why I enjoy them so much. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, my friend!
Response: Autumn is my favorite season. Followed by Christmas...that's a season, right? Thank you for the lovely compliment; it's always a pleasure to swap with you.
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Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment! I LOVE the "challenge" swaps (3 elements, specific colors, and so forth)!
Response: i have a confession: I'm already getting weary of Halloween swaps! i should never have joined that 9-month APC swap; making 6 or 7 different Halloween playing cards each month did a number on me. i learned a lesson...too much is too much! i do really love the Halloween papers and images, though. By September, 2020 I'll be ready to roll again!
Response: You always come up with wonderful swap themes, so it's pure pleasure to join your swaps and make pretty things! I confess that I struggled with Junker Jane...she is en route to Holland as I type this (bahahahaha!).
Response: i am so happy to have made you happy! I am very fond of that "white witch"...I love everything about her (that hair! her facial expression!).
Response: Thank you, Mary...I have an entirely new appreciation for brown paper bags! Who knew how many adorable little things they can be made into? i can't wait to make more, without the Halloween theme.
Response: We are polar opposites, Pat...I can't tolerate the heat, and if humidity is added to the mix I feel as if I might die. Autumn is my favorite season...I love the beautiful colors and the cooler days and nights. Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you, Steph...it's a tad intimidating to send to you, just because you're an "artist of note"! Thank you for the lovely and thoughtful comment, and for the great rating.
Response: You always say the nicest things, Kathryn! It's pure pleasure to have you as a swap partner. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I also adore ravens...from a distance. There's something a bit menacing about them close up! Something to do with those great big beaks. Thank you for another wonderful rating, Sherry!
Response: Well....thank you so much for the sweet and encouraging comment and great rating, Pat. I need to beef up my wire-wrapping skills, as it's pretty clear that if they aren't used, they are definitely "losed"!
Response: I am very fond of birds on teacups...in pictures. In real life, most definitely NOT! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Nancy!
Response: You made me laugh! I think I know some of these witches, too! Thank you for always being the nicest sort of swap partner, Nancy!
Response: Not my best effort, Judaline...I was very distressed to realize that my "special" keys are lost to me...maybe in storage? Hard to tell. I had to choose the largest of my "craft" keys, and it just didn't work out as I'd hoped. Yours, on the other hand, was phenomenol! I do thank you for the great rating I just wish I felt like it was deserved!
Response: Thank you, dear Nancy...I always love swapping with you! I especially love it when I receive swaps from you, because you are the definition of "amazing artist"! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: Oh, I loved making this one! The 3 elements were just so easy to make a cohesive ATC from...I am LOVING making backgrounds from ledger paper and papers with all sorts of writings. I just bought 3 paper napkins (from Lithuania!) with foreign script on them, and will most definitely send one to you. I wonder if it's in Lithuanian?! (Is there such a language?)
Response: Blushing here...it's always such a pleasure to swap with you, Georgene...I honestly feel as if we are friends, even though we've never met. Thank you for always leaving such wonderful comments and ratings!
Response: I'm really loving the tag book tags...I have no idea how long this one will go on, but I just can't wait to make a book out of them! Thank you for always leaving such wonderful comments and ratings, Debbie!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, Ellen! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Mercy, no more kitties for me! I mean...I would love to have several more (I have 3) but I am already breaking the rules of my apartment complex (there's a limit of 2). I just love kitties so much, and want to do what I can to help with the ones at the shelter. Oh Bev...the kittens! They snuggle and love all attention...they are adorable. Thank you so much for the happy heart rating...and I'll keep you current on the happenings at the shelter!
Response: I am fascinated by all things raven...just can't seem to get enough! I love that you love your ATC; I always want to send my very best to you!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, Susan! I am a PNW lady currently on the "3rd coast", but longing to return home. I have plans afoot...and oh boy, will it be nice to stop paying $200 per month for my storage unit!
Response: I always love an owl theme...there are so many wonderful images to choose from; it's just a matter of deciding on realistic vs whimsical. I love your 3 Elements swaps; I love to make a little piece of art that contains all 3 but doesn't LOOK like it was just 3 random elements. (I've received some of those in years past.) Let's make a pact to keep sending each other bits of loveliness for many years to come.
Response: Journal tags...I hadn't thought that far, but what a wonderful way to use some of the glorious silk pieces from Nancy. You always have the best ideas! Thank you for the sweet comment and beautiful heart rating, my friend!
Response: I can't get enough of rolos...they are fun to make, and easy to store and show off. Thank you so much for the lovely compliment and great rating!
Response: I am very fond of the vintage pattern ladies...so elegant and pencil-thin! I remember my mother making and wearing some of these beautiful dresses. Thank you for always being a wonderful swap partner, Pat.
Response: How I loved making this for you...it was fun from start to finish! Thank you for the sweet. comment and great rating...I just love swapping with you!
Response: Thank you for the nice comment and great rating, Rebecca
Response: Charms are so much fun to make. At the moment, I have orders for two charm bracelets for little girls (one is 9; the other is 7). I mistakenly purchased 200 tacky little unicorn charms from China, and I have to find a use for them (oh, tell me you have a use for some and I will IMMEDIATELY send you one or two of my 20 bags). The challenge here is finding "kiddie" like beads in my enormous stash. Back to the swap...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: When I think of "whatever" in terms of swap themes, it's always either Paris, ballerinas, or cats/dogs. Love these themes...and I am so happy that I made you happy! Thank you for the lovely red heart!
Response: Well...if I hadn't been so ridiculous about it, thinking to myself "I've got this", all would have been better for me. Easier. But I truly did love making it for a fellow cupcake lover! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I loved her too! Those shadowed eyes...the piercing stare...all of it! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating...it's always a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment, Dana...and of course for the pretty red heart!
Response: I am so loving the tag book swaps, and so happy that you like the tag I made for you! Thank you for the great rating, Sherry!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Oh Lesley, I am: 1) happy that you like them, and 2) thrilled that this deck is complete! Thank you for the beautiful red heart...your wee bag of extras is on its way now, with the charm I made for you!
Response: I buy those border stickers from Elizabeth Crafts...they come in black, gold, and silver and I use them almost as much as I use my scissors! (That's an exaggeration.) I'm so happy you like the ATC, and thank you for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for the beautiful red heart!
Response: I simply adore the vintage pattern ladies; they remind me of my mother, and the Jackie Kennedy generation. I love using the pretty ladies in my little artworks, and I'm so happy you like this journal page! Thank you for another beautiful red heart!
Response: While living in the midwest, I've been kept indoors by the heat and humidity. I welcome late summer, which the is gateway to my favorite season, which is autumn. Just think...we have only 3 more tag book tags to go!
Response: I really enjoyed the making of these tags, Debbie...I always want my creations to be good, but particularly when sending to you (and a few special others), since your work inspires me! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I love the making of these teensy works of art...thank you for posting wonderful and easy swaps! Thank you for the great rating, Dianne.
Response: This little girl "spoke" to me...I had something entirely different in my mind, but when I found her, I knew she was "the one". I am so happy to have made you happy...thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: The twinchies were fun to make, Lisa...I enjoyed every minute of the making. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I LOVE the address labels! You are just the most wonderful swap partner, Georgene...I love sending to you, and receiving from you! Thank you so much for your lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Honestly, this one was just fun to make. The pattern ladies on this ATC remind me of my mother...you know, the elegance of Jackie Kennedy's 1960's style. Thank you for your sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Well, I want to be that couple! I'm pitifully under-traveled, and once I have good knees (done) and good feet (in process), I intend to fix that little issue. I am thrilled that you like my journal page!
Response: Bahahahaha...I so wanted to replicate that gorgeous felt nest on the swap graphic, but made do with the supplies at hand. Not being able to drive was hell on earth, and I'm ever so relieved that those days are in the past. Thank you for your sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am very lucky to have such good swappy friends...I never saw the journal page, but knowing where it came from, I have the utmost faith that it is beautiful. Thank you so much for your kindness and patience, my friend!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I can't wait to see my tag book all assembled (although I have a feeling it will be so thick that it won't close). Thank you so much for your kindness throughout my travails, Pat...you are a treasure,
Response: Jan, you made my day. Thank you for the lovely compliment...and, of course, for the wonderful rating!
Response: What a wonderful idea...to use the wee arty bits in journals! I am so happy you like your little butterflies...thank you for always being such a wonderful friend and swap partner!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy, Marsha! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I feel exactly the same way...it's not about "religion" for me, it's about the beautiful artwork and images. I always feel at peace in large, ornate churches and cathedrals (maybe in a previous life, I WAS religious!). The tiny saint charm came from my bestie, @isabellasnow...I have 2 more, and I'm hoarding them for another special occasion...having you for my swap partner constitutes a special occasion, you know! I don't know where Kristy got the wee charms, but I will ask, because they are just adorable. Thank you so much for your encouraging words and for your happy heart ratings, Laurie...you are one in a million!
Response: I really did enjoy making these, and can imagine using them in several ways. I think I'll be making more! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: I had to log in to Flickr to see what I'd made...and now i do remember using the Stickles on the owl's headdress! Joan, if I didn't have my craft table, I'd probably be in a locked facility by now, what with the multiple surgeries and being housebound for so long. I just love making little artworks! Thank you for the lovely compliment, and for the wonderful rating, too.
Response: I do miss the BTCs, and want to bring them back. They appeal to me in the same way that rolos do...they are easy to display and enjoy. I will continue posting BTC swaps, because they are just so enjoyable!
Response: I am definitely a cat person, but certain dogs in my life have stolen my heart. And some are insanely adorable, such as dachshund puppies! Every now and again I have to host a doggie swap, just to be fair. But I am reminded that I haven't had a cat theme in awhile...
Response: I love your swap themes...I enjoy the "challenges" (pick 3, blue, etc.) more than I enjoy "sender's choice', actually. It's always such a pleasure to have you as a swap partner, in either direction! And thank you for the lovely compliment and great rating, Linda.
Response: Oh Mandy...I loved making her for you! I just couldn't seem to stop...I want to make more similar ladies! I am so, so happy you like her.
Response: Well, I loved making this one for you. I've used this vintage little girl image more than once...she's just the cutest! Thank you for the sweet comments and great ratings...you're the most wonderful swap partner!
Response: I adore the "3 elements" swaps, dear Kristy...I love to tell a little story with the elements, so that it's not obvious that there was a challenge involved. I remember receiving an ATC from someone (ages ago) in a 3 Elements-type swap that called for pink, a key, and a postage stamp. I received a 2.5x3.5-inch piece of pink cardstock with a postage stamp and a key charm glued to the background. I remember thinking, this cannot be the point of a 3 Elements idea!
Response: My angels are the BEST, aren't they? So very talented and even more than that...so generous with their time and resources. I just love them, as I do you, my dear friend!
Response: This one was just fun to make! I enjoyed every minute of the making. Thank you so much for the lovely comment and for the great rating!
Response: What a lovely compliment! Thank you so much...you made my day!
Response: Thank you for the lovely heart rating, Steph. I wish I had your wonderful talent for drawing and coloring so beautifully...alas, I am really only good at cutting and pasting!
Response: I am so happy that my angels made you happy! Thank you for the wonderful rating...people have been so kind during my health troubles!
Response: It's a s...l...o...w process, healing this foot! Thank you for the wonderful heart rating...my angels really ARE angels, and I'm so grateful to them both!
Response: Ah, Laurie...my angels are just the best! I'm thrilled that you like the ATC (I knew you would!), and so grateful to Mandy and Jan for helping me in my hour of need. Thank you for the lovely comment and beautiful red heart...those ladies deserve ALL the hearts!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I had a few issues along the way, but I think I covered up the mistakes pretty well. You are a kind and gracious swap partner, and I can't thank you enough for your patience!
Response: I have angels right here on earth, and I'm so grateful for their friendship and for their help in my hour of need. Thank you for your graciousness!
Response: I so loved making this one for you, my dear friend! I just love making the journal pages, and can't imagine EVER not making them. Thank you so, so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this for you...thank you for the great rating!
Response: I'm always anxious for the NEXT month's tag...I can't wait to wrap up this year and have a completed tag book. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: It's impossible NOT to have fun with these, isn't it? Each set is something i look forward to, and tr to do something slightly different than the sets that came before.Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you very much...that's a lovely compliment, and you made my day!
Response: No more than I value yours, Linda! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: You say the nicest things! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making her for you, Kathie! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Oh my dear Laurie! Those paper doilies...I did buy a package of very lacy big doilies (gold) that I use pieces of every so often, but usually I find them in the wedding section at Michaels or JoAnn Fabrics. I just ordered a bunch from Michaels online...they are by Martha Stewart, and I even found some in copper!!! Than you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I am only reciprocating for the many generous packages you've sent my way over the years! And I completely agree that we have lost some of the loveliness of life as we've become more and more dependent upon electronic communication. Thank you so much for another great rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I loved making this one, but I was a bit afraid that it wasn't "brown enough"! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment, and for the great rating.
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I loved making this for you. I admire your beautiful makes so much; it means the world to receive such a compliment from you! Thank you, Pirjo-Liisa...you are a wonderful swap partner.
Response: Oh Kathie...you are the kindest lady in Swapville! I am so happy you like the gypsy ATC (ribbon doll is en route to you now)...thank you from the bottom of my heart for your sweet words and for the great rating. You made my day!
Response: Dianne, I received the MOST amazing inchies for this swap, and it made me want to class up my act and try to be more adventurous. I wish I'd made something more exciting for you this time...but future small art items will be more...well, more! Thank you as always for your lovely comments and great ratings...you are wonderful!
Response: Loved making this for you...now I'm wondering about your next series! I love the series swaps so much! Thank you for such a lovely comment (I'm needy these days!) and for the great rating. You are a wonderful swap partner AND friend.
Response: I am so happy you like them! Thank you for the wonderful heart rating!
Response: Kathryn, you made my day. Thank you so much for leaving such a wonderful comment, and (of course) for the great rating. xo!
Response: What a nice thing to say! I really enjoyed making this, and see many more in my future!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for leaving such a nice comment, and for the heart rating...I did enjoy making this little booklet for you!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy...I loved making this APC. Thank you for always leaving such nice comments...and for the sweet red heart!
Response: Thank you very much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment, Lesley...I so love the rolos, both to make and to receive! It's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I'm so happy you like them...I had the best time making them!
Response: I really am loving our tag swaps...every tag I've received has been amazing, and I can't wait to see the whole book assembled!
Response: I loved making these, Debbie...I really did. Thank you for always leaving such lovely comments.
Response: I just love swapping with you! Thank you for the sweet message and for the happy little heart!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating...I loved making this for you!
Response: Thank you so much, Sherry! This was a time and labor-intensive swap, but I enjoyed eery moment of the making. The cutting was the most difficult part. Thank you for the beautful red hear!
Response: Candy, that is a lovely compliment. Thank you so much! I am so happy to be swapping with you again!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Linda!
Response: I do so love the creative collage series...it's a chance to do what we want, without the constraints of a theme. I do love the themes, but every once in awhile it's nice to just spread my wings. You are the kindest of swap partners, Debbie...I just love swapping with you!
Response: I never peek at my partner, either! I loved making these, and I'm thrilled that you like them. Thank you for another beautiful red heart rating!
Response: I do enjoy the "series" swaps, and I'm sad to see that somehow I missed 7. I'll have to make one of my own to fill that space. It's always a joy to swap with you, and thank YOU for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: This was one of my favorites, too. I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for putting the comment on my profile, too...it's just the extra step that makes you such an amazing swap partner and friend!
Response: Kathryn, it is such a pleasure to see your name as my "send to" partner...you are always so complimentary and sweet! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: The lipstick...did I go overboard with my gloss pen? Sometimes I look at my glossy-lipped ladies and think to myself, Would she really have gone out like this? LOL...my ladies are very, very brave! Thank you so much for the great rating, my friend!
Response: Grace, I am thrilled to have made you happy! I loved making your twinchies! Thank you so much for the lovely compliment and for the great rating.
Response: I loved making this for you! I'm so happy you like it, and equally happy with the beautiful heart rating!
Response: Such a relief. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Wendy!
Response: I am happy to have made you happy, Jan! I loved making this one for you. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: You always leave the loveliest comments, Pat! I appreciate you more than you know. Thank you for the sweet red heart, too!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great ratng!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating...i love swapping with you, Dianne!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy, Julie! I loved making them for you.
Response: Thank you so much for your sweet comment and great rating...it is always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I love making rolos...truly I do. And I love receiving them, too! Thank you for your sweet comment and great rating, Linda!
Response: Thank you so much, Deb...I thoroughly enjoyed making this for you!
Response: This was a great swap theme, and I totally enjoyed making your pages, Sherry...thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the nice comment and great rating, Penny!
Response: Thank you so much, Linda...I loved making her for you!
Response: I am so happy you like it! Thank you for the heart rating, Mieke!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating, Steff!
Response: i am so happy to have made you happy, Ros! It's been a very long winter here, and is still quite chilly...but the summers are so hot and humid that I'm actually enjoying the chill! I loved making this for you...thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating!
Response: Well...I kind of struggled with these. I'm hunting for a pair of scissors that gives a "torn" look rather than a clean cut. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Debbie!
Response: You always leave the nicest comments...thank you so much for that! I bought an eBay "lot" of tatted doilies and trim, and I was astonished at how much I received. The hours that someone spent making these! I want to share them with my besties...most of them are small enough to use in our artwork, so they can be admired forever.
Response: LOL...I heard the song in my head as I was gluing your bird images to the music page, and I'm hearing it again...such a beautiful song! My big secret is...wait for it...glue stick! I slather it onto the page, and then carefully press down the flimsy little napkin images. I certainly go outside the area I need for the image, but once the glue is dried, you can't even tell. I use a LOT of glue stick...my very best tip is to glue the surface and also glue the back of the image. Of course, it's impossible to do this with napkins...but somehow (probably because they are so thin) they stick beautifully with just the one application of glue. As always, you are my favorite swap partner in the whole world!
Response: This was a happy accident...I was so lucky to find a dictionary page in my stash that had a usable word! I loved making this one for you, and I'm thrilled to hear that your knees are doing better. We must keep our joints functioning...the alternative is dire!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating! I do love making the "wee" things occasionally!
Response: I've been waiting for the right opportunity to use that charm, and I'm so happy you were the recipient! I loved making this for you, Martha. Thank you for your lovely comment and for the sweet heart rating!
Response: I just can't get enough of spring...it's just beginning to show here in western MI. Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: I loved making this one, Kathryn, and I always adore seeing your name as my swap partner, in either direction! Thank you for your lovely comment and for the gorgeous heart rating!
Response: I struggled with this theme, I really did. Turtles. Yet somehow, in the end, it came together. I know your roof issue was horrible...but now you are able to reorganize and possibly discover treasures you'd forgotten about!
Response: i am so happy to have made you happy, Julie! Swapping with you i always a special pleasure!
Response: Thank you, dear Linda...I really enjoyed making this for you!
Response: I do love the vintage themes, and children are one of my favorites. I just love the zounds of images available...and I equally love sending (and receiving) from you, my lovely friend!
Response: This one was my idea, yet I found it a tough theme to represent in a wee format. Thank you for always being so sweet when commenting and rating, Bev.
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! I can't wait to start on the next set of APCs!
Response: Ah, Kristy...it is always such a joy to have you as my swap partner! I do love the format of our journal pages, it's a great little size...although I confess that I am equally loving the larger pages as well...4x6; 5x7...I'm actually enjoying them more than the wee ones! Thank you as always for your thoughtful comments and beautiful heart ratings...you are the BEST!
Response: I really did love making this for you...thank you for the fabulous heart rating!
Response: I loved this swap theme, and feel the need to host more like this (maybe different sizes). Thank you for the most amazing and uplifting comment and great rating!
Response: Debbie, have you seen the hankie dolls on Pinterest? Be still my heart! They are amazing! I have a doll or two in mind for my little hankie stash...oh, yes I do! And thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: This one just kind of made itself. Quite often I will sit with my computer on my lap while watching TV, and I'll fill pages with images that appeal to me, even if I don't have an immediate use for it. Like collage sheets. Well, they ARE collage sheets. And then I print them and have a folder of random images to look through when planning an ATC or a rolo. Hence the curtains and jam jar! Thank you for your always-wonderful comments and for the heart ratings...I just love swapping with you!
Response: Hannah, thank you for being a kind and generous swap partner...I appreciate both qualities, as well as the lovely rating!
Response: Knock-knock joke...I feel silly, because I don't know what that means. I had nothing of the sort in mind when I made your ATC, I promise! Thank you for the great rating.
Response: It's been a tough winter here, and the birds were my first sign that spring might eventually arrive. It was a pleasure to make these stacks, like a little bit of spring in paper form! Thank you for the heart rating, Sherry!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating...I really enjoyed making this ATC for you!
Response: I had fun with this theme. One cat, one blue eye, and one green/yellow eye...I loved making this for you, Penny. Thank you for your nice comment and for the great rating!
Response: I do love the Asian themes! Kathryn, thank you so much for the beautiful comments and great ratings you leave...it is such a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I'm really enjoying this series, although I totally underestimated the amount of time it would take each month. Thank you for the great rating...I had a wonderful time making these APCs for you!
Response: Honestly, I'm having the most fun with this swap series! Every tag I've received has been ah-mazing, and I can't wait to tie them all together. Thank you so much for your wonderful comment and great rating, Kim!
Response: This was harder than I expected! I need to make many more "signatures" so it seems to flow more naturally. Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: I loved making this one, and I'm so happy that it went to you. Thank you for always leaving the nicest comments and for those beautiful red hearts!
Response: It was a fun, quick swap. Thank you for the lovely heart rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I loved making this set for you. Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Oh I loved making this one for you...thank you so much for the day-making (as in, you made my day!) comment and beautiful heart rating!
Response: Those were the good old days, for sure...so much has changed! But change is inevitable, and Kristy and I work so hard to keep our groups running and "fresh", so we can keep stellar artists (like YOU!) coming back! Thank you so much for your friendship, and for your beautiful artwork...and for always giving the nicest ratings and comments!
Response: I do have a "thing" for the layered embellishments...such a pleasure to make. Thank you as always for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Oh these are so much fun to put together! Thank you for the nice comment and lovely heart rating!
Response: I felt such a sense of freedom with this swap, having completed all surgeries and gotten rid of the clunky orthopedic boot...it was a pleasure to sit at the craft table! Thank you for your lovely comment and wonderful ratings...you are a wonderful friend!
Response: It DID feel overwhelming...but whenI broke it down into (mental) sections, it was tons of fun. Someday, in the FAR future, I may host another snippet roll swap! Thank you for your patient and your kindness!
Response: Thank you, dear Pat...I loved making this for you!
Response: I am thrilled that you like the ATC! Thank you so much for the wonderful heart rating and for your lovely comment!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Sherry!
Response: I don't know why I had a hard time with this swap...I've made plenty of little houses in the past, but this one...I struggled. You are a very kind swap partner, Laurie...very kind indeed!
Response: I do love the occasional circus theme...the images are so bright and fun. I also love swapping with you!
Response: I always love swapping with you, Bev...you are one of my swappy "besties"! I am so happy you like the tag; I can't WAIT for spring, and making springy things seems to help!
Response: I really enjoyed making these...the St. Patricks images are just so cute! I'm feeling ridiculous for not reading (or not retaining) the fact that the swap involved two ATCs for two partners...but I caught on when I received my own swap envelopes. Thank you for allowing me to send the additional ATC without a penalty!
Response: It's funny, but i used to have almost a paranoia regarding tags. I just knew I couldn't make them! And now that I'm making them, I can't imagine NOT! Thank you for such a wonderful "review"...and of course for the lovely red heart.
Response: Thank you, Debbie...for the lovely comment and wonderful heart rating...I believe I find the larger rolos more satisfying than the small ones!
Response: I really did enjoy making this set, and I'm happy that you like them. Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Sue, you are just the nicest swap partner! Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely heart...it's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Thank you, Marie...and #2 will be winging her way to you quickly!
Response: Thank you so much, Nancy...I loved making these for you, and appreciate the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Linda...you are just the best friend and swap partner!
Response: I love the "challenge" themes (colors, "pick 3", 3 Elements, etc.) and I enjoyed making this ATC for you. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating !I hope to swap with you again soon.
Response: I loved making this one...start to finish. It was lovely to see your name as my swap partner, and i can't wait to actually meet you later in the spring!
Response: It's such a pleasure to be swapping with you again...and thank you so much for being such a generous and kind swap partner!
Response: Kathie, thank you so much for being the nicest swap partner...I appreciate our long friendship, and hope to swap with you again soon!
Response: I kind of loved making this one, and it was chosen for Flickr's "Explore" page, so it's had tons of views. I am so happy you like it!
Response: Oh Mandy, thank you so much...you made my day! I am afraid that my ATCs all look alike...this one is certainly recognizable as one of mine! I am so happy you like this one!
Response: Thank you so much, Laura!
Response: You are just the best, Georgene...and I know how horrible joint pain can be, particularly if it's chronic. I now have prosthetic knees and prosthetic toes...God knows what's next! All my hopes and wishes for a quick an easy roof repair, and for your pain to take a hike!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, Ros! I've had it in my mind since Christmas that I would make you a version of the pink Christmas journal page, so I'm happy to have completed it and sent it your way. I used the same angel image as the original ATC (lost in transit), but since I forgot to take a picture of the original, I winged the rest of the ATC. I'm thrilled that you like everything!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and lovely rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Penny...I had lots of fun making the tags, and feel compelled to make more!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I do love the coins...maybe because they're new-ish? Just a fabulous little arty format, whatever the reason. Thank you for being so generous with your praise and the rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful rating...I look forward to swapping with you again soon!
Response: Thank you very much for the nice comment and lovely rating...I am so happy that you like the tags!
Response: Oh Sue, I love the "challenge" swap themes! Color series, "pick 3", 3 elements, and so forth...for some reason, they are very enjoyable to make...I usually stay away from "sender's choice" type swaps, and I just realized that it's probably because I require some direction! Thank you for the sweet comment and for the wonderful rating.
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment and for the lovely red heart, Cheyanne! You host so many wonderful swaps...I'm thankful for you!
Response: I have a "thing" for pretty ladies and roses...and everyone knows it! I think they've become part of my "signature", actually. Debbie, it is always wonderful to swap with you; thank you so much for being the best possible swap partner, no matter which direction the swap is flying!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy...I loved this swap theme! Thank you for the compliment, and for the wonderful rating!
Response: I'm a bit sorry that Valentine's Day is over for this year...there's something so sweet about those vintage images (and in certain cases, I'm a sucker for Betty Boop)! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Oh, those braids! Hours and hours (and hours), I imagine! Fortunately all I did was cut her out...doing all that braiding would be exhausting! Thank you for another great rating, my dear friend!
Response: I completely enjoyed the theme of this swap, and I'm happy that you like the coin and the tag. Thanks so much for the pretty red heart!
Response: I am so happy to have made YOU happy! I do love the larger rolo format, which came as a surprise to me, actually. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Linda my friend!
Response: I have such a fondness for the wee things, and I seem to collect things that are great for these tiny creations. Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I do love the mermaid themes. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and happy red heart!
Response: Thank you so much, Bev...I was "stuck" for a long time, but when I saw the dancing couple, I knew...I just knew!
Response: I really do love the "little things"; so much fun to make! Thank you for hosting so many wee swaps...it's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I am happy to have made you happy...it's such a fun swap. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I'm THRILLED that you like your Valentine piggy...I fell in love with her at first sight! I find 99.9% of my images on Pinterest (don't tell, okay?)...I have boards upon boards of images I think will make good swap images. It's a bit of an addiction, I'm afraid. I have to tell you, you made my DAY! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: You know I love swapping with you, my sweet friend...it's always a pleasure to see your name as my swap partner, in either direction! Thank you so much for your lovely comments and all the great ratings. You made my day!
Response: OMG, she says, blushing furiously! Thank you very, very much for all the sweet words, the pretty red hearts, and for inflating my head like you do! It's always a treat to swap with you!
Response: I just loved making these coins...there's something so...so...I don't know, weirdly beautiful, I guess, about flamingoes! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Jan!
Response: Kathy, thank you so much for your kindness and patience...and for the wonderful comment and rating!
Response: Gosh, what a lovely comment...you made my day, Sue! Thank you for always leaving the nicest comments...and for the pretty red heart!
Response: I so enjoyed making these for you, Lori...there's just something wonderful about the "Father Christmas" images.
Response: Oh, I fell in love with this piggy as soon as I saw her...I just knew she was "the one" for your ATC!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Lori...it's always wonderful to swap with you!
Response: She really IS different than my usual...but there was something about her that kept me going back. Thank you for another wonderful rating...and for your nice comment!
Response: Thank you so much, Wendy.
Response: I am so happy that you like pink...and the tag...given that it's actually the cover of our tag book! Thank you so much for your kindness and...well, your niceness! I always love swapping with you.
Response: LOL...one of the REAL "mistresses of embellishments" has shared her title with me! I loved making this one...my fingers obviously knew it was for you, because it just kind of fell into place. I just love swapping with you, my dear friend!
Response: You, my dear, are lovely and generous. She was such a sweet angel, too. Never mind, I am already working on a little RAK for you...maybe another angel will be included!
Response: Thank you so much, my sweet friend...I just love having you as a swap partner!
Response: Debbie, thank you so much for this spirit-lifting, generous comment and rating...I've been struggling for the past week (my second foot surgery was last Friday, and I'm in a boot, using a knee scooter...so uncomfortable. To make matters worse, I was stuck at my sister's house (that sounds terrible...she has a beautiful home and is a wonderful, caring hostess)...but we were truly stuck due to the polar vortex "storm of the decade", and my cats were 40 miles south, in my apartment, with 3 days worth of food and kitty litter. I was panic-stricken! Luckily, I came home today to find that they were alive and well (hungry!)...and I saw your rating. You made my week!
Response: Thank you, my friend! I loved making this for you! I did move...my sister gave me 30 days to re-home my cats (hell, no!) or find a new place to live. I chose to find a new place to live...WITH my girls!
Response: Come on over! What fun we will have. Seriously, thank you for the lovely comment and for the great rating...I enjoy time at my craft table more than almost anywhere else!
Response: LOL! I know I have a traumatic brain injury, but...HOGS from Ohio? Now, that has some punch! I sure do love swapping with you, my dear friend!
Response: Joan, you made my day! Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for the pretty red heart...I just love these sweet embellishments, and hope we all continue making them!
Response: I am so loving your small-format swap themes...how do you think of such great themes? Thank you very much for being a wonderful host and swap partner!
Response: Dianne, thank you so much for the sweet comment and for that lovely red heart!
Response: I made her specially for you, my dear Mamdy...and i loved every minute f the making. I always think of you when I see Mab Graves images, and when I found those spiky pink flowers..well...I also thought of you! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and pretty pink heart!
Response: Thank you, Gina...it's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: You are the loveliest of swap partners! Thank you so much for your kind words and for the heart rating!
Response: I am so HAPPY that you enjoyed the swap! I've become quite addicted to making these embellishments, and think they add so much to a larger format (journal page, scrapbook, etc.). Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: LOL...you're welcome for sending on time! My pleasure! Thank you for the most wonderful rating, Heather!
Response: I simply adore pinkaliciusness! I actually made this journal page and an ATC using pink Father Christmas images, and I felt so happy while making each one! Thank you for the lovely comment, Nancy...and of course for the sweet red heart!
Response: I am also enjoying the larger format...and we can thank @pikkis for the suggestion! I loved making this one for you, Bev, and I'm thrilled that you like it!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Wendy.
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Cheyanne!
Response: I hope you love the rolos as I do...they are one of my favorite things to make, because they are so easy to keep and display in their own neat containers or rolodexes! Thank you so much for another wonderful heart rating, dear Laurie!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating!
Response: Ros, thank you so much for your lovely comment and (of course) for the beautiful red heart...but most of all, I want to thank you for your friendship, which means the world to me! All my best wishes for a happy Christmas season, and a wonderful New Year!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating, Dianne!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! I am enjoying Michigan for now, but the way you feel about Michigan is the way I feel about the Pacific NW...I almost can't wait to return!
Response: LOL...well, I stuck on so many "opals" that I was thinking "her daddy invested in an opal mine" while making it. Thank you for being the most generous of swap partners!
Response: How I loved making this one...the snazzy lady caught my eye, and then...well, you know how it is. One thing leads to another. I hate when I've organized my craft table, because I get my best ideas when sorting through stacks of crafty goodness!
Response: What an enormous compliment! Thank you for the sweetest comment EVER, and of course for the lovely heart rating. All the best to you this holiday season!
Response: I am so happy you like them! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating...you made my day.
Response: This one was pretty slap-dash, I suppose...it's all stickers and cut outs! (None of the cut outs of my own making, which is unusual.) Thank you for another sweet comment and great rating, my friend.
Response: We have similar taste in vintage ladies! It's always a pleasure to swap with you...coming OR going!
Response: I most definitely use the fabulous extras you send! Thank you for the great rating, Bev!
Response: I am happy to have made you happy, Laurie...I loved making it for you! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this for you, and I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and beautiful red heart!
Response: Yvonne, my Christmas wish is for you to be healed and feeling no pain. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much...I always love knowing I'm sending to you!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating.
Response: I was so happy to see your name as my swap partner, Jan...it's been quite awhile since we were partnered. It's just a pleasure to swap with you, in either direction...you'll always be one of my favorite partners. Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: LOL...my first thought was, Is she talking to me? To ME? A compliment like this one is a treasure indeed from an artist of your caliber, Laurie. Thank you so much!
Response: Thank you for the nice comment and great rating, Wendy.
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, and for the pep talk, my dear friend...both are sorely needed today! It is always such a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and pretty red heart, Debbie...I just love having you as a swap partner!
Response: Oh, I loved making this for you, Debbie. How are you feeling now that you have a new hip? Hopefully the worst is over (nobody can describe how it feels to have such a major surgery), and you're back in the swing of things in time for Thanksgiving!
Response: OMG...I saw this trio and couldn't resist! I really do hope the other two were digitally "enhanced", because that poor baby...bahahahahaha!
Response: I was afraid of tags for the longest time...and now I wonder why! I love making them...and I extra-love making things for you, dear Lori!
Response: Ros, thank you so much for your lovely complimentary comment...and for the beautiful red heart! You are simply the BEST swap partner, and I love sending to AND receiving swaps from you!
Response: LOL..there was so much sewing-inspired goodness on the background, and then I covered it up...I had to improvise and add, add, add!
Response: I had such a good time making these for you...I'm thrilled that you like them! Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely red heart!
Response: I'm so happy to make you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Cheyanne!
Response: Thank you, my sweet friend. It is such a pleasure having you as a swap partner.
Response: We share a love of kitties...even these Halloween kitties grabbed my heart! You are simply the best swap partner, my darling Mandymo...generous and kind to the max. I treasure you.
Response: Thank you so much for the nice comment and for the lovely red heart!
Response: The little foxes were so much fun to play with...and with you as my swap partner, I had an extra wonderful time making your ATC!
Response: Tamara, I am thrilled that you like it! Thank you so much for your sweet comment and lovely red heart.
Response: I'm so happy you like it, Sami...and I hope everything has straightened out for you. I hope to swap with you again soon!
Response: I am so relieved...so VERY relieved that this one made it through! Thank you for your generosity with the time it took!
Response: Ooh...they ARE tattoo designs! I don't know...they just appealed to me and I had to use them! Thank you for always being such a generous commenter and rater, my dear friend!
Response: I think this was the one I used the WRONG flower for! I chose the images for both August and September, and then mixed them up...but thank you for not noticing, or at least for not telling, LOL!
Response: Thank you so much, Debbie...it's such a pleasure when we are swap-partnered!
Response: Laurie, you are a dream swap partner...thank you so much for always rating so kindly, and for your generosity with those lovely red hearts.
Response: Dianne, you are the nicest swap partner...thank you for being so kind and generous.
Response: Thank you so much...for the sweet comments and great ratings. See you on "the other side" after my move to Portland is complete!
Response: i think this swap was meant for you! My daughter's birthday is also in September...it's a very special month indeed.
Response: Kathryn, you are such a lovely friend...thank you so much for always being so kind and generous...I just love swapping with you!
Response: i am thrilled to have made you happy! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: I think I'm sending a swap to you in the near future, and will definitely include some of the copper stick-on embellishments (I will also send some in gold). I'm sure I got them at JoAnns or Michaels, in the stick-on gems area. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I had so much fun with this one, Laurie...I just love the process of layering and embellishing; I even enjoy all the "fussy cutting"! Thank you so much for being the best-ever swap partner!
Response: I am so loving the coins...I wonder if eventually they will become as common as "regular" ATCs! Thank you for the lovely comment and rating; you are such a great swap partner.
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating...it's always a pleasure to swap with you, in either direction!
Response: Gina, you made my day...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! It's always a pleasure to have you as a swap partner.
Response: What a lovely thing to say...you made my day! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and beautiful red heart!
Response: Sherry, I loved making this for you...it was just so much fun, and I'm thrilled that you like it!
Response: I loved making them...I am SO happy that you like them!
Response: I loved making this one, Jen...and it was chosen for display on Flickr's Explore Page, which is such an honor! Happy Halloween to you, too!
Response: This mini flipbook was SO MUCH FUN! It was a joy to put together and I loved every minute of it.
Response: Thank you so much, Debbie. I just love creating things for you!
Response: It's so true about the roses; I use them (more than any other flower) in so many of my pieces. This one came together on its own, almost.
Response: And thank you for being a great swap partner...it's such a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: Another lovely comment and great rating from one of my favorite swap partners...thank you for both!
Response: Thank you so much, dear Debbie...I always love swapping with you!
Response: You know, Debbie, I just loved making this one! I'm sure it was because of the sweetly comical image of Marie Antoinette...so much cuter than the real lady! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Ah, Debbie, thank you so much...it's always a joy to make something for you; almost as much fun as receiving an envelope from you!
Response: Laurie, you are the most gracious friend and swapper...thank you so much. I'm really enjoying the craft table again, now that I don't have to elevate my foot all the time!
Response: Jessie Wilcox Smith shows the essence of what childhood SHOULD be, imho. The sweetness and innocence...just perfectly lovely. I adore her work, and of course having you for a swap partner is always a happy event!
Response: I was so happy that Rocky the Raccoon found me, so I could use his picture for this swap! I find raccoons adorable but just a bit too determined for my taste. I had one that frequented the "restaurant" on my patio; as soon as I put the cat food out, here he came! And he was the size of a Cocker Spaniel...that's when Lulu started coming in for dinner. No more dining al fresco!
Response: I don't know why, exactly, but I have a fascination with the WWII era...both in Europe and here in the US. My mom's family had a "Victory Garden", and that's where she learned how to can vegetables and fruits so the family could have great food during hard times. I loved making this for you, Kristy...but I always love swapping with you, 'cause you're my bestie!
Response: LOL...all those pointy hats...I found the witches first, and then the cats, and I knew that somehow they HAD to go together. This was another enjoyable afternoon at the craft table, dear Kathryn!
Response: Oh my! Excuse me while I pick myself up...that is the loveliest, most amazing thing to say, my dear friend! I simply lovely putting all sorts of little related pieces together to make a cohesive little work of art...and I just loved making this one for you! I have found so many wonderful, funky images of the Queen of Hearts! Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, and for the sweet red heart!
Response: I loved making this for you, and I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the great comment (you made my day), and of course for the happy red heart!
Response: I love swapping with you in either direction...thank you so much for the sweet comment and lovely red heart!
Response: Thank you, Allegrae...I loved making this for you, and was only worried that I extended so far above the 2.5" circle. But I so wanted to use the "shopping" kitty!
Response: In the absence of sweet purring and not-so-sweet litter boxes, I give you 3 of the most trouble-free kitties you could possibly have! And...I loved making these for you.
Response: I'm happy to have made you happy, Bev...thank you for another sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Well, this one was pure enjoyment to make...I am definitely a cat lady, and this was right up my alley. Thank you for your sweet comments and wonderful ratings...you are a lovely swap partner!
Response: Oh Georgene...I did fussy cut Popeye and everything else on the ATC...I have nothing mechanical that might help! I loved. making it for you, and I'm thrilled that you like it...thank you so much for your lovely comment and (of course!) for the pretty red heart!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Martha, thank you so much for your kindness and generosity...i appreciate it (YOU!) more than you know. I always love sending my little works to you!
Response: Kathryn, you are such a lovely swap partner...thank you so much for your sweet comment and another great rating. The ribbon on your ATC is recycled from silk saris...so exotic! I can't resist them every now and again.
Response: All that naughtiness...I loved making this one for you, Sandra! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this page for you, dear Kristy...but of course we know that ballerinas are one of my favorite subjects! Thank you so much for your sweet and encouraging comments; they mean the world to me!
Response: Did you know (because it was new to me) that there are eBay sellers who specialize in these beautiful napkins? They are usually sold in groups of 2 (imagine their profit margin!) or 4. There are so many I want...LOL!
Response: I glammed her up just for you! I simply adore swapping with you, and hope our swaps never end. You are the loveliest lady I know!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating, Cheryl,..I loved making this swap for you.
Response: I loved making this for you, Robin. Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I'm happy to have made you happy, Karen...thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: When I saw that "Dragonfly Daisy" was my partner, I knew how to proceed! I'm so, so happy that you like the coins...I loved making them for you!
Response: I simply loved making these for you! I am loving that "little bit of difference" that a different format makes, and then, of course, there's Marilyn. They were a joy to make for you!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, dear friend. It's a joy to have you as a swap partner.
Response: Oh, thank you, Bev! I now love tags...but I did avoid making them for several years. I believe that your tag swaps dragged me out of my "afraid of tags" zone and into my "WHY was I afraid of tags" zone! Thank you for another lovely comment and great rating...you are just the BEST swap partner.
Response: I loved making this skinny for you! I also love the picture, and as soon as I found it, I knew I had my skinny! Thank you for your lovely and thoughtful comments and great ratings!
Response: I made this ATC as an homage to your supermodel Cocker...Miss Pro Plan herself! I know she is and always will be loved and missed. I am so happy that it made you happy, Pat!
Response: You truly are the most generous of swap partners..thank you for being so kind. I love swapping with you!
Response: Ah yes...you are about to slip into spring, as we move into fall..my favorite season. Thank you for the sweet comment and lovey rating, my friend!
Response: I just love that particular image...the gypsy lady is so beautiful that it's easy to make a great piece of artwork with her as the focal! Thank you for your sweet comments, great ratings, and patience and kindness, Laurie...you are one of my very favorite swap partners.
Response: I adore those wee charms...they are from an Etsy seller called "Brass Kicker". I particularly love the little seashells and starfish, the flamingos, and the elephants. The Scottie dogs are beyond adorable, too. Thank you so much for being the nicest swap partner EVER, Laurie!
Response: When I'm not able to sit at my craft table, it's a loss...I feel it in my bones. It's something that came to me relatively late in life, but I love it so much...and trading with people like you is what makes it so satisfying. Thank you for your always positive comments, and for the sweet red hearts! I treasure you as a friend and as a swap partner, Lori.
Response: You are the sweetest of swap partners, Lori...I love, love, love making things for you! It is such a joy to swap with you, in either direction!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy, Alexis...I loved making this tag for you, and wanted to find just the right image for your fortune teller. It's different than the first one, but I loved that one, too. I hope that wherever it is, it's being appreciated by someone!
Response: It was demoralizing, because so much goes into these little books are time and labor intensive...but your sweet comment (and great rating) makes it all worthwhile! I am so happy that you like it, Chelsie!
Response: Thank you so much...I had a lot of fun making them for you! Thank you for the nice comment and lovely heart rating.
Response: Grace, I'm thrilled that you like them...they are the very first "coins" I've made, and they were such fun! I guess it's good to try new things from time to time!
Response: I had such fun making this one for you, and I'm thrilled that you like it! Vanne, every time I see that you're my swap partner is a very special swap...you're on my list of "amazing swappers", and that will never change.
Response: LOL...I posted a picture of this on my Facebook page, and my friend Brigitte (in France) said (in French): "nice butt"! Somehow it seemed much nicer in French.
Response: Georgene, I treasure your friendship as well...I just love receiving your beautiful artworks, and I'm happy that you love mine, too. Thank you for the lovely comment (you made my WEEK!) and the sweet red heart.
Response: I loved making this ATC, and I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for the nice comment and lovely red heart!
Response: I felt like I was playing fast and loose with the red, white, and blue theme...like maybe we were supposed to make patriotic twinchies and inchies...but i had the circus images and felt like I had to use them for this swap! Thank you so much for your sweet comment and for the great rating...I really am feeling much better; today I felt like I turned a corner in my knee recovery. It's been SO/ painful for SO long, and today...very close to pain-free, I'm so grateful for that!
Response: Another one that I loved making for you...it's fun to know your swap partner and think, Will she like this? I think she will! It really was a package full of swaps, wasn't it?!
Response: I am intrigued by the magpie mystique...they really are such interesting birds! I loved making this one for you, Bev.
Response: I thought the same thing...and then remembered that I was barely 21 when I got married. I would have done my best to dissuade MY daughter from getting married that young!
Response: I am happy to have made you happy...and I apologize from the bottom of my heart for my lapse(s). Medication is a thing of the past, thankfully...hopefully my brain will settle down!
Response: Ooh, the vintage Paris themes are also one of my favorites (I have a lot of favorites!). You are a wonderful swap partner, in either direction.
Response: Bluebird overload, I said to myself when I finished it...I loved making it for you, Vanne!
Response: I'll have to remember to send you more of the bindis...they are wonderful for creating glamorous butterflies...and for things like ladies with jewels in their hair!
Response: Oh how I love the 50's themes! Thank you for always hosting such great swaps...and for your sweet comment and great rating.
Response: And what a lovely comment and rating! Thank you for both...I loved making this one for you!
Response: You are the loveliest and most generous of swap partners, Nancy...I just love swapping with you! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Oh, the bear came out so much larger than I intended...and my new little Apple MacBook ($1600) had to go in for repairs, and I couldn't print another bear. Apparently I download too much and click on too many "stories" on Facebook...I imported all kinds of strange viral things! Thank you for another sweet comment and great rating, Bev!
Response: How I long for cool fog...my first summer in Michigan is proving to be hot and humid (oh, the horrible humidity...) Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: You made my day...thank you for the lovely compliment, and for the lovely rating!
Response: It's been a trial, I can't lie...I think anything to do with bones and joints is bound to be painful. I am so happy you like the collage...thank you so much for your sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you, dear Laurie! I confess that I found several sellers on eBay who have gazillions of beautiful napkins "for decoupage" for sale. I buy them in batches of 2 or 4, and I pay more for postage than I do for the napkins! Thank you for the great rating and sweet comment!
Response: Oh Vanne...the moment I found that image, I knew I had your rolo! The beauty, integrity, and finally the tragedy of Miss Monroe is what makes her appeal eternal. Thank you so much for another sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: That's exactly what I love about swapping...everyone's style is different, and there are so many ways to define art.Thank you so much for your positivity and friendship, Bev...you mean the world to me!
Response: I owe a great deal to my friend Nancy...she was an enormous help to me when I was going through my surgeries. My swap partners also benefitted, because Nancy is a gifted artist. Thank you for your generosity and patience!
Response: I do love to use flowers in my artwork; I think nearly everything I make has flowers of some sort. Thank you so much for your lovely comments and ratings...I'm having some physical challenges lately (multiple surgeries), and reading your comments lifted my spirits. Thank you so much!
Response: Oh, you made my day! I absolutely loved making these for you, and I'm thrilled that you like them. This one in particular...well, it kind of made itself! I've saved that spoon for ages, and knew it belonged to this particular ATC.
Response: I also loved the sweet old-timey image of mother and child...I want life to be sweet and simple like that! Your comment and the great rating made my day, Sami.
Response: Oh, how I struggle with the "mixed media" concept. I have an image in my mind...but my creations never look like that when finished! Thank you very much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: *Laughing*...I have several boxes of the Tim Holtz tissue; they are extremely versatile and I hope you enjoy playing with what I sent. Thank you very much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I have become very fond of skinnies...they are just that little bit bigger than an ATC...just enough for some extra room for embellishment! thank you for the lovely comment and rating.
Response: Pat, thank you so much for your lovely comment, and of course for the sweet red heart. I always love having you as a swap partner!
Response: Thank you so much, Lee...for the sweet comment, the wonderful heart rating, and for being the lovely person you are!
Response: I loved making this one...it was such a pleasure, knowing it was for you!
Response: Oh Sue, you made my day! Thank you or the most lovely comment, the lovely red heart, and for being...well, for being your wonderful self! I get 99% of my images at the same place: the "store" known as Pinterest!
Response: I'm so happy you're back from vacation! Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating...it's taken a long time, but I am truly loving my craft room again!
Response: You always make me laugh...when I was in high school, I crank-called some of the boys on the football team (I'd have died if they guessed it was me)! I always love having you as a partner, too...your artwork is spectacular!
Response: Lori, it's taken a long time, but I am really loving the craft room again...thank you so much for your patience and encouragement!
Response: Ah, Laura...the bunnies are the sweetest, aren't they? Until they eat the fruits of our labor...but you'e taking steps, so maybe you will have a full harvest this year!
Response: There is nothing sweeter than a fawn...unless it's a baby rabbit or maybe a raccoon. I just love this series!
Response: Thank you very much, my dear swappy friend! I had a s-l-o-w start, but I'm loving my craft room once again!
Response: Thank you, darling Debbie!
Response: I loved making this one for you, Wendy. You're such a wonderful swap partner, coming OR going...I've missed swapping with you! Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and rating.
Response: Bev, I am so grateful to Nancy for being my swap angel...I think my swap partners benefitted more than I did! She is a wonderful artist, and I am still a bit gobsmacked at how much she did for me. Thank you for your lovely comment and rating!
Response: Laurie, I also am thrilled to be back in the saddle, so to speak! It was a terrible time for me for a little while, but thankfully it's resolved and I'm loving the creative process again. Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity!
Response: I loved making this one for you, Lee...it was a pleasure from the beginning. Thank you for your always-wonderful comments and for the beautiful red heart!
Response: I also am happy that things are once again good! I had a few weeks of pain and fear...but the outcome was worth all of it. Thank you for another great rating, dear Lee!
Response: I am ever so grateful to Nancy for her help when ai needed it most...and to you, for your positive outlook and the gift of your friendship!
Response: Linda, you are the most gracious and patient swap partner...thank you for your generosity and your friendship!
Response: I loved making this one...especially knowing it was for you!
Response: I do love the 4x4 format...I'm saving my received pages for little books. I've made several, but only with my own artwork...this presents more of a challenge!
Response: Nancy is a wonderful friend...my angel, for sure! I am so grateful to her for helping me when I needed it most...and to you for your friendship and positive outlook!
Response: I am so happy that you like the flip book...Nancy is a wonderful artist, and a truly wonderful friend. Thank you for your kindness and patience...you are a wonderful swap partner!
Response: I am one lucky lady, for sure...Nancy is such a fantastic artist and swap partner. And now she has wings! Thank you for the glowing review; she deserves every word!
Response: It is always lovely to swap with you, Dorothy. Thank you so much for the encouragement and fo that sweet little red heart!
Response: I didn't even realize that it hadn't been rated...but I'm happy that you like it. Thank you very much for the sweet comment and great rating, Martha!
Response: I loved making this for you, Bev. Thank you very, very much for your patience and kindness...you are a lovely friend, indeed!
Response: You've absolutely made my day! This is one of the nicest ratings I've received, and I can't thank you enough. I loved making it for you, and as I get this kidney issue resolved, I just know we will be swap partners again. Thank you for the happiness your rating has given me!
Response: Well, isn't that the truth! It is something that I love to do, and it makes the loss of mojo a terrible affliction. Thank you so much for the lovely rating...and, even more so, for being such a good friend to me. These days, I need that more than anything else!
Response: And thank you for the lovely comment and rating...I always love sending to you!
Response: I'm happy that this one arrived, albeit so far after the "end date". Thank you for the wonderful heart...it's always lovely to swap with you!
Response: Thank you so much for your patience and kindness...it means the world to me. I do love finding uses for some of my "busted bling"...and what could be more appropriate than a mermaid's jewel box...or jewel net!
Response: Kim, you made my day...you are so sweet, a wonderful swap partner. I always love when I see your name as my partner, in either direction!
Response: Your lovely comment made my day...thank you so much for your patience, kindness, and for giving me a great rating even though you didn't have to!
Response: Your lovely comment made my day...thank you so much for your patience, kindness, and for giving me a great rating even though you didn't have to!
Response: Ah, Miss Lori...I don't know where this package lived for so long before getting to you, but I'm happy it arrived. Thank you so much for being the epitome of a thoughtful, wonderful friend and swap partner!
Response: LOL...I couldn't find the right size locally, so I ordered it from Amazon. I loved making it for you, and I'm so happy you have it for next year!
Response: I mailed your package and your mom's the same day...in January! I'm happy that yours finally arrived. Drink that champagne, my lovely friend...I also am celebrating the new direction you've taken!
Response: There is so much more to you than I ever knew! I truly hope we get to meet sometime soon. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, dear Mandy...you made my day!
Response: I collected paper napkins for a long time before I figured out how to use them...and then I was mad at myself for not realizing that all it takes is a glue stick! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating Martha...I just love having you as a swap partner.
Response: I buy little "lots" of tatting when I find it on eBay...I paid for video instruction and bought all the supplies, yet the art of tatting eludes me. Thank you for another beautiful red hart, Martha!
Response: Nancy, you are one of the best ladies on Swapbot...it's always a pleasure to swap with you, in either direction!
Response: Oh Debbie, please don't worry...and thank you for your thoughtful and positive comments; they mean the world to me!
Response: Your comment means the world to me, dear Ros. I've been in such a dark place lately...I've lost my crafty mojo, and have avoided sitting at my craft table. Comments like yours make me long to get back into the swing of things...thank you so much for inspiring me!
Response: I had no idea you are married to a famous athlete! I also love cardinals, but have never actually seen one other than in pictures. Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating, my dear friend.
Response: Thank you so much, Jackie. It's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Linda, you are truly a wonderful swap partner. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Lee...you are a lovely swap partner!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, my dear friend! I loved making it for you. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I see a Graphic 45 "Seasons" swap in our future! Thank you for being so lovely...I appreciate the sweet comment and great rating so much, Deb.
Response: Sue, you really are the kindest person...I am so happy we had a chance to "meet" on Swapbot! I want you to know how much I appreciate you...and thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: It always makes me happy to make you happy, Vanne! Being your swap partner is a pleasure.
Response: I loved making it for you, so this comment makes me very happy. It was my first "layered twinchie", and I wanted to do something...you know...a bit different!
Response: This is a wonderful compliment...thank you so much! I am thrilled to have made you happy with this journal page.
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating...I had fun with this theme!
Response: Thank you, dear Pat! I loved making this one for you!
Response: It turned out a lot brighter than I'd envisioned...but the tropics are full of saturated color, I suppose. Thank you for your sweet comments and great ratings!
Response: Thank you, dear Vanne...I am so happy you like it!
Response: I loved making this for you...I am so happy that you like it! I hope to "see" you again in future swaps. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and lovely rating!
Response: What a lovely comment...and of course, a lovely rating too! Thank you for all of it.
Response: Thank you, dear Georgene...both for the lovely red heart, and for the sweet comment. Each day gets a bit better...but I also get hungrier. by the day. Not sure this is how it's supposed to work!
Response: Ah...the snow queen on her stag. I love that image, probably because it is easy to embellish! I am so happy to have made you happy, dear Kristy. Thank you for your thoughtful comments and great ratings...they mean the world to me!
Response: I know how you love the Renaissance (and more recent) religious images...I love them, too! When you are my partner, I always feel an extra sense of purpose...I just want them to be worthy of you!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Shelly...I just love that ice-skating couple, and was so happy to use them for you!
Response: I had so much fun making your pinup, Bev...I am very happy that you like her! I have every faith that your DH will recover completely, and I believe that your presence is a wonderful benefit for both of you! Thank you so much for your sweet comment and great rating.
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy! I look forward to our next swap partnership!
Response: Ah, Tracy...thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating. I am quite determined...if only I had an end goal! It's always a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: So happy she arrived safely, and equally happy that you are pleased. I loved making her for you! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and stellar rating!
Response: Miss Mandy, you made my day! Time spent at my craft table is never time wasted, even if I walk away with nothing completed. What would we do without our happy artsh/craftsy pursuits? Thank you so much for your generous rating...I do treasure you!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating! All my best wishes for a wonderful 2018!
Response: I am so happy that you like the ATC...thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I just love the wee things...inchies, twinchies, moos; they are so much fun to make and receive. Thank you so much for the fabulous rating!
Response: Thank you, dear Vanne...you are simply the best!
Response: You are such a wonderful swap partner and friend...thank you so much, Barbara!
Response: You made my day, Martha! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment and great rating...it's a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: The moment I found this image, I hoarded it for a swap just like this one...and was so happy to be partnered with a Corgi fan! Thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: ke are positively balmy compared to you...it's a mere 11 degrees...on the + side, not the - side! And to think that just recently I was inconvenienced by rain. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, my friend!
Response: Oh God, will I ever catch up? I'm trying so hard! Thank you for being so lovely, dear Lori...I just treasure you!
Response: Thank you for the LOVELY comment, Sue...and of course for the great rating. It is such a joy swapping with you (I am loving my Michigan winter so far!).
Response: Ah...finally a successful arrival! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating...even though you had to wait for the second version to arrive!
Response: I'm so happy you like it, dear Kristy! I loved making it...I asked my sister if she could tell I'd used a paint chip, and she couldn't find it! I adore the beautiful vintage Christmas images!
Response: Thank you so much, Troy! I loved making it...I do enjoy the larger rolo format (3x5), and I was happy it was going to you.
Response: Thank you, Autumn...I sure did love making this one!
Response: You are so gracious, dear Debbie. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating...you are a treasure!
Response: Debbie, thank you so much for your kindness and patience! I do love swapping with you.
Response: I really loved making this one...it was a pleasure from start to finish. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating! (Also...you are so welcome!)
Response: It is always such a pleasure to swap with you, Sue...thank you so much for your sweet comments and great ratings!
Response: Ah, Sue...you have been the most generous...really, the kindest swap partner ever. I so appreciate you! Thank you so much for another lovely comment and great rating.
Response: (Laughing)...if I'd left the entire sewing machine behind it would have been hard...but to HAVE it, but not the power cord or foot pedal was just horrifying. I bought an entire "new" (vintage) Elna on Facebook for $99.99 because the cord and foot pedal alone were almost $85. It's something I can't imagine doing without. Thank you so much for another lovely rating, dear Bev!
Response: I love the way you say that: "a little one"...they were just little ones, weren't they? So sad...and so sweet. Thank you for the great rating.
Response: I am happy to have made you happy, Julie Ann! I enjoyed making this ATC for you...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for your patience, and for the wonderful comment (you made my day!) and great rating.
Response: I am only sorry that it took so long for me to make this up to you..December was definitely not my best month! Thank you so much for your trust, and for the lovely comment. I hope we swap again soon!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I have never understood people who say that brown is boring...I have never found it to be anything but rich and versatile...there are so many shades of brown! Thank you for the great rating...I treasure your generosity, dear Barbara.
Response: I just love swapping with you, dear Kristy. Your comments are always so positive and encouraging...this is what keeps me going (and you know how easily I get stalled these days). Thank you so much for always being the very best swap partner, and the very best friend.
Response: What an enormous compliment! Thank you for that, Mandy, and for the great ratings and...well, for being YOU! There is so much muchness to you! It was a lucky day for me when I was assigned to send to you the very first time...you are one in a million.
Response: Ah, my friend Mandy...your comment has lifted my spirits! I always love swapping with you; I continue to hope that someday in the not-too-far future we will meet at a crafty retreat in Tennessee!
Response: Thank you for the lovely heart rating and sweet comment!
Response: I really enjoyed making this little flip book for you...they are as much fun to make as to receive! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating!
Response: Deb, you made my day! Thank you so much for the lovely comment/compliment...I loved making her for you.
Response: Sue, thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating! I love swapping with you...it's always a pleasure to see your name as my partner!
Response: I know you love kitties...I love them too! I just loved this theme, and hope you host more along the lines of this one. It's always a special day for me when I see that you are my "send to" partner...I've loved making each and every one!
Response: Thank you for the great rating and pretty red heart!
Response: Once I found that thread advertisement, I knew I had my lady! The centers of the sunflowers are micro beads...you can get them everywhere (online; Michaels; JoAnn; Hobby Lobby), and they are great little accents. They end up everywhere, I will warn you...I find wee beads on my craft table for days after I have put them away! Just make sure you spread your glue exactly where you want the beads...otherwise, you will end up picking them off the areas you want to be plain! Thank you as always for the sweet comment and great rating, Kathryn...it's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Oh Wendy, it's such a pleasure to swap with you...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Lori, you are one of my most favorite swap partners...in either direction! Thank you so much for your always thoughtful comments and great ratings. Your kindness and generosity mean the world to me!
Response: Oh, how I love my bindis! I particularly like them for butterfly bodies...but I find other uses for them all the time (your VJP Halloween...the lady's necklace). You are, of course, one of my most favorite swap partners EVER...it's always lovely making something for my "bestie"!
Response: Ah...hummingbirds! I love them so much...I miss my hummingbird feeder, I really do (I don't think hummingbirds spend the winters in Michigan...although they did stay all year on the west coast. Thank you for another wonderful comment and happy red heart!
Response: I loved making this for you, Autumn...I am so happy to have made YOU happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this one for you...and I'm thrilled that you like it! Thank you very much for the lovely red heart.
Response: I had so much fun making your fairy twinchie book! I loved every minute of the process, and I am happy that you like the result. Thank you so much for the sweet red hearts!
Response: I am so happy that you like them! Thank you for your patience and kindness...my life has been a bit hectic and trying for the past few months, and the kindness of my swap partners has been amazing.
Response: I adore Asian themes...when there's a "sender's choice" theme, that's where I end up! I am so happy that you like the rolo...thank you so much for the beautiful red heart!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment...and of course for the great rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you like her! I found her where I find all my images...Pinterest! I have a board titled "Fantasy, Fairies, Angels, Knights and Ladies"...I use the images all the time. Thank you so much for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: I love tiny things, and moos are as much fun as inchies, without the whole "1 inch" thing...there's room to spread out on top and bottom! I loved making these for you, and I'm thrilled that you like them. Thank you for the great rating.
Response: I am so happy that you like it...I really enjoyed making it for you! Thank you for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: Nancy, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...I love swapping with you, in either direction!
Response: Well, that was a humbling experience...I now rely fully on others to do my bidding! I can't even DRIVE yet, which is really killing me. You are the sweetest, most generous of partners, Jan. Thank you so much for being...you!
Response: I am thrilled that your pocket arrived before Halloween...and I share your feelings about our mutual swapping! It's always a joy!
Response: Thank you, dear Laurie...it's always a pleasure to swap with you, in either direction. Can't wait to do it again soon!
Response: I agree wholeheartedly...fall IS the best! Thank you so much for the beautiful red heart!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy...I loved the little poem, and enjoyed every minute I spent on this ATC!
Response: This was my first post-move ATC, and I loved making it...more than you can imagine, in fact. Thank YOU for the sweet comment and great rating, my friend!
Response: What DID they use that powder for? It's just so creepy to think about! I loved making this one for you, and the high point really was the necklace (you know me so well). It's always a pleasure to be your swap partner!
Response: LOL! I knew this little frogetta was meant for you, Kathryn! I loved making this ATC for you, and look forward to being partnered with you again soon!
Response: OMG, Debbie! That envelope was missing your PO #, and was returned to me in Washington, then forwarded on to me in Michigan! I was mortified...but so happy that it finally made its way to you!
Response: I am a farm girl at heart. Well, I could cook the eggs and ride the horses...the rest, I'm not so sure of. This was a wonderful theme, thanks to you!
Response: Thank you, dear Lori. You know I'm "making do"...it's painful! So much stuff left behind in storage. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! (Still in the boot for another 2 or 3 weeks, but the foot itself is doing fine!)
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment! I wish you knew how much it means to me...honestly, you made my day. I loved making this ATC for you, and the die cuts are Tim Holtz...I bought a big bag of them from Amazon, and I am loving them!
Response: You made my day...thank you for the sweet comment and great rating! I hope we have the opportunity to swap again...soon!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Believe me, when I received a swap envelope with that stamp, I was thrilled...I had the theme for this ATC! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating.
Response: Nancy, you are just the best swap partner ever...patient and kind and so complimentary. I'm buying new craft supplies a bit at a time...discovering that so many boxes got left behind was a horrible experience. Thank you so much for your sweet comment and the wonderful rating!
Response: Wendy, I loved making it or you. I'm really struggling...my right foot is in a boot and I can't bear weight on it for another 2 weeks, so I can't drive. Thank you so much for your patience and kindness...it means the world to me!
Response: Laurie, I feel as if I might never catch up...between the move and my foot surgery, I just can't catch up. My sister goes to the post office for me weekly...but for a swap addict like me, that's about 1/5 of the post office visits I require! Thank you so much for your patience and kindness...and for that beautiful red heart!
Response: I am so happy that you like them! I love twinchies...they satisfy my love for small things without being quite as fussy as inchies. (I love inchies too, though!) Thank you so much for your patience, and for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: Dee, I am so happy that you have it in hand...thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I had to use the kitty...I HAD to!!! She spoke to me! I'm so happy you love her too.
Response: LOL...she must have gotten lost on the craft table when I sent your package. I was shocked to find a few things I thought I'd mailed ages before. Very humbling...such a dreadful state of disorganization.
Response: I treasure you as a friend and as a swap partner, Bev...your kindness and consideration are so appreciated.
Response: Oh yes...I remember sitting at the craft table with tears in my eyes. Not from sadness, really...but I'm not very good with change, and this has been a very big change. Settling in well and had foot surgery yesterday, so I will be almost house-bound for another month or two. Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating, Bev...I love swapping with you!
Response: I'm thrilled to have made you happy! I loved making these for you, and can't wait to start the entire swapping process again. And I am equally grateful to have you safely at home again.
Response: Oh Kristy, I am thrilled beyond measure to finally be landed (so to speak) and to be at the stage where I'm setting up a craft room (in my poor sister's dining room!). Business (almost) as usual! You know how much I loved making these for you...if I had to pick only one swap partner, it would be you, my sweet friend.
Response: LOL...I worried about your package, because it felt like it got stuck in the chute of the blue "outgoing mail" box! I then moved forward to the next box, whereupon Debbie Weber's package got stuck in THAT chute! I am thrilled that the mailperson thought to look up...
Response: Linda, thank you so much...I sincerely hope that now that I'm beginning to settle in (I moved from Washington state to Grand Rapids, MI) I won't be imposing on my swap partners! It is always a joy to swap with you...thank you for being such a lovely swap partner!
Response: I wish I even knew how long I held onto this journal page...I kept saying "I will send all of Debbie's swaps in the same envelope". And (eventually) I did! I am thrilled that you like it!
Response: Oh Debbie...thank you so much for the lovely comments...I wish I could express how much they mean to me! The rice paper can be run through a printer and used to overlay maybe a book page...or possibly a very simple design. If you ever have the chance, look on my Facebook page for one of the ladies I follow: Priscilla Magdaleno. This is where I saw the rice paper used...she printed a beautiful blue bird on a branch, and glued it over a printed page. It was simply beautiful, and I had to purchase some for us! I ordered a package of 100 sheets, and received 10 packages of 100 sheets!
Response: I've finally landed in Grand Rapids, MI, and it was an incredible treat to read your uplifting comments. I treasure you as a swap partner, and as a long-distance friend. It is such a joy to swap with you, Kathryn!
Response: Ah, Kathryn, you made my day...thank you so very much for the wonderful comment and lovely red heart. You are so forgiving and complimentary...just the very best swap partner EVER!
Response: Thank you, dear Taliesyn. What can I say? Moving is hell...and moving while injured (as you know) is an even bigger hell! I can't wait to be on the "other side" of this project!
Response: You made my day! Thank yo so much for your great rating and lovely comment...I loved making this for you, and I am thrilled that you like it!
Response: Valerie, thank you for the uplifting comment and great rating...you are a wonderful swap partner! Thank you for your kindness and generosity.
Response: I had to laugh...I wonder if anyone DIDN'T use flamingos! But truly, they are perfect for artwork...oddly beautiful. I loved making this for you, and want to thank you sincerely for being the very best kind of swap partner. You gave kindness when it was greatly needed.
Response: Laurie, you are such a lovely swap partner! I just loved making your flip book, and can't wait to unpack my craft room boxes and get back to it...that was my final swap pre-move...boo hoo!
Response: Shellie, this was a very humbling experience for me...and a reminder to read my partner's profile completely. Thank you for YOUR graciousness in rating, which far exceeds MY graciousness (lack of) when re-sending. I apologize for that, I really do.
Response: Thank you so much, Joan...I enjoyed making this for you and I'm happy that you like it. You are a lovely swap partner.
Response: I am thrilled that you enjoyed it all! Thank you for being a truly wonderful swap partner!
Response: Thank you for another sweet comment and wonderful rating...you are a lovely swap partner, Linda.
Response: Linda, you are one of my Swapbot joys...your kindness and consideration have been wonderful to receive...I treasure you!
Response: Thank you, dear Bev! It is always a joy to swap with you.
Response: Thank you, dear Bev...I always love sending arty bits your way! The knee is fine; now I have a shoulder injury. I have come to the conclusion that I am too old to work such a physical job. :-(
Response: Oh how I love making these little flip books! They are labor-intensive, but so very satisfying. I am thrilled that you like the one I made for you!
Response: Well, it cuts both ways...you and your mom are at the top of my list, too! Thank you for being such a kind and generous person, Lori...I treasure you!
Response: Thank you for such a lovely comment and great rating, Georgene...you are a truly wonderful swap partner. I'm so happy that the new hip is working out...we are fortunate to live in a time when these replacements are even possible!
Response: Debbie, you are always so sweet and complimentary! I just love swapping with you, and I hope you know that you are one of my favorite artists. Everything you touch turns to beauty!
Response: I really enjoyed making this little flipbook, and I'm very happy that you like it! Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating!
Response: Ah, Kathryn...thank you for always being the sweetest swap partner. I have so enjoyed getting to know you a bit through Swapbot, and hope we have many years of swappy happiness ahead!
Response: Debbie, you are without a doubt one of my favorite swap partners. You are kind and accepting, and generous with praise. Thank you so, so much for all you do for me!
Response: Hahahaha...which of the photos freaked you out? I'm "dying" to know! I am so happy you like the flip book; I really did have a blast making it (except for the time spent worrying that it wouldn't be up to snuff)!
Response: Thank you, Taliesyn! It's always a pleasure to swap with you...coming or going!
Response: Thank you, dear Linda...you are a jewel of a swap partner!
Response: Thank you very much for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: As soon as I saw that you were my swap partner, I knew where I was going with the theme for this journal page! I found the image, loved the image, and could hardly wait to use the image!
Response: Pat, you continue to be a very generous and kind swap partner...thank you for that!
Response: Nancy, I am so happy to have made you happy...all my wishes for a speedy recovery!
Response: Thank you for so many things, Bev: your kindness and generosity, and your sweet compliment. I also love seeing your name as my swap partner! I just loved making this ATC for you.
Response: Kim, your story made me laugh...and also want to cry. To come *this* close to having your own horse...only to have him cross a highway and disappear into the night! I feel such a bond with you...our love for horses, and our substitutes...yours a St. Bernard, and mind a Great Dane! Nothing odd there, no ma'am! You are the loveliest of swap partners, dear Kim!
Response: LOL! Where would our groups be without YOUR inspiration and (let's be honest) perspiration, too? It's hard work, what we do! But...oh, so rewarding, too. Thank you for another lovely comment and fabulous rating, my online best friend!
Response: Vanne, you are the kindest, most lovely swap partner imaginable. Thank you so much for being your sweet self!
Response: Your sweet rating made my day, dear Kristy...thank you so much for taking the time to say things in such a lovely way. I simply adore swapping with you!
Response: One I happened upon this artist's ladies I was sunk...if you could have seen me, you would have laughed out loud! I looked...I looked closer...and I said (to the cats), "Oh boy! He is so COOL!" Thank you for hosting this swap; and thank you for being the very best kind of swap partner! You are a treasure.
Response: Nancy, you are the nicest lady...thank you so much for your generosity and for your understanding. You are a treasure.
Response: Kristy, I loved making this for you...I thought of you as I was making each page. And for the record...you DID use shells! I love our similarities...and our differences!
Response: I am so happy you like the ATC, Karry...I loved making it for you! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much, dear Bev...it's always wonderful to swap with you. I really do love the 4x4 format; and I can tell you from personal experience that they make beautiful little albums. I need to make more with the beautiful pages I've collected!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, Marsha...I love trading mail with you, and was so happy to find your new address so this pink ATC could be yours!
Response: I loved making this one for you, Debbie...thank you so much for the sweet words and the great rating!
Response: You know I thought about you with each and every one of these twinchies...we share a love for animals in general, and for our pittie babies (grandbaby, in my case) in particular. Mine just had her second ACL repair...now both back legs are good as new!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating...this little flip book was fun to make!
Response: Thank you, Julie Ann...you leave the sweetest comments!
Response: Thank you, dear Vanne...I just love swapping with you, and rolos are among my favorite things to make!
Response: LOL...suffice it to say that I simply love when you are my partner! Thank you for the sweet comments and lovely red hearts, dear Kathryn!
Response: Thank you so much, Kathryn! That IS Hedy Lamarr...I have learned so much about her; such an unbelievable combination of brains and beauty. I'm so happy that you like the ATC and the extras...the bridge card is very special (I got 3, and had to share 1 with you)...that whole era is fascinating to me!
Response: I loved making it for you, Bev...these are some of my favorite arty endeavors. I simply adore the 4x4 format! Thank you for the lovely compliment.
Response: Hahaha...the Dickcissel! I was a bit stumped at what to do with this bird, so I'm happy that you like the result!
Response: Ah, the good old days! I also remember hanging laundry...I enjoyed hanging it, but strangely did not enjoy taking it off the line and folding it!
Response: I can't go too long without a Parisian theme! And of course I adore making and receiving BTCs, so this was a no-brainer!
Response: Black dots...pretty sure those were made with my gloss pen. They come in different colors, including white and clear. I love them! I just loved making this tag for you!
Response: Occasionally I enjoy making something so completely "over the top"...this was one of those times! Thank you for such a lovely comment, Debbie.
Response: I have a few pieces of vintage silk from old, worn kimonos...I use them sparingly, such as on this ATC. Thank you for the sweet red heart!
Response: Thank you so much, Debbie...I loved making these for you!
Response: There's something so magical about the fairy swaps...I just love them! I am so happy that you like this one, and that you enjoyed your parcel.
Response: Well, I'm sorry you had to wait...sorry I had to make another...but the truth is, they are fun to make, so it was actually a pleasure! I'm so happy that you like it! The gold accent pieces are actually stickers; I buy them online, usually from a company called Elizabeth Crafts.
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I loved making this tag for you...that little boy and his umbrella "spoke" to me...and I'm thrilled that you like it!
Response: It is shocking how quickly time flies by...is it a sign of my advanced age? (Surely not!) Thank you for the lovely comment, and for the pretty red heart...I just love swapping with you, Bev.
Response: I am happy to have made YOU happy...thank you so much for the sweet comment and for the pretty red heart!
Response: I love them too! I've been making some flip books in a smaller size (just a bit bigger than an ATC) and they are just as wonderful to make and to receive. Thank you for the lovely comments and ratings, Johanna!
Response: Marsha, you made my day...I breathed a sigh of relief when I read your rating. You are a lovely and thoughtful swap partner...thank you so much for the happy little heart rating!
Response: It makes me so happy to hear this...I had the feeling that I should have chosen a "profound" word, but this little mermaid kept saying "Use me"! And I'm a sucker for a cute mermaid...I just loved making this one for you, Julie.
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Paula!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it...thank you so much for your patience and kindness! I hope we have the opportunity to swap again soon!
Response: I think the gems I sent (oh, my poor memory!) are called bindis (bindi, in singular) from India. Belly dancers use them as belly button accents and in India they are used as temporary jeweled tattoos. I love them, and keep buying them! I paid $25 for 100 of them, and expected 100 individual jewels. Instead, I received a large bag from India, with 100 packages, each containing anywhere from 3 to 10 of the bindis!
Response: Lori, thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating! I love ballet...my daughter danced for 10 years...it's one of my all-time favorite themes. I just love it when you're my partner!
Response: I also hope it fits...the megaphone charm especially is quite bulky. Thank you for the lovely rating, Taliesyn!
Response: Mona, you've made my day! Thank you for such a lovely comment...I loved making this one for you, so much so that I didn't even regret the loss of the first one (almost). I bought a tin full of those postal stamps, and have a few that I've never used...that being one of them. I'm so happy you like it!
Response: Ah, Peggy...the ties that bind are so hard to let go...you have my empathy. Here's hoping you find your binder ring, because we have more of these swaps coming down the pike! Thank you so much for the lovely rating!
Response: Oh, so much fussy cutting! Thank you for the lovely comment (*blushing furiously*)...you are the best!
Response: Oh, my dear Mandymo, you leave the sweetest comments! Thank you so much for that...and of course for the sweet red heart. You are the best ever swap partner!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and most wonderful rating, dear Bev!
Response: Thank you, dear Lynda. It is always a joy to send my arty works to you...almost as nice as receiving arty works from YOU! Till we swap again...
Response: Princess Grace has always seemed so elegant and lovely...it was such a pleasure to use one of her photos as a swap theme. Oh, those tiny jewels...they are from China, and they are (believe it or not) sold as fingernail/manicure accessories. The horror...yet I keep buying them, because I love the teensiness of them! Thank you for another wonderful comment and rating, my dear friend!
Response: I feel as if I'm on a treadmill...and I'm losing ground! Between working way too much for an old lady, and recovering from the horrible car accident (still a work in progress), I can't seem to catch up. Thank you for being so lenient with me, and so generous with your praise!
Response: Nancy, it is always a pleasure to have you as a swap partner, in either direction. I loved making these for you. Thank you for the sweet comment and most wonderful rating!
Response: Kathryn, I can't imagine why I didn't respond to your lovely comment until now...am I getting THIS forgetful? Let's hope it was just a glitch! Thank you for your sweet compliments...they mean the world to me. The envelope and note...I've been making those from a HUGE paper pad I bought at Michaels or JoAnns...I think it has over 350 sheets of paper. I bought it specifically for the envelopes/note cards, but of course I put the scraps to good use, too. I'm pretty sure that pad is still in production and available...you'll know it by it's size!
Response: This one was so enjoyable to make! I just loved making it for you...and I am so happy that you like it. There's something very special about bluebirds!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Of course I had to return to the swap page to read what you'd written...and now you've made me LOL! I was admitted to the hospital for another couple of days, so I'm behind on my ratings and comments (and, once again, on my swaps). I just love the fairy tale themes...and very happy that this one was meant for you. Thank you for being the best imaginable swap partner, dear Nancy!
Response: Honestly, I am so, so happy that you like it! It took days to make, but now I realize that there is a much easier way to make a flip book! I was so "into" this project...and so thrilled that you were my partner. Thank you for such a lovely comment and rating, my dear friend!
Response: Thank you very much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating...I do love bunnies, and it's nice to use one on an ATC!
Response: Oh Maria, you've made me so happy...I was pretty sure that this swap had gotten lost in the mail! I am happy that you like it...I loved making it for you! Thank you for setting my mind at ease, and (of course!) for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Oh so happy to have made you happy...I've been on an Asian "kick" lately, can't seem to get enough of that theme. I am so loving the birdy alphabet swaps!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy, Bev...it's always a pleasure to see that you are my swap partner. Thank you for the heart, and for the well wishes...every day I see improvement!
Response: Jennifer, thank you for making my day with your lovely compliment! I'm doing well...back to work already, and moving forward with life. Thank you so much for being the very nicest kind of swap partner!
Response: Thank you, dear Kristy...you know I always love having you for a swap partner! I loved making this "sisters" ATC for you. xo, my dear friend!
Response: Ah, Georgene...I am quite fond of this artist's work, with her lovely big-eyed ladies and (quite often) cats or dogs. There's just something about her style...you know what I mean! Thank you for the lovely comment and wonderful rating...it is always a joy to swap with you!
Response: Linda, you truly made my day...thank you so much for always being such a lovely swap partner!
Response: Sheryl introduced me to the bindi embellishments ages ago...apparently they are used by belly dancers (clearly I use them in a different way!). I just ordered more from an eBay seller in India...I will share some of my stash with you. Even the background papers came from India! I bought a crinkly cellophane bag of specialty papers from India (oh, so long ago), all different sizes, so exotic! I keep forgetting about that bag until I have an Indian swap theme. Thank you for another pretty red heart, my friend!
Response: After seeing yours on Flickr, I really vacillated...I thought maybe I shouldn't be so "traditional", using Valentine's Day...but in the end, I just wanted to use more of my sweet Valentine's Day stash! Thank you so much for your sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this one, dear Debbie...I'm so happy she went to you! Thank you so much for always being such a fabulous swap partner!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely rating! I LOL"d when I read that you hadn't opened the envelope because you couldn't find the scissors...that sounds just like home, to me!
Response: Jan, it is always a joy to have you as a swap partner, either coming or going! Thank you for the great rating, and also for your well wishes. I am back to work finally, and I'm feeling better every day. After seeing the pictures of my car (I posted them on Facebook)...two taken by my son when he went to the salvage yard to get my belongings...I feel like a very lucky lady indeed!
Response: Kim, without a doubt, you are the sweetest swap partner EVER! I just love the vintage Japanese children...so, so sweet. I loved making this ATC for you!
Response: I adore all of the Beatrix Potter artwork; such sweetness, and yet quite a bit of reality, too...if wild creatures wearing clothing and making tea could be construed as "reality"! Thank you for another wonderful cheerful red heart, dear Bev!
Response: I agree...let's meet there! I thought this might look just like a picture on a backing, but there really was quite a bit of "fussy cutting" involved. I loved making this one for you!
Response: I revised my whole theme when I found that postage stamp in my stash! I knew I had to go with a farm theme. Thank you so much for the wonderful rating, my dear friend!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating! I am feeling much better...in fact, I'm just now going back to work!
Response: It's always such a pleasure to have you as a swap partner, in either direction! Thank you for the lovely compliment, and of course for the pretty red heart!
Response: Maggie, you made my day. I confess that I have struggled with the Julie Nutting doll tags...maybe it's the size? I have to thank YOU for being so kind and understanding regarding my accident and the subsequent late sends...thankfully, I am well on the way to a full recovery, and I have a very cute new car, so I can actually drive to the Post Office myself! I also hope we are swap partners again soon!
Response: Oh, that Queen! She is such a haughty wench, isn't she? I laughed out loud while making this ATC...thank you so much for your sweet comment and that lovely red heart, my dear friend!
Response: You made my day, dear Lori. I LOVE that little poem about boys and dogs, and have to search for every now and again because it so sweet and so true! I was so happy that this one went to you!
Response: I'm happy that you like the skinny, Deb...thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: What a lovely compliment...thank YOU so much! I love making inchies...until I hit 12, maybe, and then I have burnout. It's hard to go wrong with a theme like spring!
Response: This one was so much fun to make...I just bought the little teapot charms, and couldn't wait to use one! Thank you very much for your patience and kindness, Penny...it means the world to me. I do feel a bit better every single day...and I know how lucky I am that I'm here today. That was a bad, bad accident.
Response: Cathy, thank you so much for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating...and for being so understanding with my situation. I appreciate it more than you know!
Response: Colleen, thank you so much for your kindness and generosity...it's meant the world to me.
Response: Valerie, this is the sweetest comment EVER...you made my day! Each day is a bit better than the day before, and I am focusing on how lucky I am, rather than on the huge hematoma in my right breast!
Response: Laurie, you are quite simply one of the kindest, most understanding ladies I know...I treasure the fact that I do know you! Recovery has been a little more difficult than I expected, but apparently I'm the only one who didn't expect to be laid low for a solid month! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating, my dear...it means the world to me! PS...the gold lace sticker is one of the many border stickers I keep on hand from Elizabeth Crafts in Canada. I love their selection!
Response: I am following your exploits (all tennis, all the time!) on Facebook, and loving that you have such a wonderful life. Yours was one of the first ATCs I made post-mva, and I can tell you that my recovery has been more difficult, and has taken longer, than I ever expected. Who knew that a "yuge" blood clot could cause so much pain? Well, now I know. And I sure hope it never happens again!
Response: Pirjo-Liisa, thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating...you are always so kind!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, my dear friend...it's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating, Lori...I love making things with beads and wire!
Response: LOL...the blue polka dots...pretty sure I just went over some existing polka dots with my Sakura Glaze pen. I just love those pens! Thank you for another heart-y rating, my dear friend!
Response: I had a "thing" for that dog...the moment I saw him, I knew he was yours. I loved making this ATC for you!
Response: I'm happy to have made you happy...I enjoyed every minute spent on this one!
Response: I had a lot of trouble with this theme, that's for sure. I am NOT a Kardashian fan, but when I saw Kim's high school picture, I thought to myself, What a shame...she really was a pretty girl. It's always a pleasure to swap with you, dear Joan.
Response: Dear Laurie, you are the kindest swap partner EVER. Thank you for that...it is always such a joy to swap with you!
Response: Laughing at this end...this was my very first Julie Nutting Doll tag, and although this one made you happy (thank you for that, by the way!), I have plans for improvement as we make more and more of these tags!
Response: I have found that making just ONE journal page makes me want to make it really special. I love these 4x4 pages, and treasure each one I've received. Thank you for such a wonderful comment, my dear...you are just the best swap partner and friend I could ask for!
Response: I am loving Kristy's "different" swaps...the hearts, the ribbon doll (actually, that was my swap), and so forth...just a bit out of the ordinary. We'll keep them coming!
Response: This one was especially fun to make...I loved every minute of the process. I also hope we swap again soon...thank you for the lovely heart rating!
Response: Wendy, it is always a pleasure to see your name as my partner...thank you so much for the sweet heart rating!
Response: I am THRILLED that you love Emily Violet...I loved her for you! I found the vintage pineapple doily in my stash and just knew it had to be part of her skirt. The rosette trim...I use an Etsy seller: Ms Garden Grove 1, in Malaysia. I love those little chiffon roses! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I am beyond happy that Miss Dedication finally arrived...it is astounding to me that the behind-the-scenes ballet world is so very different than the image we have of ballerinas! I love everything about the world of ballet. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Sandra!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy...thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I loved this theme...it was a bit heartbreaking for me to choose a puppy image, since we just lost a beloved family pet, and are still very much grieving the loss of Lola the boxer.
Response: These were pure enjoyment to make, Debbie. I just love Kristy's creative mind when it comes to swap themes...they are so pleasurable to work with! Thank you for another great rating; you are simply the best!
Response: I know, right? I've always thought Liz was so brassy...not very classy. Beautiful in her early days, but so overdone as an older lady. But oh, how I love those pictures of her as a younger woman...
Response: I enjoyed making this tag for you, Lucine...thank you so much for the nice comment and wonderful rating!
Response: This was a fun theme...I really enjoyed making the ATC for you, Bev! Thank you for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: I am thrilled that it arrived safely, and equally thrilled that you like your little piece of art! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Barb!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy, Joan! To be honest, I loved making this for you...it was so much fun.
Response: Thanks so much for the lovely rating, Bev...I shop for images at only one place: Pinterest!
Response: Thank you so much, Barb...it is thrilling to see your name again as my "send to" partner!
Response: Linda, your comment made my day! Thank you so much for always being so encouraging; you are a wonderful swap partner!
Response: I sat looking at naked Nadia for the longest time...even though it was "my" swap, I simply couldn't come up with a way to dress her! But my stash came to the rescue, as it often does. Thank you for your sweet comment and for the great rating, dear Debbie!
Response: That's a lovely thing to say, Bev...thank you! I had fun with this theme, and I always enjoy sending my endeavors to you.
Response: Linda, your sweet comment absolutely made my day...thank you so much! Those little "cigarette silks"...I'm just thrilled with them, probably because they are something completely new to me!
Response: Georgene, it is always a pleasure to swap with you...I love sending to AND receiving from you!
Response: Oh how I love the cigarette silks! Some are in perfect (vintage) condition, and some are rather the worse for wear. I use them (well, have used them so far) in my "stitches and layers" ATC series, which incorporates layers of paper, book pages, fabric, and so forth...I am a huge fan of Saray Viola and her layered ATC and journal pages. Knowing your creative mind as I do, I'm sure you will find a way!
Response: You have made me so happy...and relieved, MJ! That poor envelope really had a hard time getting to you. Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: We share a love of the 4x4 journal pages, and I love the challenge of choosing the main image and then adding details that make it "pop". And of course, that era is one of my favorites...my head knows that it isn't true, but my heart thinks that was a kinder, sweeter time than today.
Response: You know how I roll...each ATC is a conglomoration of several different printed images. I was hoping that the "Auld Lang Syne" background would actually make this couple appear to be celebrating their New Year...since I selectively cut them out of their natural background!
Response: Several of us who joined this swap are kind of hoping you host more of these...the dollies are so stinkin' adorable, and there are so many of them! We just can't seem to get enough. And every one I've seen has been as cute as cute can be! I love that you love your wee Scottish lass (and her little friends)...thank you for the wonderful rating and for your sweet comment.
Response: I hang my head in shame...until I saw YOUR lady with jeweled hair (on Flickr) I didn't realize that we were supposed to really jewel all of our lady's hair! I have so many jewels, too...it's tragic. You are very kind, my dear friend. Kind and generous!
Response: LOL! And then...LOL some more! No need to get all frostbitten; this is your snowman for the season! I loved making him, and have no idea why it took me so long to mail him to you! The napkins...oh, I'm addicted; someone please stop me! There are a couple eBay sellers who offer 2 paper napkins (for decoupage) for about $1.30. I pick and choose, and it ends up costing quite a bit for a bunch of paper napkins! But I love them so much...they go so FAR...I simply can't stop!
Response: Gina, this is the most uplifting comment...you made my day! I just love swapping with you, and everything you said above? Right back at you, my friend!
Response: You know, this one was just fun to make, from start to finish! I felt like I was on a road trip with those glamorous ladies...I am thrilled to have made you happy!
Response: Although I am not a fan of organized religion, I love, love, LOVE the "Mother Mary" images and icons. It's always a pleasure to pick the right image for each swap, and to do justice to the beauty and piety of Mother Mary. Thank you so much for your sweet comments and great ratings, Kathryn!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and lovely heart rating, Debbie...I love making and sending arty works to you!
Response: Debbie, that is the loveliest compliment I've ever received! Gosh, I'm happy you weren't on board to see some of my early works of "art"...I have mentally apologized to the kind-hearted partners who left nice comments and gave me 5's. And even, sometimes, hearts. Such generous ladies! I just can't say it enough...the luv ladies are some of my MOST favorite swap partners!
Response: What will I do now that you're no longer hosting these swaps? I guess I could host them myself...but honestly, I'm having a hard time keeping up! I am so, so happy that my Beverly is back and actively hosting swaps. Thank you for the sweet words about the inchies...they were a joy to make!
Response: I remember going to the fair sometimes in summer, but not often...and maybe I went to the circus once. It's a whole new experience to be making these for you!
Response: How can I be ahead of you? I must have made a few extras in the very beginning...I remember having so much fun with them that I couldn't bear to stop!
Response: There's something so magical about Jerusalem...and I particularly loved the little boy with his Bible (Torah?)...such a cute little guy! I'm just loving our travels, and hope you are, too!
Response: That's a lovely compliment, Kathy...thank you! Innsbruck, Austria...my daughter was there over Thanksgiving, and says it is gorgeous!
Response: Inspiration ran thin with these latest puzzle pieces, Kathy...I'll improve on the next ones, I promise!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Penny!
Response: Thank you for the sweet heart rating, Sami!
Response: Deb, I am thrilled to have made you happy...and I'm so sorry that the first one went missing. (I wonder where all the "missing" mail ends up?) Thank you for being such a gracious swap partner, and thank you also for the fabulous rating!
Response: How disappointing. I thought the Aqua Glue was the new best thing...apparently it is not.
Response: Thank you, dear Debbie. You always make me feel happy...I just love swapping with the Weber ladies!
Response: Your comment has really made my day, Lori. Thank you for always being the very nicest kind of swap partner! I'm trying hard to get my mojo back, and your sweet comments have helped enormously.
Response: I loved making her for you, dear Ros. Thank you so much for the lovely comment, and (of course) for the great rating. I meant every word in my message to you, and it would be such a pleasure to meet for a hug and many cups of tea one day!
Response: That is a wonderful Christmas surprise indeed...the best outcome for a dreadful situation. We all were worried and hopeful that things would work out well in the end...and they did! Thank you for the lovely rating...it's simply wonderful to have you back with us, swapping!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment, dear Raven...you've made my day. I foresee a great year of swapping ahead!
Response: Joan, I just loved making this ATC for you...I was happy to find the little vintage Bluebird button card image, and the rubber stamped flowers just fit perfectly. It reminded me that spring is coming...we are just into the dreariest part of the year, post-holiday and pre-spring, and using that springy image made me happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am happy to have made you happy, Jan...I loved making this one for you!
Response: Penny, you are the very best type of swap partner...understanding and compassionate, as well as being so kind with your ratings. I loved how this pair turned out, and was thrilled to send them to you!
Response: I loved making this one, Lori...and I always love sending to you! (Not as much as I love receiving things from you, however.) Thank you for the sweet comment and truly wonderful rating...you made my day!
Response: I have to laugh...so much better than tears! This went the long way, with a detour at Kristy's house (my mind...what's going on?), but I'm ever so happy that it finally arrived "home". Thank you again for the sweet comment and great rating, dear Laurie.
Response: Linda, it is always a pleasure to swap with you, in either direction. Thank you for the sweet comment and for the great rating...I send holiday wishes right back to you!
Response: I loved making that one! I thought I'd go with the Moulin Rouge (and those naughty ladies) rather than with the Eiffel Tower. Thank you for the wonderful rating, my dear friend!
Response: Thank you for always knowing just the right thing to say...the only thing better than sending to you is receiving from you!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I love that trim...I just got it from an Etsy seller. (Oh, how I love Etsy!) Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Jan.
Response: Laurie, you are a very gracious lady. Thank you for being so kind, and for your lovely comments and heart ratings...it is always a joy to send my creations to you!
Response: Thank you, Sandra.
Response: So, so happy to have made you happy, Lori! I loved making this one, and was happy to send it to one of my favorite "luv" ladies!
Response: It is always wonderful to swap with you...whether receiving from you or sending to you! I loved this swap, and plan to do more similar to this. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Pirjo-Liisa!
Response: Thank you, Sandra!
Response: I am very happy to have made you happy, Heather! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I saw that photo booth picture and thought, "No"...but I kept coming back to it! I can think of different scenarios to account for those expressions... Thank you so much for your kind words and great ratings, Pat!
Response: Thank you very much for the sweet comment and great rating! I loved making the owls for you.
Response: I forget the name of the Italian artist, but I fell in love with his funky little people! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...you are one of my favorite swap partners!
Response: I just love the 4x4 format...I can't seem to get enough of them! Thank you for your incredibly generous comments and ratings...you pretty much are my all-time favorite swap partner, you know.
Response: Jackie, you made my day! Honestly, I love the way this one turned out...I was so happy to send it to you. Thank you for the uplifting comment and for the great rating!
Response: Cheryl, it is always such a pleasure to have you as a swap partner...thank you very much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Linda, you are a very lovely lady...thank you for your kindness and generosity (and for the sweet red heart!). You made my day.
Response: It makes me happy to hear that you celebrate Halloween just for fun...it is such a fun way to decorate and celebrate! Thank you for the wonderful rating, and I hope we have the opportunity to swap again soon.
Response: Will you judge me if I confess that I spent over $70 on paper napkins from a couple eBay sellers? That's just crazy...even I know it's crazy, and yet I did it! I received two of each, and I have a stack that I know I'll never use up...so I'm thrilled to share with my Ohio bestie!
Response: I think that Dresden color is called copper...I think of it as orange! I can't resist glamming up the headlights...for some reason, sequins just seem to fit there.
Response: Thank you, dear Kristy. None of my ATCs have come close to the idea I had in my head when I started this series...I'm simply confounded by this fact! However, I'm happy to have made YOU happy...and I'll try to think of a new "S&L" theme.
Response: Thank you for the happy heart rating, Taliesyn.
Response: I did kind of love this one, to tell the truth. I may be wrong, but I think your sweet mama sent me the little skulls...I was wild to use them, and thrilled to have the opportunity on this APC!
Response: Ah, Lori...you are the sweetest, most generous swap partner (and I know where you got these traits!). Thank you for the lovely comment and fabulous red heart!
Response: Vanne, you are the loveliest of swap partners...thank you for the fabulous swaps you host, and for your generous comments and ratings. You're just the best!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy...thank you for the heads up, and for allowing me to send a replacement. It's annoying when things get lost in the mail, but it does happen. I enjoyed making this one for you.
Response: There is no higher calling in life than to be a crazy cat lady who does crafts all day! Okay...maybe being a brain surgeon or a special ed teacher would be equally high...but certainly not as much fun!!!
Response: Lori, it makes me so happy to have you settled in Oregon and busy swapping again! I just love swapping with you and your mom...you're two of my favorite swap friends!
Response: Kathie, thank you so much for the sweet comment and fabulous rating!
Response: Mar, I am thrilled that you like them! I also made mermaid pages the first time, but apparently I forgot to take pictures and post on Flickr, so I can't remember exactly what they looked like...except that I know I liked this set more. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: What can I say? Great minds think alike...I do love buttons. I am so happy to have made you happy, Joan...it's always wonderful to swap with you!
Response: I don't know why...but when I think of steampunkery, I think of you! I bought two of those little tins full of watch parts, and haven't ever used the items in tin #1...I can't think of anyone nicer to receive tin #2.
Response: Laurie, I am so happy to have made you happy. I love this format, and even though we were the only participants, I know for sure that I won the partner lottery for this swap! Thank you for the kind words and the lovely little heart!
Response: I'm new to skinnies...and I love making them! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating, Pat!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy...it's such a joy to swap with you!
Response: Thank you very much, Bev...I loved making this for you!
Response: Thank you, Toni...I enjoyed making it for you.
Response: Thank you, dear Mandy...I always adore swapping with you. I'm loving this series, and hope to keep it going for awhile. Thank you for the sweet comment and most wonderful rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like it, dear Lori! I love that beautiful "bat girl"...and I loved making this ATC for you.
Response: Thank you very much, Pirjo-Liisa...it is always a pleasure to swap ATCs with you! Thank you for the nice comment and (of course) for the heart rating.
Response: I really love the inchie swaps...I hope you keep them coming! It's fun to choose the weird and special holidays, and to see what my partner chooses is also part of the fun.
Response: I am so, so happy to have made you happy. I loved making this ATC, and I've become quite used to adding the little toppers, for some reason. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I honestly couldn't resist adding the spider...that leg just BEGGED for a spider! Thank you for being so kind, Gina...you are a lovely swap partner, and I also love our trades!
Response: Of course my first instinct was to go with something "foofier", but something about this raven caught my eye. I know how you love Halloween, so I went with it, and I am thrilled that you like it!
Response: Nancy, you are the nicest of swap partners...thank you for being so gracious. I always love swapping with you, in either direction!
Response: I always love the M.A. swaps...there is just so much "over-the-topness" when it comes to this iconic lady! I'm so happy you like the rolo...I truly enjoyed making it for you.
Response: Jan, you really are the nicest lady. Thank you so much for the uplifting comment, and (of course) for the fabulous red heart!
Response: Laurie, you are truly the kindest and most gracious swap partner...thank you so much!
Response: So do I, Sandra...so do I.
Response: Such a lovely compliment...thank you very much, Stella! I loved making this one for you!
Response: Cheryl, I am so happy to have made you happy! I hate when things disappear into thin air...thank you so much for being a kind and gracious swap partner!
Response: Such sweet words...I always want to make you happy, because you go so far above and beyond to make your partners happy! Thank you for the fantabulous rating.
Response: Well, this one just cracked me UP! The bike-riding skellie...how could anyone be in fear of that guy? I loved putting this one together for you!
Response: I kind of loved making this one, Jan...I have a little bit of a fascination with beautiful mermaids. Thank you for the lovely comment and also for that pretty red heart!
Response: Thank you so much, dear Kathryn. It's always a joy to have you as my swap partner. You know I loved making this one for you!
Response: Well...the amazing art of Mab Graves! It's hard to go wrong with her. Not my "go to", for sure, but I absolutely love her style and aesthetic. Thank you for another lovely comment and rating!
Response: There's such a vibrant beauty to Mexican art and scenery, you know? I love the bright colors and the feelings they invoke. I am thrilled to have made you happy!
Response: Thank you so much, Patricia...it is lovely to have you as a swap partner.
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, dear Paula! Those discs...ages ago, I decoupaged illustrations onto wooden discs of various shapes...I used them as jewelry pendants, after gluing a bail to the back. The smaller ones were lovely additions to charm bracelets, and the larger ones were nice as necklace pendants. I loved making them, but for some reason I just stopped. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and excellent rating!
Response: I am loving the paper napkin backgrounds...they are so pretty, and add great texture! Thank you for being so sweet, Beverly!
Response: I'm so happy that you like your ATCs...it's lovely making things for you, dear Beverly!
Response: I just love making these...especially for you! Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely red heart!
Response: I always love sending to you, Pat...you're just the nicest sort of swap partner! Thank you for the lovely comment, and for the sweet little red heart!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! It's always great having you for a swap partner, in either direction...thanks so much for the sweet comment and happy red heart!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Kathy...I'm having such a good time with our alphabet travels!
Response: You chose such a great theme (with the addition of fairs and carnivals, I could go on forever!)...thank you for the lovely little red heart!
Response: I remember struggling with this one, but now I can't remember why! I can't wait for our puzzles to be complete and ready to hang on a wall!
Response: I have become very, very fond of the little circle flowers...so simple, and super cute. I keep cutting those circles and making those little flowers...can't seem to stop!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy, Kathy! I'm loving the little monthly inchie swaps; can't wait for September!
Response: You are easy to please, Danielle! Thank you for the lovely heart rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and for that happy little red heart, Kristy...you made my day!
Response: Thank you, Danielle...I love the group, too!
Response: I always love making things for you, my friend...thank you for the sweet comments and beautiful little red hearts!
Response: This was such an enjoyable swap theme...I had so much fun choosing the images and embellishments! The picture reminded me of when I was not-quite-two and my sister was born! (Which I don't remember, but the pictures are just like the girls on the ATC!)
Response: I use my Sakura gloss pens for that glossiness...I have a bunch of the clear ones, and I'm ready for another set of the multi-colored pens...they are somewhat temperamental, and stop working, sometimes even when they are full. (Frustrating.) But I love the effect so much...you know I have to keep buying them!
Response: I particularly wanted this one to be more feminine...the first was so definitely NOT! I'm so happy to have made you happy, dear Kristy, and thank you for the lovely comment and great rating.
Response: LOL! You gave me my first laugh of the day! I've had that pig charm forever...and when I saw on your profile that you love pigs, well...it had to be yours! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: What a lovely, uplifting comment! Thank you for that...and for the lovely little red heart! Sending you a pm now...
Response: Mandy, I was awe-struck with your necklace...absolutely gobsmacked! I knew mine wouldn't be as...as...well, as Mandy-ish! Your packaging, the care with which you select the extras...you're just the best! So...thank you very, very much for all the sweetness here!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful, uplifting comment, dear Pat! It's always a happy day for me when I see that you are my swap partner...in either direction!
Response: Carmen, you are very kind...the nicest sort of swap partner! Thank you for all the niceness...if I could give you a heart for that, I most certainly would!
Response: Thank you for the sweet compliment and great rating, Joan! I love those wee charms...I get them from an Etsy seller (Brass Kicker...or maybe it's Brasskicker). I keep re-ordering...I have my favorites, and don't want to be without them!
Response: Thank you for the happy little heart, Joyce!
Response: You always leave the most wonderful comments, Wendy! I am so happy that you like your ATC...I loved making it for you!
Response: Penny, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! It's always nice to have you as a swap partner!
Response: Thank you very much, Miss Kathie. I was so happy to see your name...we haven't swapped in quite some time!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely little red heart!
Response: I do love the Hayden Williams fashion illustrations...he is the original Barbie illustrator! But a little goes a long way...soooo much cutting! Thank you for another lovely comment and heart rating.
Response: Ah, Kristy...I've started over on that cross stitch design so many times (8?) that I have lots of little horse heads to use! I promise you'll be getting a girly/frilly one next time...but this time, the horse called to me (neigh!).
Response: I love being partnered with you, too...in either direction! And I have you to thank for breaking my tag phobia...since this series, I'm really loving the larger format!
Response: I really do enjoy making altered puzzle pieces...I am so happy that you like them! Thank you for the sweet comment and most wonderful rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I loved making this one for you...thank you so much for the uplifting comment and great rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it..thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you, dear Laurie...it is always a pleasure to swap with you, in either direction!
Response: I did love making this one...it's almost as pretty as the one you made for this swap! I think at least half of the joy for me is finding the right images and embellishments...when it's right, everything flows. When it's not...that's another story!
Response: Well...it wasn't meant for this particular swap, but it worked well (I suppose) for the collaged background! It is sort of collaged, although not as much as some of my other non-collaged-background ATCs! Thank you for the lovely comment and rating, dear Debbie!
Response: I always love the Asian themes...always! I'm so happy to have made you happy with this ATC. Thank you for another super-sweet comment and great rating...I never take them for granted!
Response: Penny, I am so happy to have made you happy...I loved making these for you! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: It's hard to go wrong with Dick and Jane! I loved making these...I am thrilled that you like them!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating, Cheryl...I am happy to have made you happy!
Response: Yes, I do love ballet! I knew immediately that I would choose ballerinas for this set of journal pages, and it makes me happy to know that you like them!
Response: You know I had a great time with this album...it's a project that can't be rushed (well...shouldn't be rushed!), and it's so much fun to keep adding things. I am so happy that you like it!
Response: I am so, so happy that you like your parrot, dear Paula! The process of making this one was so smooth...I just had a great time with it. Thank you for the sweet comment and fabulous rating!
Response: LOL! When I made this, I didn't realize that it was going to my best friend in Australia...but I couldn't bear to start over! Thank you for your sweet comments and always-wonderful ratings, dear Bev.
Response: I loved making this one for you, dear Bev...I am so happy that you like it!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy...I am quite fond of the inchie family challenges! This family came to life for me...I loved creating them for you!
Response: Thank you, my sweet friend. You are very kind.
Response: Thank you for your always-encouraging comments and lovely ratings, dear Bev. You are a wonderful swap partner!
Response: Thank you, Miss Kristy! It's always wonderful knowing that you are my swap partner (in either direction)...I am thrilled to have made you happy!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, Jan! I am loving the 4x4 format, and can't seem to get enough of them! Thank you for such a lovely comment, and for the great rating.
Response: Kathryn, this was a joy to make, from start to finish! I am so happy to have made you happy...thank you very much for the sweet comment and happy little red heart!
Response: Laurie, I am thrilled to have made you happy! Isn't that tiny cup chain adorable? I got it from Ali Express...in China (free shipping!). I bought way too much. Honestly, though...I can see using it in different ways; so far I've only used it to edge some journal pages and ATCs. If I give the "silver" a patina (oh how I hate the smell of liver of sulphur), I can even see it as part of a multi-strand piece of jewelry. Thank you so much for another uplifting comment and happy little red heart!
Response: I loved making them for you...I am truly enjoying the 4x4 format, and of course vintage images of mothers with children are all so lovely. Thank you for the sweet little red heart!
Response: You've made me laugh, Jackie! Perfect, huh? Well...I really enjoyed the process of this one, from start to finish. I didn't even have a plan...I just winged it. I like adding special techniques when I make things for you, because you are the Queen of Techniques!
Response: Oh Sandra, I loved making this one for you! I am very fond of Lisi Martin illustrations; her children are just adorable. I am thrilled that you are happy with my ATC!
Response: I am thrilled that this one arrived safely...I loved making it for you, Wendy!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy...thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Carmen!
Response: This one was fun from start to finish...I must host more Mab Graves swaps! Thank you very much for another loverly rating, dear Lori!
Response: Thank you, Danielle...it was a pleasure to make them for you!
Response: Thank you very much, Heather! I do love ballerina themes. Next time I have you as a partner, I'll send you some of that rhinestone chain.
Response: It's funny about this one...it started out by being very unsatisfactory to me. So (as I do) I keep adding...and the mirror thing happened...and I ended up being very happy that I was sending it to you! Thank you very much for the birthday wishes, and for the super-sweet comment and rating, too!
Response: Believe me, it's a pleasure to send swaps your way...even more of a pleasure to receive them from you! Thank you for being "all that"...and for being so gracious in addition!
Response: Ah, Kathryn...thank you so much for the wonderful comment (you made my day!) and for the fabulous little red heart! It's always a joy to have you as a swap partner!
Response: I grew up in California, and we called them "fairs" too! And I loved them so much...except for those swingy rides that made me throw up...that wasn't fun for anyone on the ride! I just loved this theme, and can't wait for another fair theme!
Response: Thank you so much, dear Jackie! Stamping is my weakest area (I always smudge it, or it's too light, or something of the sort). You are a lovely swap partner!
Response: Honestly, Gina...I had to laugh when I sat back and looked at the scale of the rolo...that butterfly! Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating...you are just the best swap partner!
Response: I am becoming quite fond of the larger format...thanks to you! Keep those wonderful swaps coming...I get so inspired by the beauties I receive. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Vanne!
Response: Thank you, dear Vanne...I love your swap themes so much!
Response: I have become very fond of circus themes...except that I have a distaste for clowns! I know that's practically un-American, but it's true! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating...it is always such a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: I am thrilled that you like them...I had such a good time making them for you! Yellow is my favorite color, as well...so warm and cheerful! Thank you for such a lovely comment, and for the happy little heart!
Response: I'm so happy you like it, Joan...thank you for such a sweet comment, and (of course!) for the great rating.
Response: This was such a wonderful theme...every ATC I've seen (including the one I received) has been fantastic. Good job, you!
Response: Oh Kathy, the cross stitched portion was the easy part! Of course I had to "wing it"...I had no plan, and no idea of how it was going to turn out. Let's just say I'm very happy that you like your "pincushion"!
Response: I think Alaska has it's beauty, for sure. But it's a tough place to live for several reasons...the climate, the cost, and the abundant wildlife!
Response: Oh how I love men in kilts. In Scotland, that is...not so much here. I am such a fan of "The Outlander", and have read all the books in the series...the TV version is just as fabulous! Strong, studly men in kilts...oh yes!
Response: I haven't lost my fascination for, and enjoyment of altered puzzle pieces...I can't wait to see our puzzles all completed!
Response: That piece was TOUGH! So skinny...it was a challenge to find something that would fit!
Response: I am thrilled that you like them, dear Kathy...I love making these!
Response: I buy those from eBay sellers in China...they are in the "nail art" section! Can you imagine having them on your fingernails?!
Response: I think this might have been my all-time favorite swap! I totally got into this family, and their stories! I can't wait to create another little family!
Response: Annet, thank you so much for the lovely rating.
Response: I'll tell you my secret, Pat: I pick up a bunch of stuff from the top of my overflowing, chaotic craft table and lay it all down on the ATC! From one vintage lady to another...thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating. It's always a treat to swap with you!
Response: LOL...I kind of loved this theme, and that poor lady with the 3 battling kids is the story of my life, long ago! I guess all mothers have that in common. Oh, those were some busy days! Thank you for another great rating, and for your sweet comment...you made my week!
Response: This was a wonderful swap theme...you always come up with the best of the best! Thank you for another sweet comment and wonderful heart-y rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Sandra...this one didn't "grab" me, for some reason. I worked hard on it, but...well, you know I struggle with anything larger than a 2.5x4" rolo. I'm determined to keep trying...surely at some point it has to become more comfortable for me! Your encouragement is gratefully received, believe me!
Response: There's no one like Marilyn, that's for sure...I love the Marilyn challenges!
Response: Oh Carmen, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...I am loving the 4x4's!
Response: LOL...I couldn't stop at one! I NEVER do that, but in this case, I just wanted to keep going. Thank you for the sweet comment and for another fabulous rating, dear Sandra!
Response: Georgene, it is always wonderful to swap with you...I love receiving beauties from you, and love having you as my send-to partner as well!
Response: My head is spinning...LOL! Kim, thank you so much for such a warm and wonderful comment...and of course for the lovely rating. It's such a pleasure to swap with you...let's never stop, okay?
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy...as soon as I saw that "Redhead" matchbox cover, I knew I had my swap theme covered...it was so much fun to make! Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating...you made my day!
Response: Laurie, I loved making this one...I'm so happy you like it. Thank you for always being so generous with praise, and with your ratings.
Response: She was fun to make, Darci...I loved making her for you! Thank you for the sweet comment and happy red heart, dear friend!
Response: Laurie, thank you so much for the sweet comment and fabulous rating...I love having you as a swap partner (in either direction); it's a pleasure to swap with you! The postcard...I have an "angel" in France (a Facebook fan/friend) who sent me a box of treats from the Paris flea market! Can you imagine? I'm still smiling with joy whenever I think of all the beauty she sent to me...and I love sharing with my friends.
Response: Every day should be a happy day for you, dear friend...you bring joy to your swap partners on a regular basis. Thank you so much for the lovely comment and equally lovely rating!
Response: Heather, it's wonderful to hear that! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and stellar rating...I loved making this ATC for you!
Response: Carmen, this one was nothing but fun to make...thank you for the stellar rating and sweet comment!
Response: I believe the dots are Liquid Pearls, dear Kristy...and you probably already have a ton of those! My selection is very limited, and the pink and purple look almost identical. I just love having you as a swap partner, either coming or going...thank you so much for another sweet comment and fabulous heart rating!
Response: Kathryn, you are the sweetest swap partner EVER. Thank you so much for your always positive comments and for those happy red hearts!
Response: I know he was a German general in WWI. I loved his picture, but was almost afraid to use it...something about that skull on his hat. In the end, I went with it, as you know!
Response: I'm not much of a tag person, but I sure am loving this Passport series! Thank you for another uplifting comment and super rating, Laurie!
Response: It's always wonderful to have you as a swap partner...coming or going! I loved making this one; so romantic! I received that paper envelope from another swapper...I keep saying I'm going to make my own, but so far have not followed through.
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Danielle...I really did have fun with this theme!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating, Debbie...you know I love swapping with you!
Response: What a lovely thing to say! Thank you so much for your sweet comment and for that lovely heart rating...I loved making these for you!
Response: I do love making (and receiving!) rolos...I really enjoyed making this one for you! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: I am thrilled that you like this ATC, Bev...I enjoyed making it for you!
Response: Kathryn, I am so happy to have made you happy! I hope you can come up with a creative use for these betwinchies...they sure were enjoyable to make!
Response: Thank you for the nice comment and lovely rating, Heather!
Response: Thank you very much, dear Sheryl...I always enjoy making things for you!
Response: *Laughing*...our friend Brigitte from France just keeps giving! How could I not share with you? I found out after the fact that the lady on the ATC is Anita Ekberg...a Swedish actress from the 50's and 60's. She is so pretty! Thank you for another stellar rating, dear friend!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, dear Kathie! I always love having you as a swap partner, and your sweet comment has made my day!
Response: I am thrilled that you like your butterfly inchies...I had such fun making them! Thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful heart rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and happy little heart...I loved making this ATC for you!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating.
Response: Kim, it is always lovely to have you as a swap partner, coming or going! I also love ballet and everything associated with it...such a blend of art and athleticism. Thank you for your uplifting comment...you made my day!
Response: I adore the Asian themes...maybe I was a geisha in a previous life? I hope you recognized some of the gorgeous papers you gifted me recently...I've used them quite a bit!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Kristy! It's always such a pleasure to swap with you, in either direction.
Response: I do love BTCs...can't seem to get (or make) enough of them! Oh, yes, those fabulous French flea treasures...the best gift EVER, and I'm determined to be generous to my swap friends. One good turn deserves another, and so forth.
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy! I can't wait for our next swap!
Response: I am thrilled that you like your inchies...thank you so much for the lovely comment, and for the happy little heart!
Response: It's always a pleasure to swap with my Florida ladies...I am so happy that you liked the ATC. Thank you for such a nice comment and rating, Pat!
Response: Sandra, thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful heart...I find that I'm loving the larger format!
Response: *Laughing*...it's two completely unrelated images, I just couldn't resist putting the girl on her bike with the gorgeous tulip/windmill scene! I've been in such a creative funk lately...does that ever happen to you? Thank you very much for the lovely comment and for that sweet little heart!
Response: Grace, you are such a generous lady...thank you for the sweet comment and great rating! If it wasn't pink and green, I would have gone in a different direction (like a geisha, for instance).
Response: You made my day...such a lovely compliment! Thank you for the sweet comment and (of course) for the heart-y rating!
Response: Oh Kristy, those were so much fun to make...and after I had your "envelope" all sealed up, I noticed my note to you...still sitting on the craft table! I once studied shorthand (oh honey, we are OLD!)...but it has departed from my memory bank, sadly. A whole other "language"...lost. I am so happy that you like your journal pages...I always hope that you will like them as much as I like making them!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy! I loved making this one...it just came together happily, if you know what I mean. Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating, Joy!
Response: This one \was a pleasure from start to finish. Fortunately, we never have to wait long before we are partnered again...because I love opening your envelopes just as much!
Response: Laughing...apparently I already used the California license plate, so I went with this Jersey girl! I loved making her for you!
Response: Thank you so much, sweet friend...I know your March is quite different, but I LOVE the very beginning of spring! It feels hopeful and happy to me.
Response: Wendy, this was enjoyable from start to finish...and knowing I was sending it to you made it even more enjoyable! I am so happy that you like it!
Response: I do adore the Asian themes...yes, I do! Thank you for posting such wonderful swaps (I join about 99% of them!), and for always being so sweet with your ratings and comments.
Response: I love having you as a partner, as well! Thank you for another lovely comment (you made my day), and for the happy little heart!
Response: Kim, it is always such a pleasure to send my little creations to you! I love the 4x4 pages...they are my latest favorite thing to make...and I particularly loved this purple theme. Thank you so much for the sweet comment...you made my day!...and of course for the great rating. xoxo!
Response: Thank you so much...I loved making it for you!
Response: Oh how I love the 4x4 journal pages...they are so satisfying to make! I always love sending to you, dear friend...almost as much as I love receiving envelopes from you!
Response: You've made my day...and that was a tough thing to do (le migraine, helas)! I just love having you as a swap partner!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating, Sybil.
Response: Kathryn, you are the nicest swap partner! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and equally lovely rating!
Response: Sami, thank you so much for the super heart rating. You are a sweetheart!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Barbara! It's always a pleasure to swap with you...coming OR going!
Response: Nancy, you are the nicest swap partner EVER. Thank you so much for your kindness, and for your sweet comment and great rating!
Response: BTCs are nothing but fun! I love making them, and I love seeing my many BTCs on binder rings...it's thrilling to see all that beauty right in front of me; I don't have to open a binder to see them! I am so happy that you like your little Irish colleen...I loved making this for you!
Response: I was shocked that we were the only participants in this swap...and then very happy! I am not "religious", but I adore these themes...nuns and icons and angels, oh yes! I sometimes buy vintage rosaries on eBay (and when I get them, I can tell that some of them are NOT vintage), and use them in my jewelry designs. With love and respect...bestowing blessings on whoever wears the pieces. I loved making this for you!
Response: I believe that lady is Gina Lollabrigida, and she IS beautiful...as soon as I saw that image, I knew I would be using it. I love sending to you, almost as much as I enjoy receiving artwork from you...everything you said is reciprocated at this end!
Response: I do love me some pinups, as you do! One of my favorite themes...thank you so much for the lovely compliment, dear Gina. It is always a pleasure to see your name as my partner, in either direction.
Response: I am happy to have made you happy, Lisa...thank you for the sweet hearts!
Response: Thank you, dear Kathie; I seriously want to make a real crazy quilt!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...this one was so much fun to make!
Response: Thank you so much, dear Lori...I always love having you as a partner (in either direction!)...I loved making this one, and I'm thrilled that you like it!
Response: I am so happy you like them, Ylan! Thank you for the super rating!
Response: This was a "new" cowgirl (new to me)...I'd never seen her before, and I fell in love with her happy expression and with her fancy gloves! I AM enjoying the 3x5 rolos; can't wait to make more!
Response: I loved making this one...I was hoping you would like it! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and lovely rating, Arhel.
Response: If you could see my beads and charms stash, you would LOL...I have so many of those little high heel shoe charms! I love using them for special occasions, and what could be more special than a Ziegfeld girl?!
Response: The little girl looks so much like my cousin Janice, who died young...I could swear that it's a picture of her when she was a little girl. That one was very special to me, for that reason.
Response: I have to laugh...you get so many from me! The Swapbot computer loves to give me your name, and I hope that never changes!
Response: I am so, so happy that you like them...I do love the journal pages so very much! Thank you for the sweet comment and very special rating, dear friend!
Response: Okay, 103 is too hot for me...I'm a child of the Pacific rain forest! However, a little bit of warmth would be especially nice today, since I have an ice pack on my neck (and a heating pad on my back, so I don't turn blue!).
Response: I always love the "challenge" themes...putting things together to make a cohesive and pretty little work of art is so much fun! Thank you for always being such a great swap partner, coming OR going!
Response: Thank you for another sweet comment and rating, dear Raven!
You are always so nice to me!
Response: Raven, thank you very much for the lovely compliment and equally lovely heart rating...it's always nice to see that you're my swap partner!
Response: The photo is of Lauren Hutton, a fashion model with a famous gap between her two front teeth (she wore a "thing"...like a retainer almost...during photo shoots to hide the gap. I am so happy that you like it; thank you for the sweet comment and spectacular rating!
Response: This one was such fun to make...I actually cut up a vintage postcard for the occasion. And she made Flickr's Explore page, which is always so thrilling! Thank you for another most wonderful rating, Bev my friend!
Response: How strange that we crossed in the mail...I just received your Xmas letter, and read it all the way through! So happy you like your 3 elements ATC, because I had a wonderful time making it!
Response: It felt like old times...I loved making this, knowing it was going to you! I hope I motivate myself to put those business cards to good use...otherwise, what good are they? LOL...I am so aware of my failings!
Response: It HAD been quite awhile since we were swap partners...it was good to see you as my send-to partner, for sure! Thank you for another lovely comment and heart rating, dear Pat!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy...thank you so much for the awesome rating!
Response: This one really was a departure for me, and I enjoyed it thoroughly! But I sure had to think about it a lot harder than I do when making my "usual" type of ATC...those just kind of flow! I love making you happy...as I am always beyond thrilled when I see an envelope with your name in the upper left corner!
Response: I loved making this for you, dear Beverly! I admire Scarlett O'Hara, although I don't think I would enjoy being in her company very long! I am thrilled that you are happy to add her to your bulging rolodex!
Response: I am so happy it arrived safely...I almost fell to the floor when I heard the postage amount! I wonder...should I have wrapped the ribbons around a card and tried for a flatter effect, knowing that you could tie them onto the tag? It was totally worth it, though...I knew it was going to a good home, and I think the act of making it actually cured my tag phobia! Thank you for another superb rating, Bev!
Response: Haha! That's the tune that plays in my head during my waking hours, and I'm not sure it's a good thing! Donetta in Lala Land...but what can I say? You know I love swapping with you, dear...you are simply the BEST!
Response: I do love the sewing pattern ladies...so elegant and ethereal! Thanks very much for the heart rating.
Response: I've worried about my "style" (or is it my "signature")...so much the same, time after time. But it is so much a part of me that I can't seem to change! I am thrilled that you like it, and thank you for another lovely heart!
Response: Raven, I can't tell you how your comment brightened my day...thank you so much for your generosity! And (naturally) for the sweet heart as well!
Response: Kathie, the moment I saw those wee fleurs, I knew they had to be yours. Thank you for the lovely comment and (of course) for the exceptional rating!
Response: Thank you very much, my sweet friend! I just love swapping with you...in either direction! You made my day with your lovely compliment.
Response: Vanne, thank you so much for another sweet and encouraging comment, and (of course!) for the beautiful heart rating!
Response: Beverly, you must have found a hidden stash of never-opened mail...I'd forgotten about this one! I loved making it, and knowing it was for you made it even more fun!
Response: Thanks to you, my dear friend, I'm loving and almost addicted to making the 4x4 pages...there's something special about them! I've made 3 little albums (for special friends and for my granddaughter) and each one has been received with amazement and joy! I love that you introduced me to this wonderful art form!
Response: I love making (and receiving) rolos! Bev T just sent me a large rolodex, so I need to expand into the 3x5" altered rolos. Thank you so much for another lovely comment and happy heart rating, Vanne!
Response: I'm happy he made the trip to the southern hemisphere without melting! I had fun with him...something different for sure. Thank you for another sweet comment and spectacular rating, dear friend!
Response: Thank you for the happy little heart, Heather...I loved making this one, and I'm thrilled that you like it!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating, Beth...it was a pleasure to make this for you!
Response: Joan, you are always so sweet...thank you for another lovely rating! I loved making this one...and sending it to another Delaware lady (I think my 2 years there makes me a Delaware lady!) is the cherry on top!
Response: I loved making this for you, sweet Raven...it is such a pleasure to know that my little cards are going to a good home! It's a joy to swap with you, in either direction.
Response: What a day-brightener you've given me, Raven! I loved making both of these ATCs for you, and I'm so happy that you like them! When I use the tulle, I always sew a row of machine basting stitches at the "hidden" end, so I can gather it evenly before taping it down. That's the only way I've been successful with it!
Response: Oh, I love embroidery (except crewel, which never comes out "right" enough to satisfy me!)...I had such fun with your snowman. My issue was the backing...I felt as if it should have been more substantial, somehow. But other than making it into a "stuffie", I couldn't think of a way...
Response: My lovely swap partners send me things...adorable little random things...and I have a decorative storage box (bigger than a shoebox) that holds all sorts of random treasures! The tiny puzzle piece was one of those treasures. I did enjoy attaching the tutu, I really thought it made her "pop"!
Response: I've also wondered if we would choose the same city...it's certainly possible! And heaven help us when we get to Q and X; the selection has to be extremely limited! I love this series, and can't get enough. Just to give you a heads-up, next time (I mean, this time!) I'm honoring Edinburgh and Fairbanks!
Response: I am not-so-secretly entranced with all things Arabic. So mysterious and utterly exotic to my way of thinking. Don't be surprised if I find another Arabic city to represent, further down the alphabet!
Response: OMG. There are some really terrible freak show pictures! I'll stick to things like the bearded lady (didn't they have wax back in the day?) and so forth. But the fair and general circus images...they are just FUN!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely heart, Wendy dear!
Response: Stella, thank you so much! I also love the adorable vintage dresses...I think they would be perfect for today, if only I was as small as I used to be! It is always a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: Susie, I am happy to have made you happy! I loved making this...it's different than my "usual" style, and it was so much fun! Thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful heart rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: Someone sweetly sent me some of the hot air balloon die cuts, and I HAD to use one with those little elephants! I am so happy that you like the result! Thank you so much for another wonderful rating...I love swapping with you!
Response: LOL! My mom did wear those cute little aprons, though...which (because I'm so short) I've always thought were pointless, except for the cute factor. Thank you for another fab rating, dear Gina!
Response: Carmen, you are a generous and gracious lady. This rolo...let's just say that it was a bad time for me, and although I tried to make it come together, it never really did. Thank you for the great rating...I will make it up to you, I promise.
Response: Ah, Miss Debbie...I loved making her for you! Thank you so much for your sweet comment and (of course!) for the heart rating! Till next time...
Response: Thank you so much...I enjoyed making these for you!
Response: I am happy to have made you happy! Thank you for another fabulous heart rating, Penny!
Response: I am thrilled that you love her! I had such a good time with this ATC; I keep forgetting how much I love to layer and stitch!
Response: How I love using those bindis...they are all the way from India, and are originally for belly dancers to decorate their belly buttons! I find them perfect for Christmas tree decorations; I use them on butterflies...I guess I use them quite a bit! Thank you for another fabulous rating, sweet friend!
Response: Ah, Miss Lori...I was kind of stuck in pinup mode for awhile! I'm so happy you like this lovely lady in lavender (I also love alliteration)...I just adore swapping with you!
Response: This one is kind of my favorite...except maybe for the "drunken sailor" pinups! Thank you for the sweet comment and the great rating!
Response: I had fun with Miss November...I truly did. I love pinups in general, and especially love adding my own twist! Thank you for another wonderful rating, Wendy!
Response: Daisy, you are the nicest lady, I swear! Thank you for humoring me and being kind...and of course, thank you for the fantabulous rating!
Response: Ah, Miss Beverly...I am thrilled to have made you happy! I loved making these for you (the journal pages may be my new favorite!), and I'm looking forward to the next 4x4 swap!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy...and I loved making this one for you! Thank you for another spectacular rating, dear.
Response: I am happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: I loved making this one...probably because as I made it (and as I write this), my daughter and her family are in Paris for the holiday season! Thank you for the lovely rating, Kathie!
Response: I just loved the man! Soooo handsome! Thank you for another heart rating, dear friend.
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy, Beverly! Thank you for being such a generous swap partner!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and fabulous heart rating, dear friend! It's a joy to make things for you!
Response: I loved those sneaky little pups, too...I knew they had to be part of your ATC! Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! I love making (and receiving!) rolos...they are one of my favorites. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy you like it, Georgene! And I'm equally happy that your surgery is behind you...it's going to be much better from here on out. Here's to a truly fabulous 2016...for both of us!
Response: I have to laugh...I struggled with this so much in the beginning! But then it came together and I ended up happy with the result. Thank you so much for your sweet comment and for the great rating, Laurie!
Response: Another of my many (crafty) addictions...I admit it! Thank yoiu so much for the wonderful rating, Barbara!
Response: Cathy, thank you so much for your kindness and understanding, and for the fabulous rating. You gave me an early Christmas present!
Response: LOL...mail from me to you just didn't stop, did it? Thank you for another sweet comment and wonderful rating...it is lovely swapping with you!
Response: I don't know why, but I do love the elephant themes! There's something so majestic...and yet so sweet...about elephants!
Response: You always leave the nicest comments...you made my day! Thanks for the sweet heart, too, Laurie!
Response: Jan, your lovely comment made my day! Thank you so much for always being a wonderful swap partner...and for the sweet heart rating!
Response: I loved making the inchies for you...thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: It is always a pleasure to swap with you, dear...I'm doing well, and wish only lovely things for you as the year fades into a new one! Thank you so much for the sweet heart rating!
Response: Penny, it is always lovely having you as a swap partner...you are consistently kind and generous with your comments and ratings!
Response: So happy to have made you happy, sweet friend. It's always a joy having you as a swap partner.
Response: I am so happy you enjoyed the inchies...they are so much fun to make! It's always lovely sending to you; thanks very much for your sweet comments and great ratings!
Response: It's always wonderful to see your name as my partner...thank you so much for the sweet comment and spectacular rating!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy! And you've made me very happy as well...thank you so much for the lovely comment and sweet heart!
Response: So happy to have made you happy, dear! And your sweet comment and happy heart have made me very happy, too!
Response: I'm so happy you like this ATC, Debbie...because I had a ton of fun making it! Thank you for another tres fab rating!
Response: So happy to have made you happy, sweet friend! I loved making these.
Response: It's always delightful to see your name as my swap partner...thank you so much for the beautiful rating, Jackie!
Response: Sandra, thank you so much for another happy heart rating!
Response: Miss Mandy, thank you so much for the sweet compliment and great rating! The truth is...I could never measure up to the amazing swaps and perfect packaging that are your special gift...not even kidding, when I see mail from you, I can't stop smiling for hours!
Response: Oh Laurie, thank you so much for such a wonderful comment...you made my day! I am thrilled that you joined us here, since receiving YOUR artwork is cause for celebration! Thank you for the fantastic rating!
Response: I've also used this image more than once...she is everything I'd like to be (and am not): masses of beautiful wavy hair, long slender neck...well, you get the drift! Your sweet comment made my day!
Response: I felt bad for sending her to you, actually...I know that Halloween is your favorite holiday, and should have gone with a Halloween theme. However, I got sidetracked by this redheaded vamp, and she did not lend herself to a particularly feminine theme, so I went with a kind of "leather and lace" feel. Thank you for the exceptional rating, sweet friend!
Response: I think they are daunting to me because of their size...but if I think of them as "big" ATCs, it's doable! Thank you for all the sweetness, Miss Debbie!
Response: How quickly BTCs became a "thing'...and I'm so happy that they did! Thank you for another uplifting comment and delightful heart, Debbie!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy, Nancy...I love swapping with you in either direction!
Response: I kind of loved making that one, Ros dear! I'm so happy she went to a good home...and even happier that she arrived without incident (that lumpy rolled rose with the center pearl!) and that you are happy with your ATC. Thank you for another sweet comment and wonderful rating...I do love swapping with you!
Response: I am so happy that you like it, dear! I loved making the Marie tag, and I'm happy that it is yours to keep!
Response: Aah...thank you so much, sweet friend! The landscapers just planted all different winter pansies...I will be picking and drying...picking and drying...and sharing!!!
Response: Oh, this one was so much fun to make! I found several of those vintage ads on Pinterest...now they are all saved so I can use them again and again! Thank you for another fabulous heart, sweet friend!
Response: Thank you so much for your sweet comment and for the lovely heart, Debbie. I love swapping with you, also...I always smile when I see your name in my mailbox; I know it's going to be a GOOD day!
Response: What a lovely coincidence, that it arrived on your birthday! (Happy, happy BD, by the way...and many, MANY more!) I feel exactly the same way, and look forward to many more swaps with my bestie in Denison!
Response: I had such fun with this one! Love the little Dutch children...I think I would love Holland, actually. Thank you so much for your sweet comments and for those lovely hearts, dear!
Response: She is my favorite so far, also (of the circus theme, that is)...that piercing gaze! She definitely knows something...
Response: I am addicted to the APCs. Seriously...I love making them so much! I am thrilled that you're loving them, too!
Response: Ah yes, the wee suitcase...it was a bit of a struggle, to tell the truth! I didn't really size the labels correctly...and finding the contents was crazy! But in the end, I thought it was adorable, and the idea was inspired. I think Morgan should most definitely inherit this heirloom treasure...before you actually die!
Response: Well, the anticipation will be building for quite awhile! It's funny...I named that boy Henry (in my mind) while I was attaching his picture to your puzzle piece!
Response: Remember Peter Max? Or is it "Maxx"? All that gorgeous psychedelic art...I had a scarf that I loved. I'm really having fun with the puzzle pieces...I think I always make those first!
Response: It was my first pocket letter...I am so happy that it made you happy! Thank you for the lovely rating, Penny!
Response: This one was a complete joy to make...I am so happy that you like it! Thank you for another lovely heart rating!
Response: I loved making these...so I'm happy to have made you happy! Thank you very much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you for the nice rating!
Response: I loved making these...thanks so much for the happy heart!
Response: I confess that the fishnet stockings have me stumped...I don't remember doing anything to them! Maybe it's the way I sponge the Mod Podge over the image, rather than using a brush? It does leave a...well, a texture! And about you not thinking out of the box? I beg to differ, dear...your whole "signature" is completely original, instantly recognizable, and out of the box for almost anyone except you! I am a huge fan, so it means a lot to see these lovely comments and happy heart ratings!
Response: Kathie, it is always a treat to swap with you...I love your sweet comments and you are very generous with your hearts!
Response: I am so happy you like them, Penny...they were my first ones, and I'm looking forward to many more! Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: I loved making this one. That girl...I don't know WHAT she is, or if she is maybe just a super-goth beauty, but I loved her on sight. I knew she had to be yours! Thank you for another lovely comment and great rating, dear Kristy!
Response: I was so worried about this envelope...so afraid that it "wouldn't fly" as a regular envelope and that it would disappear into the great void due to it's lumpiness! Honestly, I am thrilled that you like your ATCs...you know I loved making them for you! Thank you for such a beautiful comment and rating!
Response: Thank you so much...for the comment and for the lovely heart rating!
Response: I loved her too! Love at first sight. It's her expression...priceless! I always love swapping with you, Sandra...in either direction!
Response: I enjoyed growing those flowers, knowing that they would (in a manner of speaking) never die! That sounds creepy, doesn't it? I use them sparingly in my artwork...and I was happy to share with you! Thank you so much for another lovely rating, Bev!
Response: I am so happy that you like the Marie ATC I made for you! I had so much fun making it. I always love swapping with you, Pirjo-Liisa!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the sweet comment and fantabulous rating, dear Lori!
Response: Thank you for another lovely comment and heart rating, Debbie dear! The trim...it's a border sticker. I buy them from Elizabeth Craft (online). The back of the sticker sheet says: Starform Outline Stickers.
Response: Jessica, thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you dear Bev...you've made my day with your sweet comment and fabulous heart rating!
Response: LOL, my dear friend...and LOL again! That "gorgeous" jewel is the result of desperation and access to jewelry findings! It's a simple daisy spacer, with a rhinestone glued to the center. Yep, a homemade "gem"! Never fear, I have several of that exact type (they were gifted to me) and will send you those, as well as some of the millions of the type I use in my jewelry. Love and hearts to you, sweet lady!
Response: I adore that sweet little girl at the seaside, and have used her image (in different sizes, thank you Windows!) more than once. I am thrilled that you like what I made for you. I looked in vain for the tiny (doll house) teacup to add to the dingle-dangle, but couldn't find it. Because I needed it THEN. But now that it's too late, I have found it. If I send it to you, can you open the jump ring and add the teacup by it's little handle?
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating, dear Sami!
Response: I'm happy to have made you happy!
Response: Love, love, LOVE swapping with you, dear Debbie...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am tickled pink (actually, tickled blue, red, and yellow!) that you like your pin up girl. I had so much fun making this one! Thank you so much for the sweet rating, Barbara...it is always a pleasure to have you as a swap partner!
Response: Three months is way too long, for everyone (except the teachers)! Spring and fall are notorious for "up and down" weather...but I prefer that to continuous heat or cold. Fall is my favorite! Thank you for your heart-y ratings, sweet lady!
Response: I adore Scotties! Not quite as much as I adore Cavaliers...but close. They are such brave little characters, aren't they? I am so happy I made you happy, dear Ros!
Response: I am so happy you like it! Thank you for the spectacular rating!
Response: You know I love swapping with you, dear...it was so much fun to make this for you! Thank you for another super sweet comment and heart-y rating!
Response: I loved making this one for you, Jan...even though I didn't use the "fashionable ladies" collage sheet, because I wanted to use these ladies instead! I am also a huge fan of Ingrid Bergman...a classic Scandinavian beauty, as well as a lovely lady. Thank you so much for your always-encouraging comments and great ratings!
Response: Thank you so much, Wendy...I loved making this one for you.
Response: To which I say: thank YOU so much for the sweet comment and lovely rating!
Response: Sharp scissors and a steady hand...that's all it takes! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Sylvia!
Response: Hahahahaha! You know you're one of my all-time favorite swapper pals, right? I love being your swap partner...in either direction! Thank you for another wonderful rating, sweet lady!
Response: Julie, I'm so happy to have made you happy. Truthfully, I kept wanting to add more...it just never seemed like enough. I love swapping with you!
Response: Thank you so much for another sweet comment and wonderful rating! I love sending inchies to you!
Response: Oh so happy it arrived! I always fly by the seat of my pants when it comes to postage...and then I worry until I know it arrived! Loved making this one for my 2 buddies!
Response: I had something completely different in mind for that ATC...I don't know how I ended up making that one! I adore ATCs with stitching! I have so many pieces of cross stitch around...bits of bigger projects that didn't work out...or that I got tired of before finishing...but all that work! I just can't throw them away! Thank you for another fabulous rating, dear friend!
Response: I loved this swap...I adore the mysterious beauty of the "willow world" (geisha), and can't get enough of those themes! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and most wonderful rating!
Response: I'm happy to have made you happy...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I'm thrilled to have made you happy, Susie! Thank you for that sweet heart!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and fabulous rating, Beverly!
Response: Maureen O'Hara...deep sigh of appreciation. So beautiful, so elegant. Such a lady! Keep bringing us these amazing swap themes! Thank you so much for your nice comments...and for those nice ratings!
Response: So happy to have made you happy, dear! When you use that stencil, please post pictures on Flickr...because I don't really have a clue how to put it to good use! Thank you for always giving me such sweet comments and wonderful heart-y ratings!
Response: This one took a looong time to arrive! Thank you for the sweet heart, Joan!
Response: You made my day! Thank you so much for the lovely compliment...and for the pretty little red heart!
Response: It is always lovely to swap with you, Wendy...thank you so much for the lovely comment and fabulous rating!
Response: Thank you for another lovely comment and fab rating, Gina...I always love swapping with you!
Response: What a sweet and wonderful thing to say! Thank you so much, Julie!
Response: Thank you so much, sweet Nancy! I loved making this one. I also hope we are partnered more often...and thanks so much for the heart rating!
Response: I am so happy you like the mermaid ATC i made for you...and you've made me very happy with your sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Kathie, I'm always thrilled to have you as a swap partner...thank you for another fabulous rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: That is a happy-making comment! Thank you so much for making my day...and (of course) for the lovely heart!
Response: Dana, I'm so happy to have made you happy...it is always wonderful to swap with you (in either direction)! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Once I got started, I really enjoyed making these...but I was apprehensive at first. I am thrilled that you like the one I sent...I've received some beauties, and have loved each one too!
Response: Ah, Miss Kristy...I love, love, loved making that ATC for you! You are very welcome for the bindi...don't buy the multi-packs, because you will be disappointed; make sure you buy the bindis in the little plastic containers (they have little screw-on tops; I sure wish I could think of a use for them, because they are cute, too!). Sheryl introduced me to bindis!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy, Lori! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for such a lovely comment (and rating!), dear Kim! You would laugh if you knew how I made the lady...I was going to use my rubber stamp and leave it at that, but my black Staz-on pad was DRY! So I had to go with plain Versamark and embossing powder, since I'd already tried to stamp her face, and knew that I couldn't align the stamp perfectly using another colored stamp pad. There was a moment of panic, then the glimmer of an idea...and then I liked the result!
Response: Such a lovely compliment...thank you so much! I love swapping with you, Pirjo-Liisa!
Response: Thank you, dear Pat! I loved making these...once I got started! You always leave the nicest comments and ratings...it is lovely to swap with you!
Response: Thank you so much, Kelly! I really enjoyed making these...although, in retrospect, I probably should have left a clue that it once was a library card!
Response: And thank you, once again, for such a sweet comment...and for the lovely heart!
Response: Thank you, Sue!
Response: Thanks very much for the lovely comment (I was FEELING the Indian influence!)...and of course for the fabulous rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the wonderful heart!
Response: I mixed eras! The lady (I think) is Clara Bow, but the quote is Carrie Bradshaw. A little time travel... Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, Raven...and for the sweet heart!
Response: I love BTCs...and I really do love kitties, so this swap was made for the likes of me! Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, dear Bev! Thank you for another lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you, dear Gini!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Bev.
Response: What a lovely comment! Thank you so much, Noel...and for the sweet heart!
Response: Sylvia, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Poor Marilyn...hard to believe she was only 36 when she died. She did a lot of living in those 36 years, but still... I am loving all the fab rolo swaps (thanks to Vanne Paris!), and can't seem to get enough of them. Thank you for the super-sweet comment, and of course for the spectacular rating, Kim!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it! Thank you for such a nice comment and for the nice heart!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it! I loved making it for you. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: LOL! You gave me my first big giggle of the day! Oh, I do love that Tim Holtz tissue...and I'm so, so happy you like what I sent. Thank you for such a sweet and effusive comment, dear Kristy!!! ETA: just dawned on me that I sent you some tissue paper that I had printed on...next time I will definitely use NEW tissue paper; the printer didn't like my artfully crumpled tissue!!!
Response: Thank you so much, Kay...our inchies crossed in the mail!
Response: Oh please...as if it was even a possibility that I wouldn't make another one for you! One of us was victimized by the postal devils...it should never impact both of us! Thank you for your sweet comments and wonderful rating, Pat...it is always a joy to swap with you!
Response: You've made my day...thank you so much!
Response: I loved making this one, so I'm really happy you like it! Thanks so much for the lovely rating!
Response: I chose that swap theme on a whim, and then was sorry I'd chosen it...I had a hard time finding great images to use! But I received a beauty from my partner (before I'd made mine...so much for my "hard work"!), and knew it was possible to make something cute...I would never want to let you down! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating, Linda...you are one of my favorite swap partners!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy...and to have started off your collection of BTCs! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Beth!
Response: Linda, I always love swapping with you! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this one, Mandy dear! I am giggling at your "delight" vs "devil" comment...I had a beautiful tortoiseshell Persian cat (she was a grand champion!) named "Devilicious"...you brought back sweet memories of that devilishly delightful kitty!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy! It's wonderful to receive compliments from an artist whose work I admire so much...thank you for your lovely comments and ratings!
Response: I loved making this for you, Lori. The texture on the mane...that's more of my "foam paint". I have an old bottle that is almost empty...I have to dig out the paint and apply it with the tip of a pin! It makes great snow...it's good on clouds...the foam on ocean waves...and now a horse's mane!
Response: Thank you so much for another wonderful, uplifting comment and great rating! I will send you one of those "headbands"...they are called bindis, and are from India. I could use them appropriately when I belly dance...or I could continue to use them as embellishments on my artwork!!!
Response: Yellow is probably my favorite color...I love the sunny brightness of it! So happy you like what I made for you...your sweet comment made my day!
Response: I loved making this one...and I'm truly happy that you like it. Thank you for the great rating!
Response: And thank you for the awesome rating!
Response: I so know what you mean! I've been very lucky in the past (with winning things), but I can't remember to buy lottery tickets! That's just WRONG! Thanks for another sweet heart, dear friend!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Penny! I enjoy swapping with you, in both directions!
Response: A full-figured beauty...and Diamond Jim's sweetheart! Ah...it all seems so romantic from here, doesn't it? Thank you for another fabulous rating, dear Sarah!
Response: You have given me a wonderful idea! I've been wondering what to do with the pretty altered tickets I've received, since they are too nice to put aside...I love the idea of using them in scrapbooking! Oh...and thank you for the spectacular rating, Penny!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating...I am so happy you like your gentlemanly rolo!
Response: Oh, I fell in love with the image of that pretty champagne-drinking lady, yes I DID! I knew she was perfect for your rolo, and I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for another heart-y rating, dear Vanne!
Response: I received a zinnia rolo, and it was gorgeous...but my mind immediately went to zebra and stayed there! Thank you for the lovely rating, dear Angie!
Response: I enjoyed making this purplicious rolo for you...thanks for the fabulous rating, Angie!
Response: It was a pleasure to make that one..l loved every minute of the process. Thank you for the wonderful rating.
Response: Thank you so much, sweet Kathie! It's always a special pleasure to swap with my RI friend!
Response: She IS a California beauty...you and Sheryl and I are all California girls. Well...I'm certainly not a girl any more, but I FEEL like one...does that count? And BTW...we have sunshine and beaches here, too (although you will try swimming in the ocean one time only)! Just not quite as much as you're used to. But there are other gorgeousnesses that completely make up for the lack of constant sunshine...you'll find out!
Response: Thank you, sweet lady...for your positive comments and wonderful ratings! I love swapping with you, in either direction. XXX!
Response: I know we are "frequent fliers"...which is fine with me! Thank for for another wonderful rating, dear Bev!
Response: Thank you so much for the nice rating!
Response: Wouldn't that be the coolest car EVER? (Except at the gas pump.) LOVED this theme...I adore pink, and the 50's...well, I am a mid-century lady, so this swap was made for me! Thank you for your lovely comments and sweet heart ratings!
Response: You have made me LOL! Scrap-lifting is not only acceptable, but encouraged! I'm honored that it's one of my techniques that inspires you to engage in this behavior...it is always wonderful to swap with you, dear!
Response: Thank you for the kind words, Bev..and for the great rating!
Response: I love bird themes, too! Thank you again for the heart-y rating!
Response: I really enjoyed making your owl ATC...thank you for the sweet comment and spectacular rating!
Response: What a lovely compliment! I love swapping with you also...and I'm so happy to see all the beautiful rolo themes you come up with. Thank you so much for the sweet words, and for the fabulous rating!
Response: Thank you (as always) for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I started with "real" tickets...ages ago, I bought tons of them from an Etsy seller. I tore off 3, and painted over them before adding the pictures and embellishments...so I guess they are homemade! Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: I am very attached to my cats...very attached indeed! I am sorry for your strange weather...we have had a terribly hot, dry spring and summer, which is unusual for us. Is this global warming, or is it a normal weather cycle? Hard to tell... I am thrilled that you love the ATC I made for you...I always love having you as a swap partner!
Response: Hi, my name is Donetta and I am a rolo-holic! You must have had an envelope-opening marathon this evening! You know I loved making this for you.
Response: I like your time zone! I grew up watching westerns on TV (black and white, 'cause I'm OLD!)...I had such a crush on Pa from Bonanza. Lorne Greene. Does that mean I have "daddy issues"? All the sons were older than me...yet it was Pa I adored!
Response: This comment makes my heart sing! How sweet of you...thank you so much for making my day...and of course for the spectacular rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it! I adore that tissue, and use it (as you know!) all the time. Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and rating, Beverly!
Response: I had fun making it for you, Debbie! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and fabulous rating!
Response: Twinchies are fun! I do love making trios of twinchies! Thank you for being so generous with your comments and ratings, dear!
Response: That image reminded me so much of spring...grass and flowers, and you can tell the wind is blowing...I miss that, as we are sweltering in a most unusually hot summer here in the Pacific NW!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it...was this your first BTC? Thank you so much for that lovely comment, and another great rating!
Response: Chakra stones...of a sort! I love that sari ribbon, and must order more, as I'm running out. Loved making this for you, Kristy!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and equally lovely heart, sweet friend!
Response: Sami, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! It's always a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy, Wendy! Thank you for another sweet comment and fabulous rating!
Response: Thank you so much, dear...I love swapping with you, also! Thank you for the lovely heart; you are always so sweet.
Response: We are going to have some adorable puzzles when all is said and done!
Response: I couldn't stop, once I started making them! Who knew they would be so much fun to make? I know I made more than the swap called for...but I loved the process.
Response: You know I was hesitant...but oh, how I enjoyed making this tiny treasure chest for you! Thank you for the lovely comment and rating, Kathy!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy, sweet Beverly! Thank you for another wonderful rating!
Response: Ah...such a sweet comment! Thank you so much for that, and for the lovely heart! It was fun to make that rolo for you...I knew when I found the charm (in my charm stash!) that Y would have to be YARN!
Response: What a wonderful comment you left! It's always a pleasure to swap with you...and I really did enjoy making that bee ATC for you! Thank you so much for the great rating, dear Vanne!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it...I loved making it for you! Thank you for that beautiful heart!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet and wonderful rating! This was fun to make!
Response: It's always fun to see your name as my "send to" partner!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating, dear! It is always a joy to swap with you!
Response: Luz, thank you so much for the lovely comment, and (of course!) for the sweet heart rating. You are a very nice swap partner!
Response: Sarah, reading your comment was like receiving a gift...thank you for that! And, of course, for the spectacular rating!
Response: It is always a pleasure to have you as a swap partner. Thank you so much for the lovely rating (and yes, I did emboss the dragonfly wings!).
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! I see more binder trading cards in your future!
Response: LOL (and then some more)! Your generosity is exceeded only by your kindness, Wendy. Thank you so much for the fabulous...and undeserved!...rating.
Response: Thank you so much Sandra...you truly are a wonderful swap partner!
Response: Sarah, you are a kind and generous partner...I always love swapping with you! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...the "x" was a challenge! When I found the old Xerox ads...well...
Response: As a teacher yourself, I knew you would appreciate that report card! I received (bought) a lot of ephemera, and all of this poor guy's report cards were included. He was unenthusiastic about every subject. Every single one! I hope he found something he loved, and did well in life after high school! On another note...thank you for your sweetness and generosity, dear Mandy. You are 1 in 1,000,000!
Response: Yes, it's Marilyn! The earring is a "bindi" (jewels for belly dancers)...the rhinestone bling was a gift from a fellow swapper (I am guessing BevT?)...and the tiny little rhinestones are from China; they are sold as fingernail embellishments. Thank you for another spectacular rating!
Response: I adore Tom, and have the utmost respect for his character before and after his marriage. And he is so handsome! Love swapping with you too...let's do it again!
Response: Sami, thank you so much for the great rating! I also love the old gypsy stories...so romantic!
Response: Thank you for rating.
Response: Peggy, your comments are also so sweet...as are your generous ratings! Thank you for being a wonderful swap partner.
Response: What a lovely thing to say (I am also one of BevT's biggest fans!)...thank you so much for your always positive comments, and for those sweet hearts you give! I wish I'd lived in the country so I could have participated in 4H, but alas...it was not to be. XXX
Response: I know! I am loving the +++ swap themes so much! Thank you for another wonderful comment and rating, Bev!
Response: That's such a lovely thing to say! Thank you so much...and (of course) for that wonderful rating, as well!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Ah, Miss Kathryn, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! It's a happy event for me when you are my swap partner!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Carole!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and lovely rating! It's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Bev, thank you so much for another lovely rating...it's always a pleasure to swap with you, coming or going!
Response: It's always wonderful swapping with you, Laura...thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, dear...thank you for the fabulous heart rating!
Response: I don't know if I mentioned this, but I thought Candy Smith was my partner, so I made little boy inchies in honor of her new little grandson. And then I found out that you were my send-to partner, not Candy...and I was sure hoping you like little boys! Thank you for another fabulous rating, Kay!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and fabulous rating!
Response: Joy, I am thrilled that you like it! That Tim Holtz tissue...how I love it! I have 3 different rolls (it comes packaged like waxed paper), and use them ALL the time!
Response: We're on a roll, Pat...my house to yours, and vice-versa. I like it that way! Thank you for another wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely rating!
Response: Raven, thank you so much for your lovely comment...and for that super rating! It's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Caly!
Response: Thank you so much, sweet friend! The gold...I have a small Tupperware container in which I have mixed a few different embossing powders...aged gold embossing enamel, aged ochre embossing enamel, and (I think) some "regular" fine gold embossing powder. There might also be some aged pewter or even black chunky embossing enamel...the mix keeps changing!
Response: Kathryn, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...it's always lovely to swap with you!
Response: It is always a pleasure to send to you, Nika! Thank you so much for the lovely heart rating!
Response: Thank you for another lovely comment (so uplifting!), and for that sweet heart rating, Peggy!
Response: What a lovely comment...thank you so much! And thank you also for the most wonderful rating...I loved making this one for you!
Response: I loved making this one for you, and I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for the lovely comment, and (of course!) for the happy little heart rating!
Response: I am relieved...I've tried to alter my style, but not very successfully. It just...well, it is what it is! And I'm thrilled that you like it! Thank you for the lovely comment and that wonderful rating, Pat!
Response: What a lovely, lovely compliment! Thank you so much for that, Candy...and (of course) for the spectacular rating.
Response: Thank you so much for another lovely comment and rating, sweet Beverly!
Response: The crystal elements...can you imagine that they are for fingernails? Kim...they are HEAVY! I would not enjoy hauling those around on my fingertips! But...I do enjoy using them on ATCs. Thank you for your sweet comment and wonderful rating...can't wait to swap with you again!
Response: Thank you so much, Bev...I enjoy our swaps very much indeed!
Response: You've made my day, Pat...thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: I swear, Miss Vanne, you are the sweetest lady...it is always fun to create something for you! Thank you for another wonderful rating, dear!
Response: Sandra, thank you so much for your lovely comment (and for that heart!)...I loved making this one for you; she was so much fun!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it, Kathryn! I loved making it for you. I adore James Beard (RIP, James!)...a Portland native. I have several of his cookbooks and have never made a bad dish from one of his recipes.
Response: I am so happy that Elizabeth arrived safely and in good condition...and I'm thrilled that you like the APC I made for you! I loved making it, and look forward to many more!
Response: Thank you for the sweet rating, Lisa!
Response: Thank you so much, sweet Beverly! I always love swapping with you!
Response: I loved her polka-dot dress too! So flirty! It's just a joy to swap with you, Lori...thank you so much for your sweet comments and consistently heart-y ratings!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely heart rating!
Response: Thank you, Raven. I tried to make the best of my weird printing situation!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely heart! I had such fun making these!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful heart rating!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful heart rating. ETA: oh, my! An anonymous ATC! But I'm truly thrilled that you like the one I made for you, dear!
Response: Thank you so much, Miss Mandy! It is always a pleasure to swap with you...in either direction!
Response: Oh happy day! Kristy is home again! I know you enjoyed your time away...but I didn't...not nearly as much as you did! I missed you terribly! Welcome back, dear, and let's get started on some wonderful swap themes!
Response: Ah, Miss Gina...I am so, so happy that you like your trio of puzzle pieces! I wish I could see them as magnets...I have several that were made into magnets, and even my 14-year-old grandson is intrigued and impressed with them! (Ahem...they are from fellow swappers, not of my own making.) I love swapping with you, and the more we branch out...the more I love it!
Response: I am thrilled that you like your monochromatic ATC, Laura! I remembered that you like pink...and so do I...it seemed like a natural choice! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and sweet heart!
Response: I loved making it for you, Sami. Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: I am so happy that you like my jalopy! (I mean...your jalopy!) I had a lot of fun with that theme...I love the alphabet swaps! Thank you for the great rating...very much appreciated!
Response: Oh yes...inchie lovers unite and fight! I can't seem to get enough of them! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, dear Kathie!
Response: I am thrilled that you like her! She could easily have been "dark"...I think she's actually intended to be kind of gothic. But I pinked her up! Thank you for the lovely comment, and for the equally lovely rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you like your "W" rolo, and the retro calendar. All I could think of was...Gina would like these ladies! Thank you for the sweet comment and for that lovely rating, Gina!
Response: What a lovely thing to say! Thank you for leaving such a nice comment...and also for that sweet heart!
Response: I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Yes, I love it very much...more than is good for me! Thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, dear!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy, Cher...and you've made me happy in return! When I saw on your profile that you collect vintage holy cards (etc., etc.) I thought...wait a minute! I have one I've been saving (hoarding), and Cher will give it a good home!
Response: Thank you, my sweet friend! I loved making her for you.
Response: My mind...such a strange and muddled place! Yes indeed, vegetables came to mind. Thank you for hosting this great series, and for the lovely heart rating!
Response: I am so happy you like Brigitte in Blue! Thank you for the exceptional rating!
Response: Pat, I am thrilled that you like it! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and all those cute hearts!
Response: I had fun with this one...I am so happy you like it! It's always a pleasure to swap with you, Lori!
Response: This ATC satisfied my "bling" needs for a short time...probably very short time! I love making you smile...I'm happy that this did the trick!
Response: It's always a treat to swap with you, Nancy...coming or going! Thank you for the lovely comment, and (of course) for the wonderful rating!
Response: I am so happy you like the image I used...I thought it was so sweet! And thank you very much for the lovely rating, Sarah!
Response: Well, you did give me tons of hearts! Your sweet comment counts for at least a ton of them! Thank you for that...you made my day!
Response: I loved making it for you! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and for the great rating, Judy!
Response: I loved making it for you, dear! Just please stick on a little rhinestone where it's missing...so embarrassing to realize that I didn't notice until I saw my own work on Flickr!
Response: It is always exciting to see your name as my swap partner...coming OR going! Thank you so much for another wonderful heart rating!
Response: Lori, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating...I confess that I adore geisha themes!
Response: Linda, you are always so sweet! Thank you so much for your encouraging comments and those lovely little red hearts!
Response: Stella, I am so happy that you like the little bird houses! I hope you sign up for the birdhouse inchie swap I posted...thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: That is such a lovely compliment! Thank you so much...for the comment and for the lovely heart!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I loved making this ATC...as you say, there's a lot going on, and that's how I roll, usually. Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Ah yes...Tiffany blue is indeed a beautiful color! Thank you for the great heart rating, Carole!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! I do love making rolos!
Response: Ah, Laura...it's always a pleasure to swap with you! I punched several of those borders from patterned paper, and this is what I learned: they aren't useful very often! Way too busy if the background paper is also patterned. Thank you for the great rating, dear!
Response: What a lovely thing to say! Thank you so much for the sweet comment...and the equally sweet rating!
Response: Thank you so much! The gold edging is embossing powder. I use an embossing pen on the edges (etc.), and have a special mixture I made myself...it's a combination of Aged Gold and Aged Ochre embossing enamel, with some "regular" fine gold embossing powder mixed in. I should have a holster for my heat gun...I keep it out because I use it ALL the time!
Response: I was wishing that's all the junk I have in MY trunk...but alas! LOL...I had fun with this version of Snow White, I confess. I love all of your creations, too! XXX
Response: Oh no! I made the same one again? I was having computer issues, and couldn't print images...I used one that I had printed ages ago, and clearly that was a duplicate. I am so sorry!
Response: Mandy, thank you so much for your lovely comment (you are such a sweetheart!) and for that equally sweet heart rating!
Response: Sadly (or not), my craft table contains enough to supply a small store...I clean it off periodically, but within a few days it is heaped high again! Thank you for another uplifting comment and (of course) that sweet heart!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating! The gold trim...that's Dresden foil trim, and I buy it online. I like 32 North on Etsy, and collagestuff.com. I did find my pinup online...Pinterest is my very favorite "store" for images!
Response: You may have noticed that I am very fond of vintage fashion illustrations! Actually, I like those...except I wasn't happy with the embossing on the pink one. Too much...I went too far with the embossing pen! Thank you for the great rating, Lori...you are always exceptionally sweet!
Response: I do love the pin ups...and thankfully, we can keep 'em going forever! Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating, Lori!
Response: LOL...I had to point that out, for fear you wouldn't see that incredibly tiny bird! I have no idea where I got it, but I was so happy to discover it in my stash. Thank you so much for the beautiful rating, dear!
Response: Thank you so much!
Response: I think I love your life! I haven't hiked in...in...I don't think I have EVER hiked (on purpose, anyway). Thank you for another sweet comment and wonderful rating, sweet friend!
Response: I'm always excited when I see your name as my partner...in either direction! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating, Georgene!
Response: I am so happy that you like it...thank you so much for the beautiful heart and sweet comment!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Candy!
Response: Oh so happy you like them...I loved making them for you!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating, Jess!
Response: Thank you so much, Rebecca...it's been awhile since we swapped, and I was happy to see your name. Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: Linda, it is a true pleasure to swap with you...thank you so much for the lovely comment and another great rating!
Response: Oh yes, I know the B-I-N-G-O song by heart! Along with "The Wheels on the Bus" and many, many others. My youngest son is autistic and severely developmentally disabled...when we talk on the phone, what he responds to best is "Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore". Yes, you guessed it...his name is Michael! And he is the only person in the world who enjoys it when I "sing"! Thank you for making me giggle, as well as for another fabulous rating, sweet friend!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely heart rating, Miss Kathie!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, Carol! Thanks so much for that beautiful heart!
Response: I read your sweet comment while watching Frozen yet again with Emma, surrounded by former Guide Dogs (who washed out of the program) and a Guide Dog in training, who LOVES me. Or my slippers smell enticingly of pampered cats...it could be that, instead of love. Our swaps are very special to me, as well...believe me when I say that those crystals wouldn't have been attached to that BTC if you were not my "send to" partner!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment...and, of course, for that beautiful heart! When I read your profile and saw that you like ferns...well! I immediately flashed to the dried ferns I had received from an Etsy seller ages ago. They are so delicate! I loved making this for you.
Response: Thank you, sweet Kathie! It's always a joy to see your name as my swap partner!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it...thank you for the lovely heart!
Response: We DO have great taste! I am so happy you like what I made for you...thanks so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy you like it, Ina! Thank you for the lovely heart!
Response: And thank you for another lovely rating!
Response: I am so happy you like it! As a young teenager, I used to read "Cherry Ames, RN" books...I thought I wanted to be a nurse, until in Anatomy & Physiology class I met my first cadaver. Threw up...and dropped the class the following day!
Response: Whoever posted this swap is a genius! Loved making these for you...and I also loved receiving them from my partner. More of these swaps, please!
Response: Laughing so hard...thank you for that most wonderful comment, dear friend! I enjoy the thought of you sitting with your coffee...and your letter opener...and pieces of Dresden dropping out to your joy! You have made my day...it is always a joy to swap with you, in either direction.
Response: You were bombarded with mail from me...I am so happy that you like this pin up, and thank you again for your sweet comments and happy heart ratings!
Response: I am so happy you like your BTC! I AM a child of the 50's...those sweet ads resonate with me! Thank you for always being so wonderful to swap with, Mandy...and for another fabulous heart rating!
Response: Lori, thank you so much for the sweet comment and fabulous rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the fabulous rating and lovely compliment!
Response: Thank you, Dee...I always love swapping with you!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating, Kathie! Always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: Thank you so much, Miss Vanne! I do love making rolos...and it's always lovely to send them to you!
Response: Honestly...so happy you like it! Thank for the sweet *heart*, dear!
Response: I'm so happy you like your puzzle piece ATC...thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: I agree...more purse twinchies are in our future! I loved making the first batch, and can't wait to do more!
Response: I am thrilled that you like your Alice inchies...I had a great time making them! And what you said about trading...it's mutual!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely heart, Wendy!
Response: I can't figure out why this one wasn't the most popular EVER! You know I adore foreign swaps...it's the only way I can travel these days! Thank you for another sweet comment and generous rating.
Response: Jackie, I am thrilled that you like it. Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and great rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like it! Please don't worry about a "late" rating...I'm only paranoid because the USPS has re-routed so many of my envelopes to God-knows-where! Thank you so much for the super rating, dear!
Response: Oh so happy you like it! I received my bird ATC today also, and my partner used the same image! I kind of loved that, actually. Thanks for the sweet comment and great rating, dear!
Response: LOL! I'm so happy that you like your gloved lady...it's always wonderful having you as a swap partner!
Response: I had fun with these...I never considered the idea of pocket twinchies, and I have to say I enjoyed the process! Thank you for the great rating, Nancy.
Response: Oh yes...cats and yarn! So much trouble...but so adorable. I can't thank you enough for your lovely comment and the great rating...it means the world to me!
Response: Grace, I am thrilled to have made you happy! Thank you so much for the nice comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for another happy heart, Bev...it's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: It's always a joy to send my arty creations to you! Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and rating, sweet friend!
Response: What a wonderful compliment...thank you so much! I am thrilled that you like your ATC...I loved making it for you!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment (you made my day!), and for the lovely heart!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Wendy.
Response: I am so happy this one arrived...and happy that you like it. Thank you for the lovely rating, Ros!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment, sweet friend...it is always a joy to make something for you!
Response: Such a lovely compliment...thank you for that, and for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: I really enjoyed making it for you...I'm thrilled that you like it! Thank you for the super rating!
Response: You always make me so happy, sweet friend! I'm thrilled that you like your Queen...and wish you all the sweetness that Valentine's Day represents!
Response: Nan, you made my day! Thank you so much for the lovely compliment...and (of course) for the sweet heart!
Response: You know I love inchies! Such a challenge...and such a pleasure to play with! Thank you for all the sweetness, dear!
Response: Honestly...it's one of my favorites, too! It was so much fun to put together, and knowing that it was going to you made it even more fun!
Response: Your sweet comment made me so happy...thank you for brightening my day, and for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Kay...that is a lovely compliment!
Response: I always think of you when I use Barbie images...probably something to do with your avatar! I have several Barbie images on my boards...and I love using them! I took shorthand, too, and can still remember how to write my name (now, isn't THAT a valuable skill?)!
Response: In our February (LOL) package, I will include images of roses for you! It's good to know of something you want and need!
Response: I have to be honest...this is one of my favorites, too. It just came together very well. I am so happy you like it!
Response: Oh God, don't remind me! What a disaster! I had to cover the coffee splash with an unnecessary flower...I liked it so much better without the flower! (The black and white toile piece was the victim of my coconut cream latte.)
Response: I was channeling Jackie Kennedy, with the silk sheath dress. And the dark hair, too, I guess...but that's where it ends! I am so happy you like your French sweetie!
Response: You have made my day! Thanks so much for your wonderful comments and fabulous heart ratings!
Response: LOL! I found the "Love Me Tender" sheet music...so I had to look for Elvis and Priscilla! Who knew there were E&P Barbie dolls? I'm so happy you like it, and so happy for the sweet heart rating you gave me!
Response: Thanks so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Bonnie!
Response: I want to look just like her! And I'm thrilled that you like the ATC...I love making things for (and receiving things from) you!
Response: Peggy, I am so happy that this one arrived! I adore the TH tissue...I have (had) 3 varieties, but can't find the sheet music version any more. Thank you so much for the lovely heart!
Response: Sami, thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful heart!
Response: Thank you for sending me a sweet transatlantic heart!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Bonnie...YOU have been missed! I'm so happy to have you back!
Response: I'm thrilled that you like it! I had a lot of fun putting your rolo together...thank you so much for the lovely heart rating!
Response: I am so happy that you like it, Beverly! It's always a special treat to swap with you...sending OR receiving!
Response: I'm happy to have made you happy...thank you for the lovely heart rating!
Response: I was worried about this one, Vanne...she is a bit more explicit than I'm used to! But I fell in love with the romantic femininity of the artist's ladies. She chose ME! I am so happy that you like her...and it's always a pleasure to swap with you, dear!
Response: Sami, thank you so much for the lovely compliment and equally lovely rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Gina! It's always a joy to swap with you! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating.
Response: It is always lovely to swap with you, Celeste! I loved making your "tea time" ATC, and was hoping that you'd like it. Thank you for such a sweet comment and great rating!
Response: It was her sweet little pouty mouth that got me. I love having you as a swap partner, too...either coming or going! Thank you for the sweet heart rating!
Response: I love Asian themes, too! I have never been fishing in my life (and I am OLD, dear...very old)...but I do know it can be a lovely, relaxing, bonding experience for kids and dads. But there's nothing quite as lovely as a koi pond...in a Japanese garden. Thank you so much for another lovely rating!
Response: Well, gosh...thank you so much, Kathryn! I love having you as a swap partner...and you know I had a great time making this ATC for you!
Response: So, SO happy you like the birds I made for you! I love that ribbon...I can see many uses for it, and absolutely had to use it on your ATC. Thank you for the lovely comment and the heart rating!
Response: Sami, I am LOL-ing...I don't think I have EVER sent a 3-in-1 swap envelope before, and I never will again! And it appears that I've been assigned as your send-to partner for even more swaps...which will be sent individually, I promise!
Response: I know, right? That voice! That fantastic mustache! And he's been married to what's her name for all these years...what a lovely man! I've been saving that image...Tom and Sam...for a loooong time.
Response: Pit bulls used to be called "nanny" dogs, because they were so loving and protective. What happened??? But I did love this little boy and his faithful dog...so sweet! Thank you for all the fabulous heart-y 5's, Sami!
Response: What a lovely compliment...thank you for making my day! I do love messing with paper and glue (and embossing powder and embellishments)...I'm thrilled to have made you happy!
Response: The last of the Christmas themes...along with travel time...just in time for Valentines Day...I have to laugh! Thank you for another wonderful heart rating!
Response: This was one of my favorites, too. Even with blue lips, this mermaid image made me say "Oh yes, you are mine"! Thank you so much for your encouraging comments and fabulous ratings, dear friend!
Response: Tigger...what a wonderful story! I am so happy that this envelope of swappy treats was just right for you. I loved making your ATC, and picking your goodies was a treat as well. Thank you for the lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Nancy, thank you so much for the lovely *heart* rating! When I forwarded a picture of the ATC to my daughter, along with a bit of why I created it, she said "And you forgot to mention that my teeth were all over the place, and I had to have 2 surgeries and 5 years o braces"! She has the most BEAUTIFUL smile...
Response: I'm happy to have made you happy, Lisa. Thanks for another wonderful rating!
Response: Kay, you are too kind. Seriously...way too kind! And I'm grateful, believe me. Better next time, I swear! XXX
Response: Nancy, it's always a pleasure to swap with you! I hope you do end up using the stencil; I've had it for ages, and never (not once, not EVER!) used it. Surely it deserves better! Thank you for another fabulous rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you like your twinchies, Kathryn! Thank you so much for leaving such a lovely comment...and (of course) for the fantastic rating!
Response: I am so happy that your replacement ATC arrived safely, and want to thank you for the sweet comment and great rating! It's always a pleasure to swap with you, Pat!
Response: You know I'm not a fan of "cutesy"...and the fawn came perilously close! The owls were absolutely necessary! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Nancy!
Response: I like having you as a partner, as well. And I'm very, very fond of ballerinas...I'm making so many ballet-themed ATCs lately, I hope people don't get tired of them!
Response: I was happy to swap with you, too! Oh you must get another heat gun...when one of my fellow swappers said hers broke, I thought...they BREAK??? I almost never use it for "regular" embossing, but I sure do use it for those little pops of molten metal! Oh...thank you for another fabulous rating, dear!
Response: Let's not forget who first used the embossing powders in this way, dear...it was YOU! And I've picked it up again, for some reason...and I'm loving it!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Jamie!
Response: I love your color series...let's keep it going forever, okay?
Response: LOL...I am OLD! And I've been "collecting" for a long time! I am thrilled that you love your dotee!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the fabulous rating!
Response: How lovely to be receiving mail once again! Thank you for the fabulous rating, dear Dee!
Response: I bought the daisy...and a few other dried flowers...from a lovely lady with an Etsy shop. I do want to dry flowers...they are so delicate and beautiful! Thank you for the fabulous rating, and I look forward to swapping with you again!
Response: It is quite possible that I spend too much time on Pinterest! Thank you for the lovely rating, Wendy...you are a wonderful swap partner!
Response: I am so happy you like it, and thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you, sweet friend...I also look forward to a wonderful year full of swappy goodness!
Response: LOL! I may have the tiniest bit of an over-buying problem...100 of those high heel charms; 100 wine corks (to embellish); and the worst to date: 200 filigree embellishments...and I don't mean a variety pack. 200 of the SAME filigree embellishment! I need to start sharing this stuff!
Response: I had the same problem when I was married..."Santa" always got brain freeze when it came to Mrs. Claus! Fortunately, we have the same "work around" plan!
Response: I love this b&w photo series...let's not ever stop, okay? You are definitely the queen of great swap themes!
Response: It's always a pleasure to send my little arty treasures to you, dear...thank you so much for another fabulous rating!
Response: Thank you very much for the great rating! I'm so happy you like the ATC I made for you.
Response: It's always a pleasure to swap with you, Angie...thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, and (of course) for the fabulous rating!
Response: What a lovely compliment! Thank you so much for that, and for the fabulous rating!
Response: I am so happy you like the inchies, Kay! Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: I am so happy that you love it! Thank you so much for the fabulous rating!
Response: Lois, thank you so much for the lovely compliment and great rating! Just google "Dresden foil trim" and you will be amazed at the selection. I usually buy from an online company called 32 North...they have
TONS of trim!
Response: Thank you, Rose...it's always a pleasure to send OR to receive inchies from you! I hope you have another series of inchie swaps in mind for 2015!
Response: What a lovely compliment...and equally wonderful rating! I wish I hadn't signed up for so many Christmas swaps...I still have two on my dashboard! Inchies and Twinchies...but I am a bit weary of Santa and snowmen! Like you, I love the season, but I have no concept of the word "moderation". It's a personal problem, LOL!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Noelle! And a very mele kalikimaka to you!
Response: Oh, how I love mermaid themes! I am so happy you like what I sent...and thanks for another fabulous *heart* rating, dear friend!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Beverly!
Response: This is the one time of year that I drag out my ancient squeeze bottle of "craft foam paint"...it's so old that it no longer squeezes; I have to use a pin to remove the paint and dab it onto my designs. It's great for snow, for beards, and for the occasional mermaid theme...ocean waves! Thank you for another lovely comment and rating, dear...you're just the best partner!
Response: I'm happy that I received my ATCs before I made yours...I (once again) didn't realize that the swap was for TWO! Thank you for the wonderful compliment, and for the exceptional rating, dear!
Response: Thank you so much for the super sweet comment, and for the equally nice rating, Beverly! It's always a joy to swap with you!
Response: I am so happy you like it! Thanks very much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Happy to have made you happy, Lisa! Thank you for the lovely heart rating!
Response: What a lovely compliment! Thank you so much for your sweet comment, as well as for that extra-special rating!
Response: I loved making her for you! Thank you for the spectacular rating and lovely comment, dear friend!
Response: I am so happy that I made you happy, Ros! I loved making this ATC, and was particularly happy to send it to you! Thanks for another wonderful rating, and I hope your warm, sunny Christmas is as wonderful as it possibly can be...XXX!
Response: They are addictive...the more the merrier, right?! Thank you for another wonderful rating, Candy!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it! Thank you so much for the fabulous rating and uplifting comment, Beverly!
Response: Thank you so much, Jousie! Your sweet comment and the wonderful heart rating have made my day!
Response: I'm so happy you like them...thank you for the lovely heart rating, Kay!
Response: Well...the intent was there! I love that you love her...thank you so much for all of our fabulous monthly swaps, which mean the world to me!
Response: All for you my dear...November was all about my BFF Sheryl and her loves!
Response: Ah, your sweet Tia! If I ever have a dog, it will be a Tia...I've loved spaniels forever and ever!
Response: Those sweet birds...just like yours! I had to use them on your BTC!
Response: Nancy, thank you for leaving such a sweet comment...and of course, for the fabulous rating too!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Candy.
Response: I am thrilled that you like it! I always add a "topper"...don't know why...I have a bag full of die cut ovals, squares, and so forth that I chop up and use at the top of my ATCs. Not what they are intended for, but it's my favorite way to use them! Thank you for another fabulous *heart* rating, dear friend!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: This poor lady traveled back to me before arriving on your doorstep in Canada...thank you for being such a generous swap partner...I always love swapping with you!
Response: So happy to have made you happy! Thanks for the lovely *heart* rating!
Response: What a lovely compliment...thank you so much! And it goes both ways, btw!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I am exceptionally fond of ballerinas, too...and always want to send something special when I see your name as my "send to" partner! Thank you for the fabulous rating, dear friend.
Response: Nancy, it is always a pleasure to see your name, whether coming or going! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating...and all my wishes for a happy holiday season!
Response: What a lovely compliment! Thank you so much, Peggy!
Response: Thank you so much, Beverly...for the lovely comment and the happy heart-y rating!
Response: Barb, thank you so much for the lovely comment...such a nice compliment! And of course, thanks also for the sweet *heart* rating!
Response: That was my favorite of the three, too! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I am so happy that you like it! Thanks so much for the wonderful *heart* rating!
Response: And thank YOU so much for the happy little heart!
Response: I guess faster postal service is one of the perks of living in B.C.! I have a bit more of that twig...I've used almost all of it...I need to go exploring for more natural beauties, too!
Response: Honestly, if I was a dog person, I would absolutely have a sweet Cavalier! My daughter, who is severely allergic to cats, has promised to buy one for me if I give up my kitties...but how can I do that? It's not possible! I LOVE my kitty girls! Oh...thank you for the super comment and happy rating, dear!!!
Response: Oh what a great idea...a basket of nice ATCs for the holidays! Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, and (of course!) for the fabulous rating. I do love playing with paper and embellishments!
Response: Cheryl, thank you so much for the sweet comment and fabulous rating!
Response: Well...that goes both ways, dear! I love it when I send to you, and also when I receive your beautiful art! Thank you for the lovely comment and sweet heart rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you love your rolo! They are one of my very favorite things to make. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and fabulous rating!
Response: I had both ends of the spectrum...a ballerina daughter, and a son who was captain of the football team! All is not lost...my son is an opera fan, although if he had to choose between a football game and the opera...well, the fine arts would lose! Thank you for the fabulous rating, and uplifting comment, dear!
Response: Oh, so happy that you like the rolo! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: I don't know why, but I had such a great time making these! More than I usually do with inchies...maybe because I knew they were going to you? Thank you for the heart rating, dear friend!
Response: Well...my partner was a meanie. Nowhere in the swap description did it say that the entire background had to be a book page, but that was her interpretation and she stuck to her guns even after the swap host intervened! She eventually gave me a 5, no heart...although she said she loved the ATC! I just didn't "follow the rules". So...thank you for the sweet comment and for that lovely HEART!
Response: Why thank you, Miss Gina! Gosh, I've fallen in love with the Hayden Williams fashion illustrations...Robert Best, too! As you said...retrolicious!
Response: You are a kind and generous lady, dear friend. This was not my finest effort, sadly. Wait...I put in a lot of effort, truly...it's just that the result didn't quite measure up to the picture in my head. Thank you for rating me so kindly!
Response: I am so, SO happy that you like them! Thank you for the uplifting comment and (of course) for that sweet heart!
Response: Two themes in one: black and cream, and pin-up! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, my sweet BFF!
Response: Almost anything is cute (sweet and adorable) dressed up in ruffles and lace! I also adore Beatrix Potter, so I figured...being twins and all...that you might, too!
Response: What a sweetheart you are, to leave such a wonderful and inspiring comment...and of course the heart rating! Thank you so much, dear friend!
Response: I was on a roll for awhile with the "retro" children images! So happy you like what I made for you!
Response: And thank YOU so much for the lovely comment and stellar rating!
Response: Dear Beverly, you set the bar very high with your beautiful works of art...it's thrilling to get a great review from you!
Response: Thank you so much, Miss Kay! I love trading twinchies and inchies with you!
Response: Linda, you always bring a smile to my face with your sweet comments and fabulous ratings! I love sending to you!
Response: Yep...Miss Topaz! No worries about Elvira; she is in a basket with her sisters. I wanted to keep her out, but her feather hair is too enticing to the kitties. (Sigh.)
Response: I made this one early...totally with you in mind! I just knew you'd love it!
Response: I feel the same...it's always lovely knowing that they are going to a good home!!!
Response: It is true...my twinchies are not "standard"! But I love that you love them anyway...and thank you so much for the incredible rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful rating.
Response: Thank you so much, Ros! I love Mrs. Patmore, too...typical of Downton characters, she is a marshmallow covered with a spicy crust!
Response: Thank you for the fantabulous rating, Candy!
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy! Thank you so much for the wonderful comment, and of course for the great rating!
Response: Other than monkeys, my mind was kind of blank for "M"...mayonnaise? No. Definitely monkeys!!! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Peggy!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and equally lovely rating!
Response: Gloria, thank you so much for the lovely compliment...and (of course) for the fabulous rating! I hope we see each other in another swap very soon!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy, Linda! The extra ATC is the one I made initially for this swap...I thought I needed to add some sewing...thank goodness I read the swap description before I sent that first ATC! Thank you for the wonderful heart rating...I'm such a baby when it comes to those hearts!!!
Response: Thank you, Kay!
Response: I am honestly thrilled that you like the inchies and the extras I included...that is always my aim! And I want to thank you so much for the fabulous heart rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Laura!
Response: Amie, I am thrilled that this rolo makes you happy! Such a sweet little boy, with his faithful dog. Thank you so much for the lovely comment and super rating!
Response: LOL...I love the idea of being a cowgirl, but the reality...well, I'm not cut out for it! But I do love the concept. Thanks so much for the wonderful heart rating, sweet friend!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the super rating, Marlene!
Response: I am so happy that you like the ATC! Thank you for the lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment! I am so happy to have created something you like...and thank you also for the great rating!
Response: Susi, I am so happy that this rolo has special significance for you...it certainly does for me, too! Thank you for the wonderful heart rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment...and equally lovely rating!
Response: Unfortunately I am too lazy to refine things a bit...Grandma is still living in Halloween hell!
Response: I am so happy that you like the ATC...thank you so much for the wonderful heart rating!
Response: I do love the book page themes...and thanks to generous swap partners, I have book pages in all sorts of languages! I am thrilled to have made you happy, Brenda...thank you so much for the wonderful comment and equally wonderful rating!
Response: That is a truly lovely compliment...thank you, Candy! And thank you also for the great rating!
Response: Because I am that ridiculous, I re-watched the entire (so far) Outlander series in two sittings, while cross stitching! And I picked up so much more than I did the first time around...it was such a pleasure! And I'm thrilled that you like my version of Jamie...you just can't go wrong with that man. The two Claires...wow. Claire #1 truly was time traveling for a few weeks! Thank you so much for the fabulous rating, Gina.
Response: Mandy, thank you so, so much for the head-expanding comment, and (of course) for the great rating! I made a ton of those charms in a few days...a long time ago. Until now, I've been afraid to use my little drill, so (like your charm) I've been gluing them to filigree pieces. I just started drilling last night! I need practice, is all I'm going to say at the moment...good thing I started drilling on the wooden tiles that didn't turn out well! Thanks so much for another wonderful rating, Mandy dear!!!
Response: I feel exactly the same...thank you again, so much, for another wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the super-sweet comment and rating, Beverly! I love swapping with you.
Response: Nancy, thank you so much for the lovely comment and most wonderful rating!
Response: So happy you like the inchies! Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: You're giving me a case of the giggles, Beverly...thank you so much for the fabulous comments and ratings (careful, I might start to believe the sweet compliments!).
Response: I wonder if this is the original Claire, who has been time traveling...or the replacement Claire, who came through the stones and into your mailbox with Jamie? You may end up with two VERY similar Claire ATCs!!! And thank you so much for the lovely heart rating...it truly is a joy to see you as my send-to partner!
Response: I am thrilled that you like your rolo! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and (of course!) for the heart rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and most wonderful rating, Debi!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Marjorie!
Response: Heather, I am thrilled that you like it! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Judy, thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating! There's not much cuter than a Jack Russell, that's for sure...I ADORE the Xfinity commercials with "Stewart" the Jack Russell!
Response: Laura, thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment...and of course for the great rating! I'm confident that "next time" is coming right up!
Response: LOL...thank you so much for your patience (I will read swap descriptions carefully from now on)!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Kay!
Response: Thank you so much, sweet friend! Many hugs to you, too!
Response: Wendy, thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating...this was a ton of fun to make!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Betsy!
Response: I am so, so happy that you like your little bird rolo, Amie! I can't wait to swap with you again...thank you so much for the super sweet comment and the great rating!!!
Response: This was a lovely swap theme, Candy...and I'm so, so happy that you like the twinchies I sent! Thank you for always hosting such great swaps, and for another great rating.
Response: Thank you, Lisa!
Response: Barb, thank you so much for the lovely, thoughtful comment and (of course!) for the great rating. I have loved this series, and I'm thrilled that my ode to September ATC has found a good home with you!
Response: Once I knew you were my partner, I searched for the perfect image...this was a "custom" ATC, just for you! Thank you so much for your sweet comment and fabulous rating, dear!
Response: Thank you, Anita!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating, Carol!
Response: Enchanting is a wonderful word, and I'm so, so happy that you like the "fall" ATC I made for you! Thank you very much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: The postal service is a mystery to me...but I'm happy that this one arrived. The photo frame was in my "stash"...I have no idea where it came from, sadly. Thank you so much for the heart-y rating, Lisa!
Response: I may have waited too long...I don't see Spain on my watchlist. Thanks for the lovely rating!
Response: So happy it arrived...and quickly, too. Thank you for the great rating, Lisa!
Response: Oh Mandy, I am so happy you like it! I always want to do my best for you...so thank you for the uplifting comment and wonderful rating!
Response: What a lovely comment! Thank you so much (9 kids...omg...my hat's off to your mom!), and of course for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Kay!
Response: That is the loveliest compliment, Bev dear...thank you so much!
Response: Brenda, thank you so much for the lovely comment and super rating!
Response: Thank so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: It's easy to be rebellious when your safety net is the size of Downton Abbey! Thank you (as always) for the great rating!
Response: This crazy swap...thank you so much for the "heart-y" rating, Kay!!!
Response: Marjorie, you are always so sweet! Thanks for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: It's always a pleasure to swap with you, dear...thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Oh, WOW! Thank you so much for the fabulous comment (*blushing*) and also (of course) for the great rating!
Response: Always a pleasure...thank you so much for the super-sweet comment and rating!
Response: What a lovely, uplifting comment! Thank you for that...and (of course) for the fabulous rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you like your Marie rolo! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: There is never too much bee humor! Thank you so much for the sweet-as-honey comment, and for the fabulous rating! It's a joy swapping with you, Jan.
Response: I know, right? Whose idea was this, originally? Not mine! I saw it on Pinterest...and then on Heatherkm's Flickr page. I LOVE altering puzzle pieces!
Response: I loved those images, too...I used them for inchies, and then for your twinchies. You can find them in my "Images" folder on Pinterest.
Response: My little tribute to the nursing profession...I thought I wanted to be a nurse, but washed out when I came face to face with my first cadaver. I dropped the course that day!
Response: Oh, he is handsome, isn't he? That smile! Mama mia!
Response: I loved making this one...anything with roses is right up my alley! XXX!
Response: Hot as an August night, you know...LOL! Thank you for the super rating and great comment, dear friend!
Response: It's a fascinating era for me...I have read many (many!) books about different countries during WWII, what the people had to deal with, and how they dealt with adversity. I want to believe I could be as strong as they were!
Response: I was totally thinking of you and your fish pond when I made this ATC!
Response: I was nervous to send anything stitched to you, Queen Quilter! I am thrilled that you like it, and (I confess) I liked it, too! Thank you so, so much for the wonderful comment and equally wonderful rating, Brenda!
Response: I am thrilled to have made something you love! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and for the great rating!
Response: What a wonderful, uplifting, day-brightening comment! Thank you for that...and (of course) for the superlative rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Wendy!
Response: Thank you, Debbie.
Response: Thank you so much, Peggy. I loved that little girl...with her homemade smock (probably a hand-me-down)...so sweet. Thank you for the great rating!
Response: OH that Mr. Bates! Really such a fabulous man...no bluster, no false bravado, just 100% man who will take care of any situation that needs taking care of!!! And that smile...
Response: As I was making it, I said (out loud!) "This one's for you, Sheryl". The beautiful lady, the soft "shabby chic" colors...just for you. XXX
Response: Oh so happy that you love this sweet little girl and her kitty! I fell in love with the vintage image...but you know I'm a cat lady, so that's a given! Thank you for your wonderful comment and the great rating!
Response: Thank you, Kay!
Response: This was a great swap...whoever hosted it is a genius! (Yeah, I know that was you.) It's fun to play with bling and feathers, and I had a LOT of fun with this ATC! Thank you for the great rating, dear friend!
Response: I had to look at my Flickr page to refresh my memory! The teensy beads are microbeads (I buy them from eBay sellers...in the nail art section, if you can believe it!). The tiny charms...well, they are adorable, aren't they? Bought from an Etsy seller called "Brass Kicker". I've never seen ultra-tiny charms elsewhere. I bought a bunch...all the seashore charms, some little hearts, Scottie dogs (!)...love them all! Thank you for your sweet comment (thank DH for me, please), and of course for the super rating! Your comment reminded me of the TV commercial..."that's not how it works"!!!
Response: I'm so happy that you like the kitty in the shoe! Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and great rating, Marisa!
Response: Wendy, thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Pat, thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating! I thought the lady in the picture was gorgeous...I wonder where she is today? I hope she is a happy, healthy old lady! It's always a pleasure to swap with you!
Response: You have totally made my day! I am thrilled that you like the twinchies...I really did love making them for you! Thank you so much for the uplifting comment, and for the super rating!
Response: Thank you so much for your sweet comment and wonderful rating, Marjorie...it's always a pleasure to swap with you, sending or receiving!
Response: I also "harvest" from envelopes and note cards! Thank you so much for another wonderful rating, and your uplifting comments, Gina!
Response: Betsy, thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Ah, you like the microbeads! They are the most troublesome craft supply...they go EVERYWHERE! But they give such a great effect. I buy them two ways; first at any craft store, in tube containers. Second (my favorite way to buy them) is through eBay sellers from China; they are in the "nail art" section, if you can imagine! They come in little containers with maybe 12 different sections of microbeads in different colors, including mixed colors. I put some white glue on my fingertip and smear it on the surface, then sprinkle the beads on top and try to press them down. Putting the ATC (or inchie) on a paper towel or paper plate first is a good idea; it captures the hundreds of beads that escape. Thanks so much for the great rating, Anita!
Response: I can't imagine stapling anything to my body...the pain! Thank you for another wonderful rating, sweet friend!
Response: I tried my best to give it more than just a blast of ORANGE! I'm so happy you like the result...thank you so much for the fabulous rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating! I know it's silly, but it gives me a thrill to address an envelope to South Africa...so exotic! With your exotic locale and the great ratings you give, you are a delightful swap partner!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: Lisa, you are my inchie swap partner...I send to you (and vice-versa) more than any other single swapper! It's always a joy to make something for you...thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: Laughing out LOUD...yes, I'm definitely a saint. Ask anyone who knows me well...and they will LOL as well! But I truly do love creating pretties for you, my dear friend, and can't thank you enough for your sweet words and wonderful ratings!
Response: This one practically made itself! I had (ahem...always have) a large, disorganized pile of images, embellishments, and odd things sitting on my craft table...I started organizing them, and your ATC was born! Thank you for the super rating!
Response: You are always the sweetest partner, dear Bev! Thank you for another wonderful rating and sweet comment!
Response: Charlie Chaplin...always good for a laugh or two! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Lisa, you've made me very happy! I kind of loved them, too... Thanks so much for another wonderful rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating, Eric!
Response: What a lovely compliment...thank you so much! And thank you also for the great rating, of course!
Response: So happy you like them...thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating and nice comment!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating, Carol!
Response: You always say the sweetest things, Kristy! Thank you for being such a lovely swap partner!
Response: And thank YOU for the super rating!
Response: Well...in my MIND I'm still the 12-year-old who rode along with a 16-year-old neighbor and her boyfriend when they went to a diner like the one on my ATC! They were so sweet to me, and I suppose when you have actual memories of that exact period in time, you might be, um, OLD! Thank you for always giving me the best ratings, sweet friend!
Response: Jackie, you've made my day! Such a lovely comment...and I have to confess, I love the way this ATC turned out for you!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and most wonderful rating! I really had fun making Clara for you!
Response: I do...I do know why Ekaterina is special to you. And you know why it was important for me to make a little labor of love for you during that time!
Response: I am loving the APCs, and thank Kristy so much for posting the APC swaps! I just finished a book about Rommel, the German "Desert Fox" during WWII, and just couldn't wait to make a WWII era APC.
Response: She is a little more risqué than my usual pin ups...and I like walking on the wild side! I am thrilled that you like her!
Response: When I misguidedly made the tiny altered puzzle pieces for a different swap, my partner said she was going to put holes in them and use them as charms on a bracelet. And I immediately thought...what a FABULOUS idea!
Response: Oh, our sweet BTCs...I do adore them, and yours are the star of my binder rings! It's something I hope we continue forever.
Response: I love them too...which is why it disturbs me to realize that I forgot her hanger! That's just wrong!!!
Response: You know how happy I was to discover Robert Best's images, particularly since your avatar is Barbie! Many thoughts of you went into each of these twinchies!
Response: I love those beautiful "retro" dresses and colors! I am thrilled that you like this homage to retro living that I made for you!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating, Beverly! It's always a joy to swap with you.
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy...thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Earl Christy...and those lovely ladies he painted! I'm so happy you like the rolo, Lisa...thank you for the great rating!
Response: Oh, so happy you like them! It's always fun swapping with you, dear!
Response: Thank your for a lovely rating, Bev!
Response: I am thrilled that you like them, Marsha! I had so much fun with all the puzzle pieces!
Response: Thank YOU so much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating! I have a squeeze bottle of "foam paint" that I used for the waves...it's really come in handy! It is a very old bottle, and it's getting hard to squeeze anything out!
Response: Thank you so much! And I happen to see many, many delightful swaps in our future!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: Those metal flakes...what a mess! They are as light as air, and land everywhere! I used my finger to dab Elmer's Glue to the top edges of the puzzle piece, then used my tweezers to stick the flakes onto the puzzle piece...pushed them down with a paper towel so they'd stick, and after the glue dried, I rubbed the edges to get rid of any loose flakes. I love the way those flakes look, and I'm so happy that you do too! Thank you so much for the fantabulous rating, Laura!
Response: Thank you so much, Jennifer!
Response: The credit goes to Laura (pennypuppy), who suggested the swap! I just finished yours, and will have them in the mail tomorrow! ******Oh, such a sweet comment...thank you so, so much, Kathryn! I am loving the puzzle pieces so much!
Response: Thank you so much for your (always) sweet comments and wonderful ratings, Barbara! Mr. Bates is up...
Response: Lois, you always put a huge smile on my face...your comments are THE BEST...it makes me happy to make ATCs for you! XXXXX
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and super rating!
Response: Brenda, you made my day! Thank you so much for your sweet comment and for the exceptional rating!
Response: Please tell me I sent you some of the charms...if I didn't, I meant to, and I will. I'll never forget that you sent me some beautiful charms not long ago! I get them from an Etsy seller called Brass Kicker...I've never seen the teensy charms anywhere else (I haven't looked very far, though, because she has a huge variety!). I am so happy that you like the ATC, and grateful for your sweet comment and superb rating!
Response: Debi, it's always a joy to create something for you! I also have changed my thoughts on using book pages; these are old books that no one wants...and we do give them new life and appreciation! Thank you so much for another lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I confess that I was happy with the way that card turned out. I couldn't resist adding the beautiful bride...just for you!
Response: LOL...as a matter of fact, I do speak Italian, having been married to a Sicilian transplant for nearly 20 years! And I say to you...Prego, cara! Baci baci!
Response: Michelle, thank you so much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you like the ATC (and those book pages!). I loved that little boy, and thought you would, too! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and exceptional rating!
Response: Thank you for the great *heart* rating!
Response: I adore pansies! There's such a variety of colors, and they have the sweetest faces. Thank you so much for your lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: You always leave the nicest, most encouraging comments, dear...thank you so much for being a lovely and gracious swapper!
Response: Tuesday, I am so happy that you like it! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and most wonderful rating!
Response: As I was working on your June pin up, I was thinking that it was perfect for you...so lovely and feminine. I am thrilled that you like it!
Response: Thank you, sweet friend. I loved making it for you!
Response: Thank you so much for your always sweet comments and great ratings, dear friend!
Response: I love twinchies...making them and receiving them! I am so happy that this set found a home with you.
Response: Gracias, senora Sheryl!
Response: I'm thrilled that you like it! And yes...I used some beautiful paper from the pad you sent for my birthday...it seemed perfect for this sweet whimsy pocket!
Response: I loved making that ATC...complete with the unhappy little twins! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Marjorie!
Response: *Laughing*...if you say so, dear. Thank you for your exceptionally generous comment and rating!
Response: Now you've made my day, Heather...thank you so much!
Response: Thank you so much for the extra nice rating!
Response: I was worried about the pale lilac parts! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and most excellent rating!
Response: I wish they didn't keep killing off characters! No Sybil, no Matthew...what's a person to do? Gina, I never became acclimated to the heat and humidity in the mid-Atlantic region! I remember waking up each morning from May through September and noticing that the windows had condensation from the air conditioned interior vs the steamy exterior! And the bugs...oh, the bugs. I love trading with you, too...thank you so much for your always wonderful comments and ratings!
Response: You are the sweetest lady, Kathryn...thank you so much for your wonderful comments and great ratings...you seriously made my week!
Response: Ooh, you've made my day...what a lovely comment! And thank you as well for the beautiful heart rating!
Response: I just read a book about a lady (a dressmaker) who, for lack of any other clientele, made fancy dresses for the soiled doves of the old west. It gave me an entirely new perspective on their lives...in so many ways, it's no different than slavery. And pregnancy meant that they were tossed out into the street and forced to make their own way...hence the high suicide rate. Thank you so much for the great rating, Laura!
Response: And thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating! You've made my day!
Response: As I squeal with delight when I read your comment! Thank you, dear Swati, for your wonderful compliment and rating!
Response: Thank you so much for a wonderful comment and (of course!) for the heart-y rating!
Response: Lois, you always bring a smile to my face...what a sweet compliment! Thank you for brightening my day, and (of course) for the superb rating!
Response: Oh, they are SO very fiddly, the little inchies! But addictive, you know? Thank you for the wonderful rating, dear!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and great rating, Peggy!
Response: I'm happy that Cupid is thriving! Thanks for another wonderful rating, dear friend!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and equally lovely rating!
Response: Thanks for your lovely comments and super ratings, Kathryn...you always know just what to say to make me smile!
Response: LOL...my pleasure, dear Kathryn! Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: You are always have such lovely comments, Bev...thank you for that!
Response: I do have a "thing" for crazy quilts...I have a Pinterest board full of beautiful ideas for a real crazy quilt of my very own! Thank you for the super rating, dear friend!
Response: Thank you, dear Kathie, for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: So happy you like it, Lisa...thanks for the super rating!
Response: Ah Kristy, it's so wonderful to have you back! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating...but mostly for coming back to us in one piece!
Response: I found the masculine inchies to be a challenge! Thank you for the wonderful rating, Anita.
Response: I thought the lady was so pretty, although I'll bet she hated that she had to wear spectacles! Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the heart rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: That stamp was a happy discovery! I was thrilled to be able to tie it all together like that. Thanks so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Barbara!
Response: I fell in love with that hot air balloon image...I knew it would be "the one" for your ATC! Thanks so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, dear!
Response: Miss Marsha, this one was a total joy to make! I'm so happy that you like it, and the little extras I included. I love having you as a swap partner!
Response: Oh gosh...which washi did I use? If I can figure it out, I'll send you a roll of it! We both know that my Marie tag doesn't compare to yours...I am not a "tagger"! What is it that makes tags so difficult for me to make? And yet I struggle with them, each and every one. Maybe a whimsy pocket will be my redemption!
Response: I'm so happy that I made you happy, Wendy! Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating, Kay!
Response: I love swapping with you...in either direction! Thank you for your sweet compliments and fabulous ratings, Georgene!
Response: Laughing...although I would LOVE to take credit for the bicycle, the truth is that it is a greeting card I received from another swapper. I save that stuff! I just know I'm going to be able to cut it up and use it...and I use my bags of "bits and pieces" more than I use all my paper pads combined! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Tara!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: We all have such fantasies about Paris. I wonder if the Parisians feel like we do, or if it's just another city to them? Full of annoying tourists...sacre bleu!
Response: I was thrilled to find this sweet Parisian Barbie! I thought of you...and your love for Barbie. I never had one of these dolls; by the time they arrived on the scene, I was just a bit too old for dolls. I made up for it when my daughter was young, though...oh, the wardrobe those dolls had! Thanks for yet another wonderful comment and rating, sweet friend!
Response: Well, you know...Marie Antoinette. She just begs for "extra" embellishment, doesn't she? I loved using all the pretty pinks for your ATC!
Response: Ah, we do love our Downton! Lord Grantham is such a regal fellow...and his faithful shadow, Isis had to be in the forefront. Thank you for another wonderful rating, dear friend!
Response: Miss Paula, I am thrilled that you like your ATC...I have a special place in my heart for the vintage pattern envelope ladies. Thanks so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Bonnie, thank you so much for the wonderful comment and superlative rating!
Response: Yes...the seashell. I knew what was going to happen if it was sent in an envelope, so I stuck it into your monthly treat box! Thank you for the super sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Yes, you've had a big impact on my use of "new" products (that I've had in my craft room for ages and ages). I'm such a creature of habit!
Response: Truthfully? She was kind of blurry and I wanted more facial definition! I think the resin magnified her lips and eyes!
Response: The little thumb-sucker stole my heart! I'm so happy you love her too! Thank you for another wonderful *heart* rating, dear.
Response: LOL...I still watch those silly movies sometimes, with Emma! Well...she is actually bored by them, but I'm still entranced with the sweetness. Such a different time...
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating...we share a love for horses, although yours is grounded in reality, and mine is very "Black Beauty" inspired!
Response: I found an Etsy seller who dries and presses flowers, and given that I have no impulse control...my ATCs (and twinchies) will be having dried flowers on them occasionally!
Response: Her dress fabric was left over from Emma's Cabbage Patch doll clothes! Little chicks all over it...so cute! Thank you for such a sweet rating.
Response: Thank you so much for the great comment and rating, Shellie!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Lisa!
Response: Beth, you are an exceptionally lovely and gracious lady. Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: With inchies, I have a love/hate relationship: 90% love, and 10% hate...although it's really more like burnout! Thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the nice comment and great rating, Troy!
Response: Anna, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Oh, I thought of you while creating each little bitty inchie, Kathie! I'm thrilled that you like them, and want to thank you for the lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Kathie, you are always so sweet...thank you very much for the great rating!
Response: That's an appropriate thing for grandparents to do, right? Love them and spoil them...and then send them home! I am so happy that you like this ATC, thanks so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: It came down to Fred and Ginger vs Sonny and Cher...but there really wasn't a choice! And I think, considering my sweet partner, I made the right choice there!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it...thank you so much for the lovely comment an great rating!
Response: I'm thrilled that you like it! Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you, Lisa!
Response: I'm so happy you like it, Beverly! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Candy!
Response: Oh, it was so much fun to make! I made an ATC version for that swap, and loved the little piggies so much I re-did them for you! Thanks for the super sweet comment and great rating, dear!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: And thank you, dear Noelle, for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Another lovely comment and rating...thank you so much for lifting my spirits!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating! It's true...I get frustrated when something that seems simple turns out to be something I can't grasp! You are a very sweet lady, Anna!
Response: Thank you so much, Barb! I love this series...I plan to continue it for a long time to come! Thanks for the wonderful rating, dear!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thanks for the wonderful rating!
Response: Debi, thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Good thing I'm sitting down! What a fantastic compliment! I'm totally on board with Marie and all sorts of roses and embellishments...I will pm you! XXX!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Lisa...the rolo was so much fun to make! It reminded me that I need to display all the beautiful inchies I've been given...they're too special to put away!
Response: The poor Queen! Imagine the shock of waking up one morning to discover that cleavage and the heart-shaped birthmark...yikes! This isn't a theme I'll be revisiting often, but every now and again it's fun. Thanks so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Nancy!
Response: What a lovely comment, Mary! Truly, you made my day! Thank you for that...and of course for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely heart-y rating, Candy!
Response: Thanks so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Mary!
Response: Ah, so happy you like the little birds! I did not make the gelli plate papers...I received a stack from Bev T, used one on my "mixed media bird" ATC (and also some of that corrugated cardboard)...I wanted to share the wealth! Thanks so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Jan!
Response: What a wonderful comment...you made my day! I hope you do add the teensy puzzle pieces to a bracelet...I love that idea, and may make a bunch more of the tiny ones just for that purpose. Cute little earrings, too...hmmmmm...you've inspired me!
Response: Oh Debi, I'm happy that it arrived safely this time! The postal service mystifies me. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: It's so funny really...it's like my fingers had a life of their own! I'm not a pirate girl...but I ended up being just that! Thank you for the most wonderful rating!
Response: Well, I had that vintage hat check ticket...and one thing led to another! It was either that, or a Cinetopia ticket stub for "Frozen", which I saw with my granddaughter. I mean...there really was no choice! Thanks for the wonderful comment and equally wonderful rating!
Response: It was fun to make, and I enjoyed every minute of it! Thanks for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating, Rose!
Response: I loved that little parakeet...she would allow me to pick her up on that first (and last) day. The pet shop staff said it was a sign that she wasn't well...maybe I'm blaming Mr. Pookie unfairly for the heart attack! Thanks so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Gina!
Response: It was my dream as well...I ignored the fact that I'm terrified of heights, get motion sickness at the drop of a hat, and I get migraines from air pressure issues. I guess it wasn't meant to be!
Response: I loved the little piggy as soon as I saw him. That tail! Thank you for another fabulous raing, Bev.
Response: Ah, sweet inchies...I do love to make them (in moderation!). Thank you for rating, dear.
Response: Such a lovely comment...and equally lovely rating...thank you so much for both!
Response: What a fabulous idea! I have so many inchies, and have thought about making an altered book...actually, an altered album...and sticking the inchies into the albums, maybe one for each season. They are just so CUTE! Thanks for the wonderful rating, Betsy!
Response: Thank you for the sweet compliment and wonderful rating!
Response: You made my day! Thanks so much for the lovely compliment, and for the equally lovely rating!
Response: That was a good movie (but oh, so sad...I can't tolerate the mistreatment of animals)! Thank you for the sweet comment and most wonderful rating, Marjorie.
Response: Thanks for the super rating, Candy!
Response: Thank you so much!
Response: Oh that hair! I just stitch the yarn bundles to the head (ouch), and then cut them for the "wild and free" look...piece of cake! Thank you so much for the heart rating!
Response: Thanks for the sweet comment and exceptional rating, dear!
Response: We can never stop the pin up series...never!
Response: Such a darling theme! Hard to go wrong...thanks so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: . Thank you for the great rating
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Laura!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Nancy!
Response: Thank you for the sweet compliment and wonderful rating, Candy!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet compliment and wonderful rating!
Response: Ros, I am thrilled that you like my interpretation of Cora! I adore Downton...I know it's not the life for me, but I can't get enough and would be happy if there was a continuous flow of episodes, 52 weeks each year! I was distraught when the "new" Upstairs/Downstairs was cancelled after one season. It's always a delight to make something for you, dear!
Response: Isn't the postal service amazing? Now you have sister ATCs...I'm happy that I didn't completely duplicate the first one, since you have two that are slightly different! Thank you for your patience, and for the lovely rating, Elke!
Response: Thanks so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Claudia!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the super rating!
Response: When I found that image, I thought "very noir"! I'm so happy you like the result. Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Oh, I'm so happy you like what I made for you! I giggled while making that ATC...a bit of gossip over tea; who doesn't love that? Thank you for the wonderful rating, dear friend!
Response: That goes both ways, dear friend...I receive as much joy and inspiration from you as you do from me! Thank you for the wonderful comments and ratings...you are a wonderful swap partner!
Response: Ylan, thank you so much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Our "twin" rolos...lol! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Cassie!
Response: That paper is by Tim Holtz, and it comes in a roll, like waxed paper! I think it IS waxed paper! There's at least one other version, too...with words and definitions going in every direction. TH is very cool! Thank you for the wonderful rating, dear!
Response: I imagine that near the end, Marie Antoinette wished she had wings so she could fly away... Thank you so much for the lovely rating, Peggy!
Response: You know I loved making them, knowing they were going to you! I do love inchies; yes, they are time consuming...but the end result is so satisfying! Thank you for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Candy!
Response: Kathryn, you've made my day! What a lovely comment...such a great compliment! Thank you for that, and (of course) for the most wonderful rating!
Response: I fell in love with those chubby cheeks, too! I am thrilled that you like the ATC, and (of course!) thrilled with the heart rating you've sent my way!
Response: Yes...finally the overdue Dresden trims! What a shock it was to read the "tag, you're it" post and discover that I'd been tagged ages ago, and had failed to notice! Thank you for the wonderful rating, Wendy!
Response: I am thrilled that you like everything...and thank you so much for the wonderful rating and heart!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating, Jennifer!
Response: Thank you for such a lovely comment...and, of course, for the wonderful rating! I'm thrilled that finals are over...such a relief!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Lisa!
Response: I know...what a life that must have been! I'm so happy you like what I made for you, dear friend. Thank you for another wonderful rating!
Response: Reading your sweet comments always puts me in a good mood...thank you for that, dear, and (of course!) for the stellar rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment and great rating! I love ballet...my daughter was a dancer, and I can probably stitch elastic onto the little Capezio practice shoes in my sleep! Some things you never forget!
Response: Laughing...yes, a veritable plethora of metallic items! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment...and of course, for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the heart-y rating! I do love making and receiving rolos!
Response: Oh, so happy to have made you happy! I believe I am "watching" most of those rolo swaps...I keep telling myself to slow down, but there are always 20 swaps on my dashboard, with scads more on my watchlist. Your themes are just great; impossible to resist!
Response: I am thrilled that you like the rolo! I am very (VERY!) fond of mermaids...thank you so much for the lovely rating.
Response: I know...such a tragedy! But oh, the glitz and glamour of that Romanov dynasty, while they lasted...they were such beautiful people.
Response: So happy to have made you happy! Thanks so much for the lovely heart rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet compliment and great rating, Brenda!
Response: Mr. Bates is my favorite Downton man...but Carson comes in second! I love his crusty attitude and incredible sense of what is right!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Beverly!
Response: Thank YOU for such a sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Oh, this one was fun to make. Seriously...once I found the "Moon River" sheet music, the rest came together in a snap!
Response: Easter themes are so sweet...all the baby chicks and bunnies...you just can't go wrong!
Response: Well...Vivien Leigh! And that beautiful southern backdrop! This was a terrific swap theme...we need to do more movie themes!
Response: I am so happy you like them! Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating, dear friend!
Response: Oh, those spoons! I have no more left...we're going to have to start buying them at thrift stores! When I saw those wings on eBay, I HAD to have them!!! And now you have them!
Response: I am thrilled that you like her, dear. Not my best, for sure...can't put my finger on why that happened...but it did!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating...I do love our twinchie swaps!
Response: This is the one with the diagonal trim...very Bollywood! Such a beautiful lady...she deserved lovely embellishments!
Response: A generous swap partner sent that little VW van, so cute! It was in a little envelope full of great embellishments...I was so happy to have a good use for it!
Response: I think Lady V is my favorite Downton character. Seriously...she is so full of piss and vinegar...what's not to love? Thank you so much for your sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Swati, you've given me such a wonderful compliment! I'm speechless...(well, almost!)...I am thrilled that you like my work, and can't thank you enough for the beautiful comments you've left here, on my profile, and also on Flickr. It's a joy to create things for you! Thank you so much for the beautiful compliment and wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet compliment and truly wonderful rating, dear!
Response: Thank you, sweet Beverly, for the lovely comment and most wonderful rating!
Response: Oh, so happy you like it! You've been missed in our little group, dear...I am thrilled that you're back in action!!!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Candy!
Response: Julie, it's always a pleasure to send ATCs to you...your sweet comments and great ratings make me so happy!
Response: Thank you so much Nancy...for the wonderful comment AND for the fantastic rating!
Response: I do love our BTCs...can't get enough! Let's keep 'em coming, dear.
Response: This was such a great series to make...TH is the most creative person EVER, and there are so many ways to instill his look into artwork!
Response: Such a wonderful theme...India...full of beautiful people and colors imaginable. This was a joy to make.
Response: Thank you for yet another wonderful comment and super rating, dear friend!
Response: LOL...I thought she looked familiar...I thought I may have used this image previously! Another example of our similar taste and style.
Response: One of my rare forays into the realm of "cute"...I am so happy you like her!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Captain!
Response: You've made my day! I am thrilled that you like it! Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and equally wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment and great rating, Claudia!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Marjorie!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it! This rolo was pure joy to make. Thanks so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, and (of course) for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating, Jennifer!
Response: I am so relieved...thrilled that it made its way to you, dear Ros! Thank you for the wonderful rating!!!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you, dear Georgene! Your comments are always so sweet, and I love getting hearts from you!
Response: Well, it's important to say thank you...right? And the worst thing is not being rated at all, although I'd rather have that than a 3 or a 1, if it came to that! Hehe...but I do love those hearts!!! You are never heartless, dear Bonnie!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Kristy!
Response: Julie, I am thrilled that you like it! Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and great rating!
Response: LOL...the more actual time I have, the less I accomplish. This is the downside of being retired! Oh Gina, it's always a pleasure to see your name as my swap partner, coming or going! Thank you so much for your lovely comment and great rating...you made my day, dear!
Response: Spring and warm. Alien concepts to me at the moment...but hope springs eternal! I love making pretty things for you, and your sweet comments and wonderful ratings make me very happy!
Response: Thank you so much, sweet friend! Before you know it, you'll be needing multiple binder rings!
Response: I really do love making inchies...there's something so sweet about them! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: You've made my day! XXXXX!
Response: As am I...to be your friend and to receive so many beauties from you! I hope we keep making each other happy in this way for a long time to come!
Response: I worried about this one getting through customs...the lumpiness of the envelope, you know! Thank you for your wonderful compliment and heart-y rating, dear!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Rosalie...for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Gosh, Colleen...you've made my day! Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and rating! My favorite "Happy Bunny" was the one with the lip imprint on his bum...and he was pointing to it...I know what he was saying! This was a fun theme!
Response: Thank you so much for the beautiful comment, and (of course) for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and lovely rating, Tuesday!
Response: Those tiny jewels...I bought them from an eBay seller in China. They are for acrylic fingernail decoration! I put a little puddle of Elmer's glue on my work surface, and use long skinny tweezers to pick up the gems, place them into the glue, and then place them onto the design. Yes...labor intensive! And the buttons were from my stash of crazy quilting decorations...some are vintage, and some are not...I wanted you to love her! Thank you so much for the lovely comments and equally lovely rating, dear!
Response: Thank you so much! I hope you join the Downton ATC series in the Vintage Café group...we're starting with Lady Violet (my favorite character!).
Response: And thank YOU so much, dear Cocoa, for the super-sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Beverly!
Response: Thank you so much, Barb! I truly did love making this ATC; I gathered my most "regal" papers and images...thank you for the super rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Allegrae!
Response: *Laughing*...who exactly messed up here? Thank you for your consistently sweet comments and ratings, dear friend!
Response: Thank you so much for the nice comment and super rating!
Response: How shall we display these tiny treasures? I am stymied. They don't fit in any standard category...
Response: Did I cheat? (LOL...I may have!) Thank you for your sweet comment and great rating, dear friend.
Response: Thank you so much, Laura...for the sweet comment, and for the wonderful rating!
Response: You've made my day, Valerie! Thank you so much for the wonderful compliment AND for the great rating!
Response: Penny, thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating! Take care, dear.
Response: It is always a thrill to see your name as my "send to"...I love sending my creations to a good home!
Response: Thank you, sweet friend! Your lovely comments and ratings mean the world to me!
Response: I come and go where inchies are concerned...love them, then get burned out on them...but I always end up loving them again! I love creating pretties for you, dear!
Response: I am so pleased that you like this one! It was a remake...the first one was not up to par...and I'm so happy that this one turned out to be "Sheryl-worthy"!!!
Response: I've been a fan of purple for years and years...and the Pantone color of the year is "Radiant Orchid"...so break out your purple-y beads and start making trendy jewelry!
Response: It will make you giggle to know that I bought a strand of plastic "crystals" in amethyst specially for her tail...but then couldn't find them in any of my bead boxes. After she was in the mail, of course I found her tail...I must make another purple/lavender dotee soon, before I lose them again!
Response: I am struggling with the housing issue as well. They don't fit well into ATC sleeves, they don't hang...what will we do with our adorable tickets???
Response: One of my rare "cute" ATCs! Sometimes those sweet little images just grab me...thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: I see them continuing into perpetuity...ring after ring of beautiful BTCs hanging everywhere! I loved this one too! (Is it wrong to say that?) I loved making it, and knew you'd love it too.
Response: You are such a sweetheart!
Response: Thank you so much, Marjorie! It's always a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: It's always a pleasure to swap with you, Vanne. You are a true delight...thank you so much for your sweet comments and the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Barbara...I admire your work so much that it's a bit intimidating to see your name as my "send to"!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it...thanks so much for the nice comment and super rating!
Response: Oh, she was so much fun to make for you! Thanks so much for the wonderful rating and sweet comment, Gina!
Response: Thank you so, so much for the lovely comment and heart, dear friend...it means the world to me!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating, Corinne!
Response: Thank you so much, dear! Your comments are always so thoughtful and specific...I love that! And are you loving binder trading cards as much as Sheryl and I are? I can't get enough of them!
Response: Peggy, the "white mesh" is drywall mesh. It costs $5 at Wal Mart for a huge roll (it's in the home improvement area), and is sticky-backed. You can dab it with ink pads to change the color...I'm loving it so much! And thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Wendy!
Response: Thanks so much, Candy...I feel the same way about receiving swaps from you!
Response: Thanks so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Marjorie!
Response: Amputation is never to be undertaken lightly...I really stew about it before I hack off someone's arms or legs! And I do love to climb over the top of ATCs...as long as they fit into those little pockets, I'm good with it! You are always one of my favorite partners...and you never fail to rate me so sweetly!
Response: Thank you so much, Beverly!
Response: Jackie, thanks so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I am thrilled for you...it's wonderful to have love in the air! Thank you (as always) for your sweet comment and wonderful rating, dear.
Response: Thank you, Wendy...they were fun to make!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful *heart* rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I thought I'd reached my quota of great cities of the world when I finished Chicago (I suppose I have a short attention span!), but I couldn't wean myself away from that theme-within-a-theme! Dubai...amazing. Next up: Edinburgh!
Response: Maybe Gidget's beach is sunny...the beaches here in Oregon and Washington are in full storm mode, which is awesome to see, but certainly doesn't invite lounging near the surf!
Response: An unintentional bonus! Red roses for Valentine's Day, so sweet...perfect for you!
Response: We have Corinne Marie to thank for the inspiration...but wow, have we ever taken off on the BTCs! Another swap that must continue forever!
Response: It is very hard to contain hair made of feathers! My own hair has a similar texture, so I know this for a fact!
Response: Our dog tag swaps must never stop...we might stick other altered things in there occasionally, but the dog tags are very special to both of us.
Response: I also love carnations! The fresh, spicy fragrance gets me every time...and they last longer than any other cut flower! Excellent choice for a theme, dear!
Response: Ah...Lady Mary! On damask! This image worked so well with the deep red (garnet) theme...
Response: Thank you, sweet friend! It's almost impossible to have too many valentines, right?
Response: I am thrilled to have made you happy...and this wonderful rating has made ME very happy!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you like your ATC! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the sweet comment and super rating, Bev!
Response: Thank you so much, Candy!
Response: What a wonderful comment! So encouraging! Okay...I will reconsider the 4x6 format; I can only improve with practice, right? Just seemed like so much SPACE to fill!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you for the super rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Gina!
Response: Debra, thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like them, Lisa. I did love the super-glam India images and embellishments!
Response: Your comments and hearts mean the world to me, dear friend! XXX
Response: Bev, it is such a pleasure creating for you! Thank you so much for your lovely comments and great ratings!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you love this one...it's one of my favorites, too! Thank you so much for your wonderful comments and ratings!
Response: Hehe...that lasted for three swaps, and then I got a bit burned out on the cities of the world! On to dolls and dogs!!!
Response: Thank you, sweet friend...your compliments mean the world to me!
Response: And thank YOU so much for the wonderful comment and the great rating!
Response: Thank you, Sharon. I had a lot of fun making your ATC!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Laura! I have fallen in love with the drywall netting.....who knew it came in a huge roll? Very versatile. However, after trimming it, I discovered the leftovers stuck to the bottom of my socks...to the carpet...even to a cat!
Response: My fingers aren't very big...but my needle-nose tweezers are perfect for those teensy details! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and most wonderful rating, dear!
Response: I am so very happy you like my inchies...and also thrilled by the wonderful rating! I do indeed love making inchies (sometimes they seem to fiddly, however...I go back and forth!), and I truly enjoyed making these for you.
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely rating!
Response: I have a sinking feeling that one set was supposed to go to Australia! I've been blaming the postal service...could it possibly have been a mistake on my part? Inconceivable! (Very conceivable, actually.) Thank you for the lovely comments and wonderful rating, dear!
Response: I confess that this one was a special favorite of mine...and it was actually enjoyable to make it again for you! Thanks so much for your kindness and for the wonderful ratings!
Response: I also hope that the originals are being enjoyed by...someone! It was traumatic to have three of my swaps to you disappear, but it was a pleasure to re-visit these for you!
Response: Thank you, sweet friend, for the kind words and wonderful rating. I am thrilled that this batch made it to you!
Response: First, thank you for the super rating, dear! Okay, now for business: the trim is called Dresden foil trim, and you can buy it from Etsy and/or eBay...or from collagestuff.com. The little Eiffel Tower is a brad, and I'm sure I bought it from an eBay seller.
Response: I am thrilled that you like it...thanks so much for the super rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you like it! Thanks so much for the wonderful rating.
Response: Marjorie, thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Rose!
Response: Hanna, thank you so much for your sweet comment and great rating! I got the ATC backing sheets online...a free download. The template has 8 ATC backs on each sheet; you can print as many as you want!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful rating! I knew this wasn't a "traditional" January ATC, and was hoping you'd like it.
Response: And hearts right back, dear Jan! It's always a delight to make something for you...and to receive something from you, as a matter of fact! I always smile when I see that you're my partner.
Response: It's such a pleasure to create something for my BFF...I'm thrilled that you like it!
Response: Valerie, thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: I'm so happy that you like it; it was a pleasure to make this ATC for you! Thanks so much for the wonderful rating.
Response: Barb, thank you so much for the great rating...please keep these great swaps coming!
Response: Thank you so much for the super rating!
Response: What lovely comment! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating. Till we meet again...
Response: I am thrilled that you like the California collage! It was so much fun to make!
Response: Heather, I am thrilled that you like them...my favorite was the "boys" inchie...I have boys, too (older than you now, my dear!).
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating, Joy!
Response: Thanks for the great rating, Beverly!
Response: This one was just fun to make. Loved the theme...so many possible interpretations! And of course I loved making it for you!
Response: She felt special to me...I was crushed when I thought she'd gone astray! I'm so happy that she (and her stag) are safe at home now. XXX!
Response: Laura, thank you for the sweet comment and the great rating!
Response: Lisa, you're a sweetheart. Seriously. Thank you so much for your trust, and for your excellent ratings. Replacement inchies are en route!
Response: Bonnie, thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: You know what they say: it's the little things! And inchies are really VERY little things! It's always a pleasure creating with you in mind, dear!
Response: Linda, you've made my day! What a beautiful comment you left! You have completely changed my mind about never making another button fairy. I actually learned a lot from this lady, and it would be a shame to waste that newfound knowledge, right? Thank you so, so much for your encouragement!
Response: Thank you so much, Colleen! I was thrilled to have an opportunity to use one of those sweet Japanese "lucky kitty" charms!
Response: Gina, thank you so much for your lovely comment and for the super rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: What a lovely thing to say! To think that I'm an inspiration to someone! Thank you so much for the day-brightening comment, and for the wonderful rating, dear!
Response: Yes! Exactly like you, dear! Thank you for the wonderful rating...you are unfailingly sweet to me.
Response: I am thrilled that you like it all. Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like your ATC! Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Oh my! Barely saved myself from falling off the chair! You've made my day...NO! You've made my MONTH! What an amazing comment...even the cats can see that I'm blushing furiously! I am so happy that I made you happy, dear friend!
Response: And I owe you one. Where could have that little twinchie have hidden? This room...it's daunting! But I'll find her, or I'll make you another!
Response: Little clones of each other, in true matryoshka fashion! I loved playing with my glaze pens...loved this whole theme! We'll be doing this one again, right?
Response: Poor Olga...she looked more like she was coming back from the well than like a fancy matryoshka! She looked a lot different in my imagination than she did when sitting on the craft table!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful rating! I had a lot of fun with this theme.
Response: I loved everything about this theme! Once I saw the window die cut, I was revved and ready to go! I usually have a kitty in one of my windows...it seemed like the right thing to do, hehe!
Response: They took quite some time to arrive, didn't they? So glad you received, and equally happy that you like them. Thank you so much for hosting all the great inchie swaps, dear!
Response: Thank you so much, dear! I loved making it for you! That is a wonderful compliment you gave me; you made my day!
Response: It was her gorgeous eyes that hooked me! She was adorable...nothing to do with me! (Hastening to add...thanks so much for the wonderful comment and rating!!!)
Response: I am grateful to our Down Under friends for hosting summery swaps in the dead of our winter! It was wonderful to create a Snow Queen and then move on to the boardwalk!
Response: And thank YOU so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, Beverly!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: And thank YOU so much for the lovely rating, dear Sharon!
Response: What an absolutely lovely comment, Robin! Thank you for that, and also for the wonderful rating!
Response: I actually thought about adding the marijuana leaf charm I received from a swapper in Holland, but thought it might be overkill! Thanks so much for the great rating, dear!
Response: I am so happy you like it all! Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: You are consistently sweet, dear Bev! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating!
Response: I am so happy you like the inchies...thanks very much for the sweet *heart* rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Wendy!
Response: Thanks so much, Candy!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: This was the first of (hopefully) many altered key swaps, dear friend!
Response: Thank you, dear Sharon...here's hoping that you DID get a present like that under your tree!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Elizabeth, you made my day! Thank you so much for the lovely comment and rating...this was my very first altered key, but it won't be my last!
Response: Oh, you know...it's a little container of DecoArt foam paint. From a long time ago...I think it came in a package of crafty stuff from a thrift store!
Response: I loved making it for you, dear. Thank you for the wonderful heart rating!
Response: This was a fun swap! Thank you for another super rating, dear!
Response: Grace, thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating! And my best wishes to you for a lovely holiday season!
Response: It really is that easy, dear! A bit messy...but what's new? I manage to make an incredible mess with paper and embellishments and glue! BTW, thanks so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: Colleen, you made my day! Thanks so much for the lovely comment and the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Sharon!
Response: And thank you so much for the sweet comment and super rating!
Response: Oh, it is marshmallow cream, I think! Kidding...it's an antique squeeze bottle full of something called "foam paint". I'm sure I didn't buy it; I must have collected it along the way. Thanks for the super rating, dear!
Response: Kathryn, you always leave the sweetest comments...I feel happy after reading them! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the nice compliment, and nice rating!
Response: It's always such a pleasure to send my "treasures" to you, dear! Thank you for the super rating...you always lift my spirits.
Response: Thank you so much for the great *heart* rating!
Response: It's always a pleasure to see your name as my swap partner...in either direction! Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you like the ATC I made for you, dear...thank you not only for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, but for hosting the most amazing swaps!
Response: Ha ha! I always loved to color...just like you! I spent many happy hours with my crayons and coloring books. And paper dolls.
Response: I am so happy you like it! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating.
Response: It's always a pleasure to swap with you, Nancy...thanks so much for the lovely rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating, Georgene!
Response: I know I got it at a craft store (Michaels, I do believe)...I think it might have been in the real artist section, rather than in the paper crafts area...but I could be wrong about that. It was a fluke that I found it, since I spend very little time in the "real artist" section of any store!
Response: Yes, fun. Definitely messy. Hopefully I can refine the process as I play! Thanks for the wonderful rating, dear Laura!
Response: Marsha, it's always a pleasure to see your name in the "send to" field! Take good care of yourself, please...and enjoy the holidays to the fullest!
Response: Ah yes, the gelli plate. It's quite literally, a gelatin-like material (plastic, I think) to which you apply paint and textured items. Then you stick a piece of paper onto the surface to transfer the colors and designs. Repeat as often as you like, using the same paper, until you have a wild design that thrills you. (I've never reached the thrilled point...but it I keep practicing, I'm sure it will come!)
Response: I am so, so happy you like it, Kristy! I really enjoyed making it for you. Thanks so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Yeah, that's me...Ms. Smarty Pants! I am thrilled that you like the result, dear...it's always a pleasure to send something to you!
Response: You are so welcome, dear! Thank you so much for the sweet heart!
Response: You made my day! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating! Oregon and Washington are exceptionally beautiful states, IMHO!
Response: Thank so much for the lovely rating, and I send wishes for a wonderful holiday season back to you!
Response: I am thrilled that you enjoyed your mail! Thank you for the wonderful rating and super-sweet comment!
Response: Thank YOU for the great rating!
Response: You are always so sweet to me, Heather! Thank you for the super rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Rose!
Response: Ah, Georgene...that covered button! It is a genuine vintage button, shared by another swapper who knows my fascination with buttons. I was surprised to find one in my stash that worked so well with the French Country papers! Thanks (as always) for the super rating, dear!
Response: Thank you, Laura! I get the Dresden from collagestuff.com, they have a wonderful selection and their prices are reasonable.
Response: Just having you back in the neighborhood is fabulous, dear...and thanks for the super sweet rating and heart!
Response: So happy you like your leafy ATC, dear! Thanks so much for the sweet comments and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: Thank you, Candy!
Response: Laura, I am so happy that you like it! It's true...I start with a pile of scraps I've collected from all over, and start playing. Truly, the best part of my day is spent at the craft table!
Response: Well, you've made my day! Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a lovely comment...and of course for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Kristy, I love that you love your kitties! I saw those images...and I had that beaded chain (which, in fact, is called rosary chain!)...and I knew they had to go together. Thank you for your sweet comment and the great rating!
Response: I thought so, too! What a gorgeous young man! I wonder if he's still alive today?
Response: You are so sweet, Kathie! Thanks for the wonderful rating, dear.
Response: You are simply the best, dear...it's always a pleasure to craft something for you!
Response: Thank you so much, dear, for your sweet comments and the beautiful little red heart!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment, dear!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Well, you made my day! I'm so happy that you like the can can girls...I had a lot of fun making your ATC, and appreciate your sweet comments and great rating!
Response: Yes. About the little black dots along the right side...those are little dots of black ("graphite") paint, from a line called "My Paper World". It's called paper pen, and comes in a variety of colors. I use this color more than any of the others. And thanks for yet another super rating, dear friend!
Response: Oh, I'm thrilled that you like this one...I did, too! Thank you for the lovely compliment and great rating, dear!
Response: They are definitely the weaker sex, dear. Just sayin'...
Response: So happy it arrived...and that you are pleased with it! Thank you for the super-sweet rating, Tuesday!
Response: I've always loved elephants, and when I found this image, I was done for! I am so happy that you like my representation of these amazing creatures.
Response: I hadn't thought about it until now, but you are right! Elephants and ballerinas...oh my! Thank you so much for the great rating, Bev!
Response: You are always so complimentary...and you consistently give me hearts, which makes me so happy!
Response: That's funny...but we mostly "shop" in the same place, I suppose!
Response: I love binder cards, too...and I love the variety we're accumulating!
Response: I had more fun with this dotee than since Megan (dotee #1)...thank you for this inspiring theme!
Response: It's hard to go wrong with vintage children; so beautifully dressed in their lace collars!
Response: I guess this proves that anything can be made into a charm, right? I bought a "grab box" from an Etsy seller ages ago, and that vintage brass comb was in it, along with some silverplated silverware. If only I could cut (saw) metal...I'd make us some jewelry!
Response: Just when I'd decided to give up making tags forever...
Response: I loved making this one! Thank you for the super-sweet rating, dear!
Response: Kathryn, I am thrilled that you like your ATC! Your sweet comment and great rating mean the world to me!
Response: No, no...it's definitely a photo of you! I stole it off Facebook. Okay, kidding...she's a stunner, isn't she? In my next life, maybe I'll be pin up material; in this life...not so much. Thank you so much (as always!) for the super-sweet rating, dear!
Response: You're such a sweetie, Bev! I used to think that Jacqueline Bisset was the epitome of beauty and elegance...actually, I still do think that! Thank you so much for the great rating and the heart, dear!
Response: Peggy, thank you so much for the lovely compliment and great rating!
Response: Amy, I am so happy you like the ATC I made for you! I had such fun with this theme...thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful rating, Marjorie!
Response: Leopards are travelers, Beverly...even paper leopards! Thank you so much for the super-sweet comments and great rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like them! Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Robin!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Sharon...it's always a joy to swap with you!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Chrissy!
Response: Thank you so much for the super-sweet comment and lovely rating, Kathie. I wanted to share my fabulous Italian paper; it's so ornate and beautiful!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Finding that image felt like serendipity to me! It's from a 1945 issue of a Paris magazine. Thank you so much for the lovely comment and heart-y rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment and great rating, dear!
Response: So, so happy you like everything, dear! It's always a pleasure swapping with you. Yes, I did make the decoupage wooden tiles, by the way...ages ago!
Response: I am so familiar with the "hiding from me" scenario...I join so MANY swaps! Thank you, sweet friend, for the heart-y rating!
Response: You probably felt better after high wine than I did after high tea! Thank you so much (as always) for the sweet comment and lovely rating!
Response: Thanks for the sweet comment and wonderful rating, dear! It's always a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: Kathie, you are always such a sweetheart. Thank you so much for your lovely comment and also for the heart!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating, Laura!
Response: I'm so happy that you like them! It's always such a pleasure swapping with you, dear!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Rose!
Response: So happy you like it all, Georgene! It's always a pleasure to swap with you! Thanks for the super rating, dear!
Response: I'm absolutely thrilled that you were...you know! Thanks for the wonderful comment and also for the heart!
Response: Jan, thank YOU so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Brenda!
Response: And thank you so much for the wonderful rating, Lisa!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and super-sweet rating, Angie! XOXO right back!
Response: *Blush*...thanks so much for all the sweetness, Kristy! It's always a joy swapping with you, either coming or going!
Response: Thank you, dear Kristy! Your compliments mean the world to me...and thanks also for the super rating!
Response: Thank you for being so sweet and generous with your comments and rating!
Response: Ah, Wendy...such a sweetie! Thank you so much for the heart-y rating!
Response: *Blush*! It's all reciprocated, dear!
Response: Ah. The Barbie era...did you ever sew Barbie clothes? The most difficult doll clothes, due to the 2.5-inch waist!!! Thanks for the hearts and hugs...I'm sending them right back to you!
Response: I'm so happy you liked it, Kevin...and thank you for the great rating!
Response: And thank you for the nice rating!
Response: It's always a pleasure to swap with you, Beverly...thanks so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the spooktacular comment, and for the sweet rating!
Response: I used to dream about having my own gypsy caravan, decorating it as I saw fit. It seemed like the ultimate lifestyle when I was 13 or so! Thanks for the great rating, Jill!
Response: LOL...your charms are my tags! Always striving. Me, not you. Charms are easier for me, all the beading is easier for some reason that creating a charm. Go figure.
Response: Yes! Yes, I was drinking happy juice while making Arabesque! I suspect she may have done too many pirouettes...her hair may have suffered...but if she had thighs, they would be toned!
Response: I love the twinchies, too. They are somehow easier for me to make than anything else. I sit down with a pile of scraps and before I know it...a twinchie is born!
Response: I keep hoping I'll improve with practice!
Response: There's just "something" about a silhouette. Something special. Thanks so much for the sweet words and sweet rating!
Response: Many thanks, and many hugs...Madame was truly such fun to make!
Response: Thanks so much for the lovely comment and the great rating, Peggy!
Response: Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: Thrilled that you like it...and I wish more than anything that we were sitting across a table from each other, chatting and laughing!
Response: I can always count on you to lift my spirits, dear! Thank you for the sweet comment and the heart rating.
Response: Audrey...beautiful Audrey. Thank you for the great rating dear!
Response: It's always a pleasure to swap with you, Georgene! Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: I've really enjoyed the series, and hope it comes around again! Thanks for the great rating, Karen.
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet heart!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like it! Thanks for the wonderful rating, Betsy.
Response: I did it backward, I fear. Found an image I loved, and then couldn't bear to "Halloween" it up! Not exactly the spirit of the swap, so thank you for the sweet comments and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating, Jackie...and for the sweet comment, too!
Response: And thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: So happy you like it...and thank you very much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Marjorie!
Response: Thank you so much, for the compliment and for the great rating!
Response: So happy you are pleased with them! Thanks for the wonderful rating, Janis!
Response: Happy to oblige, dear...and thanks so much for the super rating!
Response: I am so happy you like your ATC! It's really thrilling to get sweet comments like yours...thanks so much for the heart rating, too!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful rating and sweet comments!
Response: And a zillion hearts right back, Kathryn, for making me feel so wonderful! I am thrilled that you love the ATC; once I saw those elephants, it was all over for me...I knew they were coming to live with you! It's always a joy to see your name, either coming or going!
Response: That's a lovely compliment! Thanks so much for the kind words, and for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating, Lisa...it's always a joy swapping with you!
Response: Ah, the glitter stars! I don't have a brand name for the stars, but I will make sure you get some the next time I send a swap to you. I have another kind also...it's silver glitter with stars mixed in, and it's by "Creatology" and is called Fairy Sparkles. I used it on my last mermaid ATC. I'll send a wee envelope of them, too!
Response: Thanks for the sweet comment and great rating, Heather!
Response: Thanks for the sweet compliment, Bonnie! I used my favorite Sakura glaze pens...and I sprayed the finished product with fixative to stop any bleeding/smudging. Yes, the tissue is a Tim Holtz product; it comes in a box and on a roll like waxed paper. Which it is, I suppose!
Response: It's hard to go wrong with Elizabeth Taylor! Thank you (as always, dear) for the lovely comments and heart rating!
Response: Inchies are great...you can do a little, or you can do a lot! Thanks for the super sweet rating!
Response: I made the elephant paper! I found some images I liked, and did a bunch of layering/collaging until I liked what I saw. The elephants wouldn't let go of me...I had to use them! (Lots and lots of tricky cutting, though.) Thanks so much for the super rating!
Response: This one was tons of fun. I started in a corner, and went from there. No plan; totally seat of the pants creating! I'm thrilled that you like it, and thank you for the lovely rating and heart!
Response: Ah, Bev...it's always a pleasure to create with you in mind! You're the gold standard of swappers...we should all aspire to be so talented and so giving!
Response: So happy you like it! Thanks very much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you Mandy...it's a pleasure to create for you!
Response: We are so much alike it's either funny or scary! (I'm choosing funny.) I almost chose the same image that Bev Giggins chose...we are all three "Pindred spirits"!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating, Peggy. I get the skeleton leaves from a variety of Etsy sellers...you can find anything on Etsy!
Response: I am so happy you like it! Thank you very much for the 5 and the heart!
Response: I'm happy that you like it, Dave. Thank you so much for the nice comment, and for the super rating!
Response: I am so SO happy you like it! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Where would we be without Pinterest? And why didn't I come up with the idea for it?
Response: It was the people music that got me! Thanks so much for the sweet rating, dear.
Response: If you say so, dear. And you are unfailingly kind and generous when rating!
Response: So, so happy you like them! I am very fond of making twinchies...thank you so much for the lovely comment and super rating!
Response: It's always a pleasure to swap with you, Marsha. I'm happy that you're doing better, but I know that it's a long and winding road to recovery...I sure hope you have more good days than bad.
Response: It's hard to go wrong with Audrey, for sure. I am so happy that you like what I did with her!
Response: I was so happy to have a reason to make this ATC for you! I love the sweet lady in her pink "romper", and I'm thrilled that you like her, too!
Response: I took a single earring (lost the partner!) off the ear wire and used it as a dangle. So inspired! Aren't we adept at "making do"? You've inspired me to use embellishments in different ways, dear.
Response: Please. My tags are a definite work in progress. Do you recognize the beautiful fall embellishments you sent for my birthday? I cut off the top of the package for easy access, but think they are K & Company...they're what made the tag pretty!
Response: Thrilled that you like it! You always leave the nicest comments!
Response: You know I was roughly inspired by Cassandra's key chain...the lady in profile, with the gold leaf around the edge. This is a very simple version of that theme...I love how full our binder rings are getting!
Response: We do love our Pinterest images!
Response: Yes, the poor little thing had a rough trip. I am so happy that she is safe and with all her "sisters"...and that she is well loved by her new mother!
Response: I was worried, because I thought maybe the idea of the swap was to use multiple book pages...but it just came together this way, and I couldn't bear to mess with it! Thank you so much for the sweet compliment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and wonderful rating!
Response: This one wouldn't come together for the longest time...I had a preconceived idea of what I wanted, but it wasn't working out. Then I thought of the Arabian horses, and it all fell into place! I ended up liking it so much that I did a set of twinchies also in the Arabian Nights theme. Thanks so much for your sweet comments and great ratings, dear!
Response: Ooh, so happy you like her!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating, Rose!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, and of course for the great rating!
Response: Kathie, you are always such a sweetheart! Thanks for the wonderful compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the super rating, my friend...it's always a pleasure swapping with you!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating, Mandy!
Response: Thank you for the heart-y rating!
Response: Nancy dear, you never fail to lift my spirits. Thank you so much for the sweet comments and wonderful ratings!
Response: I am so happy you like it! Thanks for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the compliment, and for the super rating, Rebecca!
Response: Heather, thank you so much for the sweet compliment and (of course) for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating, Gina.
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for your patience...I'm happy that the postal service accepted my new, improved envelope! Thanks for the great rating, Joan!
Response: Wow, wow, WOW! Thanks for the wonderful compliment and for the great rating, Kristy!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you, Laura...for the compliment, and for the wonderful rating!
Response: I'm happy to have made you happy! Thanks so much for the nice rating!
Response: Thank you so much...I'm thrilled that you like her! Thanks also for the super rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for the lovely rating!
Response: I am thrilled that it arrived, and that you like it! Thanks so much for the super rating, dear!
Response: You've made me so happy! Thank you for the lovely comment, and also for the great rating!
Response: Thank YOU so much for the great rating! I'm thrilled that you like both ATCs!
Response: This certainly wasn't my best, dear...so your rating is very generous! And not to have noticed that enormous...well...let's just say that I'm thrilled that this swap is over. Next time will be much better, I promise!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy...you truly are the queen of generosity, dear. I love swapping with you! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: I love your swaps, Vanne...missed you terribly while you were on hiatus! Thanks for being such a sweetheart, and for the super rating!
Response: I love sending ATCs to you! I love seeing your work on Flickr, reading your comments on Pinterest boards, and...well...I just love knowing you, Bev. You are such a sweet lady!
Response: Clever? Don't know about that, dear...this technique was a toughie for me. So happy you like the result, and thank you for the super rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like it! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: I'm thrilled that you like her, Bev. Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for your patience...how could I have missed the "make 2 rolos" part of the swap description? Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: So happy that you like it! Thanks for the super rating!
Response: Thank you so much for your sweet comment, and for the lovely rating, Bev!
Response: Awwww...thanks so much, Tommie!
Response: Sadly, they've all been partitioned into apartments...no one can really afford to live in a whole one any more!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating, Kristy!
Response: Come back to us soon, Candy!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating, Peggy.
Response: I am absolutely thrilled that you love it! I had a great time making this ATC for you, and thank you so much for the *5* hearts!!!
Response: Oh, honey. This falls into the category of "No, of course those jeans don't make your butt look fat". As always, you are sweeter than I deserve!
Response: This is a smaller version of the necklace I made recently for a "stash" bead blog hop. I bought 3 of them...1 large, and 2 small. I gave the large one to my Lisa, and one of the smaller ones to my bestie, Sheryl. That leaves one...
Response: I give back what is given to me. You've been such a dear friend, and the best swap partner I could ever imagine.
Response: You are so very welcome. I love our BTCs (shout out to Corinne Marie for the inspiration!)...let's never stop!
Response: Dear, we are not "winter" ladies...our peachy blonde skin tones do not go well with bright red lipstick! But I'm so happy that you like this lady...I did too!
Response: You are always a pleasure to swap with, Georgene. I'm happy that I made you happy...and thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Oh no...I wonder if I did something wrong with the envelope? Like maybe I forgot to tape the flap? But I'm happy that the ATC arrived safely, and thrilled that you love it. Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Julie, your sweet comment is worth more than many, many hearts! Thank you for being such a lovely swap partner.
Response: So happy you like your geisha, Bev...thanks so much for the sweet comments and the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like it! Thanks for the wonderful rating.
Response: I'm so happy you like it! A wonderful swapper gifted me three of the pressed flowers, and I used the last of them for this ATC. Thanks for the heart, too!
Response: Thanks for the great rating!
Response: I had to really force myself not to dislike the little girl on my ATC...it's not her fault she's a distant relative of the dreadful Honey BooBoo! My dear, those "pages" are by Tim Holtz, who is much more creative than me! They come in a box with a cutter like wax paper. In fact, they are made of something very much like wax paper, don't you think? They're wonderfully versatile; you can see through them, so layering is always an option. Thanks so much for the super rating!
Response: I'm so happy to have made you happy! And thank YOU so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Drooling...so envious of your pie experience! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Yes, they are just like me. (Hehe.) Thanks for another heart-y rating!!!
Response: I'm so happy you like them! Thanks for the sweet comment, and for the wonderful rating!
Response: Gosh, thanks! That's a wonderful compliment...and thanks also for the super rating!
Response: Thanks, Deb...you're such a sweetie!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Jackie, you are the most generous of swap partners. Thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thanks for the super rating, Ky!
Response: Gosh, thanks Patty...for the sweet comments and the great rating!
Response: Ah, thank you so much! I always enjoy swapping with you!
Response: Ah, yes...Miss Emma! Since you are my favorite swapper, you are Emma's favorite swapper, too. Well, you are her only swap partner...but still her very favorite! She does love to embellish...
Response: I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for a wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the super rating!
Response: I am a scavenger at heart! Thanks so much for the sweet comment and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating! I loved making this rolo for you.
Response: This is actually for the color series...which was titled "Pretty in PInk"...there's another rose ATC for the flower series! You can check my Flickr page, and if you didn't receive the (yellow) rose ATC, I'll make another for you! But thanks for the wonderful rating, Bev!
Response: Thanks so much for the lovely compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely compliment and equally lovely rating, Peggy!
Response: Oh, so happy you like the clock! I'm always thrilled to have you as my swap partner.
Response: Thanks so much, my sweet friend! I'm thrilled that you like the ATC...and thrilled, as always, for the many hearts!
Response: And thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: I am so happy you liked the ATC, and I knew the napkin was going to a good home! Thanks for the wonderful rating.
Response: The picture was harvested from an envelope sent by another swapper! I've been saving it for the longest time...and I just felt that the time was right to share! Thanks so much for the fabulous rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, and for the stellar rating!
Response: Oh, those dismal results! I've had so many...yikes! Thanks for the wonderful comment, and the super rating!
Response: My mother wore pedal pushers (remember those?) and cute blouses, and baked bread and kept an immaculate house. Ah, the good old days!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment, Candy. Truly, it means the world to me!
Response: I love this image, too! I may have taken this image from your Pinterest page...it's remotely possible! Thank you for the stellar rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating and (most of all) for the encouraging words! You are a wonderful swap partner!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Wow! Thanks for the wonderful compliments and super rating! I bought a 360-sheet 12x12 pad of paper at Michaels...it's by KC & Co (or something like that!), and I've been cutting the pages into note-sized pieces, using decorative punches on the edge, and calling them note cards. The paper pad is so thick...I may never use it all up!
Response: Kathie, I'm blushing from the compliments! It was a pleasure to make that ATC, and I loved putting it all together for you. Thanks also for the great rating and the heart!
Response: So, so happy you like the rolo! Thanks for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy that you like it! Thank you so much for the wonderful rating, too!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating...I feel bad, since the swap-bot computer seems to pair you with me so often. I hope you are getting the chance to swap with others, too!!!
Response: Thank you so much Sharon...for the compliment, and for the lovely rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you, Kathryn! You can find Dresden trim on etsy or ebay; there are tons of trims available...different sizes; stars, shells, fleur de lis; different colors!
Response: Thank you so much, Kathie! I appreciate the great rating, and the sweet heart!
Response: Oh, loving the btc's! I can't wait to have a big, whopping binder ring just full of gorgeousness!
Response: Hehe...inchies!!!
Response: I love them, too. I don't know why I put off making them until the end of each month...I keep thinking I have all kinds of time, but then it's the end of the month and time has run out! I am trying to make them a bit different...not so much like they're all related!
Response: ***Blushing***...
Response: I think someone in China sold me 1,000,000 of those tiny spacers...you know I have an addiction to buying in bulk!
Response: Doing a happy dance here! I am so tickled that you love the ATC! I wanted to make something as nice as the one you made for me...without making it too similar. Thanks for the super rating, too!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Jackie.
Response: I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the lovely compliment and great rating!
Response: I'm so happy that you're happy! Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thanks for the great rating, Julie!
Response: Thanks for the great rating, Deb!
Response: Thanks so much for the sweet compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating, Corinne!
Response: I'm so happy you like them! Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you, Beverly...I'm happy that it arrived, and happy that you like it. Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thanks for the great rating, Candy.
Response: So disappointing...yes, the gear was attached to the lace. Sorry for that! Thank you for the great rating and lovely compliment!
Response: Thanks for the compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you, Sharon.
Response: So happy to have made you happy! Thanks for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment and great rating!
Response: I'm thrilled that you like it, Peggy! Thanks for the sweet comments and great rating!
Response: I'm so happy that you like it! Thanks for the lovely rating, Laura!
Response: Tons of joy here! Wish I could take credit for the popping pansies, but it's a cutout from a lovely little greeting card. I have some perfume bottles and teacups, too. Hey, I should share some with you!
Response: Another technique we will need to use over and over again! Sweet jackets for our ATCs!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comments and the great rating, Kathryn!
Response: I am so happy to have made you happy! Thanks for the wonderful rating.
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating, dear Mateja!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you, Candy.
Response: I am so happy that you like the girls! Thank you for the compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: All my dotees are definitely related...I need to shake things up, but can't quite think how. Somehow when I make the face, it's always the same face. And I have one hair "technique". I must shop Flickr for inspiration!
Response: Why thank you, Miss Sheryl!
Response: I want that apron, too! (In a bigger size.)
Response: Thank you so much for the compliment and for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Kelly!
Response: Thank you for rating, Deb! ETA: you are so sweet! Thank you so, so much for the heart!
Response: It's always a pleasure swapping with you, Sherri. Thanks for the great rating!
Response: Thanks for the compliment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating, Laura!
Response: I like that idea: a bucket full of hearts! You are always so sweet!
Response: How sweet is that? Thank you for the wonderful rating, Jackie.
Response: And thank you for the great rating!
Response: Maybe it's too hot for him in Florida? Thanks for the super-duper rating!
Response: Thank you so much! We must make more!
Response: Thank you for the nice rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like them! This was a wonderful idea for a swap.
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: I'm happy you like it...and thanks for the lovely rating!
Response: Gosh, thanks!!! You've made my day!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much, Miss Jackie!!!
Response: I think we chose the same artist for our May twinchie swap! Love the fairies by Mary (can't remember last name, so sad).
Response: Yes, please do steal "my" technique...which was inspired by Dakini55! I love inspiring and being inspired by fellow arty people!
Response: You are always a sweetheart, Georgene...thank you for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like them!
Response: Thanks for the great rating, Janis.
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating and the lovely comments!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Miss Paula, you are such a sweetie! Thanks for the lovely comment and the equally lovely rating!
Response: And you, dear Marjorie, are waaaaay too kind! Thanks for the great rating...you're always a joy to swap with.
Response: You are super-sweet, as always!
Response: Thanks so much for your sweet comments and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: *Blushing*...thanks so much for the lovely compliment! (And for the wonderful rating.)
Response: Thanks for the great rating!
Response: So happy you like the rolo, and it is thrilling to be an inspiration! Thanks for the great rating, dear!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment (and for the great rating!!!).
Response: Thanks for the great rating, Candy.
Response: Ah...we used to be so brown and smooth! Now, it's a different picture entirely (speaking personally, of course)...those were the days, weren't they? Thanks for the great rating!
Response: Miss Nancy, I'm thrilled that you like the twinchies; I've become quite fond of these little square pieces of art. Thanks so much for the super rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Debbie!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comments and the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Miss Jackie!
Response: I'm so happy you like it; I had the same reaction to that image! Thanks for the super rating!
Response: I'm thrilled that you like her, Alicia! Thanks for the wonderful rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like them! Thanks for the great rating and heart!
Response: Thank you, dear Sheryl!
Response: Thanks for the lovely rating, Bev!
Response: I'm so happy that I made you happy! Thanks for the sweet comments and wonderful rating!
Response: Oh so happy am I! Thanks for being sweet to me, Kate!
Response: High praise from you, Miss Claudia! Thanks so much for being a great swap partner!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comments and great rating!
Response: Must continue to play with Perfect Pearls! You are always so sweet.
Response: What a wonderful compliment...you've made my day! Thanks so much for the kind words and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating, Carmen, and I'm so happy that Col. Mustard made you happy!
Response: Eeeeee...you are so sweet to me!
Response: Well...I think we can refine the technique quite a bit! But I'm thrilled you like my first attempt, and want to play some more!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating, Emily!
Response: Thanks so much for the nice comment and super rating!
Response: So happy you like! Another one is en route, too...your rolodex must be getting full!
Response: Thank you so much!
Response: Thank you so much! I appreciate the lovely comment, and the great rating.
Response: I'm so happy you like them! I do love inchies, tiny and fiddly as they are. Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and for the super rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the lovely comment and the wonderful rating...it means the world to me!
Response: Thank you so much, Kelly!
Response: I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: No...not smart. I was in another swap (make an inchie book) and I loved it so much I decided to duplicate the technique for you! So happy you like it, and thanks for the wonderful comments and great rating!
Response: Thanks for the super rating, Candy!
Response: I'm happy that you love it! Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the compliment and the great rating!
Response: Oh, did I forget to mention that "Rob" and I are running off to Jamaica? I so totally just made that up. I used to know a Rob...in high school. He was a hottie then, but after 45 years it might be hard to recognize him. But thanks for the great rating; that's one ATC I wasn't really sure about!
Response: Thanks so much for the compliment and for the lovely rating!
Response: I was so excited to learn that I'd be sending something to my friend Riitta again...and I'm happy that you like my queen! I made her especially with you in mind. Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: I'm thrilled that you like them...thank you for the great rating!
Response: I think the glaze pens are to blame for the sticking, too. I let in dry overnight before making the inchies into a book...maybe it's permanently sticky? I'm thrilled that you like the little book...I used a Cropadile to punch those teensy holes, and it was a breeze. First time I've ever used it; it intimidated me! But it turned out to be very easy to use. Thanks for the super rating!
Response: Ah, such a sweet comment! You are always generous with your comments and ratings, and I thank you so much for that!
Response: Peggy, it is so wonderful to swap with you! I'm going to send you a message about inchies...something I saw on Pinterest. Thanks so much for your lovely comments and the heart-y rating!
Response: So happy you like them! Thanks for the wonderful rating.
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you love it...I enjoyed working with the dark mysterious fairy theme. Thanks so much for the super rating!
Response: Miss Vicky, you are so sweet! Thanks for the lovely comments and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Kaelyn!
Response: Sooooo not art deco! I chose the theme, and then failed to follow it...
Response: I love to make French knots; she's lucky I didn't make her freckled!
Response: BIG tag. Don't know why...I must have grabbed one of the BIG tags from my stash! So happy you like!
Response: Ha ha...I thought I was copying something you'd done in the past with wire and beads! These twinchies are different than my usual style, but...I sent them anyway. Thanks for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like everything! Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thank you for the sweet rating!
Response: I'm so happy you liked it all! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comments and for the great rating!
Response: I'm happy to hear that I'm not alone in my wax paper "failure"! My only thought was to cover it up, leaving just enough exposed so you could see I tried the technique...I'm so happy you like the result!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thanks for the lovely rating, Candy.
Response: Thanks for the great rating, Jen!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thanks for the wonderful rating!
Response: Happy Easter to you and your llittle ones, Tommie...and thanks also for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: I loved making it for you...I stole your scattered embossing technique, and was thrilled to use it!!!
Response: Thanks for the wonderful compliment, and for the super rating...it's always a pleasure to swap with you, Sherri!
Response: I'm thrilled that my second mailing was successful, and that you like the twinchies! Thanks so much for the fabulous rating.
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment and the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the compliment, and for the super rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like the inchies...thank YOU for the wonderful rating!
Response: What a lovely compliment! Thanks so much for the super rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy you liked everything...thanks so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: I'm thrilled that you liked it, Sandra...thank you for the wonderful rating (I hate when I forget to click on "save"!).
Response: I'm so happy you like it! Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: I'm thrilled that you like it, Kristin...thanks for the super rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the sweet comment, and for the lovely rating!
Response: Thank you for the nice rating!
Response: I'm happy this one arrived...thanks for the great rating, Debbie!
Response: You are so welcome! I loved making them for you...and thanks for the great rating!
Response: Thank you, Miss Kathy...for the sweet comment and the super rating!
Response: I'm so happy you love them! Thanks for the lovely rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the nice comments and the great rating!
Response: So happy you like them! Thanks for the lovely rating!
Response: You are so welcome! I loved making them for you. Thanks so much for the lovely rating!
Response: I did have a ton of fun! Don't know why, but I do love the inchies and twinchies...thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy that you like them! Your sweet comments mean the world to me!
Response: Thank you for the sweet comments and the wonderful rating, my friend!
Response: I'm so happy you like them! Thanks for the great rating!
Response: Sweetness overload, right? I did love the image, and I am sooooooo ready for spring. Did you recognize any of the ribbon you sent to me? (I use almost all of my "extras"!)
Response: I'm so happy you like them! Thanks for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and the wonderful rating!
Response: Oh, you are so welcome...thanks for the super rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like the kitties! Thanks for the sweet comments and the great rating!
Response: Stop it. You're not horrible, you're my bestie!
Response: Thanks for the great rating, Barbi!
Response: Such a sweet comment...thanks for that, and for the great rating!
Response: *Shucks!* So much sweetness today is going to my head...and it's fat enough! Thanks as always for the super-duper ratings!
Response: I kind of love this one, too. Once I found the fabric in my distressingly disorganized bin of fabric scraps and pieces, I knew what I had to do! Miss Violet involved a lot more machine sewing than I usually use...and I enjoyed that, too!
Response: If you only knew how I struggled with our dog tags. I'm telling you, the inspiration isn't mine; I got it on Flickr!!!
Response: I'm thrilled that you like it! Thanks for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comments and great rating, Janis!
Response: And your wonderful comments make this a "yippee for ME", too! Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for the wonderful comment and great rating!
Response: And many hugs right back to you! Thank you for the super rating!
Response: I'm so happy that you like everything! Thank YOU for the great rating!
Response: Thanks for the sweet comment, and for the great rating!
Response: I am so, so happy that you like it! Thanks for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Let's keep 'em coming, okay? If you ever get tired of hosting swaps, let me know and I'll host some for us, too!
Response: Thank you for the great rating, Marjorie!
Response: Your work is amazing, so this truly is a great compliment! Thanks very much for the great rating, Mona.
Response: You've made my day...thanks so much for the sweet comment and great rating!
Response: I'm thrilled that you like it...I am such a fan of Josephine Baker! Thanks for the great rating.
Response: I'm so happy you liked the cupcake...so VERY girly! Thanks for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thanks for the great rating, Heather! I do love inchies and twinchies...not sure why, I just do!
Response: Sarah, I'm so happy you like them...and thanks for the wonderful rating!
Response: I am thrilled that you like them! Thanks so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: Marsha, thank YOU so much for being nice enough to message me before rating me a (dreaded) 3...I'm thrilled that you like both ATCs, and I also hope we meet again! Thanks so much for the great rating.
Response: Norman Rockwell was a very special artist...you are exactly right when you say that he caught the feel of the average person! Thank you so much for the great rating; it's always a pleasure swapping with you.
Response: Thank YOU for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy you are delighted! I had a lot of fun with this theme, and bought that ribbon AGES ago...so happy to have an opportunity to use it! Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: What? We did queens and princesses? Who knew? My memory deletes swaps after about two weeks, sadly. Thanks for the great rating!
Response: I'm thrilled that you like everything! Thanks so much for the fabulous rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the sweet comment, and for the great rating!
Response: Always a pleasure to swap with you, Sami! Thanks for the great ratings.
Response: What a lovely comment you left! Thanks so much, and also for the great rating!!!
Response: It's always a pleasure to swap with you, Marjorie...thank you so much for the wonderful rating!
Response: You're so welcome...thank you for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy you like the ladybug ATC! Thanks for the wonderful rating.
Response: Spring...can't wait! Thanks for the great rating!
Response: Thank YOU so much for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy that you like it! Thanks for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thanks for the great rating!
Response: Thank you, Tommie!
Response: It WAS random on my part...which must mean that we are meant to be friends! The encyclopedia page about Masaryk came from an Encyclopedia Britannica that I bought at a thrift store for 25 cents...I love old book pages and I always hope my swap friends do, too. I am thrilled that my choices were so appropriate!
Response: You are so welcome! Thank YOU for such a great rating!
Response: Thanks for the wonderful rating!
Response: You are so welcome...and thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: What? That's exactly how I felt after I Facebooked you and saw YOUR twinchies! I had to look online for inspiration, and that's how I came up with the four seasons ladies. It's all about the embellishment, isn't it?
Response: I love them, too...let's not stop, ever!
Response: Awww...it's so nice to know that she's gone to a loving home! She was a great favorite of Miss Cocopuff, too...something about the feathers made her drool.
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: I'm thrilled that you like them...thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: You made my day! What a lovely comment you made; I'm thrilled that my apple made you happy! It really was a lot of fun to make.
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: Mariska, thank you so much for the lovely comments, the great rating, and the compliment about my handwriting!
Response: Thank you so much for the sweet comment and the great rating! (And for overlooking the pinkish red!)
Response: Why yes I did send the fleur de lis ribbon! I bought it at my favorite scrapbook-type store when they went out of business... :-( It was on a spool, sold by the yard. (I have more...) And thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the compliments and the great rating! You mentioned my handwriting, and so did another swapper just yesterday...so nice to hear!
Response: Thank you, Candy!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: I am becoming very fond of inchies and twinchies...thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: I know, right? What is it about these teensy little pieces of art? Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Beverly, thank you so much for your lovely comment and for the great rating! It's always a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: Thanks so much for the lovely comment and for the great rating!
Response: I did stuff it...and my granddaughter decorated the envelope. I'm so happy you like my leftovers!
Response: Oh, don't stop! Wait...you'd better stop...my head is swelling! Thank you so, so much for the sweet comments and the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the sweet comment and the great rating!
Response: Stop! No, I changed my mind...don't stop...it feels so good to get compliments from you!
Response: Liar, liar, pants on fire...I learned from YOU, silly!
Response: And you are, too!
Response: That is a wonderful compliment...thanks so much for the sweet comment and the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: And I love swapping with you, Miss Marjorie...although lately, it's all been one way! Thanks so much for the lovely compliment.
Response: Thank you so much, dear Candy!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you for the wonderful rating!
Response: I think this might have been my "blingiest" ever! Thanks for the great rating.
Response: I should definitely have combined your swaps...since I am your dedicated swap partner lately! Thank you so much for your wonderful ratings...it's always a pleasure to swap with you.
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: I'm so happy that you like her! I had a lot of fun with this ATC. Thanks so much for the lovely rating!
Response: Thank you, Candy...you're one of my "super swappers" and I'm always happy to see your name on my "send to" list!
Response: Marjorie, I'm so happy you like them! Thanks for being a wonderful swap partner and for the great rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the lovely compliment...and for the great rating!
Response: So SO happy you like it...thanks for being so patient! And thanks also for the super rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Birgit, thank you so much for the lovely compliment!
Response: Thank you so, so much for the compliment and the fabulous rating!
Response: Thank you, Miss Wendy...for the sweet comment and the great rating! I hope to "see" more of you in the coming year!
Response: Thank you for the nice rating and heart!
Response: Thank you for the great rating!
Response: Thank you for the lovely comment and great rating! I've messaged you regarding the little filigree corner pieces.
Response: You are so sweet...I love swapping with you, too!
Response: Your lovely comment is better than a bunch of hearts...thank YOU so much!
Response: Thanks for the lovely comment, and for the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely compliment and great rating, Angie! All the best to you for the New Year!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: Thanks for the great rating!
Response: Oh, thank you so much! I'm so happy you like them.
Response: Thank you! I'm so happy you like everything...and I hope we have the opportunity to swap again soon!
Response: Thank YOU so much, John...for the nice comment and the great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the lovely comment and great rating!
Response: Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and rating!
Response: Ah, such a lovely comment; thanks so much for the great rating, too!
Response: Oh, Miss Candy...I do love making twinchies! What is it about them that's so addictive? Thanks for the super rating!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: ***blushing!***
Response: Ah, so happy you like Sherylina...I had so much fun making her for you!
Response: We both know that you are being too kind, my dear...but I'm feeling much better now, and promise that our next swap with be more in line with my "usual". Thank you so much for the exceptional rating...it's a nice Christmas gift!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating...I've really come to love twinchies!
Response: Thank you so much for the great rating! I hope your holiday season is wonderful, and that we have the opportunity to swap again soon!
Response: So happy you like it! Merry Christmas to you, as well!
Response: Thank YOU so much for the great rating!
Response: Thank you, Miss Candy! I love your work, and strive to make you happy with mine!
Response: Thanks for the fabulous rating! I used some Diamond Glaze over the pictures (and had to keep poking at the bubbles...so annoying!). I'm so happy you like it!
Response: Thanks for the great rating! Yes, I used those gel glaze pens...I love them so much!
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating! I was disappointed to have no crackle, but I liked the end result anyway, and hoped I wouldn't be rated down for the cracklelessness (I just made up that word!).
Response: Thanks so much for the great rating! I was disappointed to have no crackle...still don't know why...but I did like the end result anyway!
Response: Thank you for the great rating...I'm so happy you like the ATC!
Response: I'm so happy you liked it... thanks so much for the great rating!
Response: The wax-like paper (with words, right?) is from Tim Holtz...and it actually comes in a roll in a box just like a waxed paper box. I loved it...it was expensive, but there's a lot of it! It's called tissue wrap.
Response: The background I used is part of an envelope sent to me by my partner in the acrylic paint on craft paper swap! She decorated the envelope to match the ATCs, and it was so beautiful I kept it for future use.
Response: Yes, I did cut out all the little pieces! The boots were the most difficult. I've never forgiven Rosie O'Donnell for buying McCall's magazine and turning it into the Rosie magazine and causing it to go out of business. And she never even had the decency to give us Little Rosie paperdolls!
Response: They ARE wrong...because I am a bad guesser and always have my local post office weigh my "letters" and put the exact postage on them! I am so sorry about the postage due, and about the long commute for this one envelope...but I'm so happy you like what I sent.
Response: You made my day! Thank you so much for the kind words...I do try to make "good stuff" and to send a few little extras tailored to my partner's profile...I love hearing that it's appreciated. Hearts to YOU for making me happy!
Response: So happy this one arrived, and thrilled with the rating and heart...thank you so much!
Response: Head expanding to ginormous proportions...all the compliments are creating that swelled head syndrome. Thankfully I live in the real world, and the large head won't last long!
Response: Lois, I am thrilled that you like my work! Really, truly, the image was one that I googled...Victorian Fans. I found a lot of fancy fans, and some lovely images of ladies with Victorian fans. That one caught my eye (and wouldn't let go!). Thank you so much for the compliment, and for the great rating.
Response: I'm so happy you like her! I'm fairly new to dotees, and learn more with each one I make! I name them all, too (yours is Daisy).
Response: *Blush*...thank you so much for the kind words...it's such a pleasure swapping with you!
Response: Diana, the border is a sticker available from Flower Soft; I can't find the sticker sheets locally any more, so I order directly from Flower Soft. They come in gold and silver (maybe black...not quite sure). There are several different border designs on each sticker sheet. (Thanks for the great rating and heart!)
Response: Two things? OMG...now I"m getting senile and can't seem to follow directions! Thank you for the forgiveness; I wasted so much paper trying to make these, and never did really come to terms with the whole concept!
Response: I'm thrilled that it arrived, and so quickly! (Where are my mermaids? I mean...YOUR mermaids!)
Response: This was my first image transfer project, and I have you to thank for introducing me to the technique! I am so happy you like the ATCs (I peeked at your profile, can you tell?)...I also love Princess Diana and chose the prettiest images I could find. I am SO happy that you like them!
Response: I'm so happy you liked my choices! Believe me, it was as much fun to assemble as it was to receive!
Response: Oh, thank you for the great rating and kind words...I hope we swap again soon!
Response: Wow! Thanks so much for the kind words...I really love making ATCs, and it's great to hear that it shows!
Response: This is the first I've heard of Red Lead, and you're right...I love their style! Thanks for the lead (and for the wonderful comments!).
Response: Oh, honey...you have some beautiful kitties! I love the Persians, being drawn to the high-maintenance, difficult things in life! Of course, the "difficult" part refers ONLY to the constant grooming...their personalities are fantastic.
Response: I also hope we have the opportunity to swap again! Thank you for your kind and thoughtful comment; I am so happy you enjoyed my ATC package.
Response: I was thrilled to swap with a Delaware girl...and I hope you don't have to see too much of my old friends at Kent General in the future. Wonderful place to work...but it IS a hospital!
Response: It's not silly...it's called validation! And you were so kind to me when I told you I was going to be late because my dad died...I wanted to make your tin special, for you.
Response: Such a lovely comment...you made my day!
Response: Such a lovely thing to say! I've only been making ATCs for a short time, and I struggle with ideas sometimes, so it's nice to see words of praise. I used a stamp...isn't it pretty?