The Last Four Days of Christmas (belated!)

Well I had a lovely two weeks away - so much packed into a fairly short time and I am in major catch up mode as we got home Sunday afternoon and had to go back to work on Monday (yesterday)! Never again - next time I am going to leave myself at least one day to unpack and catch up on "stuff"!

The photo above is from my friend Jude's December 22nd wedding in the Swan Valley at the Upper Reach Winery - Joe took the photo on his phone so it is a "make-do" shot until we get to see the real photos! It was a fabulous day and one filled with love and happiness. PS I am the shortest bridemaid.

But right now the priority is to share the last four days of the "12 days of Christmas" exchange.

The Ninth Day of Christmas brought this lovely bird mobile from Samm Menzies - so sweetly made and packaged in an equally darling drawstring bag! Have a look here to see all of Samm's birdies together! They look wonderful - all made from recyled kimonos.

The Tenth Day of Christmas was my day and I made everyone a small notebook with fabric covered laminate chip covers. Probably a bit too bright and cute for an arty exchange but I really enjoyed making them in all their brightness!! Here they are en masse and in their fabric and frangipani wrappings. (The first photo is accurate colour-wise - not sure what happened to the pink fabric in the other photos!!)


The Eleventh Day of Christmas brought this gorgeous "wish" necklet from Jen Crossley which included such a wonderful little bird nest complete with eggs! It came all wrapped simply in calico - such a contrast to the creative metallic richness inside!!

The Twelfth Day of Christmas (the last day - so sad!) brought a superb ornament from Gaye Todd. Now this ornament was very special anyway but it also came in a special knitted and embellished pouch as well!

In the next couple of days I'll post all the other wonderful mail I have received over the last couple of weeks and some photos from the last couple of blissful weeks!

PS If you haven't already, check out Susan Lenz's Cyber Fibre Exhibition - there is a lot of wonderful fibre art candy there! And, if you are a stamper - Suzanne at Oxford Impressions has released a new plate of stamps - and they are really sweet!! Mine arrived today so you know what I will be doing this weekend.