Bookmarks part 3

Judith's beautiful bookmarks have arrived!

Here is the front and back of her watercolored bookmark:

 And here are both sides of her collaged bookmark:

 


 

This wraps up our bookmark swap!  I received 43 bookmarks from 19 different artists.
There is no mail on Monday in the US, but these will head out to their new homes on Tuesday.
Thanks for swapping!

Envelopes - part 3

Sam's envelopes for the October swap took the slow boat from England and didn't arrive until long after I'd mailed out everyone's goodies.

Luckily, many of you had sent along extra envelopes, so I was able to put together a nice selection for Sam.  

Here are her envelopes:

 Some of you generous swappers will receive one of these in your duct tape journal envelope.

And speaking of duct tape journals...

The first batch went out Tuesday the 6th, and another batch went out Thursday the 8th.

The remaining journals will be on their way by Saturday the 10th.

Watch your mailboxes!

So while we're here talking about envelopes, I have to say this group has made my mailbox so much more colorful.

You guys send your stuff in the most wonderful, amazing envelopes!

I re-purpose them as much as possible; either re-using the envelope to send something out, or cutting it up as collage fodder.  Sometimes I forget to take pictures, but here are some fun envelopes that have come through my hands in the past few weeks:

 

from Terrie:

from Mandy:

 from Dori:

from Tammy:

from Lee:

another from Tammy:

 another from Lee:

from Sherry:

 from Carroll:

from Ungala:

 

and I got a letter from Anna in this cool fabric envelope, complete with decorative stitching.

Fun, fun, fun!

Bookmarks part 2

The two bookmarks below are from Cara.  They're made of fabric (and her note explains that they are "cat proof")

 

These two are from Chris:

 

And these two are from Christine:

  

Here are both sides of Dori's first bookmark:

(text on the front says "pretty" and on the back "our little sister dressed herself"

And here are the front and back of Dori's second bookmark:

(How does your garden grow?  With cockle shells and silver bells)

 These two are from Ellen:

 

 and these three are from Jean:

 

These are the fronts of Leslie's bookmarks.  She mentions on her blog that the woman on the right with the baby pig is her mom.

 These are the backs of Leslie's cards:

 Polly is swapping with MMSA for the first time and wrote that these delicate leaf images are prints of actual leaves.

 Here are two from Steph:

 and here are two from Tina:

 

Sam's are amazing and totally unique:

 

Here's a close up of the little flower:

 

Here's how you use it in your book:

 Beautiful work everyone!
(and as always, if you have a link to your work that you'd like me to share, just send me a message and I'll add it to the post)

Sam's duct tape journal

Sam's journal has finally arrived from the UK, and let me tell you, it was worth the wait.

Look at the amazing embellishment on the cover and spine!

In her own words she says "I got completely carried away with glitter, embellishments, washi tape and even feathers!  This was so much fun!"

Many of the pages also feature her drawings.

The first page is a map that shows where she lives, and there's also a page of local news, a postcard of her part of England, and a Union Jack gift bag.

Thanks to all 28 of you who participated in this swap.  I've had the best time seeing your journals and you've completely inspired me!

Karen's duct tape journal

Karen M. sent this beautiful journal

Love that crow.

She's got some great envelopes tucked inside.

The one pictured here in the center says "An Anytime Indulgence"

 Inside, look for the page from a textbook, complete with underlining and notes in the margins.

I have now posted every journal I've received.

I'm waiting for Sam's journal to arrive from the UK.

That will make for a total of 30 journals from 27 participants!

That's the most people to join a swap to date.

If you have sent me a journal and haven't seen it posted, please let me know.

I'm going to start sending these out this week, but I will likely spread it out over the course of several days so I don't have to stand in line at the post office with 27 packages!