My Swap with Sis

Karla came over yesterday and brought my swap goodies that her sister put together for me.  My swap with Sis started when I was going to send her some photocopies of old paper dolls and ended up with me getting a package that was like Christmas morning!  It started with this beautifully decorated box and a gift bag full of sheet music and 1920's issues of Needlecraft Magazine- one of my favorites because of their great vintage drawings of clothing and linens and fun ads.

Then there were amaretto candles, soap, ropes & ropes of crystals and this beautiful necklace that Sis made.

There were just so many fun touches- photocopies of a French & English poetry book.

A CD with wind chimes.

All this clip art- some it Sis did digitally- she's a wiz with computer graphics.

Fairy Paper Dolls

A darling fairy folder  that was just full of beautiful clip art.

Here I've opened it up to show two of Sis's pieces of art.

And these are phrases and sayings written on old paper with a beautiful pen- and Sis included one of the pens so I could try it on my own.  The snippets are sitting on Karla's watercolor paper backgrounds.

Are you starting to think that Karla isn't the only creative person in this family?  I think Sis needs her own blog to start sharing some of these great ideas!

Here's one last neat thing from Sis- and I haven't even shown half of what I got-  Sis has scanned the back of postcards and printed them on cardstock- so one side is blank and you can make your own postcard!  How clever is that!

Now, I've got to go make something with all these goodies.  By the way Karla made some DARLING paper doll dresses while she was at my house.  I hope she posts them on her blog so you can see them.

Comments

[Stephanie]

Oh wow, Beth, you hit the motherload today! What neat things Sis sent you. Can't wait to see what you make with them. I think my favorites are the pretty little scraps of old paper with sayings on them. So unique.

Hugs,
Stephanie
Angelic Accents

[Karen Young]

Wow, Great swap items and your so right, the talent does run in the family. I get so inspired seeing all these goodies. And, what a great idea for doing post cards.

Karen
Bluemuf

[phyllis]

I really, really like the looks of the things she gave you...and can I do that post card trick? I love that!
I wouldn't mind having a windchime cd either!

[karla nathan]

I am listening to the wind chime CD she gave to me right now, it is so peaceful and pretty! What cool things she gave us both, I'm lucky to have such a wonderful sister.

And such a good friend, thanks for the nice day!

[Betty @ She's Sew Pretty]

Oh! You lucky, lucky lady! Beautiful paper!!

[Erin Earls]

wow you got spoiled! Wonderful goodies! Some great things to work with too. Lucky you!
Love Erin~

[Ele]

Lucky you! How great is all that stuff!

[jessi nagy]

wow!!!
great stuff!
you are one lucky girl.
jessi nagy

www.scrappyjessi.blogspot.com

[Mrs.Staggs]

It all looks wonderful, and like things that will inspire you creatively. Not that you really need inspiring! I really like the old postcard backs, especially.
I've always been envious of pretty handwriting. Mine is awful. It's improved a lot, since the advent of computers. LOL! Thank goodness for all the nice fonts that are available. I still enjoy a nice pen though, for accents and such.

[Amy Henry]

Beth,
I just found your blog tonight and I LOVE IT!!! Thanks for the inspiration, Amy (Mom to the Four Sisters)

[lollysnestegg]

Wow - a wonderful collection of goodies! What a neat idea with the old postcards! Very clever! I am new to the "artful blogging" world, and love your site!

[Rhea]

Wow, what great stuff !!! You deserve every bit of it !! Yes, that is one talented family !

[KJ]

You hit the jackpot!

KJ