hats, hats, and more hats!

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okeedokee!  finally Im posting the pics I have from the witches hat swap.

they are all wonderful!  there were 30 girls who participated but these are the only ones who sent me pictures. 

one of Chris's hats, this is the "bad witch hat"  

Chris also made a "good witch hat"

Valerie Powery.

Debby

These are the hats I made.  (remember i had three partners!)

Lynn spencer

Lori Ventrimiglia

Barb Burkard

Amy Bauer

Jenny Hester

Chris Little

Sandy Camarda

 Kim Kenward

Shirley Hatfield! 

Meri

Sandy McClay

Kathy Passerette

HOpe Jones

Lisa Stanton

Renee Dahl

debbie Reed

tresa

linda mica

linda plunket 

ELizabeth Andrus
so 23 hats out of 30.. not bad.  and to tell the truth I'm too lazy to go through the list to see who I didnt get!

so there you have it ... what a fun swap this was.. I love seeing what everyone made and I  love them all.   so much creativity out there in blog land!  Hope you enjoyed seeing them all!

I hope I have everyones names on the right hats... if not.. let me know.

dont forget to sign up in the post below for my give away.  I'll be choosing the winner last night.   almost did it tonight because I was feeling a little bored..  then I decided to post these pics instead.

so ta ta for now!  Im pooped out.  

thank God tomorrow is FRIDAY!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxox

boxes...

HI girls!  So Ive been receiving packages again!  so much to show you!....  I truly believe if someone takes the time to send something we should share it on our blogs.. but to be very honest... sometimes I forget!  then I feel really bad! 

 I want to soon post pics from the witches hat swap.. but out of 30 girls who participated, I only have pics from about 16 of them.   So I will wait a little longer before posting those .

However.. I can share with you the latest things that have arrived here!

As you already know I had 3 partners in the witches hat swap.  the four pics above are from Hope from pixies ponderings.  Hope lives in the UK.  I didnt post a picture, but she also sent me all sorts of british treats!  thank you so much Hope!  YOu truly spoiled me.  she even made me a halloween book and there is an awesome garland that I hung immediately on my fireplace.  Enlarge these pics and be sure to check everything out!  I feel bad that I cant show you better pics.. but take my word for it..she is awesome and so is everything she sent! 

Another package that I recieved when I returned home sunday was this one above from Barbara Burkard.  Barb was one of my first blog friends and she was my very first swap partner.  She is a doll and look, she even sent halloween shirts for Torry and marlaina pies!  Along with a basket full of halloween cheer.. cant wait to make those pumpkin muffins and have already been eating the carmel apple candies!  thank you barb!

Package 3 was a birthday pressie from Sandy Camarda from Sandys creations.  Thank you so much Sandy.  This sooo sweet pillow inspired me to clean my bedroom and rearrange some dolls and bears!  I love it!

Package number 4 was from an ornament swap that Natalea hosted with some of the girls that I went to canada with.   they are all awesome!  From  (in order) Grace palazzo pink in the city, sandy Camarda,  Natalea Kandefor kandeland, Tammy from the other side of me, and then the spider is one of the ornies I made!  Isnt everything awesome?  I love halloween ornies! 

THEN....  theres more!  from another ornie swap!  below.. theres one by Renee Dahl of my vintage mending,   Kim Kenward from musings by Kim K (she spoiled and sent 4!), Jill from Bucks county, Fran from dolls are my canvas and lastly me!

All I can say is wow! 

Thank you to everyone!

and figgy and frannie thank you too, they love the boxes!

  

LOL!

xoxoxoxoxo

HALLOWEEN SWAP ANNOUCEMENT..( no, its not to early!)

OK Ive not hosted a swap in a long time.. but with halloween coming up Im feeling the witch itch!  So, Ive decided to go ahead and start a halloween swap!  It will be a witches hat swap!  everyone will have one partner and you will each swap a witches hat, handmade or altered by you, that you have filled up with other halloween trinkets and collectables!  Sort of like a christmas stocking.. only it will be a witches hat. 

I'm starting early because I want the mail out date to be October 1st. That will give us time for sign ups and a few days for me to get partners together and notified.  Then you will have 6 weeks or so to get your projects finished and to find fun things to fill it with. 

OK..  My number one rule for swaps is that everything should be so awesome that you want to keep it for yourself!  I think thats simple enough. 

swap sign ups start now.. please email me at vivianneroni@yahoo.com.   send your full name and address,  youre email address and your blog address or where to find pictures of  your past creations.  also please pass on the info, post it on your blogs and send people to sign up!  the more the merrier! or should I say the more the scarier!  heehee!  okeedokie.. I hope lots of you sign up!  I'll be looking for you in my emails!

its a blizzard of snowmen: the results!

Finally I'm getting a chance to upload all the pictures from the snowman swap. its taken awhile to collect all the pictures and I'm still missing two I think... so if they are yours email them over and I'll post them here!

We are having quite a wind storm here, so I'm praying we dont lose power!!! I have 9 teddy bears to finish today for an order and am going to be needing lots of light! (I'll post pics later!)

Ok. so on this years snowmen... first of all, thank you to all you talented girls who joined in the second annual snowman ornament swap!! I love hosting the swaps and you girls make them so much fun for me!

I also had done a couple 1:1 snowman swaps at the same time so those are included here as are also a couple of special gifts I recieved from some very special flickr and blogger friends!

This first awesome snowman is bipolar.. he has two faces! He was made for me by AMelia of sweet Bs! I adore him.

This ornie was made by one of my snowman swap partners, Jolene! thank you jolene! This was jolenes first swap and she did a great job! I have this hanging in a place of honor on my tree!
This was a gift from the sweet Debb! thank you so much Debb, he is hanging on my calander! so sweet of Debb to send me a sweet piece of her art work! I love him!

This adorable little snowfriend was made by my other snowman swap partner, Cassandra! is he not the cutest little snow soul??? I LOVE him! thank you cassandra. You may know Cassandra as HeyJupiter on flickr.

She is know for the gorgeous mermaid art she does.. and along with her snowguy, she sent me a little piece of her mermaid art!! how lucky for me!! I love it!

This sweet snowfriend, was a gift from FLora, I am in awe of her art work and she is a kind hearted person who wanted me to have a piece of her work!! Im telling ya, I am so blessed with awesome friends out here in blog land (and in person too!!) Is this not the cutest ??? thank you too flora!

Another friend I swapped with, Jenny, of be cherry... can you believe your eyes?? how stinking cute is this! I love ya Jenny!! and your little snowman too!

ANd are the rest of the wonderful art work you all did! This one is by Melissa and went to Michelle~ I know Michelle was thrilled with this! HOw cute!! thanks for being in the swap Melissa!

This batch of goodies went to Annie from Debra Schoch. Annie was overjoyed by the wonderful things she recieved! It was Annies first swap! Debra of Hophopjingleboo always does amazing work and send great things in her swaps! thank for joining Debra and Annie!

and this is the wonderful creative snowperson that annie made for Debra! Isnt she adorable!! I love her annie! I'm trying to figure out how you did her face!?

These snowfriends were made by Debb and went to Kai! are they adorable or what!! Debb is a faithful swapper and blogger pal. She loves to create and share she work with others! Actually the same can be said about Kai, who was her partner!
This is the piece Kai did for DEbb, again .. adorable! And I just have to tell you all, that I have a special place in my heart for Kai! She's special!

These next three pictures are of the swap pieces that Cindy did for kathy... This was Cindys first swap too.. she did a great job. I know Kathy was so happy to recieve the great things she sent her. Cindy made most of these things, including the wonderful calender.. She is obviously extremely talented!

Ok.. now bare with me here, because I am a little confused about some of these pictures and might not have it straight as to who made what!! I do believe that Alison made this things.. (and please please forgive me if I'm wrong and let me know right away so I can correct my mistake!) How sweet is this little package of snowfriends! Iwish I had a better picture so we could see them all closer! Thank you so much Alison for joining the swap! Alisons creations went to Courtney!

And Courtney, did this fancy needle work for alison! Isnt this adorable! I love it! Thank you soo much for joining the swap girls! And , courtney, thanks again for the awesome snowman earrings you sent me!! I've been wearing them!!

This sweet snowman in the box was created by Peggy! and the second picture shows the top of the box! Adorable and creative! Peggys piece went to Sarah. Love that little cardinal on the snowmans head!

Here is the cute piece that sweet sarah made for Peggy! Sarah is another faithful joiner of my swaps! What a great little snow scene! Again thanks to both girls for joining! (oh, and sorry about the differences in the sizes of some of the pictures, I dont know why medium is not alway medium!)

Heres another faithful swapper pal! This awesomely sweet little snowfriend was made by the awesomely sweet Jillian and it went to my friend Barb! How lucky Barb is! isnt this the sweetest??

And here is the great piece that Barbara did for Jillian! (Love ya barb..) Great Swap girls!

These next two pictures are of the swap items that Kathy sent to Cindy! Arent they ADORABLE!! I love that snowcone guy!! I'm so glad you joined again Kathy! Love the things you make!

The next two pics are from Marcel (Aunt pittypat!) She is a swapper queen! How handsome he snowman is! She certainly sent a package of goodies too! Her package went to Sandy. love the snowman and thanks for joining Marcel!!

And, this is the swap items that Sandy sent ot Marcel. I can hardly stand the cutenest! I love the fluffy pink hat on her snowgirl head! Thanks for joining the swap girls!!

OK. heres where I might be a little confused again! I do believe that the very talented Fran made these pieces for her partner Amelia! Arent thye cute!!?? Fran is another faithful swap follower of mine! thanks fran!

Here is the sweet piece that Amelia made for FRan! how wonderful is this? You guys are all so talented!

This little sweetie was made by Leslie! dontcha just love it?? how adorable. This one went to Maria! I know she had to have been thrilled to recieve it!

This wintery snowman was made by vivlyn.. isnt he adorable ! Ilove his little jinglebells and that that he is standing on the snowflake. how cute! thanks Vivlyn for joining the swap! Vivlyns snowman went to the lucky carla!

And these babies are the ones the creative Carla made for vivlyn! How about that little baby snowman?? Cute cute cute!

Ok, the rest of these youve already seen in a previous post, but these are the ones I made for this swap, for some gifties and for a couple one on one swaps..

Thanks to all of you who joined this swap! another successful snowstorm completed! Now I'm off to finish those 9 bears!! will post pics tomorrow!