12 Days of Christmas Handmade Gift Swap Day 10 1/3/2013

Hi Y'all,

It is day 10 of the 12 Days of Christmas Handmade Gift Swap.  Today I opened my gift from Rita of Toltec Jewels blog.  Here is what Rita sent to me...

Rita sent two Mr and Mrs Snowman hot pads along with the wrapped goodies

Rita beaded a sweet little snowflake ornament/pendant and that was not all she also sent a little scarf to go with the little sombrero and then a bees wax candle that is made to burn for a long time.

Thank you Rita I love my gifts and will think of you when I use them.

Tomorrow is day 11 and I will be opening the gift that Suzanne Reynolds  suzannereynolds.blogspot.com sent.

Happy beading Y'all,

Therese

12 Days of Christmas Handmade Gift Swap Days 8 and 9

Hi Y'all,

I was MIA with day 8 post, but I am here today to give you days 8 and 9.  

On day 8 I opened the gift from Erin Prais-Hintz Treasures Found blog.  Here is what Erin sent to me...

In this cute little package was these 

four napkin/card holder rings that Erin wire wrapped  faceted glass beads and glass pearls around to make any place setting pretty and festive.  Thank you Erin I love them.  I can not wait for an occasion to use them.

Today day 9 I opened my gift from Melissa Trudinger of Bead Recipes blog.  This is what Melissa sent to me...

Oh how sweet and oh so cute I love the card with Santa driving a vintage VW van.  I wonder if it is just a fluke or if Melissa knows about Lorelei and her husband's like for vintage VW vans.

Inside the cute packaging was this sweet little snowflake pendant and

this beautiful ornament with a crystal dangling from it.

Thank you Melissa I love my gifts from you and will always look back at this Handmade Gift Swap when I hang this ornament on my tree.

Tomorrow day 10 I will be opening the gift from Toltec Jewels www.JewelSchoolFriends.com

Happy beading Y'all,

Therese

12 Days of Christmas Day 5 Giveaway Winner

Hi Y'all,

The winner of this beautiful pendant is comment number 13...

Hope Smitherman of Crafty Hope blog 

Hope, I will send you an email to get your mailing address.

I want to wish all of you a Happy and Blessed New Year!

Happy beading Y'all,
Therese

She Made/She Made and 12 Days of Christmas day 6 12-30-12

Hi Y'all,

I would like to apologize for being late with my post.  I stared my pieces last night and just now finished them.

Today is the reveal day for She Made/She Made with my friend Christine of One Kiss Creations blog and also a special guest Alicia of All Pretty Things blog.  When I made the selection for this month's challenge I picked some beautiful boro glass beads that I thought I shared with Christine, but it turned out that it was Alicia that I shared them with, so Christine and I decided to ask Alicia to play along with us this month.
Here is what I chose for us to play with...

Teal boro glass (Alicia and I) Studio Juls bead and Czech glass square single hole tiles (Christine and I)

Here is what I made with the boro glass beads.

I used cubic right angle weave to make the rope between the boro glass beads the chocolate colored seed beads are size 8 and the bronze colored beads are 3 mm glass pearls.  The toggle is a bronze flower created by Lesley Watts of  THEAtoo at Etsy.com.

Here is what I made with the Studio Juls bead and the Czech glass tiles.

I still have to add a clasp and I think I will add more of the tiles on each of the ends.  You can not really tell from this picture, but the glass bead has some green, teal, and a bronze coppery colors so I used those colors in the rest of the cuff.

Please go over to Christine's and Alicia's blogs (if you have not already) and see what wonderful pieces they created.  Next month is for Christine to choose what we will create with, I can not wait to see what she picks.

Up next the 12 Days of Christmas Handmade Gift Swap day 6

Today I opened my gift from Amy Freeland of Copper Diem blog.  Here is what Amy sent to me...

Humm I wonder what is inside?

Why it is a beautiful zipper pull that I put on my purse.

Thank you very much Amy I love it!  Tomorrow on day 7 I would have been opening a gift from Andrew Thornton, but sadly I have not received Andrew's gift yet.  I will post when I receive it.  I will however be posting the winner of the pendant from my day 5.

Happy beading Y'all,

Therese

12 Days of Christmas Handmade Gift Swap day 5 12-29-12 and Giveaway

Hi Y'all,

This is day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas Handmade Gift Swap and this is my day.  Well since I did not make my self a gift to open I made one to give away.   Here is the piece I am giving away...

Tricia's Pendant

This pendant is similar to the one I sent to Amy Freeland.

This is a pendant tutorial that I purchased from Monomint Beading Design in Etsy.  I love James Farrand's patterns they are so easy to follow and quick to stitch up.  If you are a seed bead weaver you should go and check out James' shop, his tutorials are very reasonably priced as well.

So if you would like to win this beautiful pendant, that is on an 18 inch chain, just leave a comment and on Monday I will announce the winner of the pendant.

Tomorrow is day 6 I will be getting to open the gift from Amy Freeland of copperdiem.blogspot.com,

so come on back and see the gift I got from Amy.

The other participants in 12 Days of Christmas group 2 are:

 #1

Lorelei Eurto 
http://Lorelei1141.blogspot.com

#2
Lisa Johnson
http://whimsyswonders.blogspot.com/

#3
Suzette Bentley
http://elliesbijoux.blogspot.com/

#4
Jodie Marshall
Marshalljodie.blogspot.com

#5

Therese Frank
http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.com

#6
Amy Freeland
copperdiem.blogspot.com

#7
Andrew Thornton
http://andrew-thornton.blogspot.com/

#8
Erin Prais-Hintz
http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/

#9

Melissa Trudinger
 http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com

#10
Toltec Jewels
www.JewelSchoolFriends.com
toltecjewels@aol.com

#11
Suzanne Reynolds
 suzannereynolds.blogspot.com


#12
Gina Hockett
http://www.freestyleelements.blogspot.com

Happy beading Y'all,

Therese

12 Days of Christmas Handmade Gift Swap Day 4 12-28-12

Hi Y'all,

It is day four of the 12 Days of Christmas Handmade Gift Swap and today I opened the gift that Jodie Marshall of Jodie Marshall Lamp worked Beads and Wearable Art blog.  Here is what Jodie sent to me...

Here is the package with some yummy chocolate candy.

In the wrapped paper was this very pretty knitted cuff.  One of the buttons is a lamp worked bead by Jodie

I love the purple that fades into the beautiful blue color and the tiny red sequins scattered about the cuff.

Look it fits perfect and it is very soft and not at all itchy.

Thank you Jodie for the beautiful knitted cuff I love it.  Tomorrow is my day number 5 even though I will not be opening a gift come back and see what gift you will have a chance at winning, that's right I will be giving away a piece similar to the ones I sent out to my fellow 12 Days participants.

Happy beading Y'all,

Therese

12 Days of Christmas Handmade Gift Swap blog hop Day 3 12-27-12

Hi Y'all,

It is day three of the 12 Days of Christmas Handmade Gift Swap blog hop.  Today I opened gift three from Suzette Bentley of Ellies Bijoux blog.  Here is what Suzette sent to me...

Suzette wrapped up my gift really pretty I almost did not want to unwrap it.

This is what I found inside the pretty little box

A cute pair of bright and colorful earrings made with buttons, size 6 seed beads and very pretty green paper beads.

Thank you Suzette I love the earrings and will wear them often.

Tomorrow is day 4 and I will be opening the gift from Jodie Marshall.

Happy beading Y'all,

Therese