Frog ATC swap

I received this swap during the week from a swapbot swap. It was from the Frog swap I took part in! I couldn't believe what the lady sent me! As well as the one frog ATC she sent me - with the glass eyes, she also sent me a blown glass atc!!!!! And she also sent a glass bead necklace!!! And also a bee embellishment and a lovely little note about hummingbirds and how they have them all year long where she is - then she sent me a note online to say they had had snow and yet they STILL were feeding the hummingbirds!!!!!!

Sam and his paper chain snake....

Sam had fun making paper chains the other day with some paper chains Grandma sent from England that we had left over still form last year...

A gift from Stacey!

When I visited Stacey on Tuesday she gave me this Christmas gift!!! A box for my ATC's that she had painted and embellished just for me! It's so pretty - I don't know if you can tell but it sparkles in the light!!! And it has my name and bees on the top!!! Just so sweet and thoughtful! I love it! It has pride of place on my new shelf!!! Thank you so much Stacey! I don't know what paint you used but I LOVE how it sparkles in the light by my window!

Santa came early.....

Today Lloyd put up the first of two new storage systems in my room for my crafting supplies! The first is the Making Memories large Embellishment Centre which was on sale at Michaels for 40% off its usual price so I couldn't resist! It comes with a ribbon holder but my ribbons are currently stored in the decorated paint can on top so I haven't added that yet - maybe I will eventually but for mow I like the extra shelf space.

Sad news

We had a phone call this morning from England, to say that Lloyds Granddad had died today.

Lloyd will be flying over to England for the funeral next week and visiting his parents and my parents while he is there.