My Third Silver Bella Swap

Wow! Who'd have thought that I'd find another swap that I'd be interested in for Silver Bella. This one is a Mini Art Quilt Swap. I thought that I'd be able to find a cute idea for four panels, and I certainly hope that I do, I've got enough time, and it's only four panels. Here are the details:

Mini Art Quilt Swap

Opening: Monday, June 22nd, 12:00pm CST


Hostess: Sheila Rumney

Email Address: rumcraft@...

Maximum Number of Participants: 12


Delivery Plan/Deadline: Deliver to hostess by Thursday, September 1st

Details: Each person designs 4 – 5" x 7" mini art fabric panels – making sure to leave a 1" border around for binding. Pull out your vintage laces, buttons, beads, small embellishments, fabric, and embroidery threads and design 4 unique mini art fabric panels. Don't sew? Don't worry there are fabric glues that work great so you too can join in the fun. I will then sew together 4 panels from each of the participants on cream osnaburg/muslin background and present 1 mini art quilt with 4 panels to each participant during swap night.

The last swap I plan on signing up for opens on Thursday, and hopefully, that will be it - I've made huge commitments and I need to be responsible and live up to them.

My Second Silver Bella Swap

After watching and waiting for what seemed like three whole hours - it only ended up being two hours and 45 minutes - I was lucky enough to sign up for this swap, my second for Silver Bella. I plan to sign up for one more, unless something else comes up that is new and unusual, and immediately inspires me.

"The Sweetest Thing" Recipe Swap

Swap Opening: Friday, June 19th, 8:00am CST

Hostess: Shea Fragoso and Deborah Murray

Email Address: sheafragoso@... and deborahmurray@...

Maximum number of participants: 20

Delivery deadline: To be mailed to hostesses prior to November.

Details: Let's channel our inner Sugarplum Fairies, and share recipes for our favorite decadent, treasured Holiday Desserts! 20 participants will each contribute two recipes, mounted back-to-back on a single sheet of chipboard, creating a keepsake collection of 40 delicious treats!! We encourage you to open the vault, and share grandmas famous secret recipe, or the one that you have kept successfully to yourself all these years. These are your Silver Bella Sisters, and they deserve to bake the very best!!! Using a format of 8" x 10", we will create recipe pages that will be sent in prior to November, and bound into a book and presented to the group at Silver Bella! Use the page background to decorate and/or tell the story of the origins of your offerings. Create a pocket on the page, (one on each side), and insert 4" x 6" cards of the actual recipes. We will laminate these removable cards for practicality, so that your book can remain out of harm's way! In order to achieve a fairly cohesive look, let's use a color palette of winter white/cream, gold, and silver with accents of chocolate brown. If you feel your page needs more of a "holiday look", please feel free to add touches of burgundy and forest green. As always, lots of sparkle and glitter is welcomed as we create pages to be treasured and visited again and again, year after year. A cherished memento of our time together at Silver Bella 2009!

My First Silver Bella Swap

Wanda called me earlier today to clue me in to the swaps that were opening this week for Silver Bella. Last year, I wasn't able to participate in any swaps, since I signed up to attend extremely late, and they were all full. I also need a lot of time to get things done, so lead time is very important to me. Today, Wanda signed me up for the Sugar n Spice n Everthing Nice ATC Swap. It's details are as follows:

Sugar n Spice n Everything Nice ATC Swap
Hostess: Bianca Gaspard
Swap Opening: Tuesday, June 16th, 12:00pm CST
Email address: whitelily.2006@...
Maximum number of participants: 15
Delivery deadline: Please have them mailed no later than October 1st. I plan on putting the cards in a book to give the participants at the welcome night.
Details: ATC's need to be 2.5"x3.5" either vertical or horizontal. Use at least 2 layers of cardstock or cardboard for the base. Theme- Your cards can be any variation on the saying "Sugar n Spice n Everything Nice". You could do little girls, candy, sweets, spicy items, anything along those lines. Please make sure you put the title of the swap, your name, where you are from and the number of the card in the series on the back.

I think I'm going to try to sign up for another swap on Friday. They go quickly, so wish me luck!

Sunday Craft Session

Before work today, Tom was nice enough to allow me to have the day to myself. That was really good, because I had a lot of stuff to do. I started off by assembling all of the charms for the Things with Wings Spring Charm Swap. If I find the time, I will try to add another piece to the charm, but if not, this will be the completed product. They are all slightly different, since the beads were either variegated or came in a multi-pack. The charms also came in a pack of five different "things with wings" - butterfly, moth, bumblebee, dragonfly, and whatever is pictured below.

Completed Charm

After that, I sorted out the bottle caps that I've asked the bartenders at Tidewater to save for me for my recycled art project for Safety Day at Huber. I then started to put my art together. It'll be a long process, but I hope it turns out well. I lay out the bottom layer, and started gluing pieces down. Hopefully, the rest will go as easily as that part did.

My Palette

Friday Rehearsal Dinner

Another night, another rehearsal dinner. Sondra and I worked this one together. This party was in the banquet room. They brought their own centerpieces, as well, and they were all different. The father of the bride was someone that I used to work with at Huber.

A Centerpiece

Another Centerpiece

After the party, I was walking into the server station when Sherry (a hostess) told me that the Penguins won the Stanley Cup. Woo hoo! I'd forgotten that game 7 was being played tonight.

Thursday Rehearsal Dinner

At work tonight, Adrienne, Sondra, and I worked a rehearsal dinner. It was crazy! First off, they wanted the porch - usually banquets are held in the banquet room in the back, or, if they're small, in the dining room - so all of the tables and chairs had to be moved out, and new ones put in. Then, we had to rent linen, because they wanted white linen on the tables. They even brought centerpieces for the tables. It all ended up looking very nice.

Finished Table

Centerpiece

They ate, drank, and were merry. They brought a groom's cake for dessert, and rumor had it that their wedding cake cost $5000 and was made by the Ace of Cakes!

Groom's Cake

Swap Supplies

Yesterday, after the KaBOOM gig, I went to Michael's and picked up some things for the Summer Hair Accessories Swap. My first impulse was the top picture - but then I realized that the due date was after July 4th, so I went with a better choice of the lower picture. I did, however, pick up the red, white, and blue ones, and hope to make some hair pieces for the holiday - I've been invited to a couple of get-togethers, and they might make nice gifts.

Patriotic Colors

For Swap