As Lynn has now received her swap, I can reveal what I made.
I knew from the start that I wanted to make a crochet heart as I love to crochet (not that I do that much of it but see here and here).
Now as it was an 'Initial' Heart Swap I had to add my partner's initial to it. I first thought about using an initialled bead but didn't really know where I would put it. Then I realised that Lynn was a cross stitcher and so decided to x stitch her initial onto ribbon and use that as the leaves. Lynn, I hope you approve of my x stitch skills!
All packaged up with a hand made label! You'll notice in later pics that I decided to stamp Lynn's name onto the tag.
Another requirement of the swap was to send your partner a chocolate/a sweet. I bought a bag of chocolate hearts and repackaged them, sealing the bag with a hand made tag. I sealed it shut with row of zig zag stitching that I wanted to look like grass but look closely, I had stitched it with the zig zags pointing down!!
I just couldn't leave it like that so I redid it - much better!
I was having so much fun with my swap that I decided to add a couple of extras - one of them was an idea I had had for a while but had never gotten around to doing. I painted an empty little honey jar lid green and stuck on a hand made rose and filled the jar with pink, white and green buttons.
And since I enjoy making cards, I made a card to go with it
Finally I packaged it all up and sent it off to Lynn
Lynn, I'm so glad you liked it! It was an absolute pleasure putting it together for you.
~A
