Swaps I won - 2015 Birdsong 5

It's always amazing and fun to see how different

artists interpret the same swap!

In my last post I showed the swap I created.  
Here are the incredible swaps I received at

Karla Nathan's Birdsong 5.  

Decorated Chipboard House Swap

I won Karla's house!

Look at her finely trimmed window frames and the Pearl heart button that frames this sweet door.  Nothing better than a rhinestone door knob!

A birdcage chandy!

And handmade furnishings!

Nature Snippet Roll Swap 

Gail Sell & I paired up for this swap.

Here is her WONDERFUL creation to me...

lucky me!

Front

Front, top 

Front, middle

Front, "T" for Tami

Front, bottom

Back, top

Back, middle

Back, bottom

Snippets of sweetness & beauty all rolled up!

Mini Canvas & Matchbox Duo Swap

Happy, Happy, Happy, I won Barb Buckton's Duo!

Her matchbox was filled with fun buttons and a sweet feather pin to use for other artsy creations!

Fabric Nature Book 

Beth Boothe is the creative artist of this amazing book

 One of my favorite quotes!

Another favorite quote!

Lots of fun & incredible details!

So much fun...thanks to Gail Sells, Barb Buckton and Betti Zucker for hosting these awesome swaps!

As always for me, I did not finish my classroom projects.  I like to absorb the ambiance during class and finish my projects later at home.  So, no project photos for now.  

Our class instructors were the BEAUTIFUL Lori Oles, Karla Nathan, Beth Leintz, Hope Wallace Karney and Lesa Dailey...thank you all for your fun & wonderful teachings!

 A special THANK YOU to our fabulous Karla Nathan for offering Birdsong 5 and opening up her beautiful heart & home to us!

"where I create, there I am true"

My Birdsong 5 Swap Creations

Birdsong 5 was amazing!

  A weekend retreat filled with love, laughter, friendship & Art - 

 presented by the fabulous Karla Nathan! 

 

I so enjoy participating in the Birdsong swap exchanges.

This year there were four swaps: 

Decorated chipboard house,

Fabric Nature book,

Nature Snippet,

Nature mini-canvas & mini matchbox set. 

Here are my creations for the swaps

I placed a battery-operated tea light in my house to serve as a nightlight.  

 

My style often leans towards whimsy or shabby, but this house spoke French cottage to me.  Although I did tuck a sweet pewter fairy on the stone archway of the door.

 

 

 

My fabric Nature book

My Nature Snippet Roll... instead of a thread spool to wrap my snippet around, I chose a branch to reflect nature.

 Rolled, front-side

 Rolled, backside

 Front, top section

Front, middle section

 

Front, bottom section

 Front, bottom section

 Back, top section

Back, full view

Back, middle section

Back, bottom section

 

My mini canvas & mounted mini matchbox set

The mini matchbox was filled with little treasures.

 

I had taken the above photos of my creations prior to Birdsong 5.  Sadly all the photos I took at Birdsong 5 I mistakenly deleted.  I was downloading them when I was really too tired to be messing with them.  Unfortunately I paid the consequences of pushing my limits...breaks my heart I lost so many photo memories.

 

Coming soon...photos of the INCREDIBLE swaps I received.  

 

See you soon!