Valentine's Day Altered Matchbox Swap - Part 2

Belle always enjoying barking at our mail carrier.  This morning I heard her low growl explode into her deep bark and I knew it must be our mail carrier - it was.

What an awful day for our mail carriers as it is negative degrees without wind chills.  I know it is their job to deliver the mail, but I would not do it on a day like today,

so a big THANK YOU to all our mail carriers!

Our recent weather has delayed the arrival of a much anticipated package...

my Valentine's Day Matchbox Swap from Lynn L. 

Upon opening our mail box I found one item, a box just the perfect size for a matchbox swap.

I pulled out the box, turned it over and YES, it had Lynn's return address on it!

Wow, Wow, Wow!

Not only was there Lynn's matchbox, but two packets.  

This packet enclosed a vintage button card - do you remember buttons 10¢?

 

And this packet held 

a sweet Valentine ornament she made

 I immediately fell-in-LOVE with Lynn's altered matchbox 

 

the front,

the roof, the sides

and the back are full of the sweetest details!

The trinkets inside were perfectly me

 

Lynn, Thank you for your matchbox swap to me - it is amazing and I LOVE it!

Thank you again JoAnne from Vintage Dragonfly for hosting this swap! 

The perks of swapping are sharing creative art, trinkets and the best perk, making friends.  

Hugs ~ Tami

 

Valentine's Day Altered Matchbox Swap - Part 1

JoAnne from Vintage Dragonfly hosted a recent Valentine's Day Altered Matchbox Swap.  I was thrilled to be a part of it!  It was a rotation swap.   

 

This is the altered matchbox I created for Amy D.

Layers of lace, trim and millinery, mostly vintage.

 

I fell in love with it and am so pleased that Amy fell in love with it too!

I used pages from a vintage French book and stamped forever, adore & love

on them to cover the inside box

added a beaded pull on one end

 

and filled it with treasures

I ran out of room inside the matchbox, so I included one of my decorated peat pots

to hold this BE MINE stamp 

and some DOVE chocolates, because you've got to have chocolate for Valentine's Day 

Happy Valentine's Day to Amy D. and to you!

 

 

My rotation swap partner Lynn has her matchbox in the mail to me... I am so excited to receive it! 

Maybe tomorrow, but with our 'arctic vortex snow-tsunami' we are having, it may be late.  

 

I will post Valentine's Day Altered Matchbox Swap - Part 2

and share Lynn's matchbox once I receive it.  

 

Thank you JoAnne for hosting this wonderful swap!