The black venetian

I have a new mysterious and glamorous pal- she pretends not to be but in my book anyone who chooses black for their favourite colour in a swap has a certain panache! Yes Michela has now received the parcel I sent as part of Lululiz rainbow swap. Lululiz designed a really good questionnaire to give us lots of extra information about our partners so that is why there is also a fair amount of orange and yellow in the parcel, there was also a spending limit set which made the whole thing a very pleasurable swap. I made quite a bit for the swap- some more painted notelets and a button ring, but also a bag from a tea towel I had picked up at a Lifeboat stall. I would love to make more vintage tea towel bags and need to trawl some charity shops, and some Aunties kitchen drawers! I also made my first Jingle Owl- these are so cute that I have ordered lot more little bells from E-bay to make some for the Christmas tree. Part of my budget was spent on a little vintage posy ceramic, some chocolate and some mascara but I also commissioned Dad to turn a special pot. Michela lives in Venice and Dad was keen to make an architectural pot and he finished the wood in black and yellow. It was great to make a really family swap parcel, and when I read Michelas' thank you email out to my parents over the phone I got the feeling my Mum even wept a little!

A big thanks to Lululiz and Michela for giving me so much pleasure in putting this parcel together.I had so much fun that I have decided to put together swap style boxes for my parents and brother and sister in law for Christmas. Next post I will ave my October Folksy purchase to share and also I'll show you what I won last week on a blog giveaway.