Little works of art in the mail

I received the swap ATCs from Kimberly's June MERMAID swap today. How exciting! Kimberly is a fabulous swap hostess, she always packages them beautifully. Have a look at how gorgeously wrapped they arrived -

See? The perfect colours for the swap theme and a lovely personalised tag ( L for Liz ).

And here are the beautiful ATCs I received, just in the order I took them out of the package -

This little beauty is from Amy Bauer, who doesn't have a blog ( yet, but we should make her have one, lol ). I have never ever seen seashells as small as the ones she has used on her ATC, I am utterly amazed. I love everything about the ATC, the gorgeous shimmery fabric  used for the water, the amazing mermaid's tail stitched over with metallic thread, and as I have already mentioned, those tiny seashells.


Next up is this cute as pie ATC - 

 from Saucy Chick Cherry. Such a gorgeous whimsical ATC and don't you just love her bikini top made from little sequins? And of course I love the glitter on the seaweed and the handsome fish. 


And then I was thrilled to bits to find an ATC made by our hostess Kimberly -

Incredibly detailed, beautifully made. Perfect, isn't it? Gorgeous image, fabulous background and those embellishments are totally droolworthy.


AND............. I was also one of the lucky girls to receive an extra ATC made by Sabrina. Apparently she had so much fun creating for the swap, she made some extra ATCs and Kimberly randomly put them in some of the swap packages.


My July swap ATCs are on the way to Kimberly, and I can't wait to see what the other girls are going to make for the July theme A LOVELY DAY AT THE BEACH. You can probably tell I am having oodles of fun with these swaps.


You know, the weather here is crazy at the moment, yesterday we had a gorgeous summer day, 30C during the day, lovely mild evening, and although the weather forecast promised sun sun sun for the next few days, it is cold, grey and overcast and drizzly again. Poo to that. We are supposed to be going to the Thursday evening vide grenier tonight, I just hope that they don't cancel it, or that no stall holders turn up. Keep your fingers crossed. 


Toodlepip xxx