Christmas Stocking Swap 2013

Well, I have a LOT of updating to do here! Some things I have not got photos of yet - but I will add what I do have!

The first post is going to be long - it is what I sent for the Craftster Christmas Stocking Swap 2013. I had a wonderful partner who is rather 'bohemian' and encouraged me to buy things from a charity shop and repurpose. I did that for most of my items - some of the things I sent were made from my stash.


She requested a 'sack' for her soul daughter (she has taken her in as she was having family trouble) who is French and loves things that are black / white and lacy! I made her sack out of a skirt and a table cloth I found in a charity shop

a close up of the embroidery

unfortunately I got the name wrong - goodness knows how - it should have been Helene - still, my partner says she was able to fix it easily!

The top is drawstring so it can be closed.

Also for her daughter I made a 'welcome to uni' kit as she hopes to go to university this year. This was the box:

it had some uni essentials in - notebooks, diary, pens, chocolate of course and a pen holder - this was a plain wooden owl when I found it in the charity shop - so I drilled a pen sized hole in it's head and painted it black / silvery white

I made each of her two boys a felt penquin to hang on the tree:

I also sent them some "reindeer food" a book each and a craft kit each.

She and her husband keep bees and make their own honey (they have 100 hives) so I made her husband a bee keyring:

This was originally a russian doll shaped keyring which I repurposed.

Then - I got to spoil my lovely partner! 

I made her an airdry clay snowman

a bent metal wind chime:

Some food pouches she had requested with charity shop fabric and a pair of my old jeans (she asked to have them lined with denim:

a needle felted wall hanging for her barn (she is a psychiatrist and has just opened her barn for group therapy etc)

The words are sewn with green seed beads and say "Jump for the moon, even if you miss you'll be among the stars"

A set of jewelery - necklace bracelet and earrings:

 

Some coasters for her Barn - made from overmelted hama beads (As I prefered the look of overmelted) with felt on the bottom:

 Some knitted bunting - accented with beads:

A long long string of beads got from charity shop necklaces as she said she liked hanging strings of beads around her trees / in her barn etc

And lastly for this post some air dry clay baubles for her trees.