Good And Plenty

Sunday greetings to all,

I'm posting today since I have a few minutes to spare. The kids go back to school tomorrow, now it's my hubby's turn for time off. He teaches at a technical college in NYC, so he has a week and a half off, until next trimester starts. I'll take advantage of this and finish setting up my craftroom, once and for all!. Finish a couple of swaps, and get ready for our son's First Communion, etc.


I have a few pictures to share, so here they are...

My partner for this swap was the lovely and talented, Jillian. I wanted to create something really special for her. One of my favorite parts in the movie is when Giselle makes a dress out of Robert's living room curtains. I wanted to recreate that dress and voila!...

I had a challenging adventure trying to fold the paper, but I succeeded, and I am very happy with how it turned out!. And being the daughter of a talented seamstress, rubbed off on me!

I also felt I needed to make her a crown, we girls can never, ever have too many of these...

And I thought, why not make a mini album depicting the items, so here's what I made...

I adore this little album, It turned out super cute!


And for her daughter, Kayla, I made this banner:

This was definitely a very fun swap!. Thank you Sarah for coming up with this one!!

I've also been busy creating my son Jeremy's First Communion invitations, I tried to make it as cute as possible, but what is it with boys' things?

I love silhouettes, so I took his profile picture, and created one of the communion boy himself ,it turned out pretty cool!. I printed the ceremony info on the back, I normally make my invites this way. I'll be wrapping them up with aqua colored tissue paper, and I'm using white ribbon to tie them up. These are going to be hand delivered, that's why I'm using tissue paper.

Next, I'll be doing the favors, I'll post a picture of those soon.

In my next post, I'll be showing you the wonderful items Miss Sandy sent me for winning her 100th post Giveaway! Lots of terrific goodies!!

Until next time, stay healthy and happy!

Big Hugs,

Rosa

Blogging Goodness

Hello my lovelies,


I'm just a tid bit busy with a few things around the house, and the kids are on Spring break!. I do try and visit your blogs and leave comments, I don't want to be forgotten!!




I'm signed up for two lovely swaps. Sonya told me about Karla and Beth's Birds & Bonnets Vintage Workshop Swap:







This is going to be lots of fun. We have to create four panels, and decorate both sides with images provided to us.


The second swap is a Mermaid Swap, this one is hosted by Genevieve. We are to create a mermaid using any media we like. My partner for this swap is Sammy, who by the way creates beautiful dolls, I'm very excited to see what she comes up with!







I contacted Sarah to create a custom bracelet for my husband's goddaughter, who'll be making her First Communion on May 4th. She created a beautiful bracelet, very girly by the way. Thank you Sarah.






She also sent me the prettiest wall hanging surprise, that really touched my heart!





Every time I see it, it brings a smile to my face!


And she also made a beautiful card, and everything was beautifully packaged, I almost didn't want to open them.





This is why I love blogging so much... the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people, whom I would have never met, otherwise!

Thank you all so much.

Hugs,

Rosa

Lovely Bits

Hello dear friends,

This is my idea of a good breakfast: Portuguese Roll with cheddar cheese Panini, and a good cup of coffee. If I don't eat breakfast, I can't function!

I have a few things to share with you today; now that I'm ready!

I participated in Tamy's Celebrate Banner Swap. My partner for this swap is Bristol.

Based on her color choices, this is the banner I created for her. I hope she likes it!

I also sent her some goodies along to help her "celebrate".

I had a great time creating these items for her. I'll post a picture of the banner she created for me as soon as I receive it.

And I placed an order from Tiffany, and she wrapped them up so beautifully! She sells many vintage items, like, the sweetest Mother Goose pages, flash cards, pom pom ribbons etc. Go check out her website : Shabby Scraps Boutique. Her blog is full of eye candy!

And this is a peek for the "Enchanted Swap". My partner is the lovely and very talented Jillian,I don't want to show too much, because she reads my blog and I don't want to spoil the surprise for her! ( Hi Jillian!)

I'm hoping this turns out as pretty as I envision it in my head. Don't worry, I'll post pictures when I'm done and after she receives it!

In my next post, I'll be sharing some other cute things, I've gotten lately.

So, until next time...

Huggies,

Rosa

Enchanted Swap

Signed up for another fun swap hosted by the lovely Sarah, please go check it out. She was inspired by Disney's "Enchanted" movie, I personally love this movie!. It'll be interesting to see what the swap participants come up with.

Have a truly beautiful Tuesday!

Hugs,

Rosa

Hanging Up Springtime Swap

I've been wanting to post pictures of the swap items I received for Sarah's Hanging Up Springtime Swap. She did a wonderful job putting all the items on a clothesline for all the participants. Aren't those tiny clothespins the cutest?!. I love everything!!

Here are the items I received:

Bird, from Priscilla:

Gloves are from Jessi:

The dress is from Linda:

The bloomers are from Vivian (http://vivs-whimsy.blogspot.com/)

The butterfly is from Nancy:

And last but not least, the hat is from Patricia (http://theunfinishedflower.blogspot.com/)

Here they are, hanging in my living room:

Aren't they adorable?

I hope you like them too!

Have a great day.

Hugs,

Rosa

Signed Up for New Swap

It's being hosted by Tamy over at GaGaforGarlands. We'll be assigned a partner, and using our

partner's two chosen color combos, we'll create a rectangular banner with the word "celebrate"
incorporated somewhere on it. I love banners, so I'm looking forward to getting started!

This is our youngest son, Jason. He keeps mommy on the go all day long, so when he naps, it's like winning the lottery!. We were getting ready to go to the post office, so I said to him, "let me take a couple of pictures of mommy's little helper", I must say he's very cooperative when it comes to letting me take pictures of him. I adore this little guy!

Till next time,

Hugs, Rosa