I have been collecting vintage planters and using them to put plants in and also pin cushions.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bunny for Chris

This cute little bunny I made for Chris in an Art4Mail one on one pin cushion swap. I thought he turned out really cute and I love bunnies, always have since my cat brought a baby one home and tried to nurse it and be it's mommy... so cute.

Bunny Pin Cushion

This adorable bunny pincushion came hopping into my home from a wonderful pin cushion designer Chris Kopell. We did a little one on one swap in my Art4Mail group and this is just so precious
Thanks so much Chris.....

Pin Cushions from a dear friend

Chris Kopell made these gorgeous pin cushions for me. She does a wonderful job and is very talented. She runs the Pin cushion swaps in Art4Mail for me...come and join us..... click on title to above pin cushions to join Art4Mail

What a surprise came in the mail today

Thank you Teresa for the beautiful Irish Rose pin cushion. It was well worth the wait. thank you for all the extra goodies added in your package, as you can see I ate the little lamb before i could even take the picture but I did save the wrapper....LOL Thank you again. If any of you out there would love to join in on the fun of swapping art item in the mail, go the Art4Mail button on the right side of the screen and hit the join now button.... lots of fun and surprises...

some recent beauties I got in the mail...Thanks Girls!!!

This my a cute little St Patty's day Lass from Barbara Moore, she came as a surprise as I did not sign up for this swap.. thank you for this gorgeous little Miriam Doll.... since you did not name Her I did...we have a Gal from ireland in our Art4Mail group, Miriam and she is a very lovely lady......
This a Postcard from Ildika who did thread painting. the theme is trees and she really captured the look of our long leaf pines in North Carolina, just like the ones in my front yard..She did a beautiful job on these. This was a swap from Postmarkedart 25....Thank you Ildika
This is my Easter Bonnet hat from Barbara Moore, this is from our monthly pin cushion swap in Art4Mail. This is my second hat from her and they are both beautiful... She is also one of our awesome tiny paper piecers....Thanks Barb...

This is a snowflake i received from Barbara Heard, she is one of our aweosme paper piecers on Art4Mail, we have a couple sho can do this tiny tiny paper piecing... It is beautiful. If you click on the picture you can see the detail much better. thank you BJ.

Some recent items I made

Heart pin cushion for Art4Mail Feb pin cushion Swap

heart pin for Art4Mail Feb swap

My hand beaded heart pin

This is label on the back of Chris's pin cushion

This is a pin cushion I made for Chris Keppel in an Art4Mail. Made from wool felt and silk ribbon embroidery with some beading.

This is one of my first quilts I made which also comes out at Christmas. I pieced and quilted it on my Bernina..Just simple meandering...


this is a snowman I wove a couple years ago but comes out each Christmas. I have woven several of these along with Santa's but sold all of them or gave as gifts. they are much cuter in person

Piano Pincushion

This was made for me in an Art4Mail pin cushion swap theme music. It is absolutly awesome, made by Constance Peterson. I just love it......Thank you Constance for this unique addition to my pin cushion collection....

Pin cushions Art4Mail Swap

Art4Mail Pin cushion swap of the month

We are doing a pin cushion swap of the month in Art4Mail these are the ones I have got so far. One is Our State and Vic made mine, it is on a wood base with Washington State fabric and seh made pins with things that are their state sign, bird, flower and so on. Barbara Moore made me the cutest purse, Ildika Colley made me a spoon with a doily and old linen, it is the most unique, I got a bottle cap truffle that I really wish I could eat and the cutest tea cup and saucer. these ladies did a terrific job and I look forward to this swap each month.

Cake Pin Cushion

We are doing a monthly pin cushion swap in Art4Mail and this months theme was edible so I made this scrumcious cake.....

Bottle cap pin cushions

More views of the pin cushions click above on Bottle cap pin cushions and it will take you to the tutorial, it has great instructions

Bottle Cap Pin Cushions Art4Mail swap

More close ups, these have silk ribbon roses embroidered on them with DMC around the edges We will have a swap in Art4Mail for these. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Art4Mail/

Bottle Cap Pin cushions Art4Mail swap

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Bottle Cap Pin Cushions

these are little bottle cap pin cushions I made for my friends. I plann on doing a swap in My Art4Mail group.