The prom dress of all aprons!

What can I say but "Hooray it's done and ready to mailed off first thing Monday morning. I hope my partner likes her prom dress of aprons. After I got it finished it reminded me of pretty dresses. I like the deep burgandy and black together, and oh how about the "BLING". I was quite pleased with the final results, I just hope that it's not to fancy for her. Thanks for letting me share my photos with you.

Other items I included in my package were: A family living family feasts cookbook, a memory bracelet that she can put one of her holiday pictures in, a initial necklace with rhinestones. I hope she doesn't look to close at the pictures, I totally forgot to take the necklace out before snapping the pictures. I also included some yummy chocolate truffles that are made locally here in my state. I also made some Christmas cards that could also be doubled as Thank you notes. Then I made a black organza bag to wrap it all up in. Happy Thanksgiving and the joyous of all Holidays to you and yours.

My flirty apron arrived!

I received my Holiday Hostess apron for the Flirty Apron Swap this week. When I opened the package, my son said, "Isn't that the one you were hoping you would get?" And guess, what? It was! Thanks, Kara! I love this fancy apron.

Winter Wonderland Apron

Now that my swap partner, Nadine C. has received her package I can show you pictures of the finished product. With the left over fabric pieces I made a

Holiday Candle Mat to go with the apron.

Just a peek of the finished apron

Just a peek of the finished apron.

It's packed and will be on its way to my partner tomorrow. Hope she likes my non-traditional interpretation of the holiday hostess apron. I do, and my mother always said the best gifts to give are the ones that not only come from your heart but the ones you'd love to keep.

If a teeny-tiny peek won't do it for you, I've posted more photos on my sewing blog.

Fearful But Finished!

Let me first say that I DO NOT SEW! So, this is a first for me. I was pretty nervous about it, and I am sure all of the flaws will be visible to the expert seamstress's eye (like everywhere I had to use the seam ripper - yikes). However, I think the fabric is cute and I think it turned out OK for the first time (and with no help). I hope it will be good enough for my partner.

My partner said she likes black, white and red together. I decided to go ahead with classic black and white. The jewelry is a cameo necklace with a hand beaded red bracelet as an accent color.



Here is my package - ready for shipping. It will go out first thing Monday! :)