swip, swep, swap

one of the best things i've done recently is take part in an etsy uk-ers swap. it was great fun, and everyone is a winner. organized brilliantly by charlotte, you had to list 3 things you loved, (colours etc) and 3 things you don't care for (in my case, dolls, clowns and anything frilly) and she had the task of matching you up with someone to swap $20 worth of your creativity with. i had to create something for kelly, who likes straight lines, things that are useful and autumnal colours but hates the colour pink. i made her a sketchbook and a couple of hand printed cards which you can view here. then this morning i received a package and it contained the beautiful photography of andrew, aka coldcell, of the rolling derbyshire landscape. lovely, many thanks, andrew! happiness all around.

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a while back the lovely dawbis and i arranged a swap. we decided to both make a 6x 6" piece (or actually it could have been 5x5", i can't remember! blonde moment! ;) and send it to each other. the above piece is mine to her and if you click here, you can see a sneaky peek at the one i will receive shortly. it's so cute, i don't think i've ever owned a piece that was made especially for me!