Our little Bits of Goodness

The last week has just flown by and I still have so much I wanted to share with all of you!

We are finally starting to get back in a schedule of sorts, and I am finally starting for feel more like being myself and less like being a zombee just going thru the motions of unpacking and sorting. We are getting to relax a bit more, explore and enjoy the natural progression of the summer turning to fall. I love this time of year...it just feels like mother nature is telling us to slow down and the rainy weather and cooler temps are just what we need to take a moment and enjoy the simple things...like apple sauce simmering on the stove and hot cider to sip while we read a good book!

Another excitement around our house is the unpacking of our comfort items...like the girls' play kitchen, my sewing desk and the nature table! While we haven't found all our nature table goodness, we have gotten back into swaps with Bits of Goodness and look what we found in the mail!



These lovelies are from the Tree swap that I recently took part in! Aren't they just beautiful!? The girls each got a tree, and the acorns/pouch but I claimed the necklace and the pouch for myself since the girls would only fight over them! lol It's nice to get something for myself once in awhile too and the girls didn't seem to mind... Ü





These are the little squids that I made for the Water swap! I can't wait to see what goodies we'll get in return! I just love the way these little guys turned out and of course I had to make a few more for the girls too! You can find the pattern here.

These swaps have been such a blessing to our family...the items we get and the quality of the craftmanship just amaze me! I am currently working on items for the fall nature table swap and the Christmas stocking/advent swap...more pictures to come!

Give away winner!

Thanks so much for everyone that entered my give-a-way!! We threw all the names in a hat (literally as you can see) and my lovely little assistant....



... pulled a name out of the hat!



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and the winner is.... One Pink Fish!

Please email me the color you want and your info and I'll get it out in the mail to you!

Thanks for all the kind words....pleas check back soon for more give-a-ways! Again I have been so lucky with the give-a-ways that I have won, not to mention the amazing friends I have made from blogging...I just want to share the love when I can!

Swaps and Giveaway happy!

While the weather has been hot and rainy, we have been trying to keep busy in the trailer. There have been lots of time spent playing with fairies and tangrams ...

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And I have been busy working on swaps for Bits of Goodness! I was the host of a swap for doll house/fairy house items! I would post pictures, but some of the boxes are still in transit but here's a peek at what I made!

A tiny doily!

I so enjoyed making these and can't wait to give a few to the girls for their doll house! How fun it will be setting up a house with all the little details!

And I'm just finishing up these little dragon flies for a summer nature table swap...it's hard to keep track of them...the girls keep trying to sneak off with them!! (Please excuse the picture quality- I took them with my phone! lol)

Somewhere along the way, I got lucky and actually won a few giveaways on other blogs!! I feel sooo lucky!!! The girls are going to love the new zhu zhu stuff! I'm having it shipped to their grandma's house so we will pick it up mid-move. I figure it will be a great diversion while we are unpacking at the new house (which is still yet to be found)! And my other good fortune has been keeping me company in the afternoons while the girls nap...the wealth of information I have been learning is amazing!!!

SOO... I would like to offer up one of my newest projects as a small giveaway to one of you!

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3 chances to win! Please leave three seperate comments :)

1. Just leave a comment for a chance to win one of my little dragon flies!

2. Want an extra chance to win? Become a follower, (or remind me that you already follow) and I'll enter your name an extra time!

3. Want to really up your chances? Blog about it and then come back and leave me a link!

Just think of the adventures your little ones could go on with this dragon fly...or put it on a pin and wear it around town....or you could string it and make it into a great ornament! The possibilities are endless! So enter now!!

I'll put all the names into a hat on Monday, July 12 th! Happy Summer!

More yummy stitches

A friend of mine asked if I could make some cupcakes for an upcoming birthday and I was thrilled to have a challenge! What I didn't realize was how challenging it can be to use someone else's pattern and not have it come out just right! There are lots of patterns online for cupcakes and I've been trying them out and altering them to look how I want. There are two of the ackward ones that I made but will continue to work on my own pattern until I get it "just right"!

The girls don't seem to mind that they aren't perfect...I keep catching them sneaking off with them to take them into their play kitchen! I'm glad they are going over so good in our house at least!

Miniature Joy

I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner....why not use the same patterns I use for my other toys only with a smaller hook and thin cotton yarn?! The result is pure miniature joy!

The fruit are really fairy food that I made for a Fairy swap! I am so tickled with the way they turned out and hope that the people getting them love them too!