Doctor Who swap... OMG!

I received my Ravelry Odd Ducks group Doctor Who swap package from Paula. Wowowowowow!
Look! First of all.. the package.. so cute the ithe ducks! And Rebel was so excited my sister had to hold him back after this picture 'cos he wouldn't stay out of the box!

The sparkly packages wrapped with pretty yarn and stickers!

Then... first opened.. I clutched these to me stating 'I love her!"..

Tardis Socks! Wow. I wanted these so very much! I even tried to make some for

myself, and failed miserably. The pattern says cast on something like 72?.. well even using bigger

yarn and larger needles.. they weren't big enough. But these.. yeah! These fit!!!

Then I found a hand made "River Song" Journal. So cool, it looks like the Tardis and the

paper is canvas.  There are also little apple flavored mints, yum, a tiny

Tardis repurposed tin that contained this awesome 'Don't Blink' Angel necklace!

Then I found this oh, so cute project bag made from the Spoonflower

11 Doctors fabric! Yes, they are all there and so cute!

And the Adipose yarn. Wow... so soft and cool! It came with the little pin too! What shall I make

with this!

And what? Kinder Eggs! You are kidding me?

There was a discussion about these eggs, which are chocolate eggs

that contain a toy, on Ravelry. About how hard they are to get.

And I get 4! wowow.

Finally..the reason Rebel was so excited. She included some

treats for him! He loved them. Which is cool, because he can be very

picky about treats, but he wanted to eat all of them! I made him share with

his visiting cousins, Brittany and Rascal.

 Did I get spoiled or what? Yes yes I did. Thanks so much Paula!

And on another note.. here is what I made for my spoilee...holynarf.

She stated that she would love to have the Tilting Tardis cowl. Well, now she has it! I made the

Seal of Rassilon buttons to go on it. It was tough to make, but so pretty.

The Tardis mitts, I had made myself a pair, and she also wanted these, so I whipped her

up a pair too.

She said she liked project bags.. so.. I made her a Doctor 5 tote! I hand painted the

Doctor's coat and celery onto the tote.

Tardis tatted bookmark? Well, yes! This is not my pattern, but I did

add the white beads.

These stitch markers I made because she loves Doctor 5. His 'thing' is celery.

I also made the Key to time for her, and the Adipose and Weeping Angel stitchmarkers.

This is a wine box. Or so it said in the store. I painted it to look like the Tardis. Now she

can put anything she wants in it. Needles, yarn, anything.

She didn't want painted shoes, so I made this little dumpling purse and

painted the Tardis on it for her! I thought it was so cute, I made myself one, too! I had the

space fabric, and painted the Tardis.

Steampunk phone or keychain fob. Tardis blue beads and a some

wibbley wobbley stuff in a bottle. See the teensy Tardis inside?

I made that from fimo.

The Doctor Who cursive shawl pin. I had this idea, and I think it is sort of

cool and unique.  It is all one piece of wire, bent to spell out Doctor Who.

I also made the little stickpin.

Finally... she REALLY  wanted some of this fabric. So I got it for her.

I didn't want to ruin it by trying to sew anything with it.. so she got the whole piece

to do with as she pleases!

I also sent chocolates, stationery, patterns and such. But these are the things I am

proudest of. Hope she likes it all!

Fantasy Creature swap!

Ok, the last swap I took part in on Ravelry was the Fantasy Creature swap.  Here is what I received from my spoiler...wait for it... wait for it...

A Dragon Shawl! Isn't it fantastic?  I have never received a shawl in a swap before, and I love this one because, A) it looks like a dragon's back, B) It is named Ruth after one of my very favorite dragons in Dragonriders of Pern, C) it is plenty big enough for me!
It was made by Adreeyen (her Rav name). She also sent me these goodies..

Witch Craft book, with tons of Halloweeny crafts, a diy frame with a dragon on it, knitting witch fabric, dragyn blood(aka Hot Tamales!)an adorable little blue Gnome, a lovely handmade shawl pin, Dragyn breath(hot pepper flakes) Perntyne gum (Dentyne fire gum, yum!) and these cute little circular needles.

Yes, I was spoiled rotten by Adreeyen.. thanks again!

Here is what I sent to my spoilee..Blushed.

I sent an example of each of her 5 favorite creatures. So...

Vampires. She mentioned that she wanted these little Twilight finger puppets, and no one had made

them for her, so I did.

I also made her the little gargoyle,  and took a gargoyle photo I found online and made a stencil to make

this t shirt. The Stitch markers are of a little gnome knitting. Also, for her love of zombies.. my very own designed.. brainbag.

Also for the Twilight movie, I sent a wolf and heart charm...like Bella received in the Eclipse movie. The tote bag.. I found a picture of a Gnome holding a child, and did my paintshop magic on it, now he is knitting. I called the bag Gnome Gnitting!

Here are her 'extra' goodies, Elf cookies, seeds, yarn, and a very cute gnome mitten pattern.

The next swap I will be showing will be the Doctor Who swap... I can hardly wait to see what I get for that. I LOVE Doctor Who!!!

Been knitting

I just had to show these. I am REALLY new to colorwork.. but I had to have these Doctor Who Tardis mitts. (the pattern was free on Ravelry).

There is a Doctor Who swap going on now.. and while searching Etsy for ideas, I found some Converse shoes, handpainted... with DW images. They were $180..(now $195 since the swap has begun, huh..)

anyway, I so loved them, and SO could not afford them... I went to my local WM store , bought some black hightops for $10... and painted them myself. I used images I liked, so, they are not exactly like the ones on Etsy.
I LOVE them. I wear them everywhere. Don't care that I am over 50 and wearing something 'young' people would wear. I have watched DW for YEARS, been a fan for years, and by golly, I am showing it. haha! I even bought extra pairs of close out shoes to paint. I haven't decided what to paint on the others yet.. Star Trek...Lord of the Rings...? I will figure it out later, for now, I am having fun wearing these.

Fantasy Creature swap ... sent

Another month, another swap! I love swaps so.
This month we feature the Fantasy Creature swap. In this one, the spoilee picks 5 top fantasy creatures, and you create from there.
This is what my spoilee, Blushed, picked.
Vampires, Gargoyles, Gnomes, Elves, Zombies.
Here is what she received from me,
She loves Twilight, and in 'stalking' her I found she really wanted someone
to make these finger puppets. I also created the little gargoyle from crochet.
The gnome bag and stitch markers... well, I found a picture of a cute gnome holding a child.
Then, I manipulated it in my paintshop.. and now he is ''gnitting". I found this cool gargoyle picture online, and made a stencil of it... now she and I both have a cool shirt. And of course, for the zombie night on the town.. my signature 'brain bag'.

Princess Bride swap received

This is what I received from valeta! I thought the Inigo thing was a shirt, turned out to be a project bag. Well, guess what. I took out the hem.. now it is a shirt! haha!

She made the blue and chocolate moebius scarf/cowl for me, there is the pattern for it, chocolates in a tin

stitch counter (love)  and beautiful purple cascade yarn. Yeah!

Princess Bride Swap

Here is what I sent Blindmoondesigns for the PB swap. She liked it! I will post what I get..when it arrives...

Matt Groening swap

The latest swap I have done is the Matt Groening swap. He is the creator of the Simpsons, and my fav, Futurama!
Here is what I sent my parter, heartsy

I created three patterns, Leela, Bender and Nibbler. I made her a pillow from the Leela one. The rest, I guess, you can read what they are. I made the stitch markers myself, Nibbler pincushion, and the 'faux' cross stitch tote. I printed a cross stitch I found online onto fabric, and attached it to the tote.
Here is what I just received from my spoiler, strawberrycherry..

I LOVE the Nibbler embroidery the most, as he is my favorite character.  I had never

heard of 'From Hell" which Groening also writes, so she sent me a book about it. I have already begun

reading it!  The Yarn is really soft and shiny wool! Nice!

OH, MAN! That brain slug has got Rebel! I got it off just in time!

Thanks strawberrycherry!