Girly pocket bag - what I made

 Here's what I sent to Lisa for our pocket bag swap:

 I had this vision of just layering a bunch of lace on it. Of course when I got done, I realized I had kinda killed the bag, because I couldn't open the bag to full capacity. Oops. I feel like I'm kinda inundating her with lace, I will try not to use lace on the next thing I make her. The middle part you'll be able to see much better on the next photo. On top of the middle, I added pink velvet ribbon and a tiny piece of bling from some vintage jewelry. I also made that a pocket. I should have taken a picture of this without all the goodies. Aside from the doily peeking out, I'm not exactly sure how I decorated the top. On the way top of the bag, I put sparkly washi, which does not like to stick to itself, so I added some more lace to it.
Here's the back

I didn't do a lot of decoration to the back. I really wish I did more on the middle part, you can see a button that says Model Status on it. On top, I added a hello I fussy cut and some blingy flowers.
I tried to load it up with girly stuff I found in my stash.
I hope she likes it. I can't wait to see what we create next month.

Girly pocket bag

For the monthly swap I'm in, I got to choose what we made and the theme for November. I'm not good at making decisions sometimes, so I chose a pocket bag in a girly theme. I also asked that we include 3 handmade paper clips.

Here's what Lisa sent me:

 It's beautiful I love that she went with a vintagey girly theme.
Here is the bag itself:

 Here's just the bag:

 I'm loving that banner punch and the mason jar punch. Someone has sent me a few of those for my wishes, but I can't get enough of them. I also love how she added the hello tag above.
Here's what was in the bag:

 a die cut collection. I'm guessing this is one whole collection that she bought somewhere. I'll be using these for sure.
More goodies:

 Lots of lace and embellishments.
This is my favorite goody:

She took that mason jar punch and made me a mini notebook with a W on it.

I've been watching videos where people don't want to take apart the things others sent them. I get that now. I made sure to put everything back in like I found it. I don't have the room in this apartment to display the things people are making me, so sometimes I go to the drawer where I keep them (it's getting pretty full, I'll have to figure out something else soon) and just marvel at how creative people are.

My next post will be what I sent her.

Monthly Swap

Here is what I sent to Lisa.

I tried something new, I thought it'd be cool to make a flip book where the sides of the front opened, kinda like a door. Of course it didn't exactly line up when I got it all done, but that's the story of my life sometimes. I tried to use a lot of what I like on it.

 The die cut I got in one of my birthday gifts. The trim was in my stash. There are letter stickers at the bottom that say "Hello Lisa". I like putting the word Hello on the fronts of my flipbooks.
If you read my other blog, you know I love vintage lace, I also love die cuts even though I don't have a machine, people have sent me some, so that's what I use. The background paper is from Hobby Lobby.
Here's what it looks like when you open it:

 Those hot air balloons are from two different paper packs from Hobby Lobby. The camera ribbon is from JoAnn's. The flower stickers are from Dollar Tree, no idea where I got the quote sticker. The camera on the doily is from the front of an ArtC ephemera pack (I got that idea to cut up the pictures on packaging from Amy's Got a glue gun). The gold sticker is from Hobby Lobby and the donut stamp is from Target.
Some close-ups:

 The flower stickers are actually dimensional, but I separate the layers and use them. The bird one is from a different sheet and I just used the pot from the flower sheet. Don't we all just love this quote?

I loved the idea of fussy cutting the hot air balloons (I really like hot air balloons). I had a sticker that said "Life is an adventure", but it didn't really work, so I just stole the quote.

I really like how this 'doily' looked here. I also love sweets.
When you flip the middle down and the sides up:

More close-ups:

 I tried to glue a glass button on top of my banners, but it just wouldn't stay. I tried hot glue and then goop, but I don't know if it was the button or the tape. So, I just sent the button with the package. I saw this stamp in someone's haul video awhile back and wished I had it, only to find it when I was packing up. I believe someone sent it to me in a swap. It's great, I love owls and I love books, what could be better? I actually have a pair of earrings that almost looks like it, only my earrings have an open book below the owl. The flip flops are sticky notes, so I stuck a little stack on there.

 I love this little girl stamp, she was a little bit of a splurge when I went to Hobby Lobby one time, but she's just so cute. Also, I haven't been using a ton of stamps in my stuff lately, I need to start back up. I can't color her though, I suck at coloring. I also added a stamp of mini cupcakes.
I wanted to add my note on the above page, but when I went to fold it up, it was too bulky, so I had to move it. And it wouldn't stay closed.

 I added something to this top flap because it was way too plain, but I can't remember what it was. I had this project life card in my stash and just had to trim it down a tiny bit to get it to fit. I couldn't think of an answer for two of the blanks, so I left them alone.
Here's the middle:

 I used some vintage mother-of-pearl buttons for the side, cause I love vintage buttons (or just buttons). The glittery vine washi I picked up on clearance at Walmart a little while ago. I'm not sure how I feel about it. It's very thin, and tears easily. It was hard to work with.
Flip the top card up:

 I used some of my sweet treat washi to stick these down, and some of my more favorite cards.
Flip this one up

 And flip the last one up

I really liked this heart, it's cut out of a bigger piece of paper, but I just wanted the heart.
Here's the back:

I never know what to do with my backs.

I love how it turned out and I hope she liked it too.

Next month (November) we're doing a girly loaded paper bag. I haven't done one with an actual paper bag, but I'm going to. We're also gonna have 3 altered paper clips in it. Now that I've started doing those it's so hard to stop.

Monthly Swap

Another wish I granted through CraftyLori's video on Youtube was to do a monthly swap with Lisa. She suggested we do a get to know you flipbook for the first month. Here's what she sent me:

 I got it before work and couldn't wait to open it, so this pictures are from my work desk. The flip book is on top, she added an extra goodie bag for me.
This is the contents of the extra bag

 Some cute envelopes and a set of postage mark stamps.
On to the flip book:

 I love how hers has the whole mail theme going on. I also love these little girl stamps, they're wicked cute.
When you flip it up:

 I love the tiny envelopes in the mailbox.
Flipping the tag and the envelope:

 The mailbox also flips up and there are some wicked cute tiny postcard stamped images. The card on the top is her mail tag, I will answer her questions in November's swap.
That paper in the bottom pocket is actually sticky notes. I didn't take a picture of what's in the goody envelope (Bad Wendy), it's got a bunch of little file folders with punches in them.
When you flip the paper over:

 That paper is tiny notebook paper with the striped washi and hello stamped on them.
When you flip that over:

 When you flip this whole page down:

 There is a letter for me in the top.

Very cute. I love it. I couldn't stop looking at it and had to show my housemate it, it was so cool.

Thank you so much Lisa!