OCTOBER DELIGHTS.....

I made these fun paperdolls for my dearest friends Stefanie, Birgit and Anja in Germany. They were my first attempt at paperdolls. I will look in my book and...
then bewitch you as I cast my spell.....
HAPPY HALLOWEEN ATC SWAP with MWS

Pumpkin patch kitties I planted for my CCCC friends....

MWS BLACK ATC SWAP

MWS PURPLE ATC SWAP

BOO!!!

My fireplace mantle decked out for the spooky time....

CCCC cards to delight me this Halloween season! Of all the cards, I love the Halloween and Valentine's seasons the best... Lots of spooky witches and cats here! click to bigafy!Last fading autumn roses. I love the autumn roses the best of all the seasons....

BIRGIT's package of treasures for the Cat's & Bird's swap...

My dearest friend Birgit knew just what would sooth my homesick heart, so she sent me these vintage postcards of my hometown Augsburg in her swap package. Yes, there were some tiny happy tears... All of her treasures were wrapped in pink papers and in delicate shades of rose from the ribbons to the delicate patterned cut our flower blossoms. Even the tissue has roses on it.
One of the things I love so much about all of my dear friends, Stefanie, Anja and Birgit is that each one of them sent me some kind of delicious German chocolates with their thoughtfully selected treasures. Birgits's tea is called Balance and the other is Lighthearted..yummy fruit flavors so right for a chilly autum evening. Such a cute altered tin with birds all in pink and a pretty dress to wear to Miss Peach's wedding on Halloween for me along with a vintage rose pin.
This rose covered box held all the many candies. Look at the pretty footed planter...have you ever seen such shabby chic roses on blue before? A perfect place to display all the pretty ATC's.

Here is the rose pin on my mother of the bride dress...

She never forgets to include the most wonderful napkins and papers...

A vintage photo confection...

And now for Birgit's ATC's....A meowing trio....

Miss Wings...on vintage paper I like so well.

Nice touch of ribbon stamping, aCATually on lace. Very tricky to do...

Sleeping cats seldom get into trouble as they dream of dinner...

Birgit's trio of fine feathered friends...

This is my favorite ATC. Birgit has such a fine way of shading her colors that I so admire. I just love this delicate graduation of the rose shades.

Sweet little wren...true king. I love the crown stamp and have looked for one just like this for such a long time.

A happy family in blue...

Thank you so much liebe Birgit for all of you kindly selected treasures. My heart is happy and I look forward to our Halloween Paperdoll Swap!

ANJA's Brids & Cats Swap

My new friend Anja from Germany begins her swap package like a good German with Schokolade!!! Oh how good it was on that hot summer night to share it with Cole and Dennis. Perfection! Miss Peach was delighted to have her very own wedding ATC's made for her by Anja. I just adore these tiny wedding reminders.

Miss Peach as the beautiful bride...

Mickey the black cat as the handsome groom....

Our swap was all about birds and cats...a purrrrfect combination. thank you Anja for the pretty card. I am so glad you are going to join us from now on in our swaps!

All the nice candies a girl needs were included in her package. Tissue, daisy stick pins, a bird and a butterfly...tea bags for a chilly autumn evening soon to come. The flavor is interesting, raspberry/chili called Sweet Devil! Pretty roses and pearls wire garland that I can bind sketchbooks with. I love the nice notebook with it's handmade papers...

Look at the wonderful scrap inside the nice wrapping paper....

So purrrrfect for Valentines Day and Miss Peach's wedding.

Kitties and a Vintage day at the ocean side complete the themes. I adore these scrap papers and remember them so well from my childhood days in Germany. I was very surprised by them and thank you so much for the purrrfect candy Anja!

Birds in Blue~Pink~Green!

Duet in Pink...

Green with rhinestones and shimmer ribbon...

Blue with tone on tone coloring.

A trio of cats....

One of my favorite looks is to add some vintage newsprint to an ATC! I love the hat Anja!

Elegant black lace sets this ATC to purrrrfection!

A purrrrfect feline quartet!

The bride and groom once more because they are so special!

See the sweet little bird on the lamp? Anja's mother made that for me!! How precious is she to think of me.

I loved our first swap together Anja...look how happy my fireplace mantle is with all of your beautiful ATC's all lined up.

STEFANIE'S Birds & Cats ATC Swap...

My dearest friend Stefanie sent me the most wonderful candies, as we call it, in her lovingly arranged package all the way from Germany for our swap. Miss Peach was as delighted to see all the things as I was. I like Stefanie's old world style of stamping and collaging her art work. She selects muted colors just right for the season or theme and always delights me perfectly with her creations. Please enjoy looking at her many talents...vielen dank Stefanie, we are so happy that you sent us so many treasures!! {Please click on the photos to enlarge them for nice details!}
Oh so many delightful Candies....
Oh I love the box best and my key chain kitty...and the mouse that Max felted for me in the first picture and the catnip!!!.
Such a nice German 'Willkommen' stone for my garden...

Dennis thinks it looks like a potato and want some Kartoffel Salat!Tiny rusty birdy fits perfect on the roses...

Delightful vintage postcards from my home country in Bavaria...oh how romantic!!

Vintage scrap in green...

Teddy bear love...

Miss Peach thinks all cats are purrrrfect!

Der Zaunkoenig!

Collaged birdies...

What is this mommy, it says Katzenzungen? Silly kitty girl those are German chocolates shaped like little cat tongues and are for adults only to eat.

My big boys are so happy that you thought of them with your perfect selections from the home country Stefanie!! Cole is so thrilled to have a German view master TV set with secens from the Moon landing. Danke dir lieber Steffen for getting this for Cole in Nurnburg at the Toy Museum, we have been there before!