Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Vintage Easter Basket!

I signed up for the Very Vintage Easter Basket Swap and my lovely partner, Yvonne, sent me my package already. She told me she'll be away all week so I'll be sending her's out at the end of the week so it isn't sitting waiting for her. This was a fun swap! I don't think I've done one before where you are teamed up with someone and you each send to each other. Usually you send to one person and get from another.



Here is a shot of the full basket, and the cute wooden box that didn't fit in the basket.
















This is the wooden box, opened up to show the decorated egg cup inside...


















here's the pretty bird egg cup with sparkly egg inside... I love this! It needs to be decorating a high cabinet though, because Butterkitty thinks it is food or something. She immediately started licking the sparkly egg like an ice cream cone. ;-) It looks good on the china cabinet, so it all works out.
















Super cute wooden row of three little chickies...

















beautiful little vintage vase with hanky tucked inside!

Also in the basket: reese's egg, easter tissues, pretty little note pad, ribbon, vintage buttons... Oh, and my very first Fannie May chocolate! And probably something else I'm forgetting at the moment... Thanks, Yvonne!













Oh! And this cute little felt cupcake with easter chicks on top. :-)

A quick update on the knitting front - I finally finished the latest/last pair of Fetching. Yes, they were a Christmas present. But the celebration got pushed until March so I kept putting it off since I was so tired of making these things. It's a great pattern but after *seven* pairs, I'm done. If I ever make it again, it won't be for a very long time. I'm happy with these though, the Comfort Ease shows the pattern very nicely and apparently my Uncle's fiancee had been saying how much she liked my grandmother's and would like a pair, which I hadn't known. I'm almost halfway done with Hey Teach!, or in my case, Hey Librarian! ;-) and need to get it photographed for here and Ravelry both...

5 comments:

Laura said...

What a great basket of goodies!

DJ said...

Dude, your cat is seriously dumb. :)

alissa said...

Hey, I didn't try it - maybe it tastes good!

Kyle and Amy said...

Your cat is just jealous and obviously wants ICE CREAM, dont we all?!?
Very Nice basket, especially the cute chickies and felt cupcake.

Jennet (Feathered Nest Studio) said...

super cool basket! I love my fingerless glove things I got last year-- didn't know they had some special name.
and butterkitty is just a little challenged, Dyani.

 

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