my swap

i realized i never posted what i sent to the people i swapped with, so here is the first of some catch-up things (can you tell i am on break from work again)

i made two boxes - they were covered in a map of paris and had an old, glittered up rose on the top. two laces were used, both old and the slide is from a set i got at a yard sale and looked to be from the 60s. finally a piece of music was cut into a heart and mounted on a piece of paint swatch

the second box with a blue label

i made a little bag of hearts that were cut from old papers and books and then i used glittery paint to color some of them

i added an envelope of papers and such to my box. some fabric from the 30s, a flag, book pages, Mary Engelbreit illustrations, a pilots log, doilies from hungary, a piece of my mom's graduation dress

i also made a little matchbox for some small items. jewelry pieces, decals, stickers, gold leaves, flowers, rhinestones, tiny little wonderful things

these are some old buttons from my collections, sewn on to an old label

i covered a floss card with paper and filled it with glitter thread and old rick rack. the '53 elephant was surely a political pin

more of the fun papers, a braille card, illustrations from an  old book, a perfume label, library card, and a flash card

also, i made a little hanging of a building in paris with fabulous turquoise glitter paper and beads

a card of 30s fabric

all the goodies

this was so much fun that i joined another swap and am working on two more boxes