where are the teenagers when you need them.....

backtack 4 has been the first swap i have been involved in, at it has been great fun getting to know someone from afar who enjoys similar craft adventures.... this is what i created and sent to Oklahoma and only took 7 days to get there, not the 4-5 weeks that australia post told me... ann has opened it after graciously waiting for december to arrive, so now i can post of my adventures.

gold....................................

the wreath is made from our own hay, wrapped in a circle and pushed and generaly bashed about to get the shape, and wound by string to keep it in place. then as you can see its decorated with some of the oats, wheat that we are currently harvesting from the farm... to add the shinny bit, i tied on some gold baubles and finished it all off with some xmas ribbon, cinnamon sticks and glittering threads...hard to see in the photo.

these birds with golden threads were made as a back-up in case the wreath did not make it through the u.s.a. customs..... but it did, so these become a bonus...i think ann said she was going to sit them on the mantle....

frankincense.....

hand made lavender infused soap, and an organic cotton wash cloth. both fun to make..

myrrh.......................

a nervous gift to be giving ann as she is such a wonderful knitter/weaver/user of woolen fibres...this is a cloche hat that is still to be felted. it was easier to send it in its unfinished state so i didnt run the risk of it loosing its shape. plus, ann has done lots of felting before, so she will probably do a much better job at it than i would have....

now i just have to learn how to upload some photos onto flickr... that is proving harder than making the gifts....where are the teenagers when you need them.....