Season's Winter Exchange

It was such fun participating in the Harvest exchange that I was so excited to join in with the Winter one which focused on the theme light. I had lots of ideas of what I could include in a package for my partner at Leaning Apple Garden. The exchange date being so close to the holidays gave it that extra challenge, but I did it and was excited about what I made.

I sent a garland which was a combination of the things we decorate our house with; some dried orange slices and twig stars, strung with twine. I needle felted a little king winter, holding a lantern, topped with a beaded crown. There was some beeswax snowflake ornaments, an embroidered dove and a window star.

We were thrilled to have received a very beautiful package just before Christmas. They have been busy with beeswax as well, including an adorable beehive and night sky ornaments, a hand dipped candle that was made by shared hands- just for us. A treasured card, beautiful fabric, a delicate and tiny felted advent wreath was beautiful on our nature table. The gift we all treasured the most was a carved and hand painted elf. Such bounty!

Thank you Pennie and family!

Autumn Signs

I was part of the Seasons Round Exchange Harvest- such a wonderful way to mark the changing seasons. A nature table is something we have off and on through out the year. The table always gets set up....but keeping it on the table or even close by is a challenge. The kids love taking it down and create a nature play area in different nooks around the house. Leaving a bare table!

The idea of the exchange was to share 3-5 things, at least one of which you made with your partner. These were things for the other families nature table. In the package I sent our swap family a Harvest Lady, felted, with an apple tree on her dress, holding a basket of apples and a large felted apple. A copy of Autumn by Emily Dickinson, a beeswax candle in a walnut shell, a package of cards each with a different wildflower, a garland of embroidered felt leaves. It was a joy to put them together to share.

Our exchange family is from Washington and they gifted us with some beautiful treasures. A bendy doll, named Pepo, who was a special guest from their garden, some felted acorns in fall colours, and a very beautiful felt pumpkin whose lid comes off. There were calendula seeds from their garden to ours, a collection of fall leaves and hand drawn pumpkins from their boys. Our table looks beautiful! Thank you.

The leaves are changing outside, the nature table is decorated, our fall banner is up and the crock pot is on. Yup, its fall.