Matchbox Swap

Have you ever done a Matchbox swap?  I've never done one until recently I signed up for Linda's A Swap For All Seasons Christmas Swap.  She comes up with some really clever ideas and this is really cute!  Decorate 25 matchboxes and put one tiny little gift inside each, mail to her by Oct 31st and then by Dec 1st she will mail back 25 matchboxes to each swapper for a little advent calendar!  Each made by a different person.  I'm about half way done with mine.   I thought mine were cute enough until I saw some on her site – whew – they are adorable.  You can see those here. 

As usual – I'm all over the place.  I could never work on an assembly line because I hate making anything more than once…maybe twice! 

These little boxes are so much fun to do.

And of course I had to do a few in pink and aqua.   These have tiny little button ornaments on them and some vintage Holly leaves. 

  Then I got into a "sepia mode"

And then I got  matchbox block and couldn't do anymore so I decided to quit and blog!

These will work for Cindy at My Romantic Home's Show and Tell Friday and I think I'll slip them in for Claudia at Dipity Road's Friday Finding Beauty.   For Pink Saturday Beverly at How Sweet The Sound has suggested we might want to write about 9/11.  I'm not sure if I will – who will ever forget – and I find myself bitter about it lately so who knows but like all of you….I remember. 

xoxo Nancy