Valentine's Day Whimsey Jar

Hello everyone!!

Are you excited for Valentine's Day? Because I sure am! I've signed up for a couple of Valentine's Day themed swaps on Swap-Bot and am pretty excited! The first of such swaps in a Valentine's Day swap is a Whimsey Jar. I had to use my other one, didn't I? This one was a lot more fun to put together, in my opinion. Probably because I love Valentine's Day and I found lots of nice things to include, like deco tape, stickers, and a cute little decorative bag. Hopefully my match likes their jar! I like it so much I almost don't want to give it up, haha.

The send by date is January 31st, so I'm not trying to start the V-Day celebrations too early! I'll post some of the other Valentine's Day swaps I'm doing soon. (:

Here are some pictures! Cheers!

One Postcard A Week # 1

"The world is not in your books and maps. It's out there." - The Hobbit

So on Swap-Bot someone is hosting one postcard swap a week. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do all the weeks, but here's what I picked for the first week! It is encouraged that you do a quotation with each postcard, so I have included my choice.

The first week was actually a bit ago, but since I haven't participated since I thought I would post now. :P

Cheers!

Let's Get Whimsical Swap!

Greetings everyone!

Recently I decided to step outside my fandom and postcard boundaries (as that is what I have been swapping on Swap-Bot as of late) and went for a Whimsey Jar swap.

This was my first time putting one together, and it was pretty daunting. Your partner had to list 5-9 themes for you to go with, and I decided with Shabby (with some bird stuff as another one my partner picked was little birds). It was so hard to find things to include! I think I'm just worried it won't be good enough. I included little keys, some fabric flowers, some stickers, some pretty on a spool fabric... :S I hope she likes it.

It was also hard because you had to decorate the front, and I was at a loss for what to do! Oh well. For my first go around I think it turned out all right.

I had to buy most of the things to include, since I didn't have a lot already. Luckily I had a coupon for Michael's, so that was great to use. I got the jar in a two pack in the Target $1 section (I believe for $3 for the two of them). I had gotten two of these jars previously and another cap so I use mine for lemonade in the summer. (:

Anyway, here are some pictures! The lighting in the winter is terrible here - I'm thinking of getting a different flash or asking my SO to make me a lightbox to compensate.

Cheers!