Well, the response to the seaside swap has been amazing - to date we have 33 participants, including 6 from the States, 1 from Mexico, 1 from New Zealand and 1 from Australia! I think I shall probably close sign ups if it gets as high as 50 - but there's still plenty of time to join in if you haven't already. Alex from pink feather paradise has found a lovely photo that she is using as a swap button on her blog and she is very happy for us all to use it too, so here it is:
I still have no idea how to actually get it into my sidebar, or how to make it link back to the swap post I'm afraid (me+computers=clueless!) - I'll have to leave that up to you!
I have also set up a group on Flickr for the swap here - please feel free to join in, post pics of seasidey inspiration, works in progress, sneaky peaks etc, as well as your finished swap items once they have been received. I'm very excited about this - we have a huge range of styles and crafts so far, so I can't wait to see all the different interpretations. Don't forget to check back here on the 23rd/24th to find out who your partner is.
In the meantime, I'll leave you with a little bit of practice embroidery that I did yesterday and turned into a brooch:
do you see those lovely French knots?!! I can do them, at last! Hooray for youtube!
R x
