handmade joy swap celebration

I'm still here. A few things have been going on. My firstborn "graduated" from primary school and they had a concert/party yesterday. But things have been a bit sad too. One of my uncles is very ill with kidney trouble. They are waiting to transfer him to a kidney specialist at Hammersmith. I miss him. It's horrible to be so far from family at times like this.



But I wanted to drop by and post today as I took part in a swap that Anne set up back in March and it took a while for parcels to get to there destinations and to coordinate a day for everyone to post about their Handmade Joy. I felt that it wouldn't have been fair on my partners and the others that took part, if I hadn't posted today.



Two weeks ago I received a lovely bit of handmade goodness from Judy of Hartfelt Fabric and Paper Creations.



It was beautifully wrapped.



A gorgeous piece of paper cutwork. I was so touched when I read that she had used lillies for her theme as she he had read here, that lillies were my favourite!
Have a look at her blog to see how she created this. I think I will find a window in my new home in sha Allah, for it as it has a lovely stained-glass effect when the sun shines through it!

As we didn't send our handmade packages to the same bloggers we received from (thats cool isn't it?), I got to send mine to the talented Anne herself. Of course it was hard! She crochets, she paints, she takes beautiful photographs! I didn't know what to send her! My first thoughts were to try out something different and send that to her. But I wasn't very happy with the end result. So I sent her something that I liked and hoped she might use.



And something that has become my trademark amongst friends!



And ofcourse I had to add a little crochet love to my Saudi Arabia postcard!



You can check out the other participants work here.

Wishing you all good health and joy this evening. We can never take these for granted.

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