the happy honeybee

A few snapshots from the weekend. Lovely cards, a panama hat  and clothes from a clever husband (he had the dress made and screen-printed fo...

My husband has been away for three weeks...and since I actually like my husband, that's a pretty long time. He was away for both his bir...

I received a lovely set of name cards from my partner for the Laura's Old-Fashioned Calling Cards swap  that I hosted. My partner catsa...

I received a lovely pair of handmade bookmarks from bionicrobyn this week. She sent me one with a Kate DiCamillo quote from The Tale of Des...

I'd never thought about making handmade lettersets, but apparently creative people find all manner of things to make. Hollycm6 sent me ...

Recently I hosted an Adopt a Book Pet swap, in which participants were invited to make an animal from a children's book, along with ad...

I was invited to join the group One Tiny Thing recently. I really like the concept, which is that you send one handmade item that is less t...

I keep saying this, but unexpected surprises might be my most favorite kind. In addition to the washi tape , my friend Linda also sent me s...

My friend Naomi sent me some cute cupcake toppers for the Sweetly Vintage Valentine Toppers swap recently. As I've mentioned, we keep g...

Trading handmade can be wonderful, but sometimes you can just trade away stuff you don't want for stuff you do. Paperfarm and I set up ...

So here is the Pooh Candy Gram that my partner Simple Seamstress sent to me! A sweet box lined  with E.H. Shepard illustrations, tied with...

A few lovely handmade items sent to me from mmilesesq  for a Children's Lit Paper Goodies swap I hosted recently: -- set of 8 Beatrix...

Continuing the Random Acts of Kindness theme, I received three packages this week that made me emit little high-pitched squeals. I am in a...

I have to confess that swapping online can sometimes be a chancy prospect. I join most swaps for the pleasure of creating something and jus...

One of the pleasures of swapping on Swap-Bot is that you get a chance to receive crafts you might never get around to doing yourself. I do...