Mail received

I've been spoiled by two talented ladies

This lovely white card is from Corryna:
and this beautiful lady from Conni:
Am I not a lucky girl ?

This is the ATC I sent to Conni. It represents a dandelion flowing in the wind:

and the one I sent to Corryna. Those are supposed to be stockfishes, stockfish been the only word from Netherlands that made its way to our local language:
Thank you Conni and Corryna for this swap opportunity!

Misc

First of all, I want to thank you for having left Christmas wishes on my blog. It is such a warm feeling!
Regarding the TAST, it is amazing that you are all attracted to the row I don't like! I don't master the zig-zag chain stitch, but I agree that the effect is attractive.
And yes, I'm quite happy to have participated to the TAST to the very end. I'm now looking forward to the TIF!
I've got some eye-candies for you, not made by me:
First, the postcard from Solange. Do visit her blog for more postcards! My sister and I are very much in the needles and textile stuff. And this year, most of her Xmas gifts were home made too.
Here is a lavender bag, in hardanger (she makes beautiful hardanger pieces...)
She knows I don't disposable hankerchieves. As a result, she send me some traditionnal ones, with this little pouch to keep them: And here are 4 place mates: they represent not only letters but also the seasons. I think they are very lovely!

Have a nice weekend all!

Postcard

Look at this lovely postcard I have received from my sister! There is a lot of relief in it, isn't it?

Postcards and TAST

Here are the last three postcards I've made:

and WK50TAST: berry stitch.
For this stitch, I've completed a PLOS sampler, and have played with thread weights. You can seen the result on the three flowers at the bottom right.

Postcard from Beate

This wonderful postcard was in the mailbox today:
It is from Beate. I think it is just gorgeous, and I'm sure you will agree!

Postcards and bag

Sue Bleiweiss had proposed to swap some of her postcard with other bloggers. I was thrilled by the idea. You can see the one she sent me here and this is the one I've sent her.
This one is for a friend.
And this is a bag I'm embroidering. This is a challenge in a French textile art group. We are given two stitches each week, for 9 weeks.
I hope you have as nice a weekend as I.

Postcards, etc.

Before I go on, I would like to invit you to visit two new blogs:
Lise's blog and Caroll Lenthall Dreamstitcher .

I like this time of year when there is a surprise in the mailbox almost every night!
First the lovely card from Annica, of Fabulous Threads:
then one from Muriel, you know, the lady who makes fairy shoes. She makes wonderful trees too, often playing with transparency:
Sue Bleiweiss has proposed a card swap. I was happy to jump it. This is the card I have received. It looks far better in real than in photo and I like it very much: Now I was spoiled by my sister, as you can see:


(this yarn is inspired by the paintings of Hundertwasser, there are 8 colors available, each from a given painting. The yarn comes with a picture of the painting on its label) And this is the card I've sent to Beate Knappe: