mail call, swap fun, thrift scores, and tying up loose ends

my goal for the holiday weekend was to knock some things off of my "works in progress" list. i did ok.

my wee bunny's tail. he is all stitched up and officially complete. love him!



toddler sun dress. stitched facing into armholes and stitched up back sides. all that needs to be done is the hemming, and i need to borrow miss mollypants for that. i will consider this done. because i can make those decisions!!!



retro apron. sewed binding on. loving it. all that needs to be done is the embroidered patch, which will be completed this morning. you sir, are done.

i spent some time knitting, even though i don't like knitting in the summer that much. actually, i don't mind knitting light projects. but seamus is anything but light. it is going to be one heavy sweater, people! i should really post some photos of my progress. but the camera batteries are conveniently dead.

i did an awesome swap with miss eastonchick! i gave her my lamby-pie needlepoint, and she made me this beauty:



i absolutely love it! it's going to be hung in the bedroom at some point. it makes me very happy.

this arrived in the mail last week. it also makes me giddy:



this came from etsy user littlestflower. her stuff is just amazing. check out her shop here - she is awesome, and she lives in australia!

i mailed out my package for the trims swap on saturday morning. here is a look at the contents of the package:





the color-coordination was a bit of a happy accident. i hope that my parter enjoys!

and finally, i went out to some tag sales on saturday morning. there were a ton of them going on. we went to a barn sale early on, and it was a bunch of overpriced "antiques", so that was a bit disappointing. we did a bunch of errands and by the time i got out to scour, a lot of the sales had been pretty picked over. however, i did have success at one sale, and it was not a bad score:



a set of tin salt and pepper shakers, $2
vintage bed sheet, $1
yellowstone national park decorative plate, $2
paint-by-number in frame, $1

yessss. i also find it strange that everything seems to match...apparently i am a crazy person.

my mom is taking me to a huge flea market on saturday morning for my birthday. i'm really looking forward to it.

so that is all. i have to get to that apron before i pass out. i have to get to the grocery store at some point before work. good day to you all.