Secret Santa 2010

I guess I still owe you photos of last year's Secret Santa crafts.
Unfortunately I forgot to take a pic of the big cat toy mice. Sorry for that...

A huge parcel full of "snow":




Not the Grinch - but a cute little green monster:

Doing the secret Great Pumpkin

Remember Doing the secret Easter Bunny?
http://shortyspumpkinpatch.blogspot.com/2010/03/doing-secret-easter-bunny.html
Now it's time for the Great Pumpkin!



This year I packed three Halloween parcels and here's a glimpse of what I've crafted.

Pumpkin wrapping:


The content of one of the parcels (including a small Halloween pouch):

Doing the secret Easter Bunny!

This month we're doing a little secret Easter Bunny at our dog bulletin board (forum.ksgemeinde.de), it's basically the same as doing a secret Santa (or "Wichteln", as it's called in Germany), but this time for Easter.
For those who don't know how it works, here's a description:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Santa

Since my "Wichtel" (the person who gets the present) has got two Bullterriers I sew some Bullterrier egg cosies:


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Additionally she gets an Easter bunny boxy pouch:




Found this really easy and helpful tutorial for making this pouch (made it a little bit bigger though) here:
http://threebears.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/little-boxy-pouch-tutorial/
Although I really hate sewing bags and pouches with zippers (because I simply can't manage to sew them in properly), I decided to have a go at this one.
I used red fabric with white polka dots for the outside and black fabric with dark grey stars for the bunny application and the lining.

Full flower

A part of my miniature orchid collection is in full bloom at the moment.
Just have a look:

Pleurothallis picta





Pleurothallis spec.



Pleurothallis spec. 'Red'



Pleurothallis niveo-globula

All this cheap and tawdry jewellery

Today I made my very first pair of earrings:


Guess they ended up quite okay. :)

Where's the dog?

Lia, my parents's dog, is enjoying the snow as you can see. :)

Small pouches

Here's a variety of small pouches I made last month: