Thursday, January 14, 2016

I love to make gifts!

I love to make gifts - for birthdays, for Christmas or just because :-)
May Britt had celebrated her birthday in the end of September and we were travelling to USA in November 2015.
She had not yet got her present, and I found that the airport was the perfect place to be presented with a surprise gift.

One always need a new toiletry bag when travelling, right?

The stitchery is designed by Bronwyn Hayes - Red Brolly. I have not seen it in any Norwegian shop. When I found Bronwyn Hayes' designs online many years ago, I was smitten with her drawings and I hunted them on Ebay.




May Britt was very surprised - success!



For hostess gifts for our lovely hostesses Debra and Colleen, we decided to make them our traditional Advent Calendar, so they had a special treat to enjoy through December.
We gave 2 gift each to both calendars and above is one of mine - the blue and beige pouch is for Colleen and the red one is for Deb.




I am happy that both Deb and Colleen liked their pouches :-)

Right before our trip I bought these cool name tags. I enjoy using them.





It was also fun to make these 2 pincushions - one for my friend Val - and she got her gift just because, in Shipshewana,
and one for a birthday gift for a special friend here at home.
Designer of stitchery and buttons is Lynette Anderson.


Off course I needed a new toiletry bag for our USA travel too :-)
 One can never have to many toiletry bags, ever!






Wishing  you a wonderful day
 - Hanne


9 comments:

  1. I was so surprised and SO happy for my birthday gift :) I love it and it is in use every day :) Love surprises like this. And I love the little box you gave me for Christmas :)

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  2. loving the toilet bag you made for May such a characterful design and you have shared other very nice projects. The friends must have been delighted with the advent ones

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  3. Så flotte gaver og lekre toalettvesker! Veldig koselig med sticheri motiv. Vi får aldri nok toalettvesker. :-)

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  4. Thank you for the link to Red Brolly! Your bags are lovely. :-)

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  5. Oh, how exciting visiting the USA. Love those bags.

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  6. Vackert, mycket vackert, tycker jag!

    Dollandesign

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  7. The gifts are beautiful. I like to make things for other people too, maybe too much ... not enough time to sew for myself ! Your blog and May Britt's blog are the first ones I ever read and you have both provided so much inspiration. Thank you for that. I hope that 2016 is VERY good to you.

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  8. Flotte gaver. Som alltid fantastisk flott søm! :)
    Det så ut til at USA turen var innholdrik og mange hyggelige møter!
    Ha en fortsatt fantastisk bra dag!

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  9. Bronwyn Hayes has a great blog with lots of free designs. And I mean lots.
    Check out Red Brolly and Enjoy. I have lots of her old patterns from magazines and the blog. Contact me if you have problems with her blog.
    Nannajs

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