Big Book of Christmas

How exciting, after months of anticipation, our Big Book of Christmas swap has come to a close, and here is a peek at some of the beautiful work our Chickies did in this swap...

DeeDee to Dawn

Brown Paper Packages tied up with String ...

DeeDee sent several handmade goodies along with the Big Book of Christmas to Dawn

 This book has been prepped to be used as a Christmas memory book ~ photos do not do justice to the lovely work DeeDee put into the creation of this book!

Heather to Sabina

Heather created a potpourri of Christmas-y vintage-ness for Sabina 

So sweet!


Sabina to Sara

 A shaped book radiates a holy night of long ago ...

Sabina beautifully incorporates traditional Christmas Carols in the book

More photos of The Big Book of Christmas will be posted as they come in ~ Chickies please remember ~ to send in photos of the book you created and the book you receive. Thanks!

Swap Names for Christmas Exchange

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Look what's up next for the Canadian Chickies!!

Are you starting to collect your ideas for the Chickie  Christmas Exchange 2011?  

Here is the list of who we are making our books for :

• Brittni --->  Martha
• Dawn --->  Brittni
• DeeDee --->  Dawn
• Heather --->  Sabina
• Martha ---> Heather
• Sabina --->  Sara
• Sara ---> DeeDee

Now you know who you're creating a book for!


Remeber to either create a handmade book or gussy up an existing one.  This book may be used as a handy-dandy Christmas check list go-to book or it may contain favourite recipes, poems, stories, songs etc. If you wish, you could alter a book that would be nice as a coffee table book or perhaps a guest book. The sky is the limit! 
 In addition to the book, you are welcome to include some little stocking stuffers ~ anything you wish. As always, think about what you would like to receive ~ that's a good place to start! 
There are no big rules, per se ~ but if you're mailing a book to a person, be mindful of the thickness and weight and postage costs.   Please mail out your book by November 11, 2011 

Start creating in your Big Book of Christmas!

Introducing the Canadian Chickie Christmas Exchange 2011 ...

BIG Book of Christmas

Either create a handmade book or gussy up an existing one. This book may be used as a handy-dandy Christmas check list go-to book or it may contain favourite recipes, poems, stories, songs etc. If you wish, you could alter a book that would be nice as a coffee table book or perhaps a guest book. The sky is the limit in what you can include in this book. In addition to the book, you are welcome to include some little stocking stuffers ~ anything you wish. Think about what you would like to receive ~ that's always a good place to start! There are no big rules, per se ~ but if you're mailing a book to your person, be mindful of the thickness and weight and postage costs. In the case where you are mailing a book out, the word BIG may not be literal.


Once everyone's signed up, I will make a list of who gives to who. You will not know who you will be receiving a book from ~ part of the fun surprise!


More details will be posted on our Canadian Chickies Yahoo Group Site!
Sign up by: August 1, 2011
Mail out date: By November 11, 2011

Let's hear from you Chickies!

Trusting all you Chickies are enjoying a wonderful Easter weekend with your families!

Please keep your imaginations in high gear

as we are looking for awesomely fantastic suggestions for the next

Canadian Chickies' artsy exchange

Should we celebrate ...

Mother's Day?

Canada Day?

or should we simply celebrate Friendship? 

Suggest a theme ... Volunteer to host...

We eagerly await to hear your suggestions

and

Easter Blessings to you all!

2011 Valentine Picture Parade (installment 3)

And the last two Door Hangers which were created

for the 2011 Valentine Exchange ...

Top: Created by Kathryn
Bottom: Created by Cindy

Thank you Chickies for yet another successful swap. Anyone have ideas for our next swap? Hmm...?

2011 Valentine Picture Parade (installment 2)

How much prettiness can your heart take?

Here are 3 more Door Hangers created for the Canadian Chickies 2011 Retro Valentine Swap

Created by Dawn

Created by Sabina

Created by Martha

Can you say pretty?!

More photos coming up soon ...

Valentine Picture Parade begins ...

Created by Jennifer
Everything is looking wonderfully delicious!
Our picture parade begins with two samples of Valentine Door Hangers
Jennifer and Nicolette created for the Valentine swap.

Created by Nicolette

Tomorrow, we will see more offerings from other Chickies who participated ~ stay tuned!

Up Next ~ Chickies' 2011 Retro Valentine Swap

Several Chickies have asked about doing a Valentine's Day Swap.

So as not to disappoint, we will be doing one.
This swap be a one-for-one swap. You will swap with only one person ~
hopefully keeping the time commitment and postage to a minimum,
so we can avoid some of the difficulties
that some of us faced during the Christmas Exchange.
Here are the details...
Chickies' 2011 Retro Valentine Swap
Sign up for the swap by January 10th please.
A partner will be assigned to you.
Then find a retro Valentine image and use it
in creating a Valentine Door Hanger.
You are welcome to, but not obligated to
add a few goodies to the package you send to your swap partner.
Please send a photo of your wrapped and unwrapped gift to Mother Hen
so she can post photos on our blog!
Remember to keep your parcel skinny and light ~
remember Canada Post charges big bucks for anything with any bulk or weight.
Mail your giftie to your partner by February 1st, 2011.
On February 14th, we'll open our gifties!
I hope everyone will join in the fun.