Speckled egg's petite inspiration box swap

Een paar weken geleden deed ik mee aan een swap georganiseerd door Heather van Speckled Egg. Het was de bedoeling om 3 grote luciferdozen te decoreren en te vullen met vintage spulletjes. In deze post zie je eerst de prachtige dozen die ik ontving en als laatste de dozen die ik zelf verstuurde. Omdat ik denk dat de foto's wel voor zich spreken laat ik de vertaling verder grotendeels achterwege. Ik wil jullie alleen nog wijzen op het feit dat er een Flickr groep is, waar veel van de deelnemers foto's gepost hebben. 

A few weeks ago I signed up for Heather's Speckled Egg's petite inspiration box swap. In a group of 4 players each member had to decorate three large matchboxes and fill them up with vintage or vintage related supplies. The theme was Valentine inspired, so the colors would preferable be red, white and pink.

You should send 3 boxes and receive 3 back, what fun!



The first matchbox that arrived at my home was Cheryl's. Unfortunately she doesn't have a blog, really too bad as she is such a talented lady:



In a background of red velvet Cheryl created this luxurious birds' nest, with vintage millinery, a mercury glass heart and antique crystal, really gorgeous.



You should click the photo to get an idea what Cheryl sent me! Look at all goodies, one even better than the other! There was an extra little bag with saltwater taffeta, which was delicious, yes was.



Everything is so sweet, thanks so much Cheryl!

The second box is from Pamela



The photo doesn't do this box justice, we had such bad weather to take photos ; there is a crochet flower on top, with a tiny flower heart and a ladybird. The drawer opens with a lovely button. There is also a Flickr group where you can check out most participants' boxes.



Inside a lot of wonderful goodies!



Just click on the photo to see them detailed. Just awesome, thanks so much Pamela.



The third box that arrived was Heidi's, sweet angels surrounded by German glass glitter and papier mâché.





Look at these goodies in detail! Thanks so much Heidi!

So you thought this would be the last matchbox, but it isn't . When I discovered that Sandy of Quill cottage was too late to sign up for this swap, I offered to swap a box with her too.



She didn't send me one matchbox but a box full of goodies! Look at all these fun packages!



This is the beautiful matchbox Sandy made me. A bird nesting in vintage lace, surrounded by vintage buttons, just too good to be true! The box is standing on little legs and look at that tiny handle, so sweet!



The pink and white goodies inside the box, don't forget to click on the photo to see the details.



An additional bag with red themed goodies. And if that wasn't enough:



On top of that a goody bag with a white theme.
Thanks so much Sandy, you really are too generous!

And now for the final part: what did I sent them?



This was the matchbox I made for all four ladies, but in the last minute I decided I just had to send Miss Sandy a box with a bird theme:







I put this inside each of the boxes. The vintage pink little cannister holds a sewing kit.



This is how my matchboxes started their journey.

This was such a fun swap, thanks to you ladies, for making it so much fun. Thanks for creating such lovely matchboxes, treasures to keep always. Heather will be hosting another swap soon, just keep an eye on her blog if you want to join, which I can recommend.

Thanks for your visit, hope to see you next Sunday, for the final part of Silver Sunday!

Ook in het Nederlands wil ik de dames nog even hartelijk bedanken voor de prachtige dozen die ze gemaakt hebben en hun gulheid. Als je zo'n swap ook een leuk idee vindt; Heather zou er over niet al te lange tijd nog eentje organiseren. Als je haar blog in de gaten houdt, kun je de volgende haast niet missen! Bedankt weer voor je bezoek, ik hoop je zondag weer te zien voor het laatste deel van Silver Sunday. groetjes!

xoxo LiLi M.