Ventura County Swappers

Ventura County Swap was a great success.  The mood was delicious! I first want to thank all who attended  you made this Swap a success and for that I thank you. Well the array of goodies was endless. Jared and Liberty with Baby Miles (to cute) brought us Fig preserves, Marmalade's, Kim Chi which I ate they had to pull me away from their area ....oh yum...and the amount and variety of greens was awesome. Bobbi who was getting information on starting a swap in Sylmar brought some yummy cookie dough balls ....Cindy and Lynsey mom and daughter duo came with some shortbread bars and body scrub. There was no lack of jams and the variety was really unique lots of strawberry but out here in California it is on every corner the strawberry trucks picked straight from the fields daily. Juli came with a great amount of squash and nice plants aloe, Iris and Day Lilly's. Stephanie and Josh came with butters and cranberry bread and lemons which I can always use. Karin had some delicious brownies with and without nuts...

Go here to see our pictures I am trying to figure out how to get a slide show up and going...Hey I can jam but tech stuff.... not so much...stop laughing Liberty


The reporter Anne who came to cover the story let us know she had a good amount of peach's and that the swap for August is looking like she may participate. I must say that the people coming together for this Swap was great. I learned many thing but most of all we all looked forward to our next gathering. The energy was so good. We even discussed the fact that there are people out there that would love to swap items like more plants, hand made knits and wools and recycled and hand made paper goods. Wow it is amazing that when we get to know the people in our own community who are making and growing their own products it could seriously be endless. And everyone was talking about places they knew we could host our next swap.

I could go on all day but all in all a great success and fun was had by all

Thank you Ventura County Swappers 

The swappers were full of useful information for one another and was eager to share.

Mad House Monday

I tell ya today was the wackiest Monday in a long time it was never ending and just one thing after another but considering that October is usually our slow month I'm liking it! now on a surprise note one of my blogging pals gave me an award yes in deed Valerie did she has a really neat blog go look...I landed there one day and got involved in a witches cupboard swap...Now you had to make a gift for another blogger that had to do with something that would come out of a witch's cupboard...now knowing how fast I act and do not listen very well unless you are eye to eye and making sure I'm stopped long enough to get it...I joined the swap and made my little gift...I made a coffin with decorations it was cute for my first stab at crafting but not till after I saw what others had made and how OFF mine was...I was so embarrassed but happy to have been involved with it..I proudly mailed the not so topic thing to my buddy and she graciously accepted my little trinkets...... Now lesson learned is read the directions not only once but twice...don't be so excited to get involved that you go off and make something that is off topic...but do remember it is all in good fun and we enjoy the camaraderie of the blog world...In the end Lani had a good adventure thu craft land learned a few things and know they will always remember the girl who made a Coffin box ???????? Where did i see that in witches cupboard....Ok now I will put the award up tomorrow cause this has gotten way off topic....Good night and god bless...Oh this is the cute stuff I got from my Witchy swapper pal...how cute is it the little hat on the post was painted with black and lightening bolts of purple going down it...it is awesome...and the little jars had potions and eye balls and worms ..yummy.....Jeanne has a realty nice Itsy store go look at her blog it is really cool .................. so look at her stuff thus the Witch's cupboard....good lord Lani read child read.....