Today I received my Christmas card from Lynne Cumming in England and what a
lovely surprise it was! I hope that all of you will be able to see it once
the website with the cards is up and running. A few days ago I had a look
again at last year's cards and they certainly are impressive and
Jeanette Fischer sent me a lovely card with a lace poinsettia on the front.
It will last longer than the poor plant I have purchased which my husband
says I will kill in very short order as I have black thumbs! I managed to
kill a mother-in-laws tongue - took a few years of neglect but I managed
Congratulations to all who took part and have their laces posted so
far!! The work is beautiful!! I love lace designs for
Christmas...snowflakes, stars, angels, and candy canes all look prettier
in lace! Jenny, you did a wonderful job posting the pieces...such nice
large pictures! I wanted
Hello from your 2006 Christmas Card website person :) this is the
last update before the site is made viewable. Please make sure that
if you want your card to be available for viewing that it has been
sent or that you let me know it is coming.
To date I have heard from 23 lace makers that
Hello from your 2006 Christmas Card website person :)
To date I have heard from 14 lace makers that they have sent their 17
Christmas cards and have emailed their photos or scans of the lace to
me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to be included in the 2006 Arachne
Christmas Card Exchange website.
Most
My Christmas card from Kathy Hensel arrived in the post this morning. A
lovely point ground snowflake mounted ingeniously on a printed card. She had
taken a card with a motive of about the same size and then mounted the lace
motif over the printed motif. She then tied the points of the motif to
Jenny. Can you let me have your email address so I can send my photo to you
please.
Ann
UK
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If you wish to exchange a lace Christmas Card with
another Arachnean, please sign up by Sunday Oct. 15.
Your exchange assignements will go out soon after
that.
Participants will be notified of a webpage to send a
scan of their card so the other people can see them.
Rules:
If you wish
Hi folks - did anyone put their hand up to
organise this?
I've been gone 5 days, but can't find any messages of
someone agreeing to organize an exchange. Since no
one else has taken it on, I'm willing to set up the
exchanges, but cannot do a webpage of the results. We
would need a person to
Hi folks - did anyone put their hand up to organise this? What is involved ?
Jenny Brandis
Kununurra Kid
Kununurra, Western Australia
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I would like to join the Christmas Card exchange, please.
If one of the experience hands are able to organise it.
Sue T, Dorset UK
Hi folks - did anyone put their hand up to organise this? What is involved
?
Jenny Brandis
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That's bad. I hope you weren't hurt too badly.
Karen in Malta
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Sheree
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 1:53 PM
To: 'Jenny Brandis'; lace@arachne.com
Subject: RE: [lace] Christmas Card Exchange
I had been
I would enjoy participating in the Christmas Card Exchange suggested by Bev.
I don't think I would be any good at organising it, too butterfly brained
for that I belive, but could easily fit in the making of a Christmas card or
to. I thoroughly enjoyed the Bookmark Exchange that we had years
I promise not to keep posting about this, but I wanted to remind you all
that I'm still receiving scans of new and beautiful lace, and as I receive
them, they go up for you to see and enjoy. There have been five additions
since the original page was unveiled. So please keep checking back from time
On 16 Dec 2005, at 20:38, Barbara Joyce wrote:
First I'd like to thank Bev for all her work in organizing this
exchange. It
has been such fun to see all the lace, and for each of us to make a new
friend in another part of the world. Thanks, Bev!
And now, here it is for your viewing
Before I give you the URL, a few quick tidbits:
First I'd like to thank Bev for all her work in organizing this exchange. It
has been such fun to see all the lace, and for each of us to make a new
friend in another part of the world. Thanks, Bev!
Second, please, please do send me email with any
And now, here it is for your viewing enjoyment:
http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/arachne2005/
And viewing enjoyment it is! The cards are quite wonderful and fill me with
Christmas Cheer.
Thanks Barbara for posting them for us.
A Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All
From very snowy,
THANK you EVERYONE!! Bev and Barbara - I know you've been focused on this
project for months and it shows!! GREAT job, ladies!
And all the lacemakers should be SO proud!! I really can't tell which were
made by beginners - isn't that a nice thing!!
I was maxed out with other projects this
Yesterday I received a lovely card from Mary Robinson in Nebraska.
Thank you.
It's a red and gold star inside a bangle which is stuck onto a printed
card, positioned over a wreath above filled Christmas stockings. The
lace ornament is detachable, so it will added to my growing collection
Today I received the most beautiful Christmas card from Martina de Wille in
Germany. It is two candles mounted on fabric in a three fold card. So
lovely. Thank you Martina for the card and Bev for arranging the exchange. I
have met two new friends - one in the USA and one in Germany and I sit
Hi Lynn,
Your card was here when I got in from work tonight . After a trying day at
work it was more than welcome !!
Thank you so much the lace is absolutely beautiful and matches the card you
put it on so well.
I will be showing it off to everyone who comes over at Christmas and will be
Thank you Johanna Brown from Owen Sound, ON, for the lovely treble clef
book mark.
It was made with gold metallic thread and mounted on a dark green back
ground. It really makes the piece shine!
I will use it in my choir book.
Lynn Dewitt, Anchorage, AK
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Bowing to Bev's request, I will wait to get the go-ahead from her before
posting the URL for the Christmas Card Exchange web site. This means that,
although it won't be posted before 12/15, it might be significantly later.
Bev will let me know when she thinks the time is right.
I also want to say
I have just received a beautiful lace Angel from Lisa Thompson of Plano, Tx.
She is mounted on a midnight blue foil card which really sets the white and
gold of the angel.
Thank you very much, Lisa, she will be placed in a prominent display spot this
year and for years to come.
I have been
On December 15, I will post the URL for everyone to see the scans of this
year's lace and cards.
Meanwhile, a few tidbits to whet your appetite: I have received scans of 23
different pieces of lace.
I thought it might be a good idea to post the names of the makers of the
lace I've received. I
On 12/9/05, Barbara Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On December 15, I will post the URL for everyone to see the scans of this
year's lace and cards.
Actually - Barbara *please contact me first* - there may be some cards
pending arrival, and it would be a shame to spoil the surprise for the
Hi All,
Mistakenly sent this to Chat yesterday, so apologies for duplication
My Christmas Exchange Card arrived safely this morning. It is my first
real Christmas card for this year and already has pride of place on the
mantlepiece. Many thanks to Annelore Stone in WA, USA for a lovely card
Hello,
I sent this to Lace Chat yesterday, and I should have sent it to Lace.
My Christmas Card Exchange arrived safely on Saturday. It is a very pretty
piece of lace made in the shape of a tapered ornament. Many thanks to Jane
Dobinson of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, for this lovely
Hi everybody,
I have received a card from Carol Melton in Arizona. It contained two
beautiful little angels for hanging on a Christmas tree and very nice
card with a picture of a sunset in Sonoran Desert which took Carol
personally.
Thank you very much Carol.
I sent my card on 1st
Now that my exchange partner, Martin in Germany, has received my card I can
mention that the pattern been posted on the IOLI website. Go to
http://www.internationaloldlacers.org/index.html
then choose the Pattern Gallery and you will see my pattern at the bottom of
the page. There are lots
Dear Malvary
Thank you for your lovely card and beautiful piece of lace which I will put on
my tree when I decorate it. It was nice to find out a little bit about Canada
I only wish I had thought of putting something on my card about Norfolk (sorry
Diane) but I hope you liked the postcards. I
Pene wrote:
I just had a thought that I don't want to spend a lot of time making a
piece of BL if I only receive a card with a tatted snowflake. Can
participants notify you with regard to the type of lace they will be making
what sort of lace they would like to receive.
Hello Pene and all,
I
Hi everyone
When you sign up for the Christmas card exchange, specify the type of
lace you will make and would like to receive - if you have a
preference, that is.
For those who have already signed up, contact me again if you have a
preference.
I will post a reminder again in a few days, and will
is sent.
Cheers
Faye Owers
Tasmania
Australia
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From: Pene Piip [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Bev Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace@arachne.com
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 10:55 PM
Subject: [lace] Christmas card exchange
Hi Bev,
I just had a thought that I
sender. If you want, you can send to more than one.
Last year I received a beautiful Torchon lace candle on a card. My
recipient got a snowflake that I'd made from Tamara's 2-pair
Inventions.
The deal is, make a lace Christmas card for your recipient. If you
wish to send something else
Dear Heather,
Glad to see it arrived safely! One just wonders these days...that's all I was
worried about, not the fact that I hadn't had any message from you!
I'm glad you liked the tree. I was a bit worried, because I'd just made a
bookmark
with DMC cotton and a silver metallic thread before,
Dear Lorri,
Received your gorgeous Christmas card with surprise in perfect nick 2 days ago!
Thank you so much for the 2 bobbins, they are great. Did you really turn them?
Wow!
They will be perfect for my collection! I usually use spangled bobbins, but I've
also got quite a collection of
Hi Barbara,
I, too, think it will be lovely to see the Exchange gifts.
Rather than set up a new page, may I suggest the Arachne Webshots site and
set up a collection in there specifically for these photos (as opposed to
within each individual's collection). We all have the URL for that site.
Thanks to all who responded to my suggestion to send me scans for a page to
show the beautiful lace pieces we exchanged with our Christmas Cards. I've
put up a page to start it off. Here's the URL:
http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/arachne/
I would appreciate some feedback. First of all, if you
Hello Barbara
What a lovely idea, thank you for offering to do this.
I look forward to seeing all the pictures
Brenda
On 28 Dec 2004, at 06:37, Barbara Joyce wrote:
After receiving an absolutely beautiful piece of lace (a silver
butterfly
from Jane Viking Swanson) in the Christmas Card Exchange,
Greetings Barbara and lace list
So--here's my offer: email me...with your name and
location and the name and location of the person who sent the lace to
you.
This is a lovely idea, Barbara. We did have a card exchange last year, and
the person who organized it had also put up images at her
After receiving an absolutely beautiful piece of lace (a silver butterfly
from Jane Viking Swanson) in the Christmas Card Exchange, I had a thought
that I hope will appeal to others.
It started with my plan to scan the lace and put it on a web page so several
of my distant lace friends could see
I've now finalised the list for Christmas card exchange and will
shortly be contacting everyone who's asked to join, with the postal
address of their partner. Your card can be any design you wish, just
so long as it includes some hand made lace.
Also please remember to put all the necessary
in tomorrow but after that you will have to wait for a few days
before you get a reply from me.
One person has suggested:
Please sign me up for the lace christmas card. I have just designed a
simple piece which will make up into a suitable card and I will
include the pattern on the back. Please make
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