I’m thrilled to say that I have received two beautiful bookmarks this week, one
from Lorri Ferguson, adapted from a Malmesbury lace pattern and the other a
beautiful tatted dragon from Sabine Hickling both are fabulous and I will
use them as I do others from previous exchanges. Thank you
Today the postman bought me a lovely surprise, my Beautiful Bookmark from
Jacqui Southworth. I have thanked her personally but want to thank her again
and to thank Lin Hudren for organising again. I am a little behind with mine
but will get it photographed and posted soon.
I am, at present
Hi All, My partner in 2000 or 2001 sent me a scan of a beautiful bookmark
and she mailed the real thing. Sadly the real one never arrived and I
didn't feel she should have to make another so I only got the scan.
After 9/11 there was an anthrax-in-the-mail scare and I hoped they would
find it
Yes, I do mean the bookmark exchange. I made and sent my exchange piece of
lace on its way at the end of April and me and my swap partner waited but it
seems to have gone to mars or something and never made it to its end
destination, so in recent weeks I completed a very different type of lace
I have received my lovely Lace bookmark from Laura De Bruyn. It has lots
of beautiful leaves in the pattern which you can all see and admire on Jenny’s
site.
A lovely gift to arrive today to liven up a chaotic day with decorators
here.
I have thanked Laura privately, but mine to her seems to
My bookmark from Amber Lackey arrived this morning and is very pretty. I look
forward to putting it to use.
I have sent Amber a personal Thank You and would like to add my thanks to all
involved, organising and participating in these exchanges.
Celia Mulhearn, Somerset UK where it is 32 degrees
There are still bookmarks winging their way to their destinations. I would
appreciate hearing from you if you have not received yours yet. The postal
system is letting us down this time around. It would be good to know if
delays are in a specific region or just one country. I know South Africa
I have received a most beautiful bookmark from Susan Brooks - it is the one
with the swans, which someone has already mentioned from its picture on the web
site. Thank you very much, Susan, I shall treasure it!
It obviously got delayed in the post, but I am so glad it wasn't lost!
Kathleen,
Hi
Yesterday, on returning from a busy day, I found my exchange bookmark from
Alice Howell. it's a lovely white flower from a German lace book, I shall
treasure it. And with it a card showing Carricmaross lace from the Lace
Guild collection.
Thanks again , Alice
Alison in sunny and
I have received a lovely "spidery" Torchon bookmark from Gail Parish. Thank you
Gail, and for the pretty card which accompanied it.
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Hi all - I have received a beautiful Bucks Point motif in a card from my
exchange partner, Agnes Boddington. Thanks Agnes I love it.
ttfn Jacqui
Fleetwood, Lancs U.K.
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I have just received a very beautiful bookmark from Ruth Kurz, it is a very
pretty turquoise and I love it. Thank You again Ruth.
Celia Mulhearn in a fairly overcast Highbridge, Somerset UK
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Wow, Jenny outdid herself once more. this was a major task for her and she
came thru like the champ she is. i hope everyone will take the time (a bit
more than usual) to peruse the web pages and note all the wonderful
bookmarks shared and winged over the miles this last couple of months. we
Thank you Jenny for making such a great display of the bookmarks.
Shirley in Corio Oz.
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Received a beautiful bookmark from Martina today. Done in Chrysanthemum
lace which I hadnt seen before. It is really lovely. Thanks so much
Martina.
And thanks again Lin for organising the exchange.
Wendy F in Wonthaggi
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Hi Spiders, I am remiss with my thanks for a beautiful bookmark from
Annelore Stone. It's quite lovely and I got it some weeks ago - she was
very timely unlike me! I will treasure it!!
I love seeing all the bookmarks on the website! Thanks to Lin and Jenny
for their work on this exchange!!
Today I received a very cute caterpillar bookmark from Meghann.
Thank you very much Meghann, hope mine arrives with you very soon.
Thanks to both Lin and Jenny for their work and effort with this exchange
Malvary in Ottawa where we are facing a very hot weekend
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A beautiful tatted bookmark arrived this morning from Sue Duckles in
England. Our postal services are so unreliable that I was beginning to give
up hope that the bookmark would arrive but lo and behold , there it was in
the post this morning. Sue's effort is much admired and appreciated.
I have received a beautiful and delicate point ground bookmark from Lorri
Ferguson. Thank you very much, Lorri, and thank you Lin for the organising!
Kathleen
In a warm, wet and humid Berkshire, UK
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Just a quick message to say that I received the most beautiful tulip today from
Alice Howell!! It's Gorgeous Alice!!! Looking forward now to seeing all the
gorgeous bookmarks that have been and still are winging their way around the
globe!!
Sue in UK
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Dear Wendy, dear Arachnes,
today I received a most beautiful bookmark from you, Wendy, from Australia
I love the light green colour and also the pattern, which I never saw before.
Wendy, you did a great job, working this special bookmark for me. I will
treasure it.
Thank you very much!
Hi folks, especially you Beth,
I have just this minute opened up an envelope and a cute card with cats on,
similar to some we have owned over the years. Inside is the prettiest
bookmark I think I have ever seen, worked in colour with lots of leaf tallies
and with the longest silkiest tail I think
I have received a beautiful tatted bookmark from Lin Hudren. It is red and
purple, with added sparkle! Thank you Lin, and for organising the exchange,
which I am enjoying so much.
Kathleen
Berkshire, UK
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I have just received a beautiful bookmark from Kathy Hensel along with a
postcard,
I will but postcard in my Postcard Collection , The book mark will go in my
Lace Treasure
and join the rest of my Lace Treasure's
I have thanked Kathy personally
Janet from Bridlington ,East Yorkshire.
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Hi fellow Arachnids,
My grateful thanks to Marion Goard for the lovely, variegated light blue,
Torchon bookmark. It has been beautifully made and was accompanied by two
postcards to give a flavour of where she lives. A lovely idea.
I have sent a personal thank you to Marion as well as an apology
Hi all
I received today a superb bookmark from Jeanette Fischer! It's absolutely
fantastic and you just have to look at it on Jenny's website!!!
Thanks sooo much Jeanette!!
Sue in a rather wet East Yorkshire, UK
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Today I received a very pretty bookmark from my exchange partner Kathleen
Harris, I have written privately to thank her.
I am going to put it into one of the plastic sleeves to keep it clean so I can
enjoy using it for many years.
Thank you Lin for setting this up and for Jenny, now the fun
I have received a lovely bookmark from Sue T! It is very fine Torchon, mounted
on red, very delicate.
I am just about to package my four, ready for the post on Tuesday.
Kathleen
Berkshire, UK
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I add my thanks to Jenny's. she has 102 bookmark scans/photos to work with
so however we can make this a bit easier for her, it is greatly
appreciated. also good to hear that the bookmarks are winging their way
around the globe.
Thank you so much to all the people who are using the subject "bookmark
exchange" when sending their scans to me - it is awesome that this is being
done as my email software automatically sorts it into its own Arachne 2016
Bookmark folder based on the subject line - and so far EVERYONE of you have
I'm all finished and ready to post, but don't have time to get them in the
post today!!
So my bookmarks will be in the post on Monday!! (We're off to Germany for a
few days!)
Chat soon
Sue in East Yorkshire
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I have received a very pretty bookmark from Julie Todd in New Zealand, it is
lovely and made in a colourful variegated thread Thank You.
Mine are ready for posting out (should have gone Monday but didn't get to Post
Office).
Hopefully I will get there tomorrow.
Thank you to Lin and Jenny
You are very welcome Beth, I really did enjoy the process this time. I
spent some time leafing through many patterns and allowed my own likes to
decide what to make for you. Making Lace is about indulging ourselves in
creating something we think will look pretty and the other person will
Hi everyone
I received my bookmark from Sue T today - a very pretty, delicate
torchon pattern in white thread mounted on a red background.
I've not finished the bookmark I'm making for the exchange yet, so I'd
better make the most of the wet weekend the forecasters are promising us...
Beth
Dear Stormy
Thank you so much for my book mark, it is so pretty, and how did you know
that was my favourite colour?
It arrived earlier this afternoon. I would have emailed earlier but I felt
guilty that my one for you was less than half done. It's now just over half
done and hopefully
I have to say that I have enjoyed this bookmark exchange more than some in
other years, for the simple reason that the time span this year has allowed
me to handle a couple of major issues which have occurred since it was
announced, and even reject some lace ideas and choose others without
We are down to the last 4 weeks of the bookmark exchange. If you are
saying "I should have" or "Bummer, I wish I had", send me your snail mail
address (linhud...@gmail.com) and join in the fun. There is still plenty
of time to make a bookmark and mail it off to one who will most assuredly
love
I would like to take a moment to say I am thankful, amazed and so pleased
at the participation in this year's bookmark exchange. Your participation
has made this the most active exchange according to Jenny's web pages since
2006. It just is one more example of how wonderful and sharing
I am thrilled with the response to participate in this bookmark exchange.
if you did not get a response from me, please email me again. i am
prepared to pair up partners and wish to be sure i have everyone who wants
to participate included. if you have started your bookmark and decided you
wish
We are down to the last days for sign ups for the bookmark exchange but
don't worry if you are a day or so behind. I will make it happen. Just
contact me (*linhud...@gmail.com *) and it will be
worked out. Also, if you are delayed in mailing your bookmark to your
partner,
Hello Everyone.
Firstly, I would like to thank all those participants in the bookmark
exchange last year as it was rushed and everyone managed to make it
happen. So, this year I am compensating by stretching it out a bit
longer. We had an awesome turnout which just adds to the wonderfulness
Jenny has miraculously finished and perfected - improved and enhanced - the
2015 Bookmark Exchange Web Pages. It is truly awesome. If you have not
checked it out, please do so. A wonderful display of talent. A hardy thank
you to all the participants for working so hard and participating in what
 Many thanks to Amber Lackey for my beautiful bobbin bookmark! It was
certainly well worth the wait and I love it!! The card was rather
appropriate too - I do love Winnie the Pooh - before Disney took a hold :)
Back to some lace making now...:)
Warm regards, Laura @++ De
BruynÂ
I am normally a lurker, enjoying all the posts, but not knowledgeable
enough to contribute.
However I joined in the bookmark exchange with Amber Lackey as my partner.
Unfortunately the bookmark Amber posted went astray and this morning I
received a replacement bookmark from her. I wanted you all
I am so pleased to announce that Jenny has wonderfully set up an awesome
web site that is a tool as well as the panorama of all the lovely lace
presentations. I think she went an extra mile this time and does all of us
proud to have her as a member of Arachne and be so supportive. So as she
Yes, well done Jenny!
Susie Johnson in Morris, IL
I am so pleased to announce that Jenny has wonderfully set up an awesome
web site that is a tool as well as the panorama of all the lovely lace
presentations. I think she went an extra mile this time and does all of us
proud to have her as a
Yes well done nicely shown and also what a lovely assortment of lace from
all the participants and received by their partners. It is always a
surprise and a pleasure to see whatever one finds and achieves.
Sue T
Dorset UK
I am so pleased to announce that Jenny has wonderfully set up an
I very much enjoyed the lace as well as the websiteWELL DONE! (Yes, I am
shouting!)Â Karen BovardThe ShuttleSmithOmaha, NEwebsite
blog:Â Â www.TheShuttleSmith.comÂ
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Dear Jenny and Lin,
A wonderful collaboration - the organization, publicity and site where we
can view the laces all exceed expectations.
Of particular interest was the covers of books in which participants found
their patterns.It is a nice way to show contents of the books, for
In today's mail I received a lovely bookmark from Lorri Ferguson in Washington
state. The lace, a scalloped edging is beautifully done and mounted on a fabric
ribbon. I'd not seen that before and just love it. It sturdies it up and makes
It practically usable as a bookmark. Also included was
Thank all of you for participating in the 2015 bookmark exchange and making
it such a success. I hope by now that you have received a bookmark from
your partner and you have enjoyed a new smile.
If there are any problems, please feel free to contact me personally (
linhud...@gmail.com) so we
Today I have received a lovely pale blue bookmark from Dawn Podsiad (USA) it is
truly lovely x
Thank you Dawn
Celia Mulhearn in a sunny Somerset UK
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Hi All, I received a beautiful BL bookmark in two shades of blue. It's
from Liz Roberts in Missouri. She says there are mistakes but I can't see
any! It is really lovely
I'm sorry to say mine is not yet in the mail but it will be VERY soon!
Some life issues came up.
Jane in Vermont, USA
Hi fellow Spiders
Today I received a lovely and very personal bookmark from my partner of this
year Joepie as well as a lovely letter explaining a little about herself.
Isnât this a fun way to learn a little more about people we usually never
meet but who become anything from good
All Exchange Partners have been assigned and emails sent out. If you
signed up and did not receive notice of your partner, please contact me
personally (linhud...@gmail.com). I may have typed your email address
incorrectly but I can reply to you accurately.
I found during the holidays that
All Exchange Partners have been assigned and emails sent out. If you
signed up and did not receive notice of your partner, please contact me
personally (linhud...@gmail.com). I may have typed your email address
incorrectly but I can reply to you accurately.
I found during the holidays that
We are down to the last days for sign ups for the bookmark exchange but
don't worry if you are a day or so behind. I will make it happen. Just
contact me (*linhud...@gmail.com linhud...@gmail.com*) and it will be
worked out. Also, if you are delayed in mailing your bookmark to your
partner, let
Hello All! Thanks Jenny for posting the photos so we may all enjoy! Some very
lovely work zippy threads to boot. Thanks also to Joepie for sharing her
designs--woohoo!! Can you tell I'm a sucker for flowers? g As to Irish
crochet, I recently purchased a ziploc baggie full of flower
Greetings,
Sorry for the delay in sending out match-ups. My Internet provider's lines
were down from 4 AM yesterday until about 30 minutes ago. Give me time to
feed my males and I will send out the match-ups tonight.
Amber
Forest, VA
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Evening everyone,
This is the last day to sign up for the bookmark exchange if you are
going to participate. Send me your name, address, and how many
bookmarks you want to make please.
Amber
Forest, VA
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Evening everyone,
Only five more days to sign up for the bookmark exchange. We have quite a
few newbies signed up and I would like to have more. I will begin matching
everyone up as of midnight on the 20th.
If interested, email with your name, address, and how many you want to
Evening everyone,
Well it is time to start the Bookmark Exchange. The schedule will go
like this:
March 1-20 Sign ups.
April 1Assignments made and emailed out.
May 20 All bookmarks should be in the mail.
Same rules apply as the Christmas exchange: Send in name, snail
Hello all,
While organizing the Christmas exchange this last year I was asked
about a book exchange by quite a few newer members who did not feel
they were ready for the Christmas exchange. It has been several years
since the last bookmark exchange and after consulting with Jenny
Brandis I
Hello all,
While organizing the Christmas exchange this last year I was asked
about a book exchange by quite a few newer members who did not feel
they were ready for the Christmas exchange. It has been several years
since the last bookmark exchange and after consulting with Jenny
Brandis I
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