Another Fantastic Sweeney / Adams Swap!!!

Yipee it came! I have been virtually stalking the postman all week as I knew Ara's swap to me was on its way and it arrived all in one piece and even more fabulous than I could have imagined. I got the parcel 2 days ago but have been busy helping my eldest Emily get ready for her Fashion exhibition so went to post this last night but then my camera konked out on me!! I then got dragged to a motorbike evening by John and woke up this morning to find Ara got her parcel yesterday and beat me to it with her post!!! So glad it came Ara and that you like it!! Great too, that we can show them off together!

Remember Ara and I did a swap way back , and Ara made me a fantastic Sweeney Barber chair and I made her a Adams Family Potion cabinet? Well we got in contact again as i saw a crib on ebay exactly the style I wanted but it was too clean and perfect and i couldn't bring myself to buy it and rip it up and make it all grungy so I knew the perfect person to ask to make me one from scratch!! Ara kindly agreed and when I asked her what she needed in return she told me to surprise her again with something to cheer up the Adams family who she felt had been neglected lately :-(

So, we both got started. I really wanted a crib as in the movie Sweeney and his wife have a child before his bad luck befalls him and when he returns to the Lovett Pie shop he is taken up to the their old apartment to find the old crib, all eaten away and rotting , very sad!

Ara captured the haunted creepiness of the piece perfectly. It is made of a wicker look with wooden legs and tatty grungy drapes. The crib has rotten areas and the little cover inside is really gruesome. ( In a great way of course!) She has figured out to do do a wicker look perfectly and I bet it was difficult for her to have to mess it all up and put holes in it as it was so beautifully done!! I really want to keep an eye out now for an old porcelain type doll to put in it!

It is so perfect thank you Ara, I love it so much as you know!

Both Ara and I really enjoyed this swap and neither of us could quite bear to part with our creations but knew that they were only suited and perfect for each other's particular projects . We both knew how much the other would appreciate all the hard work and love gone into them.

With a HUGE hug to Ara, Sweeney and I thank you very very much for such an awesome addition to his Barber shop!!

I apologise for the fact it is not in situ in his shop, but I have photographed it in the haunted house for now as my walls and floors are still in bits as I'm tiling and flooring still!! When its all up, Ill take another pics so you can get the whole scene and look! I just couldnt get good shots last night so will replace or add new ones later and for now Ara has taken a great couple of pics that show it off much better than mine!

Here also is the swap I made for Ara. Lola and I were watching the Adams Family Values film and 'Cousin What', ( Cousin Its Son!) in his coffin pram just lept out at me and I knew I HAD to make it for Ara and the Adams's. I do not do woodwork well so the coffin was a major challenge and as I said to Ara dont look too closely as its just roughly stuck together , filled with glue and painted!! Then I made spider web wheels ( I was inspired by Jamie Moores fabulous bigger pram she made and her wheels so thanks for the idea Jamie!!) and put on a couple of spooky spiders and a dagger rattle! Cousin baby 'What' has his little dummy, . Then I figured I should have someone to push the pram ( though not sure how with no arms!!) so made Cousin It too!
I wish I had taken pictures of the steps of how I made it but I was so enjoying it, I got carried away and just got into it and the next thing it was finished! Oh and to get the leather stitched look i just put on peel off in a patterned line and then painted over with black paint.

I do love swaps they are such fun and cant wait to do another !!
Ara also was an absolute treasure and included a little Texas pin badge and pack of Texas playing cards so all the family is happy too thankyou!! Now I just have to play them for money ha ha!!

Check out Ara's post at http://afminimansion.blogspot.com/ to see how at Home the 'It's ' are at home with Morticia and the others, !