NNC Bookmark Exchange 2010

April 23rd - the World Book & Copyright Day.

Reading has been a passion since before I started school. I remember very well one of the first books my parents gave me; 'Little Red Riding Hood'... Who does not know this fairy tail about the little girl wearing a red hooded cape, and the bad wolf. As the little girl I was at that time, the story was a bit scary of course! :)

As the years went by, there were 'Famous Five', 'Hardy Boys', 'Nancy Drew' etc. and the list goes on... 
I can't imagine a home without books... I love books and I read a few pages each night.

To celebrate the World Book Day 2010, Zarina from NNC organized the annual Bookmark Exchange. I enjoyed the exchange so much last year - you can read about it here, so I signed up this time too - I thought! I felt really sad when I realized I had forgotten to sign up and asked Zarina if there was still a chance for me to join... It was - and happily I started thinking how to make the bookmarks. My partner is Margaret in Malaysia. Little did I know I was her partner too! :)

Margaret is an avid cross-stitcher, but unfortunate no blog. Here are the 2 bookmarks I received from her, aren't they beautiful?! I love them!

There wasn't only the bookmarks in the parcel from Margaret..

She had added a Malay mini-cookbook, 2 skeins of DMC floss and a beautiful tissue holder. The tissue holder is 'Kain Songket', one of Malaysia's finest handicraft. Made in the East Coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu, it is also one of the country's most regal and exquisite fabrics.

Kain Songket is a traditionally hand-woven fabric, using predominantly gold threads to form intricate designs depicting motifs of local flowers.

You can read more about Kain Songket here.

Here are the 2 bookmarks I made for Margaret.

One is applique, the other one is Hardanger.

Margaret, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for everything you sent me!

I hope you will like my bookmarks and the little extra I sent you! :)

Not to forget a BIG THANK YOU to Zarina who organized the exchange!

NNC Bookmark Exchange 2009

Another exchange done. This time it was a secret partner bookmark exchange, and the organizer was Zarina from NNC. Since it was a secret partner exchange I had no idea who my partner was, which made it more fun. It took some time before I received the parcel due to some postal problems, but it was sorted out. Not even at the Post Office I could guess who my partner was, because my address was printed and there were no sender's name on the envelope. I was so curious I could die!!! :) I rushed home - open the parcel - and my partner was Anna from Malaysia! Here are the two lovely cross-stitched bookmarks she made for me:

This one has my name...

...and this one has lovely flowers shaped as hearts.

Anna was so kind to send some stash too; lovely flowers and red- and green silk ribbons. Thank you so very, very much Anna! I love the bookmarks! Since this is the first bookmark exchange I've joined - I'll treasure the bookmarks even more! :)

My secret partner was Paul. When I signed up for the exchange I already had in mind what kind of bookmarks I wanted to make. It was ages since I had done Hardanger and thought that would be a good idea. Here are the two bookmarks I made. The other one is appliqued.

I really enjoyed the secret partner exchange - and would love to join again. Thanks so much to NNC and Zarina for organizing the exchange!