Altered By Me

I've decided to host a give away tomorrow for the 1st International Charm Day celebration. Here is a sneak peak at some of the charms I made today for my giveaway. Tomorrow I will post more pictures and the charming details. Thanks for stopping by! Arlene

Amber Dawn is hosting the first International Charm Day on April 28th. This is sure to be the first of many more. Please check out the blog for more information and to find out how you can win some really cool prizes. http://internationalcharmday.blogspot.com/

Today I finished putting together my charm bracelet with the charms I received in the Artysdoll charm swap I participated in a few months ago. A big thank you to Kelly Parker for hosting this great swap. I used seven of my favorite charms from the swap and then added bead dangles and a few of my own charms to finish off the bracelet. The chain I found at my local Joann's. I have plenty of charms left over and can probably make at least 4 more bracelets if that's what I use them for. If you go back to my blog post from May http://alteredbyme.blogspot.com/2007/05/artsydoll-charm-swap-whoo-hoo.html you can see the rest of the charms I received in the swap.

A big thank you goes out to Kelly Parker for hosting the Artsydoll charm swap on the arttechniques yahoo group ! This was my first charm swap and I can't tell you how much fun it was. The charms I received back are little works of art. I'm not sure what I am going to do with them yet. Since I played twice I have over 40 charms to play around with. I'll probably make a bracelet and a necklace. Also a big thank you goes out to all of the players. Below is a numbered list so you can match charm to artist. Group 2 is the first group picture with Group 1 below it. Click on the picture for a larger veiw. If you are the artist who made charm # 18 in group 2 please send me your name so you can get credit for the beautiful little heart charm you made. It's one of my favorites! One of my charms is the single charm at the top. I just realized as I was looking for a picture of my charms I forgot to take one of my second charm. Sorry I can't show you that one. Group 1 is the se...