On with the show with some swap news. First, there was this wonderful surprise waiting in my mailbox last week; a thank-you present from Glenn for sharing some of my doll-making supplies with her. She's making 'Little Blossom' for spring. (Doll pattern formerly from Magic Cabin--now out of print.) I am already using the fabric; pink and red--perfect. Thank you! I love everything.
Another surprise from my Gifty 3 swap partner Sarah (Hip To Piece Squares). A gorgeous felted bag filled to the brim with sweeties! LOVE it. Thank you again.
And thanks to Leslie (Paper Princess) for giving her time and organizing the fabulously fun Gifty 3 swap. Photo pool of Gifty swappers here.
I have a terrible fire phobia and recently had a plastic lamp shade melt when it dropped down onto a bulb...I was alerted to it by that same acrid smell. (I even posted a warning on 2/6!) I hope you find what the problem is/was so you can relax.
Posted by: Jan | February 24, 2006 at 01:16 PM
Hi,I was perusing your blog and saw what you said about the fire alarm and I wondered if you have an old flourescent light anywhere that would have a ballast in it? When the ballast starts to go out it will put out a horrible smell, as of something on fire, and you won't be able to see it anywhere unless you look closely at the ballast where you might observe a darkening from heat. Good luck!
Posted by: Susan | February 24, 2006 at 02:40 PM
wow that sounds really disconcerning! i'm glad all is well! i hate those fire alarms... they are so loud! ick!
at least you had a good gifty to get you out of that frame of mind!
Posted by: lisa s | February 24, 2006 at 06:48 PM
We had a weird burning smell recently too, only when cooking. The smell was horrible. But the oven and rangetop were clean. ??? My first (horrible) thought was that a mouse had gotten somewhere into the shell and was slowly baking. But it turned out to be cocoa dust, if you can believe that. When making hot chocolate, I whisk the cocoa in and it stirs up some dust. That got up into the stove vent and later burned when the stove got very hot. There is hardly anything worse than burnt chocolate!
Posted by: Linda | February 25, 2006 at 11:22 AM
We had this happened and the furnace guy said it was a good thing we were there. I'm glad it worked out for you!
Posted by: Loretta | February 25, 2006 at 07:05 PM
Sarah is a great swap partner!! that is for sure! I love getting treasures from her!
and I'm honored to be on your updated sidebar!!thanks!
Posted by: brit | February 26, 2006 at 02:38 PM
A couple of my Taiwanese friends saw your site and were so impressed by your crafts, especially the Japanese stuff. Also, we were wondering, what does "turkey feathers" mean?
REPLY: 'Turkey Feathers' is just a name I pulled out of a hat late one night when I discovered all the good names were already taken. (I know...you were probably hoping for a deeper meaning right?)
Posted by: Amber | March 03, 2006 at 07:23 PM