Big Book of Christmas

How exciting, after months of anticipation, our Big Book of Christmas swap has come to a close, and here is a peek at some of the beautiful work our Chickies did in this swap...

DeeDee to Dawn

Brown Paper Packages tied up with String ...

DeeDee sent several handmade goodies along with the Big Book of Christmas to Dawn

 This book has been prepped to be used as a Christmas memory book ~ photos do not do justice to the lovely work DeeDee put into the creation of this book!

Heather to Sabina

Heather created a potpourri of Christmas-y vintage-ness for Sabina 

So sweet!


Sabina to Sara

 A shaped book radiates a holy night of long ago ...

Sabina beautifully incorporates traditional Christmas Carols in the book

More photos of The Big Book of Christmas will be posted as they come in ~ Chickies please remember ~ to send in photos of the book you created and the book you receive. Thanks!

Swap Names for Christmas Exchange

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Look what's up next for the Canadian Chickies!!

Are you starting to collect your ideas for the Chickie  Christmas Exchange 2011?  

Here is the list of who we are making our books for :

• Brittni --->  Martha
• Dawn --->  Brittni
• DeeDee --->  Dawn
• Heather --->  Sabina
• Martha ---> Heather
• Sabina --->  Sara
• Sara ---> DeeDee

Now you know who you're creating a book for!


Remeber to either create a handmade book or gussy up an existing one.  This book may be used as a handy-dandy Christmas check list go-to book or it may contain favourite recipes, poems, stories, songs etc. If you wish, you could alter a book that would be nice as a coffee table book or perhaps a guest book. The sky is the limit! 
 In addition to the book, you are welcome to include some little stocking stuffers ~ anything you wish. As always, think about what you would like to receive ~ that's a good place to start! 
There are no big rules, per se ~ but if you're mailing a book to a person, be mindful of the thickness and weight and postage costs.   Please mail out your book by November 11, 2011 

Start creating in your Big Book of Christmas!

Introducing the Canadian Chickie Christmas Exchange 2011 ...

BIG Book of Christmas

Either create a handmade book or gussy up an existing one. This book may be used as a handy-dandy Christmas check list go-to book or it may contain favourite recipes, poems, stories, songs etc. If you wish, you could alter a book that would be nice as a coffee table book or perhaps a guest book. The sky is the limit in what you can include in this book. In addition to the book, you are welcome to include some little stocking stuffers ~ anything you wish. Think about what you would like to receive ~ that's always a good place to start! There are no big rules, per se ~ but if you're mailing a book to your person, be mindful of the thickness and weight and postage costs. In the case where you are mailing a book out, the word BIG may not be literal.


Once everyone's signed up, I will make a list of who gives to who. You will not know who you will be receiving a book from ~ part of the fun surprise!


More details will be posted on our Canadian Chickies Yahoo Group Site!
Sign up by: August 1, 2011
Mail out date: By November 11, 2011