Fun Swap with Maitreya of Craftlog´s worldwide fame, and Crafting Japanese, and Marthadex,... she´s involved in many cool projects actually! The original swap was going to be for a Zakka book but we both decided to exchange some more goodies. She sent me a lot of stuff: embroidery book, sewing notions, cute fabric... but, most of all, the gorgeous handmade amigurini you can see on the picture. I couldn´t believe it when i saw it! She was far too generous: i know what an amount of time is devoted to this things.
The boy is now nicely displayed inside this cabinet that i have at home which is kind of a shrine to all the handmade goodness that i´ve been collecting...i think i should take some pics of the cabinet to show you, right?
Anyway, thanks Maitreya for this lovely swap! ^.^

Besides Maitreya, there are so many artists-crafters out there that i admire. I like people who have their own original style, girls that do their own thing, regardless of whatever the fashions of the moment are. People who often work with their own hands but, most of all, with their imagination... it is almost unbeliable the amount of talent there is just all over the internet... everyday i get mesmerized by some recently discovered new talent. Just one thing i´d like to say: please, don´t steal what others do; i´ve seen so many objects lovingly made by crafters being ripped-off by other crafters! Not by a big corporation. It´s ourselves we are doing the damage to. How can one have the nerve to copy an artist she/he admires? Well, this happens all the time! Like Susie would say: it´s not a compliment!

And i leave you with some random extraordinary talents i am in awe about right now:

**Grainne Morton

**Pancake Meow

**Dawbis

**Kate Sutton

They couldn´t be more different (or could they?), but each one is great in that they are unlike any other. Do you agree?