Thursday, February 7, 2008

It's Here! It's Here!

It's here! It's here! That is what I was sing songing through the house yesterday when this little beauty arrived. Karla and Beth's Sweet Treats and Roses Recipe Swap book! Look at the lovely cover! It is one of Karla's famous cupcake paintings - which I love! Look at the gorgeous flocked wallpaper at the bottom. So yummy! The sweet rose and tassel complete this gorgeous cover.

My beautiful tag came from Betty at She's Sew Pretty.

The next several photos are a small sampling of some of the 42 beautiful, one of a kind recipe pages that each participant created.







Several people designed the back of their individual page as well. Above is one.

And here is another.

I absolutely love this wonderful one of a kind piece. I am very grateful to Karla and Beth for hosting this swap and for taking the time to put together each individual book and design all of the beautiful covers. Big hugs to everyone!


33 comments:

LA said...

What a beautiful piece and great collaboration, too!

Cheers! LA

Flea Market Queen said...

absolutely beautiful...
lovely work from such lovely, creative women!
Enjoy...
Priscilla

Heidi said...

Karla, Your recipe art book is gorgeous! {...I'm kicking myself for not signing up!...} Everyone did such beautiful and artistic pages! I'm sure you'll treasure this forever, and possibly try out some new recipes, too! How fun! Betty's tag is pretty, too!
*Heidi*

Erin Earls said...

Beautiful! What a wonderful creation!!
Love Erin~

AmyB said...

I got mine yesterday too! It's wonderful to have such a collaborative gem! Wasn't it fun to leaf through. LOVED your page. Lot's o' raspberry recipes (mine included), maybe because the color is so very Valentine's. Thanks for sharing. I'm blogless but appreciate so you who blog. - Amy Bauer

Anonymous said...

I have been waiting to see one of the finished books. It's just awesome. I was too late to get in on that swap and was so sorry about it. You posted a comment at my blog about seeing my fireplace. Several others have asked also so I will do a post on my blog very soon on it. ~ Lynn

Anonymous said...

Ooooh and Ahhhh!! Love it! what a gorgeous final product!! xo natalea

Lori said...

oh my gosh that's gorgeous!!! what a beautiful keepsake!!!

~Becca~Bluebird Rose said...

Thank you for sharing this; I enjoyed seeing the lovely photos of this beautiful book! :)

Stampindamour said...

Love it!!! It's perfectly Shabby & Vintage!!! Thanks for the inspiration! :0)

-pamela

Monica said...

you ladies did an awesome job!
What a beautiful piece of ARt!!

Alison Gibbs said...

What a wonderful swap you girls participated in.
Alison

Rosemary said...

Wow, so pretty and fun.
Rosemary

Beth Leintz said...

I'm so glad you're enjoying your recipe book and were able to share some more of the pages!

(I'm still singing "you're here and I'm here" to my Milo)

karlascottage.typepad.com said...

I'm so glad you liked it! I love mine. Whats great is that it is such a collaborative! How nice to have a page from so many different artists.

roseroomnz.com said...

Gorgeous! Can't wait to get mine:) Rachael

cd&m said...

It is all so very pretty no wonder you love it.

Penny from Enjoying The Simple Things said...

Whata beautiful piece to treasure forever!
Penny

~~♥ Mamma Millan ♥~~ said...

hello , thanks for the nice wordas on my blogg...Tou made me so happy!!!

Oooo, what a adorible littel scrap book...so sweeet!!!!

have anice weekend!!/Camilla

Susie Q said...

Just a wonderful piece! Such love and talent went into this. You lucky girl you!
I know you are excited!!

Love,
Sue

Anonymous said...

Hi Karla, When you have a chance pop on over to my blog. I posted about the painted fireplace. :)

Anonymous said...

So beautiful. If there is anything I love... it's cookbooks. To have one made with such loving care....
you are lucky.

Karen Eileen

Anonymous said...

Wow, so pretty! wonderfully creative teamwork!

Jessi Nagy said...

yeah! i love mine too! they turned out so great!
just gorgeous! i can't wait to start baking!!!
jessi

Kerryanne @ Shabby Art Boutique said...

Hi Karla,
How absolutely beautiful is your swap book? Truly something to be treasured for ever.
Enjoy!!
Hugs,
Kerryanne

Anonymous said...

Hi Karla, this book is amazing, for sure something to be treasured forever!! How talented are all these ladies :) Jenn and Jacqui

Anonymous said...

Wow, that was a great swap, such gorgeous pages. Enjoy all your new recipes.
Mary

kari and kijsa said...

Beautiful swap goodies!! lucky you to receive such wonderfulness through the post! We are so glad you shared!!

blessings,
kari & kijsa

Sandy McTier Designs said...

Hi Karla,
I got mine last week too and have looked at it so many times - it is absolutely gorgeous! I'm thrilled that I participated in this swap and will treasure this collaboration of ART forever.
Hope you have a fabulous week.
Blessings,
Sandy :)

kecia deveney said...

oh, it is GORGEOUS!
xoxo kEcIa

Trudy said...

Hi Karla,

I just stumbled across your blog and thought I'd drop you a line and say 'Thanks for having me! I enjoyed my visit!'

You're a very creative bunch and it looks like a lot of fun!

I'll pop in again!

Cheers,
Trudy

ShabbyInTheCity said...

Me too! I got mine and I'm so glad now that I did it :) I love my cover art and I'll show it soon. It was fun thinking of who made each page, wasn't it?

Merci-Notes said...

OOOOh yummy! This is a beautiful book!!!!

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