Crystal's Loot

Howdy from McKinney Texas!

Now that Crystal has received her package, I can tell you a little more about it. 

I did two words because I had more stuff I wanted to send and needed more letters.  My two words were SANTA and HOPE. I did alot of green items because that is Crystal's favorite color plus I kinda tend to be green (as in environmentally conscious).

Here's what I sent:

S is for Sprinkles (foil kind)
A is for Apron (made it reversible so she can use year round)
N is for Notecards (green & white polkadot)
T is for the tin full of teas (red raspberry & mint green)
A is for awesome green smelling candle

H is for HUGE clothespin
O is for the o shaped wreath ornament
P is for Personalized Zipper Pouch with name embroidered
E is for envelope assortment 6 of 11 different colors and sizes because she makes cards

Something to read-- Simple Abundance - a Daybook of Comfort & Joy... read a couple pages a day for the next year 2013 and also a book of Green projects to do with kids...

I forgot to take pictures of everything together before I sent it but I do have pictures of the handmade items....

Here is the zipper pouch. 

 I used green fabric on the outside and Christmas on the inside, hopefully when she looks inside she will remember this Christmas Swap...

Here is the apron, I had never made one before.  I made it reversible so she could use it year round.  Aprons are hard to photograph when you don't have a model but you get the idea of what it looked like here...

I really enjoyed making and collecting everything.  I am so glad Crystal liked it. I look forward to swapping again!

~~~Martha from McKinney, Texas

Crystal is an Amazing Secret Santa Swap Partner

Crystal gets an award for being one of my best partners ever!  She spent so much time hunting out my preferences and then incorporating them into a super special package.

First, the element of surprise

She sent me handmade cards with little notes explaining each gift.  And they were all wrapped - love that!

Here's the whole package

She hit on my love of RED, of all things Mary Engelbreit, of handcrafted gifts, my love of reading; she even stalked my Etsy favorites!!!

Check out this apron -- Ruffles, Red, AND Mary Engelbreit -- who could ask for more?!?

THANK YOU, Crystal, for being a terrific partner!!

-Shawnee

Thank you Grace

Kimberly shared this:

I did receive my Santa Package from Grace Brown. I LOVE everything. Let button up and take a ride on the tour. Receive a Button it up book. Choc cover cherries, Earl Gray Tea with a travel mug. yeah buddy! A Fresh baked cookie candle, Bead and button garland for my tree. Snowflake earrings. Santa cross stitch ornament to make (after Christmas. There is a Beautiful braided hot mat. Also, whoooo hooo, an Apron with pink and red roses and holly berries are on the fabric. I will try to get pic up. Be patient with me I am slowly learning how to blog. Having some issues, but I am learning. THANK YOU for EVERYTHING> Thank you for having me in this WONDERFUL SWAP.

My Beautiful Swap Package Came From Heidi

My beautiful swap package arrived at my house yesterday!  What fun I had opening all my lovely gifts.  I of course was so excited that I didn't take any pictures of my beautiful box of goodies before I tore into it.  I was so excited that I basically tore the box apart to get to all my wonderful gifts!

My swap partner, Heidi Rourke, took the time to find out a little about me and my likes.  She did a wonderful job on everything!  I couldn't have asked for anything different as it was all so nice.  She knew my favorite color is purple and I like ruffles so she made me a beautiful multi-ruffled apron of all different shades of purple prints.  She asked Shawnee to find out if I liked half or full aprons and I love full bib aprons so that is what she made me.

My gift was titled "Merry Quiltmas" as I am an advid quilter.  There was a beautiful purple striped mug included in the package.  She also picked out 2 different boxes of tea for me as I love all and everything about tea.  One was a yummy Meyer Lemon and the other was a delicious Blueberry tea.  There was also some Starbucks coffee.  She included a quilting magazine for me also.  Of course I sat down with my new cup and had a cuppa tea and leisurely read the quilt magazine.  Of course there was multiple patterns of quilts that I wouldn't mind making someday soon.  There was a delicious chocolate/caramel candybar too that I enjoyed.  She also crocheted me a couple of dish cloths in a beautiful purple color.  Then she paper pieced a really cool ornament for me.  She did it all in pink and whites and it is a teacup!  I go by the name Tealovinglady and she knew that I really really LOVE tea!

Great job Heidi!  I love everything you included in my package.  As soon as I can find my cord I will upload some pictures to this post so that everyone can see the wonderful things you sent me.

I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and some very Happy Holidays!

Thank you Tammy!

I haven't had a chance to take a picture of my wonderful package yet. My 3 yo helped unwrap it and asked if she could hang the cutest little reindeer ornament on the tree. It's the only ornament hanging right now LOL

If you scroll down, Tammy posted a picture of her daughter wearing the awesome apron she sent. I totally ♥♥♥♥ it! She also sent some awesome grinchy fabric that I might just turn into something special very soon. My "part time" seasonal job is currently full time ...so not a lot of time for me to do fun things. But I really want to turn the fat quarters she sent in to a purse or something!

thank you soooo very much!