AS PROMISED ....

As I promised yesterday, I've downloaded the photo's of my swap goodies ...

Chrissy chose the word SNOWY ...
S - Snowman Apron
N - Necklace
O - Ornaments
W - Warm yarn. Ooohhh - that yarn knits up into the most pretty frilly scarfs - Love it :-0
Y - Yummy Cupcake Supplies

Very spoilt, that was me!!!
Thank you again Chrissy - it was the perfect package.

So, my day was kind of HoHum as Mondays usually are and it wound up with faxing a ton of information out on a legal matter and filing a police report for my hacked credit card which I had already done over the phone, but had to go in an hand write a report.

When we got home I had a package waiting for me that I didn't recognize the name on...
My first thought was it was a quilt someone was looking to have finished for charity, then when I opened it, look at all the little packages that were discovered inside

There were wonderful old fashioned hard candies, Biscotti from Starbucks, a matching cup and saucer (will be perfect for my tea at my desk or sewing center, an adorable ornament, Kahlua flavored coffee, a pattern for really neat bags, a triple cookie cutter, the most adorable and decorated apron and an adorable Santa spatula for my kitchen!

All of this from Donna Payne in Vacaville, CA.  Oh thank you, thank you, Merci, Gracias...it was wonderful and thank you to Shawnee for picking me a great swap partner!

SNOWY ......

That's the word my sweet swap partner Chrissy chose :-)
I received the most lovely package today, filled with wonderful goodies. I have taken some pictures, and will download them, and share them with y'all tomorrow. As she didn't give me her email address,  I just wanted to let her know, that I have received my package, and that  I LOVED it !!!

Thank you Chrissy for bringing a big, warm smile to my VERY chilly (yes, we got a dusting of snow last night ) Texas day :-)

SANTA ....

This was the word I chose .....
It's been 3 weeks now, and my trusty delivery confirmation slip, says that my partner has received her swap package, so I thought I'd share with you what I sent her :-)

S - Christmas Socks
A - Advent Calendar (I filled each little box, with crafty bits and bobs)
N - Christmas Napkins and Christmas Nail Files
T - Tasty Assorted Sachets of Hot Chocolate and some Christmas Tissues
A - Assorted Rolls of Ribbon and an Apron that I made.
Her ornaments were the letters I made that spelled out SANTA, and I included a craft magazine for some reading fun.
Here is a closer peek at the Advent Calendar I made her ...

I made it using 24 matchboxes, that are glued together in sets of 3 and decorated. The idea isn't mine - I found a picture of one a lady had made on the internet, and worked out how to put it together from there.

Thank you Shawnee for hosting another fun swap !!!
Wishing y'all a very Merry, Bright and Blessed Christmas.

My Apron Is On It's Way To You Secret Swap Partner!

So this time around I had some bad luck as I previously posted.  My swap package basically got stolen on the way to the post office.  Well I wanted to let you all know that my 2nd package is on it's way to my secret swap partner.  

So I finally figured out what I wanted to do the second time around and whipped up another cute apron if I do say so myself!  I went back to the store and purchased some more appropriate gifts and then did the whole boxing and wrapping everything up again.  This time I went straight to the post office without making any stops and got it mailed off again.

So sorry swap partner!  I really didn't forget you I just got a little bit off track and had to start over again.  The post office assures me that you will receive your gift no later than Saturday.  So happy swapping.