The One Where I Literally Squealed Over Tissue Paper

A couple of months ago I signed up for a Secret Santa swap over with Kara at Me And Elna. I’ve already shown you the Vintage Modern Ornamental table runner that I made for my swap partner – who was actually Kara’s mum. Pressure or what?! Thankfully it was well received! And yesterday, after a shocking morning from tired, ratty kids, I answered the door bell to find a big box full of Secret Santa goodies for me!

Secret Santa goodies – received by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr

Inside was this beautiful mini quilt – I had requested something decorative and that I didn’t want anything Santa-ey. Meig delivered! It’s supposed to be a wall hanging, but to be totally honest, it’s the perfect size for a mini lap quilt whilst at the sewing machine instead! Big enough to cover me nicely, but still leaving my leg free for the pedal! But that wasn’t all there was…

The kids were very excited to find out that there was something for them for once! The colouring books have already been christened, and the wooden ornaments have been coloured and hung on the tree! The little chocolates were absolutely delicious – I’m not a big fan of the mint and chocolate combo, but Ghiradelli’s Peppermint Bark is YUM! So much so I ate them all and neglected to inform my husband that they were in the parcel too… But my favourite extras?!

Kate Spain tissue paper and gift bags!! Yes, I truly literally squealed when I pulled it out. I have long envied the US for being able to purchase Kate Spain licensed goods, and now I finally have some of my own! When I next get back to the US, you can be sure I’ll be stocking up on pens, notebooks, tea towels, etc! Oh, and some adorable penguin flannel was there too. Ahem. So thank you so much Meig for your beautiful, generous gifts and Kara for being such a cool swap facilitator!

I also got a little bit of other mail this week… I signed up as a swap angel for the What Was I Thinking swap – swap a yard-equivalent of charms of fabric you would never use, have too much of, etc. And I was pleasantly horrified at some of the fabric that came!

I enjoyed separating it all out into colours, and these are headed to my scrap containers ready for paper piecing or scrappy piecing or whatever! I did pull out a couple of scores – some Denyse Schmidt and a pale pink Pearl Bracelets. In fact, I’ve already used some for more of my Sew Seasonal paper pieced blocks.

The other arrival was another swap – the Say Cheese! Polaroid Block Swap. I signed up for 35 blocks, and got back a lovely array of colours and blocks! I had to laugh when I saw what purples I got – 2 Good Fortune and a Japanese girls print (on top)! Love it!

So my mailbox has been nice and happy and squishy this week!

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