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I have definatley got something for you today. Man i was pretty lazy about charging my camera batteries for y’all...sorry.
I got like the best weeks worth of mail EVER. I’m posting some today and some tomorrow.
First I found out Suzie over at purly gates had a January Birthday too! She suggested a swap. I was kind of tired of getting people who flaked out on swaps and i would just get burned. But i thought about it. One of my best swapping people Deb, came out of a swap Suzy organized. And suzie sent me some stitch markers ages ago that i still use to this day. I knew this would be good.

I sent her box out on tuesday and she should be getting it by today at the latest. I seem to notice that priority likes to take 3 days to get to CA. So keep checking her blog for pictures of what i sent her. I didn’t take pictures...the batteries remember?

Anyhow...here’s her box she sent. She suggested we send some Garnet colored yarn and something local. check out her stuff:


there’s 2 skeins of lamb’s pride in garnet in there, a beautiful EAMES card!, peach lip balm, honey from san franscisco, black tea, chocolates, a soy candle, and a jewelry roll that has lavender in it. Smells so so good. I even made my sister sniff it this morning.
Suzie hit something dead on. Even Erin commented how the yarn was perfect for me. She sent a beautiful skein of sock yarn, and the colors are well very jen. The sun was shining pretty hard today so it’s a little harsh but yellows, oranges and pinks scream socks for jen!

ooooh look she sent LETTERPRESS...mmmmm letterpress...cards she made!


i accidentally left the photos of her beautiful wrapping job at home (i’m in the city at nat’s) sorry about that suzie. But all i can say is that she re-newed my faith in swapping on the internet. It was fun and refreshing to swap with her. Altho after looking at her items for a bit yesterday i had this sudden thought. Her stuff she sent to me seemed so refined...so elegant and pretty. And when i think about my box...the stuff i sent to her is way too much a reflection of my personality. And unfortunately i’m not very refined. I still hope she loves it anyhow. I’ll let you know when she posted it.

Second, my favorite friend over in arizona, ms amy (secrest out!) of sushi-ville...found some socks. She sent them out way way too fast. Cause i’m still working on her prizes and finding a larger box for all her stuff to fit into! I can’t wait to send her her prizes...i KNOW she is going to LOVE them. heh. Anyways, she did an awesome job of cleaning out the clearance section! I love all of these, i’m waering the knee socks right now! She even sent along another 2 tiny tiny little charms for the necklace she sent a week or so ago. I told her she needs to make a whole slew of these...i know i would buy a whole bunch of them. And if i would then i know y’all out there would too.

Ok, I saw Dixie post some of these on her blog earlier this month. You can find her stuff here. I HAD to have like five. But she only had one. Well she sent me three cause when she thinks of five she thinks of three. What she didn’t know is three chickenbutts are perfect! She and her husband, clint, make the guess what? chicken butt. Stationery i love to death. And there is just something about those chickenbutts that make me laugh everytime i look at them. Anyways, thanks so much Dixie and her zoo for sending me a little birthday hello and pretty card. Make sure you get some chicken butts of your very own.

And now i saved the best for last. Well all of these are the best, but this is something handmade! Erin gave me FRANK at our meeting the other night. FRANK is my birthday present. He is a sock monster. And he came in his own carrying case, he is wearing a scarf to keep warm cause it’s been in the single digits all week, and a note to introduce him to me. Jessica i do believe named him for me.

Apparently FRANK and I don’t like our bellybuttons touched. Frank has a bellybutton cover. I need to look into one of those. I think frank and i will be good friends. He already likes to hang off of my computer keyboard and swing in his little carrier! Thank you Jessica and Erin. You two are a delight to hang out with.
Tomorrow i will share a not-so-secret-santa swap i had with vanessa.

Posted by Jennifer on 02/02 at 05:58 PM ♥ Comments (7)