Santa Sack Swap 2012--Thank You Melissa!

The day arrived and I opened my gifts that I have been looking at for months!  I had all kinds of surprises in store!  My partner Melissa is a crocheter and she made me a wide variety of goodies.  There are two pincushions (to add to my collection), snowman themed hotpads and coffee cozy (that will get some serious use) and a fabulous kitchen towel holder.  That is already in use...I love having a place to hang my kitchen towels!  The tablerunner is Christmas themed and soft as baby yarn.  I didn't decorate much this year, so it added some festivity to my living room!

 

 Here is a close up so you can see all those cool snowmen and my pin cushions.

 I also got a cool picture frame that can be the long way or the short way depending on the picture you put in it.  There is a removable magnet to decorate the frame in the right direction no matter how you lay the frame.  I have never seen these, can't wait to find the perfect picture to put in it!  I got a little pink zipper bag (I have already used to put Bonnie hunter spool pieces in for travel days) and a pencil case and bag that match.  Again, already in use..I put my PHMQG stuff in it for when I got to meetings, now I won't forget my name tag again!

 Close ups of that stuff and underneath you can see some paper goods I got.  There are a few card making kits and scratch pads and paper and another picture frame that holds two five by seven pictures.  I should have taken a better picture of that!

 Love my bag which says "beautiful inside and out"!  Thank you Melissa!  I hope you like your gifts as much as I liked mine!

http://melsdaisypatch.blogspot.com/  if you want to check out Melissa's blog too!

Early Morning Sewing Going On!

 I am up to three of these little hexie (hexi?) flowers.  They are so tiny compared to my other hexie projects (which haven't seen the light of day in awhile!).

 Melissa sent me a huge package with my gifts for each month all the way into December.  I managed to get them all to fit in the stocking she made me with the other presents she sent before.  We both have one more box to go before Christmas.  I have been collecting things since I sent her the first box.

 Today Kathy is over at Barktoberfest selling her homemade dog treats www.jandrdogtreats.net if your doggie wants to try them.  She brought a friend with her so I am hanging at home and having a friend or two over later to sew.  Since Kathy was up early and our five dogs were all excited to have company at the break of dawn, I couldn't go back to sleep.  I put in this audiobook that Randy got me from the library (I bought the new J.K. Rowling book but Kathy wants to hear it too, so waiting to start that one!) and have already sewed my brown pinwheels together and trimmed them.

 I know this is a record for me...I rarely am sewing this early in the day (unless there is a mystery quilt going on, then I will drag myself out of bed!) so it has been fun to sip my coffee and just enjoy some time doing what I love.

Santa Sack Swap!

I just joined another fun venture.  I think signups are closed and I got the last spot.  It must be my lucky day.  I really enjoyed the swap I was in last year...both the giving and recieiving.  So I am excited to get a new partner and cyber stalk her again!  http://santasackswap.blogspot.com/