Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Swap Package - From Me

I participated in a swap in a Ravelry group which I'm a member, "We Love Lucy". I meant to show you what I sent, but the busy-ness of the holidays took over - but I wanted to show you what I sent.  The group was started and is inhabited by people who enjoy the blog by Lucy in England - her blog is called Attic24.  If you haven't visited, you really should.  It's a delight.  And the reason that I've discovered COLOR in my crochet that I love. Here is the whole package.. what fun it was to put together!  My swap partner was Lucy aka "Bearium" in England and I posted what she sent to me mid-December.
Contents were:  A bar of handcrafted soap with a minty aroma, an American Lighthouse ornament, a washcloth of cotton that I knitted. 
Some sparkly red yarn, a pair of red knit gloves, a red heart that I crocheted, a pair of patriotic earrings that I made with sterling silver and Murano Italy milleflori glass beads - and most special, a large hank of pure ivory colored alpaca for her to spin and/or dye as she spins. 
2 skeins of holiday colored sock yarn as she knits socks. The yarn is sitting on a neat blue nylon bag made specially for carrying yarn.  
Some adorable muffin cups and a little clipboard with a holiday printed pad of paper. 
Some holiday nail files, a candy cane and a candy cane pen - the ink smells like peppermint!! 
She said she like mint chocolate, so I sent a nice bag of yummy chocolates, and a package of colorful buttons. 
 3 large soft skeins of KnitPicks cotton yarn.
An art card featuring "Portlandia" - a wonderful sculpture made like the statue of liberty of copper - on the Portland Building in downtown.  And a spool of red, white and blue ribbon. 
I wrapped each thing in colorful tissue and tied with a bow.  I put several things in a lovely red fabric bag, too. 
Here is the box, already to send.  We posted it on Dec 5th and it was received on Dec 14th.   
I just wanted to share with you what I sent.  ((hugs)), Teresa :-) 

20 comments:

  1. Ooooh, lucky, lucky recipient! All of it is gorgeous! How lucky that the patriotic colours of the USA and the UK coincide!
    She must have been absolutely thrilled.

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  2. Wowser...what a gorgeous, thoughtful Swap Package you sent...all that Christmassy, yarny, minty lovliness...They are as fun to put together and send as they are to receive aren't they? It is so exciting to get a parcel of goodies. I love the 'Muffin Cups' I call them 'Cake Cases' they are so cute. xxx

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  3. What a fun collection of items! I'm sure she was thrilled with each item opened!!

    Hope you had a great Christmas. =)

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  4. Told you I thought you were Mrs Claus...still do! and you just proved me right!Lucky,lucky recipient from a very generous lady.:)

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  5. What a lovely gift. I'm sure that she adored it!

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  6. Lucky Lucy ... what beautiful, thoughtful gifts you put together for her.

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  7. Hello Teresa,
    I am glad we finally got to see what you sent. I knew you had gone to a lot of trouble. What nice presents.

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  8. I have to comment about the candy cane pen. I absolutely love those and can't wait every year until Walgreens sells them. I always buy a ton of them and give them out to friends at work because they are so fun and cheerful. The peppermint smell of the ink is an extra bonus. :)

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  9. What an absolutely beautiful box of Lucy style goodies. You are a very generous swap partner with a very giving heart.

    Blessings,
    Betsy
    http://Betsy-thesimplelifeofaqueen.blogspot.com

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  10. Wow Teresa she must have been absolutely over the moon with those lovely gifts. All so beautifully wrapped as well. Anne x

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  11. Very lucky person to receive such an abundance of beautiful and useful gifts. xoRobin❤

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  12. What a big bundle of goodies!!! You represent USA very well here! And that arrived pretty quickly going all the way to UK!!!

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  13. Are you too sweet. You had a ball putting this together I can tell. Remind me next year so I can play along too. I do feel the holiday brain fog rolling back out to sea finally here. I just needed a little time to regroup myself and breathe.

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  14. What lovely gifts ...thanks for showing us! I wondered what was under all that careful wrapping and was sure it would be some great things. You have a very lucky swap partner.

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  15. Wow! Teresa! That looks sooo nice! Wrapped and all! What a wonderfull gift to receive!!!

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  16. Ooh Teresa, what a gorgeous package! Lovely yarn and goodies, and that candy cane pen - I've never seen anything like it, it's brilliant! Lucky lucky swap partner :-) xxxx

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  17. What a lovely package Teresa which you had so thoughtfully put together. I'm sure your swap partner was delighted...and how quickly it arrived too at that time of the year!
    Jane x

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  18. Lucky girl!!! I can't believe how fast it got there. I'm sure she was delighted :) I may have to get in on that swap next year.

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  19. Wow - I bet Lucy (who I know in Real Life) loved it all :)

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  20. What a great package and a seriously lucky participant.

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