Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Santa Sack Swap.....


 I received this gorgeous hexie stocking from Carol in the Santa Sack swap and I was certainly spoilt!
 I must admit I did decide to open one present last Thursday and thank goodness I did as it was forecast to be a 40 degree day and this is what was in that parcel, chocolate which went promptly into the fridge! I saved the rest of my gifts for opening yesterday after I finished my last day of work which involved cleaning walls, cots, equipment and copious amounts of laundry all day!
 First up came this beautiful jewelled lock and bookmark dress :)
 Another beautiful Christmas bag, reminds me of a crown with all those bells at the top and it made such a lovely sound as I was opening this parcel. Love it Carol!
 Next came a Christmas tea towel decorated with hand appliqued gingerbread men, already hanging in my kitchen and hubby has been warned not to use it as a hand towel for his grubby mitts :)
 A beautiful and practical food cover which will come in handy tomorrow to keep the flies away from our picnic lunch and it's also been weighted so it wont blow away :)
 Carol must have spies working over here as this is soooo me in the colour department as well as in the love of paper department, a book of sticky notes will certainly come in handy next year and the Shmick notes are sitting beside our telephone ready to do there thing :)
And finally a gorgeous zippered pouch to use for my sewing projects throughout the new year, thanks carol I had so much fun with this swap and I loved everything you made/sent for me :)
 I haven't heard from Carol yet to see if she's finally opened her gifts from me as Carol was also waiting till this yesterday to open them but when I do I'll do another post with pictures of what I sent her :)

12 comments:

Cheryll said...

OooH very NICE Barb! Love all that red and white colour...yum!
Have a very merry Christmas... to you and your family! :)

Christine M said...

What lovely goodies Carol has sent to you Barb. Lucky you got the choccie into the fridge!

Jeanette said...

Very lovely presents Barb. Merry Christmas. Hugs, xx

KERYN B said...

Beautiful presents Barb love the stocking. If the fridge doesn't work you can store the chocolates in your tummy like I do. Merry Christmas.

Anonymous said...

such beautiful gifts you have received Barb,this is such a fun swap and those colours certainly are you,have a wonderful xmas my friend and a safe and happy new year.xx

retdairyqueen said...

Lovely gifts

Susan said...

Lovely red theme with your goodies.

The Patch Craft said...

Glad you liked all your goodies from me.

Opened yours yesterday will take pics today and blog tonight.

Yvonne W said...

Merry Christmas to you and your family, Barb. I will look forward to more blog posts in 2014.

Ondrea said...

All so very different from each other and all beautiful. That bag reminds me of a court jester's hat. Love the appliqued gingerbread men. and the hexie stocking ofcourse! Have some choccies for me , I can't eat them . Have a wonderful Christmas Day . Angel hugs.

Peg - Happy In Quilting said...

Wow...Carol has made the most amazing goodies....enjoy...xx

Karen said...

Beautiful sewing. Lovely work in the hexie stocking.