It’s been gift central around here this week and I’ve been very, very lucky! First up was a wonderful package from SweetiePie. I couldn’t figure out why she would be sending me a little surprise. I mean, a BIG surprise — just look at the fabulousness:
A super cute cupcake decorating kit with cupcake cups and little birdy picks. Aren’t they sweeeeet? And LOOK at that necklace. Do you know what it is?
It’s a Brighton Lanyard! A clip for my I.D. badge at work. Isn’t it gorgeous? I Love, Love, LOVE it! Once again — SweetiePie has lived up to her name — all these goodies as a Thank You to me for the wedding quilt. My goodness, I never expected this. A MIL couldn’t ask for a better DIL! Thank you so much SweetiePie — You. Are. The. BEST!!! Smoochies!
And then, if that wasn’t enough, we arrived home one night to find a package all the way from Australia on the doorstep. I had no idea what it could be. I squealed with delight when I opened it and TheManoftheHouse came over to see what was going on as I was unwrapping the first gift. “Boy, someone sure took a lot of time to make all those packages look so pretty” he said. Ooops! He was right, so I ran and grabbed the camera. Sorry, the picture is blurry and the pretty packages are a bit disheveled, but I was in a hurry!
When all was said and done, I’d unwrapped a treasure trove of goodies from Emma of Ballarat Patchwork. And then it dawned on me — this was my package from the spring swap. Oh. My. Gosh — how lucky could I be? LOOK! My picture isn’t the best — I’ve sadly cut off the head of the orange screen printed birdy, but trust me, he’s cute. And the colors! They’re all just fantastic! I’ve been on a lime green and orange kick lately so I really love this package. Can you see it all?
A yoyo maker, 2 screen-printed pieces, 4 pieces of fabric, 4 reels of ribbon, 1 spool of super delicious lime green pearl cotton, 4 lime green buttons, 3 beautiful postcards from Ballarat (I so love those — now I want to visit) and the pièce de résistance:
{Squeal!} Look at that adorable little turtle pin cushion. Oh, how I love it! Thank you so very much for everything Emma — you hit the nail on the head. Scored a home run. It’s the perfect swap package and I love it all! And thank you so very much Trashy for hosting the spring swap — what a fun time!
Now, Emma, you must cover your eyes, ’cause you won’t want to read this next part. Late in the middle of the night that I received the package, I awoke to thumpy noises from the cats. I got up to check, but didn’t find anything amiss, so I went back to bed. The next morning, I found that beautiful spool of green thread unwrapped all over the house — through stairway spindles, under chairs, wrapped around piano legs and on and on. Unwrapped to the very end. Fortunately, the thread is just fine and I’ll still enjoy using it — it’s just not in a pretty spool anymore. Bad, bad Kitties! Rest assured — they’ve been punished. They’re in the corner in timeout — hoping to be allowed out by the weekend!
Thank you SweetiePie and Emma for my wonderful gifts. You’ve both made my week!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
XOXO,
Anna
P.S. A few tidbits for you:
- How gorgeous is this Easter party? Makes me want children around again. (Thanks JunieQuiltyPeep for telling me about that blog years ago.)
- Via Peabody, this interesting blog about the Top 1000 Awesome Things. Wouldn’t it be fun to start a list and write one awesome thing every day?
What wonderful gifties….those cupcake picks are too cute and that turtle….why he is just swell.
Ballarat Patchwork is a lovely shop although I havent been there in quite a while now. Your swap parcel is full of gorgeous things, and the little turtle is so cute! I am glad the kitties werent playing with him. Your DIL sounds like an amazing person to have in your life too, how nice a thank you gift is that!
You received some really wonderful treats. Adorable turtle, love that orange ribbon and I especially love the lanyard. It’s beautiful. Lucky girl!!! :D
Yes indeed Mistress Anna, blessed and fortunate are you!! Wonderful gifts, and I see what you mean about the darling little kitties. They will do it. Whatever IT is, they’ll find it and do it. No stopping them.
Gorgeous gifts from both…..you are very lucky this week…….
You are a lucky girl. What beautiful gifts all around! Kitties are mischievous, I know!
Wowie….the most wonderful goodies ever! That lanyard is just too perfect. Two wonderful giftie boxes!!!
Lots of lovely goodies. A friend gave me a Brighton Lanyard about 4 years ago and I use it to hold my embroidery scissors when I’m doing handwork. I love it.
Two beautiful packages! You are a lucky girl.
Oh those naughty kittens. At least they didn’t chew on the cupcake cups or that adorable turtle.
I am so glad you like the parcel.
I had such fun putting it all together.
Should have put a cat toy in – like Trash did for me – would have saved a roll of thread!
emma
What lovely packages Anna! The cupcake kit is adorable, and I love that sweet turtle! Happy mail indeed.
Gorgeous gifts! At least the cats didn’t eat the thread – that happened to a friend of mine – it caused problems coming out the other end!!!
Definitely some lovely gifts there. It’s so nice to get anything other than a bill through the post!
And a list of awesome things sounds good. I got a little notebook when I was in Boulder that was somewhere to write down the things that made you happy each day. I should go and look it out and start to use it.
Oh you lucky sausage – what gorgeous gifts from your girl-in-law. Birdy pciks? Never heard of them but they look very sweet indeed. Are they for sticking in the cakes like a teeny bird flag?
oh you lie.. you kitty’s aren’t evil kittys.. how could those two balls of fluffiness do something so evil??
Cosmo aka the devil cat likes PINCUSHIONS, so guess where I can’t put my bloomin’ pins??? darn evil b@$tard cat… he likes thread too.. but then again, he is a devil… I have to keep my thread in DECOR containers sealed… grrrr @ cat…
Lissa
PS love your gifty’s…
What fabulous parcels of goodies! I’m so jealous!!! Lucy x
Fabulous parcels, Anna. :o)
I’ve already been to read some of the 1000awesomethings blog. It really makes you think! Thanks for sharing it with us.
You are such a lucky girl Anna! I can’t think of a better person to get that cupcake kit, I bet you’re putting it to good use right now! I have to tell you I made a german chocolate cake this week and made the coconut/pecan frosting for it too and had no idea how easy it was. I’ll definitely be making that one again!
What a fun mail week! Much better than getting bills. :-)
just loved the most thoughtful presents from sweetiepie…what a great young woman she is!!!
& emma’s turtle pincushion is the cutest!
thanks for the link to 1000awesomethings!
have a great w/e…:)
Beautiful gifts!! Where did Sweetie Pie find that cupcake kit?!?!?
Is that the Meri Meri cupcake set that I see? So cute. The time-out picture is funny!
Lucky Lucky you! Love it all!
You really hit the motherlode, didn’t you? I can’t think of a more deserving person either. Thanks for the links to the other blogs. They were very interesting!
Oh Anna you are a lucky girl! Funny I was just looking at those Brighton lanyards in the store yesterday! I don’t wear an ID badge though so no excuse to buy one!
What neat goodies!! Sounds like they picked out just the right things for you!! Love that little turtle, he’s just too cute. Those naughty kitties! Reminds me of how Emma likes to get some yarn and string it all over!
What amazing packages! I love each and every thing. Your mailbox certainly brought blessings to you this week.
Wow, you are a lucky girl, but there is nobody who does not deserves it more xoxo Clarice
I love the fun stuff! You are loved Anna! :) I have to hide all my lovely yarn from my kitty too. He will even unzip (yes you read that right, its a Main Coon & he HAS fingers) my bag to get to the yarn. He has strewn it all throughout my house many o times and has even actually tied up the dog in the yarn (LOL). He is very creative. You should have posted the pic of the evidence. Have fun with all your new goodies.
Well, congratulations, Luckyanna!
Lucky Duck!
Those cats need a new squeak toy or something.
Jody
Love that top gift especially and had to chuckle at the naughty pair. Lovely, colour filled pictures.
You deserve the wonderful gifts! I think YOU should be nicknamed SweetiePie!
Hope you have a great weekend. xo
Wow! You are a lucky girl! I love everything you got … and now your new Mr. Turtle pincushion can keep your Bunny Pincushion company!!!
You lucky Anna, you!! You deserve it all, so it is lovely to see your wonderful gifts.
I am slowly getting around all my friends, once again!
What a lovely gift..the turtle is so cute!
Naughty kitties getting at the green thread! I bet you were miffed!
Lovely treats for lovely you! The lanyard is gorgeous. :)
I’ve had many spools of cotton twined about my house, too. Very, very frustrating. Frolicking felines sporting saucy smiles, mutilating masses of mossy mercerized, must be dealt with severely. No mousies for them!
What a sweet girl she is. But your a sweet MIL too. :-) Great gifties.
Wow, you have been spoiled – but deservedly so! What gorgeous goodies!
What fun gifties you’ve gotten! I adore that turtle, omg so cute!! Awwww poor wittle puddy tats :)
very fun swap.
my F.L. has the exact same Brighton badge lanyard… you can be twins, separated at birth when you are at market!
You are lucky Anna, and I’m lucky to be able to read your wonderful blog and look at all your pretty gifts. The Easter photos were great ~ one problem it’s 6AM and I want to go bake something sweet!! Have a great Sunday!
Great loot in your mailbox!! I suppose the cats were only trying to enjoy the fun new things too. :)
oh You lucky girl, you got some great goodies in the mail! I love your little turtle :)
SheilaC
I love Brighton!! I have several purses! But the fob is fab!!
Great photo of the kitties having ‘a time out’. Such fun playing with thread and other twisty things!
Happy new week!
Joni
My mother-in-law left me (as stated in her will) all her cookbooks. Now at the time, I thought thats odd, as I don’t ever use recipes, at least I didn’t back then, and then I began to wonder…..hmmm..was she trying to tell me something? LOL, I kept a couple of the very old ones and told all the relatives to take what they wanted. She had booksshelves full of them.
Oh, you are a lucky duck! I have that cute little turtle pattern, but I am too busy sunning myself in this lovely bit of weather we are having. A turtle would appreciate the effort to sun oneselves, don’t you think?
How much fun is this! Love it all. What sweet friends and family! Sweetie Pie is a keeper for sure. I’m happy for you, you are so good to others, you deserve this fun.
Beautiful gifts for you! And a lanyard from Brighton, lucky you! Love Brighton, it’s one of my top ten shops I always have to visit when I’m in the US. LOve their bags, purses and jewelry!
I guess the cats had a very fun time during that night! LOL