What AwtemNymf got :O) . . .

I got my package from my Secret Partner Beth from Words & Whimsies and what a spoiled lil' fae I am! :O)
Lookie:

Wowzers! Enchanting ephemera and whatnots! I love it!
A set of green shamrocks that I think I'll make a Vintage St. Patty's Banner out of. A set of green and white laced paper doilies. An "Erin Go Bragh" banner! Perfect for St. Patty's decorating! And I love anything celtic and Irish! I've some of the blood :O)
Also glittered snowflake ornament, a mini composition book with altered tags "SW" my initials. Perfect for jotting down ideas when I hit those "lightbulb moments". This will come in hand! 2 cute Faerie Wands! I can always use faerie wands- I'm a busy lil' fae! Notepad & post-it's, a gorgeous altered bird with glitter on the papered wings and 'tail'. So sweet. A couple of party blowers- (caute). I got a bag of Candy Corn (nom nom nom) and Autumn Mix (lurrve those pumpkins). Inside the Halloween oriental box is a bag of Pumpkin seeds and a hand-pump-toy jumping spider *lol*. also a bag of yummy pistachios- a great snack while on the comp. A beautiful purple bottle with some glass german glitter inside. Looks like it's magical! The tag on the bottle says "Fairy Dust for... wishes ... dreams... fun!



A close up of the bottle. I absolutely love this! Stunning!



Close up of my enchanted ornament hidden in the bag. . . what's in there? Hmmm



A sweet vintage elf holding a candy cane on a pincushion. He's standing on a bed of faux grass, with glittered acorns at its feet, with olive velvet rick rack, a small snowflake sprinkled here and there! I love this! She must have known my favorite enchanted colors are purple and green!



a Close up of the sweet elf. Look at that happy face!
Beth really outdid herself. I love my ornament. I have nothing like this and I just adore this!
Then I visited her blog to properly Thank her and wooooaaahhh- what ephemera & vintage & kitschy overload of greatness. She's lucky! She's got beautiful altered pin cushions available at her Etsy shop and she has all kinds of dime store cuteness! I've always wondered how and where people score these things!

Beth- Thank you so much for my Enchanted package. I love my ornament you made me and all the goodies that came with it! I will cherish this and the fairy dust bottle - is special. This will be placed among my "enchanting" keepsakes that I have together!


Be Enchanted

Enchantment Sent and Received!

Here's a little peek at what I sent...hopefully you won't figure out who it is to!

And here is some of what I received!!! YAY! Gin's cute little hedgehogs were for me!!!! The ornament hangers are exquisite! The fuzzy socks are sooo perfect! The Ferrero chocolates are some of my favorites (stay away kids! Those are MINE! hee hee!) She also sent a whole pile of fun Christmas activities for my kids - but they were so excited and immediately took them all away. Thank You Gin!!

And Thank YOU Val, for hosting such an "Enchanting" Swap!!

Fairy Sweet

Here's your sneak peek!!!

Just kidding!

HERE'S your sneak peek!

I'm glad I'm not the only one that's running a little behind in getting to the post office ;-)

Sent and Received!

Here is a little sneak peek at what I sent, fun (if I do say so myself) vintage crepe and paper star ornament And German glass glitter star, plus some other goodies...All packed into a cute hand cut and glittered elf box!

I got these cute Flying Pig printed ornaments! Thank you Niki!!

she likes it!!

she likes it, she really likes it!! yay!
here's what she had to say.
so glad you liked your package beth! ;)

Look What I Got!

I opened my mailbox today and found a box! I was so excited! This was my first swap and Jaime was awfully good to me! She made two beautiful ornaments. One is a snowflake embroidered on a pretty chocolate brown background. It reminds me of the tatted snowflakes my aunt used to make.

The other ornament is cross-stitched! (I used to love doing cross stitch but my failing eyesight has nixed that craft!) This one has God putting a star on the top of a tree. Isn't this perfect for Christmas?

Along with the ornaments, Jaime included chocolate mints, a snowman Pez dispenser, and several packages of Pez. My youngest son confiscated the Pez items and disappeared. As for the chocolate mints, I have hidden them in a place no one in my family would ever think about looking! Thank you, Jaime!

Ornie Sneak Peak

Here;s the sneak peak at my swap ornament. My Mom always made things from felt with beads and sparklies so I knew immediately that I would do something like that. I've recently become enamored with needle felting so I tried my hand at that too. I sure hope my receiver likes this! I packed some other goodies in too.

Now, I have to confess that I am just today (Tuesday) sending this out. I apologize! I finished the ornie late Saturday afternoon and intended to hit the post office first thing yesterday morning. Life interrupted, in the form of my teenage daughter's appendix. It was removed from her around midnight on Sunday night and we spent all day yesterday at the hospital. She's well on the road to recovery now though.

Merry Christmas everyone and a big thank you to Val for hosting this swap and putting it together!
Love, Leslie