December Sister Swap goodies

Good grief, I should be in bed! I still have a lot of packing to do in the morning but I wanted to do a quick post to show what my Sweet Goodness Sister swap partner sent me this month. Laurie has been such a wonderful swap partner and I've just loved everything she's sent!


The first thing I pulled out of the box was this gorgeous teacup and saucer. I have my great-grandmother's teacup collection and this little beauty will fit right in! It's so delicate and I love the shape and the colors. The next thing I opened was this adorable set of hand-sewn felt items for Miss Maren to keep in her purse: a cell phone, a lipstick (which Maren calls her "chapstick) and the cutest little compact! Seriously, folks, they're so dang cute that I had to restrain myself from stuffing them into MY purse. SO darling. Laurie also included some delish Caramelized Almost Ghirardelli squares (those disappeared fast!) and the prettiest little Italian hard candies.


Laurie also included a beautiful vintage hankie and some of her favorite recipes enclosed in this neat little bag sewn from vintage embroidered linens. She tells me that she found it already sewn up like that, so I wonder what its original purpose was? Interesting. Laurie knows of my love for red & turquoise together and she gifted me with the sweetest little red felt birdie! His wings and breast are done in the most perfect, delicate, vintage-looking red and aqua fabric. I should have taken a close-up photo--I am completely in love with the fabric! Laurie's construction and sewing is so beautiful, and I feel so lucky to have some of her work! I hung my little birdie from the fabulous red & turquoise yo-yo garland she sent me in November. And last was the awesome vintage gingham apron in the background of the pictures. It is all pleated at the top and has three rows of rickrack at the bottom. Turquoise, rickrack, and pleating--How could it be more perfect?

And now it's off to bed for me to catch 40 winks before I have to get up in the morning and figure out how to stuff 3 suitcases, 2 extended families' worth of gifts, snow clothing, enough snacks and DVDS to entertain a wild toddler for 10 hours, and an 80-lb. yellow lab into our Pathfinder. I did always like to play Tetris--wish me luck!