Swap baggie

Santa came my home a little bit earlier and brought me wonderful goodies that I want to share with you all here.
We have a lovely international group to swap goodies. We send swap baggies to each other four times a year in a quarterly base. The last baggie contains a handmade goodie. This year, my swap partner is Margreet from the Netherlands. I received this wonderful notebook from Margreet who made this lovely thing for me using an interesting fabric and old laces.

This is so convenient case I can store my some laces in it ,too. By the way, special thanks for these old laces, Margreet.

This photo shows the both sides of my new note book. As you can see, Margreet had been embroidered front and back sides too. This is totally handmade piece done by my swap sister. It was so nice to know her, we built a wonderful friendship, I hope we'll continue this friendship on the coming years too.

Heart Swap:)

I also would like to thank Mary so much for sending a thimble along with those lovely things from Texas. I've already put my new Texas thimble into my collection. Special thanks Mary for your thoughtfulness:))

Dear friend Mary from Austin is my swap partner, she created a heart for me. She told me about her creation but didn't send me photo. I must admit that I was expecting a simple heart.. Her baggie arrived here yesterday, when I opened the enveloped I found these lovely things. I must admit that the photo never justice the beauty of that cute heart Mary made for me. I loved her wonderful work. The postcards are lovely, especially the one with bluebonnets inspired me to create a painting:)) You know, I love bluebonnets!

Valentine Swap baggie arrived:)

I was quiet in the past weeks. Unfortunately my dear Father a serious health problem. I've had to deal with him, I would like to thank to all my on-line buddies for their concerns and prayers. I always believe the power of the prayers, appreciated to all prayers from all over the world.
I'm so glad that I joined "Etsy cottage style-Valentine swap", I received these lovely pieces from my swap partner, Char. The cottage style little box is so pretty, I've already put some of my ear rings in it. I wanted to share these lovely things with you all, I started to celebrate Valentine Day earlier. Special thanks to Char for her wonderful selections to send me.