Friday, May 16, 2014

Blog Swap Fun


A few weeks ago the lovely Tracey shared a little link to a blog swap. I hopped on over to check it out and entered my name immediately. This one was a little different from ones I have done in the past. Usually we swap handmade items, this time we were swapping things made in our country. Pretty cool!

I was hooked up with Emily over at Mousy Brown's House, who lives in Wales, and this week I received the package she sent. Can you see all the goodies that were sent over to me? A lovely tea towel with Welsh translations, a Welsh cookbook, some rocks and shells from their favourite beach, some lovely yarn dyed by Emily, tea, homemade soap and a lovely little handmade brooch. If you know me at all you know I was swooning over this lovely package.

I haven't shared the package I put together for Emily, I want it to be a surprise for her. I do hope she likes it.

Thanks Emily for being a great swap partner and big thanks to Vibeke for organizing the swap.

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  1. How lovely! My swap partner and I are working on our swaps now. So exciting! :-)

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    1. Hope you are having fun with your first swap :)

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  2. Oh, how much fun! xo

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  3. I believe you received a lovely thoughtful gift :) The tea towel is gorgeous!

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  4. Blog swaps are so much fun and you have some wonderful goodies there!!! Have a beautiful weekend!! : )

    ~ Wendy
    http://Crickleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

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    1. They are! I have only done a few, but you can bet I will be doing more :)

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  5. What fun!! Oh my she really made a great package up for you.

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    1. She did, didn't she. Almost like she knew me for real :)

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  6. I'm swooning too! What a fun swap! :)

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    1. It was, one of the best I have participated in.

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  7. How very, very fun! I'm a bit jealous!

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    1. Awe, it is a pretty great package, isn't it? Happy weekend!

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  8. What a lovely idea for a swop, and a lovely parcel to receive. I think I need to keep more of an eye out for swops, they look lots of fun.

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    1. You most certainly do, they are so much fun!

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  9. I received my package the other day, all the way from Denmark. I will share more next week.
    I'm so happy you joined Kim, it was a lot of fun wasn't it?
    Have a great weekend.

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    1. Oh awesome, Denmark. I had a penpal from Denmark when I was a kid. It was a ton of fun Tracey. Wishing you a lovely weekend too!

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  10. What a fun swap!!

    http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2014/05/this-moment_16.html

    Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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  11. What a wonderful idea, and I think you scored Kim!!!!
    xoxo

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  12. Oh my God, that's beautiful! So much fun to swap things from different countries. I would love to see yours...but of course it has to be a surprise...:)

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    1. It was a ton of fun. Yes, a surprise for sure. I totally forgot to take a picture before I shipped it too. But maybe Emily will share on her blog when she receives it :)

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    2. Hi Kim - glad you liked it all! I had so much fun putting together the package and it's lovely to see that you enjoyed it...Maybe you'll come and visit Wales for real some time and you can have a go at using some of the words on the tea towel! :)

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    3. I truly did Emily, thanks again. And yes, I do have plans to one day visit your beautiful country, my parents were there two years ago for a wedding and told me I would love it. One day...

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    4. I hope you do get to visit...come and pop in for a cup of tea if you do! :)

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