What a great way to keep motivated to stay on your knitting goals! It even helped me get through some of those winter Blahs. Lorraine is such a great partner. She did a great job in finding out what things I like: especially those delightful little goodies that I can't get a hold of here in Canada. Like delicious chocolate and heartwarming tea from Marks and Sparks!
Here are the pics I took of ml the goodies she sent me. Not only did Lorraine spoil me, but she also sent wonderful goodies for my kids to open. She mailed separate packages for each of my kids to open, because Lorraine knows how much my children love to get their own mail. It was so special.
Take a look at them opening their mail...
All of these items were wonderfully gift wrapped. My kids had so much fun unwrapping each gift.
Emma didn't get what the 'buttons' were at first, until we opened the package and she found little chocolate buttons to eat. She loves the puzzle! It comes with a cute puzzle tag on the string handle.
Emma opened up the colouring pages right away.
Next was Evan. I made the kids wait till they were done their chores before they could open their packages. I was impressed with how quickly (and without complaining) my kids finished tidying up the living room... they even vacuumed, and put away the dishes. "Ok mom, now can we open our packages?"
Evan was so fast at opening his gifts that I was barely able to take a photo before he was on to the next one. I made him stop for a minute to say cheese before he helped himself to the chocolates, which he thoroughly enjoyed. Evan says thank you, Mom's friend! for the chocolates and the origami paper. He made us several new origami pieces before bedtime.
Next was Burk's turn. He was acting all patient, but I saw that smile creep across his face when I gave him his parcel. Wonder what kept him from opening it before his turn? I had it hidden. If I let them open theirs all at the same time, I wouldn't get any good photos. Wouldn't want that now, would we?
Burk was very happy! Orange Aero!!! He was so sweet, he even offered to let everyone try a piece of his Aero, so he could prove just how much better tasting it is than the commercial chocolate we can get over here. He says, "Thank you very much! The choclates were amazing!"
And then there was the big package, with my name on it.
The theme of this swap from our Ravelry group is New Years Resolutions.
The idea is to send each other items that will help us stay motivated to keep on track with our resolutions. You know how you make goals, then three or four weeks later forgot what you even resolved to do?
One of my goals was to learn some new knitting techniques, like Entrelac. Lorraine sent me a wonderful book that has clear instructions and good photos to guide me through the steps of learning Entralac. It aslo has some really cool patterns to try out once I've gotten the hang of it. Guess which one I will be trying... the fingerless mitts! Can you believe it? Fingeless mitts a la Entrelac! Watch for it.
Lorraine sent me two delicious dark chocolate bars, only one of which made it to the photo opp. It was quickly placed hidden in my knitting purse.
The whoppers were not kept as safe... they were so fun looking, I had to share. Emma really liked helping me get a whopper out of the little dispenser built into the package. I've never seen candy packaged like that, what a great idea!
I was sent some Marks and Spencer English Breakfast Tea. I promise that each bag of tea will help me towards my resolution goals. As will the Yummy shortbread cookies! Lorraine sent an adorable little serving tray for my cookies to go on, it reads "Frightfully British. Let's Brew Up". All of these goodies were packed inside a clear pink container for me to use to organize my stash in. I like it so much, I will put some mmmalabrigo yarn inside to look nice!
Thank you, Lorraine! You are so sweet!
