This past week, I encountered lots of my favorite things. One of my favorite things is knitting, so starting off, I finished another hat. This one dh, the fuss-budget, actually liked and decided to take it even though I was knitting it for myself.
Then, a lovely package arrived in the mail (not brown-papered and tied up with string, but the contents were equally wonderful) from Michelle (Blog of the Soap Pixie). Michelle made a bevy of lovely things for me! Clockwise from top left: a pretty card, a folder of bookmarks and tea bags (details below), a bar of her very pretty soap with a cool and cute packaging (she'll be selling these soon, so keep an eye on her blog for it!), a box of mini-cards, a lavender eye-pillow, and a dazzling holiday bracelet (that I've been wearing ever since I received it).
Here are the mini-cards close-up. Is that ever sweet, or what?
And here's the nifty folder with all the bookmarks and tea bags! Ds#1 already has dibs on the frog bookmark. :)
A day or two after Michelle's package arrives, Joanna's Product Body box of goodies got here. I was running out of Whipped Shea, and bought a couple of jars of that plus their new holiday scent gift box.
Tadaaaa...the holiday scent gift box opened up...obviously the gift was for myself. ;)
Sweet Jo gave me some extra goodies for free: see the cuuuuute pink bag with the following yummies? She also gave me (see first photo) a Hyacinth Bath Bomb that smells intoxicating and that I intend to use as soon as I can spend some quality time in the bathtub.
Another wonderful thing that came in the mail is Carrie's Home for the Holidays laundry soap. I wanted to get more before she sells out because it's my absolute favorite detergent right now! Carrie, always the dear, sent along a couple of little gifts for the boys - I can't show you exactly what they are because they don't get to open them until a couple of days later. ;)
A close-up of the pretty, embroidered towels that Carrie includes:
And last, but definitely not least, I spent a lovely Friday morning with my IRL and blog friend Cake (Whistling Leaf Blower). She checked out our garden, such as it is in the winter, and also brought me my Pay-It-Forward/swap gifts: a psychedelic bookmark for the boys, a pack of cosmos seeds (one of my favorite flowers), a mistletoe sprig, a jar of pear chutney, a pebble hair clip, 2 felted soaps (woohoo!!!), and a coin purse made with the top of an orange juice container (very cute, very creative).
Here's the coin purse, opened up:
I just loooove this hair clip!
So there you have it, some of my favorite things indeed! It was a good week, and with the weekend gone, I look forward to another good week.What has been some of your favorite things recently?
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams
14 comments:
nice and unique
you find the coolest stuff! home for the holidays is my absolute favorite laundry scent too! cambridge rum is my 2nd favorite :)
All I can say is you (and family) are some of the most wonderful people on this earth!
Just look at all those treasures...
Oh my gosh...look at all these goodies!! I LOVE your knitted cap. I only know how to crochet but I really do want to learn to knit...and that pink little bag is adorable..and the tea holders....and the soaps...gosh, everything! I am REALLY, really goign to try hard to get back into soapmaking after the first of the year.
And yes, we all need to take time and cherish each moment in our lives. It's funny how I am seeing that as I get older. I guess I was too busy running around too fast in my younger days. *sigh*. I'm kinda liking aging. :)
Have a wonderful, wonderful holiday season, Teresa to you and your family and furry friends as well!!
xoxo
Michelle, Mocha, Emma and smooches from Quincy. :) Little Quincy found a twig in the garage this morning and brought it up two flights of stairs to drop on the bed in front of me. What a little trooper. Lol!
Heather, are you stocking up on the holiday scent too? ;)
Carrie, we feel the exact same about you and yours!
Michelle, I hope you can get back to doing creative things in the new year! It's so satisfying on so many levels. I really wish you lived close by; I would be visiting Quincy and the girls every day (bet you're glad you don't live close by...LOL!).
my word...look at all that amazing stuff! you've certainly got a good eye for lovely things.
hey, thanks so much for your comment on jo's blog over at the soap bar...and merry xmas xx
wow! its like Hanukkah! several days of amazing goodies - really cute packaging on them all and a fab job on your hat! happy holidays!
Hmmm what would it take on my part to get one of those adorable knit hats made for me? =)
I love reading your blog! When Ricky and I have children, I hope our family life is as awesome and beautiful as yours!
Happy Happy Holidays!
Wow! What fun stuff! What is felted soap? Soap made from felt???? Cookie dough soap sounds yummy! Happy Holidays!
Forgot to say that I love the hat!
Wow! You are one lucky gal. You really got a bunch of incredible treasures (the hat? the Product Body? Hmmmm good!). My favorite things recently are home made cookies, Cranium games and GlassyBabys (glassybaby.com). =)
It looks like Christmas arrived at your house early :) Lots and lots of goodies. That coin purse is so cool, I love it!
Your hat is perfect. I've tried to understand knitting for years and I still can't get it :( Middy wants to learn so I told her she'll have to take lessons and not from me. LOL!
FuturePrimitive, it's very true; you do make some ultra lovely soaps! Merry Christmas to you too!
Meg, isn't it like Hannukah though? ;) Thanks for the compliment about my hat!
N.Marie, you need to take a knitting class! Thanks so much for your sweet remark about my family life; it means a lot to me!
Maureen, felted soap is soap that has wool roving wrapped/felted around it. Here's a video on how one can do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVaxwVWf3po
Thanks about my hat! Hope you're enjoying your holiday!
Anne-Marie, I checked out GlassyBabys; they are reeeeally nice!
Michelle, LOL! There are lots of good classes on knitting out there. Also, you do so much already, you don't have to tackle knitting too. ;)
what treasures! i am so behind in my blog reading, i didn't even know you had posted about our handmade swap! so sweet, and nice photos! FYI, the carton coin purse is taken directly from family fun magazine. i did not invent that one, but thanks for the compliments anyway!
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