Ho Ho Ho! ... And Presents!

Merry Christmas Eve! When our daughter was a little girl we'd say Merry Christmas to her, and she'd follow it up with "And Presents!" in a deep Santa voice (well, deep for a little girl, anyway). This morning the mailman delivered a few packages along with the regular mail, and one was from my friend Linda. We were swap partners on our homemaking list, and I just love all the gifts she sent me. Here's a picture...


I love everything, and they're things I would have picked for myself :) I wish you could feel how soft that little mitten is... and how good that cinnamon vanilla candle smells! I should have opened up the fat quarter so you could see it better in the picture. It's a soft flannel with snowmen families (which will be made into a pillow with one of my stitched pieces!). I love the card from Notforgotten Farms (we're both fans of this designer!). The star has buttons from Linda's collection ~ aren't they pretty?? The star, mitten and little snowman are now hanging on the tree. I'm going to treat myself to the hot cocoa and candy cane this afternoon while looking at the magazine... and the pretty red napkins with the tree will be used this evening :)

Linda also included a map of a village in Virginia where she did her shopping. We've talked about the area several times and I can't wait until my next trip back east so we can get together and meet for the first time, and go shopping! Although I think that might be a little dangerous for both of us since it seems we'd be encouraging each other to buy everything :) :)

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Eve!!