Vintage Spring Sweetness Swap

Linda at A Swap For All Seasons has such fun swap themes, and I was so excited to participate in the Vintage Spring Sweetness Swap she organized recently. Thrifty Homemaker Angela was my partner, and she absolutely spoiled me!



She sent a box stuffed full of sweet spring goodies: candy (chocolate, marshmallows and Chick-O-Sticks), vintage goodies (detail below), lace ribbons, spring tags and sticky notes, Easter ornaments and a potpourri sachet.

Love the little vintage towel, saucer and postcard!

Angela, thank you for such a great box of surprises!

Here's what I sent Angela:

Vintage homemaking magazines, pink Peeps (Peeps have been around since the 50's, so they fit the vintage theme quite nicely), vintage spring-themed playing cards, a vintage hand towel from the Etsy shop Lilly's Cottage, an ornament that looked quite vintage to me and a spring banner I made for Angela. Our challenge this time was to try not to spend more than $10 and I had such fun searching for just the right items that I thought Angela would enjoy while sticking as close as I could to the swap parameters (total spent, vintage, spring).

Angela mentioned that she likes vintage homemaking magazines, so I thought she would enjoy these magazines from the 70's and the old farm cook book.

I found these vintage playing cards in the Etsy shop Frivolous Whimsy...and they were so cute I almost kept them :)

I am pretty proud of this banner; is that vain? I really enjoy making these, and I hope it adds some spring sweetness to Angela's home.

Linda had several drawings for cute spring-y vintage items for those of us in the swap and look who got the very last one!

I can't wait to find just the right use for this little charm.

Thank you, Linda, for a great swap and thank you, Angela, for my wonderful goodies!

A bit of Halloween fun

I love getting mail! Even if its something I ordered and knew was coming there is something SO exciting about taking that package inside and ripping it open.

I especially love ordering items that I find on Etsy. Recently I received something I ordered from Scrappy Jessi's Etsy store. First I have to show you how cute the outside of the package was: stickers, messages and a custom address label

Here's what I found when I got that box open. Look at all the her personalized goodies! The cards with her logo gave this package a professional feel as if they came from a cute boutique...which I guess they did!

Jessi makes these fun pieces using Scrabble tiles and tile trays. She has all sorts of themed tiles at her Etsy site. I saw a Halloween tile she made for someone and asked her to make me one, too.

Love it!

(Click on the picture to get a closer look)

I think this little bat is my favorite part.

Go check out Jessi's website and all the cool stuff in her Etsy store...before I get there first and buy it all!