Tuesday 13 December 2011

Look what I got in the Bloggers' Christmas Swap!

Aren't I lucky?!!  This is what I got in the Bloggers' Christmas Swap from Mrs. D of http://www.hellothemushroom.com/ .  For Christmas: 4 delightful tiny sequinned high heel shoes (she knows I'm a shoe girl),  the handmade: a beautiful owl brooch, and the thrifted, a vintage initial brooch with the letter "R".

I thought the owl was really lovely, beautifully stitched.  It will look great on my new jumper (sweater to my North American friends).  It'll be a taupe owl on taupe knit, so really chic.

Interestingly, she chose a Christmas card featuring a sweet kitten, and she didn't even know what a cat lover I am.  We must have been on the same wavelength!

Mrs. D and I both agree that the swap was a lot of fun.  For myself, I found it wonderful to be giving a present to someone I hardly knew.  It was really enjoyable and possibly the best part (in addition to connecting with someone new) was that we got to open them as soon as we got them so that the photos can go on Sacramento's blog.  I can hardly wait to see all the great exchanges!

3 comments:

Mrs. D said...

I am so glad you liked it! the photo came out great too :)
Huggles!

The Style Crone said...

Perfect gifts for you Rose! Delightful!

Rosemary the Shopper said...

Thanks Style Crone!! Are you participating in the swap? If not, do so next year, as it's a lot of fun. Maybe because we all love fashion and vintage and interesting doo-dads, it is really quite easy to shop for each other, even though we've never physically met.