Valentine Swap Surprise

I received an awesome package in the mail this week and had to share it's contents.  My swap partner from Indiana, USA, was Heather.  She assembled an treasure-trove of goodies for me and I am relishing them all.  Take a peek:

Felted recycled garments turned into little bags, with hand embroidery... "scatter joy".  A message I will definitely scatter on my future graffiti knits.

 Heather creates lovely felted flower lapel pins - isn't the label lovely?

Embroidery on the back...

Beautiful felted flower on left (which I wear proudly on my winter coat) and little red felted bag with flower button.

Also included in the package was a decadent chocolate bar, rose-scented tea bags (AMAZING scent), and many other goodies.  Thank you for spreading the joy, Heather!

Valentine Swap

Before we know it, Valentines will be at our doorstep.  Children will be swapping "sweet valentines" with their classmates and perhaps secret sweethearts.  I miss those days...counting the number of cards I received...who had the prettiest cards....which ones were homemade or store bought (I always made my own).  Now that I'm an adult (questionable at times), I've embarked on a Valentine Swap of my own thanks to Natural Suburbia who gathered willing participant's names/addresses and matched everyone with their very own Valentine craft-pal!

Mine is a lovely young mother/teacher/crafter from Indiana, USA.  She's a very talented lady and have made preliminary contact via email.  I'm trilled to be a part of this social experiment and to learn about my "neighbour" over the border.  Who knows, maybe some day we'll cross paths!

My package to Heather is currently being assembled and admittedly being shipped out a tad late (sorry Heather), however it should arrive in time for February 14th.

Heather, if you're reading this, I look forward to our new friendship!