Common Ground swap gallery!

My package from @PrincessP arrived today (after the post office toyed with our emotions for a week or so!! Whew!)! It was my first ever mail from Australia, so that was fun! Look at this cute little guy on the stamps.

First, everything was packaged in this sweet little pouch. Look at its tiny Paris print! And the cute little window! I think it’s fun how we both made each other something in aqua and red (the inside of the pouch is red).

Then, she gave me a sampling of some fun tea flavors because we both enjoy a good cup of tea! I’m looking forward to trying these out! You may also notice a teeny koala keychain there, sporting his little Australia vest. I didn’t tell her this, but I collect keychains, so this was a fun extra to receive!

Then, of the next two things, I don’t know which touched me more. I just love them both so much. She made me this cool badge using the motto from my (currently dormant) blog along with two little crochet hooks. Even just the shape and color is a play off of my shield logo. Dh was with me when I opened and he wasn’t showing the appropriate amount of excitement, in my opinion. lol


Next are these adorable Frog and Toad tags. I actually teared up. I adore Frog and Toad (and PrincessP likes them, too!). In fact, Frog and Toad is the reason that my username is grenouille (“frog” in French): when my brother and I were little, we would read the books together, and I was Frog and he was Toad. In high school, we both took French and so we used the French words, grenouille and crapaud (who amongst us wouldn’t get a kick out of calling our brother something that looks like “crap wad”? :joy: My kids call him Tonton Crapaud [Uncle Toad]. :smiley: ). Anyways, I keep looking at them and their little frog and toady faces make me so happy and the little captions are just so sweet. Here they are all together and then a close up on one of my favorites (who am I kidding? They’re all my favorite!).


Last but not least (oh yes, there’s more!) is this tote bag with the fun Sherlock Holmes patch – he’s another one of our common denominators.

I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed this swap. What a perfect swap to do to get back into the swapping game! @Bunny1kenobi did a fantastic job matching partners and @PrincessP was just a joy to get to know and swap with. THANK YOU! I love everything. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: :two_hearts:

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