@kittykill in so sorry to hear about the struggles you and family are going through! Huge hugs. Sorry the tea bags were tossed in like that - i asked if they were individual tea bags because I wanted to try them too, but didn’t realize they weren’t individually wrapped tea bags until after i got home.
You will have another envelope on its way Monday. When I got to my car after mailing I saw one of your extras right there on the passenger seat. I worked too late all last week and couldn’t make it to the post office.
Also after I mailed your package and looked at the painting pics … i suddenly saw… rainbow cat butts (and tails). So I’m going to paint one for myself with the words “life is beautiful and I have cats”. And a friend has asked for one n too, so… I have a commission? Lol (kinda)
I received a wonderful package from @Tapestry, everything is so very ‘me’!
We agreed to send a slightly bigger package, to make the most of the opportunity to swap. Well, @Tapestry really pulled out all the stops, look at this fabulous loot!
How adorable is this frog she painted? Too adorable for words! I love him, he’s so dapper. You can’t see it in the photo, but his background is all shimmery with a secret shimmer And the secret is that she made that custom watercolour pan of paint (bottom right of the photo), and sent that too!! It’s called “Jemimah’s Speckled Frog”
And as if that wasn’t enough, she also made these fantastic items for my art table. The cute panda and frog notebooks are custom swatch books for recording details about my watercolour paints, and she also sent the template stamp for the swatches, so useful! And can you believe she also made this little panda brush rest? I’m going to love using these so much!
So glad everything arrived safe and you love it! I had the best time crafting for you. That was my first time mixing custom watercolors and it was like playing mad scientist with paint. There was definitely some cackling.
I do have to apologize for the motivational stickers though…I was down to the very last stickers in my “motivation” pack from the last affirmations swap and they are not the best. That one that says “The jam about the young idea” just confuses me but also is kind of funny? Maybe? I figured maybe you can turn them into something fun and redeem them.
Yeah! So glad it got to you. I received from magpie. I just love what she sent!!! It is so me. A super sweet pouch, stickers, a beautiful card and candy. There was chocolate but the hubs stole it. Thank
You so much magpie!!!
Unfortunately, I didn’t snap a picture of my full package to @AIMR. I know I included socks, Halloween notepads, tea, some stickers, and possibly one or two other items? Linda had mentioned liking historic queens and one of her ideas was an ATC she could carry in her wallet. So I made a trio of Elizabeth I inspired ATCs with watercolor and laminated then for durability. The design is inspired by one of Linda’s chosen affirmations. The crown in each ATC is done with gold ink so it has some shine.
I also didn’t get photos of the complete package sent to @AIMR, but I did get the ones below. @Tapestry and I were on the same wavelength for the wallet request!
Front and back of one card, laminated for durability:
And the secret is that she made that custom watercolour pan of paint (bottom right of the photo), and sent that too!! It’s called “Jemimah’s Speckled Frog”
those swatch books are such a great idea! And the frog! 
