Wish I could join the opening party but it looks like my partner is deleting their account and didn't send   I will post photos of what I sent to her in the gallery though.....

Oh lindyv321 I am so sorry to hear about your partner, karma will catch up to them, don't worry!

I mailed today and almost mailed my phone! gah that would have been horrific.

A: The hunger games books - although i haven't told anyone yet that I wanted them 

Some how I got ALOT done over this past weekend and finished everything up, except one I am still pondering about.  Now I have to take pictures, wrap everything up, and find a good sized box.

A: For chocolate bunnies I always take a bite of the ears first, but for everything else it doesn't matter.

Day 12 Done
Day 11 Have supplies
Day 10 Done
Day 9 75% done
Day 8 Crafting done
Day 7 Crafting done
Day 6 80% complete
Day 5 Have supplies
Day 4 Have supplies
Day 3 Done
Day 2 Done
Day 1 Done

I made a lot of progress, but did nothing this weekend one of the smalls has to be done right before I send and with this weekend off (the final one before send outs) I plan to get everything done.  But I enjoy doing the work under pressure and feel like my best work gets done that way.

I also received from ironic!  I hid the package from myself - out of sight out of mind.

[Here is what I sent Ironic]

Day 12: Another travel mug, tea, fingerless gloves that are too big, and a scarf



Day 11: A painted puzzle


Day 10: A denim bag


Day 9: A painted picture


Day 8: Ornaments


Day 7: 2 pairs of earrings


Day 6: Travel cup with smarties


Day 5: Scarf and Gingerbread man cookie cutter


Day 4: Stamps and a pencil pouch to decorate


Day 3: Bookmarks


Day 2: Christmas figurine and lip balm



Day 1: Pillowcases



Kittens photo bombing the photoshoot



Here is the lot







Here is what I sent Ironic

Day 1 - Tshirt necklace and bracelet


Day 2 - 3 ribbon headbands


Day 3- local items from Cape Cod - A shell, taffy and post cards


Day 4 - Ruffled wallet


Day 5 - supplies - vintage shrinky dinks, fun yarn, and fat quarters


Day 6 - Lemon body scrub
Didn't get a picture of that

Day 7 - Crocheted leg warmers and knee high socks to go with them


Day 8 - Two vintage owl candles and owl needlework


Day 9 - Cabled Hat with white gloves (not pictured)


Day 10 - How to amigurumi kit


Day 11 - Bag and goodies for ironic's mom


Day 12 - A quilted project bag and a ton of supplies

A: I have already finished my Brother, SIL, and sister.  Which is AMAZING!  But there are still other people on my list to buy for.

My progress is going pretty well on the swap I picked up a bunch of supplies and ideas so things are pretty much set.

Day 12 Done
Day 11 Have supplies
Day 10 Done
Day 9 Crafting done
Day 8 75% complete
Day 7 Supplies purchased
Day 6 Supplies purchased
Day 5 One more thing to get
Day 4 Supplies purchased
Day 3 Have idea
Day 2 Supplies purchased
Day 1 Have idea

This may not seem like a lot done but I have a three days of work next week so I am going to put that time to good use.  But a lot of the things have to be done last minute.

A: Would probably stand there in shock for a while and try to process what happened.  I would probably save it all, exciting I know.

I have some good progress going, I am going away this weekend so I am going to try to get one of the larges out of the way this week and I am more than 50% done with another item.  So excited to see everything coming together!

A: Any peanut butter/chocolate combo

I finished an item last night that I am so proud of!  I have always wanted to __________ and it came out great!  Now it's time to start knocking things off the list.

Where has the time gone?

My family is pretty good about gifts and my inlaws are great too.  So I usually get pretty good gifts.

One strange gift I received for Christmas was from a guy I had just dated a few times.  We went on our second date the week before Christmas and then I was flying home for the holiday.  This guy bought me a giant teddy bear and sprayed it down with his cologne.  He made a big production of giving it to me and telling me I could take it back home with me and sleep with it to remind me of him while I was gone.  All I could think of was how creepy this was on a second date.  It hadn't even occurred to me to buy him a Christmas present.  Before this date all we had done was meet and have drinks.  I barely knew him.  I wasn't even sure if I wanted to go out on another date (and this decided that I most certainly did NOT!).  And he though I was going to lug around this giant bear, reeking of cologne, through the airport, half way across the country, so I could sleep with it at my parents house and think of him for the whole 5 days I was going to be gone?  Really?  Really?  So it might have been sweet if we had been dating for awhile (even then it would have been kinda weird but might have come off as more sweet than creepy).  Or maybe if I were 15 yr old girl it might have seemed romantic.  But we were in our mid-late twenties so it just screamed stalker to me. 

AH that is wicked creepy especially for a first date.  That would be sweet, I guess, if you had been dating for a while but I would have just taken a sweatshirt or something (that's what I do atleast).  Sorry I couldn't help commenting.

A:  One of the first gifts that my boyfriend ever gave me a pink striped polo shirt from AE.  My main gripe was I don't like wearing stripes (for no particular reason) and it just wasn't my style in general.  He quickly learned the err in his ways and buys much better gifts now.  Let's just say he went on Craftster to stalk me basically and bought me a a whole bunch of sewing stuff because my mom bought be a sewing machine for Christmas.

I am chugging away.  Bought supplies for one of the days and working on another.  Pretty sure I am going to scrap what I am making because it is turning out pretty small.  All-in-all I am making good progress.