Swapping – the craze that is sweeping through bloghood everywhere. I had never participated in one until I happened to hear about this swap from stephmodo’s blog and thought, hmmmm, I’ll give it a try. It’s kind of fun to receive packages in the mail and why not enjoy a complete surprise?
The I {Heart} Swap was based around sending a few of your favorite things to someone else. I sent my package to Marianna in CA and I hope she enjoys it. The items I included were:
- Gourmet caramel sauce from Papa Haydn’s in Portland, OR
- Lush bath bomb
- Burt’s Bees lip balm I carry in my purse all the time
- Photo book
- Photo/scrapbooking stickers in punchy colors
- Etsy items – Letterpress card “suck it up cupcake“, headband and purse tissue holder made from Amy Butler fabric
All of those items come from things I enjoy or that I absolutely love to use. I have to say that there were a couple of items that were hard to part with… 🙂
I got my swap package yesterday from Campbell and oh my gosh did she send me stuff that I love!
All of the items Campbell sent were wrapped in brown kraft paper with a black suede ribbon tied smartly around each one. The only item unwrapped was the cute mini colander – but how do you wrap a colander? Caden was excited to help open all the items (translation – he didn’t “help” so much as took over opening everything).
I was so thrilled with each item! It was kind of hilarious because one of the first items I opened I pretty much knew what it was because of the strong scent. Campbell had sent me a bath bomb from Lush!! One that I haven’t tried so I’m stoked to try a new one. Then there was this cute little marzipan pear, a tiny journal (which I collect journals so this was absolutely perfect), letterpress cards (seriously, how ironic is it that what I sent out came back to me?), cute gift tags, this cool box of matches, Clif bars, and Caden’s favorite – pirate bandaids (how awesome is that?!). Wow – I couldn’t have been happier with what I received and it has enticed me to do it again sometime.
Thanks again, Campbell! I loved it all!!
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what a great package! it’s so much fun seeing what other people choose to send. & i know what you mean… sometimes it really can be hard to part with some of the things you are sending out!
Yes, parting was such sweet sorrow with some of those items I sent. BTW, the stuff you sent Steph was so darling! I loved it!
Sorry I am so slow in responding to your fabulous package! I just today posted about it on my blog! (http://nathanandmarianna.blogspot.com/2007/10/swaping.html) I am slowly catching up on things now that the Nike Marathon is over. I read you post about why you run and I can totally relate! And I need advice on running more than one, because I think I’m hooked… I am running a half in a month. 🙂 Good luck in Tokyo! That’s awesome! And thanks again for the AWESOME package!