I joined in the Secret Ornament Swap run byJulie@ Abbily Ever After. My package from Louisa @ A Canadian in Mancester ,who was my secret partner, arrived yesterday.
I was so so ho surprised.
I failed at the "secret" - I totally lost the plot .I accidentally told my person I was their secret swap.
Dear Louisa was only required to send me one ornament but she sent me three,one for each of my boys. The teen got the wooden carved Canadian Mounted Police Moose, Sam the soft Canadian moose/deer which he loved and wouldn't let go of (I had till wait till he went to bed last night to get it off him) and Joel the soft Polar bear which he loved because it jingles too.
Louisa went with a Canadian theme and she sent a beautiful card too .Thank you Louisa you made my week.
Ps I can't tell you what the ornament I sent was (it's still a secret till she gets it) and I forgot to take a photo . I didn't send a Kangaroo because it didn't seem Christmassy enough - maybe I should have.
PPS - Do you like our new header banner - it was designed by the talented Carleen @Revised Images. Go check her work out it is superb. I won a free design in a competition run by Le @Third on the right. So I can now tick this off my list
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21 comments :
First, I love your new header featuring the stars of the show and congratulations on your win. What great ornaments they are and what a nice surprise particularly when they come all of that way! A truly fantastic idea!!
Gorgeous :-)
Love the banner, too.
Alxx
PS. Thanks for your wonderful comment Trish.
You are so fast, I tried to sign up on WW and ended up at 29.
I love your new header, the boys look adorable!
Love the new header...and i know, i'm repeating myself again and again and again..but your boys are tooooooo cute! :)
What cute ornaments. And I love the header - adorable.
I love the header!!!
wow trish !!! I was soooo worried they would not arrive in time for xmas !! Canada post told me 3 weeks to get there ...I sent them on December 1st !! lol So now I can never say a bad thing about the great Canadian postal system ha ha !!
I am so very happy that you liked them and even more heart warming is to hear that the boys liked their little pieces of Canada !!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! :-) X
I love your new banner....The ornaments are great too!
love the header! and great tree ornaments!
I do love your new header!
Those ornaments are awesome, and how sweet that she sent three.
What a nice cllection of ornaments! I always did prefer plush animals, myself.
Love the banner. Looks really nice :)
Love the new header, and what cute decorations!
Oh how cute! And your new header looks great :)
So great to see you back online! I was excited to hear of another Louisa blogger! Thanks also for the link to my comp...still time for people to enter and another great giveaway will be revealed tomorrow...
looks lovely - glad it all came together :) le xoxo
Beautiful.. the kids, the ornaments, the banner is very creative as well. =) Quite nice of an impression for a new visitor huh? ha..
While I was reading, I heard Mercy Me's song & I was surprised, starting to flip through the browsers, then I only notice it's from your page! ha.. I love that song! I guess you really capture my attention this time. I'll follow your blog for more 'surprises' now.
Take care.
How fun! Next year I'm definitely going to need to participate in one of these exchanges!
Love the ornaments! Thanks for playing this year! Happy holidays!
Julie from abbilyeverafter.com
that's cute and nice header too!see my daughter's Christmas Pictures year 2007 , year 2006 and on Christmas day itself of 2006
I'm so glad you (and all the others) like your banner, Its a really nice feeling to see something I did up there.
I'm going to search out some swaps next year, they all look so much fun!
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