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Thursday, 19 December 2013

Christmas cracker swap

A couple of months ago I entered into a Christmas Cracker swap organised by Tracy at Mad about Bags and my partner was Kimberley at A Creative Chaos  who lives in New Zealand. We exchanged a couple of emails and found out a bit about each other and today my cracker arrived!




All wrapped up in some pretty seasonal fabric




Unwrapped - these were three long strips of fabric - ideal for quilting


Some beautiful ribbon and braid


The felt star was made by Kimberley and now takes pride of place on my tree


 I just love these cute little note cards and envelopes


Look at how tiny they are


A pen and some tubes of glitter


Candy canes and chocolate Santas
(Only three left as Leo spotted them!)



A Kiwi cross-stitch kit


Kimberley tells me this Puteko decoration is one of New Zealand's native birds


A hand knitted dish-cloth
(I've been so wanting one of these as I see them on lots of blogs)



Also in the parcel were a selection of Postcards from New Zealand showing some pretty beauty spots and natural wildlife - a lovely idea and wished I'd thought of that too.

Thank you so much Kimberley I've really enjoyed this swap and hope that any day now your cracker from me will arrive on your doorstep. Many thanks to Tracy for organising this swap - such a fun thing at this time of year.

See you soon x

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