This is my eleventh post of this kind. For eleven years now, my friend Lisa and I have been swapping twelve small gifts at Christmas, one to be opened on each of the Twelve Days of Christmas.
These are the gifts I received from Lisa this year.
A closer look.
A tote bag with the cutest Christmas design, dogs and cats in antlers and elf hats, love it! A festive glass storage jar with a Christmas tree topper, very handy to store the Christmas sweeties. Inside were some chocolate sprouts, yum. A felt decoration kit to make a sprout, I shall definitely make this to hang on the Christmas tree. Some reindeer paper hankies and a tube of Manuka honey hand cream, both needed in this cold weather.
Lisa knows how much I love piggies and yes, I gave a little squeal when I opened the piggy spatula which had been wrapped with some gingerbread men sprinkles. A lovely festive bowl had been wrapped with a Kinder snowman. A pretty apron and oven glove and some gingerbread men food bag clips, I'm all set to rustle up something lovely in the kitchen.
A gorgeous pen set and a set of birthday cards. We usually give each other a book in the swap, this year's is Winter's Wishfall by Ceri Houlbrook, an author I haven't come across before. I look forward to reading that. There's always a couple of edible gifts too, this year Lisa has spoilt me with some dark chocolate florentines and some spiced fruit crumble biscuits, they both sound delicious. Now that I've posted about them I can dig in.
Didn't I do well. Such a lovely set of gifts. Thank you Lisa, I love everything.
These are the gifts I sent to Lisa.
A closer look.
Who doesn't love a selection box at Christmas, especially Cadburys. That little campervan tin is filled with shortbread, yum. A Falala decoration, very festive. When I saw the Twelve Days of Christmas bauble I knew I had to buy that for our little swap. The tin is one I bought to put the bauble inside for transportation so that it didn't get broken, I'm sure Lisa will find a use for it.
I know Lisa meal plans so I thought this meal planner would come in handy. A bee print apron. Some Christmas themed silicone cookie stamps, (I liked those so much that I bought myself some too) and I bought some gingerbread mix to go with those. A scented soap in a cute tin.
A little needle felting kit to make a bunny. I've been saying I'm going to try needle felting for years now, I've even got a kit to try it. Perhaps Lisa will beat me to it. The book I included in this year's swap is Christmas at Serenity Bay by Helen Bridgett. I know Lisa's busy making scrapbooks at the moment and including photos of her travels so I thought the alphabet stamp set might come in handy. A pack of cute little hedgehog cards, they're blank so they're perfect for a number of uses.
Another fun swap. I look out for the gifts throughout the year and pick them up as I see them, it makes it easier than shopping for twelve gifts all at once. It's always fun to open a gift each day right up to Twelfth Night. Thanks again, Lisa.
It's so nice to receive a gift from someone who knows what you love, I have always believed a gift should be something you would love but not necessarily purchase for yourself.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a lovely tradition and it makes life interesting keeping an eye out for little gifts throughout the year.
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