Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Berry Box Exchange

I recently participated in Kathy's (Creative Home Expressions) Berry Box Exchange. My swap partner was Debbie from Moore From the Heart. The rules were simple: take a berry box, decorate it and fill it with some goodies. Here's what Debbie sent me today:
Obviously she knows that I LOVE black and white! The box was tied with checked and polka dotted ribbons with a cute little tag...and inside, following the B&W theme, was an adorable, huge pad of paper and pen (which will be perfect beside my phone because I am always looking for paper to jot down notes, tel#s, etc):
Debbie must also be a rubber stamper because she decorated peppermint patties for me (patti) with cute punched out labels and stamped images - my favorite is the old sewing machine:
And she is also a talented jewelry maker - look at this beautiful beaded bracelet she made:
I want to thank Kathy for this great idea and especially thank Debbie for such thoughtful gifts - this was a fun swap to participate in - especially because I came home from the 1st day of school a bit grumpy today and this surprise brightened my day! Stop by and visit these new blogging friends of mine!!

Patti @ Pandoras Box
Patti @ Pandoras Box

I live in central NY and I am a retired family and consumer science teacher. I enjoy all types of crafting, decorating and cooking

7 comments:

  1. Ho fun is that!! I love that you took pictures of it to show too!! I participated too but haven't gotten my box yet. anxiously awaiting it is on the way!!

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  2. What a fun swap. Enjoy your goodies. Here's to a better school day tomorrow! La

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  3. How perfect then that it arrived for you today, Patti! How great that she picked up on the black and white theme. I love the pad and pen idea; and the Peppermint Patty's, well I wouldn't have had any left to take pictures of. I really like the way she dressed them up. Glad you had a good time! I would definitely host another swap and want to do that cocktail napkin one. Probably the end of October if you are interested.

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  4. That is the coolest idea for a party! Very creative of Kathy!! And I'd say your swap partner really knew the way to your heart. An adorable gift--and it sounds like it came at just the right time for you. :)

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  5. Nice gift! Sounds like the timing was perfect for you to receive the swap! Hope tomorrow is a better day at school.

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  6. oh very cool. She got u down.. lol

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