Beaded Forest

Winter Wonder Swap package received!

I got home today to a lovely package from Tina, my swap partner for the Winter Wonders swap!  The note explains:

Warm, fuzzy socks to keep cozy;
Indulge yourself and your skin with some bath beads and lotion;
New beads for a new project;
Tasty treat;
Enjoy your new book;
Really great-smelling candle...

And that spells WINTER!  So now I can take a nice bath, put on my new socks, light my candle and hop into bed with my book and chocolate-covered cherries!  The beads are really beautiful, but they'll have to wait until my luxuriating is done.  For some reason I couldn't sleep last night, so I'm sooo tired and ready for a nice, relaxing evening...this is perfect!

Thanks so much for the package, Tina!!!

Winter Wonderland Swap

Here's what I've been working on over the past week...my package for the Winter Wonders swap!  Participants give 6 items that embody the season, with each item representing one letter in the word WINTER.  I've blurred out the descriptive tags in my picture here, in case my swap partner is reading my blog.  I hope the recipient has as much fun opening the gifts as I had putting them together!  Now I have to find the right box to fit everything, and head over to the post office...today is the deadline to send it out!