Secret Santa Opened

Thank you Claire - what a lovely pack . Way over the limit
but it's fabulous and thanks very much.
I had notebook, pen set, brads ,ribbons and other crafty bits
and a gorgeous handmade shopping list. What a fantastic job you
made of that. You could sell those - so well done.

Many thanks and Happy Christmas all.

Well, I have Ruth to thank for my fantastic array of goodies!

I lovely pillow box full of crafty delights - brads, buttons, ribbons, and ink pad, a stamp, flowers and more...

My handmade gift was a gorgeous bind-it-all book to keep all my birthday cards in throughout the year, complete with a stamped image in each wallet to colour in and use! (I will have to take a picture and show you all at some point, as I can't do it justice with a brief description).

Thanks Ruth!

(Steph - glad you liked your bits - and I do sell the shopping lists! LOL)

My Secret Santa was Dawn (Mrs Feefee)!
I got some chipboard embellies, stickers, ribbons, self-adhesive pearls, some papers, a scrapbook in a tin kit and my handmade gift (or I should say OUR handmade gifts, because Tim got some too) was a pair of hand knitted socks!

Thank you, Dawn - it's fab!!
xxx

I was right, my SS was Lou and i got a gorgeous organsier file, just the right size for A5 cards, a lovely personal impressions stamp, some cute cat images in an organza bag, a cat ATC in a wallet type protector, and a notebook. I will post a picture later.

Thank you so much Lou and hope you have a wonderful Christmas, glad you liked yours Claire

My SS was Patty and I got a lovely handmade tag book with some gorgeous ribbons and a mini key adorning it as well as a lucky black cat keyring and a christmas candy cane. Thankyou Patty

Maria was my SS and when DH brought in the parcel from France I knew it would be a goodie, and it is, picture tomorrow, lovely earrings and a scarf, silk one and I do wear scarves, so you chose well. A lovely handmade and decorated box (Mum's eyes perked up when she saw that) With gorgeous handmade tag, covered notepad and lots of lovely feely fibres. Happy teddy here, thank you.

My Secret Santa was Cath CB. Thankyou for all those lovely gifts. The handmade gift was a beautiful tag book. Other things I received were :- some pure essential body wash lavendar which I love the smell of, role of narrow ribbon,prima flowers and lots of different embelishments, some metallic card and a metallic pen.

Cynthia

hi girls,
thankyou thankyou thankyou to sandy {scraphappy}
you have definatley gone well over the guide price!!!though i know we all probably did but theres so much thankyou so much theres loads lots for me to experiment with for the first time with altering the ring book and the little keepsake treasure chest then theres the leather wallet,passport holder bottleopener,theres so much thankyou im very gratefull.
i also loved the mongrammed altered bookmark and book too there lovely
with much love richardxxxxxx

Saved mine to be the last pressie I opened, and THANKYOU SO VERY MUCH Helen, WOW is all I can say for the altered box its STUNNING and has my name on it, was filled with some chipboard shapes, buttons, brads two packs, stick-on-gems and lots of lengths of ribbons.
HUGS Alison

I'd like to thank Cynthia for my fabulous SS present. Some lovely sweets and soap. Lots of lovely African buttons, brads etc. Animal print serviettes, a chipboard giraffe, a wee book to decorate and some primas. My handmade item was a lovely envelope book. I am not sure what to use that for yet but it will be used. Thank you Cynthia. I guess it could be used as a scrapbook with pictures in the envelope pockets, or for keeping ATC's in, not sure yet. Also there were some lovely stamped giraffe images in with the book. I am well chuffed and so pleased I joined in now.
I think I will do some sort of wall art with some of it. I have been meaning to for ages and it would be a shame to hide some of the lovely things away.

well i dont know who to thank for my secret santa cos it is still secret , i have no clue as to who it was so i shall have to do some detective work unless some kind person tells me ( lorraine or my ss)
anyway ,i am so thrilled with my goodies ,as you know i had opened one or two before christmas but among the many i had there was
a cube ink pad
2 packs of brads ..1 large , 1 small size
some prima flowers
a pack of buttons
some ribbon with my favourite things stamped along it
a cute cuddly bear that sings just like michael buble singing a christmas song
and the handmade item was a gorgeous beaded bookmark , i will try remember to take piccie tmoro

so thank you whoever you are

I guess you could use a process of elimination to narrow it down Kim

yes i have a list in front of the pc , all i need now is for everyone to come on this thread and tell us who sent their parcel and it should be easy peasy

lol

My secret ss was Kate thank you very much.I got a laura ashley paper pad some lovely brads to match,a decorated candle and a bag of chocolate coins.
Thank you very much Kate thay are lovely

Bobs the socks are to wear in bed i don't think they would fit with your shoes

I am also not sure who my secret santa was but I would hazard a guess at Steph. I got some stickers, printed card blanks and papers. Thank you very much.

I also got a wonderful card organiser book, a page for every month of the year with a pocket for cards and a handmade card in each pocket already. At the top of each page there are lots of photos of forum members. I love it, thank you!!

Glad you liked the box and bits Alison.

If someone could confirm who my SS was, it would be appreciated thanks.

That sound a great book, any pics Helen?
Here's a pic of what Maria sent me, although it doesn't do justice at all, there is a pattern on the scarf and the earrings are quite detailed, you can see that it is all very yummy though, thank you Maria, sorry I didn't get it out of the shed sooner and let you know it had come.
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Hi all. I have some lovely things in my SS. The best ever has gone in a frame and will be put on my wall tomorrow. Its a christmas painting. Beautiful it is. I got some choc's as well plus some lovely ribbon, and hand made christmas album, sticky crochet cotton, a lovely pack of 6 by 6 paper pack and some beautiful brads. Thank you so very much Kim.

Helen - yes it was me - what put you onto me ?I thought you were
quite difficult so am glad you liked the card book.

I hope no one minds but I took the photos from the forum.

Here's my gift from Lou

Here is what Dawn sent me .....

Love those socks! If I'd known dawn could knit socks i'd have asked her to knit Garry a pair of garish ones at it is a joke between us that I'd find him a huge pair of hideous socks for his clown size feet!

They look great, and quite personal well thought out gifts. What nice people you are.

Well my lovely Secret Santa was Joy. She sent me some prima flowers and a complete stationery set. Decorated envelopes with Notepaper to match, tags to match, Lovely pens, to do the writing with and even lots of stamps so that I can post my letters. All came in a lovely hand made box. Thank you so much Joy

Yes, Helen. Steph was your SS.

Kim, yours was Jo.

Glad you liked yours, Ruth. I was going to do something 'cute' but just didn't have the stuff, so I thought you were worth using my Blue Awning.

Mine was....SCATTY!!!! Thanks millions, hun. I got blossoms, page clips, jewels, mini calendar, flower beads, metal words and a little box full of all sorts of embellies from magnets to brads, to charms. My hand made gift was a decorated egg box, bull of Cadbuys's Cream Eggs.

Thanks, hun. I loved it.

thanks for telling me lorraine ,it saves me keep checking off when anyone tells us who was their santa .
jo thank you very much for the lovely gifts , they were all very nice and much appreciated . I had figured it was either you or misty with the pretty beaded bookmark, as last year i got a gorgeous beaded key/phone/bag charm , and i still use it all the time
i will take piccie and put it in here

Thank you so much Misty for my parcel, I have a beautiful hand crafted scarf, very rich browns and orangey, darker brown and white loops..very welcomed on our promenade walk the other evening..and today walking around swansea..it was seriously cold...just needed to have remembered to bring gloves...

I also have a lovely egyptian acrylic stamp with papers and card to compliment the stamp..very me...Kanban card. I am so going to enjoy being able to play when i get home..nope..i didn't bring any craft items with me. Never mind..with any luck i get to hug Misty on monday. :flower:

Steph wrote:Helen - yes it was me - what put you onto me ?I thought you were
quite difficult so am glad you liked the card book.

I hope no one minds but I took the photos from the forum.

It was because I recognised all the photos as being from the forum except yours!! Thank you for the card book. I'm sorry you thought I was quite difficult- I thought I would be quite easy as I love anything handmade!- I have already got plans for at least one of the cards as one of my best friend's from uni has just had a baby boy.

I only thought it would be difficult because you are in the craft
business. There can't be much you haven't got or seen.
However, I enjoyed making the book up. My photo did come off
the forum, but it wasn't on the retreat link - was elsewhere, so that
was a lucky guess

Well I was astounded with my lovely lots from Bobs. Thank you so much hun I sat with a drop of something, and opened them when some peace had fallen over our house. I esp love the little ATC tin, its brilliant thank you. And the heart has gone on the tree.

I'll put a pic up next time I'm on, but not sure when. Only on here now cos I needed to appease the bank and sort it all out !!!! so wanted to say a great big thank you. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX