It was a fabulous mail week for me, last week. I ordered a few things during the Click Frenzy sale and my lovely parcels arrived only days after ordering.

I also received a big box. It had no name, but a postal address from Victoria. Oooh the excitement! I contained myself and managed to wait until I got home to open it. I knew this was my parcel from my “Colour Swap” partner.

My chosen colour was AQUA and I was not disappointed.

I opened the box to discover these lovely wrapped parcels, with gorgeous aqua ribbons.




Plus, a mysterious envelope telling me to open my goodies first, leaving the envelope to the end. Absolutely no problem with that request. I was onto it!

First parcel I opened was the “Something for you” parcel and I discovered this absolutely beautiful bag. It’s made with some of my all time favourite fabrics.





The sweet stitched pockets made me smile. Crochet flowers and embellishments made this bag, extra special and I will save it to use on sewing group days.





Inside of the bag, I found an makeup brush set with mirror. It’s aqua with pink blossoms and birdcages. So feminine and pretty. Perfect to keep in my handbag.

Next up I opened the “Something for Home” parcel. Bunting!! I love bunting and this bunting actually says LOVE.





There are 2 empty triangles on either end. In the parcel was a tube of aqua paint which I later discovered is for stamping my children’s hand prints on the 2 end triangles. Isn’t that gorgeous! Such a happy and thoughtful gift. My swap partner certainly knew a lot about me. I was itching to open the envelope, but forced myself to open the parcels – such a hardship… NOT!

“Something to Eat” was lollipops which I’ve shared with my kids and aqua sugared almonds. If you’re a long time reader of my blog, you may know that sugar almonds have some significance to me – and I even made a quilt, called Sugared Almonds.





“Something to Smell” is this beautifully scented blue candle. I absolutely love candles.

So many lovely goodies for me. I felt so lucky.





Finally I opened the card and discovered that my secret swap partner was one of the loveliest and most generous bloggers I know. It was Melody from The House on the Side of the Hill.

Melody, thank you. I absolutely love everything. The bunting is hanging above the television in the living room and I can’t wait to attend the next sewing group to show off my new bag.

Also, a big thanks to Cheryll of Gone Stitchin’ for organising this swap. I cannot wait until the next one.

If you're interested in joining Cheryll's next swap, it will be a Christmas in July swap. Yay!!