Ok, so there’s no such thing as Christmas in February, but it felt like Christmas today when I got home and discovered 2 surprises – 1. A surprise from hubby and 2. A delivery that I knew was coming, but I didn’t know when.
Hubby’s Surprise
Hubby set up a little surprise for me, which I saw when I got home from work today (while hubby was out and about).
Inside was the camera bag/kit I’ve been wanting for my camera since Christmas. I even get a new battery with the bag, so I don’t have to worry about missing any shots due to an uncharged battery. Plus, I now have a good way to protect my camera when we’re traveling. Yippee! Thanks babe!
A Coast-to-Coast Swap
I also got a special delivery all the way from the other side of the country from most-awesome blogger Kate from Cooking with Kate.
The contents of the box, besides the vanilla bean syrup which inspired the whole thing, were a surprise, so I had a blast oohing and aahing over all the goodies I kept pulling out.
Inside the box:
Oatmeal & Cranberry Cookie Mix – all yummy-sounding ingredients!
The famous vanilla-bean syrup. Yum!
Whole-grain pancake mix – hope hubby doesn’t see that “whole grain” part.
Chocolate Tea! Who ever heard of such a thing? I dunno, but I can’t wait to try it!
Pomegranate white tea – another goodie that I’m sure to enjoy for a long time. Pom-flavored stuff is so good
And I even got an adorable card!
*UPDATE*
I totally forgot to add these Perfect 10 Western bagels last night because they were in the fridge when I started shooting photos. How could I forget these?!
Thank you soooo much Kate! I am gathering goodies for yours and hope to send it out asap! 
I received 9 comments for the PIF from last week and have selected three lucky winners using a random number generator:
Ok PIF'ers, not sure if you know how PIF's work, but upon receiving your PIF from moi, you will select three people to Pay it Forward to, and you must PIF within a year of receiving your PIF. Yea, I'm not
really gonna track that deadline…it's more of a
guideline…haha. Oh, and if you have the chance to blog about the PIF you receive from me, I'd love to see what you say – send me the URL so I can check it out!
Anywho, thanks to everyone for your interest!
Wow, 215 comments for my giveaway! Thanks guys – what an honor to receive so much interest in my giveaway!
Like some other blogs did, since I received so many comments, I decided to have one grand prize winner and a second place winner who will receive a smaller, but heartfelt present. I entered the total # of comments into the random.org generator and got two numbers: 24 and 82.
Congrats!
I am trying to respond to everyone's comments, but as you can imagine, 215 (plus 2 late players) is a lot to tackle! I will do my best to get to you. Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments and for entering this giveaway!
After seeing everyone else on the blogosphere participating in the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day, I wanted in on the action. I think it was such a marvelous idea that Sew Mama Sew came up with! Don’t you? Anywho, I’m submitting my giveaway far later than everyone else (just found out about it this afternoon), but I think I’m not too late to participate, but will give away something either way.
Up for grabs is:
A handmade necklace
by moi, from my jewelry collection at my company,
D Celestine Limited (click). This necklace is called the
Everyday Beauty necklace (click here for necklace details). This gorgeous necklace is made with the eye-catching, faceted, cube-shaped Swarovski crystals in color “sapphire” with smaller clear bicone crystals and sterling silver. This necklace is great to dress down with jeans or up with a fancy dinner dress.
I am also giving away matching earrings to the necklace, some vintage buttons, some gift tags I punched from some super pretty blue paper with red and green sparkly details. You also get the cutsie bird ornament I made tonight with some fleece, felt, a vintage button, and some embroidery floss.
To Enter:
*Leave a comment to this post by this Saturday, December 6th at 11PM EST.
*Winner of giveaway goodies will be randomly selected from all the comments.
*Please only comment once per person.
*Winner must provide a valid email address.
That’s it…simple, no?
Good luck!
Thanks for stopping by!
